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llc today than "The Only GIRL" and
: the second visit TO the Garrick OF
the piece. with the original com
pany, promises to be one Of the
most successful return engagements
recorded in that theater.
ELLA MAE HAWTHORNE.
oRPHEUM.
Varied indeed Is the vaudeville
bfl provided by the Orpheum the
ater this week. and Mondays audi
snces were well pleased. Every
body" an sllegorical playlet is
easily the headliner because Of the
large cast--there are IL players
the scenic effects and the actual
worth Of the Offering. II has been
seen In the Orpheum before and
comes back with the same cast In
Guiding John Lester as Everybody.
Monroe Dorr a. Work, Lyle Harvey
as Shirk, Camille lewis as Luck
and Fortune and Gladys Brooks as
Pleasure. The characters Of Hon
esty. Future. Old Sport. First
Friend, Newsboy and Waiter also
are In capable hands. The lesson
taught Is that II one would be sure
of success. one must stick to work
and honesty and avoid shirk and
pleasure.
Joe Dealy and sister provide so
ciety dancing. cake walking and
other terpsichorean stunts for an
opening act that puts the audience
In good humor. Harmon. Zarnes
and Dunn, eccentric comedians fol-
low with songs. dances and nut"
stun. Then comes Joe Kelsey. who
has added q pianist TO his act, and
who sings and tells stories az sue
cessfully rs ever. Rucker and Win
fired capture the laughing honors.
and the audience. Monday after
noon. couldn't get enough Of them.
The Dunedin duo FIRST do a singing
skit and follow II with bicycle rid
ing on . wire suspended In the air
and other difficult feats.
As usual, pictures were shown
both before and after the vaude-
vile. Monday night amateur song
writer's met in competition. Friday
night local dancers viii appear.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-09

Americas 1915 cranberry crop Is
estimated at 100000 barrels.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-09

New Zealand prohibits meat ex.
ports.
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The Detroit times., 1915-11-09
BURNING
SHIP SAFE
ROchambeau, Fire Out
Proceeding to
Bordeaux
By UNITED PRESS.

NEW YORK. Nov. s.-Ths fr'
aboard the French liner Rocham
beau has been extinguished and the
vessel is proceeding on her course
TO Bordeaux. A wireless messags
to Offices of the line from Capt. IN
ham brought this word today.
The message received was timet
G o'clock today. II was the frs
word from the burning liner since
Capt. Julian wirelessed yesterda.
afternoon that Are had broken on
in the reserve bunkers and that 4
might be necessary for him to pu
into Halifax. Because no further
messages were received II was az
sumed that the Rochambeau Wal
making for Halifax.
Two English physicians are ex
perimenting with n parasite WITH
which they hope TO exterminate the
dies OF their country within few
years.
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
AVENUE TO BECOME
BIG PARADE GROUND
Best View Of Veterans to Be
Had Between Treasury and
State Building.

Citizens of Washington will flock to
Pennsylvania avenue by the thousands
Wednesday to see the parade Of the
q. A. r. veterans. commemorative OF
the hftieth anniversary Of the grand
review of 1865. Particular interest at
taches to- this pageant Of blue-clad
heroes because this year marks the
semi Of their victorious re-
, turn from the civil war. and FOR the
added reason that this. in all ikeli-
, hood, will be the last time the veterans
will parade in the National Capital.
The parade will start from the Peace
Monument at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning and proceed UP Pennsylvania
avenue to Eighteenth street. where 1t
will disband. 1t is estimated that two
ared anG h or tSe enre htis hGSs' ns Of % march
The best place to view the parade is
in Pennsylvania avenue. between the
Building. as the veterans pass through
res,e%sd res SSsd' by President Preside W wilson. who viii
stand on the same spot where Presi-
dent Andrew johnson stood on May
1924. 1866. to witness the grand review;
Grandstands have been constructed
all along Pennsyiyania avenue and at the
south end Of the Treasury. These seats
are Tor sale Dy Hlen VINO Uou8nt Stao
privilege of constructing the stands
Nckets for admission to the Presidents 9
reviewing stand will be distributed to
members of the Cabinet. statesmen,
diplomats. army and navy officers. and
distinguished members Of the G.. A. +:
Tho distribution of these tickets Will
be made by Chief Pal.
NOR and the executive committee Of
The stands do not take up all Of tho
sidewalk on Pennsylvania, and there
will be room for thousands Of specta-
tors unable to purchase seats, No
boxes. camp stools. or chairs will DO
allowed on Pennsylvania avenue. Mer-
chants and hotel proprietors along the
line of march are renting out their
windows to those wishing to view tie
II is estimated there will be 80 200
veterans and about 5000 Sons of Vet
Grams. District nilitiamen, regular ARMY
, soldiers, bluejackets. and citizens of
Washington in the pageant.
! Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A. Miles. U. 9. A..
retired, VIII be chief marshal Of the
parade. He will have as his aides
about fifty retired army and navy off,
GERS who saw service in the civil war.
and q number Of others on the active
list.
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
PLANS TO INCREASE
MADE IN u. S. TOY
League Of Women Hopes to Place
Business on Permanent.
Basis.

A call to American manufacturers ana
citizens to make the coming Christmas
a banner one for the exposition OF
American goods and for the placing OF
American toys on secure basis against
foreign competition, has been sent
broadcast by the National Made In u.
8. A." League.
This league Is q woman's oreanisa-
ton which aims to arouse national In
terest In the Made in U. 8. A." label
and to put the patronizing Of home In
dustries on a patriotic basis. A Made
in U. g. A." Christmas 10 proposed to
meet the situation created by the
blockade of toys caused by the war.
Announcement that the export to this
country Of 500. 900, 900 worth Of toys had
been blocked. created CONSERVATION
among little folks and their parents.
and the league is working to supply
this void with American goods.
In urging the buying Of home prod
ucts. the league calls upon mothers and
teachers to make the contingency ma
tional lesson In patriotism to impress
the superiority of the American prod.
ucts. Toys can be made at home, the
league declares. II patriotic Americana
will give the manufacturers their sup
port
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
VETERANS SEEKING
OLD FRIENDS HERE
Registration System at Camp
Emery Brings Comrades to
Each Other.

Camp Emery was the busiest place IN
the District today. It will continue TO
be the busiest place. It Is expected. un-
til the last Of the veterans leaves the
city. It IL the ccrter OF Grand Army
interest because tits there that the SEES
sions Of the encampmcnt Will De heio
1t is estimated that 1900 people ca'
be accommodated in the building
The Boy Scouts were the most soush'
for Of all the various organizations rep
resented In the building today. Fifty
of the youngsters. under the ieader'
ship of Acting Assistant scoutmastel
Kenneth Miller. reported for duty te
Director General Stamford this morn.
ing. They have been placed IN cnares
OF the information department, ana ao'
as messengers and guides.
The registration force IN the builoinl
Ii completely equipped. This forcc y
under the personal SUPERVISOR .hs Oh com.
H. A. Johnson. chairman OF the COLI
mittee on registration.
He Is assisted by expert nlers IRON
the Pension Bureau under George -
CLAYTON, and a detachment OF fort'
high school students. -
Registration clerks have the caras
dress. telephone number. company
regiment. division. and CORDS OF tn,
veferan. His home address as we'll al
his address in Washington is given
duplicate tag Of heavy cardboard II
tied to the veterans coat. "A.
The registration system n pr99ve1 9vea,r;s' u,
commenced to come FOR comrades;
Director General Standiford and A.
sistant Director General H. A. John
ston were kept busy this morning clean
The Washington times., 1915-09-26

for the reception of the veterans. These
two men have handled the enormous
amount of detail connected with the
prepaib ton of the building for the
camp. and there has been little timc In
which to do any OIL
The police force detail under Lieut.
anthony Shilling reported for duty this
morning. Lieutenant Shilling will bt
chief Of police OF the camp. under the
son. Of the Sixth precinct. The first
department, represented by Lieutenant
!-anahan. assumed charge of the fire
headquarters and installed two chem.
lea! engines, ono in the rear and one
at the southeast corner of the building
MONDAY morning 100 men Of the regu.
lar army will report for duty at the
building.
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
Two Receptions Are
On Program for G. A. r.

Two big affairs during the reunion at
which citizens Of Washington will
gather Will be held on Tuesday ana
Wednesday nights
Tuesday night the citizens' commit
tee, assisted by President Wilson, will
give a reception in honor of the visit
Ing veterans in Camp Emery. The cit-
hundred tickets to the people of WASH
ington to attend this reception.
Wednesday night the Woman's Relief
Corps will give a reception in the ro-
tunda Of the Capitol to Commander-in-
Chief David J. Palmer, and many
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
Ohio Candidate for Head
Of g. A. r. in Washington

Elias r. Monfort. Ohio's candidate for
ommander-in-chief to succeed Col.
David J.. Palmer, reached Washington
this afternoon. and established his head
quarters at the Raleigh Hotel
Colonel Monfort is regarded a.
formidable candidate. There are four
other strong candidates. He was post
master Of Cincinnati for fifteen years.
central West, the East, and the South.
He expressed himself as particularly
we'll pleased with the arrangements
made by the citizens committee for the
entertainment of the @. A. r.
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
Two Tree Paintings to
= Be Held During Week

Two tree planting exercises will b.
conducted during the encampment, on.
at Lincoln Memorial in Potomac Park
on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. /, I'd
the other at the Arlington Memorial
Amphitheater on Friday afternoon a,
o'clock.
The trees. which will commemorate
the valor and courage Of the Unior
soldiers In the civil war, will be planted
bv the Woman's Relief Corps.
WashinRtontans and visitors to thu
encampment have been invited to at.
tend the exercises, which will be OF al
unusual character.
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
Blujackets to Drill
Here Next Wednesday

Wednesday afternoon at 8 o'clock. $50
bluejackets from the navy yard will give
an exhibition drill on the white Lot.
Tho drill will be staged there so as to
afford the largest possible number of
visitors and Washingtonians an oppor-
tunitv to witness It.
Tho h,retackets will wear dress uni
forms, blue suits. leggins and caps. and
carry rifles with which they will give a
land drill and q ship drill.
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
Women Detectives Are
Obtained for Station

II a pretty woman comes up to you
! at the Union Station. taps you on the
shoulder and demands that you "move
on,''>dont hesitate"
The Washington Terminal Company,
through its chief Of police. Ed viett.
has employed six women detectives
during the coming week, In addition to
100 plain clothes men from all parts
OF the country.
The Washington times., 1915-09-26

washingtonians have been invited to
stand in the receiving line or attend
the function.
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during the Presidency OF John Quincy
Adams, when 5000 was appropriated
for the purpose. and the building of
the front portico, which cost $4,000,
was not undertaken until Andrew
Jackson's time.
The amiable Dolly Madison had
made a point OF calling upon every
body of the smallest Importance who
came &c Washington. Mrs. Monroe
declined TO adopt any such habit and
quickly made il known that she would
neither pay nor return visits. THIS
gave a great deal Of offence and had
much to do with the social unpopular
ity of the M%onroes. who were literally
boycotted by a good many of the fash
ionables. At that time John Quincy
Adams was Secretary of State and his
wife at his request tried to keep mat
tiers smooth for the administration by
returning every call made upon her.
But even she refused TO pay first calls
upon newcomers, and this cngendered
an immense amount OF friction.
Washington. socially speaking. was
rather primitive in those days, and the
Monroes, who were wealthy people and
who had enjoyed every opportunity OF
moving in the best and most fashion
able society both abroad and in the
United States, found life at the Amer
Jean capital not altogether ENJOYABLE
They held weekly drawing rooms
on which occasions (as described 10y q
contemporary letter writer) Senators
foreign Ministers. officers Of the army
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now stands and a small lake known
as Babcock's Lake.
In a later administration the tract in
question took on the aspect of a well
kept farm. Half n dozen cows grazed
on the meadows behind the White
House. There was a fruit orchard
where now the great building of the
War, State and Navy departments
stands. and the present site of the
Treasury was a vegetable garden, from
which the Presidents family obtained
its supplies of potatoes, peas. beans
and cabbages. Beneath the front por-
tico was a dairy, to which water was
brought by an inch pipe from a spring
in Franklin Square, several blocks
away
When Andrew Johnson's daughter,
Martha, wife of Senator Patterson of
Tennessee, performed the functions of
first lady Of the land" she was accus-
toned to get up every morning early
and in white apron and calico gown 10
skim the milk with her OWL fair hands.
Congress has been niggardly
in providing money for the upkeep
OF the mansion. From the day when
It's cornerstone was laid by George
Washington in a bare field October
!, 1922 To the present date ii has
cost, including furnishing and repairs,
over 50. 900 900. 1t has been twice re-
built-the second time by Theodore
Roosevelt at an expense more than
twice as great as the first, the bill
cheerfully paid by the national legisla-
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Mrs. JOHN Quincy Adams.
Above-South front of the
White House to-day.

last OF these names used always in the
laws.
The question of furnishing was
serious. lnasmuch as the manson
had been completely ruined by fire
and every article IL contained de-
stroyed. there was nothing with which
to begin Housekeeping, ever kitchen
utensils being lacking. Congress on
the day before the Inauguration APP
propriated $50, 900 to provide such
n~ecessaries and Mr.. Monroe for imme-
date uses contributed a quantity of
his WI furniture, including a number
OF valuable pieces which he had
picked up while abroad-mostly the
loot Of Frcach palaces sacked during
the Revolution. For this furniture he
received $4,000 in cash.
Table furniture, which was lmme-
diately ordered from France, cost
slS.429. II included n service Of
gilded porcelain for thirty persons. a
china dessert set and a quantity Of
rather massive siivc. ware. the forks
Gas described by a young lady letter
writer of that period who was invited
to a White House dinner being 80
heavy that one could hardly lift them
to ones lips"-a playful eXaSgeration
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Dolly was enabled to carry II of with
her in her carriage.
All these things cost so much money
that Mr.. Monroe. having expended
the $4,000 provided by Congress,
found himself with a deficit of sl0,Sl9.
Accordingly, Congress, at his request.
gave 100000 more. making a total Of
$4,000 for refurnishing the mansion.
Meanwhile some criticism had been
aroused because the reconstruction OF
the White House had cost s2i6,i9O
without counting furniture). whereas
the building had been completed
originally at an expense of only $685.
POI. Many persons thought that Mr..
Monroe was entirely too extravagant
in the arrangements for his household.
and a climax of irritation arrived
when, on the sudden death OF Col.
Lane. the Commissioners Of Public
Buildings, in whose hands the above
mentioned $4,000 had been placed.
some confusion was found in his ac-
counts.
Undoubtedly the confusion was
made worse by the fact that Mr.. Mon
roe under an arrangement with Col.
Lane had put his own furniture into
TIE White House. receiving for il ,as
already stated the sum OF Sc. 00O-tho
money to he repaid by him, as it was
agreed, on the redelivcry Of the fur
n!ture to himself when he should re-
turn to private life. When. however,
q member of Congress from Tennessee.
! John Cooke, started an inquiry and
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national monumen-, made sacred by
historical associations. and pubic
opinion would not tolerate any changes
in it. Blu its enlargement u n differ
cnt matter, the old building r"ml -:rg
always the central and dom.5ar "a
ture.
This. as suggested. Is e. h. ac-
compiished by the addition Of wings
their exterior architecture taking the
form Of colonnadcs swcepinG around
in curves at either end. lnSid" tho
chief feature Of each wing would no
on the main floor. "A lofty ~ SIXTY
feet in diameter. This apartment, IN
the east wing would he a reception
room. much better adapted Tor tho
purpose than the vas. East Room.
which is only suitable for halls and
grand dinners. In the west w!rr :
would become the State dining room.
Above each wing there would be space
on the second floor for five bedrooms
thus adding ten much needed guest
chambers to the dwelling.
Eventually the construction If al.
d!tional buildings on west and east,
matching in size and shape the present
White House. connecting with the at
Ter through the wings above described
and forming, together with couS,rya-
torres IN the rear. a magnificent quad
ranEle. would realize the utmoS, idea,
OF what the Presidents palace ought
To he, no estimated cost OF 'hase
projected alterations being IN the
neighborhood of $500. 600.
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furniture for drawing rooms, dining
room and bedrooms were ordered
from Philadelphia. An outfit of cut
glass, costing 81, 900, came from Pitts
burg. For three marble busts of
Washington. Columbus and Amerigo
Vespucci, which are now in the White
House, 500 each was paid to a Mr..
Lear. into whose hands they had
passed on the death of Martha Wash
ington. They had been among her
possessions at Mount Vernon.
But the most interesting expendi-
ture was $3.50 for reframing the Gill
bert Stuart portrait Of George Wash
ington, which had been cut from its
frame by Dolly Madison at the last
moment. just before she fled from the
White House. a servant chopped the
outer frame in two with an axe. thus
releasing the inner frame on which
the painting was stretched, and thus
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ture amounting to $555,OOo. On this
second occasion when much OF the
white paint was scraped off the outer
walls no little interest was excited >
the disclosure TO view Of some Of thS
old fire scars made by the British in
vaders on the dreadful night Of August
"a, 1914.
At some future day there will surrey
be a third rebuilding. when the en-
panding ideas and ambitions Of a
greater republic demand for its lr. g.
ident a palace of proportiona;e size and
grandeur. Plans for the structure IN
fact have already been made and even
q model of 1t that Is both noble and
beautiful.
The ideas embraced in these plans
require that there shall be no modifica.
ton Of the White House as it now
! stands: no interference, that is to say
with its structural integrity. II IL q
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OF course. An elaborate centrepiece
and vases OF silver in artistic designs
wert items of what was called a sur
tout de table"
In the making OF such purchases
abroad. which included several beauti-
ful candelabra, some difficulty vas eX-
p%er!enced in complying with a strict
order TO avoid "nudities,' where the
more ornamental objects We're con-
cerncd. The silver service above de-
scribed. by the way, is still in Use at
the White House-every piece of il
ornamcnted with an American eagle
and the inscription '"President,s
House Only a few pieces OF the
porcelain and china are left, those un-
broken having passed mostly into the
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and navy, farmers, merchants, parsons,
lawyers. au%ctioneers and n~othingarians
all with their wives, and some with
gawky offspring-crowded to the Pres
ident's House, some In shoes, most in
boots and many in spurs some SNUFF
ing. others chewing, soms With pow
dered heads, Others frizzled and oiled,
half hid by dirty collars reaching far
above their ears, as stiT as PASTE
board"
Soon after Mr.. Monroe took up his
residence in the White House Congress
appropriated 10000 for improving
the grounds belonging to the mansion,
which up to that time had been an
unsightly waste without grass or
shrubbery. These grounds embraced
in those days quite an extensive tract,
including all the area now known as
the White Lot. as well as the hill
on which the Washington Monument
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hands OF collectors through the sales
of slightly damaged White House
ware which every now and then since
early days have been made in Wash
irGton auction rooms
Ftr the oval room a beautiful Au-
busson velvet carpet. to Ire specially
made of corresponding shape and in a
single piece. was ordered by Mr. Mon
roe from Paris. II had n green ground.
with the arms of the United States
IN the entire. But in other respects
this room, known to-day as the Blue
Room, was in Monroe's time a red
room. and a contemporary writer de-
scrih d Il as 'colored with rose and
Glittering with gold"
The tables, chairs and other such
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prompted him to leave his native land
lie was hired by Cromclinc 70 20 up
10 ms place in Orange county and
build the stone tavern he had pro-
jected. Bull did the work.
That tavern became famous n the
Indian wars of the border and during
the Revolution as the Grcycourt Inn
A portion Of it is still standing. part
OF the residence of Hamlet Roe. who
owns the farm one the possession q,
Cromeline. The DEM settlement was
but four miles away. william RAJ
and the intrepid girl. Sarah Wells, me,
snd fell in love, and in the summer ~
l7lS-August oS-tno'r marriage we
the first one To he performed IN a'
that now populous part Of New Y TX
State and New Jersey between New
hurGh ana the Delaware River ia. 20
John Merritt, the second Judge I'D -
appointed 10y the New York ,..'y
by Queen Anne. came from orange
burg, near the Hudson, tifr> w,'cs
through the mountain wilderness 70
perform the historic ceremony.
Christopher DEM rave sara. N .
for her wedding portion tn" co.,"
drcd acre tract Of land ON W..'. 10
had made the bold and |>u,.'I'. >"t-
Element six years before " I'm
Bun added n" hundred Hcro~ ".'' %
It by purchase, and iu l,.- 'it
with his own hands the ~'.., "I'-
sion. the finest then in 81. m
New York. which stands ''.I.. '..f
nc ~ u-,s ,vptfnl I11 \rtT. t.. noe
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sent a message to ask the President II
he would consent to appear before a
committee and explain matters Mr..
Monroe told the messenger to say to
Mr.. Cooke that he was a s%coundrel and
refused to make any other reply.
The White House in those days was
illuminated by lamps and candles and
the only means of heating it was by
open fires. one item of expense in
CURED by Mr.. Monroe was $50 for a
bathtub-not very extravaganza as
nowadays such matters are viewed. As
a matter of fact the mansion was not
made really habitab!e until five years
after it was burned by the British.
The East Room was fioored and Its
walls and ceiling plastered in Novem-
Der. 1918. but that great state apart
ment was not finished and furnished
during the Monroe Administration. 1t
was first rendered available for use