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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
"Youna Turk" Homesick.

East Lansing, Mich.-Homesickness,
stronger even than the fear of the al
lied fleets b~attering at the Darda-
nelles, caused NJ. A. Mehmedoff, a
sophomore agricultural student at Ms
A. c., to pack up his belongings and
start for his home in Constantinople
Mehmedoff was one of the young
Turks" and a good student.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15

any man where he would care to CO."
and that it isn't worth while to go
anywhere If you cannot go with honor
and self-respect," he was heartily
thanked by a committee Of the boys,
consisting of Samuel Friedel, seven
teen; George Harrison, fifteen; Will
liam G. McQuinn, fifteen, and Jesse
Rosenstein, fourteen.
Harrison handed the president a
badge of the child labor bureau of
Baltimore, emitting him to sell news
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15

Miss Mary Carey Thomas, president
of Bryn Mawr college, will receive the
bulk of the $4,000, 900 estate left by
her friend, Miss Mary Elizabeth Gar
rett, daughter of the late John w. Gar
rett, president Of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad. Miss Thomas is named
~executrix and residuary legatee under
the will which has Just been probated.
Bryn Mawr receives no specific be-
quest, but the terms Of the will indi-
cate that Miss Thomas and Miss Gar
rett, who had been close friends for
years, had an understanding that the
college was to receive substantial
benefits. The picture shows Miss
Thomas and Baron Russell Briggs of
Radcliffe college at recent college ex-
ercises.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
PIED PIPER ENDS CAREER
Quits Rat Catching When He Earns
Enough Money to Buy
Boat.

Galveston. Tex.-Charles Bertolina,
the Galveston Pied Piper. has turned
in his badge and will not be seen
catching rats along the water front
and the beach for some time. Charles
Ia the champion rat catcher OF Gal
weston. For the past several months
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15

VIZ III. buBldnut lIut W us duIlGhl
traditions, once more be-
came an armed camp, for
many Of Great Britain's soldiers we're
sent there for training, and modern
troops have drilled and marched
where Cartismandua ruled over an an
cient British camp in the time of the
Druids. where the Romans held sway
and where Danes and Saxons fought.
Writing of York in Country Life,
Col. r. F. Meysey-Thompson says:
Despite the never-ending destruc-
ton of old enthusiastically
made away with by those who ought
to know better, but, having no rever-
ence themselves for ancient associa-
tions or any love for the beautiful.
who cannot be made to understand
what an invaluable asset York pos
sesses in her ancient picturesque
gables and quaint buildings so in keep
ing with her past-the city is still rich
in many glorious antiquities. The
Minister, of course, stands easily first
Git is absolutely true that when a
very distinguished German general
was being shown round York not
many months before the war began,
the only enthusiastic remark he made
was that the Minister would afford
such a splendid mark for artillery
from anywhere around") both from
its perfect design and workmanship
and from the wealth of treasures it
possesses, especially in the beautiful
glass in its windows. 1t is. however,
well supported by numerous examples,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15

tree keeps alive the memory of Dick
Turpin, having been planted, it is said.
over the grave of Black Bess. Men
ton must finally be made of the race
course on Knavesmire, % handed
v for the nonce to the training and
housing of the troops, but where the
famous little Gimcrack nee ran, also
Blackjack, the founder of a mighty
family; and where, above all, was run
the famous race between the Flying
Dutchman and Voltigeur, a struggle
ing exists.
Honored by Kings,
In the old days royal visits we're fire.
quent to York. King Richard II was
an especially gracious patron of the
old city, and it was he who bestowed
the title of lord mayor upon its chief
citizen. According to Drake, King
Richard took his sword from his side
and gave it to be worn before VIII
liam de Selby, as first lord mayor, on
the occasion of his visit in 1888. And
in 1896 the king confirmed to the citL
ems and their successors forever
that the mayor of the said city and
his successors for the time being may
have carried, or may cause to be car
ried, before them their sword which
we gave them, OF any other sword
they please, out of the presence of US
and our heirs, with the point erect,
both in the presence of other mag
mates and lords of our kingdom of
England" That sword is, unfortunate
ly, no longer among the city treas
ures, having disappeared towards the
close of the eighteenth century.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15

cases and the shoemaker's bench and
last. From its class rooms issue con-
stantly the noise of hammer and saw,
the hum of the busy sewing machines,
the rattle of pans and dishes and the
swish Of broom and brush.
Through the open door come the
rasp of file and plane, the rhythmic
thump Of the shoemaker's pegging.
The energetic horny sounds of house
keeping float out to meet the visitor,
while the appetizing aroma of stewing
fruit and delicious baking custards
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
Found Watch Lost In 1sso.

Redondo Beach, Cal.-Jerome New.
berry. a young farmer. while blowing
a patch Of ground which had been al
lowed to grow weeds for many years.
.unearthed a large gold watch which
had been lost by his grandfather In
1860.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
How Sleepy Senate Page Lost an Important Bill

medately thereafter disappeared a mysteriously as some ships, men n
other things. The bill provided for a reorganization of the toce IN inc
patent office.
The boy was told to take the bill across the corridor to the enrolling
clerk who has his desk in the office of the secretary of the senate. ne
boy started with the bill. 1t never reached the desk of the enrolling ceTk-
For this fact the youngster vas later wholly unable to account, or las te
text of the Measure eve been found. Nobody blames M 20 oecaus 10
al dead tired and probably not half awake when he started o MS errand
But the fact that a sleepy child was able to throw a monkey wrench INTO ue
machinery Of congress, without the least intention to do (, shows la ID
legislative engine of the greatest republic in the world is occasionally subject
to as many freak ills as an automobile.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15

The accredited inventor of the tele-
phone is Alexander Graham Bell. 1t
is inevitable that in practically every
great scientific invention various per
SOM have had various kinds of first
IDEAS" some of them never carried out
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15

line "a launched. THE utney bus pays" Miss Cushman said. 81 believe
il would a. to install a regular schedule between Cleveland Park and down
town, ven though it is a long haul"
II is about four miles from the Cleveland Park neighborhood to the
library.
Miss cushman does not believe a line from Chevy Chase to the down
tow section would be a paying venture. owing to the distance. but she Is
surprised that utney bus lines have not been inaugurated in crosstown
streets and from districts that ire not served by car lines.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15

MISS Cushman says she is not run
ming a regular" jitney line. 1t is
just an accommodation line, run at
the request of girl friends in Cleve-
land Park. who are associated with
her at the library.
Miss Cushman says she was in
the habit of picking up her friends in
the morning to take them to the IL
brary, and then would drive them
home with her at night. Her friends
insisted on paying for the ride, and
tie conversational library iitney bus
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15

The latest record made by Charles
was 1923 rats in 16 days. For these
he was paid at the rate OF eight and
ten cents each and given a bonus of
40
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
School That Gives Children Training for Life

III AsHLNGToN has a unique new school the first of its kind to form
w parto Of the public school system of the city 1t is a school where desks
have given place to household furniture. sewing machines. work benches. tool
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
President May Sell Newspapers in Baltimore

BECAUSE President Wilson wrot a mighty interesting and helpful letter
ID to Baltimore newspaper boys in which he told them, besides other things.
that the right road is the straight road and is the only road that will carry
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15
Girl Drives Congressional Library Jtney Bus

r HE first ttney bus to be operated in the capital is driven by a young wOm-
/ an, Miss Elizabeth Cushman, who utilities her are to take fellow clerks
at the congressional library to and from their homes in Cleveland Park.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-15

PITH the breaking out of the
great war the city of York.
England, true to its ancient
traditions, once more be-
came an armed camp, for
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Anacostia.

Rev. and Mrs G. Leroy White, the
former pastor of the Anacostia Metho-
dist Episcopal Church; w. Ralph Will
Hanson, Charles Kinseila, Miss Mar
guerite Campbell, Miss Pearl Zirkle
and Miss Margaret Beverage are at
Mountain Lake Park. Miss Fannie
Dobson and Mrs. Charles Clifton, of
Baltimore are the guests Of Miss
Martha Rose. Mrs. Stevens Of Phila-
delphia is visiting her son. Mr.. Charles
A. Stevens of Chester street. Miss Mar
garet Hayes entertained a number of
few evenings ago, when vocal and
instrumental music, dancing. games and
refreshments were enjoyed. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wooddell Frazier, Mrs. Mary Toll
son and Miss Jones of Valley place left
yesterday in an automobile for Atlantic
City. where they will stay for several
days. Mr.. and Mrs. J. Paul Green have
returned to their home, after spending
ten days at Piney Point, Md. Mrs. r. f.
Henning and daughter, Miss Hilda
HenpinS, will leave this month for
Cape Charles, Va. for stay of several
weeks.
Miss Dorothea Lutz has returned.
after spending her vacation at Piney
Point. Md. Miss Eva Thompson will go
to her former home in New Jersey to-
day for several weeks. Miss Carrie
Marriott and Miss Sarah Bevans will
leave within the next few days for
Pikesville for two weeks to visit the
latter's brother. Rev. Father Bevans
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo W. Thompson are
expected to return from their wedding
trip today. They will make their flu
| ture home on street. Mr. Harold
King Is at present spending his vaca-
ton In Tennessee and Florida George
Fisher and James Soper are at Piney
Point, Md, passing their vacation. Rev.
Charles M. Bart, pastor of St. Teresa
Church, Is away at present. Mr.. and
Mrs. Coleman r. Brown and daughter
Miss Verde Brown, have returned to
their home, after visit to relatives in
Hagerstown. Md. Miss Stanchi Ander-
son has gone to Waterbury, Md, to
visit Mrs Tindall.
Miss Mary Roe of Strausburg, Pa.
has returned to her home, after visiting
Lingan Anderson and family at their
home for four weeks. Mrs. Frederick
Traband and children are visiting rela-
tives at Berwyn, Nd. for two weeks
! turned from Providence. r. l., where
! they went on account of the death of
Mr.. Driscolfs father recently Rev.
Henry I. Cousins, pastor of the Ana
costa Baptist Church. will leave to-
| morrow with Mrs Cousins for a vaca-
ton at Mountain Lake Park, Md. Dur
! ing his absence Rev. Quirof Harlan
will be in charge Of the local church,
Mrs. R. A. Sansbury and children have
| been visiting relatives at Forestville.
| Md, for several days. William Downey
has gone to Norfolk New York and
Boston by water. Mr. and Mrs. Maui
rice Otterback have left Seattle. Wash,
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A Surprise Party.

Mrs. Mary NJ. Hayes gave a surprise
party to her daughter. Marguerite, last
Monday evening at their home on U
street. Music and dancing were the
features Of the evening. Among those
present were: Miss Marie Cowan, Mr.
G. Leissler. Miss Gertrude Mattingly,
Mr.. Edgar Maryman. Miss Alice Scott,
Mr.. r. Humphrey, Miss Alice Quad,
Mr. T. Regain, Miss Gertrude Smith, Mr..
Burke. Miss Rose LeVey, Mr.. W. Har-
tig, Miss nellie Biggs. Mr.. r. Mary
man. Miss Marie Montgomery, Mr.
Wample, Miss Nellie Sorrell, Mr.
Knockley. Mr.. Robert Montgomery,
Mr.. Madigan. Miss. Marguerite Hayes
Mr.. Harry Cowan, Miss Marion Hayes
and Mr.. Francis Hayes.
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it is we'll recessed within the domain
of one of the loveliest places over
looking the broad, blue stretches of
Lake Michigan. 1t is approached by
a winding, moss grown path through
the woods. When you arrive at the
spot where lie the twin pools mirroring
the trees and sky you may-if your
traditions lie that way-recall the
lines from Marmion.
Water lily pads and blossoms lie on
the surface of the pools; arrowheads,
iris and other reeds grow from the
oozy water bottoms The encircling
woods are silent. untenanted. In their
tangled underbrush grow lady slippers,
jack in the pulpits and other wild flow
ers. Goldfish and frogs keep the place
entirely free from mosquitoes by fat
tening on any mosquito eggs. Long
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Picked Up Here and There.

'The most wonderful thing in the
world is garden. I have found my
one talent, if l
Mrs, Potter Palmer have any, at Sar-
asota bay. 1t is
oAAo AASA ooAuSA' to watch beauti-
full things grow and see flowers bios
som as 1 plant them
The voice which uttered the words
with a soft, exquisitely modulated
southern drawl was that of the woman
who has been Chicago's acknowledged
but self -exiled leader of society for
nearly quarter of century.
But Mrs. Potter Palmer, who never
spends more than few days at a time
In the city which has never appoint
ed successor to her through her
years of absence, admits there is still
another reason why she c!ings close
to the vast estate which is practically
her permanent home in Florida
Society-even Chicago society-which
Mrs. Potter Palmer loves, is but a
vast and merry whirl and she Graves
more.
The secret was revealed by the own
er OF Osprey Point herself. She is her
own landscape gardener and content
when she is designing an Italian gar
den. Chicago is her home. She will
never really completely desert her
north shore castle under the shadow
of the skyscrapers. But her heart is
in tropical Sarasota. bay.
The warm rays of a July sun pene-
trated the long windows and the sum-
mer air stirred the rose curtains of
the high -ceilinged room where the
long absent mistress received her
guests. She stood beside heavily
carved table Her dress was of simple
black and white with dainty white
organdie collar falling ever the Shout
ders. On her soft, white hair rested
a chic, almost turban-s shaped sailor
faced with white skipper straw and
crowned with daisies which shaded
her youthful face.
II am wrapped up in my gardens"
the black and white ribbons which
circled her throat. You ask me if
that will occupy my time to the ex-
clusion of society. That depends on
a society which means nothing but a
vast crowd and which has none of the
interest of an occupation such as gar
dening. But if you mean my friends
in Chicago then l shall never give
them up. My friends mean everything
to me and / could not get along with
out them.
II have designed the greater part of
my Florida estate myself" explained
Mrs. Palmer. She selected the photo
at Sarasota.
Here" she explained. "at the end
of the central tree is a tamarind tree
and at this side. where it is not shown
in the picture. is a pergola of which 1
am very proud and which 1 also
planned myself I have quantities of
native trees from the tropics-bamboos.
cocoanuts and hipiscus."
The home is only a bungalow. I
have not yet finished planning my gar
dens and 1 have 1000 acres. I intend
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to wait and see what l have designed
! when they are all completed and then
I shall build my home accordingly, but
there is sufficient time for that. The
house must fit the setting and the
setting is not yet complete"
On the wall of her seldom occupied
mansion on Lake Shore drive, Chicago,
hangs a wonderful painting of Mrs.
still in her early twenties. And tn
shaft of light which falls on the deli
cate tulle gown holds exquisitely her
| flowerlike loneliness of youth
The regime which has supplanted
| salons and charity fetes in Mrs Pal
| mer's life for the past few years in
cludes long walks over her domain on
Sarasota bay watching the palmettos
and oranges grow under her watchfui
care. The place is dotted with live
her vegetables cover over two acres of
ground. Two palm sentinels guard the
entrance to the snowy picket fence
which incloses the grounds and shell
great bungalow.
Miss Lottie G.. Bishop of the Yale
University class secretary's bureau left
Saturday on a
Hopes to Do very interesting
10 .r.,n tramping trip with
IL Miles Lay. the Mountaineer's
Club of Seattle, Wash, of which she is
a member. The club of 100 members
will this year climb Mount Rainier,
which is 14,400 feet high, taking three
weeks for the trip and walking on an
average of twelve miles day, camping
in new locality every night. AS
Mount Rainier is noted for it's glaciers,
Miss Bishop is equipped with an Alpine
staff, climbing boots. sleeping bag, ETC.,
for the trip. and anticipates seeing one
of the showplaces of the United States
Upon her return from Mount Rainier
she will visit San Francisco, Los An
geles and San Diego. returning by the
way of Ell Paso, Tex, to New Orleans,
and by steamer home.
No marriage of recent years has been
of more interest in her native state
than was that of
Flounced With Old Miss Constance
English Point. ter Of Represen-
tative Augustus P. Gardner and Mrs.
Gardner, and Mr.. Grafton Winthrop
Minot, son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Grafton
Minot which took place last week in the
Episcopal Ascension Memorial Church
at Ipswich, Mass. Only the relatives
and a few friends witnessed the cere-
mony, which was performed by Rev.
Sherrard Billings of Groton School. as
sisted by Rev. Robert B. Parker, rector
of the church. Miss Gardner was an
attractive bride in her wedding gown
of white satin, with 1ounces of old
point d'Angleterre lace, which she in
herited from her mother. She carried a
shower bouquet of white orchids and
lilies of the valley. Miss Helena Lodge,
a cousin of the bride and daughter of
Mrs. George Cabot Lodge of Nahant
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and are now located on a large ranch
at Helena, Mont, where they will stay
for several weeks.
Rev. and Mrs. w. q. Davenport have
left Colonial Beach for Burlington. VT.
to spend the month Of August with
their son, Rev. George w. Davenport.
william Eibel. 8. Miller, Saxper Ha--
Ian, Mr.. and Mrs. willis Harlan, Miss
Ordell Harlan. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert c.
Scott and family. Max Levey. Meyer
Levey and Leo Gertman have gone to
Piney Point, Nd, where Mr. and Mrs
r. c. Tilghman and family will join
them this week.
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low, who still lives in the old Craigie
house in Cambridge, and Mrs. Joseph
G. Thorp (Annie Allegro Longfellow)
of lis Brattle street, Cambridge. Mrs
Dana's winter residence was at 113
Brattle street, Cambridge. Surviving
Mrs. Dana is her husband and their
children, who include Mr.. Richard Hen
ry Dana, jr., Of New York, who mar
ried Miss Ethel N. Smith; Mr. Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow Dana of Cam
bridge: Mr.. Allston Dana, who married
Miss Dorothy H. Gooda1e and now re-
sides at White Plains, N. Y; Mr.. Ed
mund Trowbridge Dana, whose late
wife was Miss Jessie Halliday of Eng
land; Mrs. Henry c. de Rham, I'd, of
New York (Frances Dana), and Mrs.
Robert H. Hutchinson of Philadelphia,
who was Miss Della F. Dana. Mr..
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and Washington, was maid of honor.
She wore Il white lingerie dress with a
pale blue taffeta sash and a large white
hat. The bridesmaids, all of whom
wore pale blue chiffon with applique
over taffeta, were Miss Doris Taylor
and Miss Anne Means of Boston, Miss
Anna Agassiz of Hamilton, Miss Fran
ces Bradley of Prides Crossing and the
Misses Katherine McClintock and Caro-
line Ogden Jones of Washington.
The decorations at the church and
at Sycamore farm, the brides home in
Hamilton, where a reception was held
after the ceremony, were beautiful.
The Boston florist who did the work
decorated for the wedding of the brides
mother and grandmother. Mr.. and
Mrs. Minot are to sail for Berlin, where
Mr.. Minot is an attache Of the Amer
lean embassy.
One of the most enchanting spots on
the north shore is so-called bog gar
dem set in Sc
A Bog Garden cluded, tree-trim-
on Lake Forest. Eors 49, On the
bluff. The exact location is not de-
scribed, as it might tempt invaders. but
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Returned From Virginia.

Mrs. M. L. Odell, with her daughter,
Mrs. n. ]. Dodge, and grandchild, Jac-
Queline Dodge. returned to the city
yesterday after spending three weeks
in Norfolk and Suffolk. Va.
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Entertained at Porch Party.

Miss Elsie Mel. May was hostess
Wednesday evening at a small porch
party for the club at their summer
camp, Rock Lodge, on the upper
Potomac.
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Ernest w. Longfellow, q brother, also
survives her.
Indianapolis is developing SO fast
that most Of it's small town intima-
cies" are disappearing
No Longer a and such thing as
Small Town. na,s,hors 10 a,most
as rare as in New York. Chicago or
any of the other large cities. but there
is one way in which the Hoosier cap
ital still clings to its old ideas. and
that is in the devotion to the rising
generation.
The old idea Of a woman making calls
every fortnight on all the women in
her "set" has become an archaic Gus
tom, but even the most active society
| women still cling to the ideals OF their
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legged water insects, looking like out
rigger boats, shoot over the surface of
the pools, and a quaint. rustic little
bridge, with seats, spans the channel
that connects the pools.
The death of Mrs Edith Longfellow
Dana, which occurred at her summer
home, at Manches-
A Daughter ter Mass. la t
OF Long1eloW. at the literary life
of the country, for Mrs. Dana was one
of Poet Longfellow's children. who
were the youthful heroines of the ia
nous poem, 1.-The Children's Hour" She
was the Edith with golden hair, and
her sisters, Grave Alice and Laugh
ing Allegra," are Miss Alice Longfel-
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Ernest w. Longfellow, a brother, ais
survives her.
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MRS. LINCOLN VALENTINE.
Who with her husband will be away months.
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Combination Sets
Sl25 Seal and Leopard Set.
$50. so
$40 Seal and Ern,;;nc Set.
$500
500 Seal and Fitch Ser,
$500
MUFFS to use with fur-trimmed
coats-in SEAL, with ermine, fitch, fox.
leopard and lynx.
Assust sai $40 pr rG $3.50 to $45
Revillon Freres Mink Furs
Priced from SOS for a handsome
scarf to 1856 per set
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Indianapolis is de,
that most of it's ISM