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TO WE'D IN SYRIA TOMORROW.
Son of Cleveland n. Dodge VIII
Marry Miss Mary W. bliss.

In Beirut, Syria, tomorrow will he
celebrated The wedding of Miss Mary Will
Jams Bliss. a daughter OF the Rev. Or.
AND Mrs Howard : Bliss. to Bayard
Dodge. a son OF Mr.. and Mrs Cleveland Il.
Dodge OF this city. Their engagement
was announced here about "A year ago.
The brides father is president OF the
Syran Protestant College. which his
father founded. Miss Elizabeth Dodge
ana Cleveland T.. Dodge sailed from New
YORK about the middle OF last month to be
lr,sou; at the wedding, MIR. Dodge will
%. ts brothers best man and Miss Dodge
N.'l ly one of the bridesmaids. Another
'rg,>maid will be Miss Alice Bliss, a
s.t.g II the bridegroom. Bayard Dodge
q : .'tduated from Princeton in 1909
a.d .4.-r went to- the Union Theolog cal
>.u.. He has been for some months
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Frrnch--HurriIlE ngagemcnt.

NJ and Mrs. Edward Livingston Bur
Pill II = West Forty-eighth street, have
announced the engagement of their elder
daughter Miss Livingston Burrill, to
f'H is nrnund French of this city. Miss
iUl WIS Introduced to society four
!'.ts agu Mr.. French is the Oldest son
" Mr. aud Mrs. Amos Tuck French Of
Tuxedo and Newport. He Is a grandson
o.! III late Francis Ormond French and
d nephew OF Mrs. French Vanderbilt and
also uf Lady Cheylcsmore. He was grad
uat'd from Harvard In 1912 and is a
member 81 the knickerbocker and Tuxedo
cubs 80 date has been set for the
wedding
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WILLS AND APPRAISALS.

,,,a1 ., NJ . In al and was resident of
Wnrris,nwp \ 7 with n civ home AZ 40
~, Thtr,' -as,S stras, ,s,, m es,at. az
80 90, -, ~, ynrt IIis ,ro,s,tv wer,
~ a,,,,aI sh,,., ~ his sons Francis II
~ E"s,a" ~ ,S,nn,cutt IIe ief, small
hao,,os,s ~ b,s hrothers IIncoIn \ and
,nr-1 - wJosic,,t and 10 M. sister
~, pohac., ~ ErancIs
r,,,s - ,,,,s u,hn d,a5 In po,,,mors
$500, o. ,o,o and had a three
on ,,,io,hs i,,ar.,t In u q DIM "a
tWs",u '''s 49, ~, .,as ~, T., Nnw yorE
' III ..s,,t, na,,t to his dnupb,sr
go, . Nus"
w.. tinn,s,>,s u, ,onvN v,ho d,.d on
,,,,", - 100 ior, bar es,ata IN har
hnshona t,rawfnri and her son, Craw-
,n,, L. Sho inh,r,ted her nronertv from
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DURER PRINT BRINGS 1925.
First scssiOn Of Sale at Andcrson's
Yields At,SIl.

The fine impression OF the purer print
Of Erasmus Of Rotterdam sold las,
night IN the Anderson auction rooms for
s325 to Rudolph Seckrl This print came"
from the famous HUH sale. whore II
brought sl35.
Other sales were: Scymor iladcn's
"Amsteladamum" 10 g. w. Alderman for
sees Hedley Fitton's "Chartr"s.' to T..
Suval for 500: Camcron's "Old Bridge.
Whitby." to Kennedy a Co. for $3.50 :.
Cumerons "Damme," to q. ". Ackerman
for s2lO; Camerons Hotel de Sens" to
J. II, Fox for $40, Mr. Fox also paid
500 for Cameron's "Rue 81. Julien !"
pauvre," $3.50 for the same artists
'Rialto," $3.50 for LA Maison Noiro' and
sl55 for "John KnoX's House"
The total for the evening was SASH,
The sale continues this evening.
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NEXT WEEK AT THE OPERA.
dcIphin-ChicREO Company to
siux on Tuesday Might.

Gun Balio in Maschcra" will he next
Monday nights bill at the Metropolitan
opera House, with Mines. Dcstinn, iicmpel
and Duchene and Messrs. Caruso, Amato,
Rothier, De Segurola, Bnda and Reschig
liam In the principal roles Mr.. Toscanni
viii conduct
"Monna Wanna" with book by Maurice
Naeterlnck and music by Henri Fevrer.
will ne sung for the first time In New York
ON Tuesday night by the Philadelphia-
Chicago Opera Company. The cast will
include Mary Garden and Messrs,
Muratore, Marcoux, Huherdeau, Warnery,
Contesso Dcfrerc and Nicolay. Mr., Cam
panini will conduct.
."rosca" will be next Wednesday nights
onera. with Miss Farrar and Nine, Braslau
and Messrs. Martin, Scott. Rossi. Bada,
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Low PRICES FOR OLD FIREARMS.
sales Of John =. Reid Collection
Now Total &I1 $3.50.

The sale OF the John :. Reid collection
of antique pistols and guns continued yes
tcrday at the Mcrwin salesrooms, Among
the prices were the following \ German
nntlock fowlng piece. to T. Offerman for
s26 u Colt percussion revolving rifle, to
X. N. Flint for $40 another with smaller
barrel. to T. Pugsley for SIS n Colt re-
volving rifle. "A calibrc. TO w. Il, Jones
for 81; "A Colt dragoou revolver, six
shots. to John ", Meeks for s2S, and a
double barrelled fiintlock overcoat pocket
pistol. to v. T. Hammer for s2l.
The total for the collection to date Is
1860 The sale continues this morning,
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Miss Grace NnnLcrbilt Dating Wen

II was reported yesterday at the homo
oT Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
80 Fifth av,uur. that their daughter. Miss
Grace Vanderbilt. who underwent an un-
Grafton for appendicitis on Monday. was
doing very well. The operation was per
formed by Dr. Joseph \ Blake and Ur.
Austin Film, Ir
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from Shanghai to-day announced the
death ot Mrs. puhs. wife of pr. c. New.
ton lpuns, head OF tn" United E,vaug.l cal
mission work IN china following an on.
GRAFTON In hospital there. Or Duhs is
son OF Bishop Rudolph pubs OF Har.
rshurc
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franklin Phillips.

NEWARK. y j., Feb lO--Franklin
Phillips. president Of H,w"s 4 Phillips
foundrvmcu ana machiuists, dI,d yrstrr-
day Of pneumonia At his home, '19 Mount
Prospect avenue. NJ the age of -, lie
was born in Newark and received his
eng.reorug training I'M the school of me-
chanical arts Cornell University. from
which I've was graduated in 1873
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Mrs. &. Newton Dubs.

HARRISBURG. Pa, Feb l0,--A cablesrau
The Washington times., 1914-04-03
BY FLORENCE E. YODER.

He wants to talk TO the suffra-
gettes, but he's afraid!
Listen, girls-suffragettes espe-
cially-go, but be gentle, for he's
tmid. skirt shy, though he wants to
talk; he said he did
He is Congressman Jeremiei Dono-
van, anti-suffragist, straight from
the alfalfa belt of Connecticut, with
joyful, wonderful natural chin whisk-
ers that grow no place else in the
world but In Connecticut. and he
wants to talk to the suffragettes, but
when one was sent him he backed
down Alas. he is afraid Of women,
fear me.
Here's a challenge. Who Is there
In Washington, an advocate Of equal
suffrage, who will not rally to his
aid? What woman is so hardhearted
as to refuse TO try her powers OF
persuasion on him. even though she
DO repulsed? 1 did not succeed. but
others may.
When ne begged for a sNfrragette
reporter to come and interview him,
little did he, perhaps, imagine that
one would appear bright and early
the next morning in answer to his
call.
Sick of Men Reporters.
I'm sick of being interviewed by
men reporters" said the honorable
Jerry, with the bored petulance Of
the Lady of Saalott 'Henceforward
am going to talk only TO the
chickens. If yot want me to talk.
you will have to se,.I me a suffra-
gette reporter. Then I'll gladly
talk
But, perhaps. his assumption of
bravery was only Il squirt, and he
had sickened of his determination
overnight. or (whispcr Il, girls) is he
Just a gutter? Whatever it was. he
The Washington times., 1914-04-03
Your Spring Tonic on
the Vegetable Stand
That Tired Feeling and Spring
FeUer Will Yield to a Plate of
Nippy "Greens."
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.

and forget not plenty Of water .f
other times.
II you do not care for raw or
salady> dishes and you are the
housewife, pay special attention TO
your manner of cooking the sprin1
vegetables. Do not be guilty Of the
great American. sin-and throw ths
water In which tho vegetables was
cooked down the sink. It is In the
water that tho dissolved salts are
found-that which gives the real
tonic value. Cook the vegetable In
Just enough water 30 that II can all
be utilized In the sauce-unless yua
can steam II. which IL the manner
par excellence
wish I had the g1ft Of Shake
speare and could write about spring
vegetables a. Wen a. he did about
Here's lettuce. that's for your
blood: asparagus aideth the excre-
tory glands; here's crees and radish,
that's for appetite: carrots and cab
bage, raw, they are the best broomas
Onions are like to O vacuum cleanee,
removing all waste; spinach, that's
for iron; forget not dandelions, theY
are the Securing Soap Of nature"
Tonics! They are cheap; that
''tired feeling needs three doses OF
salad: that spring fever viii Yield
to a quart Of spinach; that touch
Of rheumatism" will vanish before
a peck Of 6andeliona. Follow the
advice of old Doctor Mature and save
your pocket book
The Washington times., 1914-04-03

rvv HEN these warm days
:" bring the first int1mations
of spring fever and ''tired
feeling we begin to feel
that we don't want any Of the ordin-
ary things to eat We suffer o loss
Of Appetite and rush, perchance to
a drug store and purchase a bottle
Of tonic for 70 cents.
II would have been much better u
wo had rushed to q vegetable store
and purchased 70 cents worth OF
green's" radishes and sprit onions!
Nature is the best old doctor and Ii
Cf,ertng as prescription these days q
whole host of remedies: nippy
greens" coquettish radishes and let
tuce, marcelled and otherwise; chaste
onions, spinach and tender young
carrots, tho FIRST berries. dandelions
and asparagus, all, all are here, ana
you need only choose which tonic you
want and take 1t in allopathic doses.
All these spring succulent things
are rich In iron and mineral salts;
they arc not packed with heat or
starch, but are actually brooms ana
cleansers which Doctor Nature Is
offering from past experiences Our
body engines are all clogged .up-too
many waffes, eclaires. potpie and
coquetting with the pastry tray, have
clogged Sour engines with ashes ana
Stag, and we need a good spring
o cleaning. Nothing is better than
these nature brooms and scourers,
which, with their green leaves, their
acid and nippy taste, their bitter
ness, are Just the right agents to
remove all the waste from our sys-
TENS.
Spring IL the vegetarian perfods
foods now are so fresh, devoid OF
tissue and so succulent that they can
be eaten raw, as they could not bo
in their maturity. Grated carrot.
shredded cabbage, salads cnifonades
are In, order. But not salads made
with q rich mayonnaise, ah, mol But
salads prepared with true French
dressing" just Oil and vinegar and
salt and a dash Of paprika-, Such. q
dressing includes -the cleansing land
soothing OIL, the acid piquancy,s Just
what are needed to. dress our spring
tonic in the best manner. -
The spring tonic needs to Be :
'tmunched" Forget pot roasts and
'ham-and" and such winter foods.
and eat nothing sbut salad fork q
whole meal Drink glass Of lemon
juice water. too. for your liver's sake,
The Washington times., 1914-04-03

more than ever about five minutes
after I, and said:
"How can I say whether or not
I will like MT. Clark or his speech
before I have heard it" He was al
most peevish as he continued. rs
that what the suffragists counsel?
Would you talk about some one or
something before you had heard
public statement"
His Nerve Holds.
l was so crushed that / could
hardly chirp up a reply, and was
sorry that I had come to him on
such a busy day.
But right on top OF that I would
think. now he sent for you, he
wants you. perhaps he needs you,
and you must try to get him to talk
to you on suffrage"
So I stayed In the hope that his
nerve would come back; but At
was a vain hope. His eyes sought
the door again and again with a
hungry look, and he looked at his
hat and just simply beseeched. and,
girls. You wouldn't blame me II you
could see those eyes
Finally he had on his hat, and We
were Gtill talking about five min
utes after l at the Capitol. or fIf-
teen minutes after 1. and we all
walked out the door together. Yes,
comrades. I had failed
You say how about fifteen min
utes after / at the Capitol?
Now just sit back and think You
know very well what was hapepning
all afternoon on Wednesday, at the
Capitol
=. S.-Tve been thinking it over
and have concluded that. perhaps,
he Is Just a quitter after all. Its
being afraid of the women.
The Washington times., 1914-04-03
Bronze FOOtweQr and
Hose Decreed
BY MARGARET MASON.

Larger even than tn checks Of A
corporation president are the checks
OF the coat suits new being much af-
lected for smart street wear. Black
and white Is the favored. combina-
tIon and in both the huge checks
and wide stripes this color contrast
develops costumes that are start
ingly chic and striking. 1t is with
theSe toiIettes of light and shade
lhat the black shoe has its one in
nhg: With costume like this the
oIack patent kid Ostend or Colonial
pump Is the really smart finish to a
"hl'e SILK stockinged foot
The black and white striped silks
are wonderfully good for the after
noon informal frocks and one lovely
white silk crepe striped in red like
peppermint stick was the envird
possession of a dark-haired hello ar
recent broadway theatrical OMEN
LIS Inc skirt was simply draped.
ilaI ing OUT tT1anSularly over the
hlps. The waist cut all in one niece
opened down the front over a sheer
vest OF tulle while a fitted friu NJ
the tulle piped in red outlined tho
low neck. A wide crush belt Of lot
trimmed black MORE and a srnsrt
heLiIp nat shocked up on one
SIDE TO reveal the gray of Dowcrod
locks completed the rayishjnp on
semble; In words Of the gallery sbe
certainly looked the candy kid,
Children seem to be as ,r,,ch ,,c
Iied over the new fashions as tbeIr
elders. Frocks for the five-year-nIJe
nave tiers of ruffles about the bin
nne TO give a bouffant sIlhonatte
Just like mammals. Quaint Iittie
short-waisted dresses of pompadonr
taffetas and brilliant-hued poiret
SILKS have tiny pinked rucbin9s
around the botI )m of the skirts ana
an adorable little pleated fIesh-coI-
ored chiffon has a smoked woke
and girdle Of deeper rose. while the
skirt is cunningly hobbled with
band OF the shocking.
For little lads the Oliver Twist sulrs
with their white waists colIared and
cuffed in colored linen to match
the three-quarter trousers which
fasten high UP on the waist with
large white pearl buttons, are most
attractive. Sheer pleated white
frills around the neck and sleeves in
lieu of the collar and cuffs of col
ored linen are more dressy and turn
a sturdy little American boy into
a facsimile of the little Dauphin
Of France.
The Washington times., 1914-04-03
Answers to Health
Questions

VIM FL have been deaf for five
years. and am now treating my ears
with almond OIL A brown discharge
has begun. Whit causes this?
Never use oil in the ears. It does
serious damage; If you are deaf, buy a
monograph and all sorts of vocal rec
ords and apply the different voices to
your ears three times a day. The hu-
man vofce-sonorous vibrations, II is
called-is what you need practice with.
Use at least three different voices each
time.
Syringe your ears with boric acid
water.
H. F.-what is good for racking head.
aches which seem to be hereditary?
Eat three oranges at night before
retiring. Never eat heavy meals. Take
teaspoonful of aromatic spirits of am
monia when the headaches come on.
Eat little often and drink buttermilk
Have your frontal bone canal cleaned
out by a lose specialist Wear glasses
constantly and take two tablets Of Tactic
acid germs.
DR.. HirShbeTg mill ansUer ques-
tions for readers of this paper on
medical, hygienic, and sanitation
subjects that are of general inter-
est. He mill not undertake to pre-
scribe or offer advice for individual
cases. Where the subject is not of
general interest letters piH be an
SWered personally if a stamped
and ddressed envelope is enclosed.
Address all inquiries to Dr.. L. K.
Hhshberg, care this office.
The Washington times., 1914-04-03

! instincts, II allowed free play, would
mality.
Therefore, even the material instinct
which impels most mothers to pick up a
baby whenever IT cries, to give a child
everything 1t wants, and to administer
her own ''instinctive' remedies for a
child's complaints-an these are usually
harmful from the viewpoint of human
progress.
There Is no human instinct. however
honest volunteer 1t may be- which
never overshoots the mark Instincts
are correct for the lower animals, be-
cause with them II is merely a question
OF strength and physical fitness.
Human instincts never hit They are
either too short or too wide of aim
Hence IT behooves everyone to begin to
teach babies; to train and improve each
coming generation at the earliest pos
sible moment
A few sound rules Of conduct are
worth all the intsincts In the world.
Definitely conscious, as well as consci-
entious Intelligence, surpasses the best
instincts. because even a superior in
stinct depends upon judgment for per
lection.
Copyright 1914. Newspaper Feature Series }
The Washington times., 1914-04-03

The tootsieS of the modern maid
Have often in the past,
Because of too much tangoiHg,
Been cdsed in plaster cast.
But now they've cast the dust aside
OF plaster-cast footgedr
and as a model outcome they
In bronze each one appear.
NEW YORK. April 3.-Yea, YER
~: IL lovely woman wants to put
the best foot foremost this Season
she must see to IL that IL be shod
IN bronze. Though the idol OF
Fashion has clay feet. yet they are
sure TO be bronze coated. Indeed
II were almost better to wear a
black eye than a black shoe. so IL
you want the stamp of sartorial
approval you must do your own
stamping in bronze boots.
One Of the loveliest of the new
bronze models is dubbed the Ost-
end 1t has the colonial tongue,
but spurning the buckle, a neat
little strap fastens it on one side
with a button of cut steel or
bronze. OF course this model ia
developed in black. white, and
gun metal of kid. suede. or cloth.
but IL IS when OF bronze kid that
II has reached its acme of perfec-
tiOn.
The elaborate strapping Of the
tango slipper is shown to advant-
age in the bronze kid and another
effect is q slipper with two straps
crossing over the instep and
fastening with Jeweled buttons on
each side. The debutaute still
clings TO the flat heeled pump and
sandal, but for her more seasoned
SISTERS the higher the French heel
the more-it is to their satisfaction.
Both white and bronze hued silk
hose are smart with the bronze
footwear, and bright green, blue,
and violet are often worn with i'm
punity and a matching costume.
What boots II. IL your face be
bronzed by the summer winds Just
SO your feet are bronzed by the
boots of the mode. And after all
what could be more fitting for
your extremities? Isn't bronze a
AsSe metal?
The Washington times., 1914-04-03

Even Shakespeare errs and Homer
0ods in the uses Of the words 'fnstinct
md intuition Instinct" opines Fal-
staff, is a great matter. I was never
y coward by. instinct"
Corioianus puts II thus: TN never be
such a goslin to obey instinct, but stand,
rs II a man were author Of himself and
knew no other kin"
Instincts are the hereditary blends OF
all OF the helpful. therefore, to be sure,
oft-repeated, habits of the past
What Instinct Is.
Ants, bees, wasps, spiders and other
features when born arrive at once at
,<cIl-nigh perfect stage of work and CO.
peration This is the accumulated in
lerttance in each species of race
An unmatched chick pecks tts way out
" the ezgshell by this instinct A cat
urls up before a fire for the same
-eason- Some savants maintain that in
.tincts are inherited reasoning.
he spiders touch, now exquisitely fine,
l'eels at each thread. and lives along
the line;
N the nice bee what sense, 50 subty
true
From poisonous herbs extract the heal
ing dew?
Tow instinct varies in the groveling
COMPARED, half-reasoning elephant. with
'Twixt that and reason what a nice
barrier,
g-orever separate, yet forever near.
Many instincts are transient If. at
tho time that an instinct shows itself.
things are favorable for its adaptation
and growth. a habit is formed in its
place
IN short. an instinct useful and pleas
ant grows into a habit Most instincts,
however, are smothered out changed,
or switched into a new track
Even in the brute world a new en-
N1ronment and changing conditions are
always at work to modify. annihIlate.
or exaggerate instincts
The natural instinct of kittens to pur
sue mice may be easily directed into
less inimical channels The mere as
ISOLATION Of the happy family of the
circus is an example Prof. Yerkes.
Prof. Watson, and the other physiol-
ogists, have exhibited abundant proof
hat useless, even wicked instincts, if
raken in puppyhood, can be made val
able.
Right Conduct Necessary.
DR.. Montessori has applied this idea
n a concrete way TO children. She has
merely adopted the discus-throwing
cats of Greek children and the modern
psychological discovery that mankind
earns more quickly, more permanently.
md more fruitfully, ninety-nine times
N the hundred, from muscular touch
The very day a child is born il, like
il chick, a kitten. or bee, shows s,lne
instinct The caterpillar may nibble a
leaf; the mosquito may dry its wings.
I3ut an infant will cry, suck its thumb,
IT avoid cold and hight
The kicking, squirming, rolling. yell
'ng and tossing of babe are instincts
o be suppressed, encouraged. or guided
.nto new helpful grooves.
Due TO the artificial exigencies and
demands Of civilized life, most human
The Washington times., 1914-04-03

would not talk, would not Jest, would
not smile upon the poor. little. harm
less chicken" many sizes smaller
than he. who came to See him at
his own request the next day.
Oh. it was almost too pitlful to tell
about My heart bled for him And
a brave, defiant anti, too!
With all Of that wonderful exte-
rior-two pairs of glasses. girls. and
a wonderful. reverberant voice that
just simply went in pillows over the
telephone, and a set Of rare old chin
whiskers, just like A B. EHrosts'
drawings of New England folk
He was talking over the telephone
when We came in, and his voice was
so wonderful, and his mein 50 i'm
posing that I felt like apologiZing
for sitting down, and wanted to
apologize when stood UP. and clear
ed my throat and made up and
mentally tried on different kinds of
greetings for him.
But when he came over and found
out who 1 was!
Oh, how he did change,
How He Changed
a queer. hunted look came into
his brown eyes girls. oh, girls.
have courage! For they are heauti-
ful big. brown eyes,, and he pushed
some papers around on the desk and
acted so queer. And in my heart I
said, Poor man; ah, poor man: he
is going to run away from me. He
is afraid of me, and is sorry for
what he said yesterday"
But didn't say anything out loud.
and finally he began to say that he
would see me at five minutes after
!. and then he said five minutes
after ! a. m. Now, / knew that the
tolls debate was on, and that he
would be 50 busy. but did not say
any Cross words. only nice ones.
Neither did I remark about the a. m.
How do you like Champ Clarke
I said sweetIy and clearly. just to
put him at his ease.
But he wouldn't be put, and talked
The Washington times., 1914-04-03
Secrets of Health and Happiness
Study Your Instincts;
Make Best Ones Habits
DR.. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERG
A. B.. II. A, N D. Uohns Hopkins)

-HERE are many much abused IN English
language Many persons use many words with little
thought Of their real meaning Indeed. 1t is extra
ordinary seldom the thoughts which lie behind
lords give a reflection Of the words meaning.
Instinct intuition two such words. Ask your
their potent You will confess that do not
now. Yet the has with apprehension and th
other with Inheritance
this apprehension 1t does not
you suppose understand 1t to take in by
your Inheritance likewise, is not thoroughly
prectaed It what happens to you only be-
a your father your mother did so and thus.
Briefly inheritance that which comes to through
remote past ancestors beyond the second and