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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-22
rrui.iess Aerial Attacks.

In aerial attacks the Nh, IN. ,
frEiticss, from what c,rI1 ,,t,.,y.
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arm Of the nervicr Ho~.y.r No.
nav" b"eH Of inM=HHiirnhl. afy.n,.v.
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ing ia artillery wrrr n tn. l,,t.
respect they have been nDnGsrytu .;n.
IheE nave made possible the nccu,.t.g
"i All the rf"at. !onR rang. gnns ,tai
nave ""no 40 much execution, H. ih.,
war However. tho EHylish ar. v.it,
10 MAX" one more try al Ia. a!r rXl,
l'!R ana raihinE woik ana FOR ing
purposn have prepared "a Ie.s flee, M
hcrop!hnss With The trsmsudous xu..d
o. IL" mile. an hour. Thir YIN n,ak.
'h''n by far INC fastest hinKe in ;ht
air
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me with the terrific waste and wysck.
Az" OF this war On The whol.snls de
| h'ruet'on Of millions az d0llars y.r,h
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-15

more elaborate ones are being made
by a we'll known Washington modiste
while many intended for informal and
morning wear at the White House are
being evolved by the SeamstreSseS now
at work under Mrs. Calls direction at
her home
trousseau has been sworn to secrecy
but some details leaked out today. A
local tailor is busy on a smart suit OF
blue broadcloth made on strictly tall
ored lines which is to have sealskin
collar and cuffs and band OF FUR
about the flaring coat.
1t became known today also that
the honeymoon will probably be spent
SHADOW Lawn the handsome
estate of the late John A. Mccall at
Elberon, N. J., will undoubtedly be
accepted as the summer White House
of 1915 and it may be that it will be
available for the president in time for
his honeymoon.
The president this evening kept up
his almost daily custom and dined
he took with him all the guests at
the White House, Miss Helen Wood
row Bones, the Misses Smith, DR.. Cary
Grayson and Colonel E. M. House.
lieved to have been chosen for best
man, arrived at the White House to-
day.
Washington continues to be on the
qui vive for the hourly expected an
nouncement of the wedding date.
Members of the official circle, especial
iy the women, who have not been let
into the secret any more than the gem
eral public, are very anxious to know
it They wish to make their special
plans and to plan their winter ward
robes, especially the gowns to be worn
at the wedding. They particularly
want to know whether it is to be
noon, afternoon or evening affair.
Andy" the talented canary bird
belonging to Uriel Davis of Philadel-
phia has been offered to Mrs. Gait
to sing her wedding march. Mrs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-15

blouse portion has been cut away to
display a soft vest. over which the
two points fasten just below the bust
line with silk-covered buttons. Self
tone grosgrain ribbon trims the front,
the bottom of the pleated skirt and
the sleeve. A sash of self-tone mes
saline brightenss the rock.
The marriage of Miss Helen OWN
nell of 1858 Harrison street and Mr.
Charles Seller will take place Satur-
day, October 80, at o'clock in the
morning at the Church of the As
sumption. The engagement of Miss
Dwinnen and Mr.. Seller was an
nounced some time ago at party CIV
en- by Miss Florence Davis of Western
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seller will live in their
own home, pretty bungalow, in Elm
hurst.
A young business woman slips awoy
from work a little while every day.
without saying anything to Mr.. En-
ployer, to take a few stitches at sew
ing school. Every time anyone speaks
to me-" she says, 81 jump and look
guilty all on account of this double
life 1 am leading
= I. !.
Again the laugh is on the singer. A
certain industrious young woman
vocal lesson between the hours of the
cold dawn from $50 to $50 O'Clock.
A day or SO ago an early call on the
telephone informed her that the
neighbors would like to sleep until
a reasonable hour for rising; that she
was a public nuisance, and that she
would be arrested if she didn't cease
her morning warnings. The singer
thought that considering that she was
obliged to listensto the bowling of a
dog that was tied in a nearby yard.
and the wailing of two neighborhood
babies, not only in the early morning,
but any and all hours of the night,
her own contribution to the noise of
the community was not unreasonable.
She called on Harve Parsons, chief of
police, to learn if she really was going
to be arrested at her practice hour.
One likes to tog up bit to receive po-
licemen in the early hours of the day.
if one is to expect a call from them, of
course The chief assured ner,
though, that practicing music was not
mentioned in the statutes and ordi-
nances as public crime, and that if
she was energetic enough to rise at
such an unholy hour, the law had
nothing against her for it, if the neigh
borS did.
j. j. !.
The Ladies' Music club is planning
to give a concert Wednesday, October
27 at three o'clock in the afternoon
at the Baptist church, presenting Mr.
George Hamlin, the distinguished
tenor, and Miss Frances Nash, a young
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Hall will
give an informal dancing party
Wednesday night at the Country club
for Mrs. Halls brother, Mr. Charles
Weller, and Mrs. Weller of San Fran
cisco, Cal, who are visiting at the
Hall home.
The Helianthus club had a business
meeting Thursday night at the Of
flee of Mr. Albert T. Reid. The Off
GERS chosen for the year are: Mr..
Reid, president; Mr.. D. w. Mulvane,
vice president; Mr.. Clay Hamilton,
secretary-treasurer.
The club decided to make some
changes in it's rules, especially re-
garding guest privileges, which Will
be this year a trifle more rigid
The meeting last night was the
largest business meeting the club has
had in years, and interest in the com,
ing social events that the club Will
give, is lively. The Helianthus club is
a sort of institution in Topeka. 1t is
one of the older dancing clubs of the
exclusive sort, and many of the ma
irons who fluttered through its
dances of their debutante days, are
still treading the measures OF its
music. while, of course, new members
have come in from time to time. 1t
looks as though memberships this
wear were going to be at a premium.
The club has decided to give six
dancing parties during the season.
Dates for them have not yet been set,
though the club will expect to give its
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-15

regular New Years Eve ball The
club has always felt that it had a
sort of mortgage on that date, and
the dance at the end of the year by
the Helianthus is one of society's ira
ditions. The dances will be given in
Keilam hall.
+ + +
The Duplicate Whist club met this
afternoon with Mrs. B. F. Akers- Mrs
Arthur Nichols was a substitute.
The d. D. Whist club will have its
first meeting of the ason with Mrs
Akers next Monday. 1t will be a
business session of the club.
= j. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Makepeace
and Mrs Fred Miller went to Law
renee to attend the marriage of Miss
Alice Hammond and DR.. Will Gorri1.
The bride IS daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Franklin Hammond. She
is graduate of Baker university,
Baldwin, and later taught in the Law
renee schools. DR.. Gorrill is the son
of Mr.. r. w. Gorrill. He is a grad
uate of the state university at Law
renee, in the class of 1906 and of the
Kansas City dental college in the
class of 1909.
dispatch from Washington on the
absorbing subject of the White House
wedding says:
1t became known today that Mrs.
Norman Gait, the presidents fancee,
is designing most of the gowns and
hats for her trousseau herself The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-15

Gait received this offer by mail today
from Mr.. Davis.
A pretty frock for a little girl of
eight is shown in this sketch This,
of navy blue serge, is cut on the
familiar lines of pleated skirt and long
waist, but has been given distinction
by the Originate use of grosgrain rib
bon trimming The front of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-15

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-13
PERCY NAGLE KEEPS
MARRIAGE SECRET
Welded January 9-Bride's
Mother Reveals Romance.

Percival +. Maggie, for many years 3
Tammany Hall leader and former
transfer tax appraiser, was receiving
tardy congratulations from his friends
yesterday on his marriage almost
year ago TO Miss Mary Connolly, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Rose Connolly. Of 21l Third
Avenue, Pelham, y. Y.
On January the ceremony was per
formed at the Church Of the Holy
Spirit, but until an announcement ap-
peared in a newspaper yesterday it was
kept secret. Mr.. Maggie would not
say why he and his bride lived apart
or what had led the second Mrs. Ma
giles mother finally to publish the an
nouncement
Mr.. Nagle is ffty-thrce years Of age
and has three married daughters and
son. At his home u East 10th Street,
Yesterday his daughters were surprised
TO learn of their fathers marriage, and
declared that there would be no OBJ
jections from them. lie had appeared
TO be deeply worried recently, they
said, and hoped that it was fear OF
news Of his wedding getting out, be-
cause if it were, he had nothing fur
Their to trouble him.
The second Mrs. Nagle is thirty-five
years old, and is described as beautiful.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-13
GIRL BURNS TO DEATH
TO PROVE HER LOVE
Living Flame, She Tries TO Ema
brace Man Who Spurned Her.

Philadelphia, Dec. 12-Spurned by
Willis Cannon, whom she loved, and
eager TO sacrifice he life TO prove her
affection for him. Reba Smith. TWEEN
ty-three years old. poured large
quantity Of kerosene over her head
and body tonight, applied match,
and. singing a love song, rushed, liv-
ing flame, into the room in her home
where her lover sat.
Continuing her song. and apparent
IS unaffected by the flames, which en-
ycloped her entire body, the girl made
an effort to embrace the man with
whom she had quarTelled only a mo-
mont before He, however. terrified
by the scene, ran from the house and
into the home Of neighbor, where he
cGsDed what had occurred and then
fell faint!ng 10 the floor.
The song of the woman soon became
q cry, and she attempted to follow her
lover. By this time, however, the
flames had consumed her clothing, and,
while a score Of persons stood panic
stricken on the pavement, she dropped
on the doorstep. In a few minutes
she was dead.
II thought she was fooling and told
her 10 go ahead" Cannon explained,
when asked why he had not prevented
her from carrying out her threat.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-13
NO REHEARSAL
FOR PRESIDENT
Wedding Ceremony VIII Be Held
in Drawing ROOrI-Rela-
tiyes Arrive III Capital.
II rel,rtnnh b - T-.bur,- !

Washington. Dec. President VIII
sons last Sunday before his wedding
was divided between visiting with his
family in the White House. attending
church. and motoring. visiting and din
ing with Mrs. Calf This morning the
President attended service at the Cen
trail Presbyterian Church, accompanied
by his daughter, Miss Margaret Wilson,
and his cousins, Miss Helen Woodrow
Bones and John 4. Wilson, Of Franklin,
Penn. When they returned to the
White House they found the Presi-
dents son-in-lay and daughter, the
Secretary Of the Treasury and Mrs. Nc
Adoo, awaiting them. With Mrs. John
Wilson, this company formed the circle
about the site dining table for
luncheon.
Early in the afternoon the President
motored 70 Mrs. Cats house, where he
Visited for a while and then took her
for a long ride over the Virginia high
ways. After the drive the President
had d nntr at Mrs. Cats home.
Mrs. Calf did not 20 TO church. In
her pew at Saint Margaret's we're Mrs.
William II. Boiling, her mother; Miss
Bertha Boiling, one Of the unmarried
sons of Mrs. Boiling, and son-in-law
and daughter.
Il was learned to-day that there will
be no rehearsal Of the marriage cere-
mony. The President and Mrs. Gait
will walk down the stairway aud TO the
improvised altar in the drawing room
together and Mrs. Boiling or one OF
Mrs. Cats brothers will give her away.
All the details and arrangements for
moving Mr.. Cats fayorte effects
into the White House are made, and
the actual changes will be made while
she is on her wedding journey. II IS
probable that she will retain for her
self an extra boudoir, as her mother
and sisters will be much with her.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis B. Sayre. the
Presidents son-in-law and daughter
will arrive here this week, as will also
his sister, Mrs. Anna Wilson Howe and
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Wilson. These Will,
with those members OF the family now
in the city. complete the circle OF the
Presidents relatives who are 70 wit
mess the ceremony. Several of Mrs.
Calls relatives are yet to come TO
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Wilson, the
Presidents cousins. will Leave. on
their departure from the White
House. notable gift for Mrs.
Gait. They accompanied the Pres
ident and his family 20 Washington
for the Inauguration, and the entire
party stopped at hotel together until
Nr. Wilson took possession OF the
White House. Mrs. John Wilson has
assisted Miss Margaret Wilson and Miss
Bones to arrange the suite Of rooms on
the east end Of the White House for
the President and his bride.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-13
DR0NES TO LOSE STATE JOBS
Faithful Need Not Fesr. Saws Horton
Pensions To BE Asked

Albany, Dec y Adequate salaries,
regular promotions ard pension fund
for faithful state employees will be the
features Of the report Of the Scnate's
Civil Service Committee, Senator c. T.
Horton. the chairman. said tonight. He
explained that the committee wished.
primarily, 20 s,anda-dize salaries Of the
$4,000 state employees
The report tha. the committee would
rocommeud the dismissal Of 800 70
200 employees. Senator Horton said.
was far from true. where the posi-
lions were found useless or the in
cLmbents rendering l,tlc or no service
70 the state tho committee would ask
the abolition Of such JOBS. Senator
Horton added that such protection as
is consistent with sound administra-
ton" would be furnished 70 ovcrpaid
employees who have been faithful.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-13
Warns Presidents FianCee
to Curb Mad Race OF
Women for Finery.
SAYS STYLE CRAZE
OFTEN LEADS TO JAIL
Congregation Will Ask Next
Mistress Of White House to
Wear Simplest Gowns.

Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait. soon to BE
mistress Of the White House. will &c
ceive this telegram to-day:
Our preacher, Bouck White, at he
Church Of the Social Revolution this
afternoon preached on this toric: Mrs.
Gait, Trousseau in a Catastrophe
Era lie showed the critical nature of
our day due 10 the inordinate dollar
hunger whereby nation is slune agains'
nation in bloody war, which spirit OF
werfare will, unless checked, destroy
Christcndom.
This dollar hunger among the men
is caused in large part BY the craving
Of their women for millinery and Cress-
making display n newspaper reports
ere authentic, YOU are setting an exam
pie which will intensity the feminine
craze for exterior hnery and so ia
crease commercial extortion and indus
trial oppression OF employees.
"In the name OF the tradition Of sim
pliclty Of apparel established By
Thomas jefferson and in the name Of
the God Of fellowship who IL crucifcd
afresh by the ostentatious wealth Of
our time, we ask you TO consider the
operatives who made your trousseau
and out Of whose tired finger tips your
inery has been pilfered.
1T is possible that you have not
given attention 20 this economic aspect
and therefore have in ignorance per-
mitted your wedding 70 strengthen the
ostentatious life OF to-day. Will you
not, as first lady in the land, display
IN example that shall rebuke instead of
encourage the dollar madness that is
destroying the world?
Tyler, Volask, Fernsld, Primrose and
Ogden, committee
Perhaps President Wilson's fancee
would be astonished 20 learn that the
members of the Church Of the Social
Revolution, at Forty-second Street and
Sixth Avenue, seriously discussed her
trousseau for more than four hours
yesterday.
They believe that Mrs. Calls atten-
ton should be attracted 10 the state
of economic affairs to-day, and that, as
she will stand at the head OF this ma
ton. il is her place TO set standard
of dress which will be in accord with
the problems which the United States
will have 10 face.
According to the Rev. Bouck White,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-13

American women are about TO plunge
into a mad race In pursuit o. Dame
Fashion. led by the new mistress OF
the White House, race which wal
drag husbands into the shadow OF
prison cells.
Bouck White and his followers are
now wearing homespun smocks as a
protest against the European war. They
disapprove highly of bright colored
wearing apparel, and would ask that, al
least at this time, people should dress
in simple. transformations costumes
The sermon yesterday on Mrs. Cats
Trousseau in a Catastrophe Era end
ed with a denunciation of President
Wilson for putting his personal hap
piness before the needs Of mis- country
and for being able even to consider
marriage a. this time.
of you would know what Mrs. Gait is
like, listen 20 this news account of her
visit to New Yorh's shopping centre re-
GENTLY" said Mr.. White, land you will
get an infallible portrait: Mrs. Calf is
in the city and is keeping dressmakers
and millinery establishments at a high
pitch Of speed 20 provide her trousseau.
In an automobile she motored from
shop 20 shop and put in a most busy
day
THAT. people, is to be the type Of
woman 70 set the pace for the rest OF
American womanhood in the White
House from now on. And many will be
the imitators Of her example.
"Tradesmen's wives will follow the
example now Of the first lady in the
land. and will exact from their hus-
bands an expenditure account that will
nag him into slave oppression over the
men in his employ. Clerks, married or
seeking TO be married. will be pressed
By the same feminine lust OF display to
falsify their accounts, and the wave Of
crime will mount still higher.
"'Cherchez la Femme is the cause
Of industrial unrest" the Rev. Bouck
Nrbi4o concluded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-13
ACCIDENT REVEALS MURDER
Boy Breaks Through Ice and Finds
Rody of Man Thought Slain.

Rochester. Dec. 12..As Lawrence
Scars. fourteen years old. broke through
the ice in the Erie Canal near Clyde to-
dav ne came IN contact with a dead
body. The body was drawn ashore and
later identified as that of James Van
derpool. a prosperous farmer of sixty
eight years, living near Clyde, who dis
appeared from his home November ls.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-13
{, O.P. CHIEFS
SHY OF CHICAGO
R,lk at Hoodoo City for
Conyention-i1armony
IN Meeting Expected.

lexington. Dec. T. Most OF the
- Of the Republican National
-..;,,se had reached Washington to
80. ~. tor +bc meeting OF the committee
e ,be time and place for the 1915
!. ..- :, Of the Republican party
r'ss cities want The convention
,.-,s,lpfia. Chicago. ST. Louis. San
..---.;sro ,ai honolulu and. as far
~, bo learned. most Of the COM
..e.-osu already here have no par
-, preference. Friends Of each
= -. rival cities have many claims
=, viii be laid in detail before the
..-nittee. but the indications are that
~ attest really will be between st.
-, and Chicago, with Philadelphia
-, -, less favored. There are some
5.',-Siiesns who don't want 20 go back
!. clfseo. In view Of what happened
.. 4, party there in 1912. Dissatls-
go, has been expressed, too, over
lagos stipulation that any part Of
E. 100000 80 offers which IS uneH-
I'D after the convention shall be
I'D back 20 subscribers. instead Of
-,.,s 10 the campaign committee.
,spsrently the meeting viii be har-
-,-isr: The question of reduced rep
s-,s,iou has been settled. and al
t,syS some Southern members may
!. be- entirely satisfied with a reduc-
-.- in their representation ju the con-
lion. no break is expected.
0-e OF The events Of the gathering
he Republican clans will be a din
.r tomorrow night. given by the Ma
ul Republican League and the
.rgse Of Republican State Clubs. Sem
.sg Borah. Weeks and sherman. eX-
rttor Burton. Henry u. Estabrook,
= New York and Nebraska, and other
-,n mentioned as possible Presidential
.-fdatcs viii be present.
here was % general feeling tonight
"a. the convention would be held soon
.s- that of the Democrats, either late
e. June or in the frs, week OF July.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-13
ADOPTING BABIES
BECOMING HABIT
Spreading Until There Are
Not Enough John Does
TO Go Round.
FOSTER PARENTS
on WAITING LIST
Sick Infants Made Well, Then
Homes Provided-Forty Cared
For by Mrs. n. d. Chaplin.

Adopting babies is contagious be-
nevolence. It is spreading so rapidly
that there are not enough John Does
TO go around. A group Of physicians
and women well known in New York
are trying 10 meet the demand by TAX
.rg sick and destitute children from
institutions into their own homes, Civ
ing them expert care till they are
strong, and recommending them to per-
sons, rich. poor and moderately cir
cumstanced, who are on their waiting
lists for a curly-haired boy or blue
eyed baby girl, or perhaps any healthy
child regardless Of looks.
Almost half the babies in institu-
tons ale" said Mrs. Henry d. Chaplin
yesterday. She has had forty children
cared for in her own home in the last
four years. an families the death rate
is not more than a third as great"
she continued. ave take these little
waits who need individual care and
might die il left in a5ylums.
My first baby was q little one-year-
old girl who was picked up under a
bench in Central Park one morning,
in early spring, with her mouth full
Of grass which she had pulled up IN
trying to get something to eat. Appar-
emily she had been abandoned there
the night before. She was a pretty
sick baby FOR while, but she got well,
and was taken by a wealthy couple
here in the city who are devoted to
her"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-13
Bankers to Help Fund Call.

The annual appeal FOR funds has oeen
issued by the Bankers and Brokers
Auxiliary OF the Hospital Saturday and
Sunday Association, which collected
So. 900 last year. On the committee are
James Speyer. Albert II. Wiggin' Allen
b. Forbes, Walter f. Frew, 4. +. Good
hart, J. Horace Harding, Alexander ).
Hemphill, Gates ". McGarran, George
b. Post. jr.. William Solomon, Fred,
erick Strauss, Benjamin Strong u, and
Francis VI. Weld.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-13

70 death and Mrs. Apple seriously
burned on the face and hands Mrs.
Peters's dress was set afre By gas
Hearing cries o, "Fire." from g
woman leaning out of second floor
window at 464 Columbus Avenue about
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-13
!, Hold Flag Rally for Defence.

rtc meeting called fox . o'clock TINS
4roca a- .hC Hotel Aston by the
.1an.' Security League. "a rally 20
isr." VIII hc open 90 the public.
s.ch F. CtOat5. honorary president
q. league, will preside. Plans for
+, r-o90sel congress on national de-
'rs -.l be discussed.