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The Washington times., 1914-12-31

OF especial interest to official society
IS the tea dance which the Assistant
Attorney General and Mrs. Samuel j
| Graham will give at Rauschers this
afternoon to present Their charming
| daughter. Miss Mary Carter Graham
The entire ballroom floor will be thrown
| open and decorated with palms and
| smilaN, with pink the prevailing color
| in he decorations. and pink loses
! banking the tea table.
Miss Graham, who will receive with
/ her mother, Will wear a dainty white
tulle frock. with rosebuds. and carry q
| colonial bouquet of gardenias, violets
and pink roses. Mrs. -Graham's goWr
| is a handsome. model of black velvet
with a jet overdress and trimmed with
| handsome lace.
Among those receiving will be Mrs
Thomas Watts Gregory, wife of the
ATTORNEY General: Mrs. Josephus Dan
iels, wife of the Secretary of the Navy
who will preside at the tea table. and
Mrs Charles Howry, Mrs. Claude Swan
son. Mrs. Key Pitman, Mrs. WycliffC
Rose. Mrs. Benjamin Micou. Mrs. John
Lindsey. Morehead. Mrs. Thomas B.
Hutchinson. Mrs. Campbell. Miss Jane
Gregory. Miss Lucy Burleson, Miss Sid
ney Burleson. Miss Sallie Williams
and Miss Margaret McChord.
Mrs. Thomas B. Hutchinson will give
dinner this evening at the Chevy
Chase Club, when her guests will be
the younger members of Miss Graham's
receiving party and an equal number OF
men.
About 100 guests attended the
dance which Mr.. and Mrs. George
Peabody Eustis gave last night al
the Country Club.
Mrs. Alexander Mackay-Smith and
the Misses Mackay-Smith were among
those who entertained at dinner be-
fore the dance.
The Secretary of the Interior and
Mrs: Franklin K. Lane will entertain
at dinner on January :.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter. who will
entertain at dinner on Saturday eV-
ening IN honor of Miss Margery Col
ton. and Randall Hagner. will take
and Mrs. J. II. Gibbons will give that
evening at the Playhouse.
Tuesday evening for Mrs. Letter.
sister. Miss Francise Williams.
John r. Mclean was among the
dinner hosts last evening. entertain
ing in compliment to Mrs. Horatio
Slater and Miss Slater, who are his
house guests.
More than two hundred and fifty
people dined last night at the Chevy
chase Club, which IS beautifully decor
ated with Christmas greens, red and
green electric lights, large decorative
red bells, and a huge Christmas tree,
winch stands in the center of the big
Longing rooms, where the dancing takes
place
About an equal number will dine and
dance there tonight. Among the dinner
hosts this evening will be Mr. and Mrs.
=. B. Hutchinson, Mr. and Mrs. ]. A.
Emory-, Commander and Mrs. II. A.
Wiley, Miss Ethel MacMurray, Mr.. and
Mrs. Morrell Chamberlain, Edward
Doom, Mr.. and Mrs. II. E. Davis, Mr..
and Mrs. William Payne Meredith, Mr..
and Mrs. Franklin Lane. Major and
Mrs. Cole. Dr. and Mrs. Francis Nash
DR.. and Mrs. Frank Anderson, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Ecker, and Gen. George p.
Scriven.
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AT Homes.

Miss Marguerite p Clark. of liz
Lanier place. who is home for the holi.
days. will receive tomorrow from 4 to =
Miss Mary Louise Chambers. who is a
student in the art school which Miss
Clark attends in Philadelphia. will be
with her. as well as several other
friends.
Mrs. John NJ Evans. Miss Dorothy
beth Heitmuller. Miss Mary Donnelly.
Hiss Dorothy Small rood. and Miss
Nora r. Pepper will be at home tomOr-
row from 4 to in the drawing room Of
the Wyoming.
Mrs. a. 7. Britton will receive tomor-
row afternoon at her home on Kalorama
road.
Mrs. Marion Butler ard Miss POGO
hontas Butler will receive informally
tomorrow assisted by A bevy Of at
tractive girls.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Renato Titont
will be al homo informally tomorrow
at their apartment. in the sycamore.
Miss Lucy Lee Herin will entertain
at an informal reception on Saturday
afternoon at her apartment in Flor
ence Court.
Mrs. oscar Underwood will Le
among those receiving tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1914-12-31
FOURTEENTH STREET
WILL Be W|DENEO
Urgent Deficiency Bill, Sent to
the Senate, Carries Total Of
S4,477.658. r.,

Carrying authorization for the. i'm
provement Of Fourteenth street, the
urgent deficiency bill was reported to
the Senate today by tho Appropriations
Committee. 1t authorized the commits
sioners to increase the width of -Four
teenth. between + and Pennsylvania
avenue. from &c to 20 feet and to re-
place tho granite block with. asphalt or
asphalt block. chargeablc TO the appro-
priation for tho current fiscal year.
The Commissioners say:
In order to permit the railway con-
struction I'm the street anu to provide
for the demands of vchicular traffic, the
roadway should be widened to seventy
feet by moving back to existing curb.
and at the same time the present gran
lite block roadway sh )uld be replaced
by smoother pavement. The esti-
mated cost of the work. exclusive of
that to- be done by the railway COM
pany, is 5000. The railway company
will pay the cost Of the paving be-
tween the rails and tracks and two feet
outside thereof, being a strip in the
center of the roadway twenty feet in
width. The balance of the paving will
be done from the appropriation. and
The Washington times., 1914-12-31
Personals.

Lieut. Frederick w Stewart. who is
stationed at Fort Riley, Kan, ~ visit,
ing his parents. Col and Mrs. William
+. Stewart. ut their homo on p street
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Miss EIoise o-pe has returned from
a visit to ScraI on. Ia:
Marion Butler. jr., and Fred Harvey
plantation in. North Carolina.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davenport Brown and
their small daughter have returned TO
their home in Boston. Mrs. Brown Is
The, daughter OF Justice and Mrs. Nc
Kenna. - 81 r..
Mr. and Mrs. William Corcorall
Eustis. who arc passing the winter at
are the guests of Mrs. Eustis' parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi p. Morton.
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Miss Lola Overman entertained the
choir of Trinity Episcopal Church last
evening at her home in the Northamp-
ton. Music and games occupied the
evening and a buffet supper was serv-
ed. a.. ..-..
Mrs. James f. Barbour will be hostess
tomorrow at the annual treat which she
orphan Asylum,
Today Mrs. Barbour entertained
twelve small girls at luncheon in honor
of her granddaughter, Miss Josephine
Broome. 80.
Mrs. Charles Henry stone was hostess
at an elaborate party yesterday af-
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Tansburdb & Brother

Wish something almost old time itself New Year
filled with that you will happiness
beyond --s.: -:----
We thank for the patronage that has made the year 1914
the prosperous of our entire
Since the year of foundaon-s60- has been
the mainstay business "Truthunes and "n
ter Strictly adherng these virtues attribute
gratifying and feel fully confident of deserving your
patronage for the SO years with promise of r.
GREATER EFFORTS To, COME"
In conclusion hope and pray for speedy international
peace throughout the world.
The Washington times., 1914-12-31
Belgian Committee to
Give Tea and Reception

Announcement of a reception and tea
at the headquarters OF the Belgian
relief committee. on January 4. from 4
to s. was mado today by Mrs. John A.
Logan. chairman OF the committee.
Mrs. Logan will make brief address
III. NJ. Boulnois, of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Will relate some Of the stories told her
by wounded British soldiers in the hos
pitfalls there.
Miss Boulnois has been in Washing
ton for the past three Weeks, and is
assisting the committee.
All interested in the relief work are
invited to attend the tea.
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NEWS OF SOCIETY

~ 1T Of respect for the mourning
at the White House. none
Of the wives Of Cabinet MEM
bers will receive on New Year
Day.
The dinner dance which Mrs. William
j. Draper and Miss Margaret Draper
will give this evening in honor of Miss
Beatrice Glover, viii be one of the most
interesting entertainments of the sea
son, though small as compared to the
Draper ball." which has become an an
nual institution in Washington. and
which this evenings party replaces.
There viii be fifty guests for dinner,
with few more asked for the dancing.
most of them belonging to the de-
butante contingent The house is
charmingly decorated.
Mrs John Van Rensselaer, Hoff is en-
tertaining at tea this afternoon in COM
pliInent to her niece. Miss Alice L. Day.
of New Canaan; Conn. Mrs. E. f. Per-
sons and Mrs. W. J. Lister will be at
the tea table
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Miss NJ. NJ. Hanan will be hostess at
tea this afternoon in honor of her cou-
sim. Mrs. G. l. p Stone. wife of Com
1uander Stone. Mrs. w. L. p. French
will pour tea. Mrs. Brinton will be at
the punch bowl, and Miss Nellie Sem
mes will assist in receiving.
Mrs. A. Camp Stanley will entertain
at bridge, followed by tea, on the af-
ternoon of January II, in compliment to
Miss PochohOntas Butler.
Miss Emma Hitchings is entertaining
Informally at bridge this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine Elkins will give
a dinner dance on January at the
home of Mrs. Stephen Elkins in K
street. in compliment to Miss Francise
Williams.
Mt. and Mrs. William Hit have cards
out FOR dinner dance on January
at the Country Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. o. Leighton will en-
terrain at dinner tonight in compliment
TO their daughter and her house guest,
Miss Darling, of Montana.
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Gibson will en-
terrain at dinner before the Charity
ball, on Monday evening. The guest Of
honor will be Miss Francise Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A Slater have
cards out for dance on January Is
at the Country Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mitchell will en-
OF Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Slater, jr,
taking their guests to the bail.
The wedding of Miss Abbie Naomi
Gates, daughter of DR.. and Mrs
Thomas ]. Gates. and c. Lewis Cooper
took place at O'Clock last night at the
home of the brides parents. sos North
Carolina avenue southeast, the Rev. ].
c. Elliott officiating.
Miss Gates entered the drawing room.
which was decorated with palms and
Christmas green's with her father and
10 the accompaniment of Mendelssohn's
Wedding March, played by Miss Zelda
Miller
Master Theodore A. Gates. brother of
the bride, acted as ring bearer, while
Miss Henrietta A. Gates. her sister.
was flower girl. During tire ceremony
Miss Miller played "a Perfect Day."
and the Bridal Chorus from 'Lohen-
grin"
The bride was gowned in white mes
saline. and carried a shower bouquet Of
Bride roses and lilies of the valley.
After the ceremony a reception was
hold.
Mr.. and Mrs Cooper are taking a
short wedding trip to WeStchester, Pa, |
the forme rhome OF the groom.
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Dinners and Dances.

The Dancing Club of the Wyoming
Will entertain tomorrow evening.
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Congressman and Mrs. Peter Goelei
Gerry have cards out for dinner dance
on January II at the Country Club.
Mrs. Josephus Daniels, assisted by
Mrs Edward ". Eberle and Mrs.
George Barnett, received the guests at
the ball given last evening il the sail
loft of the Navy Yard for the benefit
of the Navy Relief Society, which was
one OF the gayest of the holiday balls,
and attracted a large attendance. A
buffet supper was served during the
evening, and dancing continued until a
late hour. The hop room was gayly
decorated with flags, and naS-draped
bOEes lined the walls.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Daniels entertained in their box Senator
and Mrs. Swanson, the Assistant Secre-
tary of Agriculture and Mrs. Carl Froo-
man. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Medane, or
North Carolina, and Miss Ethel Bagley.
The Assistant Secretary OF the Navy
and Mrs. Roosevelt had In their box
capt. and Mrs. John Hood and Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Watts
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Glover had
With them in their box the Misses Glover
and Miss Draper. Rear Admiral and
Mrs Brownson had with them Com
mander and Mrs. Hussey.
Commander Chester Wells, L. S. A,
WAS chairman of the floor committee,
and made the presentations. Assisting
him on the floor committee were Lieut..
y. A Weaver. L. S. N; Commander
George W. Steele. L. s "; Capt II. F.
Wirgman. L. s. NJ -; Lieut. p. II.
Bastedo. L. s. N; Lieut.. Todd, U. S
Y; Capt. Theodore Jewell, I. 5. N:
apt Ridley Mclean. L. S. N; Lieut..
commander Dinger, L. S. N; J-ieuten-
ant Lee. L. S. y; Lieutenant Fay, L.
:. n; Lieutenant Iseman. L. S. y, and
Lieut. Leigh Noyes. L. S. y.
Two young peoples parties will add 10
Inc gayety OF this evening, the dance
giving in honor Of their son, Ralph, jT.
and the small dance which Mrs. Rich
ardson Gibson will give for her daugh-
Ter Mary Duncan Gibson.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Rowland. Of
Rock Rose, Radnor, Pa, are entertain
ing at dinner this evening.
Sir. and Mrs. Rowland will come TO
Washington early In January, having
taken house here sor the season.
tertsin at dinner on the Mayfower on
January y.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward BeaIe Mclean
aill throw open their handsome home
on Massachusetts avenue on the even
Ing Of January y, when they will give
: dinner-dance.
Commander and Mrs. Archibald
Davis gave dinner last Tuesday
evening.
The Washington times., 1914-12-31
Struck by Street Car.

Struck by street car while crossing
Fifth street at Massachusetts avenue
northwest. William Pitts. eighty years
old. of 4H 1 street northwest. was
slightly injured about the head and
face this morning. He was on his way
to work when the accident occurred.
He was taken to Casualty Hospital.
The Washington times., 1914-12-31

Mr. and Mrs. Edward BeaIe Mclean
aill throw open their handsome home
on Massachusetts avenue on the even
inE Of January y, when they will give
dinner-dance.
The Washington times., 1914-12-31

Commander and Mrs. Archibald
Davis gave a dinner last Tuesday
evening.
The Washington times., 1914-12-31

0ne-half Of the cost rberesr. 70 the eX-
tent OF forty feet. will be. under the
terms Of the Borland amendment. as
sessed against abutting property, or
both sides OF the street.
The bill also contains an item
$500 for completing and maintainin
connections between sections FIVE
six of the Rock Creek main intercept
ing sewer.
The bin carries a total of S.477 e5s 90.
an increase of si05.o00 over the House
bill. The chief item is $4,000 70
eradication Of the foot-and-mouth az
ease
The Washington times., 1914-12-31

ternoon for her young daughter. Miss
Alice Vail, who is a student at the
Cathedral School.
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Miss Marguerite Barbour. who has
been in Philadelphia for several days
will return TO Washington tomorrow.
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Mrs. John William Falls has ar
rived at the New Willard a2d will
be in Washington for some weeks,
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Miss Grotta Hazard is entertaining
at card party this afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick EjChcIberEeT-
returned yesterday from a visit With
the brother and sister-in-Iaw Of the lat
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. John JOY Edison. ir.,
at their home in SewiclSlcy, near Pitts
burgh.
The Washington times., 1914-12-31

The Dancing Club Of the Wyoming
will entertain tomorrow evening.
The Washington times., 1914-12-31

About 100 guests attended the
dance which Mr.. and Mrs George
Peabody Eustis gave last night al
the Country Club.
Mrs. Alexander Mackay-Smith and
the Misses Mackay-Smith were among
those who entertained at dinner be-
fore the dance.
The Washington times., 1914-12-31
District Building Is
Without Single Calendar

Calendars bearing advertising matter
have been banished from all offices UNI
der control of the District Government.
by an order of the Commissioners. Not
a Single canendar could he found in the
District building today. -
The order came as a surprise, but
even more Of surprise was the author
ization to heads of departments to pur-
chase out of the emergency fund such
calendars as are required. No limit is
placed upon the cost
The Washington times., 1914-12-31
Wife Seeks Divorce;
Husband Went to Coast

AIRS. Sadie L. Chase filed q suit in
the District supreme Court today for
al absolute divorce from George +. F
Chase. and named a correspondent She
alleged in her petition that her husband
left Washington I'm 1909 for California,
saying he would send for her after he
had obtained employment. but that he
failed to do so. and since then has sent
her less than so. Attorney w. C. Eng
lish represents Mrs. Chase.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27

of a congressman's ability to get unwar-
ranted appropriations from the government
for that part of the country he represents.
For instance, a representative secures an
appropriation Of half-a-million dollars for
a post office building in a town OIL. 1000
Of his constituency. That is called a piece
from the pork barrel But this peculiar
institution is being discredited in Washing
ton, and, as a result, the Senate commit
tee on appropriations has Topped off large
amounts made for small rivers, govern
ment buildings, harbors, etc., thus saving
vast amount for the treasury Of the
United States. The River and Harbor
bill, still pending, carries appropriations
of $42 $4,000 in cash, authorizations of
$32,807 ,801 for new projects, and also So,
10000 in the sundry civil bill for continu-
atoms. The senate has added to this sum
$1O,352,OOO
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27

IS IT TRUE that no longer can the
church be distinguished from the world !?
Read this. 1t is taken verbatim from the
Chicago Tribmue There will be an agri-
cultural exhibit, horticultural show, live
stock pavilion a poultry show, machin-
cry hall, trotting and running races, picnic
games, match baseball game between the
doctors and the lawyers, military bank
a boat ride on the lake, Midway plais-
ance with numerous side-shows, curios1-
ties, circus clowns, wonders from the Orient
giants, dWarfs, acrobats, tumblers, eques-
triennes, dancing girls, barkers, takers, red
hots, popcorn, peanuts, pink lemonade, a
dinner served by the Ladies Aid of the
Methodist church, tango contest, prize
maxlxe, a pumpkin quadrille, volunteer
fire brigade, exercises by the school chill
dren, an address by Congressman Howell
l. Dodge, singing under the direction of
Angus Hibbard of the Presbyterian choir,
grand ballroom orchestra, dancing,
free hitching stand and boys to watch
teams and rigs, a1nusements for the chill
dren, enticements for the young, education
for middle aged, and edifcation for the
aged all mixed up and jumbled into the
biggest circus that Badger county has
known
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27

THE EJACULATION, a barbarous
custom of the middle ages, peculiar to the
church of Rome, still obtains in certain
parts of the Philippines. Eye witnesses
tell Of seeing this bloody and abhorrent
"penance' practice near the La Iona
church, of Manila following Holy Thurs
day and Good Friday" The poor, de-
luded people, who inhict upon their own
bodies lashings with cruelty devised instru-
ments such as broken pieces of sharp glass
set in clubs, and thongs with pieces of
sharp stone attached to the ends, until they
fall unconscious, and are then resuscitated
only to repeat the horrible performance, do
this in the Name of the Lord Jesus. At
the commencement of the pitiful torture,
the subject who is to go through the or
deal kneels before a small cross with the
image of the Christ nailed to it.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27

THE PRESS, Of June 18th, declares
that mediation between Mexico and the
United States has triumphed; that the
protocol was signed by the ambassador Of
Brazil, the ministers of Chile and Argen-
tina, and the American and Huerta dele
gates The protocol sets forth that the
United States and Argentina, Brazil, and
Chlle-the mediating countries re
cognize the new provisional government,
and that henceforth diplomatic relations
between the United States and Mexico
shall be resumed. The single outstanding
proviso in the protocol is that the inter
national problem shall be declared adjusted
on the establishment of the new provision
al government.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27

DOCTORS FILLED THE PULPITS
of hfty-two churches in Philadelphia last
Sunday They were on their way to the
Medical Association convention meeting in
Atlantic City. When they get to the con-
vention, some of the subjects on which
they will speak, as announced are: car
throdesis and Bone Transportation, It's
Limitations and Technique and THE Cur
ing OF Hernia by Tissue Inlaying" There
will-be symposium on surgery of the cleft
palate, paper on "The Treatment of In
operable Carcinoma of the Uterus by the
Application of Heat and another will
talk on surgery of the heart.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27

IN THE RAIDING of a drug store in
Chicago, $1,000 worth of cocaine, NOR
phine, and other habit-forming drugs were
found Many arrests are being made for
illegal selling which means without a
doctors prescriptions and in one day two
druggists were fined $1,000 each and SEN
fenced to one year in the bridewel two
were fined $500 and costs each, and smaller
fines were imposed on three others. It
was disclosed that young boys were in
many instances the purchasers. In COM
menting on this, the judge before whom
the cases were tried said that man guilty
Of this was worse than murderer
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27

THE WORST STORM in the history
of Wisconsin swept over the state June
18th, killing a dozen persons and injuring
fifty, many fatally. The property loss will
exceed 100000, not including the loss
to the growing crops. The storm also
visited Minnesota, North Dakota, and
South Dakota.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27
TWO THOUSAND INSANE

are committed to institutions in Illinois
every year, and this number is increasing
at a rate that is out of all proportion to
the growth in population. After hearing
seventy-six insanity cases the other day,
County Judge Owens said: Il place inn
morality above all other causes of insanity.
By far the greatest number of those who
pass through the insane court come here
as the result of immoral lives Judge
Owens also charged the moving picture
craze as contributing to insanity.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-06-27

THE CARE OF .CHILDREN-series
the frst-issued by the Children's bureau
Of the Z. S. department of labor, of which
spinster lady of 90 years is head, says
every prospective mother should lay in a
supply of 100 bichloride Of mercury tablets,
four ounces of boric acid, and quart of
grain alcohol