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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-10
NEED SIX HEATS
To DECIDE RACE
Trot at Hartford Track Fur
niShed Some Interesting
Sport Before New ZeII Takes
$4,000 Purse.

HARTFORD. Conn. Sept s.-The
Capital City stake for 2:0s trotters
Wednesday developed the best race OF
the Grand Circuit racing at Charter
oak park. III was won by New Zell
after six heats. There We're only two
races on the program. the proposed
handicap trot failing TO hl The 2.16
pace went 10 Zaida in straight heats
Exciting finishes in the Capitaf city
stake furnished the real interest Of
the day Four horses started. Allan
tie Express making his first appear
ance OF the season. New Zeu had
little difficulty in taking the first two
heats but tired noticeably In the
third, which was won by Atlantic Ex-
press at the wire, Oakdale taking q
second. The fourth heat was a dupn-
cate OF the third except that Oakdale
reversed the verdict In the nth At
lantic Express won by a good margin.
New Zell. rested up in the last three
heats came back in the sixth strong.
taking the lead from Atlantic Express
at the first turn and holding II all the
way around. winning easily when
Dickerman's horse broke half way
down the stretch Oakdale was dis
tanced in the last heat and New Zell
won first and third money.
Summaries:
2:16 pace, in 3. purse $1,000
Zaida, blk m. by the Peer
(BrazeD ..-.....1 1
John A. p. br s (CrOzier) % 8
Mainline. (Murphy) .3 3 .
Best time 2:091-4
Capital City stake 2:0S trot. in 3.
purse $4,000
New Zell. b e by New
Leaf (Andrews) .....1 4441
Atlantic Express.
(Dickerman) .....-.4 ! I ?
Oakdale. Bismaya also started
Rest time % "a
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-10

u. Damn, walking around the world
wore out 366 shoes in 1880 miles
Figure how many he will wear gu
before getting back to Bucharest.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-10

CHEWING GUM always fresh and
the best at COOnleyS. Advt.
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POOR'S MANUAL FOR 1914,
900 Additional Pages and Mach
New InSOrma ton.

Poors Manual of Railroads for 1914. the
forty seventh annual number, = has lust
been islsued. The volume. bound in cloth,
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MONEY IN NEW YORK.
Market quiet aud ERsy-s'erman
Hank Return.

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Total sales to-day, 1920 shares
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SHORT TERM SECURITIES.

'EV dividend.
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RAILROAD EARNINGS
Live Stock Market,

l. TUESDAY, February 10
R-ce!pti OF beeves were 6t9 heat. .nciud
Ing cars for the market. NJ trading to-
day In I've cattle, The feeling was steady
70 strong, Deceased IN fair demand III Il 10
i4c, per h. for city dressed native sides
Exports to-morrow 81 benvcs. 10 sheep and
10 hogs all TO bermuda.
Receipts ~ calves were 900 head, All
for the market, Pricea were full steady
FOR al sorts and grades ~ live chlves
Common to prime veais toid Mt S9Gsl2T5
per 100 h.: culls at 37.5OuSs; yearlings at
SAG $3.50: bnrnyard calves at ~. Dressed
dressed veais and i2& iG'ic, Tor country
dressed,
Receipts Of sheep AMI lambs were 1898
trade In either sheep or lambs. The feel,
Ing was hrin. Dressed mutton was arm al
ga "a lie. per III dressed lambs nj 100
l4c: hog dressed l5c.: country dressed hot
house lambs unchanged a. SJuts per car
cass " 49,
Receipts OF hogs were 1855 head. all ,or
slhughterers Feeling steady, for all wrixhts
county dressed hogs steady at sgTi2c
per H. "''|
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DAILY TREASURY STATEMENT

wASHINGToN. Feb io-Thr slaicm'. ~
the receipts ami pay Warrhite al lhc Ire '.'.
Yesterday. This month Fl~yH. }'N
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Receipts from customs yesterday, So a.
from internal revenue. ordinary srS, 80, t'.
ration tax, 3 GJ- and mls,,llun-u.-. '...
National bank notes received for retrn.i n...
:. ne -
The cash abatement % the uu.te! 'ta,''
Treasurer for February shows:
GENERAL. FUND.
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In national banks Observation-Disclosures, s.r -
Available cash IN Treasury and
DruNr current hab,lity,...,...,. goo. .H g..
FREQ balanys' Ia Treasury and BANKS
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TRUST FUND.
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SUB.TREASURY STATEMENT
.:.:.,H,.s

GG.,1..s
Inid ry SUI 7r"p4ury to lhukg... 49,
paid hy naHkG to sub Treasury, "s2.
Loss 10 sub Treasury on dnyG
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SINCE FRIDAY LAST
paid Iy sui. TREASURY To- hanks E,i.'
pail by bauSs to Sab-Troasury. 5,.-'
Loss 10 banks. Observation-Disclosures, ,...'.
LOSS to hanka sam" period pre-
vlous week ,.,,.,..,.,.,.,,,.
Evening star., 1914-01-04

ington scouts at the camp each week.
Mr.. Beard. who was the organizer of the
Boy Pioneers, Sons of Daniel Boone. an
organization that affiliated with the Boy
Scouts, has been in charge of the camp
of Culver Military Academy. He will in
struct the scouts in many new phases of
camp life and will arrange for special
recreational features
simultaneously with the announcement
of Mr.. Boards selection for this tenn
porary post, announcement was made
yesterday of the resignation of DR.. w.
H. Leonard, field secretary for the Wash
ington scouts. DR.. Leonard, it is stated,
has severed his connection with the or
ganization in order to accept a business
opportunity in the city. His resignation
takes effect Immediately. The retiring
official was in charge of Camp Archibald
Butt last summer.
More than twenty scouts crowded INTO
the headquarters office in the municipal
building yesterday to enter the class of
wireless telegraphy which is to be in
structed by G. H. Lewis, radio associate,
Signal Corps, L. 5. n. Interest being
Evening star., 1914-01-04
Columbia for Noel House.

Columbia, a spectacular pageant, his
torical and unusual in its accuracy of
settings and costuming, will be given at
the Columbia Theater the week of Feb
ruary > for the benefit of Noel House
Those who keep in touch with the best
amateur work done by Washington peo-
pie will remember THE College Hero, +"
which was SO successfully produced two
Years ago by the board of management
of Noel House The board has secured
The same management to stage and pro-
duce Columbia"
Mrs. Henry Cleveland Perkins, president
Of Noel House was present at yester-
days rehearsals at the New Willard, and
gave brief outline of the production.
Great interest was shown and 40 per-
sons We're assigned to their parts.
Mr.. Morgan. who will stage the pro-
duction, will be remembered for his ex-
ceilent work with the Mask and Wig
organization. which is well known in this
city. He is a member of the club and
has staged a great many of its pro-
auctions.
Rehearsals of Columbia are being
held afternoon and evening in the BALI
room of the Hotel Raleigh. and every
rehearsal is supervised by members
Of the board of management of Noel
House. The following are members of
The board: Mrs. Henry Cleveland Per-
Tins, president; Mrs. Ralph jenkins,
treasurer; Mrs Horasio Bigelow. secre.
secretary Mrs. Seth NJ. Ackley. Miss
Julia Butler. Miss Annie Hageman. Mrs.
Duncan Mckin. Mrs. Randolph H. Nc
Kim, Mrs. Frank Moss, Mrs. Joseph P.
Sanger. Mrs. Richard Wainwright. Mrs.
Duncan g. Phillips Mrs. George Shiras,
Mrs. Charles H. Stockton, Mrs. Francis
Winslow. Miss Mary Ninslow. Miss Adds,
Mrs. Frederic G. Stevens, Mrs Manlon
Pitney. Mrs. Armistead Peters, Mrs.
Bates Warren. Mrs Charles II. Schaffer
and Mrs. Louis p. Waller.
Evening star., 1914-01-04
The Dawn of Tomorrow y

Polls Theater announces for next week
a revival of Mrs. Frances Hodgson Bur-
nett's beautiful comedy of optimism
The Dawn of a Tomorrow" Miss
Frances Nelson, who will give proof of
her versatility this week in the leading
success, will next week be seen in the
Eleanor Robson and afterward played in
England and the United States by Ger
trude Elliott. 1t is one of Miss Nell
sons greatest stock successses.'
The Dawn of Il Tomorrow is the
story of an English nobleman who. after
being pronounced hopeless mental and
physical wreck by his physicians. goes
down into the slums to put an end to his
life among the people who do not know
him. In Apple Blossom court one of
the lowest slums of Londons East Side,
M. meets Glad. daughter of the tene-
nents who. in spite of her miserable
life. is d confirmed optimiSt. He soon
learns to look upon the world through
Glad's cheerful eyes He finds that there
are many other people whose cases are
far more hopeless than his. In doing
good for others he acquires an interest
in life and ultimately RECEIVERS his men
tai and physical health.
The centra theme of the story is Glad $
love for a young man who was born and
bred thief. The happy termination of
this romance and the regeneration of the
young lovers and their establishment in
better sphere of life is one of the good
deeds performed by the nobleman who
went down into the slums to die.
Evening star., 1914-01-04

There are exceptions. la Tosca'' has
all the swift action and perfect CO.
herence of 4 story by Maupassant- Pa
gliacci'' is less perfect. but still admira-
BILE: and while 'Tannhauser'' fills the
stage with miracles it has sort of
legendary logic of its own. But the plot
OF ''Lohengrin demands that the hero
shall be freak and the heroine a fool.
Lucia makes one wonder whether II
is the soprano or the composer that IS
crazy: "Rigoletto and '"rrosatore. full
of color and beauty. are equally fun OF
Inconsistencies. and .'Goconda" is a sort
of Punch and Judy police court. 1t seems
a pity that some of the surplus ability
in plot-making which floods magazine Of
fees cannot be turned To the musical
stage.
Evening star., 1914-01-04

state the organization of an additional
class. Mr.. Lewis is arranging to In
struct the members in elementary cleo
tricity and field work
Ten candidates for admission to the
second class We're examined at head
quarters Friday night by DR.. Leonard.
They included Clifford and Samuel
Mooers. George Gill Alfred Burdine. +.
s. Cay. Jackson Somerville, Randall
Elliott. Cyril Sanifer, c. Tyler and Har-
rell Williams. Ferdinand Hoffman. who
previously had taken a part of the exam
| lnation, finished the test and was admit
ted to the second class. 1t is announced
that the candidates will be given the re-
mainder of the examination at Rossiyl.
Va. next Saturday. when the tests VIII
include cooking and tlremaking.
| Parents of the members of Troop No.
2l were the guests of the troop at an en-
tertainment given New Year eve in the
parish hall of the Episcopal Church at
Takoma Park. Scoutmaster Filkins and
thirty members of Troop No. 43 also
We're present
| A demonstration of Boy Scout activities
was the feature of the evenings enter
| tainment. The scouts played number
of games and showed their skill at first
| aid work. knot tying fire lighting ano
| signaling. Members of Troop No ii
| participated in this potrion Of the pro-
gram.
/ Scoutmaster Rowles gave A talk or
scout cooking. He outlined some OF ms
| experiences in preparing meals in the
woods Scoutmaster Fikins gave tall
on the scout movement.
A tableau was presented by members
of Troop No AZ. american flags were
unfurled "The Star Spangled Banner
was PLAYED and the scouts gave the sa'
lutte.
| Scoutmaster Fred l.. Harries of TrooI
! No 2l and his assistant, l.. NJ Gosorn
| We're presented with gifts by the troop
Mir. Harries and Mr.. Gosorn. in brle
| addresses thanked the scouts for the gift:
and promised to do everything in then
! power during 1914 to further the useful
ness of the troop.
/ Scoutmaster Harries presented eaci
member of the troop with calendar
| showing views taken at the D1str1c
| Naval Battalion wharf. where the scout:
receive instructions in sea scouting.
| Fred Reed. assistant scoutmaster o
Troop No. II, gave demonstration O.
/ fire making.
! Twenty -four Boy Scouts demonstrated
! fire. fighting, signaling, first aid and scou
| games at the entertainment provided fo
the children of the employees of the Wash
| ington Railway and Electric Company a
! the National Theater last Tuesday after
noon Among those who participated il
! the program were the following MEMBER
of Troop No. u: Howard Derrick, Cllntol
Allard Lloyd Harrison. Ira Eures. Don
aid Stuart. Homer Greenfield, Russo
/ Petit, Lloyd Gosorn. Robert Cruit, Ben
Z, Jamin Davis. Harold Harrison. Reec'
Burkett. Lowell Davis. Denslow Eggles
/ ton. Kenneth Harries. Howard Galley
Philip Mckenney, William Crow Kroll
| Thomas Holmes, Stephen Williams ant
/, Beverly Galloway.
| Members of Troop n. under the di
Evening star., 1914-01-04

Daniel Carter Beard, national scout
commissioner will be in charge next
summer of the Boy Scout camp near
Chesapeake Beach, which is to be na1n-
tanned jointly by the Washington and
Baltimore branches of the juvenile or
ganization. This announcement was
made yesterday by Edgar S. Martin, head
of the local scouts, who stated that. be
ginning July /, 100 boys will be enter
tanned each week at the camp.
Arthur C. Moses and Colin II. Living
ston of this city have purchased the
fifty -odd acres composing the Camp Ar
chibald Butt site, four miles from Chesa-
peake Beach, and have turned it over to
the Washington scouts to be used as a
permanent camp, Mr.. Martin stated 1t
has been decided to make next summer s
outing a big one in every respect and the
presence of Mr. Beard as chief instructor
WILL it is expected, insure the success of
the camp.
According to the present plans, there
will be fifty Baltimore and fifty Wash
Evening star., 1914-01-04
A Deaf-Mute Bible Glass.

Erom the Christian Herald.
There is no denomuational life i'll the
deaf-mute Bible class cf Atlanta, Ga.
though it is taught each sunday morning
in the schoolroom OF st. Marks Metho-
dist Church. Their atfiction is the bond
that lhtes its members in their study of
tho Word of God.
The Atlanta class is the original of nine
that exist now in the SOUTH The eight
others are in Memphis. Nashville, Chatta-
nooga, Louisville birmingham. New or
leans Raleigh and Jackson, Miss. The
Atlanta class is the only one among them
whose teacher is possessed OF normal
hearing and speech.
The sign language Of ideas. in contrast
with that Of letters, is used almost wholly
in the class. The letters were too SLOW,
Evening star., 1914-01-04
Thomas E. Shea in Repertoire.

When Thomas Z. Shea comes to the
academy Theater next week he will
offer a new play, "The Whirlpool" a
trama IN four acts, founded on detec-
tive-police Is r. New York city. 1t
was written by Henry Irving Dodge. a
prominent newspaper writer. Sesldes
THE Whirlpool THE Bells and "Dr
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde he will also be pre-
sented on special nights.
Mr.. Shea occupies a distinctive posi-
tion on the popular-prlce circuit OF thea
ters i'm all the larger cities, in so far as
he has devoted his efforts mainly to the
production of the serious type OF drama
He has been seen in "Richelieu, "Othel-
To- aud many other classics. Although
lie changes his repertoire now and then,
DIR. Jckyu and Mr. Hyde" and The
Bells" seem TO be permanent favorites
Evening star., 1914-01-04
Land of Impossible. "

The Land of Impossible" is the
title of new two-act musical comedy.
built on burlesque lines. featuring Dave
Marion. comedian, with his own company,
which will be the attraction at the Gay
ETY. Theater next week Dave Marion
will be seen in his successful role of
''Snuffy, the cabman. but the whole
show is new throughout and allows for
the introduction of sprightly chorus of
more than seventy-five young women.
THE Ballet of Roses" presented by the
full company of 100 during this enter
tainment. is very elaborate and permits
of many unusual electrical and scenic
effects.
The company includes Phil White, por-
trayer of Hammerstein types; Inez de
Vedier. soubrette: William Lawrence
and Mark Thompson. who give clever
original parodies; Mile. Carrie, dan
seuse: Max Gordon. Ralph Watson and
others. Agnes Peehler takes the lead
ing prima donna role, which displays
her high soprano voice with fine effect
Evening star., 1914-01-04
A BURNING QUESTION.
Is It Correct to Write "the Misses
Smith" or the Miss Smiths?

Letter to the New York Sun.
Official discussion in Washington of re-
Gently revived social questions has pro-
voked inquiry all along the social line,
and it has been asked through the public
prints If it is proper to write the MISS
Smiths or the Misses Smith, This is
an old question, but perhaps some new
suggestions may help to settle it.
The Smith family is generally and not
improperly often called the Smiths In
classifying the family we say the adult
Smiths. the juvenile Smiths, the infant
Smiths Did any one ever hear the
adults Smith or "the Juveniles Smith
or the babies Smith?
We list the Smiths for invitation and
address Mr.. and Mrs. Smith" But this
is simply an elision. It means Mr.. Smith
and Mrs. Smith. We want also to invite
the elder daughter. who socially is Miss
Smith, and We want to invite the young
er daughter, who is Miss Mary Smith.
The title Miss Smith is everywhere
social distinction OF seniority. Socially
there cannot be two Miss Smiths.
Now. if we write "the Misses Smith
on an invitation to the two daughters.
Miss Smith is deprived of her social dis
tinction as eldest daughter. and Miss
Mary is given undue social distinction. In
the science of social usage We have at
tempted the impossible feat of making
Miss Mary as old as her elder sister.
Sometimes Miss Mary may not care to
be rated as old as her elder sister. Why
should she be listed as older than she is?
Miss Smith has her dignity of seniority.
why should not Miss Mary have her
charm of youth? The joint invitation
saves paper. but Is a very vulgar econ
ony that saves paper at the cost of de-
tracing from the social distinction of
those to whom we send invitations.
In no other connections do we use such
expression. The city directory shows
how many DIR. Smiths there are. 1t would
be very surprising if some one were to
ask how many Doctors Smith there
are 1t would be more surprising if the
| young men of the Smith family received
an invitation addressed to the Misters
Smith, Doubtless Christmas brings
some present to ''the Smith babies" but
not to the Babies Smith" Undoubtedly
Miss Smith and Miss Mary are Smith
misses. but they are not the Misses Smith.
The truth is neither "the Misses Smith
nor 1.-The Miss Smiths is polite or proper.
In conversation no one ever refers to the
young ladies of the Smith family other
wise than as the Miss Smiths. Perhaps
1t would be proper here to offer an apoi-
ogy to Miss Smith and Miss Mary for this
free use of their names.