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Evening star., 1914-07-19

ing the same thing You como together
with . bump. Great surprise.
Il beg pardonr'
II beg yours. Quite chilly. isn't it?''
Yes. indeed: it's getting colder"
These banaHties unto you two in a
common hostility toward tho next man
who enters and deposits his hat and coat
on the bed.
Although all three are strangers. the
relative position for the moment Is that
you and No. 2 are old college chums and
No. is a rank outsider-probably stud
led bookkeeping by correspondence.
The relations are niraculously changed
the next instant by the entrance Of No. f.
who sreets No. warmly. How's the
boy!' he says. This puts you in the rank
outsider class again, with a slight affec-
ton for No. 3.
Lets 10 in.eh?' says No. to No. 4.
All four step on ono ancther's toes.
After you." mo. after you" Fatuous
waving Of palms and naock-serious bows.
Exit. And enter drawing room. where
you can Immediately distinguish the host
ess by her hysterically hospitable man
ner There are several women with her.
Ono Of them slyly drops q lighted cigar
cite into the fireplace.
Introductions. Hostess presents you to
a dog collar and a rope Of you-can't-tell-
'ern-from-the-real-thing pearls.
Have you met Mrs. La Deeddah. Mr..
Punctual? Mr.. Paul Pantoum Punctual,
the poet
'T haven't had the pleasure. although
have been presented to her seven or
nine times this winter
Mrs La Deeddah gives you an Iron
Maiden look, as much as to say. III
gotcher. Steve. and I'd like to hand you
one II wasn't such a little queen"
MRS. Soulful, want you to moet Mrs.
Punctual. the wife Of Paul Pantoum
Punctual tho poet
"Howdydo?' gurg1es the woman with
no eyelashes who has been told by some
social Angora that she looks like the
'.Mona Lisa" She has played the role
ever since, smiling mysteriously. a. II she
had swallowed a safety pin. but was re-
assuring herself that 1t was closed
-
''Do you write. too?'
"Yes," smiles our wife: II write laun-
dry lists Monday morning and marAet
lists every day"
Thereby Is Moany Lz set back eight
spaces on the parchesi board.
Cigarettes are offered.
q delighted young cigarette fend In
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Il had such time separating hus-
bands and wives. I guess you can stand
sitting next to Walter for one evening,
can't you? That was all because George
didn't show up
did you hear Charlie Towne's latest?"
II go to the theater to be amused
There's enough tragedy in real life"
She lost eighty pounds in a week, but
she looks like a hag now.
In magazine stories it is always AT
signal from the hostess the ladies rose
and retired to the drawing room,'' as II
friend hostess ran up a flag or yanked a
semaphore.
You dive for the usual dropped hand
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part Of any one of the contestants is
social lapse and not to be tolerated. The
cold-storage snicker and the timed chuc-
kle are in constant demand
II everybody by the laws Of chance
happens to be silent simultaneously
(such dreadful lacunae do occur even at
the most carefully cocktailed and subse-
quently alcoholized dinners), then your
party loses and the dinner party next
door wins.
Here are q few remarks that are being
used this century:
Yes, you begin at the outside and
work toward your plate: that brings you
out right"
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UnWhiteWaShabIe.

SSIF some of these financiers keep tell
ing on one another. they'll all end
with the character that Cal Clay gave
the deacon"
The speaker was Clifford Pinchot. He
resumed:
the deason, who was up for chicken
stealing.
Calhoun. my man. the lawyer said.
what do you know of the deacon's char
acter?'
Hit am unbleachable, sah.' Cal 70
Piled
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Lucille gown. May I!'' Indeed you
may-this is LSbertine Hail." laughs the
host. He gets that of at every dinner
party. "Oh. aren't you terribler' ap-
proves a blue-eyed lady.
A maid catches the Wild and nervous
eye Of hostess. Whispered conference.
Then hostess announses: I'VE won't wait
another minute for Bert and Carrie
Nabor. We've given them twenty min
utes' grace. Shall We 60 in? Probably
the dinner is spoiled as it is.''
Tho bell rings. and Bert and Carrie ar
rive, breathless.
80 sorry! Couldn't help tt!'
DO they live out Of town." you whis-
per to hostess.
"out of town. nothing! They live right
on this block eleven doors down."
Isn't it the limit?''
You sententiously remark that those
who came from New Rochelle in arctic
hip boots always arrive at a party be-
fore the hostess last hook has Joined her
last eye in holy wediock-before the
host has taken the brown paper patch
of the safety razor cut ON his chin.
"say too zhoor come sar." laughs
hostess, absent-mindedly. helping herself
so generously to tho caviar that three
people at the other end Of the table
have to divide six sturEeons' eggs be-
tween them.
You are an observing man. so you no
tice that one Of the serving maids u ex-
tremely ef1cient. and has that indeanable
air Of having been in the family for
years 1t Is hard to say just what gives
that impression. but you can always tell.
1t must be Joy to have a good servant
for years-even for months. There is
something about this maid.
Your hostess smiles at you, and whis-
pers: You remember Selma-I saw you
looking at her. Polly gave me her tele-
phone number.
At every dinner party you 90 to dur
ing the winter Selma waits upon you
with that unmistakable air of having
been In the family. It gets 30 It IL with
dificulty you remember exactly where
you are.
Conversation at dinner party Is neces-
sarily, under the conditions. an awful
thing, the rule being that a pause on the
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Later, when the maid says your car -
at the door your hostess says. sweetly:
Must YOU go? Well you won't mind
dropping Miss Bulke on your way, will
you?"
Bulky. old girl, says, inhaling it:
"Oh. no, don't want to trouble them.
Call me a taxi
.'Oh. no. dear. I'm sure they will be
only too delighted. Won't your
"Oh, too delighted. Where do you live.
Alma?"
"One hundred and seventy-ninth street.
But you're sure it won't be taking you
out of your way?"
Not at alive live in 37th street"
Miss Bulke is SO chatty and entertain
ing as We take her up to Newburgh.
Copyright. 1914, by Otis F. wood)
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safe for the ordinary correspondents, al
though by no manner OF means intallple-
Too many cases have been recorded out.
side as well as between the covers OF
thrilling novels, Of adopts in the gentle
art Of removing the letter from just such
envelopes as these and Of returning II,
no trace whatever being left Ana an
other method is said to exist oy Whlcn
the small bits OF sealing wax are aJ rsrnon ep
and after the letter has been removed;
read and replaced. other wax OF identicai
color put on the same spots ana seated
with another seal. Such ofhcial maj
however. is dispatched in locked poucnes'
It Is in the case Of telegraphic mes
sages that the ciphers are employed.
Practically never. and certainly not In
such a situation as that between TINS
country and Mexico are telegraphlc mes
sages sent in English. At the White
House and the State Department are
special telegraphic Department. USED ior
dispatching official messages. Inc w nite
House instruments are under ChieI ope-
rator Smlthers. who is recognized as one
Of the most expert senders ana receivers
Of cipher messages in the country
The instruments in the State Depart
ment. four for sending and similar num-
Der for receiving, are In q special room;
with that branch Of the work and the
operators are admitted. benjamin u
Davis. chief clerk Of the State Depart
ment. is the dean Of the corps OF operators
Tor that department.
4 =
Not only an expert Of telegraphy. Mr.
Davis must be an adept in the matter
Of the ciphers for he 1t is who SENDS the
strictly private messages from the Presi-
dent or Secretary Of State to foreign
powers. 1t is upon Mr.. Davis that much
Of the work in the Mexican situation has
fallen. as he has had charge OF dispatch
ing innumerable messages. all the way
up to a thousand words in cipher. which
might be five times that number in Eng
lish. too private for any one else to handle
Next to Mr. Davis comes G. H. Bean,
chief operator for the state nepar1nenr; M nant ~
being dispatched by Mr.. Davis go
through the hands of Mr.. Bean or one OF
his six assistants. Each OF these op-
orators is supplied with cipher book, as
it would be almost human impossloii-
Of words which stand for long or short
sentences under the cipher method No
one aside from these men and the high
department oficials. has access to these
books.
10 be an operator at either the White
House or State Department means un-
usual ability. especially at the former.
Under Mr.. Smithers are three operators.
all Of whom have to be familiar with the
Morse telegraphic system and much more.
Whereas the operate Of departments
usually have to wor:- in but a single
cipher, that employed by their own de-
partment the White House operators
have to be familiar with several For
cipher, used when the President Is trav-
cling; the State Department cipher and
those Of the Navy and War departments
When a message comes in over the
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room. "No: gentlemen's room at the
end of the hall. please
.'Ohr'
While Polly, your wife. is trying to kill
time In two ways, with pink powder pe-
fore the mirror. you In the men s. room
are also stabbing eternity by peerlis
without interest at various photos OF I'M
known people that adorn the chinonier
and walls. and mildly wondering who the
dickens "Fondly. Theodora.' was
Then you think you can trace a re-
semblance to your host in the man on
the end in the yellowed photo OF 'he
Princeton Glee Club of 80 You nave
now reached the door and see Polly
standing in her doorway
What time Is 1t, Paul?'
Twenty to 8. We're always the hrst
at every dinner party We go to-
And We didn't go right down to the
car when It was announced just for that
reason. You know how we sat stih ana
bundled up in our drawing room. Next
time let's be late. really.
We always say that. too. Why do
people say I:3O II they don't mean It?
"Sh, There comes some one else
You step back into the room and an
other gentleman says oh" as the maid
steers him to the right room You and
the next conner eye each other, start to
speak, think better Of 1t and cough. Then,
with hands clasped behind you, you be-
gin to examine the photos and match
trays again with a remarkable appear
ance of sincere interest The other man
stASts at the other side Of the room, do
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stance such as the Mexican situation, the
cipher most in use is the State Depart
ment CODE as practically all communlca-
tion has been carried on through that
office, directly between the President or
Secretary of State and officials in Mexico.
1t is interesting to know that the wire
less played an important part In the
Tampico and Vera Cruz disturbances.
Americans took 1t as a matter OF course
that each days fighting and diplomatic
developments should be reported In an
extra" the same day. Yet, had 1t not
been for the modern perfection Of the
wireless this would have been impos-
sible Messages from Tampico were sent
to Vera Cruz via wireless. from there to
Galveston by cable, and thence to
Washington or other parts of the coun-
try by land wires.
Yet, as commonplace as this sounds,
it really made the difference between
immediate knowledge and long-drawn
suspense The Spanish-American war Is
not so long past as to be forgotten his
tory. And yet upon that memorable oc-
casion when Admiral Dewey captured
Manila this country waited in an agony
Of suspense for just that very bit OF
news. The cable out of Manila had been
CUT anu WAS Out Oh COullLilSSlOh 4oE =
long time. Wireless. at that time. was
not practical, and SO the world was made
to wait until the news could be rushed
through by other means.
Particularly in times of international
trouble does the advantage of wireless
make itself apparent. AS in the instance
of Tampico, there were telegraph lines,
but they had been severed months be-
fore. Had it not been for the wireless.
no news would have been gotten to this
country at all. The destruction of wire-
less means Of communication is diff
cult problem. The towers are. in the
first place. usually situated on high
points of land. and a tower will be
guarded. whereas miles and miles Of
telegraph line Or cable cannot possibly
be watched. At the present time in
Mexico City there Is a wireless tower
on the top Of the German embassy which
could be used by this country II the ne
cessity arose, and which. on the other
hand, 1t would be almost impossible to
destroy. Incidentally, the three giant
wireless towers at Arlington are capable
of communicating with nearly the entire
world, so that, II the necessity arose.
messages could be sent direct from Tam
pico to Arlington and be Ineligible.
Evening star., 1914-07-19

RVY 1HEN, several weeks ago, DR..
W. Edward w. Ryan. the rep
M resentative Of Secretary OF
w State Bryan. was captured
in Mexico City. 1t was on
grounds Of his being United states
spy. At first the question was prop
lemetical. but upon the discovery OF
cipher dispatches found in DR.. Ryan's
belongings, which he steadfastly re-
fused to translate, the riddle was
solved. There was no doubt, In the
minds Of the Mexicans, but that he was
a spy.
That was but a single instance, one
Of hundreds, in which the secret mes
sages Of the State Department figure.
In times Of peace these messages are
but q routine part of the work of the
department, a part. in fact. of the work
Of every government. But let war
cloud hover upon the horizon of any
country. and this means OF communi-
cation Immediately becomes one Of the
vital points in the enemy's armor. the
key to situations fraught with grave
possibilities.
.
So it is that the methods pursued by
cipher messages at such time as this
in connection with the Mexican situa-
tion-becomes unusually Interesting;
what Is but an ordinary course of
communication at other times be-
comes the mystic means Of forwarding
weishty ultimatums, the underground
passage, so to speak. between the men
who stand together though hundreds
Of miles apart
Primarily. a cipher is essential to a
government. No matter how peaceful
the times. when the government sends
an oGlcial telegraphic message to one Of
its representative in foreign land it
uses . Cipher not always as a matter
vacy. II the head of the o1f1ce is un-
able to call his men into his private
room for q conference he uses the next
best means. a cipher.
Three ciphers are in use at tho State
Department, each capable Of two sep
lively simple. These. for instance, are
tho ciphers used between ambassadors,
ministers and consulates. The third is
used for secret messages. the communi-
can government to other powers. 1t Is
possible to make this cipher a two
man code-that Is, 1t can be so used
that only the man sending the message
and tho man receiving the message
course. no one in the State Depart
ment, or the diplomatic service, Is
familiar with the cipher books to the
point where they can send the mes.
sages without them; The possession OF
which each man is honor bound to re-
spect.
by the army and navy. but In an in
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ment has arrived.

The dullest moment has arrived.
The host struts about, opening cigar
boxes and liquor bottles. just as If he
felt quite at homo.
You know exactly how that poor lump
feels. You are sorry for him-a little.
You know how hard 1t is trying to ap-
pear natural, hospitabie and gay. and
how he hasn't anything to say and pre-
tending he has vanloads Of cute remarks
up his sleeve.
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M afraid We are a
little early
Your wife throws
this remark out
lightly as, on en-
tering your hostess
a p ar trnent. she
sees no one in the
drawing room.
No answer.
She follows the
guiding maid to
the ladies' cloak
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Considerable Of Uncle Sans communi-
cation with his ambassadors and min
listers is carried on through no more
mysterious means than plain English.
which is not even sent by registered
mail. nor under extra special envelopes.
Manila envelopes are use, and these.
after being sealed in the manner Of ordi-
nary coverings for letters. are dotted
over with seals stamped with the State
Department soal
Such a method is considered sufhciently
Evening star., 1914-07-19

kerchiefs, the hostess wags a playful
finger at you all and says: NOW. don I
stay in here for hours"
Evening star., 1914-07-19

len, several weeks ago, DR..
Edward w. Ryan. the rep
resentative of Secretary OF
State Bryan. was captured
in Mexico CITY. 1t was on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-18
HOUSE WOULD PAY
," ACTUAL TRAVEL

Bringing grief TO many members. es-
pScielly those who come from q long
distance the House today adopted an
amendment 70 the legislative bill which
Kills the time-honored % cents per mile
travelling allowance for Senators ara
Congressman. That the Senate will
ssain block this amendment is the hop1
u the average member Of the lower
body.
The HoUS adopted. BY 4 vote OF III TO
5s. on Ri call, the Hardy provision
that hereafter legislators shall be paid
for mileage only the actual travelling
expenses OF the member and his inlme-
diste family.
This amendment took the place Of rhe
narsg raph in the bill as reported. which
tiXec the mileage allowance at ) cents.
instead Of % cents
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-18
Slavery's Abolition To Be
Commemorated Tonight

mass meeting in commemoratiou Of
IRE forty-ninth anniversary Of the
adoption Of he Thirteenth Amendment
20 the ConstiJut on. abolishiug slavery,
and Q: the eishty-eighth anniversary Of
the birth Of The late Senator John h.
Henderson, she author Of the amend
nlent. VIII be held this evening al Cos
mopolitan Baptist Church. y street. be-
fHeen Ninth and Tenth streets north
wesc.
Congressman J. 4 FalcOner Will make
the principal address. Mrs John B.
Henderson, widow Of Senator Hender-
son. viii be present il Is stated
Baltimore and Ohio To Baltimore, SI.25
Round trip every Saturday and Sunday
Good returning until d. m. Monday
AdHt
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09
''CASCARETS'' FOR
LIVER, BOWELS
No Headache, BiIiousness, Bad
Taste or Constipation by
Morning.

Are YOU keeping your bowels. liver
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets or merely forcing a
passa gewaY every few DAYS with
Salts. Cathartic pills, Castor oil or
PurgdtiVe Waters2
Stop having a bowel wash day.
Let Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and
regulate the stomach, remove the
sour and fermenting food and foul
gases take the excess bile from the
liver ana carry out of the system all
tine coustipatcd waste matter and
puisons i'm the bowels
A Cascarct tonight VIII make you
feel great by morning They work
while YOU sleep grippe. sicken
or cause any Inconvenience and cost
only 10 cents a box from your drug
gist. Millions of men and women
take n Casctret now and then and
never have Headache Biliousness,
Coated Tongue, Indigestion. Sour
stomach or Constipated Bowels. Cas-
carets belong In every household.
Children just love to take them-Adv.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09
Consumption Takes
$50 PGODIG Daily

In the emitted States and the deadly
germs claim more victims in cities than
In rural districts, due no doubt to- the
increased nlhnber Of indoor workers i'm
combining quarters and their lack of
sunshine
Tubereular germs always attack when
the system is weakened from colds or
sickness, oyerworll. overstran, continuing
duties or amy drain which has reduced
the resistive forces of the body But
nature always provides q corrector and
the best physicians emphasize that dur
ing changing climate our blood should be
kent rich and pure and active by taking
SCOTS Emulsion after meals-the cod
liver OH IN Seotts Emulsion warns the
body by enrlching the blood-t pecul-
larry strengthens The lungs and upbuilds
The resisuve forces OF the body To avoid
colds and prevent consumption.
Il you work indoors, tire easily. feel
languid or nervous, SCOTS Emulsion is
the most strengthening food-medicine
known. 10 builds energy and strength
and IS totally free from alcohol or arv
stupotyius dfus every druggist has II.
1906 slou a BOVINE Bloomfield. a. D.
lAIft
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09
COTTON

NEW YORK, March 9.-Local senil-
ment was bearish At the opening Of the
cotton market to-day and first prices
were al a net decline Of to . points
from Saturdays final Liverpool cables
came IN about as expected, being heavy
on account of long liquidation and on
account Of the poor Egyptian market.
However the bear influence In Liverpool
was offset by continental buying OF new
crops
After the call the trend continued to-
ward lower levels, through general SELL
ing by the ring and a few brokers iden-
lifted with spot interests, on the break
March struck 1906, for a net loss Of o
points from the opening quotation or
with points Of the seasons low mark.
established February 9. Other positions
established new low levels. May touched
II SO, while July sold a Il.4S.
The market found a good many buy
ing orders around the above quotations
and the market made a brave effort %
bun during the late forenoon the en-
tire list recovering nearly all u the de-
cline. Wires TO the South We're better
conditions and good many selling or
ders came in, but considerably smaller
than had been generally predicted
Following are II "A. m. bids la New
York: March, 1908 MAY 1l.57 July.
ID 81; August. ia; October. 11.22
Following are 10 q m. bids IN New
Orleans; March. ! 2 81, May ~ 20, July
l2.l7. October, 80.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09
STOCKS
nu cAARLEs w. STORM.

NEW YORK. March after an ir-
regular opeuing, a strong tone was de-
veloped in the stock market to-day ana
substantial gains we're made ON smalI
transactions Lehigh Valley rose = on
IA single sale and Union PACING ah-
vauced u on the purchase Of 100 shares
There was d good demand for Chica-
70. Milwaukee and St. Paul, part or
Il coming from the same traders who
sold last week This issue gained ~.
Mexican Petroleum was heavy losing
] point.
Eew York. New Haven and Hartford
made gain Of l&, selling at 6sA
Westinghouse. after opening un-
changed at A. advanced point,
United states Steel common declined q,
then recovered Reading advanced -,
Brooklyn Rapid Transit which sold mi
nus the dividend Of ", gained Is
Erie opened unchanged, then gained
fraptionally Canadian Pacific was
heavy as 4 result Of pressure in Lon
New York Central, American Can,
Chesapeake and Ohio and American
Telephone declined
Great Northern preferred advanced 5s.
THE curb was steady.
Americans in London were unsteady.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

CHICAGO. March . Hogs Receipts
20 OoQ Market be To- Zoe higher Mixed
and butchers. SS450S.S0. good heavy.
IS 65MSTj, rough heavy, $S45d so;
light SSt50S.T0; pigs, S6,90QS4o. bulk,
SS.60dST5
Cattle Receipts 5000 Market
steady and l0c lower Beevcs. $1,000
975: cows and heifers. S8150S.35:
stockers so and feeders y 5 ool5,t TeN-
Sheep Receipts 30 900 Market strong
and Zoe higher. Native and Western.
$4,000 CHS, lambs, S.. 65G1.S0
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09
Rich Artist Leaves
All for Secret Mission

NEW YORK, Marco IA strange
will left by r. NJ Welch, a wealthy
artist reveals thar he left his entire
fortune for a secret mission A
brother, DR. c. X. Welch, of Hart
ford. is made executor
"Ie is to use the entire principal
and interest the win instructs. 20
perform the secret task which has
been explained to him in letter now
locked in a safety deposit vault in
New YORK If there is any money
left, he is to inherit il automatically"