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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-25
Bed Spreads and Towels

3 odd lots of Fancy Turkish Tow
els for Acorn Day at special prices:
35c and 39c Turkish Towels at 25e
soc Fancy Turkish Towels, each see
75c and 85c Turkish Towels at. soc
Good quality Apron Check Cling
hams, mostly blues, some blacks and
reds. Worth 15c the yard at. lie
So in. Bleached Muslin at less than
manufacturers price. Soft, pure fin
ish fabric worth 221sc the yard TIC
36 in. Bleached Muslin in trifle
heavier weight worth regular 25c
the yard at. $50. Ice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-25

One table of Women's, Misses and
Children's Sweater Coats at u Less
Than Regular.
Two lots of Women's. Misses and
Children's white and colored toques.
Regular SOC to $1.00 values at-35e
and SOC.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-25
Draperies
Basement BARGAINS

Parlor Brooms, five sewed with polished
handle at sec
Clothes Baskets, all Belgian white will
low, $500 values at. ........... .$1.59
Snow Flake White Laundry Soap for hot,
cold, soft or hard water-11 BARS IN.
Iof .-......-. -OOO
Toilet Paper-good quality crepe tissue.
IL ROLLS for. ............... soc
SIC Seamless Deep Dish Pan, Az gal size
Japanese Fancy Baskets, a delayed ship
ment for Acorn Day at 35c, soc and z5c each
Floor Mops with adjustable handle and
bottle of floor polish, while they last Acorn
Day ..'----... 59c
few large size Dressed Clown Dolls,
$1.5O Values Tor 49, 05c
Lace Curtain Stretcher full size with
nickel plated brass pins, adjustable to any
size curtain up to 6x12 #. Special at. csc
85c Seamless Enamel Water Pals, first
quanty at each- 51c
5000 qt Aluminium Preserving Ket-
ties at, each. $1.49
sass Hardwood Children's Desks with
stool to match at. $19S
Decorated Dinner Set for six persons
good quality ware, neat pattern. Set
Tor $3.50
Decorated Table Tumblers. Set of six
worth $1OO, for. 79c
Wash Boilers heavy hand made quality
at each --.-- $f.95
Clothes Hampers, choice of sample lot
Tables filed with Dolls. Toys. Books and
Fancy China at Special Acorn Day Prices
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

as H; Bowen. J. N. Johnson, G. B. Steele. Sid
ney DeCamp, G. II. Plant, J. C. Pickett, George
Norbeck. John P. Van Ness, John Foy. Doughlas
Moore. Peter Force five lots), J. NJ. varnum,
Edward De Krafft, James A. Harvey. John Bay
ley. Jane Glover Benjamin Chambers, William
Remington, William orme. Thomas Blagden,
r. s. Patterson. John Sergeant. Samuel De-
vaughn (six lotsl. 8. Parker; George Savage,
William Gunton, Edward Holland, Martin King.
Lambert Tree, Mary Larner and 7. W. Pairo.
In the square bounded by 9Th. 10th. D
and the Avenue the lot owners were:
William Gunton. r. Keyworth, s. P. Frank
lin, David OFT. Philip Mauro E. Lindsey. Fran
cisco Mast, Michael Shanks, N. Travers, William
Cooper. G. Fl. Gibbs, Charles F. Bihler, Mary
Stabler, ]. NJ. Varnum, Robert Keyworth,
James Moore and Jacob Gideon.
The lot owners in the square bounded
by 9th. 8th, D and E streets were:
Owen Connolly, John ]. Van Ness. Chauncey
Bestor. John Boyle, c. Grammer. Jane Wood
ruff three lots). G. W. Uttermuhler or Utter
muhl, Morgan Donohoo. F. F. Moore. James W.
Johnson, o. B. Brown, Sarah Tate. Andrew
Rothwell. John II. Eberbach, Mary Schoheld,
Henry Janney, G. W. Young and Thomas Nc
CURE.
The lot holders in the square bounded
by 9th, Sth, D and the Avenue were:
Peter Lenox. John F. Clarke Nicholas whalen,
r. II. l.. Willard, Thomas Connolly Of john
Darius Claggett, Nathaniel Jewett, W. Hayman
T. Cookendorfer, S. Deyaughn, S. A. kealy,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

James Marin. Balaam Burch, William Paulson,
Samuel Kirby and R. c. Briscoe.
1t was on May 6. 1852, that deeds
were given Hudson Taylor for lot No.
4, at the northeast corner of 9th and
D; lot 5, which faces on 9th street,
and lot 8, which faces on D street.
The deeds were recorded April Z, 1853.
They are from Chauncey Bestor and
Christopher Grammer. and recite that
Richard Smith. trustee. and Joseph
Gales did. by a certain indenture dated
November 20. 1s4s, convey to the
parties Of the first part that parcel of
land in trust to convey the said parcel
of land. with appurtenance, to such
person or persons and upon such terms
as the president and directors of the
Patriotic Bank of Washington might
direct. The conveyance to Taylor was
approved by C. Bestor and G. c. Gram
mer. w. A. Bradley, w. ]. Mcdonald,
]. +. Caldwell. D. Saunders, John Purdy,
Eleazar Lindsey. Thomas Blagden and
w. H Grunnell. On April Z, 1853, Hud-
son Taylor and his wife, Christine, exc
cuted a deed of trust to Charles S.
Wallach in trust for the trustees of
the Patriotic Bank, and opposite the
record of the transaction is this in
structive marginal note: "E'x'd. and
Del'v'r'd to Bradley and Bradley. at
torneys for Bank. 18th May. 1857"
Hudson Taylor did not buy the whole
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
THE SOAPMAKlNG INDUSTRY

0NHE words soap and civilization
are so frequently Joined that one
q might think that civilization has
been brought about or at least helped
along by soap Soap and water are
words that figure prominently in any
discussion of various social problems.
Soapmaking, once and for centuries an
industry carried on in practically all
households, has become one of the i'm
portant and immense commercial indus
tries of the world
In the Old Testament there is refer
ence to things which clean and which
have been translated as soap" 1t is
said to be not clear that the old Israel
ties knew of soap. In the second chapter
of jeremiah it is written: For though
thou wash thee with nitre and like thou
much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked
before me- sayeth the Lord God, In
Malachi, the last book of the Old Tesla
abide the day of His coming? and who
shall stand when He appeareth? for He
is like a refiners fire and like fullers
soap.
Authorities who maintain that the
older Israelites were not familiar with
soapmaking in the sense in which 1t
is now understood hold that those old
people used the ashes of plants and
other such purifying agents.
Soapmaking was known to the an
cient Romans and there is n theory
that they obtained their knowledge of
the art from some of the Germanic
tribes who had learned it from some
of the tribes farther to the west and
north. Pliny mentioned that the Ger
mans used both hard and soft soap. and
he indicates that it was discovery
which had been made by the Gauls. A
prominent soapmaker said not long
ago that the essentials of the soap
making business have not made very
remarkable advances in the centuries.
Pliny, nearly two thousand years ago,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

that house that Fighting Bob" Evans
died in January 3. 1912. and the old
home is now the property of his widow.
Charlotte Taylor Evans, temporarily resid-
ing at Newport. r. l., to be near her son,
Commander Franck Taylor Evans, sta
toned at Newport.
When Franck Taylor died on July ~.
1873. The Star published an article tell
ing of his career, and from that old file
the Rambler makes the following extract
Another one of old citizens died Sat
nrday. Mr.. Franck Taylor, for many years a
importer of foreign works. died about ) o'clock
Saturday evening. He native of bolton,
England. and came to this country about 1915.
being among the first of that large circle of
and this city between 1915 and 1920 The pio-
neer WAS Thomas c. Wright of Georgetown.
Georgetown was the commercial center of this
region. Shortly after the close of the of
1872 Mr.. Wright returned to England and his
glowing account Of Americas future and his
own prosperity induced many families to follow
the star of empire westward These families
included the Cammacks. Fullaloves and Crop
Dawes. Taylors. Tongues. Bates and many others
well known and respected here for more than
forty years.
Mr.. Franck Taylors father was a we'll edu-
Gated physician and his mother is described by
those who remember her well as lady of at
tractive and amiabe manners and highly ac-
complished. With Or. Taylor came Mr.. Pishey
FraneG was resHary sdentursd to Mr.
Thompson in the book business which he had
just opened Pennsylvania avenue opposite
The Star Office.
Mr.. Taylor opened for himself some years
afterward a book store Pennsylvania avenue
a few doors east of the National Hotel then
Gadshy's. while Jesse Brown kept the Indian
Queen the present site of the Metropolitan.
In this store Mr.. Franck Taylor accumulated
competency and retired from business "A few
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

said that the best soap was made from
goats suet and wood ashes. and these
are the necessary eiements-fat or oil
and alkali-in the soapmaking trade
today. In its earliest form the soap
was produced by purifying the crude
soda that was obtained from burnt
seaweed or kelp. and this process was
improved upon toward the close of the
eighteenth century by the discovery
made by a French doctor for getting
alkai from salt. Soapmaking mate
rails are now brought from many parts
of the world, and a great many inn
provements have been made over the
old recipes
While there are many kinds of soaps.
it is said that those commonly used
may be divided into three classes. The
first class comprises fine white soaps
and scented soaps. the second class the
coarse household soaps. and the third
class the soft soaps.
White soaps are usually made of olive
oil, cottonseed oil or other fine yege.
table oils and carbonate of soda Com.
mon household soaps are usually made
generally composed of tallow, resin and
soda to which palm oil is added in some
cases. Marine soap. or sea SOAP
which will lather and dissolve in sea
usually made of cocoanut oil, soda and
water. Soft soaps are made with pot
ash instead of soda and with whale oil,
seal oil or the other oils of linseed, rape
SEED, neHlp SEED or cotton SEED with
the addition of a little tallow
Soap has played a large part in medi-
cine. Medicinal soap when pure is said
to be made of caustic soda and either
olive or almond OIL 1t was much ems
ployed in the form of pills intended to
have gently aperient, anti-acid action.
While soap has millions of admirers,
there are some men who insist that IL
is used too much and they declare that
the implied tribute to soap in the senti.
ment attributed to John Wesley that
Cleanliness is indeed next to godlis
ness" cannot pass unQuesttoneds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

terprise cannot rebuild, within a nor
NAL delay more than 10 per cent of
the destroyed buildings. while regional
enterprise does not seem able to fur
nish aid above another 10 per cent 1t
makes 20 per cent in all"
Leaving so per cent of the rebuild
ing which must be done by outsiders?"
/ said.
Yes: by the contractors and build
ers of the remainder of France and
those of foreign countries, looking par
ticularly to America" replied Maxine
Ducrocq. "A similar situation will I'M
doubtedly present itself all through the
Department Of the North The builders
of the north. therefore, desire to OBJ
tain capital. contractors materials,
the task exceeds the means of what re-
main of their crews of before the war;
This high French official then said
the important thing.
The time is ripe.
From the present date on" he said,
I'VE are prepared to enter into cor
respondence with Americans. American
capitalists in search of investment can
now get into relations with the COM
mittee. Its exact name and address is
as follows:
"Comite pour la Reconstruction du
Nord. Maxine Ducrocq, President de la
Section Financiere, 8, rue des Italiens,
Paris"
And American contractors and build
ers?" I asked.
american contractors and builders,
equally, who desire to come to an I'M
derstanding with contractors and build
ers Of the north to bring them their
aid. should get into communication
with the committee, whose president. l
may mention, is Engineer-in-C Chief
Lemoine. actual director of the tele-
grapic cenSure."
us there urgence for Americans?"
asked.
Yes, to communicate" replied the
French official but there is time to
arrange. The provisory refugees might
not interest Americans. They do not
represent a great expense. For all the
department of the north they are not
valued above S4.o00.O0o. while the re-
construction of definitive houses rep
resents milliards, billions! 1t is par
ticularly at this third period of final
reconstruction that we want Americans
to come in largely. Only after peace
can fixed contracts be made. but it is
interesting now to make this known
and to begin correspondence"
STERLING HEILIGa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

materials, ready prepared as much as
possible.
Ought my good friend to do it?
He ought first to get into CORE
spondence," replied the governmental ex-
pert of the north. THE first work OF
temporary building might not interest
him. 1t must consist in the providing
of barracks in wood, to hold the first
persons admitted to the regions-those
who come to prepare the re-occupatlon
The second stage is the further con,
struction of provisory refugees for all
the populations. Then, when all the
returned populations shall be living In
these temporary buildings and shall
have received the cash 1ndemnltes
which the French government will pay
them for their ruined homes, we can pass
to the third perod-the defnitive recon
struction of houses, shops, factories, ETC.
as before the war"
1t is not the work of a day.
LAS the refugees return to their re-
gions." he continued. 1--WE shall have to
revictual them in everything. Great
stocks of foodstuffs have already been
prepared. They exist. Now we are
making stocks Of agricultural implements
tools. machines and tractors. stocks of in
dustrial materials and of all the working
gear. etc. of industrial plants of various
sorts. Yesterday the government deposed a
project of law opening credit OF
$40. 100000 for the purchase of such in
dustrial objects, and for tractors, espe-
cially, parliament has voted a credit OF
$4,000, 900"
why so many tractors?" I asked
Lack of horses?"
He shook his head no.
There are plenty of horses-as many
as before the war-the importation has
been considerable. No. it is the lack
of men"
Men killed in battle; peasants and
farm hands who will never return. They
were. and are not. Tractors are needed
to help out the widows and orphans
who inherit the farms.
He shook himself and went on.
THE interministerial committee is
also occupied with labor. to see under
what conditions handwork can be fur
nished. notably by French colonies
There you have" he said. 1.-The ques-
tions examined by the government"
And Americans?" l asked.
The interministerial committee be-
ing composed entirely Of functtonaries.'
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Rambler Tells Story of Tayl0rs of Eveleigh Farm

Smith. There is an interesting deed
dated May IS. 1854. from Jehiel Brooks
to Franck Taylor. for 1850 acres in
Caddo parish, Louisiana, on the Red
river. being part of tract coded by
the Caddo nation of Indians to tho
Grape family.
The will of Franck Taylor, dated Mo-
vember 2, 1859, and filed August S,
1873. is among the District records.
The witnesses were Orson II. Bestor,
Robert Beall and A. Constantine Cas-
sell 1t was a long will. He bequeathed
all his property to his wife, Virginia
triX, and the sureties on her bond of
$4,000 were George W. Riggs and F.
B. MCGUIRE. In 1892 Charlotte Taylor
Evans and others filed a petition for
and Robert E. Taylor as administrators
of the estate of Franck Taylor.
Their bond was $4,000, and the in
ventory of personal property. made in
January, 1898. gave the total as s2ss.-
723. This legal procedure followed the
death of Mrs. Franck Taylor. The first
and final account of Mcclure and Rob-
ert E. Taylor, administrators OF vir-
ginia Neville Taylor. distributed the
estate between Virginia S. Taylor.
Charlotte T. Evans and Emily N Nc
CURE daughters, Henry c. Taylor and
Daniel Taylor, sons; Franck Taylor and
Dora w. Taylor. son and daughter of a
deceased son, and Anna Mary Taylor.
guardian to Emily w. Taylor. Edward
w. Taylor and Mildred f. Taylor, minor
children of a deceased son.
In The Star of July II, 1873, the RAM
bier found this:
The funeral Of Franck Taylor took place yes
terday afternoon from his late residence on In
diana avenue. The Rev DR.. Watkins. pastor
Of the Church Of the Epiphany. otficiated at the
house and maid glowing tribute to the memory
Of the deceased. The remains were conveyed
TO their final resting place in Oak Hill GENE
terry. the following gentlemen ofhcating
Dr.. J. c. Hail. DR.. Mcleod, Marshall Brown and
Frank Mohun.
Henry Taylor of Eveleigh had six
sons-Howard, Edgerton. John, Henry.
Arthur and William S. All but William
s. were born in the old house near the
Leesburg pike. William S. was born in
Poughkeepsie just after the outbreak
Of the civil war. Some time after the
departure of Hudson Taylor from
Washington the Taylors of Eveleigh
occupied his house at the corner Of 9th
and D and later moved to Georgetown.
where Henry Taylor died in 1876. Later
the family built another house at Eve
leigh and moved there.
Eveleigh was sold to ]. c. Gilmore.
then lieutenant in the navy. and later
it was bought by Julian A Walters.
whose 1arnlly resides there To-Day
There are but two of the sons Of Henry
Taylor of Eveleigh living. These are
Arthur Taylor of Mclean, about mile
away from the old home, and William
Sheppard Taylor, who lives in Detroit,
Mich
1t was Henry Taylor of Eveleigh who
donated the land for the Episcopal
church that was founded by Miss Cor
della Slade, which was later removed
from Langley to Mclean and which Ia
the principal Episcopal church in that
section today.
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of lot 8. He took about one-third Of
1t, while the remaining two-thirds were
owned by Jane Woodruff of Anaeostia.
The tax lists for 1859 show Taylor
lots marked thus: Hudson Taylor
Joint Stock Trust Young Mems Chris
tan Association" From that year until
1890 the Hudson Taylor lots were in
the name of the Young Mems Christian
Association. 1t was on the Hudson
Taylor lots that Lincoln Hall was built
and later the Academy of Music.
There is trust at the city hall from
Hudson Taylor to William B. Webb.
dated April II. 1868. in which Taylor is
described as a citizen of Poughkeepsie.
He. as the executor of EleaZar Linds-
ley of the county of Washington, and
Anna Lindsey, relict Of Eleazar, decided
in trust to William B. Webb and
Charles Walter twelve acres of land
for the use of the Washington Target
Shooting Association of the District of
Columbia. The land was situated on
the 7th street pike. 1t was George
Taylor's part of Pleasant Plains, which
Lindsey bought in 1914 from w. C.
Fowles. who got it from the estate of
Anthony Holmead 1t extended from
the pike back to the land Of John A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

idea of the names and nature of the
books and documents in this valuable
collection.
1.-The cards are prepared in the cata-
logutng room, made by the government
printing Office and returned to the card
room for disposal. They are stored
there in indexed series by the millions,
ready to be delivered when called for.
1t is the ambitious desire of this sec
ton to keep its work current, and its
chief. Charles H. Hastings, and his as
sistants sort, put up and bill few
thousand cards in less time than 1t
takes to find car ticket on cold day.
The hardest problem is to guess how
guessed that 500 sets would be am
pie to cover the demand for literature
on the European war. and it has eX-
hausted a second edition 1t cannot
forecast with any certainty what the
call will be for any class of books in
response to popular demand.
But the Library, not content with
the many books which it possesses,
publishes some on its own account and
they are eagerly sought by many insti-
the doings of the Library itself and
similar productions, it's cataloguing
rules. notes on the care and classical
ton of manuscripts and maps. copy
rights. information circulars, some his
torical papers. catalogues of engrav-
ings and music, lists of books about
various countries. histories. manu-
scripts of prominent Americans and
many special subjects. All of them are
prepared by the Library staff.
Some few are distributed. but most
of them are to be obtained only at the
government printing office, at price
equal to the cost of production.
-
"a pleasant way the Library takes of
sending out its warmth rays is to an
swer many questions that come from
all over the country as to whether the
Library has a certain book. existing
writings on a subject, most useful au-
thorities on given subject. the au-
thor of book by known title and all
similar inquiries-only it has to draw
line somewhere or the whole force
would be taken from the work and put
to answering questions.
Another way. which is not generally
known, is the giving of especial facili-
ties to the readers engaged in serious
research work involving the use in the
reading room Of number of the same
books day after day. Such a worker
will have assigned to him an alcove
where his material may be set aside
for him. If he desires to dictate to
a stenographer he may have the use
of a separate room.
THE special facilities for study thus
offered are proving very attractive to
the scholars of the country. many of
whom are getting into the habit OF
coming to Washington for research in
the great national collections. Uni
versity professors often spend here a
great part Of the precious 'sabbatical'