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The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1915-12-16

corne.. The girl was poorly dressed
but the sweetness of her smile capti-
waited the man at the desk And in
the next picture he heard the man
asking the girl to become his wife. A
hillside flooded with moonlight he be-
held next-the picture of an evening
from out their honeymoon, with them
sitting on that hillside in the
shadow Of the tall, dark, sweet-smell-
ing pines that loomed up as a back
ground. Here there were no more
visions for time, while the man sat
staring dry-eyed into the fire.
The scene of the next picture was
laid in the sitting room. She was in
a low rocker by the window, sewing
on something soft and white. Every
once In while she looked out of the
window. Through the window he saw
an auto stop in front of the house. and
the man who got out and entered the
house was himself. She heard his
step and sat with her hands loosely
crossed on the sewing as he entered
the room and stepping behind the
rocker. put his two hands over her
to hers and kissed him on both cheeks
and then on the forehead and eyes
and mouth. At this. Harlan buried
his head on his arm, while a dry sob
shook his throat.
"Oh, Nadine, Nadine, why did you
leave mel" he sobbed. He turned from
the flaming Goals and his eye fell
upon a Christmas tree all decked with
shining ornaments. 1t was a real tree.
He knew it was there for the child;
and was annoyed at the thought Of
the cause OF her death. He lit his pipe
and leaned back for a smoke. But
through the blue smoke haze the tree
became an airy phantom dream-tree.
A ladder leaned up against 1T and at
the top OF the ladder, high up, and
half hidden by the pungent green
boughs, stood a golden-haired woman.
And he was standing beneath the tree,
steadying the ladder with both hands.
She was putting the last touches to
the tree.
She held shining bright tinsel in
her hand; and God, what was this she
was saying!
Look, sweetheart, how bright the
star is! All, dear, next Christmas the
baby will be six months old, just old
enough to notice things; and I'm sure
he will notice this star; now won't
he? Don't you think so, dear?
"Come down, Nadine, come down;
I am afraid you will fall" he heard
himself cry, and then as she laughing.
ly descended the ladder, he clasped
her in his arms before she reached
the bottom and kissed her again and
again.
You big story teller" she laughing.
ly reproved him, you weren't a bit
afraid I'd fall; you just wanted to hug
mel"
What IL I did? Now what are you
going to do about it?" he was demand.
ing-when the girl faded, and that
dream picture of himself in other days
vanished and nothing was left but the
Christmas tree.
Harlan pulled his chair away from
the fire and over to the window, and,
sinking back into BITS depths, he
watched the glimmeH of the windows
in the houses acrosb the street and
their soft shine on lhe pavement.
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Mary. sarah. John. Nathaniel. JerG15ah.
Joshua and Caleb. Two othsrs- Rsesssa
and Jacob-were born h tbs country.
william Beaie. .whoss relaticnshlh u
there be any. with the otlser pioneer Of
the name Is not known, vas born in
fsss According to San unverined state
ment he came from England In the ship
Fortune n isa As early ss 1ss2 he was
q resident Of Marblehead. Mas. and it
Is known that he was . prominent citf-
zen of this town. He owned land In
Dunstab.e as well a. In Marblehead and
he Is described in the records as Q hug
bandman." no.
Williams first wife vas Martha Brad
street, of Ipswich. Mass. whom he mar
ried when he was twenty-five years old.
She died after twenty-five years Of mar
ried life and a year after her death her
husband married Elizabeth Jackson After
seven years she died and Williams third
wife. who he married the year OF his
second wife's death. was a widow, Mary
Hart. The children Of william Beal arc
as follows:
Samuel, born in 1854: Martha, James.
william, John. Moses. who died young:
a second Moses. Bridget. who died at
seventeen; Aaron. George. who died
young: Ebenezer. Anna. who died young
Elizabeth. and Thomas. q mariner.
The coat of arms Of the Beal family II
described: Sable. a chevron between three
wolves heads erased or. As many cfn-
quefoiis Of the field. The crest is demf
wolf rampant. holding q spearhead tas-
seled In pale proper.
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cient beau. like St. Anthony. is torn
between two temptations. Finally he
invites the whole school to a tea party
in the garden which may be seen
through the open school room door.
Selling this opportunity to exert her
authority. Mile. Pince-Nez orders
Emile to stay In after school
The party gone. Emile falls asleep
at her bench. The stage grows dark
and then the spotlight centers- the
portrait of Pierrot. Suddenly the por-
trait comes to life. like Pygmalion's
Galatea. The resurrected Pierrot
awakens the sleeping Emile and tells
her that the kiss she blew at his pic
ture gave him a heart and brought
the life blood to his veins. Pierrot and
Emile dance with all the abandon of
medieval merrymakers and are busy
with this frolicsome business when
the school maidens. the teacher and
NJ. 10 Cure return. Fierrot vanishes
like the rainbow. Emile wakes and
discovers that she has been dreaming.
Pavlowa Is Emile.
Pavlowa dances the part of Emile
and members of Pavlowa's ballet Russo
dance the other parts.
The light music Of Chaminade. Theo-
dore Lack and other writer's of fan
tastes is played by the orchestra
The whole production Is
n dainty sequence of dances. panto-
mime. school girl giggles and Incl
dental ebulliencies.
Nine. Pavlowa next year is to pre-
sent THE Man in the Moon" a more
play from Mrs, Hemmick's
pen and probably will later dance in
several other productions of the
writer and artist
The scenery. lighting and costumes
for 'L'Ecole en- Crinoline" is being ar
ranged under the direction Of Mrs.
Hemmick.
The Washington Grand Opera Com
nittee is planning to procure extended
opera seasons for Washington. and a
arge guarantee fund is expected to be
raised.
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NJ FRANcEs CowLEs.
Copyright, Isis.,

Copyright. ci5)
The FIRST Of the name. however, in
the new world was william. May
flower Pilgrim. who died the ffrst
winter, but he left sons. PereErinc
and Resolved. whose descendants
may. of course. claim much coveted
membership with the Mayhower So
ciety. Pevegrine was the first white
child born in New England. and his
cradle Is one of the treasured relies
of Pilgrim Hall. Plymouth. as well
as the "Breeches Bible" which his
father brought with him to this
country, and In which the birth Of
Peregrine Is recorded.
On the ny-leaves Of the Bible are
rude pictures. drawn by some MEM
Der of the Maynower party; one rep
resents an Indian with drawn bow.
with the legend Were greeted thus
when we came In on shore"
One of the founders of Hartford.
Conn. was Elder John White. VINO
came from Essex County. England. He
was a man of affairs. and held many
important Offices. II Is interesting to
note that his posterity number 5.o7i. to
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
OFFICIALS WILL SPEAK
TO DEMOCRATIC WOMEN
Prominent Delegates Are 10 Attend
Meeting Here Next Month-Mrs.
Cullop Returns from Honolulu.

Officiais prominent in public life
will address the fourth annual convcn-
tton of the Woman's National Demo-
cratic League. to be held at the New
willard on January and s.
Mrs. e. NJ. House. OF Texas. wife of
Col. House, close friend OF President
Wilson. will be among the delegates.
Mrs. House is q director Of the organi-
zation. Among some OF the other prom
inent delegates will be Mrs. Edmund.
Of Princeton. N. j.; Mrs. Stanton, sister
of Senator O'Gorman. of New York
Mrs. Rob Law. prominent club woman
and social leader: Mrs. Hodges. wife Of
the Secretary Of State Of Arkansas:
Mrs. Sphinx. president of the woman's
Democratic Club. of Colorado. and DR..
Julia Holmes Smith. of Maine. promi-
nent writer and club woman.
Mrs. William A. Cullop. OF Indiana.
president of the league. has just re-
turned from a trip to San Francisco.
Honolulu. and other places. where she
spoke III the interest Of the league.
AIRS. Cullop is stopping at Congress
Hall Hotel.
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Women Aid Georgetown Hospital.

An auction and five hundred card party
for the benefit of Georgetown University
Hospital was held yesterday at the Ra-
leigh by the ladies' board Of the institu-
ton. Patronesses were Mrs. Ashley NJ
Gould. Mrs. Milton E. Allies, Mrs. J.
Harry Covington, Mrs. Alexander Null
lowny. Mrs. Jules Demonet. Mrs Will
fred NJ. Barton. Mrs. Joseph Strasburger
Mrs. d. ]. Gala han. Mrs. Francis Dick.
ems and Mrs. Charles A. Chase. The
officers Of the board are: Mrs Isaac
Cans. president: Miss Mary f. Keliher
secretary; Mrs. Wilfred Barton. CORE
spending secretary, and Mra Joseph
treasurer.
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THE BYZANTINE L0GoTHErE.
Roosevelt Gives CIew to What HI.
Called the President.

Dictionaries and encyclopedias have
very little to say about Byzantine Logo
thetes. says the New York Herald. They
content themselves by saying that logo
thete II lone who accounts. calculates
or ratiocinates." or that he was "a
keeper OF the SEALS" or that he put In
order the dispatches of the emperor"
As none of those descriptions seemed
to 1t President Wilspn in any way. Mr.
Roosevelt himself was appealed to by a
Herald reporter ito explain exactly what
he meant by comparing the President to
Byzantine logothete. Mr.. Roosevelt
knew. He had looked up Byzantine logo
thetes and knew all about them He
also knew all about Byzantium. OF the
latter the Encyclopaedia Britannica
says: -
'The ancient historians invariably note
the pronigacy Of the inhabitants Of
Byzantium. They are described as an
idle, depraved people, spending their time
for the most part in lettering about the
harbor or carousing over the fine wine Of
Maronea- In war they trembled at the
sound Of a trumpet In peace they quaked
before the shouting of their own dema-
gogues; and during the assault Of Philip
II. they could only be prevailed on to
man tho walls by the SAVIOR Of extempore
cook shops distributed along the RAM
parta''
Mr. Roosevelt smiled at that descrip-
ton and said:
The Byzantine logothetes were law
yers and orators, who believed In the
efncacy Of words and could not be per-
suaded to draw the sword"
80 you think Mr.. Wilson is-"
Look In Bury's History Of the Later
Roman Empire or Hodgkin's Italy and
Her Invaders for the logothetes Of Jus
tinian." said Mr.. Roosevelt. You can
Ind all about them In those books
30 those books were consulted and
everything they had to say about Byxan-
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Capital Society Leader Is Au-
thor of 'LEcele en- Crino-
line," Pantomimic Fantasy,
in Which Famed Russian
Dancer Will Be Seen Here.

'L'Ecole en- CrinoIine." a new kind
of play. is to be presented to WASH
ington on Saturday afternoon. Decem-
ber Is. by Nine. Pavlowa. the Russian
dancer. The play. which contains no
spoken word and all the action in
which is confined to dancing and pam
tomime. Is the work OF Mrs. Chris
tian Dominique Hemmick. a society
woman of Washington. Philadelphia
and New York.
Mime. PavIowa is coming TO WASH
ington as the result OF the efforts of
the Washington Grand Opera commit
tee. headed by Charles J. Bell. This
committee has subscribed a guaran-
tee fund of $4,000 to insure the visit
Of Psvlowa. The famous Russian
dancer will share a three day run
with the Boston Grand Opera Com
pany.
The production of "LEcole en- Chin
oline" in Washington comes about as
the result of a conversation between
Mrs. Hemmick and Nine. Pavlowa n
q dinner In Philadelphia. some weeks
ago. Mrs. Hemmick outlined to Paw
Iowa her play whereupon the Russian
asked permission to present it. Her
manager. Max RabinoT. opened ne
gotiations with Washington business
men which resulted in The raising OF
the guarantee fund which brings TO
the Capital both Pavlo&a and the Bos-
rhymic motion and pantomimc.
Scene of 1880.
Mrs. Hemmick's play is entirely
apart from anything ever shown in
before. The plot Spells
out no problem. seeks to impart no
lesson: it seeks merely to entertain.
The school in crinoline is made up
OF ten chic maidens. dressed in the
costumes of 1880 and Mile Pince- Nes,
the prim school teacher. For twenty
five minutes they dance through the
single act which constitutes the per-
formance. telling their whole story IN
rhymic motion and pantomine.
The entire setting is in black and
white with the exception of two or
three turquoise blue birds of rare
plumage which sit in suspended basket
cages. The walls of the school room
are decorated in black and white por-
traits of Pierrot. Pierrette. Harlequin,
Puck and the other sprightly, fairy
ike beings OF that race.
When the curtain rises the ten lit.
tie maids in crinoline gowns with
hoop skirts are doing their A B C's,
to light music. Mile Pince-
Sez. the schoolma'am, directs them.
Emile. one Of the maids. is fretful
lnder the school discipline, playful |
Ind not sufficiently intent upon her |
essons to win the appreciation of her |
eacher. She blows a kiss at the Dor
rait of Pierrot
In the midst Of things NJ lie Cure.
iressed in sober black with white 1
tockings and buckled shoes visits the
'chool. Mile. Pince-Nez, as many
chooima ans have before. tries hard
o win the attention Of the reverend
>ure. But the meddlesome Emile 4,
attractive and the an
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tine logothetes was read and noted, bu,
why they should have reminded Mr..
Roosevelt Of Mr.. Wilson or why Mr..
Wilson should have reminded Mr.. Rose
Welt OF them is still a mystery. Bury's
book says:
Alexander. the first. logothete, who
was cslled Scissors from his practice
Of clipping gold coins. alienat ted the minds
Of the Italians from Justinian Augustus
and none Of the soldiers was willing to
undergo the hazard of war, but they ad-
vanced the cause of the enemy by in
territorial laziness."
Again Bury says:
Theodotus. whose cruelty and rapacity
covered him with an odium and obloouy
and who had ben the abbot of
monastery, was general logothete, an
omcer corresponding to the former Count
of Sacred Larsesses. sss He was
cruel to his victims. we are told, and
used to hang, them up by ropes and
scorch their bodies with a straw fire
Lit beneath them"
Certainly Mr.. Wilson never did any1
thing like that
Bury also says that one logothete,
named Constantine Podopagurus, was be-
headed In August, 765 A. d.
nomas Hodge. In his work, "ItaIy
and Her Invaders" says:
Justinian appears to have created n
special class Of oflicers who bore the
name Of logothetes and whose functions
cosrespond to those which with us are
exercised by an auditor or controller.
Both justice and expediency, how
ever. were disregarded by the freshly
appointed logothetes. and especially by
the chief Of the new department, Alex
ander. known as The Scissors.'"
Further on he says that "the loRothete
was the natural enemy of the soldier."
and tells how he carried dead soldiers
On the pay rolls Of the army and pock-
sted the money.
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.
Just and scisntifc hasia, sbolishins -
unjust and oppressive .1olam oe taxa-
ton. "a
Third. thst the drsstse ~ cemp,ses n.
organization and reforsnatiou ef Tie DIS
trfct Assessors Once b urged a. an In
diepensabie prsliusinasy 10 TIE inst and
equal assessment Of the objects of taxa-
ton to be detsPminod upon.
Land-ewneru' 'DsHeat frsa ths FsA-
eral sahsaAy.
The following table shows TIA FEDERAL
Appropriations under the .'half-and-
half" act; the taxes levied ON land val
ues: the amount Of the ''half-and-halr
land-holders over and above the band
There are certain marked increases IN
taxation following on the yesrs OF
the triennial assessments, 1806. 1881. 19eo
1884. lsos 1soe. 49, 1872 and ls15. The
relatively large increases came In Pc
RODS following Conversational investiga-
tions or legislation. notably the Tom L.
Johnson investigation Of 1sse. the aSita-
tion resultingsin the reform law Of 1S0e.
and the Investigation conducted by Rep
Henry George. jr.. and sub
committee. appointed by Chairman Ben
Johnson OF the House District Commit.
tee IN 1872. Had It not been for this
latter Investigation. 1t ID the opinion Of
the writer that the 1sl4slS assessment
would have shown no increase In land
values over 19l1-12. a. It coveredAa Pc
Rod Of notable depression In real es-
tate business and Of shrinkaSe In specu-
ative values. An interesting exhibit In
this respect Ii the actual shrlnkaSe Of
~. 20. .us in land value assessments from
Lss4 to 1902. under the complainant con-
trol Of Assessor Trimble.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
Lang Chosen by Cushing Camp.

William B. Cushing Camp. No. 80. SOM
officers: e. Albert Lang, commander:
@. Sidney Hill. senior vice commander:
J. Clinton Hiatt. junior vice commander;
Wilfred e. Garlick. secretary; william
r. Wolfe. treasurer: camp council. Charles
c. Jones. Herbert ". Rutiedge and Omar
J. veley: representative on the Depart
ment Of the Potomac. Grand Army Of
the Republic. relief committee. Cur.
non r. Scott: representative on the
board for Temporary Home for Soldiers
and Sailors. Maj. Frederick 9. Hodgson:
delegates to the convention Of the death
Of the board Of managers Of the Cush-
ing Camp Sons of Veterans' Drum
Corps. James 8. Jones and J. L. Kline.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
Beer Tax Will Be Urged.

A tax Of 80 cents per barrel on all beer
= proposed in a bill to be introduced In
the House this week by Representative
T. Raipey, Of Illinois. who said yesterday
such sflaw would yield $53Oo 900 q year
in additional revenue. Representative
Rainey said that later In the session he
will urge repeal of the Outage laws
with a view to raising revenue amount
ing to more than $5.0o0.O0O He will press
LEGISLATION. he said. for a tax on cigaPs
tobacco. and 'nufr p net 'ieooooo in
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
Harpist Will Entertain the Blind.

Mrs. Edythe Marmion Brosius. harp
ist. will present the following program
for the blind at the Library OF Congress
on Tuesday evening at Sis o'clock in
pavilion :: "Priere." .Hasselmans: Ma
zurka." Schucker; "Chanson de Pc
cheur." label; "Minue,." Hasselmans;
"Marionettes." Tedeschi: Arabesque."
Debussy; "Berceuse." Hasselmans:
"Menuet." Massenet: Am Springbrun-
men," label. and Song of the Volsa
Boatmen." Cady.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
ACssssr 4 A.eestsrs.
The WHITE FAMILY.

I'sisniai Record 81 the wAit@s-TAs
ysteveSs Family 81 GsiIferd Rep
rres-sts NehIe we.sn Li.e New
Extis<t In EsGls.fs -senethi.g
Assst the Deal Family.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
MICHIGAN SOCIETY ELECTS.
Representative Kelley Chosen Head
Of State OrKanisation.

OF state Organization.
The annual business meeting Of the
Michigan State Association was held Fri
day evening at the Queen Cafe and the
following officers elected: President, Rep
resentative p. H.. Kelley, Of the Sixth
district of Michigan; vice president. Rep
resentative ]. NJ. e. Smith. Of the Third
district; secretary, c. o. Markham. and
treasurer, Joseph A. Fenton.
Memorials and resc,,,tions of respect
were adopted for the ate Julius c. Bur
rows, former United States Senator: K.
B. Moore. former Commissioner OF Pat
ents: James H. Tibbctts. and DR.. Thomas
w. Burke. all members who died during
the year.
zebina Moses presented the associa-
ton with his collection Of press clip
pings. programs, etc. telling In part the
story Of each annual banquet from 1867
to 1915. covering q period Of ifty-three
years.
It was tentatively agreed that the an
nual banquet for lslS should be held At
January S.
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DEFENSE CONTEST ANNOUNCED.
Security League ORers $3.50 for Best
Preparedness Essay.

Secority Lee8ue Omers <&SV for DesS
Preparedness Essay.
National Security as 1t Involves the
Preparation and Use Of the Citizenry."
II you feel that you know anything
about this subject put It on paper and
send 1t to the National Security League.
Inc. 81 Pine street. New York City. be-
fore February 1 and you may win $50.
The details Of this essay contest were
announced yesterday by the New York
ONCE Of the league as follows: Open to
all; not less than 1000 nor more than
5000 words; send three typewriter or
printed copies to the New York office.
marked militia essay" sign the essay
with a fictitious name, but accompany
II with the real name and address In Q
sealed envelope: the prise shall be award
ed by the executive committee Of the
league; the essays submitted shall be
the property Of ~ league to publiah. II
20 desired
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
LAWYER FINED AND DEBARRED.
J1veaile Court Imposes Sentence on
Attorney i. Q. II. Award.

Attorney i. Q. H. Alward.
Attorney ]. Q. H. Award. a loca0attor-
ney. was fined so and suspended from
practicins In the Juvenile Court inden-
nitely yesterday by Judge ]. Wilmer
Latimer for contempt of court.
Alward Is alleged to have advised a
client to leave the District in order to be
out OF the Jurisdiction Of the court in a
case which was heard about a year ago.
When charged by the Juvenile Court
with contempt. Attorney Award ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court Of the Dis
trict and later carried the case to the
District Court Of Appeals. Tho Court of
Appeals sustained the findings Of the
lower court. and the case yesterday was
returned to the Juvenile Court. where the
sentence was imposed.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12

Grade-crossing accidents cost 1os lives
in Pennsylvania In the fiscal year ending
July L
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
Saw Ho Dum-dun Wounds in Russia

DR.. Arthur zinkham. lieutenant colonel
in the medical CORPS Of the Russian army.
was the principal speaker at Q supper
Isand Club. He said that in the year
he was In Russia he did not see q sim
sia UsnnA AaAs ~ . dnm-duu buiIet.
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a2s.ss 49, s.. .ls2.Nl s74. 70.
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First, that the. half and half con-
trfbutfon OF the Federal government
shall Immediately and fully cease.
Second, thst the whole system Of taxa
tjon In the District b rsoesaalseA a \
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IN commenting on this President
Wilson Ii reported as saying:
"Dr. McKeiway excited me, because
te put my nose on a fresh trail, aud
he. kind of a trail that I always
viii follow with zest"
Osfy Of Congress Toward District.
Tie obligations. of Congress. in the ex-
rcise' OF It's constitutional duties toward
he District. are first and foremost to
he country. Congress must be Just to
he Taxpayers at large before II can
e senerops to the District as q sub
rdinate institution.
e well governed. to be orderly. to fitly
epresent in its dignity and beauty the
Seals and aspirations Of the. American
eople- Such expressions Of dignity and
eauty are to be given not alone In spaci-
~ streets and avenues. in green parks
nd stately public buildings, in statues
nd fountains, In adequate sewers and
rater~ supply, but In 20 ordering its af-
airs that fine streets shall be lined with
ne residences and business houses, and
hat the advantages Of the National Cap
al shaN be common to all alike.
The Federal Government pays In
ervants well It is not benttinR that
hey should be always forced into an At
tude Of nnendicancy. Washington re-
elves the most liberal treatment through
be ordinary disbursements Of Congress
nd the DEPARTMENT.. Yet the great ben
nfA which. should make the people oil
be District the happiest and most pros
erous community in the world, are ab-
eroed by comparatively small num-
er OF favored holders Of undertaxed
fisflese Large sections Of the District
~ worth lsss, today than forty years.
30, Other seetions have 30 Increased |
. lind ysauel<that fortunes have grown
2 though thef ouners had rubbed Alad- 1
ms lamp. Yet hiding behind the small
ome owners. the renters and oovGn-t