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The Washington herald., 1915-10-17

ASTERN socierys tempest in
II teapot which comes after every
summer as inevitably as does
eastern society's battle for social
dominance in the winter is boiling mer-
rily.
Mrs. James SpeyeT has the honor of
lighting the fire under this years tea
pot. Now. it must be remembered that
Mrs. Jimmie Speyer is a perfectly sweet
and lovely matron of years of ripe dis
cretion.
Not for anything in the world would
she harm any one. OF all the leaders
of eastern society she has a disposition
which is the calmest. the most equable
and the most charitable. She would far
rather give $4,000, or say $50 900 to
a college, a hospital or some other wor-
thy institution. than say a word which
would hurt her dearest enemy's feel
lngs.
When she lit the fire that started this
years teapot tempest boiling she was as
lnnocens as a baby about It, Said she:
81 cannot see for the life of me why
II is that certain women cover up their
gray hair with henna mixtures. when
silvery tresses are so much prettier,"
There it was all in a few words. 1t
wasn't criticism. for Mrs. Jimmie Speyer
never criticizes anyone. She didn't make
the remark apropos of anything at all
She simply uttered it in all innocence.
She has strong support in Mrs. Tessie
Oelrichs. who is perfectly willing to let
her silvery hairs appear among her inky
puffs in ever increasing numbers. Mrs.
August Belmont has a head of the most
beautiful silver hair to be found in the
east. She is proud of it. enormously
proud. and nothing delights her more
than to be complimented on it. Mrs. W.
X Vanderbilt is another of the exclusive
, colony who is quite willing to 60 about
with silvery tresses and to make no at
tempt to hide them.
But Mrs. Burke Roche. Mrs. Ogden
The Washington herald., 1915-10-17
Ever happy still, take the good or

- Ever happy still, take the good or
i'll
Merrly,
Should fate bring us happiness too
late!"
But the thought that fate might bring
her happiness too late never occurred to
Pearl Palmer. Fate had brought her
the great chance. and she was satisfied.
The satisfaction overshadowed every
thing else and wiped out memory though
it shone round ambition like halo.
But the happiness came too late. 1t
came after Herbert HaeCkler, who had
worked with her and for her from the
time she first saw the inside Of book
ing Office loved her so much that he sac
rifced all possibility of success and hap
piness to come and her life and his life
rather than see Indifference in her eyes.
Pearl Palmer was never destined to
sing in princess Pat" Week after
week she rehearsed her part. waiting.
while Love and Ambition waged their
conflict. And on the eve Of realization
came tragedy.
4 TGUSTA FOSTER lived with her
~ family out on E. 18th St, New
York. three years ago. Her mother
had been an actress, and so she was pre-
The Washington herald., 1915-10-17
AGAINST GRAYHAIR
Mrs. O. O.H.P. Belmont.
Mrs. Ogden Mills.
Mrs. Burke Roche.

who wrote a voluminous book on hair
and considered the possibility of its sud-
denly turning gray proved fact How rich
history is in supposititious instances of
such sudden capillary Transformation Is
evidenced by the numerous cases ad-
duced by Eble and mentioned by Stieda
among these, in addition to the we'll
known Marie Antoinette and Henry w,
of France, is that Of Sir Thomas More,
the famous Englishman, whose hair is
reported to have turned gray in sin
gle night after he had been told that he
was condemned to death. Similarly,
history tells that like mishap befall
Emperor Louis, the Bavarian, because
his conscience smote him so severely
after he had passed sentence of death
on his wife.
Eble also mentions the following cases:
Andreas Libav knew a woman who fell
into a den Of wolves In 1t were fox
and a wolf. When rescued. after a night
in the den. the woman,s hair had turned
completely gray.
Thomas Campanella saw a monk in
Rome, called Ubipartus, who was elected
bishop Of Ratzeburg. but whose election
was not confirmed by the pope on ac-
count of his youth. He at once travelled
to Rome, hoping to obtain the confrma-
ton, but 1t was refused him. This caused
the monk to turn SO gray in single
night that the pope on. the following
day. failed to recognize him.
Hadrian Junius tells the story of a
spanish monk called Didacus, who was
Condemned to death because he broke his
monastic vows. He grew gray 20 sudden
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pared for the stage. Her really remark.
able voice was trained from the time she
was tiny girl; even her stage name
Pearl Palmer-had been carefully select,
ed. Theoretically she was already a
stage favorite when she went to a book
ing agency for job.
The manager of the agency tried her
voice, and engaged her for small part
in musical stock company.
She met Herbert Haeckler in the book
ing office. She knew later that he was
the son of wealthy Chicago family;
that he had studied music under Putnam
Griswold in Berlin; that he was a singer
of splendid promise. and reputation al
ready. somewhat established. To her
then. he seemed just a rather interest
ing young man who barred his head as he
asked to walk with her.
They were often together after that
She was child-like and sweet. grateful
for every favor, charmingly ambitious.
Haeckler came to feel that she was a
sort of protege; he secured better en-
gagements for her. She played in Little
Memo" Then she understudied kath-
Little Boy Blue
Haeckler's own ambition seemed en-
tirely forgotten in his ambition for Miss
Palmer. AS time went on and she be-
came more and more obsessed with the
desire for success, she seemed to sweep
him along before her own wishes. He
made little progress. consequently, and
she was always on the alert for oppor-
tunity. Her interest soon became love.
She was fond of him always; but her first
thought was for the career.
Last summer they played together in
musical stock in Massachusetts,. Later
they went on to New York and opened
in a musical number In vaudeville. And
while she was Number Five came the
great chance. Victor Herbert visited the
theater on S1st st. one evening and
heard her sing The next night he came
again. with Henry Blossom The result
was an offer Of second principal role in
princess Pat" and the place Of under
study to Miss Eleanor Painter, the prima
donna.
The little actress was dazzled at first.
1t all was so unexpected and wonderful!
Then she plunged into a whirl of gowns,
rehearsals. and the score Of things Incl
dentar to creating a part. She seemed
to almost forget Haeckler. There was
SO little time to see him, and besides he
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FOR GRAYHAIR
Mrs. James Speyer.
Mrs. Herman Oelrichs.
Mrs. August Belmont.

Stiedas theory. advanced in the article
published in the German medical journal
already mentioned. is that hair never
changes it's color. Either the pigmented
hairs fall out and are replaced by white
or gray hairs. or pigment production
stops in a growing hair until the color
less-i. e. white or gray-portion grad
ually replaces the other portion. BY up
holding this theory Stieda not only
throws down the gauntlet to the re-
nowned Metschnikoff but also to other
famous men. including no less a notable
than DR.. Brown-SeQuard.
Regarding Metschnikoff's theory that
gray hairs are caused by microbes which
eat the pigment in hair. Stieda re-
marks:
1T is an ingenious hypothesis, but it
has a very weak foundation"
And he shakes our cherished belief in
with these words:
Gradual whitening Of the hair is due
to changing Of the hairs. That all the
hairs could be changed for others within
twenty-four hours Is beyond the bounds
Of Imagination. There is no such thing
as sudden turning gray Of the hair.
There Is not q single authenticated case:
not a single case that is scientifically
proved.
Therefore I maintain that all in
stances in literature Of sudden turning
gray Of the hair are based either on In.
accurate critical observation or actual
deceit practiced by those whose hair
turned gray" ..,.
stieda first attacks DR.. Burkhard Eble.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-17

was nearly always moody and preoccu-
pied now. He talked a great deal about
her forgetting him. AS though she'd for
get any of her friends! But when one
had real part in real production. why
one had to think Of work first, Of course
The company was to open at the Cort
theater September 81. The company
went to Atlantic City to rehearse. and
from there to Philadelphia. Haeckler
followed to Philadelphia. He sat through
a performance and met the girl he loved
afterward with bitterness.
You were telling your own story In
The Washington herald., 1915-10-17
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BY WINIFRED VAN DUZER.

BY WINIFRED VAN DUZER.
Owe and Ambition fought their
battle. The stakes were two
4 hearts-a mans and a woman's
and the quarrel began with
the upward tilt Of sapphire eyes
But the hearts lie cold now: they
never will beat again. Never again will
the whisper of Love lure tenderness nor
the call of Ambition kindle light in the
sapphire eyes,
Love and Ambition struggled to-
gether for the prize of human happiness.
And though Love was the stronger be-
cause 1t wrecked not of self, Ambition
trod on hope, and constancy. and sure in
tent, and was not dismayed. And always
the call became more insistent, destroy
ing the whisper
Love and Ambition met in conflict.
Life reached forth laurels to Ambition.
But in that moment Love invoked the
higher power-Death
Death closed chill fingers round the
hearts-the mans and the woman's.
Life dropped the laurels and Love whis-
pered no more. But though Love was
destroyed Ambition died also, and the
hearts pulsed their last together.
go 80
laugh, ran through the lines of the
leading role in the pretty musical
comedy Princess Pat" That role meant
first success to a little girl who had
worked and hoped and dreamed for
three years. 1t meant that she was to
emerge from the dreary obsCurity of sec
ond-class vaudeville to recognition; to
stardom perhaps. 1t meant that she was
to become an entity in the theatrical
world; not to remain merely Number
Five on bill. But the lines of her big"
number. For Better or Worse were
these:
"Ah. il we could only read our fu-
ture from mystic screed
Like some old magician:
We would know just what to DO;
We'd all know just what not to do
To aid our condition.
Happiness we win or lose. as ac-
cept or we refuse"
y And the chorus swung along gayly:
"Ah. me. whatsoe'er the future be
Let us meet the stern decree
With laughter.
Surely to repine will never pay one:
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ly that King Ferdinand felt pity for him
and pardoned him.
Diego Osorius, thrown into prison by
royal command, acquired head Of gray
hair in a single night Of captivity. And
more marvellous still.-as soon as he
regained his liberty his hair resumed its
former color!
Cassan tells how Perat Leclere, a wom-
an called as a witness before a Paris
court. turned perfectly gray in one night.
DR.. Samuel Gottlieb Vogel states that,
before he had reached his thirtieth year,
his hair turned gray in one night through
grief and despair at the death of his
wife.
A man wandered for eight days in a
dark mine. When he emerged from 1t,
his hair was gray.
Schenck tells of a young man who
sought to obtain a hawks nest. In doing
SO he fell and was found hanging to a
crag. When rescued his hair had turned
completely gray.
DR.. Monsilard quotes Zachias Paul az
saying that a muleteer's hair turned gray
when he discovered that his mule had
been stolen. On reobtaining it. his hair
went back to its previous color.
All the above instances Stieda dis
misses as legends without sufficient foun-
dation to merit attention from scien-
tifically minded men.
mo matter how often It may be said
that Marie Antoinette turned gray on
the night that she was condemned to
DEATH" he says, there is no mention Of
any such happening in historical docu-
ments. Her hair. to be sure. was gray
when she was executed, but 1t had turned
gray before that; 1t was gray at the time
her husband was executed.
houa OF ~ h0t
is often cited, but which cannot be
brought forward as q proof that sudden
whitening of the hair is a possibility"
Concerning every one Of the above
cases. Stieda put himself on record In
the same words:
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The accusation depressed Miss Palmer.
She conflded to Miss Painter that she
was little afraid Of Haeckler. She
feared he would do something unreason-
able, she said Nevertheless she told him
an afectionate good-by, and promised to
meet him in New York.
That night the manager advised her to
change her name to Angela" When
her mother heard Of the change she went
on to Philadelphia and talked with the
little singer in her dressing room at the
Lyric theater until early in the morning.
II advised her against changing her
name" Mrs. Foster explained afterward.
II am superstitious. When 1 heard about
the change sort Of premonition of harm
settled over me. I thought it meant that
the show would fail"
But for better or worse Miss Palmer
became Angela"
go sss sss sss
T Owe and Ambition fought their bat
tie. and the stakes were two
hearts, mans and woman's.
And though Ambition, treading on hope.
and constancy, and sure intent, was
never dismayed. 1t was destined to lose,
for Love fought not for itself, but for
another.
While Life held laurels for Ambition.
and Past and all Time to Be crumpled
under the blow. for the strongest of
forces is Love-excepting Death-and
Death remained.
But tho tragedy Of Death was that the
Woman. whose heart was the stake,
never knew.
90 80. sss 80
THE day that she had longed for,
waited for, dreamed for. was to-
morrow. Everything ready; Just a
few more hours now!
Herbert Haeckler telephoned. He
wanted to see her tonight. So she asked
him to come to her apartment in the con-
servatory In W. 72d st.
He was moody and depressed. He said
she was slipping away from him on the
stream Of success to which he had helped
her. He accused her Of Inconsistency.
along the glittering barrel Of a pistol;
then darkness.
When neighbors broke into the apart
ment. the little song bird was dying, and
the man who loved her lay by her side,
dead.
And ON the mante1 over their heads
rested the photograph he had given her,
lovingly addressed ITO Kitten, in re-
membrance Of many happy hours of the
past-Herbert." On the back of the
card the same hand had written the
poem MY Dear
Should ere your life grow dark and drear
Borne down by weight and sorrow,
Let me make the joys of yesterday
Become those of tomorrow.
For in my dreams there's still one face
Bejeweled with animation.
Which bids me now Go on. go on"
'Tis yours, my Inspiration"
The production of princess Pat" was
delayed a day and Miss Eva Fallon IL
singing the prophetic lines.
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some Of the lines" he told her, the
lines about making a man guess:
IF you want a man to love you
Bear in mind this plan
Always keep him doubtful OF you,
Fool him all you can.
Never let him know you like him,
Never answer yes.
Till you have him broken-hearted,
Make him guess, guess, guess"
That's the way you do; it's the way
you've always done with mel"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-10-21

Miss Beulah Hurley of New York
City spent Saturday and Sunday
with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam Hurley above Newhope.
Lee" Thomas Stintsman's II
year old dog, died some days ago,
from paralysis. The animal was well
known and had many friends.
Elmer McHugh disposed of his
household goods at public sale last
Saturday, and will move his family
to California in the near future.
Thomas Stintsman has remodeled
the interior of his pool room. as
well as the adjoining store, and both
present an attractive appearance.
G. W. Ziegler, vice-president of
the Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
way, has returned to Philadelphia
after spending the summer at his
country seat at Aquetong.
Birge Harrison and G. H. House
holder have taken the third floor OF
the postoffice building for artists
galleries, and the owner, Thomas
Stintsman, has been finishing the
interior to meet their needs.
The Bazaar-Carnival held by the
Newhope Sunday school in Rockers
hall Oct Der s and 8, was a success
even though the response from out
side of Newhope borough was not
as great as expected. The net pro-
ceeds were SAP. In the near future
a beautiful carpet will be purchased
for the basement of the church.
Later the Sunday school auditorium
and Social Parlors will be re-dedica-
ted by appropriate exercises.
Guests registered at Logan Inn
during the week were: B. A. Howard,
John McNair, H. r. Early, T. M.
Wolfe, John w. Wilson, George
Brown, Helen Sanderson, John K.
Rodgers, Ada Stringer. George Smith
B. J. McCracken, all of Philadelphia,
R. E. Watson, Leroy; S. B. Coe,
New York City; Amos T. Hyneman,
Wayne; W. H. Kelley and family,
Olney; George w. Snyder. Easton;
E. H. Haney. Langhorne; W. c..
Meyer, Charley Detlry, Sonderton;
Paul Harton, Harvey Devlin, P.
Durkin, c. Paul Durkin, Amber;
Tinithy Carly, Warsaw, N. Y;
John Freeland, Trenton; John Black
fan, Newtown; H. w. Slower; Tay-
louisville, John ]. Wilson, Emily Peace,
Arlington, N. j.; Arthur Petit,
Burlington, N. j.; John A. Sweeney,
Florence, F. j.; B. H. Demarest,
Belleville, N. j.
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SIJFFRAGISTS
AT NEW HOPE

Mrs. Lulu Loveland Shepard, OF
Salt Lake City, Utah, delivered what
is believed to be the finest address
upon woman suffrage ever heard IN
this section, in the Newhope nj. u.
church last evening.
DR.. ]. E. Scott introduced the
speaker. who captivated her audi
ence right from the start. She told
of her conversion to suffraglsm
through hearing lecture given by
the late Susan B. Anthony, and
described in detail her experiences
in the work during the past twenty
years.
The lecture room, kindly donated
for the purpose by the church peo-
pie, was filled, and every one felt
that it was good to have been pres
ent and heard Mrs. Shepard, who is
all that one might naturally expect
in a mother, conserver of the home
and housekeeper. May she come
again.
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r=u DEOpLE
~ sszsssaz1
You KNOW1
NEW

Raymond Cox was Philadelphia,
visitor on Monday.
Harry Warford is seriously i'll at
his home on South Main street.
Mrs. Richard Corson entertained
the B. B. club at her home on Tues
day evening.
Mrs. Ada Clark and daughter Miss
Perthania Clark were Trenton shop
pers last Friday.
Mrs. William Hook was week
end visitor with her son Louis
Hook at Philadelphia,
Mrs. Preston Kelley of Trenton,
spent few days last week with her
cousin, Miss Bessie Brahan.
Mrs. Carroll w. Cox entertained
the S. S. club at her home on North
Main street on Monday evening.
John Fetherston spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Christopher
Bennett and family at Edgewood.
Daniel and Arthur Workman of
Trenton spent Tuesday with their
parents Mr.. and Mrs. William Work
man.
Mrs. Casper Kaufman. who was
operated on at st. Francis hospital
about two weeks ago, is improving
very slowly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred C. Handle
ton spent Saturday and Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Refill at
Doylestown.
Miss Mabel E. Kelley and Miss
Ellen E. Fetherston were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Young,
ST., at Olney.
Joseph H. Coleman of New York
city is making an extended visit with
his aunts, the Misses Peaker, on
Ferry street.
Mrs. William Cunningham and
children of Trenton are guests of
Mrs. Cunningham's sister, Mrs.
Michael Parsons.
Mrs. William Cryer and son Will
lam returned to Trenton after spend
ing last week with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Cryer, Jr.
Miss Anna Riegel teacher at Tay-
louisville, spent Saturday and Sunday
with her friend Miss Ethel Bray on
North Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Hutchinson
and children Mary, Stephen and
Edna were guests of friends at
Willow Grove on Sunday.
Miss West who had charge of
'Inghamdale," boarding house dur
ing the summer returned to her
home at Trenton Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ashton and
children Grace, George and Mary
were Sunday guests of Mrs. Ashton's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Gilmore
at Buckingham.
Guests registered at the Delaware
House during the week were: Miss
Adele Lippincott, New York City;
Elmer Austin, Irwin Taylor, Doyles-
town, William A. Elliott, Allentown.
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New Hope Methodist Episcopal
Church.

Rev. H. A. Sawyer, Pastor.
Sunday Services at 10. 80 a. M, Bop. M.
Sunday School 2. Is p. m.
Epworth League, 6.45 p. m.
Communion service will be held
at the morning by Rev. Horace Hoff-
man of Morrisville.
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THE GREAT QUALIFICATION.

eff your son is going to be poll
tician, why send him to college?"
"He is taking a special course in
not writing letters"
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New Hope Presbyterian Church

Rev. J. Hastings Patterson, Minister
2.30 a. H., Sunday School.
10.45 a. m. Preaching service,
100 p. M, Christian Endeavor.
100 p. M, preaching service.
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NOT ENTHUSIASTIC.

Wylkyns (disrespectfully) = Is
that purp of yours watch dog?
Watkyns-Well, a sort of 79-cent
watch dog.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-18
HENRY LANE WILSON
CRITICIZES PRESIDENT

New York, Nov. 17.-Henry Lane
Wilson, the last ambassador. to Mex
leo, who arrived at the Waldorf to-
day from the West, declared that
President Wilson's recognition OF Car
ran was step taken to avoid con-
fession of an absolute failure In hand
ling the Mexican situation, and that
Caranza would be unable to cope with
the situation he faces.
The permission for Carranzista
troops TO pass over territory of this
United States on their way to attack
Villa forces is not justified. he said,
as the precedent claimed by the ad-
mnistration was no precedent ar all.
Insofar as the recognition Of Car
rama relates TO the fortunes Of the
present administration" said Mr.. Will
son, at may he considered of doubt
full value, though probably the failure
to take the step, together with tsc
consequent inability to make q dress
parade of the results Of its wise end
benignant policy in Mexican matters,
would have been embarrassing on the
eve of the campaign Of 1915.
Recognition Of Carranza following
the multitudes Of intrigues, informed
ding. ana blind. vocious and i'm
potent policy, was not the wisest thing
which could be doae. but It was the
only thing that could be done short
OF confession Of absolute failure.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-18
AUSTRIAN OFFICIALLY
DENIES ITALIAN ACCOUNT

Washington. Nov, i7.-There were
two developments in the submarine
issue al the State Department to-
day.
& The Austrian government denies
that The Italian liner was sunk with
. out warning, that 1t was fired on
after II had come TO stop, and
fhat the Ancoras iifeboats were
Stirred on by the submarine.
The Iusitania case and other UNI
settled phases of the Submarine con-
stroversy with Germany were dis
cussed by Secretary Lansing ana
Count won Bernstort.
The statement Of tn" Austrian gov
Eernulent was forwarded by Ambas-
sador Rensield and is very similar
$40 that published In this country on
Manday last. 1t is somewhat more
@explicit In some details, and con-
tains thu statement that the charge
that n.eboats were fired on by the
sabmarin Is "a fabrication. for the rea-
son that ammunition is too valuable
ON a submarine 10 be wasted IN such
y manner. IL for no other reason.
This statement of the Austrian gov
ernuent Is not in response to instruc-
tions sent AM bassador Penfield ask
Ing for details