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The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
Loyal Order Of Moose.

Columbia Lodge, No. 126. Loyal Order Of
Moose, have leased for several years the
upper floors of 70l and 703 Seventh street
northwest, and after alterations are COM
pleted they will have a beautiful. we'll
furnished home. with pool and billiard
parior, lounging room, library. commit
tee rooms, and a large meeting hall suit
able for entertainments and dancing. The
lodge is steadily growing in membership.
and il is expected that fully loo MEM
bers will be on the rolls before the close
Of this year.
Arrangements have been completed to
have an excursion to Marshall Hall the
coming summer in conjunction with Alex
andria Lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, and
the Fifth United States Cavalry Band
now stationed at Fort Myer. which Is also
a member of the order. will be invited TO
participate in the event.
At the recent election of officers the -ol-
lowing were elected to serve for one year:
Past dictator. Emmet l. Adams: DICTATOR
A. W. Caulfield; vice dictator, Is: r.
Jones; recording secretary, Luke r. Lud-
low; financial secretary, L. H. Disney
treasurer, A. Kronheim; prelate, Z. l..
Blankenship; sergeant-at-arms. J. Albert
Stahl; inside guard, A. b. Krouse; out
side guard, J. Jacobs; trustees. J. SHOCK
T. p. Ryan, and Newton James
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WOMEN WHO HAVE WON OUT m THE
WORLD OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
Mira Laura l. ST. Jshn Always Student Became Fansas and Wealthy
Scientific cers6as
BY ISABEL STEPHEN.

got In two or three orders Q week ]
was doing well. But there was nothing
permanent In this and was looking for
permanent work.
II saw an advertisement calling for an
assistant manager in corset establish
ment, and applied for that 1t wasn't ex-
actly the work ! would have chosen
then. but any port will do I'm q storm.
was not suitable as assistant man
ager, but the woman who owned the
business decided to take me on to help
out In the workroom at IS a wedk. My
mother was living with me and boxing
after my children. so packed UP and
went to New York TO live.
AT once I became fascinated with my
work. I saw the possibilities of sue
cess when coupled knowledge of cor
set making with that Of anatomy and
decided to study hard to become an in
dividual corset-maker.
In time j went into business for my
sef. 1 rented part Of a mIIliner's store
and arranged to work with her-that is.
to say, would recommend her goods II
she in turn would recommend mine. 1
did not have q workroom then. but had
all the work done In a factory. ] did
all the hitting and cutting myself. and
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which my people believed could be done
by boys only. In those days women were
not going into business: they were stay
ing at home and doing the little of every
thing which is SO useless when a woman
wants to market her work.
Il was always fond of anatomy and
physiology, and wanted to be a trained
nurse. / studied with this object in view
but did not realize my ambition, for I
married before he time came for my
entrance into a hospital. However, as
you see. this knowledge came very useful
to me later on.
After We had a family Of three chill
dren my husband lost all his money.
and through force of circumstances l was
obliged to look around for something to
do to help out the family income With
this determination l went from our home
in Stamford. Conn, and visited a friend
in New York so as to look over the
probabilities.
ARMED with list of help-wanted ad-
vertisements. I went many weary miles
interviewing business men, but at every
office l learned that only trained women
were wanted. l even offered to work
for nothing in some places in order to
get experience, but they wouldn't take
my services as a gift.
"Peopl. have to get experience some
where l would say desperately. If you
don't train them how can they learn?
That has nothing to do with u.s.
would be the reply. There are loads of
trained people coming from other cities
to New York and there is no reason why
We should waste time with beginners
Now, a friend was making a very
comfortable livelihood by recommending
certain Fifth avenue tailor, and she
received 10 per cent commission on every
customer she obtained. She advised me
to try and do the same as I had a large
circle of acquaintances- l did this and
received a comfortable sum, for all my
friends were willing to help me out. and
they would also refer their friends to me
so that I might get them on my books.
The suits cost from SIS up. and SO when
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then sent the corsets to the factory to
be made up. A great many corset es-
Establishments do that and II is the best
way to start
1T was not long before I had a large
clientele, for 1 took a great deal of pains
with my work, and one patron would
recommend another. l have men as well
as women patrons, for wives bring their
husbands to me. or l go to their houses
and fit them. See" she continued. hold
ing up a mysterious affair that didn't
look very much like a corset. Il am
making this for one of the Metropolitan
Opera singers, and a haberdasher who
saw IL has given me a very large order
for the same sort Of garment
The woman Of today is very careful of
her appearance. and realizes the import
ance of a perfectly fitting corset. You
might think. with the stores flooded with
good corsets. that a private maker would
not get much trade, but that is a mistake.
However. there must be something diff
ferent In her corset in order to take its
place over these excellent models.
People often ask me why I have my
place in the back part Of this Fifth ave-
rue building when / might have a large
store on the ground floor, but my answer
is that people will find you out somehow
il you have what they want, and the rent
is cheaper here, SO that l can keep down
expenses l am also very careful of my
assistants l never lay them OF, and so
have their friendship. which is a big
thing.
There is a good return in this business.
and any woman no has a knowledge of
anatomy and thinks that she would like
to try her fortune in this way. can do
so at little expense. She can learn the
making of 2orsets in any factory. and
then in her own home she can expert
ment and make corsets to fit customers.
II she goes into the work heartily she will
not be long in getting up a trade. for the
demand for custom-made corsets is
greater today than it ever was"
Copyright. lsl4D
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The most tragic figure in the world is
the woman who can play a little. sing q
little. paint lfttle-in fact. do little
of everything-and who Is suddenly
thrown on her own resources to make d
living for herself and family. She has q
terribly hard road before her. and until
she learns to do something well she meets
with many hard knocks. know, for I
belonged to that dilettanti sisterhood and
speak from experience"
Mrs. Laura l. St John, who is known
as a scientific corsetiere all over the con-
tinent, began the story OF her business
career by thus describing her incompe-
tence to earn living when she, through
family reverses. had to leave the shelter
of her comfortable home and face tine
world.
1T was entirely the fault of my people
that / did not learn to equip myself
properly while i was young girl. at
least not altogether My grandmother in-
sisted on my learning tossew. and the
most severe punishment which could be
meted out to me was the task of hemming
dish towels and table napkins wzs
fond of doing things with my hands, but
preferred fretsaw work and other things
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PLAN MODEL SCHOOL.

The Southern Industrial Educational
Association, at It's annual meeting, de-
cided to appoint A field secretary to in
stitute a model school and to inaugurate
a system of education adapted to the
wants of rural communities.
United States Commissioner of Edu-
cation =. p. ClaXton. who is a member
of the board of trustees of the associa-
tion. has pledged his support in the
work. and DIR. John c. Campbell. OF
Asheville. n. G., has also promised to
cooperate.
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SOUTHERNERS TO HAVE
NEW STUNTS AT DINNER
Long Speeches Are Barred and Paro-
dies and Nonsense Will Feature
the Program.

Southerners who are fortunate enough
to be present at the annual banquet oi
the Southern Society which Will be given
April 10 at the Raleigh Hotel have a
treat in store for them. This was made
known yesterday, when the banquet COM
mittee announced II had completed ar
raneements for one of the most unique
banouets ever held in Washington The
Southerners this year are going to be
long on diversity and short on converse
ton. -
Senator Hoke Smith. who is-on the BAN
ouet committee, is said to have been one
OF the first to suggest the introduction
OF some novel form Of banquet.
The first guest to get tickets for the
hanuuet was Secretary of State Bryan.
who also will speak. There will be only
500 covers and the society has more than
ZOO members to date.
Mrs. Josephus Daniels. wife of the Secre-
tary of the Navy, who is member Of the
BANQUET committee, is said to be at work
on a surprise feature, which Is not an
nounced.
A Shakespearean recitation by one Of
the best known actors in the country. II.
W. Mclean, of New York, will be part
of the evenings entertainment
It is believed there will be few paro-
dies on latest events in the world of poll
tics. and a parody on Chautauqua lee
ture.
Connecting the administration of Grover
Cleveland with that of President Wilson.
the Secretary of Navy under Cleveland,
Col. Hilary 4. Herbert. will be present at
Josephus Daniels. the present Secretary.
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HIGHWAY WORK PROGRESSES.
Atlanta to washiaEtoa Project 1,
Interestinx other states.

InterestinG other states.
Reports forwarded TO the headquarters
Of the American Highway Association
from the government scouting party.
which is blazing modern tran from
Washington, d. c.. TO Atlanta. Ga. show
that the proposed maintenance of route
under scientific government management
has struck a responsive chord.
Because of the enthusiastic way In
which the governments experiment Is
being received It is very likely that other
sections Of the country win ask the as
sistance OF the ONCE of public roads In
supervising the maintenance OF impor-
tant highways.
The scouting party consists of Capt. p.
st. ]. Wilson. assistant director of the
United States Once of Public Roads;
Leonard Tufts. chairman of the MAIN
tenance committee of the American High
way Association; George p. Coleman,
State highway commissioner of Virginia;
DR.. Joseph Hyde Pratt, State geologist
of North Carolina; Preston Belvin, pres
ident State Automobile Association of
Virginia; Col. Benneham Cameron. of
Stagville, N. c.: George c. Scales. w.
L Spoon and d. II. winslow, highway
engineers of the United States once of
Public Roads.
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libraries OF the country in the last year
Is announced as 81. ID. .2I16S In addition
to these gifts of cash, there were donated
twelve sites fer library buildings, ten
buildings presented for library purposes.
lts,6OS volumes and forty-six miscellane-
Gus items.
OF the total money gifts for the year, r.
3H'si2, or more than half of the total, was
gwen by the Carnegie Corporation. The
donations by the Carnegie Corporation
were sl3I. $50 more than in 1872.
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BEN FRANKLIN SAYS:
March y, 1914

total of 500 awards with an aggregate
total of $500
That gives you 800 O. 1rtunities to Gn-
ish a winner. and every one is real
money, spendable at full face value.
Now that you've a flying start, keep
at IL. Solve Mondays Photograph and
Tuesdays. Each day will bring the VIC
toriOus finish nearer and the competitions
will be full of merriment and solid educa-
tional benefit
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Photograph No. |.

enough to indulge your dearest longings
and fondest ambitions.
Almost as big a heap of cash is the
second award, 500 The third award is
also a very handsome sum, $50. The
fourth award. 500. also has big buying
powers.
Then there are five SO awards and ten
SIS awards. Fifty others are SO each and
100 are S awards. One hundred and fifty
at 81.
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LIBRARIES RECEIVED
$4,50O,OOO DURING 1918
Carnegie Corporation Donated More
Than Half of the Total Money
Gifts Last Year.

Nearly A.5OO,OO0 in cash was given for
and to American libraries during the
year 1915, according to a statement issued
yesterday by George B. Utley. secretary
of the American Library Association.
which Is now making arrangements for
its annual convention in Washington, to
be held May $50
The exact total of money gifts to the
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
FOR ARMY MOUNTS AT SHOWS.

National Capital horse show orhcials
are making efforts to effect Congressional
legislation authorizing the annual par
ticipation Of the army in important ma
ti.,nal and International horse shows Inc
directors have naraed the following com
mittee to take up the matter with Con-
Rress: Horace II. westcott. ]. Callan
O'Loueblin. and William p. Emo.
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ANTI-SUFFRAGE NOTES

operations or resign from the govern
ment.
Mrs. Grace Duffield Goodwin will de-
liver her next lecture Wednesday aft
ernoon at 4:SO O'Clock at headquarters,
14O2 II street, when she will make reply
to some Of the pretensions advanced by
the suffragists recently before the various
Congressional committees.
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The weekly lectures at the residences
of members and headquarters are at
tracing great crowds Of "fencers,
women who are neither suffragists nor
antis. Many of them enrolled with the
antis at the conclusion of the lecture
given at the residence OF Mrs Robert
lincoln. I7T5 N street. last Wednesday,
bv Mrs. Grace Duffield Goodwin.
Mrs. ]. Gardner Cassatt, one OF the
vice presidents of the Pennsylvania state
Association, paid a visit to headquarters
this week, and said that organization
IF anti-suffrage societies throughout
Pennsylvania was making highly salts
factory progress.
Gen. FLOYD NJ King, a former member
of Congress from Virginia, attached his
signature on the enrolment book At
n visit to headquarters he expressed his
opposition to woman suffrage as being
detrimental to good manners, courtesy.
and .chiyalry and therefore dangerous to
future generations
resolution protesting against allow
ing government clerks to participate in
public suffrage parade in May was
adopted at the executive meeting last
Thursday 1t was offered by Miss Jose
rhine Patten and seconded by Mrs.
Swager Sherley.
committee is preparing list of those
government clerks who are actively en-
gagged in suffrage work and will submit
II to their respective department heads
and the Civil Service Commission with
aft
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ABDUL HAND NEAR DEATH.

Constantinople. March q. Abdul
Hamid. who was deposed as Sultan in
lSs, Is critically Ill and his physicians
believe that his death is onIy a mate
of a short time.
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POPE RECEIVES o. s. PILGRIMS

Rome. March 21.-Bishop John Milan.
of Hartford, Conn.,, and a number OF
American pilgrims, were received In au-
dience today by Pope Plus X.
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Rules Governing the Ben Franklin Quiz.

All persons residing In the United
states and Canada except employees of
The Washington Herald, and their i'm
mediate families, are eligible to par
ticipate In the Ben Franklin Quiz. The
participants need not be subscribers
to The Herald, and no entrance fee of
any Kind In required.
Any person can enter the Quiz at
any time during its progress.
The Ben Franklin Quiz consists In
the solution of fifty pictographs, ap-
PearfnE ON hfty consecutive days In
The Herald. Each solution must be
written On n separate blank. No solu-
lions are 10 be sent I'm until the end
of the Quiz
No more than six solutions will he
accepted for any one photograph from
any one person.
Cash to the amount Of e3,5O0.O0 will
he awarded to the participants most
successful In solving the fifty picto-
KrnnhH I'm the order named
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The highest point in Nevada is Wheeler
peak, which. according to a chart pub
lished by the United States Geological
Survey. is 12O5s feet above sea level.
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"uhnfhktOn HerHId.
3S1st to 50Oth award, each ST.. $50
The persons submitting the highest
number of correct solutions Will he
given the first award. and the next
highest the second award and SO on
with the other awards should two or
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You will surely be delighted to cap
ture one Of these awards; it will indeed
be a proud achievement
One thousand dollars in cash is the first
award. Win that sum and you'll own the
whole earth. The first thousand is the
hardest to accumulate, you know; once
you get that much. the road to fortune
will become much easier. or perhaps you
don't want to enter the sordid business
Of making money. perhaps you'd rather
spend it. It's all the same; there's
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-05-29
THIS is A LAND OF MEMORIES.
SAID MR.. CLARK IN ADDRESS
In Response to the Wei come Extended to the
Veterans-These Reunions are Gases of Hap
piness To the Veterans

and are forgotten, the sufferings OF
Right are craven deepest on the chronl
icles of nations" ~2g.
"Yes, give me land where the ruins
are spread,
And the living tread light on the hearts
of the dead
Yes, give me 4 land that is blest by the
dust,
And bright with the, deeds of the
down-trodden just
Yes, give me the land that hath leg
ends and lays
Enshrining the memories OF long
vanisbnd days:
Yes, give me :. land that hath story
and song,
To tell of the strife of the Right with
the Wrong;
Yes, give me the land with q grave in
each spot,
And names in the graves that shall no.,
be forgot
Yes, give me the landlof the wreck and
the tomb, e.
There's grandeur in graves-there's a
glory in gloomi
For out OF the gloom future brightness
',' Is born;
-~S Se~Si INV hAt1AAhrAOOLsp sflhG
OF morn:
And the graves of The dead, with the
inH"4 2 grass oyergrown,
May yet form the Gootstool of .Liberty's
throne,
And each single wreck In the warpath
~ .of night,
Shall yet be q rock In the Temple of
-, Right % ~,
Fer the privilege now accorded as by
the good people of this beautiful city
to.recount these rGsst reeollections ana
revive past experiences, we should be
grateful. When the Invitation was
extended one year ago.. we, accepted
with hearty thanks. When now the
welcome Is extended with ethe eye, the
hand and the tongue" we render to
you. Mr.. Mayor and through you to the
good people OF thiE city, our grateful
acknowledgements and trust that when
we shall bid YOU adieu the pleasure
shall be none the less yours.
For hold sage Hamer's rule best,
Welcome thescomiag and speed the GO,
Ing guest"
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MOUNTAINS SPRING.

o o Olo o Q q 90 o Q o O O
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-05-29
BLEASE TALKED
ABOUT THE ROLLS
Urged the People To Get Their
Names on Club Rolls In Time
For Democratic Primaries
(From Thursdays Daily ,

| ~ 4hui ouay DdIly.D
Upon invitation OF friends, Gov.
| Blease yesterday agreed to make two
speeches in the city last night. one
being In the Riverside -Toxaway mill
village and the other in the Ander-
son mill village. The first speech was
scheduled for z o'clock at Riverside.
and more than 800 persons gathered
to hear what he had to say. He was
we'll received and his utterances were
loudly cheered.
The crowd in the Anderson mill VII
lage was much larger than the crowd
he, had addressed earlier In the even
ing, numbering probably 1000 or more
AT the Riverside mill the governor
was we'll received and Il was appa-
rent that the crowd was In sympathy
with him and was composed OF ardent
supporters.
The main plea In the governors ad-
dress last night was to the voters 10
see thEs their names are placed on the
club rolls. He explained that the
rules adopted at the recent state de-
mocratic convention had abolished all
former rolls and ordered rolls anew.
He advised thots who could not write
to carry witnesses with them when
they go to the secretary to enroll so
that there could be no mistake; SO that
tho secretary would be certain TO en-
roll the name properly.
The governor stated that he was
confident Of victory over Senator
Smith and predicted his majority
would be. 10000 to 10000. He de-
clnred that IL he was defeated, and IL
the people elected q governor who was
not satisfactory to his hearers, that
he would enter the race two years
hence and would surely "come back" :"
The governor paid his respects TO
81 Pearman, referring sarcasticalIy
to his days Ia the legislature, and then
he paid especial attention to Gen, NJ.
L. Bonham, Leon L. Rice and S. Dean
Pearmal: for their stands and work
during the recent state democratic
convention. He did not mince any
words, and his utterances, especially
at this time, were received with voci-
ferrous applause. He touched upon
his pardon record in the usual man
ner.
In conclusion he said that he will re-
turn this summer when he is cam
paigning for United States senator,
and he declared he would have some
thing to say that would be really
warm. He stated. too. that he under
stood his opponent had something up
his sleeve which promised to be
equally as warm. He predicts highly
interesting time.
The last word was I'm the shape of
a warning to his hearers to be sure
to get their names on the club rolls
eff the secretary should die and can
not get the name on the roll for you,
hunt up somebody else, and see that
your name Is enrolled. 1t is mighty
important-especially after the rules
adopted by the tsate convention"
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The, Wcman's Missionary society
met Sunday ana decided on plans TO
get up molsypt tor taeir appottioameht
as result Mrs. 81. n. Jones enter; ain.
ed Monday afteFnoo on The ladies
did some work on q quilt for their
pastor. Mrs. William Lee playfne
softly on q guitar caused the moments
10 pass swiftly. Than ish e read :.,,,.H.
ing pieces and in an hour the mite
box, was filled.- She also had some
guessing contests which were very
amusing after which Mrs. James
simpson played and sang some old
time songs. Refreshments were then
served. Those present were Mes
dams Jess Adkins. Sallie Moorse. Leila
Moore, w. F. Lee. e. NJ. Murphy, c.
). Murphy, j. II. Simpson. j. M. Free
man. p e Lee and Misses Edna Free
man. Mayre Lee.
The Sunday school was glad to have
with them Mr.. and Mrs. Welborn
Pickens and Mrs. H. Todd Stewart !.
We are always glad to have visitors
who are interested in Sunday school
work.
Messrs. H. J. Jones and Edward
day.
The continued. dry weather gives the
farmers much leisure.
Mr.. Rufus Adkins has returned
home after years absence.
Mr. James Bently and family accom-
panied by their niece Miss Edna Free
man visited the formers parents in
PickenB. 80 :,
Mrs, w. C. Scott and daughter, Mrs.
g. g. Stevenson spent Wednesday with
Mr. and Mrs. c.. Stevenson spent
Thursday with Mr.. and aErsS os -. MUIR
ply.
Mr.. and Mrs H. Todd Stewart visited
In this community Saturday night and
Sunday. t = 4
Mr.. and Mrs. H. R. Jones, Mr.. and
Mrs. J: J. Moore visited A1r. and Mrs.
Augustus Lollis Sunday.
The White Plains school improve
Inent society hope to have Miss Car
ungfon with them Friday afternoon at
2:30. The society would be glad to
have the ladies attend. YES
Ms. and Mrs. Edgar Murphy spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. ID! Tripp OF
the Mountain Creek section.
Hhildren's, day services viii be held
ct Shiloh church first sunday after
Miss Lula Aiken Who has attended
school at Hot tSprings, N. c., is at
home. She attended Sunday school
this place last Sunday. Her cid teach
or and friends are glad to have her
back With; them. 49, 4,
Miss Leila Alison and Miss Lula AK
en- visited The iatter,s sister. Mrs. Rod
gers Sunday afternoon.