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The Washington times., 1917-11-14
THE CITY'S. SOCIAL SIDE
Mrs. WIsonHas
Box Party For
Fhza. Concert

President Wilson put aside affairs
Of state yesterday afternoon long
enough to join Mra- Wilson In her
box at the National Thsatsr for the
Philadelphia Orchestra concert
ArH Wilson, who u exceptionally
fond Of music and scarcely misses .
concert, has this year established the
pleasant custom Of entertaining in
her box on each occasion the wife of
some member Of the Diplomatic
Corps and q little group of women
prominent in official life.
Yesterday her guests were Lady
Spring Rice, wife OF the British am
basSador; Mrs. Joseph McKernG, wife
Of Justice AcKennG: Mrs. David
Franklin Houston, Mrs. Alexander
Hunter Gait and Miss Helen Wood
row Bones.
The concert was attended By large
and notable audience which put real
enthuHiasm into its reception of the
popular conductor, Leopold stokow-
ski, a. well As the soloist Ossip
Gabrilowitch. Nine. etokowski known
professionally a. Olga Samarof, was
q guest In one Of the boxes and had
with her her two charming children,
who drank in the music with rapt at
tention.
Mrs. Newton d. Baker and Mrs.
John w. Davis were among the guests
in Mrs. William Croxier's box. Mrs.
MarshSll Field, Mrs, John q. Reyburn,
and Mrs. Ira C. Copley were among
those who entertained box parties.
Mrs. George Howard was among Mrs,
Fields guests. Mrs. John II. Mer-
riam and Mrs. Horace westcott were
together in a box.
Col. and Mrs. Charles Carroll wal
cutt entertained in their box Mrs. J.
II. covinEton, Mrs. J. N. Andrews, Mrs.
w. H. Hay, and Mrs. Frederick W.
Lewis. William Eric Fowler had in
his box Mrs. Edmund Pendleton, Mrs.
Charles Howry, Mrs. z. Rollins Morse,
Mrs. Thomas N. Chatard, and MrA Nc
Cauley. :,
Among those In the audience were
Mrs. Franklin X. Lane, who was ac-
eompanied by her daughter, Miss
Nancy Lane, Mrs. William Phillips,
Mrs. Frank Noyes and Miss Frances
Noyes, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Rich
ardson Glover, Mrs. Archibald Hop
kins, Mrs. Robert L. Owen, Mrs Ste
phen B. EllCins, Mrs. Delos BIodgett,
Mrs. Charles Gray Matthews, Mrs.
Augustus C. Downing, Miss Elsie
Downing, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rec
side, Miss Lois Reeside, Miss Helen |
Walcott. Mrs. Walter Stilson Hutch
ins, Mrs. John Crayke Simpson, Mrs. |
Gillett Hill, Miss Lemira GIllett Hill, |
Miss Amaryllis GIllett, and Dr.. and |
Mrs. BuclSner Randolph.
The Washington times., 1917-11-14
Louise Thoron
To Make Debut
At Tea Today

Kn. Bsujamin Il. wardsr will be
Aostses st q reception this afternoon
10 Introduce to her friends her grand
dsnGhasr, lriss Louise Thoron, dauEh-
ter of krG HAIRY Leonard The tea
vii b given It Mrs warder's old
home. I616 K street. which her SON
iu-lGW ana daughter, Ar. and Mrs.
RAiph Ellis. Of New York, are occupy
ing this season. Miss Thoron, who
has the distinction of being the irst
OF this seasons dsbutantes to be
formally presented to society, grew
up and was educated away from
Washington, and today's hospitality
win be her introduction to the young
people with whom she will be Affill-
atsd - we'll a. to the friends Of the
older generations Of hsr family.
NrA. Leonard and Mrs Ellis win
receive with Mrs. WGrder and the de-
butants; and MrG Fred Brooke, Miss
Gertrude Myer, and Mrs. Blaine
BealO win assist the hostess In well
coming her guests The receiving
party will also include q little group
Of young girls, buds OF this season
and last, who are among Miss Thor
on's close friends
=
The dinner party which the Rus
sian Ambassador and Nine. Bakhme-
tien were to give tomorrow even
ing in honor Of the Secretary Of
State and Mrs. Lansing, has been
postponed until q later date.
Mr.. Elliott Leaves.
Mrs. Edward Elliott. OF California,
who has been q guest of the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Wilson at the white
House for several days, has left
Washington
Miss Margaret Wilson. who is now
making q concert tour through the
Southwest. sent . check for $500 70
the Canadian Red Cross Society, the
money being part Of the proceeds Of q
concert given by the Presidents
daughter in Montreal Tbs Canadian
Red Cross yesterday acknowledged
the gift
Lady Reading, who spent Kevsral
weeks In Washington with Lord Read
ing, head OF the British financial mis-
sion, returned with him to England.
It is probable that they will again
visit this country. They are retain
ing the residence 2S16 Massachusetts,
+. d. Moran,
Ar1- Charles A Mum. of Washing
ton. motored TO White Sulphur
Springs. W. Va, from Hot Springs,
Va, yesterday, and is at the Green
brIer Hotel for . short sojourn.
-
Two weddings OF unusual interest
to washington society will take place
IN New York today. In the chantry
of St Thoulas Church this afternoon
Miss Marguerite shonts, daughter OF
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possession Of the apartment in the
Toronto she has leased from Mr.. and
Mrs. P. J. Lennox.
-
Miss Daviette Ficklen, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Pannil Ficklen,
one OF the group OF charming young
girls who are graduating from the
school room to the drawing room
this season, will re introduced to So
ciety informally a. a tea dance which
Mr.. and Mrs. Ficklen will give in De-
cember, probably during the Christ
mas holidays.
Mrs. Thomas N. Mclaughlin will be
at home Informally this afternoon and
again on Wednesday, November 81,
and Wednesday, November 2s. Mrs.
Louis Clephane, jr.. will preside at the
tea table this afternoon, and next
Wednesday Mrs. Mclaughlin will be
assisted by Mrs. II. T.. Mason, wife OF
Rear Admiral Mason.
The Washington times., 1917-11-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore P. shonts, will
be married TO Rutherford Bingham,
OF the American diplomatic service.
It will be a simple wedding with no
reception. The Duchess de Chaulnes
will be her sisters only attendant,
and Glenn Stewart, Of the diplomatic
service, will serve as best man.
Mr.. Bingham and his bride will sail
on Saturday for Denmark, the former
having been assigned to duty as one
of the secretaries OF the American
legation in Copenhagen. Mr.. Bling
ham IL q son of Brig. Gen. Theodore
A. Bingham, u. s. A, retired.
The second wedding will be that OF
Miss Jane Morgan, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, TO
George Nichols. Special train will
take few of the relatives and friends
OF Miss Aorg9n and Mr.. Nichols from
New York to Locust Valley for their
marriage in St Johns Church. Lat
tingtown. The other guests-they
will be q mere handful-will come
from the neighborhood. The little
church is decidedly limited in Its ca
pacity, and only relatives and few
friends have been asked to the cere-
mony and breakfast afterward at
Matinicock Point, the country home
Of the brides parents.
The wedding win be q most simple
one, although all the precautions
which surrounded the marriage OF
Miss Morgan's sister, Miss Frances
T. Morgan, to Paul Geddes Pennoyer
last June, will be maintained.
Mr.. Nichols. who 10 q son OF Mr..
and Mrs. John W. T. Nichols, of New
York, has leased q house for his
bride at Al East Thirty-fifth street
The Washington times., 1917-11-14
Sins Expected Sunday.

Congressman and Mrs. Thetus Sims,
who have been In California for q
visit, are expected back in Washing
ton on Sunday, and will Join their
daughters, Miss Marie Sims and Miss
Enid Sims, at the apartment At 213o
Wyoming avenue. which they have
leased for the winter.
Miss Enid Sims, who was to have
been one OF the seasons debutantes,
has deferred O formal presentation
owing to wartime conditions, but will
take part informally IN the festivities
Of the season.
The Washington times., 1917-11-14
Mr.. Baker Goe. 10 n.I,,nor,.

Mrs. Baker will accompany her hus-
band, the Secretary of War. to Balti-
more this afternoon Mr.. Baker will
be the principal speaker at the dinner
tonight with which the annual meet
ing OF the National Consumers
League will open. Charles J. Bona
parte, president of the Maryland Con-
sumers' League, will preside.
The Washington times., 1917-11-14

Mrs. Francois Berger Moran, who
has apartments at the Willard for
the early winter, expects TO go South
for February and March. Her dauEh-
ter, Mrs. Horace Mcfarland, has taken
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Bridge Beneat Tuesday.

The District Of Columbia branch Of
the National Society Of Colonial Danes
will give a bridge party at Rauscher's
on Tuesday afternoon. November "a, at
3 o'clock. with a tea to follow, to raise
funds to carry on the excellent work Of
the society in helping to support the Y
NJ c. A recreation rooms at the camps
about Washington.
Ever since last spring the Colonial
Danes have been paying the salary Of
7. NJ c. A secretary and providing
him with an automobile. which enables
him to make daily visits to each OF the
camps near Washington. This Is one of
the activities which the society wiSh.s
to keep up during the winter months. II
IL hoped that the proceeds OF the enter
tainment will be sufficient to carry on
this and the other work Of the society
for six months.
Miss Alma Ruggles Is in charge OF
arrangements, and the patronesses for
the entertainment are Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs.
Newton D. Baker, Mrs. Josephus
Daniels, Mrs. Franklin K. Lane, Mrs.
David Franklin Houston. Mrs. Eugene
Hale, Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs.
James w. Wadsworth. jr., Mrs. Will
lam Phillips, Mrs. James Marion John
ston, Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, Mrs. VIII
lard Brownson, Mrs. Thomas T. Gan,
Mrs. Samuel Spencer, Mrs. Richard
Ely, Mrs. Thomas W. Symons, Mrs.
Charles C. Glover, Mrs. William Belden
Noble, Miss Martha Goldman, Mrs.
franklin d. Roosevelt, Mrs. Amos
Fowler, and Mrs. Thomas SelfridEe.
=
Mrs. Reginald De Koven, Of New
York, will come to Washington today
for a weeks visit to Mrs. Edmund
The Washington times., 1917-11-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Hechinger have
left Washington for an extended tour
through the East.
The Washington times., 1917-11-14

Mrs. Reginald De Koven, of New
York, will come to Washington today
for a weeks visit to Mrs. Edmund
Pendleton.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17
SOME CORN VARIETIES
ADAPTED TO LOUISIANA

There Is no one best variety OF corn
for Louisiana. Under average condi.
tons the number Of desirab bic varie.
ties, however, II not very large. Those
that have become established among
the Southern types should be relied
upon, Among the snall.eared prolific
corns that have given best results uni.
formly are Hastings Prolific, Mosby's
Prolific, Gaudy's Prolific. all more or
less closely related. and a very few
similar strains bearing local names.
Of he large-eared type the Calhoun
Red Cob, Sentell's White Dent and
related varieties are the most depend.
able.
The Yellow Creole is Justly pop
uiar variety in extreme South Louisi.
ana. In variety tests it never stands
toward the top, but under average
farm conditions it has many good
qualities to commend II. The stalk is
strong, the shuck if heavy and we'll
closed at the end. and the grain Is re-
sistant 10 weevils and wet weather.
y, r. Dodson. Dean and Director.
louisiana State University.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17
Subscription Increase

We wish to give a fair warning
to our readers and also others who
NAV intend to become subscribers,
that with the installation of our
new tvpesetting machine, and the
Improvement of our paper, that on
and after Oct. lst, 1917, the sub
,scription price of the paper will be
raised from 81 so to 500 per year
payable strictly in advance.
We have put no limit to the
number of years that may be taken
BY one subscriber at a time. In
fact, we are Offering Ave years sub
ssnription for II 90, making a saw
ing of $500 on the proposed in
creased price of subscription. We
will also. if Won wish, give YOU ten
years subscription for $3.50 a
saving of $7.50 on the Increased
price.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17
Social Notes


This column is one of the hard
est to be gotten up for a country
newspaper, although when there
Is typeoetting machine al hand il
comes very easy. When our new
machine is installed we will be ir a
position to tell all about all the
social doings Of the community
and give the guests names as well
We will be glad to do so and ask
that all help us to know of these
events, that we may get the de
tails. Your help will make it all
the better.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17
. Police Jury Proceedings

While this heading is only to
mention a fact, it does not mean
that this is all of the space neces-
sary to print the doings of the
police jury, in fact they are doing
so much that the installation OF
the typesetting machine will make
the matter of publishing their
minutes and notices. ordinances,
laws and other matters concerning
the parish quite an interesting
matter for our readers. This fea-
ture will always be included in our
columns just the same as if we were
the official journal, and no telling
we might be that too.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17

Or Bells P,ne.Tar- Honey w;li stop
that hacking cough that Ringers from
January The soothing pine bnlsame
loosen The phlePrH, heals the irritatrd
membrar 2, the glycerine relieves the
tender tissues, you breathe easier and
coughing ceases Dln't pegl ct 6
lingerirg cough, it is dangerous Dr.
Bel, Pine. ar-Honey L. Rntiseptic
and pleasant to tax b nefits young
and old, get it at your druggist to-day
Formula On the bQtils. 25e, sdY
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17
Enough For Six Fords

1t might seem strange to the
average reader, nevertheless it is a
positive. fact that the amount OF
money being spent on a linotype
and Improvement of the Abbeville
Progress is equivalent TO the amount
of money necessary to buy Six
Fold Automobiles. We are not
saving this because we want any
one to think we are getting rich
but because we want TO tell them |
that we are boosting Abbeville |
First and then we'll travel in the !
Ford Observation-Disclosures.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17


Statistics show that only about IS
per cent Of the lands in Louisiana are
in cultivation. the rcmairns - per
cent includes abandoned farm lands.
timber lands. the cut-ov'- pine h"l'.
corsideruhi" area of swamp land
along the rivers. and laree stip q
marsh land aio~@ rh. coast
Even in The better cultivated s.o-
lions thora is alw.E- an a'""daro" ~
land which is not cultivated every
year, and when these Ilo M th, alu-
vial plains or smaller river valleys
they are almost invariably ,'orho. i0
4 wonderful sod OF Bermuda grass
and white clover. With smaller tracts
Of lpspe3aZa, Johnson grass and unuv
other us5fIl forage crops Intimately
mixed with a liberal growth Of weeds,
briars and urderhrrsh. It IS also az
parent TO anyone that flon carly
spring 70 late fail The gr.a bulk or
this p8sturaCa goes almost entirely 20
waste hecausn Of iho lack OF sufficient
cattle or other animals 2" craze il o."
IN a way 10 return profit 20 ~" c"n-
er. The cut-ov'r pine lands and bill!
sections Of The state ara generally COW
cred with a natural growth of 'ho
sedge grasses. some Of the Wild L.
cimas and varying amount OF NM
1nrbrTsh, which increases as one goes
toward the northern part Of the state.
I would be almost impossible to esti-
mate ,ha amount u natural vealtl
which is wasted in not properly util-
izirg these spontaneous r~owrhs for
live sfocl, production as there & nm
ouoe,io,oh,y a,o,,o5 NJ # - r,oir-ai,
49,. b,..,;r-5, 10 ,,,o.,,or5s &c o...l,
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ga. 'I'r ~ nv t',' '''7 -, 49,.
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10 inc "oI' ~. i'''', VI zen i'-o'' .'7
d me years 1919 anu I'io' ~ o"''
pastures "t'c0 one sees E'"A"u """"
10 Whtfe tn'y ar" Ieah! III lAe o'S'
condiuoH are me small pats aoou'
barns ana premises where me mu'es
ana lanllIy MIX cows nave Ireo ACCESS
10 coiApdrdtiN 81! Sinai areas
Inc carr! ing c"paI''! =, 'le w
over pine anu mn i",u9 "a
.out Se' not go .,S
ponnos, 80 o,,r - hit,e a,d a. rn,
corr,, ono r,sture animal for evorv Ave-
acres without imnrovement. though q
IS not recommended that they be used
in this way. as all Of them can he
greatly inproyed for nasture nrrnoee.
Nv a small expendirure for seedine
with lesnedeza white and burr cIover
- =
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17
y. mon
The Pncu

The cold, damp 'er u March
seems to be the most favorable for
the pneumonia germ Now is the
lime 10 be careful. Pneun2nl7 Otter
results from cold. The quicker a
cold il gotten ri1 oftle iess tho dlu,.-
Assoon a, the first indication II
cold appears take Oh rba-'a,r's
Cough Remedy As to the value OF
mi. preparation, ask anyona who has
used It. ObtsInIbls Everywhere adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17
District Court News

This column will contain a gist
of the news notes and in some in
stances, details of the district court
for this parish. This is a matter
of great interest to all concerned
The news notes will be dependable
as everything that it contains will
be according to the records only.
Nothing will be guessed at, and
nothing but the facts published in
an impartial way.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17
: School Board Proceedings

This is another subject that is of
much, or should be. Importance to
every reader. 1t means for the
future OF the country and is a
matter OF serious consideration
With our machine II operation We
are going Z give our readers the
benefit Of having the news from
this important body OF our parish.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17
Church Notes

With the assistance of the pas
tors of the several churches and
their members, helping us with
this column, all of the services and
other meetings can be given due
to advantage and without
cost TO them.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17
Commercial Notes, Etc.

While we do not intend to have
any special column for commercial
notes, country or town improve
nents, ETC., for the time being, the
addition of the tppesetting machine
will put US in a position to give
much interesting news Of the town
and parish, as we'll as all other
happenings and transactions for
the good and welfare Of the COM
mpnity as q whols,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17
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The Reason of Ii?

OOOoCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooOoOOO
We were just telling one of Our
friends of having put in an order
for a typesetting machine, when
he asked us why we waited so long
to do so. OF course, we explained,
to his satisfaction, that we were
waiting to get a late model.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17

stan Of much strength and character.
Lyuarger Is in great demand among
Chautauqua audiences everywhere. He
is man Of brilliant end scholarly
mind who has the unusual gift Of pre-
senting educational subjects in an en-
tsrtaining manner.
William Jennings Bryan, Senator
Eert ri Indiana ana Senator Reed Of
Missouri rate Lee Francis Lybarger
rs ene Of the leading authorities in
America on political, social and indus
trial problems.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17
OOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOGOi
An Honest Appeal

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
We are making an appeal to on
readers and other friends to cory.
to our aid and help put us in pos:
ton to make our initial PAYNE
on this costly, but efficient lin
type. You can do this by SUI
scribing to the Abbeville Progreo.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17

Mere milk in the diet~of the aver.
age family would help cut down the
high cost of living in tho city as vel.
ss IN tbs country Mix is one OF the
cheapest 81 animal foods,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17
Brief News Items of Local Interest

In this column will be carried all the brief happenings Of the
and vicinity Telling Of what your friends doing Anyone weh
paid subscribers invited send for
paper and will them their proper column and will also
keep ourselves the
the party for information All items by mail should be
signed, that know who the sender
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17
WASTE LANDS SHOULD
PRODUCE LIVE STOCK

AIluVla LANDS in Pasture Carry Near
" Two Head Of Cattle per Acre Mae
Months in Near-Cut over Pine
Lands. Properly Fenced and !mprov
ed, Also Make Valuable Pastures.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17
AUTHOR AID SCIENTIST
ON LECTURE STAFF.

Or. Henry Smith Williams. writer
and lecturer Of national reputation. has
been secured for the leCturing staff of
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17
O Personal Mention

Observation-Disclosures NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF course the personal mention
column is for mention of those com
ing and going that we find out
about, and with our typesetting
machine we will be able to put up
plenty of them. There is Away,
lot of Jokes thrown at the printer
about his type being up-side-down,
spelled with little letters, etc, but
with the new machine we can laugh
last, and he who laughs last laughs
the longest. Watch and see.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17
PROMINENT CHAUTAUQUA
LECTURER COMING.
Lybarser Is Authority on Social and
Political Conditions.

Lee Francis LyharGcr X one If the
men who figure prominently Ia max
ing the 1911 ChautauQua leCturiGg
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17
New Suits Filed

This column will carry the lit
of the new suits filed in the court
house records Of Nermilion parish.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17

This is quite an interesting CO.
lumn for all, and it tells who has
purchased the right to wed.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17
Marriage Licenses

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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-30
STREET CARS GO "DEAD'
SECOND TIME IN WEEK
No Trolley Service in Tulsa Last Night
Owing to Power Short
ace.

For the second time within two days
street car service was entirely aban-
doned by both local railway companies
as well as on the Red Fork interurban
line last night. Power shortage at the
plant of the Public Service corporation
again was blamed for the cessation of
service.
Street cars ceased to operate on the
Tulsa Street Railway company's lines
about 7 o'clock. Thousands of per-
sons were stranded down town and
taXicab and jitney car service enjoyed
n night of record fares" Interurban
and local service on the oklahoma
Union Traction company was sus-
pended until nearly midnight when
additional power permitted the opera
ton of a beated "owl car" for the
convenience of passengers bound for
Red Fork and intermediate points
The Worlds printing presses and
other mechanical equipment in Tulsa
dependent on electricity for power,
suffered serious inconvenience as "A
result of the power shortage. Public
Service officials promised remedied
conditions in the matter of adequate
power today.