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Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1915-05-20
HOOKER, OKLA. ROUTE 8

Dear Editor and Herald Readerss
As I have been absent for some time
will jot down q few items from this
part Of the west. We are having
penty Of rain here at present. Farm
srs are busy putting out their spring
crop. Wheat Is looking fine and ev-
eryone Is expecting a large wheat
harvest.
I have been IN this cuntry about two
months and am liking It flne. A fel-
low said to me the other day that he
liked Oklahoma six days In the week,
buthe would rather be in Tennessee
on Sunday.
AS my birthday is the 16th of May,
l will ask for a shower Of birthday
cards. Benton Lollar
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1915-05-20
CARDS WANTED

AS I see so many asking for
birthday cards, I will ask for a
shower the 25th day of May.
Mae Bean, Cookeville, Tenn,
Route 3.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1915-05-20

You have to be a citizen in or
der tovote; but you have got to
do a gooddeal more than vote
in order to be a citizen.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1915-05-20

Harsh physics react, weaken the
bowels, will lead to chronic constipa-
ton. Doan's Regulets operate easily.
25c box at all stores.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1915-05-20

What this town needs isn't
criticism, but optimism.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1915-05-20

Tell the children what a good
town this is
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1915-05-20

At the Church Of Christ in Cookevile, Sunday
May 49, Services to be held at II a. M and 7:45
p. M, and during the week at $3.50 and 7:45 p.
M each day. Everybody is cordially invited to
attend all the services
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1915-05-20

Building good houses builds a
good town.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1915-05-20

YOU can't knock your town
without knocking yourself.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1915-05-20

Be an example to the town, not
a problem.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1915-05-20

Accidents viii happen. but the best
families keep DR.. Thomas Eclectric
OIL for such emergencies. Two sizes
25 and SOC at all stores.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-26

A CONCRETE fireproof business building Is to be
n erected across the tracks to cost $4,000. The
= building viii be occupied by the doctors, dentists
and druggists and viii be general headquarters for
the medical profession in FL Paso and the southwest
The medical building viii be erected the site
of the present johnson House facing Carnegie Square
and located the Of Missouri and North Oregon
streets DR.. Hugh Grouse, representing organization
of doctors and dentists has purchased the site for the
building for $4,000 and plans for the building
being prepared. 1t viii be either six eight stories
high, will have drug store and emergency hospital in
connection and the clubroOms Of the County Medical
society viii be located in the building
The Y. N. C. A. Is planning to build annex to
its present building next winter The will be
10 stories high and viii be built adjoining the present
building the south. The viii cost SIS 900.
Work has started the remodeng Of the Alillard
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-26
sl4O.O00.OO Business Block Above Tracks

Patterson building at the corner of Broadway and San
Antonio street. This Improvement viii cost $1,000
and viii give additional storerooms the first floor
and offices on the second floor.
Victor Carusso is having plans drawn Tor a
house at Sixth and FL Paso streets which VIII be
pied by the Sam Goodman company. Walter Long has
bought the Eckman building at the of Overland
and Kansas streets from R. c. Semple for $4,000 and
viii complete the fourth story and make other improve
ments o. It to cost $4,000.
Many homes being built in the city and down
the valley and the suburban additions building up
rapidly that contractors behind with their work
Apartments continue to be built and many
being planned and will be erected in time for the win
ter tourist travel
Most satisfactory progress Is reported FL PasO's
100000 high school building, for which J. E.
Morgan has the contract.
Evening star., 1915-02-09

W. Baldwin, Edward Mitchell. L. P.
Clephane, Arthur Addison, Mrs. Hen
nen Jennings, Mrs Reeve Lewis, C. C.
Glover and Mrs. Arthur Lee.
Among the artists, professional and
amateur, who assisted in the long and
varied program were: Roland r. Rod
rick, James K. Young. ]. Beaucaire S.
Washburn, Miss Mabel Fairfax, Chris
tian Roeters, Miss Richie Mclean, Miss
Edith Spofford, Walter T. Holt, Miss
Mabel E. Roberts. Baby Ann" Miss
Mabel Galieher. Miss Franc Galleher,
Miss Estelle Murray, Mrs. c. r. Wentz,
Miss Gretchen Hood, George Fl. O'Con-
nor, Arthur B. Pierce, J. Frank Dug
gan. William A. Morsell. Mrs. Anna
Brett Sunny, Felix Mahony, Wood
Cowan. Hugh Hennesy, Arthur Baer,
/. Hoyt Yoemans. James A. White, jr ;
Niles Bryant, Arthur NJ. McCreigh, Wal
ter Mari. Dufour Brown, Byron Blod-
gett and NJ. E. Kahn.
1The program of performance tonight
is to be an exact repetition and the
time is the same, $50 o'clock.
Evening star., 1915-02-09

or the French artists in recognition of
the services to American art students by
the French Beaux Arts Society. George
Oakley Totten. jr., is chairman of the
which are Frederick H. Brooke, ]. Henri
de Sibour, Edward C. Dean, Irving C.
Moller. Charles Morris, Fred " Murphy
and Nathan c. Wyeth. They have been
assisted by A. L: Harris. representing
| the Washington Chapter of the Ameri-
can Institute of Architects; Bedford
Brown. representing the Washington
Architectural Club. and Paul Bartlett,
representing the Society of Washing
ton Artists.
The effect gained for the two perform
ances is the work of lengthy and care
full study and cola alteration on the part
of all.
The patronesses of the presentations
ot last night and the ono for tonight,
which will be as nearly Identical as it is
possible to make 1t with different list
Of box and table holders, are:
Mrs. Larz Anderson. Mrs. Paul Bart
exander Graham Bell. Mrs. Perry
Belmone. Mrs. Gist Blair, Mrs. Wood
bury Blair. Mrs. E. w. Bonnaffon. Mrs.
r. Fl. Brooke. Mrs. Mandeville Car
son Clover, Mrs. Murray Cobb. Vicom-
tesse Henri de Sibour. Mrs. William +.
| Draper, Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Nine.
Ekensren. Mrs. George Eustis. Mrs.
3,
Mrs. Marshall Field. Mrs. Duncan Y.
Fletcher. Mrs. T. T. Gaff. Mrs. A. r.
Gardner. Mrs. Peter Gerry. Mrs. Pres
ton Gibson. Mrs. John A. Gibbons. Miss
Amaryilis Gillett. Mrs. C. C. Glover.
Mrs. A L. Harris. Mrs. Christian D.
Hemmick, Mrs. j. B. Henderson. Mrs.
W. b. Hibbs, Mrs. r. S. r. Hit, Mrs.
George Howard. Mrs Walter Bruce
Howe. Mrs. Hennen jennings Mrs.
Thomas Laughlin. Mrs. Arthur Lee,
Mrs Joseph Letter. Mrs. J. II. Lewis,
Mrs. Robert T. Lincoln, Mrs. Louis
Lombard. Mrs. l. T. Mann, Mrs. Charles
! l.. McCawley, Mrs. Robert Mccormick,
Mrs. A. G. McClintock. Mrs. E. A.
Mitchell. Mrs. +. p. Mitchell. Mrs. A. c.
Miller. Mrs. Clarence Moore, Mrs. Irv-
| ing &. Moller. Mrs. Charles Morris. Mrs.
Henry T. OXnard, Mrs. L. Waller Page,
Mrs. John Burton Payne, Mrs. Paul S.
Pearsall. Mrs H. C. Perkins. Mrs. NAH
| Ion Pitney, Mrs. J. Henry Purdy. Mrs.
Howard Reside, Nine. de Riano, Mrs.
Evening star., 1915-02-09

gentine tango. Then came an inter-
mission and promenade and, during the
last courses of the supper, the vaude-
vile and carnival surprise "divertisse-
ments" incident to The Revels Of the
Art Students" under the direction of
P. W. Evans and George A. Bentley.
The street filled up with a laughing,
dancing mob of young men and wom-
en-. professional and amateur, and on
platform representing the entrance
to the famous bal Butler of Paris
came a bewildering succession of cos
tune dances. art competitions and solo
and street singing. People wandered
from their tables and mingled with the
performers. confetti made its inevita-
bic appearance. and high carnival
reigned for .he remainder of the night.
The orchestra was transferred to the
smaller ballroom and general dapcing
occupied the hours until breakfast was
served.
The performances Of last evening and
tonight are for the benefit of the families
Evening star., 1915-02-09
Scene of Riotous Color.

More than 500 of Washington's most
prominent residents, together with
many out-of-town visitors. attended as
guests or participated In the varied
advertisements offered. The scene
from the balcony above the entrance
can be described only by the word
Kaleidoscope" but that word is in
adequate. 1t was a riot of color and a
whirl of motion.
Cardinal Richelieu hobnobbed with
Joan of Arc. and Francois Nillon was
libeled. The French costumes ran most
ly to the national tricolor or the start
ling black and white of the carnival
characters of Harlequin. Pierrot and
court ladies. Watteau shepherdesses,
monks, "couriers du bois." all sorts of
Latin Quarter types. Algertans. cru
saders. 'Incroya bles'' of the directoire.
bishops, mandarins from Cochin China,
clowns of both sexes and dozens of
other types.
Besides these. there was hardly a
country. climate. warm or cold. or
period unrepresented. cossacks
Spaniards, orientals of all varieties
Highlanders. sailors, Jockeys. Holland
ers red located British subalterns, Tyro-
and so ana ps0ne n1e q And bsEons E
there were innumerable beautiful ef-
fects representing seaEons. flowers and
| inanimate objects. No one person
could be sure he or she had even seen
all the costumes present. not to men
tion retaining the impression they ere.
| ated or the details in which they were
worked out Particularly impressive
| were a number Of Chinese garbs, in
| clucing one most perfect example Of a
beautiful and stately young Manchu.
rian woman of high degree with
spreading headdress and harmonious
shades of blue brocades and embroid
| cred Chinese footgear. Another wa,
an ancient Egyptian lady. looking a:
Evening star., 1915-02-09

han, Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Gibson,
Lieut.. and Mrs. Philip Sheridan, Capt
Theodore j.. Baldwin, jr.; Gen. and Mrs.
George Barnett. Miss Mary Lloyd An
drews, Mr.. and Mrs: w. NJ. Ritter,
Viconptesse J. Henri de Sibour, ]. H.
Hopkins. Mr.. and Mrs. William Lit
tauer, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence. Mr.. and
Mrs. Perry Belmont, Mr.. and Mrs.
Beale X. Howard, Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Clover, Mr.. and Mrs. A c. Down
ing, Miss Grace Lincoln Temple.
Miss Ada s. Totten. Mrs. Mar
shall Field, Mrs. Jarvis, Horace West
colt. James F. Kelly, Miss Eliza
beth Patterson, Mrs. N Evans, Com
mander c. T. Jewell. Mrs. G. F. Whit
ing, Mrs. H. B. Spencer, ]. ]. Rodgers.
Miss Kibbey. Reed Johnson. Mrs. Ely.
Mrs. w. A. Slater. Mrs. Dorst, Mrs. c.
G. Sawtelle, Maj. J. H. Russell, Walter
Tuck ermann, Mrs. Alexander Graham
Bell. Fred Murphy. Victor Cush-
man. Mrs. John Gibbons, Mrs. 1. T.
Mann, Z. F. Andrews. Lieut.. Command
er J. Blair Gilmer, Irving Moller, Fred
H. Brooke, L. Q. Dean, Mrs. Theodore
Evening star., 1915-02-09

William A. Slater. Mrs. Henry B. Spen-
GER Mrs. Samuel Spencer, Mrs E. A.
Swift. Mrs.. Robert NJ. Thompson. Miss
Ada S. Totten. Mrs. Lawrence Town
send. Mrs. Wolcott Tuckerman. Mrs.
Harold Walker. Mrs. Thomas Walsh,
Mrs. Horace Westcott. Mrs. J. ]. White,
Mrs. John F. wilkins. Mrs. Clarence
Wilson and Mrs. Nathan c. Wyeth.
Those who entertained at boxes in
cluded Mrs. Thomas II. Ewing. Mrs.
Clarence Moore, Miss Martha Goldman.
Mrs. James Carroll Frazer. Mrs. E. a.
Mansfield. Mrs. William F. Draper. Mrs.
Mackey Smith. Mrs. Joseph Letter. Mrs.
Charles Fowler. Miss NJ. G. Goldman,
Mrs. Clarence Moore, Mrs. j. A. John
son. Mrs. Arnold Hague, Mrs. Marshall
Field and Mrs. Pendleton.
Table holders included Mrs. Robert T.
Lincoln. Miss Amaryllis Gillett, Mr..
and Mrs. Nathan Wyeth, Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Lombard, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Bartlett, Judge and Mrs. Sydney Bal
lou, Mr.. and Mrs. George x. McLana-
Evening star., 1915-02-09
GORDON & GORDON, Attorneys.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT or
Colombia. Holding Probate Court--Estate ~
Florence King deceased. No. PISS, Admins
tration Docket 50. Application having been
Inadr herein for probate of the last will and
Testament of said decreased. and -"r le;t.rs te>
tainentary on said estate. by Nilisp King, 1t
is ordered this "ith day If January. \. II.
1919. that Ferdinand ". King. Charles c. King.
Evan Sample King. infant. and Evan Sample
King. not.er and custodian of said infant: and
any unknown heirs At law and uext Of kin "f
Florence King, and all otlsars concerned. ap
pear in said court Monday. the 18th dsy
of March, \. d. 1916 at 10 O'Clock am. TO
SHOW cause why such application should
be sraute!. lie. notice hereof b. published in
the Washington Law Reporter and The Evening
Star newspaper ONCE III each Of three successive
weeks before the return day herein meatiosed -
the i-st pubiicatio 1c les, than thrtv
days before said return day. Z. l. SIDDoNS.
Justice. Attest: JAMES TANNER, Regisir-
the Probate Court fe2,9lG
Evening star., 1915-02-09
BRA ANDEUBURG & BRANDENBURG.
Attorneys.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT
Of Coiumpia-u. s. 20 The use 81 r. ]. Sturte
want Co. vs.. arrIlur Cowsill ard southwestern
Surety Insurance Go.-.>o. 5TiSS I.sv--Plrsuant
to tic require uncnts OF the acts of Congress. no
:ice is hereby given all creditors Of the lie
fepdant Artiiur Cowsil. Grd"r f'~ ceatrart lie
tween liz. United States and the said defendant
Arthur Covsiil ,and the cod fendant li~ surety
for work incident furnishing and Installing The
heating liciiIiEg and plumbing systems az The
ington D. =. that tho above action has been
instituted upon the bond Of the defendant con
tractor and his saToty, AID that any creditor may
file hi. claim IN iiis action and be made parry
herein as In said acts of Congress Irovid d by
fhe court This 81, .iay OF February. 1918. WEN
DELL p STAFFORD. Justice. tSeal.l A trlle
copv-Test: ] r. YOUNG, Clerk. Br FRED. Z.
oCONNEJI, Asst Clerk fei-d. .SAlol.slt
Evening star., 1915-02-09
LEGAL NOTICES.
GEO. c. GERTMAN, Attorney.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF Co-
iumbia. Holding Probate Courf.-Nc. q 4j;. Ad-
miuist ra tion.-Ths is give notice: That the
subscribers of the state of Virginia. have Oh
tanned from the Probate Court Of the District OF
Columbia letters Of administration Oh the estate
lumhia. deceased All persons having claims
against the deceased hereby warned &" eN-
hibit the same, with the vouchers thereof legally
authenticated. TO the subscribers. on or hrioHe
the fth day of Februsrr, AID. 1916: otberw i~r
they may by law be excluded from all bcneht OF
ssid estate. Given under our hands this ith day
of February. 1915. GEO. :. ROLLER. JAMES NJ.
KINCHELoE, care Geo 4. tiertman Az 9th 81
NV. ,Seall Attest: JAMES TANNER, Register
of Wills for the District cf Columbia. Clcrk of
the Probate Court fcs.l s.l6.2S
Evening star., 1915-02-09
GEORGE c. GERMAN, Attorney.

SUPREME CoIIr o. THE DISTRICT or 60
luInoia. Ho.din., PROBATE tolrt.-No. 2ii.S. "a
minist-atioE.-I!iis IS 10 civ. notice: That Tue
subscribers OF tie state If Mary land. have al
taincd from TIE prota Court Of Tie District OF
Columbia letters Of administration on the estate
lurnhia. deceased All uersons Lacins claiIa>
against toe deceased hereby warned to eN
hibit the same with the vouchers thereof. leIa lily
authentics ted to the subscribers. or befo"~
the oStl day OF January AID. 1876: otherwise
they may by law be excluded fron all benefit "f
said estate Given under our hands ibis 18th daa
Of January. 1915. FRANK MACE Jr: Piif1Lif
H. BaNVlLiE 7iad.nshu7c, Nd. tSealt At;e,-:
JAMES TANNER. Resister Of Wills for The bls-
trict OF Columbia. CLERK OF the Probate Court
Evening star., 1915-02-09

Drama League of America. The pro-
logue was given by Mrs. Brown. for
merdly Miss 1zetta Jewel; the scenes
were Olympus and Earth; the music
Greek costumes and by Miss O'Toole
harpist- Scenery. costumes and Incl
dental dances were alike effective
correct and harmonious
The cast was as follows:
Eterpe Chiuse Of Lyric Song. Miss
Gretchen Muelhausen; Juno tOlympiar
Queen). Miss Hitchcock; Iris. Mrs
Armstead Davis; Euphrosyne. Miss
Britton; Aglaia, Miss oGorman; Thalia
Miss Downing; Ganymedes. Miss Birch
Clio (Muse of History, Miss c. Biddle
Porter; Erato Muse Of Love Poetry
Mrs. Burton; Calliope Muse OF Epic
Poetry, Mrs. Charles Johnson: Melpo-
meme Muse of Tragedy, Miss Juliette
Janin: Polyhymnia Muse of Sacred
Poetry, Miss Hazel Mackaye; Urania
(Muse of Astronomy. Miss Biddle Por-
ter; Thalia tMuse of Comedy, Miss
OGorman; Terpsichore Muse of the
Dance), Miss Mildred Anderson; Miner
va Goddess of Wisdom), Mrs. Ward
Brown: Attendant. Mrs. Huntington
Jackson: Mercury (Messenger of the
Gods. Highland Kuhn: orpheus, Mr.
Pygmalion, Milton Bryan; Galatea. Miss
Davidson: Croacale (Diana's nymph)
Miss Effie Baker; Wood Nymphs. Miss
es Hotchkiss. Hawks. Keen, Kerr and
the Misses Schmidt.
Assisting in Production.
Assisting Mrs. Hemmick as stage
mana gers were Morven Thompson and
Robert Gilmore. The dances were
planned by Miss Baker and Miss An
derson and the scenery and lighting
were the result of the labors of How
ard Greenley and Bassett Jones.
OF the several airs sung by Mile.
Yvonne de Treville of the Opera Com
ique Paris. and the Theater de Ia Mon
naie, Brussels. q "Chanson Provencale'
met with special favor. The art ste
appeared in an 1890 costume. as did her
taccompanist. Miss Velma Sharp. Louis
Lombard. composer of one of the selec-
tions sung. appeared at the piano on
that occasion.
| Following this act appeared ex-
ponents in costume Of the modern
da9ces. the maxixe. fox trot and Ar
Evening star., 1915-02-09
HARRY r. KENNEDY, Attorney.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF CO.
lumbia, Holding Prostate Court-No. 2i369, Ad
minis ira tion.-This is give notice: That tie
subscriber. Of the District Of Columbia. has oh e
ia ned from the Probate Court OF the District Of
Columbia letters of administration the estate
of Eileen Il. Gogan. sometimes known A. Helen
i. Hogan and Ellen Hogan. late OF the District
of Columbia deceased All persons having claims
against The decreased are hereby warned 10 e.
Iibit the same with the vouchers thereof legally
authenticated. TO the subscriber. before TIC
11th day of January. A.p. 1916; otherwise they
NAV by law he excluded from all bencft Of sal /
estate. Given under my hand this 4th day OF
February. 1915. HARRY F. KENNEDY. Colum
h.an building. tSeal) Attest: JAMES TANNEE
Register Of Wills for the District Of Columbia
Clerk of the Probate Court. fe9. 1873
Evening star., 1915-02-09
PROPOSALS.

NOTICE TO CoNTEArTORS-SEAII FRO
posals for furnishing materials and building a
courthouse at Prince Frederick Md. VIII br re
ceiyed and opened tv the building committee nj
l2 o'clock Saturday. March g. 1915. \
certified check for $500. payable to Wesley
Shemwell. treasurer of the committee. shall he
ipclosed in sealed envelope with each bid
and sent or delivered to the clerk of the county
couimiss.opers OF Calvert county at or before toc
time stated above. marked Proposals for court
house.' to be by him delivered to the building
committee at the time specified Plans and spesih-
cations for the building and necessary informa-
tion may be obtained from the architect T.
Kent Roberts 924 18th street NV. Washington,
D. c.. or from the secretary Of the committee:
Prince Frederick. Nd Checks OF unsuccessful
bidders will be returned upon the rejection nt
bids. The successful bidder will be required ="
give bond and comply with the acts of the gen
eraI assembly, chapter 4:6. session 1914. The
committee is authorized reject any or all bids
THOMAS PARRAN, Chairman Building Com
mittee. ]. Briscoe Bunting, Secretary. Prince
Frederick, Nd. feo.9. l2l9-4t
Evening star., 1915-02-09

The viii of Alexander Cameron, to-
bacco manufacturer. flied for probate
at Richmond. Va. leaves an estate ap-
praised at $1.100.000. to be divided
among eight children. He left a home
and $1,000 year to his widow.
Evening star., 1915-02-09
sPIRITUALISN.

Mrs. J. z MALrBY. KESoIs BLDG, Ilth
and q NV, Room zoe. Meetings Wed. and
Fri. 7:30 pm. message to each. Daily
readings am TO $50 pm Phone II. S6%a-
HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH KEELEK. MOST
noted sate-wrIter IN the world Daily during
Febr6ary ouly. 1862 Parkwood place; l4th st.
rhone Columbia 22lo. lOe
Evening star., 1915-02-09

if she might have stepped from Luxor
fresco. A third was that representing
a. Christmas. tree. with slowing lights
from top of evergreen headdress to
hem of skirt. Several of the medieval
garbs were not only beautiful. but his
torically correct to the last detail
ALL members of the committee in
charge, as representatives of authority,
wore gendarmes'' cooked hats, blue
tunics, white trousers and carried cut
laSSeS.
Dispute of the Muses.
The guests were in their places at
$3.50 o'clock and supper began to e
servAd. shortly. afterward.. An hour
later the curtain rose at the stage at
the end of the street for Mrs. Christian
Hemmick's classic idyll, "The Dispute
of the MUSES. presented as in the
period of first empire, under the aus
piceS of the Washington Center of the
Evening star., 1915-02-09
REVEL Of NATIONS
AT TRENCH 'SO|REE'
"Rue des Beaux Arts" a Scene
of Riotous Color and AMI
mated Life.
MUSIC, DANCING AND FUN
ACCOMPANY THE FEASTING
,Fete to Benefit Families of Artists
Who Are on the Battle
Lines in Europe.

| y new street. one not included in the
original plan of the city, was opened in
Washington last night. 1t is called the
Rue des BeauN Arts and runs the
length of the large ballroom of the Will
lard Hotel. No thoroughfare of the
! National Capital. even at inauguration
time, ever involved such traffic problems
as faced the corps of cutlass-bearing
gendarmes. or, more properly, "gardes de
champetre, to whom was delegated the
, task of keeping in motion the crowds that
thronged it.
Gendarmes ?--Surely, for the street is
rot Washington. but Paris itself. trans
| ferred for two nights only to the usually
sedate District of Columbia. Not the Paris
of the broad boulevards and imposing
buildings, but the Paris of the outskirts,
in festal array for high carnival. Hence
the presence of the "garde de champetre,"
whose duty it is in France to keep a
kindly but restraining eye on the country
fairs.
These guards we're the members of
the committee i'll charge of the big
cabaret, carnival and costume ball
I.given by the Washington Society of
BeauX Arts Architects, assisted by the
other artistic organizations. of the city,
for the benefit of the families of the
French Soldier-artiStS now fighting in
the trenches. and summed up under
the title of "une soiree artistique.
Tables Flanked Street
Dozens of tables fanked the narrow
street" and the intertwining trees
overhead were represented by a. solid
bower of greeaery from which
myriads of lanterns gave down a
mellow light. The uprights that played
the parts of the slender trunks of the
poplars of France were wound in black
and white spirals: black and whits
hangings draped the boxes that ran in
rows on each side of the room,. uehind
and above the tables. Yellow fruit
hung from branches and was pyramid
ed on the tops of standards, and the
whole effect of black, white and soft
yellow was impressive in the extreme
A throng of hundreds of merrymakers
of both sexes sat at ease and ate,
drank and smoked or surged through
the street proper. The Inuch-vaunted
democracy of France received a telling
confirmation, for princes of the blood,
churchmen, duchesSes and high officials
of every period of French history
Evening star., 1915-02-09

fraternized and frolicked with art stu
dents. enlisted men, artisans and
clowns. All attendants were expected
tc appear in fancy dress and, with few
exceptions. did SO. The majority wore
costumes appropriate to some period
of France or to her dependencies. but
every nation on earth had its repre-
yentatjyes