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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-09

Miss Adams she looked
the The other picture Lillian
Wad noted social worker climbing ladder the side of the
greet Miss Adams So great the enthusiasm
among several prominent social workers to greet Miss
DAMS noted Chicago worker upon Woan
Peace Conference The Hague that they went the
New York cutter and climbed the ladder
of st. greet Miss Adams.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-09
VESPERS WITHDRAWN

At . meeting Of the session Of the
First Presbyterian church held last
night. 1t was decided that commenc.
ing with next Sunday the vesper ser.
vice be withdraw until the end Of
August.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-23
WORK BEING COMPLETED
ON MOUNT VERNON DRIVE
Government Boulevard Soon Will Be
Thrown Open to the
Public.

Work is nearing completion on the
first section Of the new government
boulevard to Mount Vernon. and this
new drive will be opened to the public
within a week or ten days. 1t Is stated.
The finished portion leads from the
Military road up to Virginia Highlands.
and will open up a new suburban sec
ton little known heretofore. Among
the late purchasers of property here
are Representative Philip P. Campbell
of Kansas. ellison Gardner. Col. w. T.
Chantland. Col. D. H. Boughton and
Capt. H. A. White.
A large and attractive residence Is
just now being completed on Highland
boulevard for Luther L. Pettus of the
Army Medical School. Guildford r.
White of the Potomac Electric Com
pany has purchased the bungalow at
the corner of Hume and Willow ave-
nues.
Virginia Highlands. which was va
cant land four years ago, now Is an at
tractive village of more than thirty
houses new and enlarged water sys-
TEN has just been installed, and all
preparations are being made for con-
siderable building activity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-23
CAUSES OF DAMPNEss.
How They May Be Asesrtained and
Overcome.

The architect has at times to meet
and overcome defects caused by damp
ness in walls. The first matter Is to
determine the cause. II this be re-
moved the remaining trouble may or
may not be left to time and the deco
rator. If the whole cause Of the trou-
BILE, says the Salon. be simply moisture,
II will dry out after Its supply Is cut
or
Among the most fertile sources of
this simple kind Of dampness in walls
above ground are faulty roof cutters.
leaky water or sewer pipes, and inef-
fective surface drainage. In rooms be-
low ground surface the trouble may
arise from any of the above causes or
from subterranean springs or water
bearing strata. If practicable the outer
face of the wall should be uncovered
and a surface damp course laid against
the wall, consisting either of some
waterproof material or a belt of broken
stone or pebbles, with a properly
formed drain at its foot. If this be not
practicable II may be necessary to line
the wall inside with lath and plaster
fixed on battens plugged to the wall.
Where II is possible to induce a current
of air to pass up between the vertical
battens, that Is. between the laths and
the damp wall, the moisture Is to a
large extent removed and a fairly sat
isfactory remedy achieved. Sometimes
a layer of rich cement is fioated on the
inner surface of the wall after the
face has been properly prepared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-23

The American mountain sheep are
the greatest leapers in the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-23
previously been distributed equally
over supnnrtin, walls and column

previously been distributed equally
over supporting walls and columns,
was now gathered up and brought
down on to Isolated supports and piers.
This skillful design of medieval mas
ter masons was due. in large measure,
to new conditions of labor and to the
material at their disposal. Egyptians,
Greeks and Romans built with huge
blocks of stone or marble, with little
mortar. till imperial Rome required
enormous public buildings that could
not be rooted by the old system. Then
Roman necessity became the mother of
the invention of concrete, which had
such strong cohesive quality that the
vaults were almost self-supporting on
the walls and columns. By another
turn of the architectural wheel con-
crete fell into disuse. and there were no
gangs of slaves to move huge mono
lithic blocks. SO a new system arose.
fashioned out of small stones bound in
thick beds of mortar.
Building became an experimental
science of effectively balancing small
stones one another. Here we have
the beginning of that thrust and coun-
applied in piers. buttresses, etc, which
gave their counter-thrust to the out
ward thrust of the roof vault.
The use of small stones introduced a
new problem in vaulting. In the Ro-
man method great stones superimposed
rigid; in the Gothic system the balanc-
ing of small stones against one another
produced structure not at rest, but
in equilibrium. Rigidity was replaced
by elasticity. The old Roman building
stood solid on the ground, the new
Gothic structure scared lightly into the
air. The pagan Pantheon at Rome,
with it's wonderful concrete dome and
a single window. stands rgidly solid
with it's unbroken encircling wall.
The Christian Cathedral of Rheims, in
all its panop1y of 1acework pinnacles,
statues of kings, triple portals and
great stained-glass windows, scars
upward in its original state. borne
aloft by buttress and pier. but now
alas, the fortunes of war have left but
a battered semblance of its former
self.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-23

RECENT SALES REPORTED
The Ohio and Kent Apartments
Among Properties Sold
by Brokers.

Recent real estate transactions were
reported today by the New York Real
Estate Brokers as follows:
To E. o. Whitford. the northwest
corner of 10th and G streets southwest,
a lot containing about 1000 square
feet, for $500. Mr.. Whitford will
improve this property by a substantial
building. Mr.. Whitford has also pur-
chased No 1899 7th street northwest
as an investment, and Is making ex-
tensive improvements
For Mrs. Naylor. lot on q street
northwest between 18th and 18th, to
James L. Karrick, $500.
For Miss Beaston, house No. 1915 q
street northwest, $500.
Ten-acre farm at Silver Spring, Mont
gomery county, Nd. to Corinne c. An
derson. $500.
For Mrs. Gordon, the Kent apart
ment house. to A1phonse Gouldman;
consideration about $4,000.
For Mr.. Gadsby. premises No. 1923
street northwest. improved by ten
room house. to an out-of-town pur-
chaser for $4,000.
For Mr.. Young. premises No. 2424
14th street northwest to Aaron Sher-
man, $3.50. Mr.. Sherman will occupy
this property for business purposes,
after extensive improvements are
made.
The firm also exchanged for Lin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-23
TO ASCERTAIN ACREAGE
OF RECTANGULAR LOT

In order to simply work in finding
the acreage in various plots of ground
required in proposed interurban work
a Cincinnati civil engineer has worked
OUT a table which shows at glance
the fraction of an acre in a given piece
of space. says the Columbus Dispatch
BY taking the dimensions of lot and
multiplying the figures. the number of
square feet is obtained. By referring
to the table 1t shows what fraction of
an acre is involved. If lot is SO by
200 feet there are 10000 square feet
The table. which follows. shows that
such an area contains .23 of an acre:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-23
MEDIEVAL MASONRY.
How Labor Conditions Brought
About Use Of Concrete.

What the ancients accomplished in
the way of masonry construction is a
topic Of never-ending interest among
those INTELLECTUALLY inclined, and in
the course Of lecture delivered by
Banister Fletcher not long since at the
Victoria and Albert Museum in London
there was presented very graphic de-
scription of the evolutio nof rib-vault-
ing and supporting buttresses, which
has thrown such glorious mantle of
fine roof-tracery and wall sculptures
over the Gothic cathedrals of Europe
The weight Of the building, which had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-23
PAYS $4,000 FOR Home
Miss Margaret S. Fullerton Buys
Residence at 1926 Cali
fornia Street.

Announcement has been made Of the
purchase by Miss Margaret S. Fuller
ton of the new residence recently
erected by Harry K. Boss at 1926 Cali
fornia street northwest. The sale was
negotiated by Randall II. Hagner &
Co., in connection with Boss G. Phelps,
Inc. The consideration was $4,000.
The house is of colonial design and
contains eleven rooms and three baths.
The lot is 25h feet wide and about
ninety eight feet deep. The property
acquired by Miss Fullerton is one OF
two adjoining houses built by Mr. Boss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-23
SALES INVOLVE $27 900.
Unimproved Properties in Northeast
and Petwerth Sections Change Hands

Among the transactions in unimprov-
ed properties which were recorded dur
ing the past week was the sale by
George W. Barkman to Robert Wolfe
of four lots on 7th street between L
and NJ streets northeast, for $4,000.
Jacob S. Gruver bought twenty one
lots on Sd street in Petworth for a con-
sideration of $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-23

naeus s. Savage. several pieces Of
property. valued at about $4,000. tax
Ing in return the Ohio apartment
house, on Meridian street northwes,
owned by Christiana Miller. The Ohio
contains thirty apartments. The apart
nent figured in the transaction at a
valuation of about $4,000. the brokers
report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-23
Over the Phone.

From the Boston Transcript.
Hello, Is that you, Blank? Why.
there's a report around town that you're
dead"
rs that so? Well. call mo up again II
IT'S confirmed, will your
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-23
Original, Anyway.

From the Boston Transcript.
What do you think Of Dauber's land
scapes?'
We'll. nature certainly can't accuse him
Of plagiarism"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-23

From fifteen to fifty Brazil nuts
grow in one seed vessel. which is as
big as a mans head.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28
rse Military Training for American Bows

who volunteer for service in the small army
and navy. The Swiss go to the opposite
extreme and train every one certain
number of hours or days each year but per
NIT them TO go about their civil employ.
ments In the meantime. The rest OF the
Continental nations adopted half way
measure.
They train only those needed TO keen
the regular arnT mp to a certain strength
which varies according TO the supposed
need of having force for instant use
about per cent OF the population moro
or less being kept under arms II takes a
long time TO recruit ali army and equip IT,
The Russians required eighteen months
to get ready to fight the Japanese. who
won out by preparedness The war ended
because Of domestic disturbances in Eu.
rope just when the Manchurlam army was
ready to fight.
Whether or not we should he furnished
with large army for instant use need
ny. Great Britain Rights Reserved
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28

n RATIONAL defense is perhaps the
IN leading question to-day. and no
profession is more vitality interested
than, the medical. for none must contrib.
ute lpore Of its personnel to the military
forces. writes the editor of American Medi.
cine. There are no differences of opinion
as to the necessity for us to be prepared
10 repel invasion, but the kind and amount
OF preparedness are the points in dispute
Even the extreme pacificists who argue
that armaAlents ought to disappear and
VIII DISAPPEAR in time, seem to be unani-
mously of opinion that for the present we
= must be able to defend ourselves. All
nations depend upon citizenry trained
and accustomed to arms. and that fact is
accepted In this country. We must now
determine, how many citizens should be
trained and how long?
The English speaking nations have never
made any efforts in this direction in times
of peace, aud have trained only the few
.f DOWNRIGHT. 1915 by the Star Conn
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28
Young Mrs Alsop, Who Tells Here Why Life as s.Ar

happy years. although unconsciously.
surely, subtly, was being severed from
my youth About me, even then, were
being forged th. shackles of which ONLY
an "old mans darling" can know the nj
innate pain With young companionship
as background for his love. all was we'll
But even the young friends spoke the
lying adage in a cynic chorus that /
then thought sincere.
mad come to rely upon Ne. Alison in
all things. He wrote me pages OF love
mingled with pages of business conf.
denies. So II went on for i've years OF
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28
Am Old Mans Darling" Must End in ra,,,,&.

course, then i; was settled The shackles
were beyond breaking. He had formed
all sorts OF combinations in restraint of
my doubling heart The love OF an aged
millionaire is as monopolistic as one OF
great Industries. AT the age OF nineteen
The two as won-AlsOp and the Adage.
| married him
! did not marry for money I do not
think that, after five years of courtship.
J could be said To have married blindly
] married for happiness liked, honored
ANA respected him
llonored and respected! Dangerous
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28


wept--and he won. They came
do not wish TO make light OF the
lniirnities of age but when that line of
the bald and the gray went bobbing past
me my heart went cold. | felt like Rim
Van Wrinkle after he woke np--the soul
still young in him, but 20 his eyes the
faces OF all his human associates suddenly
scared with years. 1t wasn't that |
irembled for the future. There didn't
seem to be much OF any future in this
world OF people on the verge Of the grave
felt only clammy. a deadening finaIity.
thought had one foot in the grave too
They talked. ! learned that the White
House is not what it was in the days OF
dear President Pierce. Il learned that
Alice and Phoebe Cary were twin lights
OF pOesy and that Oliver Wendell Holmes
was the greatest humorist that ever lived
] heard stories OF "befoh the wah"-
stories that was TO hear again and yet
again. felt as If some unseen power had
whisked me out Of myself and set me back
three-quarters Of century. The only
up-to-the. moment remarks of the evening
we're the cOEfided chronicles of the stale
OF this ones rheumatism and that ones
govt.
| rebelled and managed to push I'D
few frightened Spring-shots of Youth
through this human mod. ] obtained per.
mission 10 have few young people at the
dinners. That only led to more bitter
troubles. That house was dedicated to
old age; my life was to be sacrifice to
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28

words, little lass, on the dizzy. dazzling
verge OF becoming an "old mans dar.
ling" Beware Of them Look forward to
the time when you are prisoner in
your palace OF Dreams when spectral
seniiity besetS your doors, when youth is
banished from your life
But there. | have told you my story.
After all, Shakespeare said it ALL bluntly
and truthfully, centuries ago:
Grabbed Age and Youth
Cannot live together"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28

ing the atmosphere of age.
p long among old people.
| stories and old-fashioned
ct that am prematurely
sacrificed on the marriage
Sgs that make life worth
beautiful, irrevOcable-
5irlhood dreams. Like the
butterflies imprisoned in
we withered to gray dust.
" that something sweet
tn with flying feet,
lcver come again"
Y TO emphasize my per-
% as the wife OF Edward
{ as they are ngurative
'reat lmDossibilities-the
[oung girl 10 an old man.
solemn duty to present
remarkable experiences
@ other potential "old
dazzled and deceived.
pts to place blame for the
narried life. Was it |?
p2 Was it the plate he
midst Of Il dinner party
a with young man?
dom with his antique
olatiOn from all friends
| would not say. \
Ter, out and away. all
alities and differences
ing 10 blame was sim.
the yoars--thc intan.
ountablc, wall which
lions. Upon that wall
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28
I. Als..p, Whose Wife,
20 Year Younger Than
He, Is Suing for a
Separation.
BY Mrs. Gfie Pope Alsop.

HAD alway sccn brought UP TO be.
licvc thai ilscye was golden truth in
the old maxi, J.
Better be an old mans darling
. Than a young mans slave
I! know now that this is not true.
: We been an old mans darling
when | was nineteen years old mar.
III an aged multimiliion2ire who is on
way toward his cightieth year.
fMy marriage to old Mir Alsop was
6ainst my own judgment, my impulse.
~ instinct and my best reasoning. But
was carried of NY feet by the false
|gic Of that wretchcd adage which |
! We just quoted above.
! should never have married this aged
: .trimonal partner III | had not been
ftuenced by the false doctrine OF that
chedly misleading maxim. In the hours
~ hours OF repentance and awakening
IN this false dream ! have taken the
T. doie to look into the origin OF this
sclievous prOverD. And it seems 10
had Dutch origin. II had known
luch OF the maXims and proverbs and
~ ature Of love three years ago, when
arricd Mr.. Alsop. a. ! know now,
| am suing him for a separation,
d never have married him.
instance. Shakespeare created the
e: Grabbed age and youth cannot
together" And another similar one
ray and green make the worst med
- And there are many others.
y did ] not know these truthful
MS instead OF the utterly false one
las ruined my lifc'
ruined. For, although am now
twenty.lhrce years old, have
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28

sop mansion. where old
men and ciiattering old
women pass through the
silded halls 10 worship at
the shrine OF obsolete So
cial sanctittes.
That was the trouble. 1t
wasn't his jealousy. al.
though when he became
jealous OF his own son II
lid seem a pity. 1t wasn't
his being stingy with me
about spending money, for
! could usually coax him
to pay the bills. 1t wasn't
lack Of devotion. for my
husband was much, much
too foolishly affectionate.
1t was the blind. cruel. i'm
possible Idea that he could
mould me into the spirit.
II not the likeness, OF his
aged friends, and still keen
me happy.
lie moulded me. ! am
an old womnn-at twenty
three, ! catch myself look
in- In the mirror for gray
hairs. But rs to happiness
,and | believe he wished to
make me happy, in his own
Way II simply could not
exist for me in the atmos-
fnhcrc OF the early fortieS.
IL was when we gave our
first dinner after the wed
ding that | was initiated.
Mr.. A!sop made out a list
of people 10 ask. When |
saw hat they were all
from the other half OF The
last century | was dis
mayed. | suggested that
we ask some OF my young
friends. lie would none OF
it, This was to be Il digni-
lied and formal dinner. not
Il childrcn's party. If ]
could not form myself to
the high position to which
hpl been called could
ai least refrain from in
ierfering with The Gus
Iohnry tenor of the Alsop
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28
The Saddening Experiences of
Young Mrs. ALsop Who
Married A Multi-MilLionaire
Four Times Her Age and Soon
Learned How Cruel, False
and Illogical The Old Maxim Is

is written in letters of fire: Let youth
choose youth in wedlock; age cleave to
age"
There were two or three generation
barriers" between Mr.. Alsop and myself.
There is a speculative possibility that
might have been able to endure the ex-
elusive society Of people of the genera
tion before mine. But the fadeu deni-
zcns of the dim past. from among whom
| was called TO choose my companions
and in whose cackled quips and anec-
dOtas, venerable as themselves and as
often visited upon me. | was supposed
10 find amusement. they were a bit too
far in the forest OF time
As breathe deep OF this free air OF
California though | am not yet free of
the legal bonds that hold me to my hus.
band can scarcely keep from crying
aloud my Joy Of emancipation from the
society of crones and cronies.
Riches? You say that was surround
ed with al! the things of luxury and
beauty, Of culture and comfort, tina, most
women crave? Why. little girl, you who
are being pampered and petted, besei
with gifts and compliments by some
gray-haired courtier. | tell you that
would rather be free scrubwoulan than
return TO the moral slavery that went
with the Injuries.
AS Il matter Of fact, Mr.. Alsop was
parsimonious with me in the extreme
after our marriage-but admit the beau
tiful old mansion in Washington was
tomb.
Rather the sight from my window of
that graceful slatternly cowboy riding
OFF to the herds below the blue mountains
youth and strength and freedom of the
West--rhan all the splendors of the AL
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28

uIIU persistent WOOerS-theSe ROmCOS
OF seventy. Every day after the frs;
meeting he sent me flowers: every other
day. box of candy. lie f1attered me into
silly self-esteem by confidng to me bust
ness "secrets"i which he knew did not
understand. was proud OF the trust
When he returned to Washington he
continued to send gifts-perfectly proper
ones, candy and books and flowers but
ten pounds of candy at time. crates
of flowers and whole sets OF authors
works
The five years OF his courtship we're
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28

It Whether the weapon was jealous rage
or silent disapproval. my trembling
friends were driven from my doors.
Let me recall here a scene or two from
among the many scenes in tire little
drama called IAN Old Mans Darling"
The Lbrary-llis two young sons have
come hO:ne from college for the holidays.
They are manly, refreshing fellows
Harold says: Look out, dad, or we'll
run away with mamma" A remark i'm
most shocking taste. but quite forgivahle
by any one with understanding of a col.
lege boys sense OF humor. see the blow
coming before 1t falls Mr. Alsop flies
into fury. Quivering with rage. he de-
nounces the startled lad until he fees
from the room. Harold has since died
Dinner Party at Our House-a few
Young people have been asked. for am
in open insurrection against senile mo-
nopoly Of my social existence. have
even managed to have a little music for
dancing There is young man sitting
next me who discusses a new step. He
will show II to NE after dinner | am
bored and nervous with the talk of the
aged majority. 1t Is between courses and
the musicians are playing. mo; let's