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The Washington herald., 1915-11-26
DIR. WHITE DENIES HE
SLURRED BRICKLAYERS
Hospital Superintendent Says His
Statement Regarding Education Of
Children Was Misunderstood.

DR.. William A. White. superintendent
of the Government Hospital for the In
sane, who was censured Friday night by
Bricklayers' Union No. /. for declaring
a "bricklayer's child should be denied
the right to attain high social stand
ing" yesterday denied he made the
remark
In the resolutions adopted by the union.
Dr. White In quoted as saying before
the Massachusetts Mental Hygiene As
ISOLATION that children OF poor parents
should not be given a class of education
above their station in life as a means
OF improving their social conditions and
that the child OF a bricklayer is one OF
such a class"
II was wrongly quoted and the infer
ences drawn from my speech were
wrong" DIR. White said. MY state
ment as to education referred to all
classes. II is absurd to say that would
deny the benefits of education to chill
dren of any class.
Speaking OF the new problems in vo-
Cational psychology. / pleaded for the
fitting of the educational process to in
dividuals. instead OF having a scheme to
which every one should be made to con-
form. The mental attributes OF certain
children are such that a higher educa-
ton would be of less benefit than train
ing along lines for which they are bet
ter fitted. The bricklayer's child to
which reference was made was an i'm
beetle, whom 1t was impossible to edu-
cate lin anything but the simpler
branches"
DIR. White declared he would make no
formal answer to the unions condemna-
ton Of him.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26
Chicago Com Market Shows
Signs Of Big Bull Campaign

Chicago Nov. 25.-Not in many years
has the corn market contained as many
bulls as at the present moment. The
present campaign was inaugurated by
the Riordsn-Phillips cOterie Of shippers
and as they have been particularly right
in their position and are now "on vel
vet" they continue to buy and add TO
their holdings. James Riordan. who
comes from the central part OF Illinois.
and who knows corn conditions as well
as any man in the country. has a large
following in his section. and this follow
ing is long on large quantities OF May
corn at Chicago. They assert that husk-
ing returns are disappointing and that
not only Is the yield smaller than
looked for. but that the quality OF the
corn is considerably below normal.
The consensus of opinion among the
Grain trade at Chicago Is that there are
too many bulls in corn: that some OF the
big longs will attempt to take profits;
that they soon will discover that the day
OF reckoning has arrived: that they Will
find that buyers instead Of absorbing
the corn readily. as has been the case
for some weeks. will fail to materialize
and that with heavy offerings and a
lack of support prices will decline.
The wheat market pivoted on the &C
ton OF corn during the week, and II
has ruled strong in consequence There
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26
ATTORNEY N. c. DOWNS
IS CLAIMED BY DEATH
Former Deputy Clerk of District
Supreme Court Succumbs at
Homeopathic Hospital.

y. Carroll Downs, attorney-at-law and
examiner in chancery of the Supreme
Court OF the District of Columbia. died
at Homeopathic Hospital yesterday morn
ing.
He was for many years associated
with the late Senator Louis f. McComas.
and was deputy clerk of the Supreme
Court OF the District of Columbia for
a number of years. During Harrison
campaign he was assistant secretary OF
the Republican National Committee. He
was a native of Maryland, but moved in
1851 to Washington. which place he
been his home since that time. He was
50 years old.
Mr.. Downs is survived by his widow.
who was formerly Miss Catharlne Hutchi-
son, of Virginia: one son. Gerald Downs,
OF Westfield. n. J.; two sisters. Mrs.
John r. Wright and Mrs. Burton A.
Thissel. and two brothers, Rev Howard
+. Downs. pastor OF Wesley Chapel NJ
+. Church, and r. $. Downs.
The funeral will take place tomorrow
morning at II o'clock from the residence
of his sister. Mrs. John r. Wright Ill4
o street northwest Interment will be
in Greenmount Cemetery. Baltimore.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26
WHERE IS THE WOMAN OF YESTERYEAR?

middle life may become and remain COM
paratively slim she must cultivate agility.
suppleness. and elasticity of motion.
Bending the body forward until the
hands touch the floor. one hundred times
each morning. will reduce the most ma
ture form. but II must be pursued re-
lentlessly. and supplemented by general
activity in the thousand and one things
a woman fLds at hand to do.
Do not believe for a moment that the
much-talked-of women OF today retain
their beauty into old age through some
magical intervention of fate, or some
srecial dispensstiOn OF the goddess
Venus. No, No, They work harder to
retain the youthful lines of the figure
than you or / would perhaps ever be
willing to: for in many instances IL is
their stock in trade! An American &C
tress OF much beauty and popularity. who
has been a grandmother for some years.
works like a Trojan during the summer
months to keep down the embonpoint. A
famous English beauty who has been be-
fore the public for a great many more
years than she wishes us to remember
faithfully carries out the above simple
exercise daily. and every now and then
goes into retirement for treatment. dur
ing which she casts of the years. as a
serpent does its skin. and issues forth.
perennially young. although past 80.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26

The splendidly developed. optimistic
woman reigns today Her activities are
so varied and her interests so multiple
that she bears the dew of youth in her
heart and 1t CLOVIS upon her cheeks and
shines In her eyes until she Is long past
middle life. Indeed, ] know some elderly
women who are as fresh looking as a
young girl.
The fashions Of the last few years have
done not little toward checking ma
turity of form, and most women have
fallen into line hguratiyely as well as
literally, for to her an old-fashioned
dowd is almost a crime. No matter how
much We may shrug our shoulders and
say we don't give a fig for the mode,
We know that We offend the eye and ap-
pear at a decided disadvantage in the
styles of yesteryear.
Fashion has brought about the youth
full figure. and long may IL reign. as
there Is nothing pleasing. artistic or
elegant in avoirdupois.
We cannot all possess a perfect figure,
but We can cultivate slimness. Per-
haps the most important thing In form
development for the middle-aged woman
Is a slender waist. Not the ridiculous
wasplike waist that was at one time
in vogue and which made one look like
an exaggerated hourglass. II. by Judicious
diet and exercise. the waist can be kept
normal. the rest is bound to follow.
When. however. a false waist line Is es-
tablished by tight corsets. or by the lines
Of a gown. all sense OF proportion, as
well as the object sought-a youthful
figure-is lost
II is an extremely difficult thing for
women who are inclined to be stout to
exercise. There seems to be something
as II were. and this may explain the
old matronly appearance OF so many
stout, young girls Now IL is really
very easy to keep ones figure trim. II
one can get rid of the letharGic habit
Youth is active and that woman in
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26
hoy '1tf%:
MESSENGER BOYS ORGANIZE.
Department of A Agriculture Employees
Form Social Club.

An athletic and social club is being or
ganized by the messenger boys OF the
Department Of Agriculture The object
of the organization is the common well
fare of its members-in education, ath-
letics, and sociability. All messenger
boys in any branch of the Department
of Agriculture are eligible for member
ship, provided they are OF good reputa-
ton.
At recent meeting held in the Chief
Clerks Office Fritz Schwertner. OF the
Office of Markets and Rural Organiza-
tion, was elected temporary chairman.
He appointed committee composed of
James NJ. Hill. John Macarthur, George
ii. Happ. c. W. Mccormick, and w.
r. Weldon TO draw up constitution.
The next meeting OF the club will be
held November % at As u. m In the
chief clerks Office. The proposed con-
stitution will be voted on and an ap-
propriate name will be adopted.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26

have been many conditions against tina
present price of wheat. but nothwith.
standing this fact the more daring bears
who have Put out short lines at variouS
times have been driven to cover and
made to suffer losses. The export sit
uation has changed somewhat. as there
has been a sprinkling Of wheat takings
to go out via the gulf and there has
been an improved demand for our spring
wheat and less doing in the Canadian
descriptions.
Speculation in wheat has dwtndled to
smaller proportions and is now mainly
between professionals
The bulk OF trade in oats Is in the way
Of changing between the December and
May future The strength that has been
seen in corn has attracted attention to
the fact that oats around the present
price seem reasonably cheap. The sea-
board is taking fair amounts OF oats
for shipment abroad
There has been a falling of in the pro-
vision market for the cash article this
week. because of the inadequate supply
Of fully cured meats. Foreign buyers
are absorbing the offerings as rapidly as
they are available and domestic buyers
Of the cash article are in a great many
instances taking the partly cured meats
in advance of good supplies OF the more
desirable kinds
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26

a better. more thoughtful girl. need
your example as a daughter to help me
To be better daughter. and whenever
grow cross at my little brothers and
sisters / check myself right short by
saying to myself. Sister Mary would not
approve of that You see, have adopted
You in the court OF love. and now that
the adoption papers have been made out
and regularly sealed with a kiss, l hope
you will let me go on thinking you are
my real sister and he patient when
write long letters like this
One woman wrote from Tennessee Ia
claim she had discovered l was her
long-lost daughter. stolen from her as a
child, and would 1 please come to her
arms at once? This almost made me
angry. AS II didn't belong to my own
dear mother, She couldn't have made
a suggestion that would make me feel
worse than that.
A boy OF twenty-one, not caring for a
sister having no desire for wife. and
too young to claim q daughter, wrote
me from Michigan that he wanted me
to be his mother. II sit up night after
night he wrote, weeping because I
have no mother. Won't you please send
the money for a railroad ticket that !
may come to New York and be your son
You can give me a good education and /
will take care of you when you are Old
was grateful that he asked me to be
a mother to him instead of attempting
TO prove that 1 was his mother.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26
CURB ON BRITISH PRESS.
Government Investigating Effect oi
Gree speech" on Diplomacy.

Special TO The Washington Herald.
London. Nov 1.-The British govern
ment has begun an investigation to see
how far the newspapers were respon-
sible for the defeat of English diplo-
macy in the Balkans. Announcement TO
this effect was made today by Sir John
Simon. the home secretary.
Sir John read an extract from the Rus
sian newspaper Ruskoe StOvo charging
that responsibility for the failure of An
glo-French and Russian diplomacy in
the Balkans rested with the daily Mail
and Times. Articles in these papers
were republished in Greek newspapers
without comment as proof that the Eng
lish acknowledged the shortcomings of
their military organization.
The government Is looking into this
natter declared the home secretary.
The extracts in the Russian papers
showed that the Mail and Times sys-
tematiCally blackened the military and
diplomatic measures OF the British gov
eminent and that the Germans naturally
took advantage OF this.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26
CONTINUED FROM PAGE SIX.

a shower bouquet of Brides roses and
lilies OF the valley. Her sister. Miss Marie
Chase. was her only attendant. and was
gowned in pink crepe de chine roses. Mr..
I-orin Brown of Baltimore. acted as best
man. After n small informal reception.
Mr. Welsh and his bride left for a we'd
ding trip. the latter wearing a gray taf-
feta frock and a long white coat and a
small white velvet hat. They will make
their home in Middleburg. Va.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Leonard Hoffman. who
spent Thanksgiving Day with their son.
Midshipman Hoffman. at Annapolis. will
go to New York for the Army and Navy
game.
The marriage Of Miss Maud Frothing-
ham, daughter OF Mrs. May b. F'rothing-
ham, of Laurel. and Mr.. John II. ROby.
OF Berwyn. took place yesterday after
noon at Dumbarton Avenue NJ. f. Church.
Rev. D. H. Martin. officiating. in the pres
ence of a small family party. The bride
wore her travelling frock OF dark blue
chiffon broadcloth trimmed with seal.
velvet hat. and a corsage bouquet
Of violets and lilies of the valley. Miss
Gay Clough was her only attendant. and
wore a dark blue suit and pink sweet
man. Mr. Roby and his bride left i'm
mediately after the ceremony for
Northern wedding trip. They will reside
in Laurel on their return.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harlow will en-
terrain at a luncheon followed by dane
ing this afternoon in honor Of Miss Alex
andra Ewing and Mr. Newbold Moves
whose marriage will take place tomor-
row at st. Johns Church.
In the evening Mr.. and Mrs. Ewing will
I've hosts at dinner for their daughter and
Mr.. Noyes and the bridal party. which
includes Miss Ellen Cox Ewing. sister OF
Miss Ewing. as her maid of honor. and
three bridesmaids, Miss Frances New
bold Noyes. sister of the bridegroom:
Miss Eva Smith Stewart. OF Plainfield.
y. J., a cousin OF Miss Ewing and n
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Percy II. Stew
art. and Miss Ruth Anna johnson,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs Alba johnson.
OF Rosemont, Pa. Mr.. EdEecomb Lee
Jones. Of WASH ton. will be best man
for Mr.. hopes. and the ushers will be
Mr.. Thomas Ewing. jr.. OF Washington;
Mr.. Charles Cushing. of Simsburg. Conn:
Mr.. Rufus King. Mr.. Stuart Dodge and
MIR. Percival Dodge. all of New York;
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26
Willard Again Heads B. & o.

Daniel Willard has been reelected pres
ident of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
for his seventh consecutive term. Oscar
G. Murray was reelected chairman Of
the board of directors. Other executive
officers of the company also reelected
were: George F. Randolph. first vice
president; George NJ. Shriver. second vice
president; A. W. Thompson. third vice
president; ]. V. McNeal. fourth vice pres
ident and treasurer; Gusts w woolford,
secretary, and Hugh L. Bond, jr., general
counsel.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26
Cars Cut Off Foot.

The left foot OF George Kecfer. -. OF
Baltimore. Nd. was cut OF Wednesday
between two freight cars at the Gies-
bOro Point plant of the Washington
Steel and Ordnance Company. Keefer
was coupling the cars and his foot.
above the ankle. caught between ths
pins. He was taken to Providence Hos
pital.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26

II HAVE only one brother and one sis
ter so II is not probable that
shall ever know the number oil
nieces and nephews and "in-iaws
of all kinds that girls OF larger
| families have. Perhaps that is one reason
we love each other so much. There are
so few of us we have to love more to
get the effect of large family.
A lot of people claim to be my brothers
and sisters. One girl even appeared al
the studio with the claim that she was
my sister, and told the story OF her
, childhood In such a vivid manner
friend of ours really believed her. She
said she was not pretty when she was a
baby. and because she was not pretty
mamma would not keep her, but gave
her away.
I thought that was very funny. for
every baby is pretty to its mother. and II
there should be a woman so unnaturally
cIear-eyed that she could see her baby
was not pretty she would never give II
AWAY being entirely satisfied that IL
would develop into a famous beauty later.
l tried to find this girl to ask why she
made such a claim as that, but couldn't.
She had disappeared.
Startling Proposition.
One day | received a letter from man
in prison out West. Il am in prison and
writing this by candIe-light," he wrote;
please send me money and take me out
of here" The letter was signed, Your
devoted husband, Billy"
Fancy my sensation when reading to
find a husband thrust on me like that,
and in prison. too, ! paid no attention
to his claim further than to regret that
any man with enough intelligence to
read and write had been so extremely
foolish.
One boy in the South sent me a draw
ing of what he called our family tree
to prove that he and l were first cousins.
and l was amused that any one could
draw such a good tree should use his
talent for that purpose. l am quite sure
he was honest; his letter had a ring of
genuineness to 1t; but 1 submitted the
tree to all OF my uncles and aunts and
they said not one of them was repre-
scented by its numerous branches.
These claims OF kinship are compli-
mentary in a way. No one would claim
to be a relative II Re or she were not
proud of me. and 81 a great big sense
we are all relats>9 So when the claim is
made without selfish motives I am not
at all displeased. / am more than pleased
with the letters from little girls who
claim kinship solely becausesthey love
me.
A Novel Proposition.
Adopted in the court of love" one
young girl put il. You are my sister
because I need you. and I need you in
this way: Isneed some one to love who
will understand when 1 sit down and
write letters like this. I need some one
like you to initiate that may grow into
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26
Answer to Query,

Housekeeper: The following is a useful
antiseptic for tooth powder: Precipitated
chalk. Is ounces: powdered white CASTLE
soap. ounce; powdered borax. drains;
thymol. % grains: menthol. 20 grains:
eucalyptol. 20 grains; oil of wintergreen.
% mnims.
AS you have a large family. YOU will
not find this amount excessive. although
YOU can have half the quantity put up.
Seven: There is a preparation on the
market for removing the upper layer Of
the skin. Send a self-addressed stamped
envelope for further information.
lCorHright- relSl
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26
Hangs Himself in Cell.

Bath. n. Y. Nov. 25.-SyIvester Fenton.
awaiting trial for wife murder committed
suicide in his cell in the Steuben County
jail by hanging. Fenton secured a wire
from broom handle, fastened II to a
SOCK which he placed around a steam
pipe. and then wound the rest OF the
wire around his neck, making a crnda
moose
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26
Powder Houses for Allies Blown u

East Alton. H.. Nov. 2S.-TwO wheel
houses at the plant OF the Equitable Pow
der Company here exploded this after
noon. The houses were wrecked, but no
one was injured. The plant is making
powder for the allies. The cause Of the
blast Is not known.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26

One of the recent heroes of the wal
was a poodle which, during a Paris fire
caused by a German bomb. dashed into
the tenement house and brought bach
in his mouth a doll. which was welcoI
with glad cries by the little French
mother"
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

X. J. II. st. Paul, Mimi: think your
daughter is right. She should be given
a chance, with her parents approval. TO
learn how to dance. You say she has
been a bookkeeper in a wholesale house
for four years. and is greatly esteemed
by her employers Doesn't this prove
she will show discretion in accepting in
vitations from dance partners?
I am glad Mabel R.. of Vancouver. has
all girls who put medicines in their eyes
to make them bright. Blindness threat
ems all who do anything so foolish
Health. a happy disposition and an in
terest in others are the greatest of all
eye brighteners.
Business Girl" York. Pa: It is true
some one has decreed that letters of
friendship should not be written on the
typewriter. but It must have been some
one less busy that yourself. II you
haven't time to write letters any other
way, use the typewriter. I know I am
pleased to receive that kind from you.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26
OBITUARY.

Funeral services of Mrs. Anna H. At
wood will be held at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Lee Stuberfield. 1855
Massachusetts avenue northwest, this
morning at 1880 O'Clock.
Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine
Brown, will be held in her home, 1909
Fourth street southeast this afternoon
at . o'clock. Interment will be in Eros
pect Hill Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. William
Carter will be held in ST. Martin s
Church this morning at o'clock
Funeral services for Mrs. Richard
Donovan will be held at her home, 5JO1
Fifth street northwest. this morning at
$50 O'Clock. Interment will he in Mt.
Olivet Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bridget Fee
ney will be held at her home, 1885 c
street. this morning at $50 o'clock.
Requiem mass will follow in Holy Name
Church.
Funeral services for Lewis johnson
will be held at his home Ill Bowen Road,
this afternoon at O'Clock
Funeral services Tor William II. Arnold
will be held at his home. 2O6 Ninth street
southeast. this afternoon at o'clock
Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Davis,
widow of Joseph G. Davis. will be held
this morning at o'clock in st. Joseph's
Church.
Funeral services for Mrs John Need
ham will be held this morning at II
q clock at the home of her sister, Mrs.
+. Cary, 1905 Stratford avenue, Melrose,
Pa. Interment will be private.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26
THE RELATIVES | DO NOT HAVE.

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OF
location Of
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The Washington herald., 1915-11-26

HAVE only one brother and one sis
ter. so II is not probable that
shall ever know the number OF
nieces and nephews and ''in-laws
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26

Funeral services for Lewis Johnson
will be held at his home Ill Bowen Road
this afternoon at O'Clock
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26

Funeral services Tor William II. Arnold
VIII be held a his home. 2O6 Ninth street
southeast. this afternoon at ; o'clock
Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26

Funeral services for Mrs Lena Davis,
widow of Joseph G. Davis. will be held
this morning at 9 o'clock in St Joseph's
Church.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26

Mrs. W. II. Flournoy and Miss 4. G.
Gordon. of Washington. are attending
the opera in New York City and are
stopping at the WOlcott Hotel
The Washington herald., 1915-11-26
A Novel Proposition.

Adopted in the court of love" one
young girl put it. You are my sister
because I need you, and l need you in
this way: Isneed some one to love who
will understand when 1 sit down and
write letters like this. need some one
like you to initiate that may grow into
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SEVEN TROUGHS co.
WILL PAY DIVIDEND
COMPANY ENERGIES FROM DARK
OUTLOOK TO BRIGHT
PROMISE

Showing assets of $125, 63779, of
which $S063779 is cash in the bank,
and stating that a dividend will be
declared by the directors on the sec
ond Monday in February the Seven
Troughs Coalition Mining company
operating in the camp of Seven
Troughs, has issued a report for the
last quarter of 1914 that shows its
affairs to be in splendid condition
This company has had checkered
career and until about is months ago
hut little hope was held that the
mine would ever again be put on a
proft-paying basis. A fault at the
depth of 1000 feet had thrown the
rich vein from its course and per
sistent and intelligent development
work failed to disclose it, l.. A.
Friedman, president and manager of
The company, did not give up, though,
and it is due 10 his sustained faith
and determined efforts that the fault
ed vein finally was located through
the use of core drills. The ore shoot
since has been proven for 1855 feet
below the 1000 level.