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The Washington times., 1914-07-28

fer widely. For instance. in one
State cur women may feel that
their best efforts could be put forth
In an endeavor to bring about more
sanitary conditions. while probably
in another State the subject Of vo-
cational education will be upper
most.
However. as the territory covered
by the work Of the Southern Conn
mercial Congress Is mainly agric1i-
tural, the women constituting the
various branch auxiliaries are, as q
rule, devoted most Of all to the
rural problem and much thought 10
being given to the subject of the
r. community life of the people in our
farm districts 1t Is generally
known that In the United States
farmers families do not enjoy the
social intercourse with their neigh
bors as the families Of European
countries. This was brought out
ditions in Europe by the American
commission, which was assembled
by the Southern Commercial Con-
gress and which spent three months
in its European investigations II
Is the hope of our women that they
may succeed in arousing the people
of the agricultural communities Of
the South to such an extent that
they will follow the rule of nearly
every agricultural community in
Europe and establish what Is known
as a neighborhood house. where
fathers and mothers and boys and
girls may gather In the evenings
and on rainy days, become acq,iaint-
ed, and exchange IDEAS and have IN
terests in common that will GER
tainly result in social uplift. and
will tend to keep the boys and girls
en- the farms rather than have them
seek employment in the factories
and offices Of our Industrial CEN
ters, with the hope or finding Life
less dull.
Nationally Prominent Women.
In Tennessee, the home of Miss
Lindsey, the president of the
woman's auxiliary. the subject Of
good roads is one that is being
agitated freely by the members of
the auxiliary. and they are enthus-
iastically working for good along
this line.
The first convention of the wom-
ans auxiliary was held in Mobile.
Ala, In OCTOBER, 1913, AT tne time
of the ffth annual convention OF
the Southern Commercial Congress.
1t was successful in every feature.
This year the second convention
will be held in Muskogee. Okla. at
the time of the sixth annual con-
yention of the Southern CONNER
cial Congress- and the officers OF
the auxiliary are putting forth
every effort to make this conven-
tion as marked a success as was
the first. A number of nationally
prominent women are expected to
participate in the program and in
vitations have been addressed to
some of the leading women of isu--
rope and Lady Aberdeen. wife OF
the lord lieutenant of Ireland, who
is the president of the Information
al Council OF Women. Is confidently
expected to be present
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A RAILWAY CENTURY.

One hundred years ago last Satur-
day the first steam locomotive
hauled a load of freight over rails
N England. On the same Saturday
the New York newspapers told Ct
a test, after that century, conducted
1T Binghamton. n. Y, when an en-
zine pulled 250 loaded cars, weigh
ing q, 900 tons.
It was only last November, the
@5th, to be exact, when a special
train, consisting of a locomotive
and two cars, ran from Washington
TO Jersey City, 226 miles, in four
hours, the fastest trip ever made
between the two cities.
From a little more than 5000
niles Of railroad tracks in America
in 1850, thirty years later the mile
age had grown to more than
10000. Twenty years after that it
rad more than doubled the 1880
figures. In the United States today
here are more than 100000 miles of
rack, the total mileage being great
CT than that of all Europe and Asia
combined. with Australia thrown
n. One Of New York's terminals
alone covers in acres almost double
hat of London's Waterloo, Paris's
St. Lazare, Frankfort's and Dres-
den's Main and the Cologne station.
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studying for the season. and two
more members take up current
topics.
The history. literature. arts and
crafts OF Florence were considered
during the first year OF the clubs
existence. Then Modern Contem-
poraneous Art" was taken up. In
I907-0S Music" and Modern Ethical
Movements were the topics rcnsid-
cred. In the following year German
eral were studied. Then. in the or
der named. The Victorian Era"
The Scandinavians. Holland"
and Our Country" were considered.
Last season was spent on Scotland,
Ireland. and Wales. and during the
coming winter the club will study
Latin America.
The first meeting this fall will he
on November 5. when the Aztccs und
the political history OF Mexico VIII
he the two phases OF the general
subject presented to the CLUB. At
the next meeting the Spanish con-
quest and occupation of Mexico, ard
Yucatan. and the Mayas VIII be the
topics.
Officers of the Club.
Present OillCerS OF tne cub are:
Mrs John d. Smoot. president: Mrs,
y. Jefrras. vice president: Mrs. A.
J. McKelway. secretary: Mrs. james
T Marshall. treasurer, and Miss
Henrietta Woods. critic.
Among the former presidents ~
the club were Mrs. J. D. Patten
Mrs d. L. Wilson. Mrs. C p. Grady,
Mrs c. II. Cragin. Mrs. w. B. Orme
Mrs. A. B. Abbot. Mrs. G. p Du
Bose. Mrs. a. F. Hassan, and Miss
Alice y. Sawyer.
The committee to formulate the
program is made up of Mrs. Smoot
Mrs. A. X. Anderson, Mrs. Du Bose,
Mrs Hassan. and Mrs. McKelway.
Every meeting of the club still is
held at Evermay. The club became
a member of the District of Colum-
bia Federation Of Women's Clubs in
November. lell
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By EULA B. TATE.

BY EULA B. TATE.
This is truly an age Of organized
endeavor. There are organizations Of
every conceivable character, ranging
from those whose purposes are to
promote advancement along all lines
to the organization which ] read Of
recently. whose purpose Is 20 pre-
vent the formation of other organi-
cations.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the
Southern Commercial Congress was
established something over a year
ago. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. wife
of the President of the United States,
has complimented the women Of the
South by accepting the Office Of
honorary president general. and
Miss Louise G. Lindsey, of Nash
vile. Tenn. Is the active president
general. Branch auxfliaries are
being formed In each of tie sixteen
States covered by the work Of
the Southern Commercial Congress.
the unit Of organization being county
clubs. which are composed of fifty
members in each county.
While yet in its primitive state
the auxiliary has been successful
in accomplishing very gratifying
results. The objects of the auxil-
larry are Identical with the objects
of the Southern Commercial Con-
gress.
Objects of Congress.
The following are two short
statements. giving the objects and
purposes of the congress-:
First. The Southern Commercial
Congress is not merely an annual
meeting. 1t Is a union of effort on
the part of all Southern CONNER
cial bodies and individual business
institutions to bring two things to
pass in our day; first, to introduce
a proper understanding by the
people of the South regarding the
Significance of the physical re-
sources of their States in establish
ing a greater nation through a
greater South; and second. to
sweep out Of the mind of the world
all elements of Misunderstanding
regarding the South, its prospects,
its people. and its opportunities.
Second. The Southern Commercial
Congress was designed to be con-
commercial bodies and individual
business institutions interested In
Southern progress, an extended
chamber of commerce, doing for
section of country what the local
chamber does for it's community,
centralized source of Information,
an inspiration for local organiZa-
tions. a national office for each, a
co-operatfye bureau for assembling
and circulating nationally the
broad facts regarding the indus
trial. commercial. and agricultural
possibilities and progress OF the
South.
Woman's Work Specific.
While the parent organization
works along general lines for the
upbuilding of the South, the Wom-
ans Auxiliary will work along more
specific lines and probably this
work IT. the various States will diff
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ruths By Women Who
H Woman's Auxiliary of South
NIlOW ern Commercial Congress
Welfare Work IN South

Vocational training improved sanitary conditions rural problems
and community life of people farm districts rural neighborhood
houses which tend keep the boys and girls the farms
from the and offices Of the cities and good roads few
Of the lines Of endeapor of the Womdus Auxiliary the Southern
Commercial Congress headquarters tudng
To establish nation through greater South the
damena of this organization composed of commercial bodies
institutions comprising cooperative of
formation concerning the progress the South The Woans Aun
works along specific lines than the association and
work paries in the different States
Miss Eula B. Tate secretary relates in the following of
of branch auxliaries which being formed
covered by the where the organa
ion is county clubs composed of fifty members
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F MUCH interest to Washing
ton is the marriage of Miss
u Charlotte Reichmann, dauEh-
ter of Lieut.. Col. and Mrs.
Carl Reichmann. and Lieut.. Living
ston Watrous. U. S. A. which will he
celebrated today at Schof1eld Bar
racks. Honolulu, where both Colonel
Reichmann and Lieutenant Watrous
are stationed. Miss Reichmann pass
ed much of her girlhood in Washing
ton, as her father was stationed here
for some time. and made host OF
friends. Lieutenant Watrous is a
son of Mrs. Richard H. Eunt, OF New
York After a wedding trip spent in
Japan, Lieutenant Watrous and his
bride will return to make their home
at Schofield barracks.
=
Sir John and Lady Harrington have
returned from Bar Harbor, where
they have been visiting. and are again
with Mrs. James Mcmillan at Eagles
head. Manchester. Mass.
=
Major and Mrs. j. Thomas Turner
have announced the marriage Of their
daughter, Mary Elsie. to DR.. Henry
Charles Raymond, Of Detroit. The
wedding. which was a quiet one, with
only the members of the immediate
family present. took place in New York
Yesterday. DR.. and Mrs. Raymond
sailed Immediately for Europe. They
will take a ten days motor trip through
France. and spend the rest Of their
honeymoon in Switzerland and England.
=
Mrs. Warner A. Gibbs will be at home
informally this evening at her home.
l7e6 Church street. Mrs. Gibbs will sail
on August / for an indefinite stay in
France.
The minister from Switzerland, DR..
Paul Ritter. sailed today on the Kron-
prinzessin Ceciiie, called home by a
cable dispatch announcing the sudden
death of his mother. Madame F.. Ritter
Stanel. Madame Ritter has been in
Switzerland all summer.
p
Former Senator and Mrs Albert
Beveridge will go to Manchester. Mass.
where they have taken one OF the
Merrill cottages at Smiths Point for the
rest of the summer.
r
Major Henry Leonard. L. S. NJ. c..
retired. left Washington several days
ago for Colorado Springs. Colo, where
his marriage took place yesterday to
Mrs. Ward Thoron. Because of the So
cial prominence of the bride and the
distinction of the bridegroom this we'd
ding is OF unusual interest Mrs.
Thoron, who, before her marriage to
Mr.. Thoron, from whom she was re-
Gently divorced, was Miss Ellen Ward
er. She is the eldest of the three
charming daughters of Mrs. Warder
and the late Benjamin II. Warder. Her
sisters are Mrs. Ralph Ellis, of New
York, and Mrs. John w. Garrett. wife
of the American minister to Argentina.
She was until three years ago, when
she left Washington for Colorado
Springs, where she has since made her
home. a leader in the smart young
married circle of the Capital. Her home
was the handsome Colonial residence at
l7il K street Cardinal Gibbons officia-
ted at her first marriage, Mr.. Thoron
being a Catholic. The ceremony took
place at the home of her parents, l5l5
X street, and was attended by many
of the social celebrities of the day. Her
mother. Mrs. Warder. who has spent
much time with her at her home at
Colorado Springs. left Washington
few weeks ago, and was there for the
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TAkETHE TIMES ALONG.

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Amusements.
Honeymoon" Ends Suit.

Reconciled and evidently bent on enS
joying a second honeymoon. NJ. .S
Mrs. Clarence B. Pratt, who v.-S
lately principals in an application fec
divorce. are sojourning at Virgins.
seasnore resort. Mrs. Pratt filed suit
last week for divorce from her hus-
band. but the day after the suit was
be gun the couple became reconctled
and yesterday Attorney Mathew ".
OBrien. who represented Mrs. Pratt.
received a letter instructing him %
withdraw the suit.
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The News of Society
By JEAN ELIOT.

wedding yesterday. Major eLonard re-
ceived his commission from President
Mckinley. He distinguished himself
for bravery during the Boxer uprising
in China, where he lost an arm. He re-
Gently resigned from the service. and
is practicing law. He was graduated
from Cornell in the class OF 1898. and Is
a member of the Metropolitan Club
Major Leonard and his bride will come
to Washington about October /.
=
The British embassy staff under Col
willie Barclay, the charge d'affairs. was
transferred yesterday from WASHINGTON
to Manchester-by-the on the Mas
sachusetts north shore.
Ernest Scott, first secretary: d. a..
Osborne, and Horace Seymour. both
third secretaries. and Viscount Camp
den. honorary attache. constitute the
STAFF that will be with Mr.. Parclay ut
Manchester. wnece Mrs. barclay, wife
of the chie:. has been esta ablished IN 4
summer nome since JuEe. The Military
Attache md Mrs. Moreton Gage and
their children a:e already at Cape Cod,
where Colonal Gage tnok a cottage early
in the season. The naval attache, Capt.
Guy Gaunt. will pass a part of the sum-
mer at Manchester. Mrs. 'iaunt. who
is abroad. will :oin her husband here
In the autumn.
Mr.. and Mrs. William James Coye. of
New York, have sent out invitations for
the marriage OF their daughter. Miss
Emily C. Coye. and Capt Norton Ellis
worth Wood. U. 8. A. on Wednesday.
August S, in the chantry Of Grace
messed only by the immediate families
and a few intimate friends OF the
couple. Capt Wood, who is the son of
the late Brig Gen. E. c. Wood. U. 8.
A.. has recently returned from Madrid,
where he was military attache Of the
American embassy.
=
The former Secretary of State and
Mrs. Philander c. Knox will go to Hot
Springs, Va, this week to spend some
time at the Homestead. Their son,
Hugh s. Knox, arrived there Saturday.
=
The Rev. Roland Cotton Smith. rec
tor Of St. Johns Church, in Lafayette
square. will offciate at the marriage OF
Clarence Hay and Miss Alice Apple
ton. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
r. Appleton. of New York. The cere-
mony will take place at 4 o'clock We'd
nesday afternoon. August 5, In the Me-
mortal Church of the Ascension. at Ips-
wich- Mass, where Mr.. and Mrs. Apple
ton have a summer .home. The Rev.
Robert p. Parker, rector of the church.
will assist the Rev. DR.. Smith. who Is
at his summer home, at Ipswich. The
wedding will be quiet. owing to mourn
ing in the family OF Mr.. Hay, and will
be followed by a small reception at APP
pleton Farms.
Mrs. Byron s. Adams and Miss Marie
Adams are spending the season at the
New Monmouth Hotel, Spring Lake,
n. J.
w. l. Cunningham, editor of the
New Rochelle Star, accompanied by
Mrs. Cunningham. are spending a few
days in washington
-
John Weston Englshar'h. Of New Or
leans, accompanied by his daughter.
Miss Lillian. are visiting friends In
Washington.
Mrs. Harry Fi.zhugh Gray. of Hunt
ington, w. Va. formerly of Washing
ton. who has been for somc time in
Atlantic City with her mother. Mrs
J. d. Murdaugh, will arrive in Wash
The Washington times., 1914-07-28
Epermay Students
of Worlds Progress
Georoetown Women's Club Each Season Takes Up
Civilization of Foreign Countries and Home
Topics for Discussion

Anvone upho thinks morning womans club sort OF rest
m variation of an afternoon should outline OF years
program of the Epermay Club
This club each the serious ana orougn Sudy
oue subject time has tno Of its
members talk meeting topics OF current interest,"
Formed admitted to the federation OF pomen cups
of the best known ana most hehy eSteeHed
of the uomen's study clubs in Washington
- HILDEBRAND
The Washington times., 1914-07-28

of prosperity. But it is as hard to
guess at the action of the German
as it is to speculate on what the
Russian would do.
To most of them America must
look pretty good.
The Washington times., 1914-07-28

Even the hardest-hearted misan-
thrope is willing to donate to the fresh
air fund when the saueaky phonograph
in the next apartment rattles OFF Annie
Laurie"
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Marylanders Wed Here.

Howard Eden and Miss Bertha Raw
linrs. both OF Brandywine. Md. we're
married at the home Of Edward NJ.
Thomson. 1886 C street northeast. yes
terday afternoon by the Rev. Henoch
Schroeder. Eden Is in business near
Ia Plata, Nd ..--.-...--
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TODAY.

Meetings, evening:
Masonic-Acacia, No Is: Takoma. No. %;
Mount Horeb. No T. and Potomac, NO. 3
Royal Arch chapters.
Odd FelIows-Washington. No s; Amity. No.
y. Golden Rule, No. II: Fred ID. Stuart.
No :. encampment-
knights OF Pythias-EXcelsior. No. IL: Capi-
tai No. a: Myrtle. No. %.
Andrew Johnson Council. No. s, Junior Order
United American Mechanics, Fifth and G
streets northwest.
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THE OLDEST INAAB sez

MANY a feller's
Joy in havin' his
wife 90 away [ tn
country is marred
by havin' t carry
one of them grass
suitcases t tn de-
pot"
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Injured by a Dive.

While diving at the bathing beach yes
terday. Paul Canter. nine. 1919 Tenth
street northwest, struck his hsac on
bottom. receiving a laceration OF the
scalp. The injury was dressed at Emer-
gency Hospital
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where the citizens of Washington can
argue moot questions.
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The old man sure Is wearing wor-
ried look these days. Knows that as
soon as the Servians try flank move
ment against the Austrians. the price
of beefsteak Is sure to cut OF his re-
treat
The Washington times., 1914-07-28

One grain of hydrogen contains df.-
ss7. $50. 90, 600 900 900 atoms. which doesn't
add anything to the United states
Treasury. but certainly helps to fill up
space when it's your day to be dumb.
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Amusements.

Co,umbIa-''why Smith Left Home" Sis p.
PoIi's-."The Wolf" els and s:l5 D. m.
Cosmos-Vaudeyille.
Glen Echo-An amusements.
chevy chase Lake-Marine Band concert and
dancing
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This is not financial column. but
We want to state that even IL the man
who invented s per cent was no s,ouch,
he'd look dumb alongside the man who
could invent two postage stamps that
wouldn't amalgamate in your vest
pocket
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TOMORROW.
Meetings. evening

Meetings. evening:
Observation-Disclosures Centennial. No. II,
SaIUpolIs Grotto outing at Chesapeake
Beach.
odd rsllows-Esstern, Ne I; Harmony, No.
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Would like to know what laundry the
Kaiser sends his mustache TO. Our
collars refuse ito stand up more tnan
an hour this kind of weather.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

9: Federal City. No. 70; Friendship. No.
IL: Columbia, No. l. encampment.
knights of Pythias-Mount Vernon. No. S;
Union. No. y; Friendship Temple, No. ..
Pythisn Sisters.
Amusements.
CoIumbia-''why Smith Left Home" Sis p.
m.
PoIIs-"The Wolf" 2:l5 and Sis p. m.
Glen Echo-All amusements.
Chevy Chase Iake-Marine Band concert and
dancing.
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THE SILVER LINING
EDITED BY ARTHUR BAER.

The new electrically lighted. modern
jail at San Quentin, Cal. is perfect ex-
cept for one small detail: it's on the
wrong side of the continent.
The Washington times., 1914-07-28

The chairman OF the New Haven
board Of directors Is now said to be
n physical wreck. which makes him
peculiarly well fitted for the position.
The Washington times., 1914-07-28

Birds OF a feather flock together, but
apparently the dove Of peace has no
feathers
The Washington times., 1914-07-28

Not very modest. but when walking
along Pennsylvania avenue, don't like
TO be stared at by tourists with their
heads sticking out Of the Washington
Monument.
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The American who stole the door
knob from Bobby Burns cottage must
have had one more hen than he had
china eggs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-17

NV E1lIE lH6 EdllTOduS III IdlSlnB
M/ their passenger rates are only
w following out the recommen-
dations of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, there is danger
that they are proceeding in the wrong
direction when they make wholesale
advances in suburban fares. The SUBJ
urban passengers are largely of two
classes. the men or women who live in
the small town or country and work in
the city and those who maintain sum-
mer cottages in the country. In either
case a serious rise in fares will have
the effect in the end of decreasing the
total receipts of the company, unless
past experience counts for nothing.
1t has been found invariably to be
the case that where suburban street
car lines have reduced fares. or what
is in most instances equivalent, have
enlarged their transfer privileges, a
gain in earnings has Immediately fol-
lowed. The suburban steam line is no
different in this respect from the sub
urban trolley. Indeed, the steam road
has maintained it's supremacy in many
has been able to operate at less cost
to the passenger than the electric line.
A sharp advance in suburban rates
will have several tendencies. none of
which promise to be of advantage to
the railroad If the committing rates
are advanced to any considerable eX-
tent the effect will be to drive many
11fa N iTn hn nit
Also, such a condition will, beyond
doubt, deter many from building in the
suburbs who would otherwise do so.
The margin between living expenses
and salary in most families is so small
that five or ten cents day difference
in car fare becomes an item of prime
Importance in the economy of the
household and one that enters largely
into the calculations of even the more
prosperous. Suburban life has grown
because real estate values and rents
are less out of the city than in, but "
this advantage is nullified by any cause
the trend back to the city will become
at once apparent.
1t is unquestionabIy true that the
PAoSpSAibS VI bllS AdllIOdu5 anu Tie
country at large demands that the re-
ceipts of the railroads be increased,
but it is doubtful if the Interstate
Commerce Commission has taken the
proper course. The per cent. ad-
vance in freight rates asked for by the
railroads would have fallen largely on
about 80 to 95 per cent. of the entire
population in such small proportion
as to have been felt by very few. The
passenger rate increases must be borne
by about 10 per cent of the people,
which constitutes the travelling public.
and in many instances will mean real
hardship.