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Housefurnishings

We have arranged some very pretty
and useful Christmas Gifts in our house
furnishing department. Copper Coffee
Percolators, Chatting Dishes and Spook,
useful Cooking Utensils in aluminium,
and the most practical Of all gifts.
Kitchen Cabinet for the wife or mother.
Eleventh and F street entrances.
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Personals.

Miss Betty Smith of Norfolk, Va. will
spend the holidays with. her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Smith.
Mrs. E. Steinem entertained the We'd
nesday Afternoon Bridge Club at her
home on P street during the week.
Mrs. Harold Levi and her mother,
Mrs. Pauline Letterman, returned to
the city Thursday, after spending a
week in Norfolk, Va. with relatives.
her home in Philadelphia, after spend
ing the week end with Mrs. Samuel
Gross.
Miss Bertha Blondheim is spending
the week in Baltimore with her aunt,
Mrs. Wertheimer.
Mr.. Julian Eiseman will leave tomor-
row for a trip through the southern
states.
Miss Gladys Mayer left Wednesday
to spend two weeks with her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Meyers.
Mrs. Maurice Strauss has returned to
her home in Richmond, Va. after
spending several days here with Mrs.
Stanley Lansburgh.
Mr.. Bertram Block of New York is
the guest of friends in the city.
Miss Gladys Lowenberg and Miss
Lucille Lowenberg of Norfolk, Va, will
arrive the latter part of the week to
be the guests of Miss Helen Fischer.
Mrs. Harold Kaufman entertained
the Friday Afternoon Bridge Club at
her home in the. Gibraltar during the
week.
Mrs. Julian Brylawski will be hostess
at dance Sunday night, December rs.
for eighteen couples, at the Washing
ton Suburban Club.
Miss Meta Schwab has returned to
her home in Baltimore, after a short
visit to friends in the city.
Miss Helen Rosenberg Of Norfolk.
Va, will spend the holidays with Miss
Aileen Kronheim.
Mrs. Samuel S. Kalisher entertained
the Wednesday Afternoon Sewing
Circle, at her home in Hartford Court,
during the week.
Mrs. Jerry Sussman has returned to
her home in Baltimore after short
stay with friends in the city.
Miss Minnie Seligman of Norfolk, Va.
will spend the holidays with friends
in the city.
Miss Beatrice kaufman will enter
tain at her home on Ontario road Mon
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Luncheon for Miss Beatrice
Dulin.

Miss Nellie Claire Howard will enter
tain at a luncheon at the Raleigh
Thursday in compliment to Miss Be
atrice Dulin, a popular debutante of
the season.
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Mrs. Levi David entertained the
Wednesday Afternoon Bridge Club at
her home on 9th street during the
week.
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Mrs. Sol Meyer entertained the Friday
Afternoon Bridge Club. Two tables
were devoted to the game and during
the afternoon tea was served
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Mrs. Herbert Rich has with her her
mother. Mrs Frank of Baltimore.
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Mr.. Joseph kaufman of New York
spent few days in the city during the
week.
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Miss Mildred Wallerstein leaves this
week to spend fortnight in Richmond.
Va. with relatives.
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Mrs. Leonard Schloss and children
have returned to their home on 18th
street after spending two weeks in
Mrs. Moses.
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/ Mrs. Samuel Steinberger and son.
Samuel Steinberger. jr., and Mrs. David
Engel left the city yesterday for a
weeks stay in Atlantic City.
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Mrs. Harold Levi and her mother,
Mrs. Pauline Letterman, returned to
the city Thursday, after spending a
week in Norfolk, Va, with relatives
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Mrs E. Steinem entertained the We'd
nesday Afternoon Bridge Club at her
home on P street duFng the week.
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Mrs. Samuel S. Kalisher entertained
the Wednesday Afternoon Sewing
Circle. at her home in Hartford Court,
during the week.
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Miss Betty Smith of Norfolk, Va. will
spend the holidays with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Smith.
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Miss Sophia Ridley has returned to
her home in Philadelphia, after spend
ing the week end with Mrs Samuel
Gross
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Mrs. Jerry Sussman has returned to
her home in Baltimore after a short
stay with friends in the city.
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Iday, December q. in honor Of Miss
Hortense Ganss of Baltimore, who Is
to be her house guest.

Mrs David Dinkelspiel has returned
to her home in New York. after a short
stay in the city with her sister. Mrs.
A. NJ Baer.
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Miss Bertha Blondheim is spending
the week in Baltimore with her aunt,
Mrs. Wertheimer.
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Miss Minnie seligman of Norfolk, Va.
will spend the holidays with friends
in the city.
Miss Beatrice kaufman will enter
tain at her home on Ontario road Mon
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Miss Helen Rosenberg Of Norfolk
Va, will spend the holidays with Miss
Aileen Kronheim.
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Miss Meta Schwab has returned to
her home in Baltimore, after a short
visit to friends in the city.
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Mr. Julian Eiseman will leave tomor-
row for a trip through the southern
states
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Mrs. Julian Brylawski will be hostess
at dance Sunday night, December 26,
for eighteen couples, at the Washing
ton Suburban Club.
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Miss Gladys Mayer left Wednesday
to spend two weeks with her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Movers.
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I6X45 ZUX64 ZUX7Z inches; 01 S1E
selling regularly $1.75 to ST. Choice each 0l I'D
Madeira HandScaloped and Embroidered Tea Sets;
centerpiece, six doilies each; and 10 inch
sets. Special set. $3.50, $780, $780, $3.50 to $1,000
$3.50 $3.50 Madeira Hand Embroidered Pure Linen Tea
Napkins; So designs; 14x14 inch; exclusive d. ~
designs; ribboned and boxed Choice, dozen ID
Real Japanese Hand DrawnPme Linen Doilies exclusive
hand-d drawn designs in four exclusive styles.
6x6 inch; Special, 30c each or 500 Dozen boxed
9x9 inch; Special, 45c each or $3.50 Dozen boxed
12x12 inch; Special 60c each or $3.50 Dozen boxed
diameter; beautiful large floral designs.
Special each .$475, $3.50 and $5.75
Turkish Rug Towel and Wash Cloth sets pnks blues god
hello lemon and fancy color combinations rugs towels and
cloths to match; ribboned and boxed
Sets, each SOC to $3.75
Hesttched Pure Linen Huckaback Towels What is more
acceptable than fine pure linen Towels Special values
for dozen $780, Sc, So, $12 and SIS
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her home in Richmond, Va, after
spe ending several days here with Mrs.
Stanley LanSburgh
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18

Barring accidents, Ralph De Palma,
the crack automobile driver. has new
err failed to finish well to the front
In any race he has entered, and lie has
won many first prizes. His most un-
fortunate experience was in the 500
mile race at Indianapolis in 1912 With
only q little more than a lap to go and
while eleven miles ahead Of his nearest
competitor. the connecting rod broke
and punched hole in the crank case.
DE Palma and his mechanic. seeing
that the engine was out of commission.
tried vainly to push the heavy car
around the two mile track. but found
the progress was too slow to enable
them to finish ahead of the others. and
he had to watch the prize Of $4,000.
which seemed almost within his grasp.
go to another. at is all in the game.
and l have no kick coming" was his
sole comment.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18
TURKISH SOLDIERS.
Yhsy Are Always Prepared and ewss
WiIlina to Fight.

Thsy Are Always Prepared and esss
\ Willing to Fight.
The populur western conception Of
the Turkish army IN something In the
nature VI y Wild -zouave. marshaied In
battsI,ons and bred with n fanntical.
nomicjdsl mania. Hut nowhere In Tur-
kew will you bud such = conception
realized.
The great majority of Ottoman regu
lsry are sinsularly plain. unph'turesque.
vupretentious soldiery. On their heads
they wear either gray bashlyks wound
turbaDwise. OF plain fexxss " kali
lsks" Of u yellowisb brown color cor.
responding to their German made uni
forms OF rough woOien cloth. Their
legs are wound In q bulky way with
the same material In Turkish CON
c~ption Of u puttee. and on their feet
either short boots or the soft leather
uurasip- like stQeH Of the Balkans
xfve them u comfortable agricultural
look.
StnsIy or In bulk. there b nothing at
all smart about them. but they look
exceedingly equal to the delivery Of
the goods Altogether they appear ~
well able to fade indistinsuIshab into
the landscape a. anything human
could. Many Of them are Anatolians
and some are ruddy faced Kurds from
the Caucasus. Others come from the
Taurus mountains. hack Of Konia and
Aleppo. ywarthy 6yrians and Arab
types.
Any one u them will fight at the
drop Of q hat. He would not have to
change anything. There 10 nothing
about him to polish or to be kept clean.
AZ he stands be sleeps and eats. drills.
marches and goes into battle.-Worid's
Work.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18

Frank Click. captain and quarter
back of the Princeton football team.
Is senior In the university. He Is
playing his fourth year of football Mt
Princeton, one on his freshman class
eleven and three as a varsity man.
Before entering college he Ind played
for four years on the team Of the Cen
trail high school ut Pittsburgh. Until
this year at Princeton he has usually
started the season Mt halfback. only
eventually to be transferred to quar-
terback. Most Princeton men credit
Click with the remarkable awakening
OF the Tigers in the fourth quarter OF
the Ynle game last year. Immediately
upon his entrance into the struggle Mt
Quarterback the Princeton eleven dis
played power Of attack that scored
two touchdowns In the last eight min
utes Of play.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18
sp.in,. A,si,,s.,sn csur..

THE most unique and Interesting h.
stitution fos the settlement Of civil
suits In St'atn.- writes Thomas W. Pal
mer. IT.. tn Case and Comment. III tbs
arbitration court All contentious o.
disrntes before OF after the c0mmence
ment OF litigation. no matter bow fai
ADVANCED. can bs submitted to an nrbl.
tration tribunal BY agreement Of ell
the interested partiea. Ths exceptions
to this are those suits Involving poiIt'
tcai and civil rights. ETC., Or those INST
ters 10 which the state V especially
concerned The arbitrator. wh0ss
number must not exceed 6ve. are taw
yen Of twenty i've or more years 81
age snd 10 full. enjoyment OF civil
rtgbts In some instances the arbitss
tors may Be iaymen .amiRabtes eonp0
nedoees, Appeal b mnde from the ar
bttration direct to the territorial appeal
court This method VI deciding elaine
has proved successful and b employed
considerably"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18

Mrs. Boyd was chosen as head Of The
data department because Of her long
experience in collecting data In Static
= teal and research work. She Is a
graduate of Columbia and a former
editor Of the Survey. She is thorough.
~ at home in a law library as we'll
Any one who is permitted to become
at all familiar with Mrs. Boyd's filing
system is Mt once impressed with the
mass Of accurate material which the
head of the data department has~got
together and the orderly arrangement
Of It. Some one has remarked that II
q person h at gil anxious to lose sight
Of an item or a letter the most efYec-
tive way Of going about 1t Is to have
his stenographer 6le 1t. Not so with
the system which Mrs Boyd has put
into operation. Child labor. working
hours for women In every state In the
Union. illiteracy tables. lists Of organ
nations and individuals Wis have in
dorsed woman suffrage. newspaper
clippings and all the great mass Of
material which has to do with woman
suffrage are to be found carefully and
systematically catalogued and labeled
IN Mr.. Boyd's die.
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Hardly Worth Mentioning.

A New Orieans hotel keeper telia
the tale ninety year -Old negro mnn
who was Homeless. penniless. intlrm
end crippled crawled into a haylOft In
. strange neighbOrbOod to spend bis
tast hours. The dnrky who owned the
hny saw q suspicious ugure slinking
into biz stable and rnme with bis shot
gnn to make the Intruder prisoner,
Cautiously entering the stable. be de-
tected n rustling In the hay and. aim
ing his gun In the direction whence
che sound came. yelled out:
- gut you: Dt'ggone you. ] got Jour-
The expiring wanderer raised his
As.sd and Ms he gaxed down the gun
barrels replied wanly:
An great git you goti"-saturday
Evening FONT
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18
ABOARD A SUBMARINE.

oeRss Of the Dinseultiss With Whieh
the Captain u Dsss<.
The London Times recently described
the difficulties that confront the officers
and crew Of submarine during actual
warfare. The captain Of the subma-
rine must lie in wait for his quarry
with the nose Of his boat pointing in
the direction In which he expects the
encmy's vessel to nss. Then he has
to estimate the speed Of the approach
ing ship and her distance and to DIRE
his torpedo at the point at which be
calculates she will have arrived when
the torpedo has finished its run. Prob
ably he will discharge smother torpedo
few seconds later to make doubly
sire.
In the discussion reused by the letter
sent to the Times last June BY Adpi.
raj Sir Percy Scott. Admiral Bacon.
himself nm expert and experienced
handler Of submarines. said: III any
Of your readers wishes to appreciate
some Of the difficulties Of submarine
work let him sit down under chnrt
Of the channel suspended from the cell
Ing. let him punch hole through II
and above the hole place a piece Of
looking glass inclined At forty-flve de-
grees. Let him further imngine hi.
chair and glass moving sideways AZ
the effect Of tide. Let him occasion
ally I'LL the room with steam to repre-
sent mist. Let him finally crumple the
chart into ridges to represent the
waves and then try to carry out some
Of the maneuvers TINT look 70 simple
when the chart Is spread out on the
table and looked down upon In the
quiet solitude Of well lit study"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18

As a public object lesson in the
utility Of the thoroughbred horse or
the race track the National Horse
Show association has this year opened
several competitions exclusively for
the thoroughbred saddle horses. thor
sughbred hunters, thoroughbred polo
ponies, etc. and is SO arranging Its
program for the annual exhibition at
Madison Square Garden. New York
city. Nov. G-12, that all these classes
may be judged on the same day. which
will be officially designated as '"Thor-
ougbred day."
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18
tn. Time to Break It.

There " an ane<.dute ~ sosiIe vOa'ltns
Of French theatrical uieiiioirs narrst,
ing an experience OF Mile ciatron. the
great tragic actress. with puiii "
ners. q girl Of strong natur',i gifts for
the histrionr art. but fur too frequent
aud too exuberant In her gesticuin uOu-
30 when the pupil WAS oine To sui*'as
before the publk IN u recitation Nile.
Clarion bound the girls nruB to BET
side BY stiff thread and cent her thus
upon the stage.
With the tirst strong feeling she bad
TO express the pupil tried tO raiss her
arms only to be restrained BY the
thread A dozen times In the courss OF
her recitation she was prevented fruM
making the gestures she DESIRED until
At the very end she could stand 1t NO
longer. and In the climax Ut her emo
ton she broke Der bonds and swung
her hands to Der bead
When abe came Oh the stage she
went humbly to where Mile. Ciatsssss
was standing In the wings and apOao
sized for having snapped the thread
But you did quite right" said ths
teacher THAT was the dine to mako
the gesture. not before"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18
Two Kettle. Of w...-.

Sir Robert Hart speaking os mar.
Rage and death customs In the fas
east told story of great Chinese
scholar und high official who said that
the foreign way OF letting the young
people fall In love and ch00ee ana the
Chinese way Of first marrying and
then making acquaintance reminded
him Of two kettles OF water. Tue nrst
the fOreign-was taken at the boiling
point from the fire BY marriage and
then grew c0oier and cooler. whereas
the secoud-the Chinese--was kettle
of cold water put on the fire BY wed.
lock and ever afterward growing
warmer and warmer. 80 that. said
his friend. after City or sixty yeau
we are madIy In love with each 9th.
erl'-Exchange.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18

Captain Edward ". Eberle. the new
superintendent of the United States
Naval academy at Annapolis, confronts
q task of great responsibility. the post
being considered one Of the most i'm
portant in the service.
The special tasks which confront the
new superintendent are to give effect
to the recommendations made by the
court of inquiry relating TO cxamina-
tions, taking further action I'm the cases
OF nearly 200 members Of the class
TINT graduated last year and the pres
ent first class in regard to advance In
formation about the examination In
modern languages. and to determine
the extent Of hazing and suppression
Of the practice.
Captain Eberle Is a native of Texas.
forty-nine years of age and entered the
Naval academy from Arkansas In 1881.
He reached his present rank In July.
1912. At the time Of bis appointment
to the Naval academy he was COM
mandant of the Washington navy yard
and superintendent Of the naval gun
factory at the national capital. A few
years ago he commanded the Atlnntic
torpedo feet, and subsequently he was
In command of the armored cruiser
Washington. Captain Eberle and the
late Captain ]. ]. Knapp. commandant
Of the Philadelphia navy yard. married
sisters.
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THE PLANET MERCURY.


u u oiAseust to Weigh, end Ne orbis
10 Very Eccentric
Though Mercury y ons Of the small
est Ut the planets. II b perhaps the
most Troublesome Of oil TO the sssyoa.
omee. -
Il lies % close to the 500 that II b
seen but seldom 10 comparison With
the other great planets. its orbit v
very eccestric. and Il experiences dis
turbaucss BY the attraction Vt other
bodies To q way not yet fully under
ato,,d
A special dimcuity has also been
found In the attempt to place Mercury
10 the weighing scales We can weigh
the whole earth. We can weigh the sun.
the mnos and even Jupiter snd ooses
planets but Men'ury presents difBcnl
ties Of . peculiar character. L~ ves
rier. hOwever. succeeded 10 devtsiuR .
method OF Weighing H.
He demonstrated TINT our earh n
attracted by this piauet. and he showed
bow the amnnt Of attraction mag b.
disclosed BY observations Of the sun,
20 that from an examinatioo Of the
observations be made an approximate
determinat ton Of the mass Of Mescury
L. vefrier's result indleated thst the
weight Of the planet was about the AZ
tenth part Of the weight Of the earth
II other words. II our earth vas psaeed
tn . balance and dfteen globes. each
equal 10 Mercury. wefs aid n ths
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18
ANCIENT GREEK TRAINING.

Whss u o.s ess shs 0sy PAys.sssy
seo Enthusiastically.
The manner IN whEh the Athentaas
brought up their chiidrsn 10 v0rth ~
msmbestnS.
A. seven ysars Of age the Atbsstan
ad entered the peIsstrx. wesch was
essentially . playground Al the ara
and t-tter half Of the Day vas spent
u gymnastics. Dancing. ga0es aisd
play 10 the aftsrD00o tbsrs werr
singing. soms whiting. some rsadiuy.
MI III the open atf. and then cane
long period Of ptay again. Socb wss
the schooling At the Grseh nd op to
the age Of ten q eleven. and did
not differ essentially up 10 the age Of
sixteen. excsps IN The severity Of The
exercises
And yst the world has soa erased 70
marvel q the resuits Of the 0eeek
educstioe. II pc'd0ced the hiGtssa
type Of man. physically and tnteilectu
ally. that the world has ever seen.
which Cation says was ~ far In I'D
vance Of the modern Gnglishmsn %
the modern Engitshman - In advance
Vt the native African
In physical beauty. courage and %
sriotism. In philosophy. literature.
architecture and art the Greeks havs
been the unsurpassed wodets Ut the
ages and are still the inspiration OF ouf
schools today But they placed the
emphasis upon hygiene. exerctse. Eames
and play. which are too mnrb ueE
ietted In these daya Kansas City
Stnr.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18

A man VINO believed In pedestrian.
tsm Goa xpd u friend to accompany MIN
on q little jnunt Every time they
crossed the road bis friend looked irst
ore way and then the other and re-
fused to bulge II thers CHANGED to b
a mot0rcnr In sight
"lt'a all well enough to be careful"
said the pedestrian. "but you seem to
have let automobiles get on yous
nerves'
i've good reason to be careful" On.
swered his friend. THE insurance
policy l. carry III void n get run over
BY one"-Jndge.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18
pri..in.s Greatest prselpiee.

The wild fowls Of 81. Kilda dnd nest
ing places that enable them to bid de-
dance to the sportsman and to the
most daring Ut bird catchers- There
10. for example. the preciptce called
Conxgher, the same being far and away
the greatest precipice In the British
isles. the deepest perpendicular preci
pit.e. Il rises from the sea level to a
clear height. of LEO feet Consider
that man might Jump from the top
of l,onaghpr into the sea without get
ting scratch by the way.-London
tsraphic.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18

A new method Of silverinR mirrors
consists Of depositing the metal on the
glass by means Of a high potential
electric current. A plate Of metal is
placed against the glass: this is laid
dat on u table. and the air above It
10 exhausted to a high degree of va
cuum. Then small quantity Of by
drogen gas in introduced. and the cur
rent Il turned on through negative
pole attached 70 the metal plate. In
thirty seconds the glass has been sill
vered.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18
Woman Suffrage werksr.

1.-THE woman who answers questions"
u what they call her. Her real name
IL Mary Sumner Boyd, and her official
title is chief Of the data department Of
the National American Woman Suf-
frage association. But at the headquar-
tiers Of the National association at sos
Fifth avenue. New York city, Mrs.
Boyd is known chiefly as the woman
who tells people what they want to
know about suffrage. She Is the one
who digs up on demand the facts re-
gardIng the suffrage movement. the
laws about women and children and
who tabulates the pet arguments Of
the antis with the answers thereto.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18

-Four times out of FIVE overswinging
is not caused by allowing the arms to
go too far around. but by letting the
wrists Especially the right one) buckle
ut the top of the swing and SO drop
the club head six inches or so down
ones back. In the effort to lift it up
again the club head is generally thrown
out Of Its original orbit, and poor
shot results. To counteract Overswing-
ing be sure the left elbow is practi-
cally straight at the top of the swing
and that the knuckles of the right
hand are on n level with or even high.
er than those of the left hand.
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po~., o. II. supr.m. Court.

1.-THE supreme court .: the United
States" writes Christian Bonnet In
Case and Comment. 'exercises . pow.
er which we think 10 unique In the
world. to pass upon the constitutional
ity Of the statutes enacted by con.
gress. II may thus suspend the exscu-
ton Of the resolutions lawfully adopt
ed BY both houses.
1.-THE French courts have the right to
interpret the law. They cannot refuse
to do 30 under pretext that the law n
not clear or that It b atlent or insnr.
dcient By 20 doing the judge BE-
comes guilty Of q misdemeanoe called
denial OF Justice. and he b puntshed
BY . Une and deprived " all civil
rights for period varying from Owe
to twenty years. Hut NO court 10
France. not even the court OF casa.
ton. has the power 10 decide whether
a law passed BY congress 10 unconstitu-
tionaI Or not"