The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-27

place In historic St. JOnn > CnuTCn, the
scene OF hundreds OF the capitals
most fashionable weddings, which was
exquisitely decorated with ferns,
palms and ~festoons of Southern smilax
while the altar and chancel were
banked with auratum lilies. The bride
was q picture of girlish beauty in
her ivory satin and lace gown, attend
ed by a bevy of pretty girls in pink
gowns carrying sheaves of chrysan-
themums to match their gowns. But
after all is said and done, marrying
Bobbie Taft from Cincinnati is very
different from marrying the same gen
tleman in the White House while his
father is President, but fortunately
the young people are too much in love
with each to have any regrets.
Former President William II. Taft
and Mrs. Taft arrived in Washington
the day before the wedding and locat-
ed at the New willard. where they
constantly held impromtu receptions.
AT the wedding Mrs. Taft wore a most
becoming gown Of blue velvet of a
most lovely shade. which harmoniZed
with the girlish gowns around her.
Her friend, Mrs. Garrison McClin-
took, also wore a blue gown, but Mrs.
McClintock's was of a dark shade.
This is Mrs. Taft's first visit to Wash
ington since the Wilson inauguration,
and she is thoroughly enjoying her
self. Since the wedding she has been
the guest of Mrs. McClintock, vice
chairman of our Washington Woman
Suffrage Council, at whose charming
home she is being royalty entertained.
a Washington Mans Terrible Invcn-
ton.
Mr.. Louis Gathmann is a mild look
ing gentleman with a pair of merry
blue eyes which look most kindly at
YOU through his spectacleS. No man
looks less like one who would be re-
sponsible for the horrible work OF
the German siege guns which have
devastated poor Belgium, but never
theless il is his invention which has
enabled the Busy Berthas'' to hurl
their deadly explosives the amazing
distance now possible. The krupps
with German avidity seized upon the
death dealing invention of Mr.. Gath
mann which the United States let
slip away, for although Congress at
various times appropriated small sums
TO try his marvelouSly accelerated
plosive method we did not secur it.
II feel sorry for those who have
suffered at Antwerp, Namur, Liege,
and other places, where the Krupp-
Gathmann guns nave wrought terrible
havoc" said Mr.. Gathmann declares
phiiosophically. AT the same time
feel l have accomplished a feat which
when further developed will preserv
the worlds peace more efectually
than any other factor. With the pic
ture OF the holocaust of Louvian il
our minds, and shuddering at thu
awful thought Of the unspeakaole hOr
vors and suffering Of the present wal
and the wanton destruction of Rheims
some of us annot emulate the leu
Tonic reasoning and stOlid calm OF MI
Gathmann. who may live in America
but like his guns bears the labe
Made in Germany"
American Novelist D%cnounces Bom'
OutrageS.
President Wilson is in receipt Of
resolution from the passengers of tn
steamship Olympic, forwarded to hin
with a personal letter from the Amer
lean engineer, lecturer and novelist, +
Hopkinson Smith, asking him to pro
test in the name of the United State
government against the bomb-drop
ping Zeppelins and a~eroplanes tn
snnocent inhabitants Of Europea
cities. The resolution was signed b
more than two hundred of the Amer
can passengers or the Olympic, VIII
Entrusted their resolution to M
Smith, who mailed it to the Presider
the m he disembarked. Wha
action Mr.. Wilson will take, If an.
is not known. h awful condition {
affairs abroad has been emphaslze
lately by the news that even the Re
Cross is not respected AS the Re
Cross steamer left Ostend-whel
there were $4,000 helpless refugee
all utterly unable to get away-tf
nurses and doctors and their six hui
dred wounded soldiers were the tarS'
Tor a German Taube aeroplane whl6
dropped bombs upon them, which re
into the water only a few yards fro
the vessel.
President and Kentucky Colonel
Pipe o. Peace.
The President and Col. Henry Wa
terson. the redoubtable cGi I. ha'
made up their long stand, lit
Spat. 1t is Il pretty story that II
cause OF the healing of the old Woun
which marks the end Of the ANNA
versions which existed between Il
old friends, was "A touching tribute
me late lamented Mrs. Wilson fro
tue COlOuplS men If was printed