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The Washington times., 1915-06-17

will leave town early In July for Jaquet
River. New Brunswick, where she will
pass the summer with relatives. Mr.. and
Mrs. Holcombe expect to remain in
Washington most of the summer. They
spent the last week of May and few
days In June In Richmond with their
cousin John g. Walker.
Mrs. Clarence r. Edwards. wife of
Brigadier General Edwards, IL at the
Waldorf Astoria, New York city with
her daughter. Miss Bessie p. Edwards.
who has been attending school at
Dobbs Ferry. They will leave New
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont are in
New York having attended the wedding
yesterday of Miss Mary Duke and
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle at somerville.
N. J; Other prominent Washing tonians
at the wedding were Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend.
p
Among the prominent people from
Washington who registered at tho Ca
sino. Newport. yesterday were Mr.. and
Sternberg and Lieutenant d. N. Fedo-
ton. Of the Russian embassy staff.
-
Mrs. J. 8. Clapham and Miss Mar,
Ciapham; Of Los Angeles. are at the
daughter have been in Europe for tn,
past four years and recently returncc
to tho States.
Former Congressman Maurie Con
molly, after spending several days II
| the East, has returned to his apart
| ments at the Powhatan.
81
Miss Adelaide Heald Is visiting 1,
Baltimore. where she is being exten
sively entertained.
Mrs. John r. wilkins has returned q
Washington after short trip South
| Mr.. and Mrs. Wilkins expect to clos
| their Massachusetts, avenue residenc
early in July, but have not yet com
pleted arrangements for the summer.
! -
| Mr.. and Mrs. Marsden J. Perry VIII
arc at the Casino. Newport, will atten,
the launching OF the new dreadnough
Arizona at the Brooklyn navy yard a.
the guests of Rear Admiral and Mrs
Victor Blue. and attend he luncheon
The Washington times., 1915-06-17
Many Entertainments Are
Planned by the Leaders of
Society In Washington.
Gossip of Hostesses.

which the Secretary Of the Navy Jo-
sephu, Daniels will give afterwards
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh. who. with a
party Including Miss Virginia Mott, Mrs.
John Osborn and james Mccarthy, has
been travelling on the Pacific Coast and
Hawaii, will start tomorrow for Alaska.
Former Senator and Mrs. Marion But
Ter will leave Washington In about ten
days for their plantation In North Caro-
lima. where they Will remain until fall.
EIiphalet Andrews and Miss Mary Lord
Andrews at their summer home at Semi
nary Hill, near Alexandria, Va, which
thev opened about June !.
Miss Butler will 20 to Wincheter next
tH,o ABOUT July ! Miss Andrews viii 60 Tor
long stay as Mis-. Buffers guest.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Richard VAIN
wright are at their place In Newport.
Mrs. Alexander Mackay-smith and the
Misses Mackay-s Smith havo loft the Red
Lion Inn, Stockbridge. whore they have
passed several days and are at Man
chester. Vt.
Miss Laura Graves. who has been Wis
iting in New York for the past month
| Joined her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Johr
| Temple Graves. at Princeton last weer
and attended the commencement exer
| cises Of Princeton University. where
John Temple Graves, tr.. was mem
Der OF the graduating class.
Mr.. and Mrs Graves and Miss Gravel
| returned to Washington on Tuesday anC
| John Temple Graves, jr., 10 expected Il
| reach town this evening. De Graffen
| reid Graves. who IL a student at Cor
nell. also will arrive in Washington
| this evening.
The Washington times., 1915-06-17
Weddings-Engagements

The engagement has been announc-
ed Of Baron Maxwell de Wardener
and Mile. Antoinette Mercier. daugh-
ter OF Henry Mercier. head of the
largest French decorators establish
ment in Paris The date for the wed
ding has not been selected.
Baron Maxwell de Wardener, well
known in Washington. is the son OF
the late Baron Rudolph de Wardener
who was the son of Field Marshal
August de Wardener OF Austria. Bar
Evening star., 1915-05-02
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR MAY 2, 1915

eyes fastened on his mother falr, calm
face. Listen, Mother. Did you write
to Judith, as asked you to do?"
Louisa's glance met his with shock of
challenge Il did not write to Miss Clag-
horn.
May ask why not?"
81 do not propose to help wreck my
sons future
Ned drew a sharp breath. you mean"
Il mean what say. You bid me write
and ask Miss Claghorn when | may call
on her. Further, you ask me to plan a
family dinner in her honor. Can't you
see the significance of such an invtation?"
81 sure can. And want its significance
made mighty clear. D'you get me,
Mother? Don't you understand?
Louisa turned pale. "You mean-you
have asked Judith Claghorn to marry
you?"
Al mean that shall marry Judith Clag-
horn. She won't say yes yet; but she
will His eyes darkened. A curious
thrill ran through his splendid body. a
throb of power. please meet her half
way, Mother!"
"Meet her halfway! Judith Claghorn!"
No, Louisa didn't mean to. But rage and
amazement carried her past all bounds.
"Marry nobody, and worse than no.
body! Marry girl who all her life has
been talked about!'
Ned didn't speak at once. He waited
to get grip on himself. At last he spoke,
very steady and low. "You don't mean
what you say, Mother. Now please try
to realize that Judith Claghorn is to be
my wife. That's settled Now won't you
try to know Judy as she really is9 Mother!
Won't you even try to get next to herr
Louisa laughed out. 1t was the most
cruel sound | ever heard. Il know Judy
quite too well, as it is. shall never open
the door of this house to Claghorn, Ned
that is ALL"
That laugh did it. White to his lips,
Ned turned, leaped on his horse and gal
loped off down the hill. Louisa smiled
after him.
81 suppose every man goes mad once in
his life, over some trifing girl. Thank
Heaven this will all blow over in a
MONTH"
l didn't answer. 1t was no use.
A WEEK later, at nine one night, a
motorcar pounded up my hill. The
bell rang, a sharp peal. l ran to the door.
There in the starlight stood Ned Dwight.
Beside him, white and still and frozen,
stood Judith Claghorn.
you're all alone, Cousin Lii? Good!
want to talk to you. And-I want you
to talk to judy"
My heart sank. But led them in.
Judy is going to marry me tonight.
There'll be just her parents and ourselves.
But we want you too"
| opened my astonished mouth. But
Judy shut it for me.
"No! am not going to marry you to-
night, nor any other night-not till your
own people really want me. And they
never will"
"But, Judith"
Judith spoke straight on. Her beauti-
full, deep voice dragged, lifeless. Her soft
hand lay icy in my own. "Hark, Ned!
You put me into the car, and brought me
up here, whether or no, to talk it over
with Cousin Lii But there's nothing to
talk over. Your mother does not want
you to marry me. She is right. 1t would
spoil everything for you. So l will not
marry you!"
Evening star., 1915-05-02

balS were CHRISTIAN gentlemen, alongside
of pack of schoolgirls!
Anyway, Judy came home, very tall
and pale and utterly silent. And she
shucked off Leota Barrson and her kind
like a muddy overshoe. You never saw
her in the streets any more. The only
place you did see her was coming out of
business college; for she was studying
stenography. Even then you'd hardly
know her; for she always went in the
plainest little gingham dresses and sailor
hats, and she never wore jewelry nova
DAYS, not even a bead necklace on her
white throat. Before long she went to
work in the telephone Office, down on
lower Main. Then back and forth she
went, taller, lovelier, more silent, than
ever.
Then year on year went by, and that
blossoming, vital young thing had no
companionship in the world, save her
drunken old father and her whining old
mother, and the girls at the exchange,
who scowlcd at her grand airs, and re-
scnted her promotion to chief operator.
And when Salerno thought of her at all
it thought of her as the girl who had been
Mlhcd nboM No, burning pitch isn't
in it!
THEN Ned Dwight, only and idolized
son of Salerno's sole Patrician, came
home, after four years of Harvard and two
of Europe,-home, to settle down in Sa-
lernO and take over the family stove
foundry, heretofore in the hands of a
regent. You can imagine how Salerno
sat up.
OF course Mrs. Horatio p unbent, and
opened the castle for ball to which even
the peasantry were hidden though she
didn't ask the Claghorns. Nobody ever
thought of asking them anywhere. And
Ned stood by his fair, imperial mother
like the great husky young prince he is,
and greeted everybody like long-lost
brother, and had all the men grinning and
the old ladies patting his shoulder, and the
girls wide-eyed and tremulous, before the
evening was half over. knew right then
that Ned Dwight was destined to be Sa-
lerno's idol too; just as his wise, kind
father had been before him-and was
glad.
NEXT morning l met Ned downtown,
~ glorious in khaki and puttees. He
jumped off his horse. and seized my arm,
and walked up Main street with me, talking
and laughing sixteen to the dozen. Every
body we met beamed and spluttered wor-
shipfully, quite as if he'd been the Young
Prince in truth AS we crossed Main
street the door of Heidoff's Home Bakery
swun, open. Out stepped Judy Claghorn!
She had a loaf of bread under one arm,
and big sack of broken crackers on the
other She wore a blueprint dress clean,
of course, but shrunken and gracelcss as a
husk. Yet her long, supple, swinging
body carried those limp CORES like Diana's
peplum, and under the great, folded braids
her face was carved from pearl, and her
dark eyes were dark stars.
She didn't see us. She drifted by,
bread and crackers poised on one slim
wrist, her head high, her face moon-pale,
moon-calm.
Ned stopped dead. His gray eyes
fared. His hard young mouth curved in a
soundless whistle. For the love of Mike
Cousin Lii! Now what do you know
about MdL'
The quecrest thrifty shivcr went over
me. "The girl in blue, you mean?"
III
Evening star., 1915-05-02

you. i snail love you always.
She did not move. Nor did Ned. But
the two young creatures swaycd toward
each other as if blown by some compelling,
mighty wind.
"Darn Cousin Louisa!" l choked.
Then | spoke up. Seems to me that
makes some difference, Judy"
But Judy drew back from us both.
That divine glow had faded as swiftly as
it had come. at makes all the difference
in the world. That's why I'm not going
to cut him off from his own folks That's
why shat spoil his whole life. And
that's all.
She turned to the door Ned followed,
defiant but dazed.
"You can take me home now, Ned.
Goodnight, Miss Lille"
A FTER that the hot spring days went
by as like as so many beads off a
string. All those days | felt as if the
sweet air pulsed with thckening angry
menace. | would look across the drive at
Louisa, sitting at her work, so fair and
bland, and long to take her by her fair
neck and wiring all the stubborn hateful
ness out of her with one fell twist. But |
need not have bestrred myself That
task was in more powerful hands than
mine. One week more-and the great
blow fell.
One of the Centrals told us about it
between her sobs, the day after, when we
were all huddled up at the CASTLE waiting,
waiting for news.
1t was the slack time of afternoon She
herself was crocheting; two other girls
L., IL
ing at her desk. Suddenly the emergency
signal shrilled out, loud and high.
Judy ran to the board. Her vclvety,
deep voice answered.
"Yes. Salerno Central. This is the
dam Office talking? You mhnR Want
to warn us? Oh, nonsense! No joking,
please. We're too busy"
A pause. Then Judith's hand flashed
to the switchboard. She called her home
number Her voice rang like a terrible
bell.
Mama! Mama! Oh. it's Papa. Papa
honey, you tell me the truth now-honest
to gospel! Have you been drinking to-
day? You haven't touched drop since
your bitters this morning? You smear to
u9 Then hark The dam has gone out
yes the big dam. The food will be here
in ten minutes. You get Mama up tho
hill Don't stop for anythng-not even
the teaspoons. You hear me?'
She whirled on the startled girls. Her
voice poured through the room.
"You, M'ree! Call up Lincoln School.
Tell them to get the children out quick.
Lou, you call the depot and the paper
mill. Belle, you take the levee stores.
I'll take the farms below town"
That was all the girl could tell; for
Panic swept Belle and Lou and M'ree
with a black wing, and screaming they
tore down the stairs, and away like m;r-
nads they flew, up the hill. But Judith
Claghorn stayed.
SHE must have worked like machine
- those fifteen racing minutes; for she got
Lincoln School, and the paper mill and
the plow works, and the O., B. & c., and
enough stores to spread the alarm through
Poack Town. She got the bridge con-
tract shack, ten miles down river, and so
saved sxty-odd men; mot to speak Of
the Bohunks,' as the head dredge runner
gulped next day. She got the poor farm,
Evening star., 1915-05-02

went uoWn my Dach again. however,
Ned was man of the world. He knew
perfectly well how Judith Claghorn had
been talked about. | needn't worry.
I DIDN'T worry-not for three weeks.
Then, along with the rest of Salcrno,
fell off my chair with thud. Through
town like wildtire leaped the news that
Ned Dwight had taken Judith Claghorn
to Parkins' Opera House, to see Peg o
My Heart! And Salerno had not caught
its breath until Ned's new car, a sixty
horsepower gray flyer, was shipped in
from New York. Judith CIaghorn, pale,
grave, aloof, in her plain serge coat and
battered little turban, was the first, last,
and only girl to sit beside Ned and ride
that gray whirlwind.
Again Salerno seethcd. But there was
more to follow.
The Woman's Club lawn party was
to be given, as always, on the Dwight
grounds. A week before Ned came to me-
He spoke rather bruskly.
Cousin Lii, are you yearning to do me
a favor?'
"To be sure
Ned stood on the porch, looking out on
the view. I am rather proud of my view.
My house is just across the drive from
Dwight Castle, set we'll out on the bluff
You look away down the green slopes, then
on up the wide, sleepy river till the great
dam lifts it's misty walls against the hot,
pale sky. That day they We're beginning
to reinforce the east walls; for the June
rise threatened trouble. The men working
on it were black notes against that misty
gray, that silver blue.
Ned stared and stared. His face took
on a curious yelled look.
"Its about Judy Claghorn. II want
to take her to the garden party. Not but
what it'll be ghastly bore; but He
stopped. His clear, dark face reddened
slowly "Only-I find she doesn't accept
many invitations She's inclined to stay
out of things"
Yes. poor child she was out of things!
"And | want-hang it, Cousin Lii!
Can't you see?" The red burnt deep. II
want her to meet my friends-in my own
house,'
felt little sick. Yet you couldn't
steel your heart against that flushed, chiv-
alrous young face.
"She-she is not willing to go with me-
But-well, | want you and Mother to tog
up and go call on her and her mother.
Then ask her to go with you to the
party
"But, Ned, your mother would never
you don't understand, Dear"
II understand darn sight better than
I wish I did, Ncd's jaw set. granite
"All you need do is, march Mother down
there, and give that invitation. I'm bank
ing on you, Cousin Lii
Well, did my best. But Louisa Dwight
only laughed at me.
"It's too absurd to discuss, Lii. She
folded both fair, jeweed hands calmly.
Her large, fair face never changed ex-
preston judith Claghorn indeed!
really must speak to Ned. He'll turn the
poor child's head"
"Then you won't call on her?'
"Call on her? think see myself"
"Well, will. So there!' said | hotly.
And put on my prettiest gown and
went forthwith.
Judy was at home. She was very gentle,
very gracious. Yes, she would be glad to
go, as my guest-with the bow of young
princess. who confers, not receives. 1t
Evening star., 1915-05-02

SHE must have worked like machine
- those fifteen racing minutes; for she got
Lincoln School, and the paper mill, and
the plow works, and the O., b. & c., and
enough stores to spread the alarm through
Polack Town. She got tho bridge con-
tract shack, ten miles down river, and so
saved sixty-odd men; mot to speak Of
the Bohunks, as the head dredge runner
gulped next day. She got the poor farm,
and the box factory, and the deaf Flaher-
tvs beyond the roundhouse. And she
must have just finished calling the Flaher-
tvs when that great, yellow, foaming wall
drove down on Salerno, and picked up
Telephone Building, and ripped it apart
as you'd rip strawberry box, and sent
it spinning down on the vast, wild wave
ahead.
Maybe Judgment Day will be more ex-
citing than that day of the flood; but it
won't be any queerer. l was standing at
Seaver's fancy goods counter, matching
buttonhole twist, when Gus Seaver
plunged down the aisle, believing the
news. And first everybody stared; then
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-05-27
Signature of voter.


Signature of voter.
NOTICE TO VOTERS: To vote in favor of the
propositions submitted upon this ballot place
cross (X) mark in the square after the word
yes, To vote against it place similar mark
after the word no
Sec. s. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That, in the event said proposed bond
issue is approved by the qualified elect
ors as required by law, this Police Jury
shall thereafter pass such ordinances
and resolutions as may be necessary for
the issuance Of said bonds, signatures,
negotiations, ct cttera; and each year,
while any Of the bonds are outstanding,
it shall, in addition to all other taxes,
levy a special tax sufficient to pay the
interest on said bonds and to pay the
bonds becoming due the ensuing year.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That the Clerk Of the Police Jury be and
is hereby instructed to have prepared
for use at said special election all nee
essary ballot boxes, tally sheets, lists of
voters, assessed valuation of all prop
erty, and such other additional means as
are necessary to carry out the provisions
OF the law in relation to such elections.
To carry, said proposition must re-
ceive majority in number and amount
of assessments of those voting.
Notice is also given that the Police
Jury OF Bossier Parish, Louisiana, will
meet at the Court House, in the town Of
Benton, La, On the It'll day of June,
1915, and will then and there open the
ballot boxes, examine and count the
ballots, in number aud amount, examine
and canvass the returns, and declare the
result of the election.
Given under my hand and seal of Office
on this, the Goth day of April, 1915.
... J. C. LOGAN, President
1876 Police Jury Of Boss:er Parish, louisiana.
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Sheriff''s Sale.

Sheriff's Sale.
William Winter versus Henry Dixon. No Gl53.
In Second District Court, Bossier Parish,
Louisiana.
RT virtue of a writ of seizure and sale, issued
in the above entitled suit, and to me directed,
l have seized ard will proceed to sell at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder, at the
front door of the Court House, in the town of
Benton, La, on Saturday, June 10, 1915, the fol-
lowing described property, to-wit:
An undivided one-half interest in and to the
west half of southwest quarter of section 25 and
the north half OF southeast quarter and south
west quarter of southeast quarter and southeast
quarter Of southwest quarter Of section 20, all in
township Is, north, range Il, west, the undivided
one-half interest being 100 acres, and situated in
Bossfer Parish, louisiana.
Terms of Saie-For cash, without the benefit
OF appraisement, to pay and satisfy the sum Of
sls:997, with per cent per annum interest
thereon from February 7, 1908, until paid, and all
costs of suit, including 10 per cent on said sum
and interest as attorneys fees.
]. F. EDWARDS,
Sheriff, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Benton La, May 10, 1915. jun II
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Election Proclamation.

IN accordance with an ordinance
L adopted by tho Police Jury on the
10th day of April, 1915, notice is hereby
given, that an election will be held in
Road District No. l, as previously Great
ed by the Police Jury of Bossier Parish,
Louisiana, on the list day of June, 1915,
at which time there shall be submitted to
the property taxpayers, qualified electors
in said district, proposition for or
against special 5-mill ax>for a period
of ten years, beginning with the wear
1915 and ending with the year 1924, both
inclusive, for the purpose Of building,
constructing and repairing bridges, and
manent hard roads and maintaining
same, in Road District No. /, Bossier
Parish, Louisiana, as fully set forth in
an ordinance passed by said Police Jury,
which is made part of this proclama-
ton, and is as follows, to-wit:
AN ORDINANCE
Ordering an election in Road District No.
| of Bossier Parish, Louisiana, as pre-
viously created by the Police Jury of
said parish, to take the sense of the
property taxpayers of said road district
on the question of levying a special s.
mill tax for a period OF ten years, be-
ginning with the year 1915 and ending
with the year 1924, inclusive, for the
purpose OF building, constructing and
repairing bridges and building, repair
ing and constructing permanent hard
roads and maintaining same in said
district, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Section /. Be it ordained by the Po-
lice Jury of Bossier Parish. in legal ses-
sion convened, That under the authority
OF the Constitution and laws of the State
of Louisiana, and pursuant thereto, a
special election is hereby ordered to be
held in Road District No. /, on the list dav
OF June, A. D. 1915, to take the sense of
the property taxpayers qualified to vote
at such election, as provided by law, on
the question of leVying annually special
road tax OF mills on the dollar of the
assessed valuation of all assessable prop
erty in Road District No. /, Bossier
Parish, Louisiana, for the period of ten
years, beginning with the year 1915 and
ending with and including the year 1921,
and according to law.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained. etc..
That the purpose of this said tax as levied
or voted and the uses for which said
proceeds are to be used are declared to
be for the building, constructing and re-
pairing of bridges, and building, repair
ing and constructing of permanent hard
roads and maintaining same in said dis
trict, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That notice OF election herein called shall