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The Washington herald., 1914-03-28
Society Doinss in ano Around
6be Jlational Capital
~ NATALIE SUMNER LINCOLN.

Mrs. sturtevant. Mrs. Foster. Mrs. Need
ham. Mrs. Tuttie. Mrs. Strauss, Mrs. Dali
zeIl. Mrs. Kaufanann. Mrs. Hollyday,
Mrs. wheatley. Mrs. Knapp. Mrs. Stern
berg, Mrs. Koon. Mrs. Wood. Mrs. Mac
Donald, Mrs Heap. Mrs. Rose. Mrs, Ans
berry. Mrs. Ridgeiy. Mrs. Micou, Mrs.
Sherley. Mrs. LOTUS. Mrs. Fairchild, Mrs.
Folk. and Mrs. Van Devanter.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-28

The local participants in the exercises
will return to Washington Wednesday
morning.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-28
FRANK W. BIRD DEAD.

Word was received at the Bureau Of
Labor Statistics yesterday of the sudden
death Of Special Agent Frank W. Bird
of this city. in Cincinnati. Death was
due to ureamic convulsions, II was stat
ed. The body of Mr.. Bird will arrive
here today and funeral services probably
will be held Monday from the residence.
1851 Parkwood place northwest Mr.. Bird
is survived by a wife and two small
children.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-28

Peru in 1918 produced $1,000 tons Of
copper.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-28

The first meeting of the Friday Night
Dancing Class, organized by Mrs. Alex
ander Magruder and comprising the ultra
smart set of the National Capital. was
held last night at the Playhouse. Re
freshments We're served at midnight. after
which dancing was resumed.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-28

Josephus Daniels. jr.. who has been
spending the spring holidays with his
parents, Secretary and Mrs. Daniels. at
their home. Single Oak" woodley Lane.
has returned to the Tome School, Port
Deposit, Nd.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-28

zenet; Down in the Forest" by Ronaold:
Jean" by Gilbert Spross; "a Lullaby,
by Gerrett Smith. and THE Prayer.
from La Tosca. Her accompaniments
were played by Miss Marie Hansen Mr..
F. NJ. Fabian gave a Chopin group.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-28

Miss Elizabeth Fualds. who has been
spending the winter at the Hotel
Powhatan as the guest of her uncle,
Representative Samuel Wallin, has re-
turned to her home in Amsterdam.
N Y
The Washington herald., 1914-03-28

Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Graham and Mr.
C. II. Graham. Of Pennington, Conn,
have taken an apartment at the Hotel
Powhatan.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Gibson gave a
dinner last night at their home in Rhode
Island avenue.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-28

Mr. and Mrs Ten .Eyck Wendell en-
tertained az a dinner last might at their
Connecticut avenue residence. Covers
were laid for sixteen.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-28

Among the passengers sailing on the
Princess Irene. of the North
Lloyd line. today for Naples and
Genoa are Mrs. II. N. Hoyt, Miss N.
Hoyt. and Miss Marion McPeck, of WASH
ington
The Washington herald., 1914-03-28

Mrs. Ollie James. wife Of Senator
James. entertained at a beautifully ap-
pointed luncheon yesterday in honor Of
Mrs. Thomas r. Marshall. Covers were
laid for twenty-seven.
The hostess was assisted in receiving
her guests by Mrs. Henry d. Clayton,
Mrs. Jack Beall. Mrs. Hubert Dent. Mrs
Jesse w. Nicholson, and Miss Helen
Woodrow Bones.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-28

Mrs. J. A. Tyler and Mrs. l. @. Tyler,
Of New York, have arrived in Washing
ton and are stopping at the Shoreham.
Newark post., 1914-01-14
The Signers Of Appli-
cation For Licenses

Before signing an application
ask your self these questions:
l. Will a licensed saloon help the
boys of this community to be bet
ter men?
,. Does a saloon make the women
of the town happier and help 10
protect them?
3. Will the working man be bet
ter able to meet the high cost of
living if he lives near an open bar ?
4. Will the good order of the
town be improved?
). What effect has the closing of
saloons in other places had upon
the population of the jails and
almshouses?
6. Will / best serve the inter
ests of my town by signing or re-
fusing to sign a licenses
eff man has no good reason for
doing thing, he has one good rea-
son for letting it alone
Newark post., 1914-01-14
School Center Movement
Gains In Popularity

A report recently compiled by
the Russell Sage Foundation, de-
partment of education. speaks of
school centre work. as follows:
''In places where the school CEN
tire movement has been tried out for
some time, the work has been much
more rapid than where the work is
in the experimental stage. On the
whole. the success of the school So
cial centre idea has been consider
ably greater than was prophesied
by its most ardent supporters when
the movement was first started.
The basis of the school centre
idea is to Use the public school
buildings of the country the year
round, and to use them nights as
well as days. To carry out this
plan the schools are made meeting
places at night for the grown-ups
of the neighborhood. Lectures are
given, entertainments provided :;
debating societies are allowed to use
the school building and athletic So
cieties are privileged to use the
gymnasium.
The work is getting on more
solid foundation. Seventy-one cit
les had, during the year 1928,
paid workers for some sort of social
centre activity, as opposed to for
tv-four cities the previous season.
The amount expended was S139,
535 in 1911-12, and $324,575 in
1928. There are 1927 paid
workers reported. That the gener-
al social and recreational possibili-
ties of the wider-use-of-th the-school-
plant-movement are making con-
stantly greater appeal may be seen
from the fact that in 9Sl school
houses there were public entertain
ments and lectures; in 1876 school
houses there We're meetings OF
adults to discuss local problems /;
athletics in 474 school houses. and
dancing in 100.
Another wider use OF school
houses in 1913 was the utilizing of
school buildings for elections and
other civic purposes. Balloting. at
election took place III 529 school
buildings; 259 buildings were used
for registering voters, and political
meetings took place in 4S1 school
edifices.
Newark post., 1914-01-14

which expensive toys fail to ac-
hieve?
Quoting Mrs. Worse, "None of
the Montessori material is design
ed primarily to amuse children.
The material is designed to develop
a child s senses, to refine them, and
to teach the child observation.
Through this power of observation
the children learn all unconsciously
to write and to read. 1t doesn t
sound nearly so fascinating as the
array of toys to be found IN any
well-stocked nursery. Wherein lies
its power over these childrenY
1.-The answer was given me by
some children whom | knew very
well. There was only one little boy
and one little girl in the family,
but the day after Christmas their
despairing parents felt they no
longer lived in home but in a toy
shop. The children wanted to play
with everything at once. They
never wanted to put anything
away. At last the harassed mother
of the family made this rule: All
toys found lying around after you
have gone to bed will be confscated
for a certain length of time?
Within week almost all of the
toys had been confscated. Now
notice what toys were wanted back.
The cry arose, L want my knife.
Oh. did you get the blocks? Where
are the paints. Oh, please give me
my tools. In fact. they Waated
back all the toys that had either a
constructive or an Imaginative ele-
meat. They wanted the Punch and
Judy because they made up plays
for it. They wanted the stone
blocks from which they build
houses. They simply had to have
the paints and modelling clay. Other
children who came to play with
with them would remind them:
Don t leave the clay out or you
can t play tomorrow In fact these
children liked the toys that caused
them to create something else or
that called for precision or skill,
which is another way of saying they
wanted the thing which would de-
velop their senses. That is to say,
they liked the playthings that We're
most like the apparatus used in the
Montessori schools.
And the reason they liked these
things better than mere toys is evi-
dent: they were all things that call
ed TO the child and developed some
thing in him, perfecting him in self
expression of some kind, develop
ing keenness of observation-in
short, skill of one kind or another. "
Newark post., 1914-01-14
Sketch Of Florence
Barclay, Authoress

Among recent novels OF wide
popularity is THE Broken Halo
by Florence Barclay, author OF
The Rosary" and "The Following
of the Star. The following inter-
esting sketch of the writer is pub
lished in Putnam's S Book News:
Florence Barclay belongs to the
Charlesworth family "a family
that has served the Church in an
unbroken chain since the days of
Elizabeth. The portraits of the
Charlesworth family-old prints of
bishops and clergymen in wigs and
white surplices-look down from
the walls upon this distinguished
descendant in whose stories the
idealism, high-thinking, and warm
goodwill toward humanity that be-
long to the Charlesworth tradl-
ton have come to such fine flower.
Morley Adams recently said, Mrs.
Barclays books proclaim the same
gospel that her forbears preached,
Newark post., 1914-01-14
A Childs Love For
Developing Work

Many mothers in the days follow
ing the holiday season join in the
query, why do the children get
tired of their toys so soon?" and
too often lay the blame upon the
child, never dreaming that there
may possibly be something wrong
with the toys. themselves.
Mary Heaton Worse. in the Feb
ruary Woman s Home Companion,
throws light upon the subject in
her discussion of Montessori toys.
Any visitor to the Children s
Houses, Mrs. Worse declares, can
not fail to notice 'the passion and
avidity with which most of them go
at their work. F" The secret of it all
the writer believes, is that children
love developing work, as4much as
does a youth in the fulfEss of his
powers. Day after day the child
rem work with the Montessori ma
terial. often so absorbed as to be
unconscious of their surroundings.
Why is it that such simple, uncom-
plicated things, accomplish that
Newark post., 1914-01-14

only her congregation is the
world.
Mrs. Barclay is the granddaugh-
ter of the Mrs. Charlesworth whose
.Ninistcring Children was read with
such avidity when it appeared some
half century ago. She is a neice of
the learned Arabic scholar. Profes-
sor Cowell. to whose persuasion it
was due that Fitzgerald took up
the study Of Arabic. Professor
Cowell rendered valuable assistance
in connection with the translation
of Omar khayam. Mrs. Barclay S
sister is Maud Ballington Booth,
who is the author of several delight
ful books for young people: Sleepy
time Stories. Lights Of CMldldnd,
TUilight Fairy Tales, and of a nov
el entitled Was It Murder? indicat-
ing how a miscarriage of justice
may result from a reliance on cir
cumstantial evidence, convincing as
such evidence often is.
Much Of Mrs. Barclay 5 writing
has been done at Hereford Heath,
of which her husband, The Rever-
end Charles Barclay, is the Vicar.
With its charming garden, fra
grant with the saeson s bloom and
musical with the songs of birds, the
Vicarage is just the kind of envir-
.onment that the reader associates
with the production of books such
as the author of The Rosary and
The Broken Halo has achieved. One
book from the pen of Mrs. Barclay
Through the P0sterH Gate, whose
garden setting carries one back to
the charming homesteads, embower-
ed in green, of the English coun-
tryside, was, however, strangely
enough, written when the author
was on shipboard choosing the At
lantic. The F0lIOCing Of the Star,
II Is interesting to note, was partly
written at the famous Villa Troll
lOpe, in Florence, where George
Eliot wrote Rom0ld, and where
Mrs. Browning, Maxwell Gray, and
Lord Lytton often stayed. This
spot is still one beloved by authors
and composers, for among the pre-
sent generation of writers it has
been used by Frances Hodgson
Burnett, Thomas Hardy, and Eden
Phillpotts.
Newark post., 1914-01-14
Members Urged To
Read For Improvement
List OF Books Prepared By Alumni Committee

Barnaby Rudge
David Copperfeld
Great Expectations
Old Curiosity Shop
Oliver Twist
Tale of Two Cities
Anthony Trollope-
The Warden
NON-FICTION
Little Rivers Henry Van Dyke
How the Other Half Lives Riis
The Making of an American Riis
The Man Without A Country
Hale
Sketch Book Irving
The American Commonwealth
Bryce
The Autocrat of the Breakfast
Table 0. ". Holmes
Upton Letters Benson
How to Live on TwentyFour
Hours a Day Arnold Bennett
Literary Taste Arnold Bennett
The Social Center E. J. Ward
Newer Ideals of Peace
Jane Addams
DRAMA
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
Hamlet
Othello
AS You Like 1t
Julius Caesar
King Lear
The Merchant of Venice
POETRY
Paradise Lost Milton
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Byron
Idylls of the King Tennyson
Newark post., 1914-01-14

The following list of books has
been prepared by the Committee on
Self-Culture of the Newark High
School Alumni Association. Ac-
cording to the constitution recent
ly adopted every member is expect
ed to read any four books from the
following list, during the year 1914
FICTION
Sir Walter Scott:
Guy Mannering
Ivanhoe
Kenilworth
Quentin Durward
William Makepeace Thackeray
Henry Esmond
Vanity Fair
The Nirginian
Victor Hugo
Les Miserables
George Eliot
Mill OH the Floss
Adam Bede
SlldS Mariner
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The House of Seven Gables
Twice Told Tales
Jane Austin
Pride and Prejudice
Charlotte and Emily Bronte-
Jane Eyre
c. D. Blackmore-
Lorna Doone
Charles Reade-
The Cloister and the Hearth
Peg Wellington
Never Too Late to Mend
Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island
Kidnapped
David Balfour
Charles Dickens
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
German Army
Official Report

Berlin, Dec. IL (by wireless 10 Lon
don).--The German official statement
to-day says:
"On the East Prussisn frontier our
cavalry repulsed Russian cavalry, and
we took $40 prisoners.
"South of the Vistula and in North
ern Poland our operations are develop
ing.
"In Southern Poland Russian attacks
have been repulsed by Austro-Hun-
garian and German troops.
'In Flanders the French yesterday
made attacks in the region of LANCE
mark, which, however, were repulsed
They lost 200 men in killed and we
took 440 prisoners.
"0ur artillery bombarded the Ypres
railroad station to interfere with the
movements of the enemy's troops.
eve have made some progress near
Arras.
French troops again attacked US
near Strawberries, but without sue
cess.
an the Argonne Forest the French
for weeks have limited themselves TO
very weak attacks. and they every
where have been repulsed. On the
other hand, German troops have again
taken possession Of an important
French position of support by means
| Of the explosion Of mine. The enemy
has suffered heavy losses In killed and
many of their troops have been so Sc
verely shaken as 20 be unable TO fight
any longer. Moreover. we took 200
prisoners near Apremont.S uoth Of st.
Mihiel repeated stubborn French at
tacks were repulsed. as were also other
attacks in the vicinity Of Markirch."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
GERMAN FLEET MAY
Be FORCED TO ACT
Between Kicks of Acting
Too Soon or Too Late,
Says Garvin.
rBy Csbls 70 Tns Tribune. ]

London, Dec. 12.-Writing in "The
Observer" on the German fleets failure
TO aid in creating world empire and
on German colonial losses, j. L. Gar
vim says:
"This is already a heavy and bitter
price to pay in territorial loss alone
for the violation and seizure of little
Belgium; nor is it within any human
probability that German will again
possess one foot of grond overseas
until she has first evacuated every foot
of what she holds In Belgium and
north France, and, beyond that, has
made final forfeits. That Is why the
main German feet may resolve at any
moment desperately to contest tho
main issue. II is in a dilemma. ex-
posed tot peril in any event and divided
between the huge risks of acting too
soon and the equal but more discourag-
ing risks Of waiting too long.
THE destruction Of the Scharnhorst
and the Kneisenau, with all their re-
cent activity, and the force Of the Brit
ish naval policy on the coast of Fland-
errs may help 20 hasten the decision in
a more prompt and daring sense.
Otherwise the relative energy and re-
sources Of the British navy, keyed up
by the Fisher spirit, are more likely TO
keep on increasing"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
CLEMENCEAU LAUDS
AMERICAN OPINION
Fairest of All the Neutral
Nations, French States
man Declares.
[By CAble TO The Trihune.l

Paris, Dec. I'm the course Of an
interesting summing up of the APP
precautions and opinions Of the leading
men of the neutral powers, Senator
Clemenceau to-day declares that no
nation shows so fair, just and equitable
a judgment as that expressed clearly
and fearlessly by the public men Of the
United States. M. Clemenceau repro
duces In his paper, "L'Homme En-
chaine" ("The Man in Fetters"), the
views OF Senator Henry Cabot Lodge,
Professor White. DR.. Charles w. Eliot,
president emeritus. and President Low
ell, of Harvard University, and Major
Charles H. Sheriff., ex-minister 10 Ar
gentina, whose opinions on the Rus
sian welding II Jews and Muscovites
are heartily Endorsed by the veteran
French statesman.
VI. Clemencesu attaches vital i'm
portance TO the necessity pointed out
By Senator Lodge that this war must
absolutely be fought TO a finish. Any
patched-up peace would mean another
war Just as soon as Prussianized Ger
man militarism could recover and get
its second wind TO begin again. Mean
while, NJ. Clemenceau, like all leading
Frenchmen, warns the public that K
must be q very long struggle.
In spite of popular illusions concern
ing the duration Of the war. the French
military critics frankly admit that with
ten French departments occupied by
100000 German soldiers and with the
main issue In the eastern theatre of
the war still pending on Russian
Polish soil, it would be criminal for
Frenchmen TO think of peace. Be-
cause of the struggle being judged to-
day from the standard of a prize ring,
an umpire at the present juncture could
not do otherwise than give Germany
victory on points. The French public
recognize that Germany still Is very
much in the ring. although showing
signs of getting groggy, but the av-
erage FTenchman is firmly determined
that the struggle shall not be ended
with q mere decision ION points," but
saast be fought TO knockout
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
Official Report of
French War office

Paris, Dec. 1.-THE French official
communication issued this evening
says:
"There is no new incident to re-
port"
The text Of the afternoon eommuni-
cation follows;
"The enemy has completed the
evacuation of the west bank Of the
User Canal TO the north Of the house
Of the ferryman, and we occupy this
bank.
ain the region Of Arras there have
hssn artillery engagements. In the re-
gion Of Nampcel our batteries have re-
duced TO silence the batteries of the
enemy. In the region of the Aisne our
heavy artillery silenced the field bat
teries of the Germans. At a point
northeast of Vailly one of their bat
teries of howitzers was completely de-
stroyed.
ain the region of Perthes and in the
vicinity of the forest Of La Grurle
there have been artillery engagements
and some infantry fighting. which re-
suited advantageously TO us.
"On the heights of the Mouse the
artillery of the enemy showed little &C
tivity. On the contrary, our artillery
demolished at Deuxnouds, to the west
of s-les-Hattonchatel, two bat
teries of the enemy, one composed OF
guns of large calibre and the othe,
used for firing upon aviators. In this
same region we have blown up block.
house and destroyed several trenches
Between the Mouse and the Moselle
there is nothing to rport, and in the
Vosges there have been artillery en-
gagements. In the region of Senone'
we have consoli dated the positions
gained by us the evening before.
Russia: In the region Of Mlawa VIC.
lent attacks on the part of the Ger.
mans have been repulsed, and the Rus
SLAMS have again taken the offensive
against columns of the enemy that
are retiring in disorder. In the re-
gion to the north of Lowicz ferocious
German attacks have been also every.
where repulsed with heavy losses fol
them.
an the region south Of Cracow the
Russian offensive has been successfully
continued in spite of a stubborn resis.
lance
"Tn Servia: The Serbian armies
which had reached the Kolubara River
have crossed this stream between the
Valjevo, which has been occupied by
them, and the junction Of the Lid. To
the north they have occupied Lazare-
vatz. The number Of prisoners taken
by the Servians in the course of these
recent engagements reached the total
of about $4,000 men,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
FRENCH CABINET
VOTES WAR CREDITS

rams, Dec. 12.-President Poincsr6
presided over q meeting Of the French
.S,aoinet this morning &. the Palace of
.ae Elysee. All the ministers were
PRESENT, with the exception Of the Min
ss'er OF War, Alexandra Millerand, who
~ Bordeaux. A decree was signed
.sting December % as the date Of the
ypehing Of the Senate and the Cham
Ger Of Deputies.
vnthe Minister Of Finance, Alexandro
.loot' explained the bill referring TO
.l'oVlsionsl monthly credits, after which
- Csoinet decided 10 request PHrlia-
80. s.snt % vote six provisional monthly
sisoits, IN order 10 avoid the national
ssienee having 10 exist from hand 10
-vu'n' and so at the armed forces
-sy De able 20 continue the war with
aeeessaYy energy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13

ships laid mines on Saturday or Sun
day, but says nothing concerning pre-
vious days. II admits that, owing to
the intention Of Russian to establish
a winter naval base, German mines
were laid in the Aland Archipelago
"later than Sunday" Of which Sweden
was notified on Monday. That was
after the Swedish ships were sunk.
Louisburg, N. s, Dec. i2.-Seores Of
floating mines were passed the FIRST
day out from Rotterdam by the oil
tank steamer American, which put in
here to-day for coal, on her way to
New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
NO ANILINE OIL
FOR EXPECTATION

London, Dec ia special Issue Of
The ot3cisl Gazette proclsims the
complete prohibition Of the expectation
Of sniline oil. aniline salt and picric
acid and It's components TO all destina-
tons.
This announcement amends the
proclamation Of November 10, which
permitted the expectation Of these ar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
FIRE DESTROYS BIG
GERMAN BARRACKS

Copenhagen tvis London), Dec. IT,
News has been received here that the
great Gottorp barracks, near Kiel, have
been completely destroyed by fire.
The Gottorp barracks are about
twenty-five miles northwest of Kiel, on
an island which lies between the Schlei
and Burg See. The old ducal schloss
Gottorp Is the main building of these
barracks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
SWEDEN INCENSED
AT GERMAN REPLY

Stockholm. De- 12.-Germanys re-
ply 10 swedsn's request for An explains
ton Of the laying Of mines By Ger
many. by which three Swedish vessels
were blown up, is considered far from
satisfactory by the Swedish press. &C
eording to the "Aftonbladet."
The answer denies that German
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
It's q Long Walk to the War,

Montreal, Dec. IA walk Of 1900
miles TO the nearest railway station
20 report for military service-such
was the recent jaunt Of Fernand Tro-
incur, Of Fort Providence, on the Mac
kenzie River. Tromeur is one Of TWEEN
ty-fve French reservists. mostly from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13

ticles to the United ststes and 70
European ports Of the Allies.
Il was only after considerable sfort
on the part Of Consul General Skinner
that the British government IN Its de-
cree Of November consented to allow
sniltne oil 10 90 TO America.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
GERMAN VESSEL, OIL
LADEN, IS CAPTURED

London, Dec. IA German steam
er, with cargo Of 1000 tons Of oil,
proceeding TO Italy from the United
States, has been seized at Gibraltar by
a British warship, according TO reports
received here from Berlin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13

The Yukon and Alaska, who Left here
last night for New York TO sail to-
morrow on the steamer Rochambeau
for Havrs.