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the relations of life this physical as
 peet of her country tells upon ene ne
 western woman's attitgde towafa ara
 and broad in her viewpoint as her wfde-rolling prairies have taught her to be-"
 As Kansas state regent of the b. A. R. for nine years. Mrs. Guernsey has led her sisters with eminent sue cess. They look to her for help and guidance in important matters. and it Is given generously, and efficiently; she recently typifled mind and manner when. as chairman of tellers, she found
 that voting time brought forth vor5 5 using the gave1 effectively, she neither plead nor begged for order, but, with out fear or apology, and with quiet
 so that the hysterical body Of women accede to the just demand.
 and active part in making the great Santa Fe trail, which is one of the largest pieces of work the Kansas
 D; A. . R. has seen cen. completed: Kansas sas trails which brought the east and the i west together. and from this begin ming grew the great idea of the na- 500 miles of the old Santa Fe trail ran through Kansas. and it Is marked with hundreds of powders. shafts and tab lets, which not only point the way of
 the trail, but also serve as memorials to thousands of sturdy pioneers who lost
 their lives when the way was forged across prairie and desert sand This notable work of the Kansas Daughters,
 begun and carried well on under
 former state regent. has been brought
 to successful conclusion under the
 guidance of Mrs. Guernsey. and she is
 proud of her connection with it.
 Early realizing that in union there is strength, Mrs. Guernsey became one
 of the pioneer clubwomen of her state,
 and formed clubs for state and civic
 work long before clubs were federated in Kansas. She Is 8 member of the
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The Rose Garden.

Roses, from the time they first grew and were noticed by man, have been accorded 8 high place among the flow CTS. Nero, it seems, was especially fond of them and used them often as deco rations at his far-famed banquets. too, liked them, and she had the floor of her palace sometimes cov- cred with foot or more of rose petals
 The rose was the emblem of secrecy in Rome, and one was hung suspended from the ceiling in the meeting rooms of secret societies; hence the term, sub rosa. ,@
 It is, to be sure, a bit late to start a rose garden for this years blooming. But if it is too late for this year it is just time to think of next years roses. That is one of the lovely things about gardening; 1t Is never too late to plan additions and changes, if not for this year, then for next. Often the prize roses at the flower shows are not
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SE TELS OF THE WESTERN WGNGAENS IDEALS OF PNBGN

bespeaks the nature Of its citizens It was characteristic of Mrs. Guernsey that when her friends in the National society of the Daughters of the Amer tcan Revolution, recognizing her abil- ity as a, leader and mentioning her name as a candidate for nomination as presi- her she weighed the matter carefully for a time, then gave direct consent to stand as candidate.
 If she wins the election 1t will be the first time that @ true western woman has led the force of a hundred thousand Daughters, who are accom- pltshing a great work in the preserva- tion of the historic memorials of this country.
 Mrs. Guernsey Is a true American, coming from pioneer stock of the best type. Her maternal great-grandfather Anthony Jacob Henkel came from Ger many in 1717 to help in founding the Lutheran Church in America, and her paternal great-grandfather was Rev. John Mitchell, who came from England in 1763 and preached the Gospel in this country for forty years. Since then many of her forbears have been prom inent in evangelistic work in America Her own father, the late Rev. Daniel P. Mitchell, went west during the civil war to organize the Methodist Church in what his daughter described as that seething mass known as Bleeding Kan church in the state he did not help to start.
 A family of girls and boys grew up in this Methodist household under the best auspices for character develop ment, each one taking hold of assign ed or chosen work with characteristic ability and energy. A sister of Mrs Guernsey, the late Mrs. J. M. Kellogg, became the hrst woman lawyer in the state of Kansas, if not in the entire west, and when her husband was at torney general for the state his wife became assistant attorney general
 Their son. Vernon Kellogg Toap1hay- oP the faculty of Leland Stanford Uni versity, and collaborator with Presi- dent David Starr Jordan in authorita- tive works on evolution. evinced the
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Cuban centavos, Guatema1an dos rea1es, British Honduranean cent pieces and American $5 gold pieces.
 The British cruiser Sidney Is sta toned in these waters. and every once in a while, when there is shore liberty, there is flood of the good old British and famous port, the world ever with deep water beside dock actually less than twenty-five feet from the shore, and before the war ships came here, bringing strangers from many lands.
 But one of the most interesting things about this shack-like city, which a breath of fire or a wave of pestilence would wipe away again in a moment, as the sword of the conqueror has done so often in the past, is the old mansion in which the Louisiana lottery shelter when those leaders of the Confederacy lent their names to the scheme after it was thrown out of the United States.
 As the guest of Gen. Lee Christmas the writer was entertained here, un- able to find the traces of elegance of which MT. Richard Harding Davis wrote when he visited the place years ago. The big wheels he saw in the great parlors, ready to grind out numbers which should spell fortune for millions of fools in the United States, are now moldy and rusty in a shed back of the mansion, and beside them. in a great chest, losing it's hinges and open to the weather, are millions of the little num- bered paper slips which were used in the lottery, each wrapped in a little black paper tube, molding Into decay.
 The great old house retains traces of it's former beauty, in a grove of cocoa nuts, bananas, palms, palmettoes and syringa. It has been used of late years as hotel, but is now Gen. Christ mas home, and it is the only place that is anything like cool in the tropical, broiling and sizzling town.
 In the harbor of Puerto Cortez are
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r1E C1D LOUISIANA EoruRRar forsE PUERTO eoRzEz.
 IODh0E.

found some of the most beautiful boats in the world, built by the natives of the bay islands, nearby, the descendants of the British buccaneers of the Carib bean. Swift-winged ard graceful, on long flowing lines, they bring their smuggled goods in and out of Puerto Cortez, hunting for champagne on the Central American coast, which New Or leans dealers gladly pay S60 a dozen for, plus the duty which Uncle Sam ex- acts (and sees that he gets, unlike some venal Central American off1ciels).
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 This search of the Caribbean and Central America for champagne and other valuable wines is another out growth of the war in Europe, and if the Bay Islanders can smuggle it in
 'N1r. President, we do not allow liquor sin, but rather their right, through hundred of years of custom. But drink themselves they will not, nor will they permit one drop of liquor in their islands.
 Not long ago the President of Hon. duras resolved to pay these islanders visit of compliment. After dusty, hot day, he suggested that he could relish a real drink. He was taken aside and politely told:
 f'Mr. Presiden. we do not allow liquor in these islands. It has been the cause of too much misfortune. We thought you knew that. and frankly, if the Is- flanders hear of your request we fear they will be shocked"
 My fear" the president grimly re- sponded, "is that they will not be near 1y much shocked as ann.
 These are the outward and visible signs of Spanish Honduras today Every one admits that the country has made great progress during the tenn porary presidency or Dr. Alberto Mem hrenn ia n rat1 fn Uo cJ1S rtO,, June.
 He has greatly endeared himself to the people by not allowing himself to
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National Council of Women, of the woman's section of the Army and Navy League. National Society of the Patriotic Women of America, vice president of the National Star Spangled Banner Association and member of the Social Science Club of Kansas
 She is strong advocate of good reading for the people, and such is the confidence placed in her ability in this direction that she has been chosen to select the books for the public library Of her home town. She has a keen sense uses it for the benefit of her fellow citizens.
 Regarded as one of the best-gowned this record when she comes east to at tend the conventions of the various or ganizations of which she Is Officer or member, Mrs. Guernsey takes particu-
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Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey of Kansas Tells of the Western Woman's Ideals of Public Service She Has Done Big Work in Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution Has Taken Active Part in Marking the Old Santa Fe Trail in Partner ship With Her Illus band.
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lar pride in the fact that all her cos. tunes are designed and made in the west
 While she Is fine business woman and takes ample time for the cultfva- tion of the intellectual and esthetic side Gi her nature, Mrs Guernsey is also notably good housekeeper, order ing her domestic affairs upon the most modern and progressive lines, so that her household machinery runs upon wheels so well oiled that they are rarely to be heard. The Guernsey home IS the handsomest in Kansas, and was planned and the work of construction supervised by it's mistress. This state- ly stone pile, with it's pillared verandas and it's artistfcally planned grounds, constitutes one of the show places of the state, and gives concrete example of what a clever western woman reg gards as an ideal American home
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No Longer a Haven of Refuge for Fleeing Defaulters Honduras Now Has Extradition Treaty With United States One Man, an American, Is Immune. Gen. Lee Christmas and the Old Louisiana Lottery Mansion. Spanish Honduras Fill ed With Men to Whom Big Adventures Are as the Little Things of Every Day Life. Economic Conditions. Trade Opportunities. Country Is Rich in Minerals Railroad. Graft - Magnificent Waterways - The Town of Puerto Cor tez and Its Splendid. Harbor Prohibition Among the Bay Island ers-The President of Honduras.
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E.Sy E E

be made the tool of ambitious politi- clans, for it was predicted, in Central American style of former days, that when he assumed the presidency dur ing the temporary absence of Dr. Bert rand he would decide not to let go when the time came to yield the office back to Bertrand. The politicians tried to swell his head, but he laughed at them.
 Here are his latest words on the political and economic situation of the country:
 gro establish a national government it is important that the public service be confined to persons who are honest. competent and of good will. whatever may be the party with which they are affiliated. The true Honduranean loves progress and does not cling blindly to the past. During my administration l could not do better than to conserve all the good my predecessors realized- and to begin one other work that Is without prejudice to the public serv- ice. I started the construction of a highway to Potrerllos, the first station on, the National Railroad of Honduras. Thus the time may csme when we may go in automobiles from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
 Moreover, by this work we add to the value of the lands of the valley of Comayagua and to that of other land tHc pIOuuClS oI HIGH VIII D0 SOI1 III the towns of the north coast that are now supplied by importations from the United States. When Europe shall turn to the peace so desired by all we shall arrange our foreign debt, because we can then count with some assur- ance on what to offer to creditors, and after that arrangement we may even be In condition to undertake in a de- cIded manner the continuation of our interoceanic railroad.
 These truly national works are not beyond our resources. For them we need peace, perseverance, and, above all unity. That is the most we expect and hope from our compatriots."
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| ROM the western portion of this Ih country come its most valuable
 ores. and out of the west have S stridden some of the strongest men of the land-men with broad, fear less, virile ideas. typical of the expan- sive territory wherein they have been reared. The women of the west have brought to their sisters in other parts of the Union the same big viewpoint as it's men.
 A representative western woman is Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey of Kan saS. whose home town, Independence.
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 PUERTO CORTEz,
 Spanish Honduras SN I'VE out of every ten men in the IC1 United States probably believe
 that if a defaulting bank cashiers want to go somewhere in a hurry he heads for this place. That is mistake. It used to be true, but it is so no longer, for Spanish Hon duras has an extradition treaty with the United States-which excepted. when it was signed. one citizen of the United States resident in this country and it has every other attribute of twen- tieth-century civilization. except rail- It is one of the greatest mining and agricultural countries of Central Amer ica, it's surface hardly scratched by the prospector and investor, and, notwith- standing all the romantic stories that nave been told of piracy, smuggling and scene, spanish Honduras is enjoying peace with a prospect of prosperity as the result of the labors of Dr. Alberto Mem breno. former minister to Washington and pr Francisco Bertrand. to whom Dr. Men1breno has just returned the presidential chair
 To these names must be added that of Lee Christmas, a New Orleans citizen of the United States, who is now brigadier general on the reserve list of the Spanish I1OHduTal army, ana who resides at Puerto Cortez in the old n1ansion-the largest and best house in the place which was erected for the offices and home of the old Louisiana lottery when the gambling scheme was expelled from the United States.
 * *
 It was Lee Christmas, perhaps the most famous of all the Central American fili- busters, who was asked by BoniIla, the leader of the last revolution, to become '.jefe nilitar'-chief of military opera tions-of the revolution, and every one in Central America with whom the writer has talked says that it was due to Gen. Christmas strategy that the revolution was successful in 1911, ending in a con- vention of the opposing factions signed in the harbor of Puerto Cortez on board the United States gunboat Tacoma. At any rate, there has been peace in Spanish Honduras for some time.
 This is not particularly a story Of revolutions or piracy or smuggling, or lotteries or of those who absconded
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Cln1Rc1z Orx J4E HONDURAS BORDER, WITH INDIAN P1JPILS AND GIecW1I-1JRS.

republic is made more easy every Hon. uuranean with whom l talked declares lhat this country will be found to be an undeveloped gold mine. The whole country is rich in minerals, and but one or two companies have so far en- deaVored to develop it. Because of the back and pack train this country is the least developed of all the Central American republics.
 Within the last few years the govern ment has improved the road from San Lorenzo to Tegucigalpa, the capital, a distance of 300 miles. Over this an auto operating machines, two trips a week. This carries mail for the governrn ent and passengers, and there are several large trucks to carry freight Many Honduraneans believe that the auto mobile truck line will prove to be the future transportation system of this mountainous country rather than the railroad.
 Shares in railroad companies. in fact, are unpopular in Spanish Honduras, for the reason that some time ago a great bond issue was authorized by the gov ernment to build railway. Bonds were sold, ffty-seven miles over level lands were built, but it was eventually found that corrupt men pocketed nearly $1,- 000,00 a mile for a road that should not have cost more than $30,00O a mile.
 Tegucigalpa, the capital, 250 miles from Puerto Cortez, with a population largely Indian, has about fifty automo- piles. Much of the trip from Puerto Cortez must be made by mule back. SentineIs are stationed outside of the capital to report the approach of strangers One day a native soldier, on this duty, espied what to him was a curious sight and he reported, at the top of his voice in great excitement:
 Here comes a white woman riding like a man. She is pretending to be a man. Shall shoot?"
 Hush, you fool!' his officer hissed, as he took a look through his glasses.
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Hush, you fool! That is the wife of the American minister. Hush, or I'll shoot youn
 Spanish Honduras has other com munfties, very attractive in their way among them the town of San Pedro Sula, which has paved sidewalks and through a tropical jungle in which. re- side many interesting types of the natives descended from the Indians Also, other interesting towns are Tela (pronounced "Tayla') and Ceiba.
 Tela is almost an American town, for here are big plantations, great hospital, wireless station, and-be- lieve it or not, as you villa base ball diamond, the thing that is destined to drive the horror of bull fighting out of it's few remaining strongholds in Cen tral America.
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 Magnificent waterways abound throughout the republic, especially swiftly flowing streams which can be "harnessed" for cheap electric energy in country where coal as weTras wood is scarce and high priced
 It is around Puerto Cortez, however, that most of the interest and romance of Spanish Honduras hovers. There is no need to go into it's history, for the name of Cortez suggests an inspiring flood of reminiscence. Today it is a place of squalor, of wooden shacks, of pestilential swamps trtckling or refus- ing to trickle across the one long street. In its stores-a few, which have the concession to do so-one may buy postage stamps, but not in the post office. At that governm ental agency you may mail letter, but if you want to buy stamps you must take the money to the one place in Puerto Cortez which is trusted to handle the government money-the customhouse.
 In its stores, too, you will get in change coins of many countries-Chfl- can dollars, Uruguayan 50 centesimo o pieces, Salvadorean cfnco centaYo pieces, British shillings and siXpences,
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family aptitude for public service and has but lately returned from Europe, where he did notable work for the re- lief of the Belgians, taking the place of MT. Hoover when the latter was in this country.
 Mrs. Guernsey's brother is Rev. Charles B. Mitchell, pastor of St. James Church, the largest Methodist congre- gation in Chicago, while another sister took up art as her life profession and IS now one of the instructors in that branch in the Kansas State Normal School, Mrs. Guernsey at sixteen en- tered the field as breadwinner by teaching school and becoming in time principal of the High School of In The cause of equal suffrage found sturdy support in the Mitchell family, and one of their warmest early friends was Susan B. Anthony, who made her home near them in Leavenworth, and whose progressive views were shared in by old and young in this active par sonage. Miss Anthony and Mrs Kel- logg were the pioneer woman suf- fraglstS in the state of Kansas.
 Mrs. Guernsey's early marriage with an ambitious and energetic young bank clerk resulted in her transferring her active part in the instruction of youth. although never her interest, into pure ly phtlanthropfc channels expressed through civic and state work This in terest was evfnced by her service of several years as chairman of the board of educat tion of her home town,
 
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 Characteristically a woman Of the west, she interested herself in her hus- band's rofession-became, in fact, his business companion and partner-and has contributed her full share to the success which came early and rapidly through good business insight and en- terprise, and has placed the Guernseys among the wealthy citizens of their state.
 Asked recently what were among the
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radical differences between the eastern and the western woman's ideals of pub lie service, Mrs. Guernsey said:
 The eastern and the western women are radically unlike in their point of view. l will make no comparisons, but l will tell you what I have observed as among the marked characteristics of the western woman. She is essentially a woman of breadth.
 Tn Kansas and in other western states where we have suffrage the man, as a matter of course, discusses politics with his wife exactly as though she were man. This gives her mascu- line grasp of political situations, and politics are as frequently a subject of women's conversations with us as our domestic problems.
 "The western man, with his wife on an equal plane in politics with himself naturally talks of his business with her, and she as naturally acquires his viewpoint in business matters, so that very frequently they are in reality business partners in all but name. The western woman brides herself on being of all assistance possible to her hus- band, gaining quite as clear an insight into his affairs as he himself holds
 My husband and I are partners in business and partners in all our civic and other. public service endeavors I help him in his affairs and he helps me. Our two children have grown 1p with that ideal, and have been trained to take big, broad outlook on life and it's affairs. Our young grandchildren are consequently being trained along the same lines. and I regard them as very good types of western children,
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'I think that the western woman's broad view is largely influenced by her surroundings. One cannot be born and look out all her life over the boundless prairies and take a small view of any thing As the actual horizon is spread wide before the physical eye, so the prairie dweller sees things in their greatest aspect. l believe that in all
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BY wINGRovE BATHoN.

Special Correspondence
 PUERTO coRTEz, Spanish Honduras S
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-08
Daughter. Elect omc-r>.

At a meeting held Yesterday after-
noon, Petersburg Chapter United
Daughters Of the ConfcderarH, elected
officers for the ensuing year as fol-
lows
First vsce-nrcsidcn'. Mrs " Pryor
Jones; second vice. president Mrs SD
ward Eigenhruu: recording secretary.
Mrs. r. r Meade; corresponding Sec
rotary. Mrs Bartlett Nouer, regis
.trar. Mrs j. W. Long historian, Miss
Annie V. Mann; custodian, Miss Nord
r. Davidson.
The president and treasurer Viii b"
elected. at the next meeting inc
treasurers report showed a balance IN
hand, and the statement was made that
S51o.S5 is in hand FOR tie Malone
Monument.
The chapter elected delegates 10 the
annual convention Of tho virginia pivi-
sion. United Daughters of tho Confcd-
cracy. which is TO meet iu Lynchhure
on October 10. as follows: Mrs r. l..
Budd. Mrs r. Meade, Miss Nir-
Sinia Mckinney, Mrs y l.. DAVIS,
Mrs J r.. Bell. Mrs y w Gray ana
Mrs. Edward Eisenhrm Al,ernatos
chosen were Mrs J w Long. Mrs H.
q. Bohan,on. Miss Hattie Elcnswortn,
Mrs Il. II Booth. Mrs William +
Beaslcy. Mrs II. V l.. Bird ANA Mrs
J. Il Price.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-08
AT WORK ON TARIFF BOARD
President Higgins Consideration Of the
Five Men to Compose
Com mi hAIOn.

WASHINGTON. September = While
Congress still was debating the rcve-
nue. bill creating Il tariff commission
President Wilson to-day began the
work Of selecting the five men to COM
pose the commission. Among those
under consideration are T. NJ. Hal
stead. chief Of the customs bureau in
the Treasury Departments: Il. r.. Pratt.
chief OF the bureau of foreign and
QomeSticr commerce in the Commerce
Department. and Professor w. y.
Taussig. OF Harvard University. Il po-
litical economist and tariff authority.