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Evening journal., 1915-02-06
SURPRISE PARTY.

A birthday surprise was given to
Miss Christina Mcintosh by a number
Of her friends. az her hcme, No. 40o
West Sixth street. last evening. Miss
Jennette Faeley sang with Miss
Christina Mcintosh al the piano.
Evening journal., 1915-02-06

view to getting an agreement where
by American shipping will not be
molosted.
Still another aspect Of the situation
was the prospect of British retalia-
ton declaring food contrahand
Evening journal., 1915-02-06
MR. TwADDELL IN PULPIT.

John p. Twaddell, OF No. 1902 West
Fourth street, is TO deliver an ad-
dress at Kingswood Methodist Epis.
copal Church, Fourteenth and Clay
mont streets. at 7.SO o'clock tomorrow
night
Evening journal., 1915-02-06
Farm NOT UNDER WATER

Announcement in these columns early
This week that the farm OF William
Mark. at Newport, WAS under water,
due 10 the excessive rains. was erron-
eous. Mr.. Mark today denied that any
water encroached on his premises.
Evening journal., 1915-02-06
ROX SOCIAL 4 SUCCESS.

The box social given by Mrs. c. W
Maclary on Thursday evening for the
benefit Of the Newport NJ. F. Church
proved a success. The sum of S26 40
nas realized.
Evening journal., 1915-02-06
CARn PARTY MEETS.

The Centrevile Card Club spent a
delightful afternoon Thursday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan Pyle.
OF Cossart. After spending some
time at cards. refreshments were
solNed
Evening journal., 1915-02-06
MRS. ROBINSON IMPROVES.

Mrs. William II. Robinson. Jr., wife
of the well known undertaken who was
recently operated on at Delaware Hos
pital for appendicitis was able to leave
the institution ON Wednesday and 60
to her home. She is rapidly recovering.
Evening journal., 1915-02-06

FEBRUARY llIIs 1910.
45 head of Horses, including one carload
Of Franklin county, Pa, horses; good as
ever sold In o sale ring or mated teams.
one pair weighing $500 pounds: an kinds
OF farm chunks and few on the streets.
been well wintered and rested up. ready to
do anyone lot Of good Also some nice
drivers, including two fast PAGERS, one com
ing years old other I / years. very fast and
a perfect mare for lady 20 use. . pairs
oxtra good mules, one pair years old, as
good as lives.
Five Cows-One very fine Jersey, milking
l thoroughbred Holsiein heifer. others close
springcrs and mixers, good size and quality.
Two-seated carrage, buggy. . rtnabouts,
market dearborn, milk wagon, One-horse farm
wagon, Mccormick mower. Osborne binder.
mower. Buckeye grain drill Syracuse
piows, spring-t0oth and spike harrows. walk
ing and riding cultivators, corn shelter, iron
land roller. horse rake with seed sower at
tachment. Kemp manure spreader. I6-ft hay
wagon complete, double and single trees.
fodder cutter extension ladder. stage har-
ness, milk harness. double lines, lot OF house
hold goods and many other articles. Some Of
these things are new: others nearly So
Thos. S. Young win sell 10 head OF good.
useful horses.
anyone having articles or stock they wish
90 turn into cash. We viii sell them for you
on commission.
Dinner 90 % o'clock sale promptly az ~
O'clock Conditions az sale
o. q. STACKHOIS.
A. g. DONALDSON.
d 81. COLDER Aset
G. e. Dos NALSVN. clerk. foh6 A..
Evening journal., 1915-02-06
OBITUARY

Funeral services for Leonard Lo-
max. who died on Wednesday, aged 23
years, will be held in st. Joseph's r.
c. Church. on Monday morning at .
o'clock with requiem high mass. IN
terment will be made in Cathedral
cemetery. The body may be viewed
all day Sunday at the funeral parlors
Of Payton Rose. No. 427 East Elev-
enth street
Elizabeth Mously died yesterday at
the home for Aged Women. No. 1109
Gilpin avenue, aged 20 years. rhe fu-
neral will take place Monday after
noon from the home with interment
In Grace p. ". cemetery.
George A. w, Tyson died at the home
Of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. William
| b. Tyson. No. 200 East Sixth street on
/ Sunday aged years. The funeral will
take place on Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock and nterment Will be in Sill
vorhrook cemetery
Henry Shive Curlett. son of Mr.. and
+ Mrs Thomas W. Curlett of No. 102
North Connol street. died yesterday
aged four months. The funeral Will
take place tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock with interment in Silverbrook
cemetery.
Evening journal., 1915-02-06
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

PUBLIC SALE
Personal. PROPERTY
AND HORSES.
We will sell at public
sale at Chadds Ford Hotel
stables. on
THURSDAY.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
FAITH
Innermost Conviction of the Power
That Guides Us.
From the Seattle Sun.

from the Seattle Sun.
Many shallow thinkers have tried to
make faith another name for credulity.
Similar minds have tried to sound a
lake with q limited lead line. and, be-
cause their line was too short, have
declared that the lake had no bottom.
It is principle OF ignorance to deny
that which 1t cannot comprehend.
Now. faith is a universal growth.
There is the faith man has In him.
self. In his youth he realized that his
chances" were not SO great as the
chances" of others. His parents, for
instance, failed to give him the educa-
tion others had received. At first he
was probably somewhat downcast: then
he realized that knowledge Is only ac-
quired by hard work. and he began
The fact that he would have to work
harder than II he had a teacher only
acted as a stimulus.
The years passed, and he found other
difficulties-matters personal. maybe,
that he had to conquer. He continued
strength and knowledge. Because he
kept on trying, difficulties apparently
insurmountable were overcome. In the
end he became a success.
1t was in the later years that he
came to understand that all the praise
was not rightly his. He thought deep
ly. and felt that through all his trou-
bles there had been a something un-
seen and hardly perceptible that had
guided him. And suddenly he realized
that which has been called the 'des-
tiny that shapes our ends" And the
understanding gave him such supreme
confidence in the universal good that
all worry left him forever.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
Sthe supper from to pm. would be
given a nreviausIy annaunced


Sthe supper from 4 to pm. would be
given previously announced.
additional nominations for the en-
suing year were made. The nominees
as now constituted are as follows: For
exalted ruler. Samuel Richards and s.
S Zurhorst; for esteemed leading
knight, w. F. GUIDE and W. Stanley
Jones; for esteemed loyal knight. F.
j. Mersheimer and w I. Evans: for
esteemed lecturing knight, j. H Baltz
and ]. 5. NJ Zimmerman; for secretary,
w. s. Shelby. for treasurer. NJ. G. Nc
CormicK; for trustee, Conrad Hoffman
and ]. -. Farrell; for tiler. T. ]. King;
for delegate to the Grand Lodge. E.
J. Murphy: for alternate delegate to
the Grand Lodge. ]. l.. Ward
Talks We're given by G. r. Longbrake
of La Crosse, Wis: F. J. Brothers of
New Haven, Conn.,, and r. S. Barrett
of alexandria, Va
The dance committee held another of
series of winter dances. which was
we'll attended and enjoyed by a large
number of Elks and their friends last
Monday night.
The EIks' oyster Club also held
coast Thursday evening. and Chair
man C. F. Myer announced an oyster
roast and dance for the Elks. their
ladies and friends would be held
March IL.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
ENGLISH CLAIMED TO BE,
THE CONQUERlNG LANGUAGE,

and $50 from French out of low Ger
man. Dutch or middle Dutch, Scandi-
navian, German, middle high German,
old high German, Teutonic and ro-
nance languages.
Among those 10000 words in current
English use are hundreds incorporated
from Celtic, Provencial through Latin
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Slavonic,
Asiatic languages, including Persian
and Sanskrit, Hebrew. Arabic. Malay,
Chinese. japanese, Tartar, Australian,
Lithuanian and African languages
Some were hybrid words-words COM
pounded or blended words of different
origin, and the ancestry of few
words could not be satisfactorily de-
termined.
More language or dialects are spoken
in America than in any of the other
grand divisions of the world. The num-
ber is set down as 1,624. and of course
this includes the languages of the In
dian tribes of North and South Amer
ica. Asia follows America with 93a lam
guages, and in Europe 5S7 languages
or distinct dialects are spoken.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
Etiquete of the Sofa.

From the London Chronicle.
The etiquette OF the sofa" in Ger
many is indeed the profound mystery
to English people that our Berlin cor
respondent declared it to be In another
column on Saturday. We offer the east
est chair nearest the fireplace to the
guest of honor. but in Germany the
sofa Is invested with a sanctity as of a
throne. The visitor must not sit upon
1t unless especially invited to do SO by
the hostess. To take seat there un-
asked Is an outrageous presumption
frau offer them seats of honor, the
won" before the untitled. and so on
to the married lady before the spinster
1t is as delicate a matter as the Eng
lishwoman's pairing of her guests for
the dinner table.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
Dehydrated Vegetables.
From the Scientific American.

Dehydrated vegetables are described
In the latest annual report of the
quartermaster general. United States
Army. as having been recently intro
duced experimentally for the subsist-
ence OF the troops. and as giving far
better satisfaction than the desiccated
vegetables which were tried some
years ago. The distinction between
desiccation and dehydration is not
made clear in the report. which simply
states that fresh vegetables are now
dehydrated under a new and improved
process After soaking and cooking.
the vegetables closely resemble the
fresh product both in taste and quail
ity. AS one pound Of dehydrated po-
tatoes equals about six and one-half
pounds OF fresh. and one pound OF
dehydrated onions about twelve and
one-half of fresh. it is evident that the
use Of these prepared vegetables in the
field will mean an immense saving in
transportation. The dehydrated prod
ucts include beans. carrots. maize
onions, beets, potatoes. tomatoes. tur-
nips, etc.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
Barge Dwellers of New York.
ON Harper's Magazine


The lot of the harbor bargeman is
not one for commiseration. He is far
more independent and content than his
neighbors in the fetid hives of the
tenement districts, which he sees from
his barge as he floats past the river
foot of East Side streets. At evening
his floating home is moored in a quiet
dock. He may sit on his bit of deck
and enjoy his after-supper pipe in
quiet, he gazes upon the darkling
ripples of the water and listens to the
dying roar of the city's busy day. His
wife sits beside him, putting the last
stitches in gingham garment for
their child, who already is in his bunk.
Their cabin in bright and clean.
without and within. White paint and
green trimmings. bit of striped avn
ing and a little flagstaff are its out
ward embellishments. Muslin curtains
al its tiny windows, geranlumS on the
sills. CHEEKY nickel clock on its own
shelf above the stove, neat red table
cloth, a homemade braided rug upon
a bright oilcloth-theSe give charac-
ter to the living room or galley"
Within is the bedroom, perhaps six by
eight feet, with a white iron bed and
and a bunk above its foot, in which
the son and heir sleeps peacefully
There may be a cottage in New Jersey
or down Long Island waiting this
worthy couple when winters ice closes
the Hudson and ends their seasons
work, but they make the barge their
home while on it. Some of these barge
homes shelter families of five or six
persons On some of the large covered
railroad barges the shippers house is
on the roof. Its dimensions may be
ten by thirty feet. affording three
rooms. In the ''parlor" one would not
be surprised to find sofa, a music
machine and racks of records, and
family portraits in crayon, all accord
ing to usage ashore; while the cap
tain, being of sporting turn, takes
his family to sail on a Sunday in a
goreeously painted punt of his own
building, with leeboards to make it
weatherly. and a sail setting as neatly
as the canvass of a cup defender.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
St. Martin's-in-the-Fields.
From the London Chronicle.

From the LONDON Chronicle.
st. Martin's-in-the-Fie the scene Of
the latest suffragette outrage. Is proba-
bly the only London church that can
boast Of having had king for church
warden. George I held that ONCE for a
number of years, and marked his tenure
OF II by presenting the church with an
organ. The greater part of Buckingham
palace is situated within the parish Of
St Martins. and IN consequence the
births Of all royal children born there
are entered In the church register.
Among celebrities who were buried at
St Martins are Nell Gwynn, Robert
Boyle. Sir John Farquhar. Roubiliac. the
sculptor. and Hunter. the surgeon. Hun
ter's remains were afterward transferred
to Westminster Abbey.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
Daughters of Liberty.

Hope Council. No. /, Daugl ters of
Liberty. met Tuesday evening at its
hall. 304 B street southeast. with the
councillor. Mrs. Prender, presiding. Sew
eral new members were present and
took an active part in the work. The
council is busy planning to give a
George Washington party Tuesday
evening. All members have been asked
to come attired in the colonial cos
tune of long ago. Quite an elaborate
program has been prepared by the
chairman of the good of the order
committee. Mrs. Bessman. Something
new is promised. Friendship Council
of Alexandra. Potomac View Council
of Del Ray. Va. and Decatur Coun-
Gil of the northeast section have ac-
cepted invitations to attend. Members
of the order who are visiting Wash
ington are generally invited to be
present.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
Shooting at Bisley.
From the London Chronicle.


Sunday shooting at Bisley for the first
time! And one Is reminded how legisla-
tors of the past fixed Sunday as the day
for practice with bow and arrows Thus
an act of Richard II laid down how the
day should be spent: "Forasmuch as
divers artificers. laborers. servants and
grooms, keep greyhounds and other dogs,
and on the holy days when Christian
people be at church. they go a. huntin'
in parks. warrens. coningries OF lords
and others to the very great destruc-
ton Of the same" Such offense, Of
course, called for a remedy. and it was
ordered that none but laymen with 40
shillings and clerks with 910 should
keep dogs or use ferrets, but instead
these servants and laborers were to
"have bows and arrows and to use the
same on Sundays and holy days, and
leave all playing at foot ball and other
importunate games"
Evening star., 1915-02-21

its mass hike and drill tomorrow in
Rock Creek Park.
Merit Badges Awarded.
Merit badges have been awarded dur
ing the past week as follows
Lawrence Prentice. Troop 80. chem
istry.
A. Donnel, Troop 81. craftsmanship.
Raymond Scaggs, Troop As. marksman-
ship.
Roland Simon. Troop 80. craftsman
ship
Congratulations From Headquarters
The following communication has
| been received by A. c. Moses, president
OF the local scout council. from James
E. West. chief scout executive. ex-
pressing his appreciation of the efforts
OF the scouts and officers in presenting
| the demonstration last week at Con-
vention Hall:
Il want to congratulate you. and
| through you the members of the Wash
| ington council. and Mr.. Martin and Mr..
Aplin and all of his associates. par
| ticularly the scoutmasters and boys, for
the very creditable rally given the
evening of our annual meeting.
We all felt that the program was
| attractive and that the affair was we'll
! handled. and reflects credit upon the
| mana cement of the scout movement in
Washington, D. G.. under the direction
of yourself and Mr. Martin and the
others associated with you
News From the Troops.
Communications have been received
from troop scribes. as follows:
Troop 81.
| Friday evening we had meeting.
at the conclusion of which we played a
| game of basket ball with a team from
Troop 80. After a hard-fought game.
Troop SO won, by score of IS to g.
Troop IL.
AT our meeting Thursday. February
). We had a voting contest for gold
| watch. which was won by Scoutmaster
| kfdwell of Troop "a. All of our scouts
| were present at the rally. We expect
| to have a big feed Washington's
birthday anniversary"
Troop 3.
! AT our last business meeting night
we established bank which will re-
ceive money from any boy until he
has dollar saved up. 1t is then trans
| ferred to a regular bank.
The bank will receive any amount.
no matter how small. This enables n
boy to save up his money for his sec
| ond and first class tests
! Last Sunday. on our weekly treas
ure hunt, Garland Sprocsser and John
| Brentenshaw carried off the honors of
| the day. Garland received a scout
diary a reward for his work.
Troop 21.
4 Nv Wednesday night we met at the
| parish hall and practiced our stunts.
Thursday night at the rally we had
| thirty-two scouts, one senior patrol
| leader and three officers on the floor,
making a complete troop.
| "Wednesday night We mustered in
another troop. Troop %, which will
| work along with us. Capt. Adna Clarke
is scoutmaster, and has eight boys, who
were on our waiting list.
| Saturday night We held our meeting
| at the home of our assistant scout
master. l.. Gosorn.
Monday evening our troop commit
| tee met and decided on "A plan for a
campaign to raise money to purchase
| a site and erect Il building for our
troop The committee went to the Ia
koma Citizens Association meeting
and asked them to appoint commit
tee to work with our troop committee
and the Mems Club and start the CAM
paign. We expect to hold our meet
ings temporarily in the basement OF
the Presbyterian Church."
Evening star., 1915-02-21
United Spanish War Veterans.

Harden Camp. No. 2. Tuesday evening
held euchre and dance at Pythian
Temple. The hall was filled with vet
Grams and their friends, and the occa-
sion was enjoyable. particularly as the
eighty prizes included works of art
hand and needle work, china and lin
gerie for the ladies, while for the gen.
tlemen cigars. cuff buttons, canes, fancy
belts. ties, slippers and other comforts
were presented After the distribution
Of the prizes the guests danced until
about midnight.
Immediately after Easter Harden
Camp Is to have what has become
known among members as a spread
session"
Evening star., 1915-02-21
Ancient Order Hiberniaus.

President Matthias P. Griffin of Di-
vision No. has appointed the follow
ing to serve on the sick committee:
George Parrott. chairman; Daniel Sui
ivan, John Schombert. jeremiah Who'll
ihan. John Wholihan. Francis Rafferty,
and Daniel NJ. Stanton. The auditing
and financial committee is composed
of Francis Rafferty,, chairman; Thorn
as r ]. Cavanaugh and James Frank
The names of those on the member
pShip committee are to be announced
1t later date.
Michael T. Buckley, the District
treasurer of the A. o. H., was appoint
Evening star., 1915-02-21
The Specialist 0utAanked.
be Philadelphia Ledger

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The great surgeon was busy at work.
IT get $1,000 for excavating an ap-
pendix." he grunted. but I'll be Jig
gered II / can strike the joint In this
blamed turkey"
whereupon he proved the quantita-
tive theory of the attraction of gravy
tation upon the tablecloth.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
K!gW!SSS6alionBus

Spalding Council met Thursday even
ng. and the first and second degrees were
conferred upon large class of candidates
rom Keane. Spalding and Potomac coun-
ills. the degree corps consisting of DR..
7. Rozier Biggs. NJ J. McAuliffe, Michael
r. Driscoll, Joseph F. Marsden. Francis
T. p. Cleary and Edward p. Harrington.
Rev. c. o. Rosensteel addressed the meet
ing Grand knights Edwards of Keane
Council, DIR. Biggs of Spalding and Ed
ward l.. Tucker of Potomac and DIR. c.
Griffith. District deputy. were in at
enhance, with their staff of officers.
The annual memorial mass for the de-
,eased members of the order will be held
Inder the auspices of the Washington
chapter. knights of Columbus. tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock in Holy Comforter
church. 18th and East Capitol streets.
Rev. C. o. Rosensteel will be the cele-
,rant. Rev T. u. Williams. deacon. and
Rev. c. F. Wheeler. subdeacon. Rev. p.
= Gavin will preach the sermon Through
,ut the United States and its possessions,
where there is a council of the Knights
IF Columbus. this custom of the members
assembling Washington's birthday to pay
,rayerful tribute to the deceased MEM
,ers prevails annually. The officers OF
he chapter in charge of the arrangements
IRE Rev. Clarence E Wheeler. chaplain
Michael D. Schaefer. chairman, and
Joseph T Fitzgerald, secretary.
Seventy-five are expected Sunday after.
1oon at 2 O'Clock from keane, Spaldins
and Potomac councils, when the third
iegree will be exemplified in the Il of c
|, Hall District Deputy DIR. Charles /
griffith and State Warden Redmond d.
saney will direct. Invitations have beer
sent to prominent members of the order
% be present. The Baltimore knight,
nave chartered a special car to take car,
,f their contingent Delegations are als<
, expected from Norfolk, Richmond, Lynch
burg and Alexandra, Va
Washington Council will meet Tuesda,
1ight- The past grand knights nights ar.
furnishing interesting entertainment
With valuable contributions to the his
lory of the council and of the order
Grand Knight DIR. A d. Wilkinson will
recount the events of his administration
At the Tuesday meeting
Keane Council will meet THURSDAY even
ng at O'Clock Reports will be receives
rom the chairmen of subcommittees o
arrangements for the grand ball an,
donation party. to be held in Conventto,
Hall Easter Monday night for the benefi
,f St AIMS Infant Asylum. Mai c
eugene Edwards is chairman Of the ex
,outive committee. and Mrs John r. Gal
oway chairman of the ladies' auxiliary.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
Order of Scottish Clans.

Clan MacLennan. No. eco, will meet
at its hall. 704 6th street northwest,
Wednesday evening: After the busi-
ness meeting there will be a euchre,
whist and dance party. All Scots and
those of Scottish descent are invited to
attend.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
tNATI9yN%ait6N

Mckinley Council initiated two MEM
Nbers at its last meeting After the reg
ular business a program provided by
the entertainment committee was
given. Refreshments were served.
Potomac Council met Monday even
ing at Pythian Temple. The president
of the senate, Frank E. Ferguson. ad-
dressed the council on the good Of the
order.
Congressional Council met Wednes-
,iay evening at Typographical Temple.
President of the Cabinet Fred A. Strick-
Jott addressed the council.
Census Council held memorial
meeting last night at Perpetual Build
!ng Association Hall. The services were
Impressive
Evening star., 1915-02-21

ed to represent the division on the
District Juvenile of the A o. II.
At the meeting last Sunday the four
degrees of the order were exempliheo.
The seven divisions of the District and
those of Maryland and Virginia were
represented
Evening star., 1915-02-21
The True Evidence.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The proof of the pudding is III the
eating" quoted the bibliophile.
IN the dfgesting. you mean, re-
sponded the dyspeptic.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
Nowadays.
From Puck

From PUCK.
Mrs. wayupp-Are Highfiier and his
wife of different faiths?
Mrs Blase-No; of different doubts.