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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-28
By MARGARET MORRIS.

TT WOULD never do to decide upon
dancing as remedy for this thing
or that thing, if we were to look
upon dancing as a hodge-podge of hap
hazard steps.
Dancing as a whole, if no special thing
is to be considered, is beneficial as
whole, but it is more fascinating to seek
and find some special phase Of dance,
which can be pounced upon as just the
thing for benefiting some special defect
in a person which needs correcting.
One can be a specialist in dancing Just
as a physician may specialize in differ
ent branches; it really amounts to the
same thing.
That part of the body that needs the
application of systematic thought in or
der to derive any benefit from dancing
is the part from the hips to the shout
ders.
Girls are so apt to gain through that
part of the body when they put on
weight, and it IS so easy to keep per
fectly timber and flexible with little
care.
The best exercise in the world for
keeping the weight from the hips is the
bending of the knee as far as possible
up toward the waist, first the right and
then the left, keeping the body perfect
ly rigid in the meantime Keep up this
movement for 10 or u times and If you
can combine it in a dance step all the
better. The more muscles kept in use
at the same time, the more flexible is
the body.
High kicking is the best thing in the
world for keeping the waist slight and
trim. Try q skipping movement to get
the idea, and skip around the room about
10 times, making the step higher each
time. OF course, this dancing movement
must be systematically kept up if re-
suits are looked for.
Kicking with the arm movement IS
more difficult but even more beneficial,
because more muscles are brought into
play.
Any movement with the arms has di-
rect effect upon the shoulders. rounding
them out and making them firm.
But perhaps the best thing about this
combination of the arm and Leg move
ment IS the fact that the more frequent
" it is practiced the more perfect is
the distribution of weight over the whole
body and therefore the certainty of al
ways maintaining the correct equilibrium
IS assured.
This Is of great Importance to the
dancer; it is one of the first steps to
success on the long road, but I think
it should be of benefit to almost every
healthy, wide-awake girl of today.
There are so many times when we
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-28

was sent to Miss Jessie Wilson when
she became a bride, and her sister
Eleanor will doubtless be the recipient
of another. The present of tapestry
bestowed by the French republic upon
Alice Roosevelt was a superb specimen
of Gobelin worth not less than S25, 900.
Cleveland TabOOed Foreign Gifts.
Mr.. Cleveland let it be known that
he would rather that foreign govern
ments- and potentates did not make
contributions of the kind on the oc-
casion of his marriage, and cOnse-
queltly there were very few such-
When Frances Folsom became bride,
in June, 1886, the wives of the cabinet
officers gave her jewels and silver, and
from the groom she received a very
handsome diamond necklace, which
was supplemented by pendant of d1a-
mOnds from Mr.. Bissell, former law
partner of Mr. Cleveland. But the total
not very great, and no exhibition OF
them was made.
The wedding Of Nellie Grant was
considered at the time to touch the top
notch of magnificence, but IN this re-
spect it did not approach the nuptials
of Alice Roosevelt. When that young
lady married congressman Nicholas
LongwOrth February II, 1906 the
ceremony, as may be remembered, was
performed on d raised platform before
an eXtempOrized altar in the east room.
What with the magnificent surround
ings and the brilliantly attired as
semblage of diplomats and army and
navy officers in full dress uniforms,
the affair had much the aspect of
royal wedding
Roosevelt Liked the Spectacular.
Mr. Roosevelt has always had a
strong taste for spectacular effects,
and no pains were spared to make the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-28

bought in Paris and valued at $4,000.
It may be said, indeed, that a white
house bride, even if she has no other
dOwry, begins married life with a con-
siderable fortune in the shape of we'd
ding presents. If she be driven TO
dispose Of them by sale. they Will
fetch enough at any time to keep her
and her husband handsomely for the
rest of their lives. Alice Roosevelt on
the occasion of her marriage received
y chests Of silver. Ten sets of fancy
u oriental rugs and % clocks were
few among other contributions.
VeritRble shower OF Riches.
The trouble is to know what to do
with all these things There is literal
ly an embarrassment of riches How
is n married woman going to make
profitable use of u chests of silVer2
She cannot do il. Most of the pres
ents bestowed upon young Mrs. Long
worth are now IN storage, having
never been taken out of the cases
which originally contained them.
1t has never been customary in the
past for the house of represent natives
as n body to buy wedding presents for
n presidents daughter This was done
for the first time in the case OF Miss
Jessie Wilson, some months ago Like
wise it was with the senate and su-
preyne court But the precedent hav-
ing been thus set, it is likely to be
followed in future. and every young
woman married at the white house
may expect something from the SEN
ate, and contributions of value from
the house and the justices of the high
tribunal
Reason For Refusing European Gifts.
A reasonable objection TO wedding
gifts from foreign governments and
potentates is that they cannot in the
nature of things be returned in kind
When, for instance, the daughter of
the German emperor was married not
long ago, she received no present from
the government of the United States.
Congress would so right up in the
air if it were suggested that this ma
tion should be called upon 10 send
wedding gifts TO foreign princesseS.
Members of house and senate would
get up on their hind legs and gesticu-
late wildly, while giving vent to fer
vid oratory against q practice so con
trary to the spirit of our American in
situations.
BY some means president Wilson,
when his daughter Jessie was married
managed to shut off the flow Of gifts
from abroad. Probably he said q
quiet word on the subject to the dean
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-28

Of the diplomatic corps, among whose
members the suggestion was passed
around. Nevertheless, the various am
bGssadOrS and ministers plenipoten-
tiary resident in Washington sent IN
their own behalf presents Of cOnsid-
cradle value. Thus, the Spanish am
bassadOr contributed a silver bowl the
italian ambassador four massive candle
sticks, the German amba SSadOr two an
tique silver sugar bowls, and the Rus
sian ambassador an umbrella with an
amber handle carved and fitted with
Cabinet Always Contributes.
AS a matter Of course. the members
of the cabinet and their wives con-
tributed. the Bryans' selection being
tea table and chair, and that Of the
HOustOns pair Of old English brass
andirOns. There were many freak
gifts, including pickles and preserves.
five bushels of Bermuda onions, six
boxes Of soap. q so pound cheese, a key
of pop corn candy and two rag car
pets-thesc things being the Well
meant offerings OF poor folks who
did the best they could to manifest
their admiration for the president and
their kindly wishes for his daughter
1t may be said parenthetically that
Mrs Wilson allowed 1t to be HnoWn
that flowers would be more acceptable
than anything else from the bachelor
diplomats. A great majority OF these
are young men Of small means and
doubtless the lady of the white house
made the suggestion. On the other
hand, Andrew Carnegie sent
dozen solid silver dinner plates.
Supreme Court Gift Unique.
The Eift OF the supreme court was
q beautiful silver boat. for q table
centerpieCe. inscribed with the names
of the justices and their wives The
senate sent q colonial silver service,
which included q kettle, q chocolate
pot four candle sticks, and a tea set.
But, as viii be remembered, the house
of representatives had great deal Of
trouble in deciding what iJ should
offer. and was finally obliged to hand
the matter over to a special commit
tee, which appointed Miss Geneyieve
Clark. daughter Of the speaker, to pick
out the gift.
Miss Clark chose a necklace OF so
diamonds, to which was attached q
pear shaped pendant with IS small dia-
mOnds arranged in concentric rings
about one large canary FcolOred dia-
mond-a perfect stone Of six and one
quarter carats. The mounting was in
platinum.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-28

wedding of his Oldest daughter an Oc-
casiOn to be remembered in the annals
of the white house. The assemblage
Of gifts was nothing short Of aStOniSh-
ing. From the empress of China came
q dover chest" filled with silks and
oriental embroideries. The mikado of
Japan sent two magnificent vases of
solid silver. The king of Spain con-
tributed a superb piece of antique
jewelry. A hand wrought bracelet Of
gold set with diamonds and SapPhireS
was the personal gift of kaiser VIII
helm.
The gift of the groom was neck
lace of diamonds. Various committees
and state delegations in the house Of
representatives made such COnribu-
lions as seemed to them most apprO-
pirate. The delegation from Ohio
(Mr LongwOrths own state), for eX-
ample, sent a silver punch bowl de-
spite the protest and prayers of the
WOmens Christian Temperance union.
the groom was chairman, was even
more scandalous, including as it did
glasses for champagne, claret hook
and cordials-nO two pieces alike, and
all of them of the famous FaYrile
make.
Negro Children Contributed.
There was table cover from the
negro school children of the south.
The POnca indians sent CfOr the
groom a richly embroidered waist
coat Of buffalo hide There was also
cape Colony, and working model Of
krag rifle in solid gold from officers
of the army. But the most costly and
beautiful gift of all was from the re-
public of CUBA string Of perfectly
matched pearls, with diamond clasp,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-28

which is much less than the weight Of
the material eXcaYated to make the
Panama canal.
1t might be thought, then, that the
earth is in no more danger from such
comet than battleship is from a boys
beanshooteT. But now the velocity be-
gins TO come into play. The speed of a
comet at the earth's distance from the
sun would be about 26 miles per second.
A mass Of 30,00O,000 tons shooting
through space at velocity of 26 miles
per second would develop, IN round num-
bers, about 20 duintilliOn pounds of
energy, equivalent to the development in
one second of Sc thousand million mil
lion horsepower
Where the comet struck everything
rock, soil, Yegetation-Would be melted
vitrified, and even vapOrized, in an in.
slant. for all this tremendous energy
would be turned into heat, through the
sudden and complete arrest of the swift
motion of the comet. The 500 quintil-
lions of absolute units of energy de-
velOped by the stopping of the comet
Would furnish enough heat to liquefv
more than million mOlliOn tons of solid
front
The result would be q very big and a
very deep hole in the earth. Thousands
of square miles would be more or less
directly affected by the terrific impact
for the shock would be greater than
that of the mightiest earthquake, and
perhaps buildings would tumble into ruin
and mountains would shake off their
fringes OF rock in all parts of the globe,
while the sea would hurl itself in whelm-
ing tidal waves upon every coast and
drown all the low-lying islands.
4 Great Heat.
The atmospheric disturbances would
also be enormous. The sudden develop
ment of great heat at the point of col
lisiOn would Unbalance the air currents,
and destructive and capricious winds
would blow to and fro over the earth.
We have only little space left to con-
slider the effects of 2 collision between
the earth and the tail Of a comet. This
IS something that has actually occurred
two or three times within a century. As
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-28

4 LARGE part Of the fear that
~ great comets have always IN
spired is due to an instructive
dread Of their tremendous powers for
evil They look like besoms of destruc-
tion, and those who know nothing about
astronomy accept them at their appar-
ent face value.
And, in truth, if they could come with
IN hitting distance of the EARTH they
wOdld do an enormous amount of dam
age, and some Of them might be capable
of putting the earth temporarily out of
commission as an inhabited globe.
The terror that was aroused IN many
quarters by Halley's comet, in 1910, has
been recalled by the appearance of sew
'eral new comets within a few months
past, so that it is worth while to con-
slider what an evilly disposed comet
could do to the earth if it got a chance
What It Might Do.
There are two ways in which a comet
could cause damage to the earth-first,
by running straight into it with $4,000
times the velocity of an express train;
and second, by injecting the atmosphere
with the poisonous or sizzling gases. CON
tanned in its tail
Let us consider the first case Of a
comet shock
Two things have to be taken into ac-
count, viz. the velocity and the weight
of the cOlhding comet, considered as
gigantic projeetile, shot against the earth
as a target.
Comets are very deceptive in regard
to weight or mass. They are enormous
ly large, but relatively very light. The
comet in the picture is the monster that
appeared In 1861, which first grazed
the sun and then swept the earth with
its tail. You perceive how insignificant
our globe looks in its presence. But size
is not everything, for small as the earth
IS compared with that great comet, it
outweighed it millions of times.
Halley's comet also occupied vastly
more space than the earth but a care
Jul estimate has shown that it probably
did not weigh more than 3O,0O0.00o tons,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-28

bride.
Quotations have mounted very much
within recent years. The figure above
mentioned represents a minimum Alice
RooseveIts gifts We're estimated at a
total value of five times that amount.
You see, it is like this. A presi-
dents daughter possesses the relative
rank, so to speak, Of a princess The
fact that the position is merely a tenn
porary one does not affect the situa-
ton.
This is particularly true from an in
ternatlonal standpoint. At the same
time, It was not until the marriage of
Nellie Grant, in May. 1874. that foreign
governments and pOtentates adopted
the practice of sending wedding gifts
tan Of Turkey on that occasion made
handsome contribution, and the total
value OF the presents received was
stated at 500 0OO
Foreign Precedent Established.
When Maria Monroe, in March, 1920,
married her cousin, Samuel Laurence
GOuverneur at the white house, she
was only Is years of age-the young
est pride whose nupitalS were ever
celebrated in that historic mansion.
The king of France sent her a splendid
piece Of tapestry-thUs esta bishing a
PRECEDENT which has been followed
ever since by the French government.
Thus Mrs. Cleveland, when she was
married, received piece OF tapestry
from the government of France. as a
token Of that nations good viii toward
the United States. = gift Of tapestry
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-28

brushed its tail over the earth, but aps
parently the electric repulsion developed
prevented the gases of the tail from
entering the atmosphere. 1t Is pos
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-28
Fasv EXERCISES for The Home Simply Described.

rived from the ordinary ballroom dances
and the more active dance movements
which in their fundamental steps 1 have
outlined briefly in this article.
And then it viii be easier to under
stand what 1 mean by symmetry OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-28

already said, the comet of 1851, shown
in the picture, enveloped the earth with
the spreading end of its tail for a few
hours, and in 1910 Halleys comet
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-28

cur. so that electricity may be cur eff
feetive guardian against deleterlOus
substances that might otherwise be in
troduced into the atmosphere from the
switching tails of close-passing comets
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-28

mind and body. The cause of the thing
that is to be corrected must be aseer-
tanned before the remedy can be decided
upon. and the effect of the treatment
can only be determined after systematic
dance exercise.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-28
Being White House Bride Is Worth
Fortune In Costly Gifts Presented
-By-
Rene Bnche


tan Are Extremely Generous
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-28

For nip reduction.
need poise, mainly because it is the thing
for the American girl to indulge in all
kinds of active sports.
In nv next article 1 viii try to show
the difference between the benefit de-
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ASHINGTON, D. c., March Ga
It is worth anywhere from
$4,000 up to be a white house
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II.
A Waterford farmer ordered a two
pound loaf from the village baker, to
be delivered daily Ut the farm; while
the baker, In return, agreed TO pur-
chase two pounds Of the farmers butt
ter week BY week. A short time
ago a dispute occurred between the
two parties over the weight Of the
butter, and after long and wordy
warfare the matter was taken to the
law court.
well. said the magistrate to the
farmer, after conflicting evidenceA had
been given, "of course you are pre-
pared to bring your weights and scales
into COURT
mo, sir: am not was the prompt
reply The fact is don't use any
for the baker
mot use anygs repeated the magis-
trate, IN astonished tones. Then how
do you weigh his two pounds Of butt
ter may ask?
with one Of them two-pound loaves
he agreed to send me. was the
prompt and convincing answer.
weldon Grossmith used to all a
good story about a play BY Robert
Ganthony, which that gentleman ask
ed him to read. Mr. Grossmith took
the comedy bnt lost it on his way
home. Night after night, he said, Il
would meet Ganthony and he would
ask me how liked his play. 1t was
awful: the PRECIPITATION used to come
out Oh my forehead as I'D say some-
times. Il haven't had time 10 look at
ii yet. or again. The first act was
GOOD. bfit + can't stop TO explain, etc,
Must catch q train. That play was
the bane Of nay existence, and haunted
me even In my dreams Some months
passed, and Ganthony, merry wag,a
still pursued him without mercy At
last Il occurred to Mr.. Gossmith that
he might have left the comedy in the
cab on the night i was given 20 him.
lie Inquired at Scotland Yard
oh; yes. was the reply. Play
marked with MI. Ganthony's name,
sent back to owner four months ago,
as soon as found.
The coIored porter approached
genial gentleman from Missouri the
other morning as a through train was
nearing EngIewood station, and. smil-
ing, asked: shall an jest bresh 20 all
off. sab
Not on your life. replied Mr. Mis-
souri,, .1Il get off this train in the
regular way just as soon as she
: stops.
one morning jenkins looked over
his garden wall and said to his neigh
Dor:
Hey, what are you burying in that
hole?"
aOh,p he said, I'm Just repiantins
some OF my seeds; that's all.
Seeds shouted jenkins angrily.
It looks more like one OF my hens
Tdaiss all right The seeds are IN.
side.
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