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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
Old Sweet Springs.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
OLD SWEET SPRINGS. w. Va, Au-
gust 21.-Another brilliant week has
come to an end. the crowning feature
Of which was the favor cotillon. The
ballroom was a bower of woodsy love-
illness. great boughs of freshly cut
chestnut and oak covering the walls,
balls of the same suspended from the
ceiling interspersed with clusters Of
twinkling japanese lanterns. Mr..
Charles F. Sterrett and Miss Helen
Swisher led the dancers through the
intricate mage Of figures-the horse
figure. the pretty girls in sleighs.
drawn by their gallant knights; the
confetti figure mex. entwining the
happy dancers. breaking and scatter
ing. Then came the unfurling of the
vari-tinted scarfs, bursting into rain
bow glory OF color; after that the
graceful twirling of Japanese parasols.
followed by the cap figure and the pop
p p1as u Next was Comm through the
Rye" the sheaves Of golden grain held
by the ladies to form canopy. and
while the lassies were passing under
the tender melody was exquisitely sung
by Mrs. Frank Payne. Last was the
chariot race.
From Washington. among those
handsomely gowned were Mrs. c. W.
Robertson, white satin and lace. dia-
monds; Mrs. W.. D. Wyville: black silk,
jet trimmed, point lace and diamonds;
Mrs. Lucille Paxton. Lucille model of
white taffeta and net. nile green pip
ing, corsage of pink roses; Mrs. Edward
G. Caufman. Paris gown of pink chif-
fon, hand painted: Mrs. A. e. Acker,
black net over white satin. jet trimmed
Mrs. ]. A Norris, gray faille. touches Of
cerise; Miss Phyllis Irwin, blue chiffon,
silver bands.
From Philadelphia; Mrs. H. Clifford
Smith, brocaded silk, tunic jacque rose
chiffon, silver fringe; Miss Maude
Warmsley. London smoke silk. pearls.
Mrs. C. w. Robertson was hostess at a
beautiful morning card party. Mrs.
Robertson was assisted In receiving her
guests by Mrs. A. e. Acker, Mrs. w. D.
Wyville and Mrs. r. g. Matheson. De-
the unusually handsome prizes were
won by Miss Adelaide Mayo. Mrs. 8. c.
Yam. Mrs. J. I, Stephenson Mrs. s. !, B.
Swisher and Mrs. w. H Hayley.
Late arrivals from Washington in.
clude DR.. and Mrs. J. r. de Farges and
Mrs. RAYMOND Pilson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
Elkiins.


Special correspondencs Of The Star.
ELKINS, w. Va. August 2l.-Mr. and
Mrs. Blaine Elkins and son. Stephen Il.
Elkins, Sd. arrived from Morgantown
in their private car and are guests At
Halliehurst the home OF Mrs. Stephen
b. Elkins. Edwin Fox, who was the
guest of Richard c. Kerens. former
ambassador to Austria, has returned to
Philadelphia. Miss Halle Davis and
brother. Henry Davis of Long Island.
are visiting their father. John T. Davis
son of ex-senator Henry c.. Davis
Charles S. Robb. Washington. was
visitor here. ]. G.. Van Meter of Davis
is visiting his sister in Washington
Mr.. and Mrs. 3. c. Downing have re
turned from Front Royal, Va. II. X
Bush Brown of Washington was a Wis
itor to Marlinton.
Mrs. Walton Rucker has returned to
Glasgow. Va. accompanied by Miss SUE
Armentrout of Washington, who had
been visiting here and who will be her
guest. Miss Mary Madden OF Washing
ton, who had been visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Madden, here has
gone to Pittsburgh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
Bradley Beach.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
BRADLEY BEACH, N. J.. August
21.-The event of the week at Bradley
Beach was the watermelon feast. Every
child in the resort was invited to par
ticipate, and q carload of luscious
melons soon disappeared. Mr.. Bradley
is particularly fond Of children and
this was his treat" for the week.
Yesterday the children spending the
summer at the La Refine were enter
tanned with a fancy dress dance. Prizes
were awarded to the children wearing
the most original costume, also for the
best dancing. Late in the afternoon
refreshments were served.
The Hotel Lakensea IL entertaining
Mrs. L. Venn and Miss L. Venn OF
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
HeAin-Atwen.

Miss Nellie May Atwell, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs j. W. Atwel, and Mr..
Charles Marshall Hefiin, both OF near
Leesburg, Va, were married Wednes-
day afternoon at ST. James Episcopal
Church, Leesburg, Rev. W. H. Burk-
hardt officiating.
Miss Lucy Mcpherson Of Lovettsville
and Miss Mary Rollins OF Leesourg
served as bridesmaids. while the best
man was Mr. Murray Eef1in. brother OF
the groom. The usher were Messrs.
Harry Payne, Maurice Helm, Arthur
Atwell and William Atwen.
The church was attractively deco
rated with white hydrangea and potted
nIants. and Miss Elizabeth Davis play
81 the wedding march. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hefiin are spending their honeymoon
at Atlantic City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
Brookland.

Miss Helen Molster has returned from
Baltimore, where she spent the past
week.
Mr. David White of Medina, N Y. has
returned to his home, a1ter pri s,
visit at the home of Mr.. Samuel II.
Henry.
Mise. Anna and Gertrude Ryan OF
Dubuque, Iowa, were the recent guests
of Mrs Raymond Hoover.
DR.. Charles G. Lennon and daughter.
Rebecca, have returned from motor
trip through Pennsylvania.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Francis Hemelt
are spending this month at Atianc;
Mrs. Henry Millington has Joined her
daughter. May, at Harpers Ferry.
Mrs. Richard Price and son. Richard.
1r., are spending the summer at Colo
NAL Beach.
DIR. Charles G. Lennon. Miss Bette
Pollard, Miss Rebecca Lennon and Mr..
Joseph Banner have gone on motor
trip to Mount Gretna, Pa They VIII
also visit Gettysburg and Atlantic
City before returning home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse E. Eastlack are
enjoying a stay at Colonial Beach, va.
Miss Eleanor Washington is visiting
IN Charles Town, W. Va, as the guest
of Miss Mary Litpitt.
Rev. n. W. o. Wilmington is in New
York state for stay of several weeks
He Will first visit New York city, and
later spend a while with his father at
Hoosick Falls, N. Y.
Mr.. Raymond Sneaden IL home from a
VISIT to Rockville, Md
Mrs. Ernest Swing1e IL enjoying a
visit from her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin McHugh ana
little son spent the week end at NOR
folk and Ocean View, Va.
Miss Mildred Cove, spent the past
week at Chevy Chase. Md.
Mrs, Rex Kelley and children. Marion
and Mildred, who have been visiting
relatives in Brookland. have returned
to their home in Spokane, Wash.
Mrs. Joseph Cotter. 1r.. and little son
are at Ocean Grove, n. j.. visiting Mrs
Cotter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Firman
r. Homer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
AT WINDSOR CASTLE.
Making Place for the New Garter
Knights.

The banners, swords. helmets. man
ties and plates Of the following new
knights Of the Order of the Garter have
been placed over their stalls in the
choir of St. Georges Chapel. Windsor
Castle. in England: The King of the
Belgians, the Earl of Derby, Earl
Kitchener and the Earl of Chesterfield.
The banners and insignia of the late
Duke of Buccleuch and Earl Cadogan
have been removed.
The hags of the degraded knights,
which include those of the kaiser. the
German crown prince and the Emperor
of Austria. are stored In q cupboard of
the castle,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
Bedford Springs, Pa.

Special Correspondence Of The star.
BEDFORD SPRINGS, Pa, August Fl.
Judge and Mrs. A. Hunter Boyd of
Cumberland are visitors at the springs
John E. Eichoitz Of Washington IL
visiting his sisters here. DR.. and Mrs
r. M. Beachy of Meyersdale are visi-
tors to Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
Entertain at a Dance for Their
Daughter.

Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Jackson OF
1924 L street northwest entertained at
a dance Thursday night for their
daughter. Miss Mary Beth jackson, VINO
celebrated her sixteenth birthday. Later
in the evening refreshments were
servede. The table decorations were
pink.
Those present were the Misses Isabel
Hamnton. Isabel Padgett. Marie David
son, Hilda Fuller and Mary Beth Jack
son. and Messrs. Elton Taylor, James
Neligan Alexander Davidson. ALBERT
Davidson, sylvester Giddens, c. Samp-
sci and Charles Cook.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
Gone on a Motor Trip.

Mr.. and Mrs. Norris Stein have left
for q motoring trip to Atlantic City
And New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
Left for a Western Trip.

Ars. Francis Miller left last week for
the Pacific coast. She will visit friends
in Denver, San Francisco and southern
California before returning to this city
late in the fall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22

weather records compiled for moro
than a quarter Of a century indicate
that the atmosphere Of London Is be-
coming less foggy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
Guest From St. Louis.

Mrs. H. r. Simmons Of Otis street
northeast has had as her guest for the
past week Mrs. Ruth Moore Of st.
Louis, Mo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
Visiting at Audubon, N. J.

Mrs. Lemuel Fugitt and Miss Ida L.
Bartlett Of Capitol Hill are the guests
of Mrs. Rose Renner at Audubon, N. j.,
for a stay Of several weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
Fort Myer Notes.

Miss Armour Of Princeton Is the guest
Of the chief of staff and Mrs. Hugh L.
Scott.
Mrs. Edward Sturges, wife Of Capt.
Stur9es, who spent the past month with
Mrs. James Wilder at Mystery Isles.
Manchester, Mass, returned a few
days ago.
Miss Milliken, sister of Lieut.. John
Miliiken. 9Th Cavalry. is spending the
week end at the fort.
Lieut. Leo Heffernan has returned
from the maneuver camp at Mount
Gretna.
Miss Seone, sister Of Capt. Scene, Sig
nal Corps, has been on short visit to
the Misses O'Keefe. sisters Of Chaplain
OKeefe, 5th United States Cavalry.
The usual Friday night hop was held
at the Ofncers' Club and was we'll at
tended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
Some Work,
N the Youkers Statesman

From the Yonkers Statesman.
Church-He looks worried.
Gotham-He is: he's trying to get a
mortgage on his air castles to buy an
automobile.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-11-04

hTQWNV1
.M Helps
PRUNE TREES IN SUMMER
Farmers Trim In Foliage Season In
Order to Check Wood
Growth.

Summer pruning, as contrasted with
the regular practice, is the pruning of
trees while in foliage. Its influence
upon the tree in many respects is oppo.
site to winter pruning. The latter
stimulates wood growth, while the for.
mer tends to lessen wood growth.
As a rule, any practice that checks
wood growth tends to induce fruitful.
ness. Growers have taken advantage
Of this fact for many years. In Eng.
land the result is attained by root
pruning. The method consists in dig.
ging q trench around the tree at some
considerable distance and severing
some of the roots. This interferes
with the food supply and necessarily
reduces growth.
In the famous Ozark apple region
Of Missouri and Arkansas the same
result Is attained by ringing or gir-
ding the trunk or main branches Of
the tree, thus checking the downward
flow of sap. The roots in this way are
partially starved and are, therefore, un.
able to induce a strong wood growth
the following season. The work is
done during the growing season and,
as a result, the wound soon heals over.
A complete or partial defoliation by
insects, disease, or spraying injury dur.
ing the early summer seems to have
the same effect.-Farm and Home.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-11-04
CITY MANAGER PLAN GROWS
Tho Commission Form Of City Govern
mont Being Carried q Step
Forward.

Though the so.called commission
form of municipal government had it's
origin in Galveston, Iowa has done
much to popularize the idea. The Des
Moines plan of commission rule, which
is modification of the Galveston plan,
has been much advertised. Several
other cities of Iowa have the same sys-
tenn In operation.
The city manager plan, which is
simply the commission plan carried a
step further, is believed by many to
represent the best thought on the sub
ject Of city government. Under this
plan the commission chooses an execu-
tive officer to carry out its policies and
holds him responsible for results OBJ
tanned, whereas under the simple COM
mission plan the commissioners divide
the administrative responsibility
among themselves, each commissioner
taking the headship Of department Of
municipal service.
Iowa has shown its progressiveness
by making it possible for cities of that
state to add the city manager feature
to the commission plan. An enactment
of the legislature at it's recent sessions
permits cities governed by commits
sions to adopt the city manager feature
by popular vote.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-11-04
TRIPLES SHOULD NOT WORRY
Those Who Are Able to Make the
Best Of Everything Get Most
Happiness Out Of Life.

Do not worry about trifles. Perhaps
your new suit isn't so stylish as your
friends. What of it? Yours is what
1t seemed best to choose when you
bought it. Make yourself so agreeable
that folk will forget your clothes.
Perhaps some member of your club
gave a more elegant entertainment
than you. What of it? You did what
was convenient and entertained
friends who enjoyed your hospitality.
The pleasure of an entertainment does
not depend on what one eats, so much
as on the little personal attentions, the
seeing that no one feels neglected.
Perhaps you missed smile or recog-
milton on meeting a friend. What of
it? Smile the more cordially when
you next meet. Your friend may have
been absorbed in some important
thought. Possibly there was anxiety
on his mind. Many reasons may have
caused seeming neglect. There are
numberless little mishaps in every
family; china is broken, garments
torn, food overdone or undone, books
or papers mislaid. Why fret about it?
Make the best of it and let good ma
ture send the inconvenience to obliv-
ion. Why wear out nerve and heart
over small affairs? There are great
things in life enough to give anxiety.
1t Is wiser to save mental strength and
nerve to meet them. Make the best
of any happening. Watch for the
things than can give even a passing
Joy and let these things put annoy
ances in the shade. Forget trifling
troubles.-Milwaukee Journal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-11-04
@PoWer of
Thought
X
By H. M. EGBERT

Copyright. 1915. by w. g. Chapman)
DR.. James Dyce looked down on
the unconscious figure upon the bed.
The man had ceased to mutter and
toss in his delirium, and now lay In
that stupor which was itself the crisis.
In eight hours he would be dead or on
the road to recovery.
Beside the doctor stood the white
capped nurse, almost as silent and still
as the figure huddled among the sheets
and pillows. The mental crisis
through which the two watchers were
painfully struggling was almost as
acute as the physical crisis Of the
typhoid victim.
1t was not a severe case, but the
mans system, weakened by years Of
debauchery and months Of poverty,
seemed unable to fight against the at
tack.
Doctor Dyce beckoned the nurse out.
side the room. They stood face to
face together. There was on the doc
tors look of grave inquiry.
THAT is the man who was your hus-
band?" he inquired.
who is," she answered.
"And you refused to marry me be-
cause Of him."
You are unfair, Charles" she an
swered, in low, passionate protest.
1T is because he is what he is that
l know my duty is toward him. He
recognized me. He will come back
to me. l cannot desert him, In spite
OF all"
You love him!" sneered Dyce, and
then suddenly caught her in his arms.
"Molly!" he whispered, you are
never going to ruin our two lives
for that man"
She let him kiss her, but she with.
drew from his arms and stood still
facing him, still pale and expression
less.
Il cannot do wrong toward him,
much Is love you," she replied. But
oh, Charles, it would be mercy for
all OF us, and none would be better of
than he If he were to die"
The doctor, who seemed to be re-
straining himself by mighty effort
of will, now became the professional
man again.
"We will try atropin," he said. II
believe it will give him his fighting
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-11-04
MAKE THE LIBRARIAN LAUGH
Odd "Breaks" Made by Those Who
Call to Take Out Desired
Reading Matter.

The librarian engaged in attending
the wants of the reading public finds
a good many laughs in his occupation.
A small boy recently sent by his moth
er to ask for The Elusive Pimpernel, .
a popular novel by Baroness Orczy,
proffered request for "Lucifer's
Pimple," to the no small amusement
of the attendant.
"'Candles in the Wind'?" inquired a
visitor, referring to one of Maud
Divers successful books.
out" returned the attendant.
"Ah, they would be, naturally"
snapped the customer, as she went
away repeating his joke. Candles in
the wind. Out. OF course they're
out"
Another lady, walking with a decid.
ed limp, inquired for "The Corn" q
book with which the attendant was
quite unfamiliar.
II thought perhaps-well, to tell you
the truth, suffer somewhat from
corns. and though l might get hint
or two"
You're not by any chance referring
to The Koran'?" hazarded the H.
brarian.
Well, the lady borrowed the book.
When she returned it she was still
limping; presumably she had sought
in vain for helpful hints regarding
corns.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-11-04
To Each His Place.

Men have died of homesickness for
the narrow fields and elm-shaded hol-
lows in the hills of old New England
III the same spirit that sends others
toiling painfully back tc the brown
sand dunes about San Francisco bay.
Some have lost their hearts to the
deep pine woods of the North and
others to the stately moss-hung live
oaks that line the shell road to Mobile.
Some would come to the city of their
souls through the low, warm mists
that overhang Chesapeake bay, and
others prefer to see the lights of home
shining clear in rise of the great
plains 80 miles away as the crow
flies. The truest thing Kipling ever
said is that God gave all men all
earth to love, but, since their hearts
are small, ordained for each one place
should prove beloved over all" That
place is home, and they have lived
who find it.-Collier Weekly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-11-04

chance. l shall mix the prescription
myself. 1t is a dangerous drug to use,
but 1t Is a case where heroical meas
ures are needed"
Eyes, doctor. At what time should
1t be administered"
"In four hours, when the crisis Is
imminent. When do you go off duty?"
"When the crisis is over"
"You are wearing yourself out, Mol.
ly," began Doctor Dyce. Then: "Well,
we must forget ourselves, with all our
hopes and fears, and do our duty"
She sighed Eyes, DOCTOR" she an
swered in a mechanical manner.
Doctor Dyce ate his supper In his
Office. He made his rounds of the
patients, bandaging, adjusting, while
his mind was working on a totally diff
ferent matter. At last he stood alone
before his medicine chest, where the
deadliest drugs were kept, dispensed
only under his personal supervision.
There he faced his problem squarely.
Dyce had little belief in convention
al morality. He loved Molly, and she
him. The man on the bed in the little
room was useless to himself, useless
to the world. Was it right that two
lives, or even three, should be blight
ed so that the man should live and
cumber the earth?
He had mixed the medicine before
his mind was made up. He remem-
bered afterward that he was working
in the same automatic manner, and
his brain, cool and singularly clear,
seemed animated by an Internal will
and dominated the situation complete
ly. Slowly he took down bottle la.
beled macinite and set 1t upon the
table side by side with the atropin.
They were two drugs Of equal pow
er, but very different power. An in
finitesimal dose of the atropin would
exercise a certain stimulus on the red
blood corpuscles which might pull the
patient through the crisis Of his dis.
ease. An equal dose Of the macinite,
too small for post-mortem detection,
would dissolve the corpuscles and
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-11-04
APPEAL THAT GOT RESULTS
HumorousIy Written "Dun" Had tho
Effect Of Bringing Check to Settle
Lone-Standing Debt,

A well-known business man in Law
renee, Mass, once had customer who
contracted a debt that ran along un-
paid for year or more, and even sew
eral letters failed to bring about a
settlement.
One day, while glancing over the
religious notices in local paper, the
business man saw something that gave
him a new idea. He went to his desk
and wrote the following note to the
debtor:
my Dear Sir: see in the local
press that you are to deliver an ad-
dress on Friday evening before the
Y. M. c. A. on The Sinners Balanced
Account inclose yours, as yet un-
balanced, and trust that l may have
the pleasure of attending your lee
ture."
A check came by the next mall
Youths Companion.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-11-04
Cut.Ihroat Competition.

A correspondent Of the New York
Sun informs the editor Of that pa
per that rooster has been discovered
which cannot crow. It-or he-can
hiss, but the bright chanticlerical call
Is not for him.
Such are the marvels Of science!
Each day it conserves new strength,
cuts out waste, diverts energies into
useful channels. The matutinal salute
of the rooster has long been an exam
pie of criminal waste and inefficiency.
1t announced, at great expense Of en-
ergy, perfectly obvious thing-that
the sun had risen. Roosters, besides,
have been in the habit of trying to
scoop each other, to score beat on
the sunrise-as II anyone were pas
sionately interested in the matter
and the result has been a distressing
series of Extras" called at a. m.
Cut-throat competition has killed the
rooster-Philadelphia Evening Led
ger.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-11-04
WHY Dickens Is Beloved.

One of the things that makes
Charles Dickens novels precious to US
is that the taste and liking for his
work is one that we can share with
almost everybody.
A cultivated taste, in literature or
any other form of art, tends to isolate
US more and more from the mass Of
our fellow men. 1t is impossible that
it should be otherwise.
But there are some things which the
mind does not drop in the course of
it's progress, and for those of us who
were brought up on his books the
taste for Dickens is one of these
things.
One by one, other idols of our youth
depart, but he remains-not too great,
like Shakespeare, to be our intimate
friend and companion, but offering us
always a homely and satisfying enter
tainment wherever the travelling thea.
ter may be set up.