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society ATTENDS
war BENEFIT DANCE
Seven Hundred Aid Fund for Sol
diers' and Sailors Comforts.

A maze of quick-beating dance
music, impressively smart frocks,
young officers in the earth tinted
war cloth of the army and the dark
blue and gold of our sea lighters, a
very light sprinkling OF plain dress
suits. and over all continual
antiphony Of laughter and frivolous
converse.
Sounds like a good time, doesn't It?
And so 1t was. But as a result, the
Washington ward OF the American
Hospital at Neuilly will have some
hundreds of extra dollars for ether
and bandaSes and antiseptics.
Also the worsted fund of the Dis
triet OF Columbia will have yarn
enough to knit innumerable sweaters.
nufflers, mitters and helmet caps for
our boys in the trenches.
The occasion was the Halloween
dance at Rauscher's Saturday night
with about seven hundred members
OF Capital society and numerous
visitors present. Among the notables
were: Gen. Vignial. Ambassador and
Nine. Risno. the Marquis Polignan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins. Mrs.
T. Dewitt Talmage. Maj. and Mrs.
Granville Fortescue. Mr.. and Mrs.
Perry Belmont. Viscount and Wis.,
countess de Sibour. Mrs. Joseph
Letter. Mrs. Bernard Baruch. Mrs.
James w. Wadswoth. Mrs. Breckin-
ridge Long and Mrs. Lewis Nixon.
Mrs. Franklin Lane, Mrs. Seaton
Schroeder. and Mrs. Granville Schroed-
er were in the receiving line. A
buffet supper was served at I:3O
o'clock
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The monks are also missing their
sugar. As are seme Of the higher
anthropoids of the city.
When the sweet powder blew itself
up to sky heights, officiais Of the
Zoo found that they wer also unable
to provide the customary quantity os
sugar. And the animals sweet teeth
are hungering for the dainty.
Monks like sugar bcs. when II Is
mixed with their customary bowl Of
rice. When the sugar was making an
exit from the cages. their keeper. a
believer in the advantages of camou-
nage, attempted to fool the simians
by mixing molasses instead OF sugar
with their bowls of rice.
The fastidious residents of the mon
key house coldly disdained the meal.
They sat at one end Of the cage and
threw peanut shells at the sweetened
bowl Of rice and even started to make
rice ball bullets, with which to pelt
gaping crowds.
Since then they have had no rice.
Latest reports from the cages of the
chimpanzees indicate they are seri-
ously awaiting tidings Of the Food
Administrator success with the
sugar supply. ~
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ISAIFS MISSION
TO BID ADIEU TO
us. THIS week
Visit Here Has Brought the
Two Nations Closer
Together.

The japanese Mission Which has
been in this country since August
will sail from "a Pacific port" this
week
The mission leaves here pre-
pared to make no stops between
Washington and that "Pacinc port"
II will go directly home taking with
1t the well wishes of the American ma
ton and leaving behind 1t the warm
est professions OF friendship on the
part of the nation which 1t repre-
sents.
The trip here has brought Japan q
great deal closer to this nation. &C.
cording to the view taken by tho
country's foreign relations leaders.
The effects are quite apt to be more
spontaneous and more beneficial than
as IL no mission had visited here.
Our attitude toward Japan. on the
other hand. is believed to have been
much changed by reason of the
missions statements In public and pri-
vate during the American visit.
Just how definite Jspan's course viii
be henceforth in the war is hard to
tell at this time. The State Depart
mcnt Is said not to have had O COM
prehensive outline OF the proposed &C
tivities Of that nation. Some under
standing has heeh reached with re-
spect to the inter-morale but there
have been no direct admissions by
Viscount Ishii as to what moves
Japan will make in its effort to help
the allies with the big task which
they have ahead of them.
The efforts of German propasan-
dists. working under orders from the
Kaiser himself. to arouse Japan
against this country and to make this
nation resentful toward Japan appear
to be better understood as result OF
the visit. The many disclosures by
the State Department here have
shown the intentions of the Germans
and these added to the gigantic Me1i-
can disclosure. made some time ago.
have put both nations on their guard
from this direction.
The tremendously large lesson which
the mission carries to its home
across the Pacific is OF the msmmoth
resources which America has at her
command in this war-and which
would be subject 10 her command in
any future war that might be called
down upon US.
1t is this which has impressed the
members of the mission most dur
ing their stay here, and which they
will likely not cease talking about for
some time TO come. II is this phase
of America which differs most radi-
cally from the Japanese nation itself.
and which japanese leaders must
recognize as a source OF constantly
growing wealth and which is greatly
to be desired in any movement which
affects the whole nation.
A parting message to this country
is likely to be given out by Viscouut
Ishii before he leaves the west coast,
IL not at the time the mission leaves
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PURELY PERSONAL.

Mrs. James r. Menn has left for a
visit to Chicago.
Maj. and Mrs. William F. Dennis
Louisville, Ky. ..
Representative and Mrs. George B.
Francis arrived recently from New
York City and took upDheir residence
at the Highlands.
While Col. Henry c. Smither is ab-
sent from the city on duty. Mrs.
Smither and Miss Bernice Snither
will live at 1Iss Q street northwest.
Deios Blodgett will spend the week
end with his mother here. He has
Just returned from training duties in
New York where he is preparing for
the Ambulance Corps. d,
Miss Flora Wilson. daughter of the
former Secretary of Agriculture, has
arrived in Washington for the winter.
Henry H. Flather, is at White Sui
phur Springs. He will return to the
city shortly.
Mrs. c. A. Heckster Wetherill. of
Philadelphia. will spend the week in
this city with Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins.
DR.. and Mrs. Cary D.. Langhorne
will pass the winter at 1902 Eighteenth
street northwest. -.
Mrs. Francis A. Connolly was the
guest of Princess Troubetaskoy in
New York last week.
Mrs Arthur Copeland. of Chevy
Chase. Is entertaining Miss Helen
knight Of Glen Ridge, N. J.
Raymond Neudecker took a trip to
Richmond, Va. last week on business.
+ J. A. Beaiie was entertained in An
napolis on a; two-day visit last week.
Miss Julia Berg, of the War De-
partment, recently received a promo
ton. ....-.s.....
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Gas Kills Man Who
tainted in Kitchen

fonkers, N. Y, Nov. 4.-Mr John
Ihornas Geary, formerly alderman
and city clerk. is dead at his home,
Is Jenerson' street. He succumber to
2 heart attack. and in falling acct
dent@ly turned on the valves Of the
ki@anen-. range and was asphyxiated
by the escaping gas.
Geary was bern In Yonkers fifty
Is Jefferson street. He .succumbed to
st MAYS parochial school, in Yonk-
srs; He later studied at st. Mary's
Cole Sc, In }EmmetsburE. Nd. and CO.
lumeia University Law School, grad
uating from both institutions. He en-
gagged In tho practice of law and was
ass9cisted for years with Mr.. John H.
Coyne. formerly s<oss-of : YopRers.
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especially in business buildings re-
sembling those OF this country, and
the striking likeness of the general
aspect Of Sydney to that of San Fran
cisco, were surprising to many Of the
spectators. Motion pictures Of street
traffic were numerous and gave a
vivid impression of actuality to the
screen travel.
Natural wonders Of inland Australia
were also fairly represented. including
charming mountain scenery, the
famous cayerns OF Jenolan, and wild
kangaroos- and other animal wonders.
There was the usual multitude Of
beautifully colored slides and also
many made iron, photographs IN nat
ural colQrs ~
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LIEUT.. BLACK WEEDS.

Boston. Nov. 4.-In Emmanuel
Church. Miss Doris Taylor. daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Taylor,
jr.. was married to Lieut. Percy
Gamble Black, U. S. A. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev.
Elwood Worcester and the Rev. En-
dicott Peabody. Members of the
families and a few intimate friends
of the couple were present.
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Naturalization Holmes on
Australia.

Burton Holmes, the veteran travei
lecturer. opened his latest series Of
illustrated talks at the National The
ater last evening with a fascinating
view Of the cities and people Of Aus
tralia. The remainder Of the course,
which bears the general title Of
Around the Militant Pacific" will be
given on succeeding Sunday evenings
until completed.
sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide.
three largest of the Australian cities,
furnish a large share of the material
for Holmes pictorial tour Of the great
southern continent. The massive and
modern deyslopment Of these cltiss,
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.

District Of Col'Impia and Maryland: Fair
Monday and Tuesday. with slowly rising tenn
r5rature; sentle winds. becoming east and
southeast.
Virginia: Fair Monday and Tuesday, with
slowly rising temperature; moderate northeast
70 rast winds .-' .
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LOCAL TEMPERATURES.

IS; s a. M, IS; 10 a. m, 80; IL noon. A.; 2
r. M, s; p. NJ, ~; p. m. 46; p. m. a;
10 p. M. 50. Highest. 50; lowest. a3 Relative
h,imisity-s a. m. 81; p. m. 81; p. M. c.
Rainfall Is 2. m. to p. m.). o. Hours Of sun
shine. lo.i. Per cent Of possible sunshine. 100,
Departures-Accumulated deficiency Of tenn
persture since January /. 1917. -3le deficiency
of temperature since November i, 1917 81 ac-
c1inulated deficiency Of prsciritation since Janu-
ary !, 1917, -os4; deficiency Of precipitation
since November ], 1917. --o.B.
Temperature sane date last yvar-Highest, %;
lowest, a. -s"r. ?. ~ b.. .. b.
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Cayety-Burlesque.

That MAX SpeiGels production. Inc
Merry Rounders," with Abe Reynolds
and Florence Mills, is at the Gayety
this week is all that needs be said TO
draw q capacity audience to the Ninth
street burlesQue house this week. Ihe
show this year is larger and better
than ever, replete with tuneful music
and other requisites of a well-regu-
lated burlesque entertainment.
Abe Reynolds. in his characterize
ton of Jacob Rosenbloon, kept the
capacity audience yesterday in con-
tinuous uproar of laughter. Miss Mills
has an elaborate wardrobe, and has
the distinction of being the best-look-
ing and best-costumed woman in Dur
lesque. Jean Leonard and Margie
Wilson also are two notable charac-
ters, and their songs and dances add
much to the entertainment. The Para
mount Four and Eugene Wilson. in his
famous character. Rufus the Bcllboy,
are two more outstanding features.
The entertainment is a light revue
in two acts and eleven scenes, and
provides a proper setting for the large
chorus of twenty-four girls, who can
really be called good looking. The
plot of the book, written by George
Totten Smith, has lot to do with the
adventures of the irrepressible Rosen-
bloom in Europe on a pleasure trip,
which later develops into a matter OF
business when Rosenbloom is caught
attempting to smuggle valuable
necklace into America.
The show winds up with a patriotic
review, America First" with men,
bers of the cast representing distin-
guished Americans.
Loew's CoIumbia-PauIine Frederick
The double bill of photoplay fea-
lures, which included Pauline
Frederick in The Hungry Heart"
and Charlie Chaplin in "The Adven-
turer," served to crowd Loew's
Columbia to overlooking yesterday
and will continue as the photoplay
attraction until Thursday. THE
Hungry Heart" which was one of
David Graham Phillips most popu-
lar novels, is an example Of his very
best work.
1t takes up and discusses frankly
problem that is met with fire.
l,quently in the lives Of many. This
problem is: Can a man be true to
his science and at the same time
give to his wife the affection she
necessarily craves?"
Miss Frederick has a role in
which she does some of her finest
work before the camera in portray
ing the depths of emotional mo-
ments with which the story abounds.
The star. Is supported by an ad-
mirable cast headed by Howard
Hall, and the entire production is
lavishly beautiful in photography
and settings. THE Hungry Heart"
is one of the best pictures in which
Miss Frederick has appeared. 1t is
almost needless to detail the story
of The Adventurer," in which
Charlie Chaplin appears. 1t is one
of those screamingly funny film
connections in which the star is
without an equal. A Hearst-Pathe
News is also shown. -r ..
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Our hest flour. sI2.Oo bbI.; whole
ing powder. 12c: Is ozs Cal. sar-
jines, l5c: large prunes. 1Sc; cocoa
nut, &C and 10c: Knox gelatine. 15c:
pure pepper. S5ci crystal salt, &c;
Wonder coffee, oec; mammoth her
ring, for csc: 12 lbs. meal, e5c:
salmon. lie. 412 Fourth st. S. Z.
and all the ]. T. d. Pyles stores.
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KAISER MODERN
JOSHUA, AYERS
REV.DR. GORDON
Wake Up America Pas.
tor S Theme at First Con-
gregational Church.
wake up, washington."

wake up, Washingtont
The Rev. DR.. James L. Gordon,
pastor Of the First Congregational
Church, in these words yesterday
urgently besecched his congregation
to rouse themselves to that pitch Of
solennlfy which should characterized
every citizen of the National Capital
who is doing his bit In the world con-
fiict.
At the same time. he startled them
to an appreciative attitude when,
with striking emphasis he declared
the Kaiser could lead a hundred
thousand men UP Pennsylyania ave-
nue. without exciting any more atten-
lion from the average resident here
than II It were a parade OF Coxey's
army.
Wake up, Washington" the Rev.
=. Gordon reiterated. Wake up.
all America"
DIR. Gordon chose for his text Eph-
iv:z6. BE ye angry and sin not"
and adopted as mis- subject for discus-
sion. IF the Kaiser Should Visit
Washington" First of all, he de-
clsred that there were all kinds of
saints and christians In the world.
but best Of all were those Of ag-
gressive type. who were not afraid to
stand up for their rights. and we
are looking for the saint who Is on
The warpath for purity and righteous
ness who Is disposed 10 carry the
war into Africa" on every possible
occasion; who would fight for the
championship OF the world whenever
necessary. and who would rot lie
down when the pinch came
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All Great Souls Fighters.

All the great souls OF history were
lighters, according to DR.. Gordon,
and each had opponents. The
Scriptures class David as q man of
war; tells how Moses slew the
Egyptians. and about Joshua, who
is alleged to have left not one Of
them alive From DR.. Gordon's
viewpoint, the Kaiser is 9 nneal
descedant OF Joshua
Every one OF the prophets carried
a big stick" he said. and the splen-
did period in the life Of every ma
tion has been its fighting period
Moral welfare hardens mankind,
while superficial peace creates a soft
and habby instinct in mems natures,
declared the minister.
Heaven save us from q soft
handed, fabby checked. brittle
boned, weakened. dim-eyed. thin
skinned. spineless Christianity" he
proclaimed in his reference TO the
pacihst herd.
Last night DR.. Gordon preached a
special sermon to the Independent
Order Of Odd Fellows on the sub
ject OF Nero and the Burning of
Rome" taking for his text Acts
XIX:H: 81 must see Rome also"
The fraternsl organization attended
in q body, between 900 and 400
being present in addition to the reg
ular congregation.
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LOCAL MENTION.

Sick Pens Cured. 0per Nights.
Richards Fountain Prl Shop. LIS Pa. ave.
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MANY VARIET OF BREAD


pjres. and its use has been reported
III France.
Chestnut bread has long been pnpu-
lar In Italy and is highly SPOKEN os on
account Of its sweetness. paiatafiiitv
and high food value. Chestuuts. which
grow to a much greater siz" in I!aly
and Spain than tie Wild chestnuts Of
the United States. are sometimes re
duccd to racai. and in other cases they
arc ground green and beaten into a
paste
Panama -four is comparatively a new
food Experiments have been made in
drying banana meat and reducing il to
:, powder. which is then worked up into
bread. For some time these expert
ments did not 20 beyond the lahort-
tory stage and even today banana -four
Is one of til" rarest OF food products,
hut such n thing may he had if one
cares to pay the price. The theory is
that banana -four could bG produced
very chcaply if any considerable num-
hcr Of people could be educated to
use il.
Central America and South America to
grind beans and peas into meal and
then bake or fry tn" dough into cakes
which in n way FIJI the place of bread.
Among the people Of many tropical
islands in the south Pacific ocean bread
fruit is cultivated and used on the ia
BILE II is eaten in Il numhcr of differ
ent WAYS, and ore OF these IS to dry
the fruit and reduce II t. powder. Of
which bread and puddinEB arc made
Bread is made of all tn" cereals. as
for examples. corn or maize, wheat,
rye. oats and barley, and throughout
vast areas Of the east -four is made
from millet. a grain of which there y -e
many species, all having a high value
a food
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~ EECHNUT bread has been men
IS toned in some of the reports
- from Germany. Such bread has
a strange sound and no doubt would
have strange taste to modern men.
yet is believed to be one Of the very
old forms of bread, IL not the oldest. If
beechnut bread is being made in Ger
many, II represents a return to very
early principles in baking. There is a
difference of opinion among archclo
gists and ethnologists and plain histo
rians Of the habits and manners of an
cient peoples as to whether the earliest
form of bread was prepared from
becchnuts or acorns. Beechnuts and
acorns make good bread and baked
cakes of crushed acorns acorn meal
have been eaten by the Indians Of
America from immemorial times and
are still eaten by certain tribes Of
backward Indians in the Pacific coast
region. 1t Is said that after the tannin,
which j. present in the acorn and
which gives to it the familiar and as
trngent taste. has been extracted by
boiling In several waters, the meal of
the acorn is sweet and nutritious.
For many centuries, in remote times.
part IF the Egyptian population of the
Nile valley made bread from the seed
Of the lotus, blue flower of the pond
lily family. which grew ahundantly in
the mud along the river and came up
IN nyrfadS on the wet lanuS LETT by the
receding waters after the annual in
uHdation.
In the north of Europe. and par
tfcularly In Norway and Sweden the
people. ages ago. made bread by
taking various MOSES and. after dry
ing them. reducing them to powder.
Though palatable. this bread. so it is
said. had but little nutritive value.
and the poor people took to mixing
cereal -four with the pulverized moss
Bread of this kind is sometimes used
by the peasants of the north of Europe
today. and at various times during the
war there have appeared reports of
the use of moss bread in Germany.
1t is no new thing to dry potatoes
and grind them to powder, for there
are references to potato flour that
reach back almost to the time of the
Introduction of the potato into Europe.
Potato -four. with an admixture of rye
or wheat -four, has been extensively
used by the people of the central en-
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Disguised as Bulgarians and from the
Rumanian front in Austrian uniforms.
Other infantry were originally massed
in a crescent line to Beer-sheba, ready
to defend Sanlson's city Gas the cable
correspondents all insist on calling
Gaza) or make a flank attack
The positions which the British had
to attack on the GAIA front could not
have been stronger if the old land had
been purposely built for modern de-
Tense" says my Frenchman. There
are sand dunes two miles deep between
the sea and the town. There was an
extraordinary variety of redoubts,
trenches and pits covering the western
town. ANA Samson ridge was held Ey in
credibiy strong Turkish observation
posts. The whole country is extremely
yet British cavalry did wonders"
lie saw a tank 90 up Samson ridge.
"She stood, with her nose poised in
the air, across a trench down which
the crews poured rapid fire right and
left, then crossed the trench and crawl
cd on. The Austrian gunners turned
an immense volume of fire on her For
several minutes l lost sight OF her, bat
presently sine emerged, picking her way
in Zig-ZaeS up that Impossible ridge. y
second squat of destruction enveioped
her, and when it ceased, she had dis
appeared ] imagined she had certainly
been smashed to pieces, bar / learned
that she dropped back into q trench.
which we captured in a rush behind
her. Yes. the enemy had hit her"
How did the Old eugrav"rs Of Bible
plates kno~ 50 much about the real
topography OF the land? In the most
lannon's Of all 'eynry American family
Bible from 1880 70 1870 had iD James
G. s. Lucas, the American artist, show
ed samson carrying; the gates of GAIA.
You would say that he had been to
GAIA AID that he exaggerated only
a little hit, to make n stunning picture
i'm terrific blacks and whites. The sea
is there. too, close. The dunes ,if he
knew OF their EXISTENCE he doubtless
supposed 10 have Siitei since Samson's
time And all the rest is exact enough
today-A,he somher ana sharp ravines,
the Black Hills Of Judea and the
thunder and lightning. which is still
terrific.
50 now for prototype Of every cham
pIon OF liberty.
The children of Israe! had done evil
in the sight of the Lord" says my
specialist. and the Lord delivered tn IN
into the hands of the PhilistineS forty
wears" But He was raising up for them
a champion in this Samson boy, who
began by falling in love with a Philis-
tine girl When his parents objected,
he said simply: Get her for re, for
she pleaseth me well" (He was bound
to mix up with the Philistines. to full
fill the prophecy: He shall begin to de-
liver Israel")
Going counting. Samson met young
lion in the vineyard. 1t roared at him,
which was a mistake. Having no weap-
on, he rent the lion as he would have
rent kid He said nothing, but, re-
turning later, saw a swarm of bees
and honey in the carcass of the lion,'
ate some, took some to his parents,
still told nothing of the story, but made
riddle of 1t, which he sprung on the
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eE1irAd Governments Food Administration

ticularly successful IN conducting
street meetings. And all this Is a
very sketchy account of her varied
activities
Few women of wealth have given so
much of their time and money to ac-
tive personal work and study in behalf
of the poor, and especially for the
hetterment of the condition of wo-
men and children, as Mrs. Nina c. Van
Wrinkle of Newark. y. J.. for seven
years president OF the Womens foliti-
cal Union of that state, investigator
of cranberry bog employment for the
Consumers League and chairman of in
FAINT welfare work in her city for
five years.
Her studies of women's status In
various lands has carried her all over
the civilized world. and she has just
returned from n study of social con-
ditions in South America, to help or
ganize tho speakers bureau in the food
conservation office.
Miss Gertrude Battles Lane, an ex-
cecdinCly busy woman. as editor of Il
women's magazine, has undertaken the
work of getting publicity for the food
saving campaign through womcns
publications. Previous to her coming
and the arrival of others in the public
ity department Miss Sarah Field
Splint volunteered to help get the