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New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

we'll as scientific mind. We like
them because they are the only
things that we can actually touch
and handle Of the universe outside
our own little world. The museum
collection contains some Of the most
famous of these immigrants from
space.
"Ah-ni-ghi-to, or Too-pic (the
tent) as it was called by the Eski-
mos, is the largest known meteorite
in the world. This thirty-six and
one-half-ton mass Of nickel-iron was
brought in 1897, by Admiral Robert
K. Perry, from Cape York, Green
land, where, for generations before
The advent of white men, it had
served as almost the sole source OF
the iron needed by little tribe Of
Polar Eskimos. for their tools and
impllments Of the chase.
Willamette, a sixteen-ton mass
of nickleiron and the second larg-
est meteorite in any collection, was
found in an Oregon forest in 1902,
and was the subject of a bitterly
fought lawsuit before it could finally
be sold to the American Museum. A
ship was sent to the Arctic for the
express purpose of bringing home
Ah-ni-ghi-to, and two special mes
sengers were sent to Portland,
Ore, during the negotiations for
Willamette"
Willamette now guards the portal
just to the right Of the main en-
trance to the museum on Severity.
! seventh Street.
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presided over the very successful
Serbian fete of charitable intent,
and is seen everywhere her diplo-
matte station requires her at
tendance.
Washington is looking forward to
series Of entertainments at the
Italian Embassy once the mourning
period there has passed and the
newly arrived Ambassador, Baron
Avezzano, has become thoroughly
domiciled. The younger set has
rosy-hued visions in that direction,
too, since Miss Yolande Avezzana,
the young daughter of the house
hold, is only eighteen years of age.
Another of the diplomatic per-
sonages now proving herself an in
teresting addition is Nine. Jacobo
Varela, the wife Of the new Min
ister from Uruguay. She brings an
individuality and sense of things
artistic which make her val
liable to those seeking new ideas
for their carnivals and charitable
arrangements. At the Argentine
Embassy the Ambassador and Mrs.
LIE Breton have their niece, Miss
Manuella Lloveras, as a guest. She
is over from season in Paris and
is being included in functions given
for women Of the diplomatic corps.
Needless to say, perhaps, that Mrs.
Robert Lansing, wife of the Secre-
tary of State, is mainly identified
with this group, taking compara-
lively little part in the other turns
of Washington society, mainly be-
cause her strength and time will
not permit her to do so. Fredrico
Alfonso Pezet, the new Peruvian
Ambassador, also a most recent ar
rival, is we'll known at the Ameri-
can capital, having been here previ-
ously in diplomatic work.
The Congressional Club, U nder
the presidency of Mrs. Charles B.
Ward, wife of the New York Rep
resentative, is expected to have it's
gayest season in years. 1t opened
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w 7HEN a ball Of blazing iron
wv flashed through the sky
on Thanksgiving Eve and
crashed into Lake Michi-
gan, residents of three states for fifty
miles around thought an earthquake
had visited the region or that
munltion plant had blown up. But
the disturber proved to be one of
those mysterious visitors from an
other world---a meteorite.
+ from before the days of Christ
there are records of these curious
Phenomenal. Plutarch and Livy re-
corded their appearance, and scien-
asts from that day to this have
speculated on their origin and cause.
The lighthouse keeper at Grand
Haven, Mich, the only person who
ac9ually saw this latest heavenly
visitor, thus describes what ne heard
and saw:
What looked like a ball of fire
appeared to fall in the lake about
"i1een miles south of me. l thought
y 70 be falling star. In it's rush
downward at terrific speed / could
slearly hear it whistle. When it
'esmsd that it was striking the
ssser a flash of flame shot into the
s. and caused a great disturbance.
Lake Michigan probably will keep
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the secret as to the size and classifi-
cation of this meteorite. How much
it weighed no one can estimate. In
doubtedly, it was of considerable
size, but is not believed to have
rivaled the worlds largest known
specimen, which tips the scales at
361s tons.
DR.. Edmund Otis Hovey, associate
curator of the American Museum
of Natural History, is an authority
on meteorites. He is at present pre-
pairing new guide leahe." on the
subject, which the museum is soon
to publish. DR.. Hovey has had ex-
ceptional opportunities to study the
collection the museum has acquired,
and writes as follows in his hith-
erto unpublished treatise:
Scarcely century ago the
scientific and even the popular
world scoffed at the idea that masses
of matter could possibly come from
outer space {or 'heaven') and
strike the surface of the earth
in other words, that stones could
fall from the sky.
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ton Looks Forward to 2 Cav Winter
The Presidents Illness Is the
Only Drawback to the Sea-
sons Festivities

! the winter did he arrive. Society
generally did not get to meet the
King and Queen Of Belgium, as the
State Department adhered strictly
to official connections in making UP
the invitation lists for the enter
talnment Of their majesties. But
due cognizance was taken of the
unusual occasion of visiting royal
ties by the diplomatic corps, who
apeared in court dress and pave
to Washington taste of it's place
IN the sun as an international cap
ital.
More leeway was taken in the
matter Of making up The invitations
for the Prince of Wales, and all
society came to greet that popular
young man at the Library Of Con-
gress reception, if it had not been
hidden to the reception given at the
British Embassy.
In addition to inaugurating the
first after-the-war season early and
notably, the visits Of these royal
folk from Europe served to bring
into prominence Mrs. Thomas F.
Walsh, whose home was the abiding
place of the King and Queen of
Belgium while here. Mrs. Walsh is
the mother Of Mrs. Edward B.
Mclean and the widow of former
mining magnate. She is more noted
/ for her philanthropies than her So
cial aspirations; but, due to her
great friendship for Mrs. Thomas R.
Marshall and the social deputyship
performed by Mr.. Marshall because
of the Presidents illness, she has
come to be one Of the leading fig-
ures in official life. That she has
not forsaken her charities, however,
is evident in her acceptance Of the
Craftsmanship of the details for the
ball to be given on Monday, De-
cember 20, for the benefit of the
widows of the policemen Of Wash
ington who died in service. She
will have the Cabinet women as her
aids in carrying out this work. If
it follows the precedent already set
for success by the various charity
events, it will increase the police
funds enormously.
Whether it is a leftover of the
wartime spirit of giving to many
causes or the chosen expression of
society's whim for the 1919 season,
the craze for staging tea dances,
evening hops and all the more elab-
crate combinations of tableaus, pic
turesque booths and speciality dane
ing for the benefit of some local in
stitution is the chief characteris-
tic of the season thus far. Femi-
nine attire from the days of Poca-
hontas to the present modes will be
the schedule for the Pageant of
Fashions to be given this month for
a local charity. The Southern Re-
lief Ball, to be given in February, is
an outstanding note in the yearly
events Of this kind and will be vel!
attended by all the official contin-
gent, which is so largely from Dixie.
Serbio's Part
Serbia has had no royalties to
distinguish it this season in diplo-
matte life, but Nine. Grouitch, the
lovely American wife-from the
same state as Lady Nancy Astor,
by the way-of the Minister from
Serbia, is doing more than her
share to make the season a gala
memory for it's participants. She
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was taken to the church as being
a miraculous object
''Meteorites are divided into three
major classes, according to their
mineral composition:
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helm a stone weighing 26O pounds.
1t was seen by a child to strike
he ground in a field near the can
ton called Gisguad, where it made a
.lole more than FIVE feet deep. 1t
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"Countless numbers of meteoric
bodies, mostly of minute size, must
exist within the boundaries of the
solar system, since from fifteen to
twenty millions of them enter the
earth's atmosphere every day. AL
most all Of these are dissipated in
our atmosphere through heat pro-
duced by friction with the air, so
that the only evidence Of their pres
ence is trail Of light across the
sky.
"The weight of meteorites varies
between wide limits. The Highest
independent mass is stone
meteorite, weighing about one-sixth
of an ounce called Muhlan, from the
town in the vicinity Of Innsbruck,
Austria, near which it was found in
1877; the heaviest mass known is
Ah-ni-ghi-to, an iron meteorite
weighing more than thirty-six and
onehalf tons, which came from
Cape York, Greenland.
"The surface of a newly fallen
meteorite always consists of a thin
veneer or crust, which differs in
marked degree from the interior OF
the. mass. In the case Of siderites
this seems to be a polish, due to
melting and friction, together with
partial oxidation"
In November issue of "World's
| Work." DR.. Hoysy writes:
From Worlds Afar
'Meteorites, which are the earthly
remains of shooting stars, alway,
arouse interest ins the popular as
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Social Affairs Got an Early Start,
Due to the Presence of
Royal Visitors

Draper, daughter Of Mrs. William
K. Draper, before she was married
to a descendant of an old Italian
family, is also back for a visit. She
is in mourning for her mother and
is going about very little save to
those charitable affairs which So
ciety permits to those in mourn
ing. Lady Johnstone, remarked as
one of the striking beauties among
these former American girls, was
Miss Emo and has been in Washing
ton for a visit to her aunt, Mrs.
Charles Boughton Wood. Mrs.
Colin Powys Campbell, who was
Miss Nancy Letter, has been down
for visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Letter during her stay in this coun-
try. She is to make return visit
before her departure for England
Nine. Giuseppe Brambilla has
just arrived. She was Miss Julia
Meyer, a daughter Of the former
Cabinet officer, George L. Won
Meyer, who was married to an
Italian diplomat. He has been sent
to this country as counselor to the
Italian Embassy, fact which has
delighted her old social alliances.
The Dehufnnfos
Random guesses have placed the
debutante list for this season in
Washington at approximately twen-
ty young women of residential and
official society. With the girls of
other seasons, they have joined the
Junior League, which always car
ries the banner for smart functions
among the younger folk every win
ter. The league has managed to
gather onto it's roster the most rep
resentative Of the society girls and
has record for accomplishing
whatever is undertaken by these
vivacious graduates from finishing
schools and colleges in various parts
of the land. AS the novelty for this
season the league has decided upon
the "small and early" dance, to be
given on Friday evenings at Rausch-
er's, where most of the debutantes
make their bows if the presentation
takes place outside the family home
These dances are to be kept very
small and exceedingly select, invi-
tations being issued to those who
will be permitted to become sub
scribers. The series of dances will
take the place of the one lalLe ball
which is usually given by the league,
and heavy proceeds will find their
way into the Golfers of local charity,
as the girls will dance from Decem-
ber until the latter part of April in
behalf Of their pet benefciaries.
Teas Of the simpler variety are
being used to introduce the 1919
Washington debutante, with dancing
following.
From the standpoint of official
life, Miss Nancy Lane is the most
important of the girls coming out
this year. She is the daughter of
Secretary and Mrs. Franklin Lane.
Miss Lane has set December 16 as
the day she will receive the tributes
always accorded to the Cabinet
daughters upon their bow. She will
have her Christmas dance as the
guest Of honor of Mrs. Ira Copley,
wife of Representative Copley, of
Illinois, on December 3. With her
at this time will be one of her
debutante intimates, Miss Frances
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liz ancient Days

Gwen at the present time their
real source is unknown, though we
have reason to believe that they are
not parts of our solar system, but
that they come from dater space.
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Il. Siderites, or iron meteorites.
"2. Siderolites, or iron-stone
meteorites.
"3. Aerolites, or stone meteor
ties.
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Her Mothers Daughter

Commandant and Mrs. George
Barnett, of the United States Ma
rine Corps, have a young daughter
in the seasons array. She is Miss
Anne Gordon and can be counted as
next to Miss Lane in official concern.
AS the daughter of one of the best
beloved and most enthusiastic de-
votees of society at the capital, Miss
Gordon is destined, say her friends,
to have a real social career. The
daughter is said to have inherited
her mothers liking for the social
whirl and her keen interest in cur
rent matters. Her coming out party
was among the first Of the winter.
Miss Myra Morgan will have the
gracious task of helping to hold up
the. traditions among the older resi-
Dental element of Washington So
ciety for charming debutantes. DR..
and Mrs. William Gerry Morgan en-
tertained for her at the Lafayette
Hotel; in the same week-that of
Thanksgiving Miss Gordon had
her debut. She is one Of the fol-
lowers of the bride path through
romantic Rock Creek Park on
horseback, the open weather of the
season giving the debutantes Of this
year long opportunities for their
cherished out-of-door sports.
The weeks between December ]
and the Yuletde rush are crowded
with debutante parties. Mr.. and
Mrs. James Drain presented Miss
Margaret Drain the first day of the
month, although, like many of the
other girls, she had been hostess at
the informal debutante luncheons
which are customary here. Practi-
cally all of the debutantes have
visiting girls for the time of their
presentation and combine their
hostess courtesies with their debut
luncheons.
Miss Helen Tucker, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cowles
Tucker, will have her dance and
tea at the fashionable Chevy Chase
Club. Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Chaplin chose early December for
their party to Miss Marcia Chaplin,
already a popular girl in Washing
ton society. A joint debut is to be
made by Miss Anne Dulany on De-
cember 8, at Rauscher's, when Miss
Mary GUSTS Lee, whose name is
most historic, will also be presented
by Mr.. and Mrs. Rozier Dulany, of
the residential Washington set
Miss Delphine Heyl, daughter of
Colonel and Mrs. Heyl; Miss Lind
say Wood, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Waddy Wood, and Miss Betty
Grove, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clinton R. Grove, are others promi-
nent in the debutante group. Miss
Millicent Rogers, the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry H. Rogers, is
much envied among her social col
leagues because of her double
presentation. She has had her New
York debut and is to have her
Washington party, too.
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! sured in Washington for
~ the first time since the
winter of 1854. The
.n;tsI's society world is rapidly get
inv under way with festivities of all
l;uds. and, with the debutantes and
,bs Congressional set leading, &C
sr;ties for the first winter following
no war promise to make complete
smends for the last few seasons,
shen uniforms and war work took
he place Of fetching gowns and
,laborate dances and receptions.
The cancellation of the usual
.ocial program at the White House,
hcsuse Of the illness of President
wilson, threw the entire society
world here into gloom when plans
FOR the season were being discussed,
but the visit of the King and Queen
Of the Belgians and the Prince Of
Wales opened the way. Quick ad-
ysntage has been taken of the open
ne and, despite the fact that a
large part of the former functions
vii be missing, the social sets,
young and old, are looking for Janu-
sry to bring the old-time season and
its crowded days and nights.
But the Presidents illness and the
observance of mourning in many of
the families socially prominent, be-
cause of their losses in the recent
war, has caused the calendar to be
lacking in those spectacular, luxu-
rant private hospitalities for which
Washington is famous. Even in the
diplomatic circles, where etiquette
supplies the motive for a round of
festivities every season, the situa-
ton is complicated. Many of the
embassies ceased entertaining even
before the war because of strained
relations between their countries
and certain others.
The Presidents illness and con.
sequent inability to hold the formal
dinners and receptions which make
up the backbone, of official gayety
here deters the women of the Cabi-
ret and the Congressional circles
from making extensive plans.
1t had been predicted that Presi-
dent and Mrs. Wilson would join
the debutantes' circle with the
presentation of the latter's nieces,
Misses Anne and Julia Maury, at the
White House. Unless the Presi-
dents health is very much improved
this prophecy will hardly come true.
However, the girls came to the
White House at Thanksgiving to
make a little visit and to see Wash
,ngtOn quietly
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Royalty s Visits

Despite these general obstacles as
10 what may be termed a gay"
season, the first after-the-war win
ter at Washington is merry one
ior the debutantes and charity
events. These two factors alone
furnish the busiest December the
capital has known since the winter
OF l9l5-'14. This season is espe-
elslly notable because of the visit
OF the King ard Queen of Belgium
and the Prince Of Wales, which set
the social wheels turning earlier
'aan they ordinarily begin to rotate
Indeed, many Of the prettiest de-
outantes made their first appear
aaee before their formal coming
out parties at the affairs arranged
lor the Prince of Wales, so early in
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never failing willingness to sing
where her so doing will help out,
she is running Mrs. Josephus
Daniels, wife of the Secretary of
the Navy, with her Y. w. C. A. ac-
tivities, close second in local favor.
There is one trait of this seasons
society at Washington which will
make it different from that of any
other year. This is the return Of
those girls who married foreign
diplomats to their former haunts
Of festivity and the scenes of their
courtship days. Many of the girls
VINO left Washington as brides to go
to the alien lands of their new hus-
bands will be back for their first visit
this season, some bringing children
with them. Some come from the
countries with which the United
States was at war, and all of them
have been prevented from making
the long desired visit because of
war conditions.
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Home Again

Among these is Baroness Won
Schoen, who since her marriage
she was Miss Catherine Birney, a
we'll known local society girl-to
the counselor of the German En-
bassy at Mexico has been living
down there. She is to be here be-
fore Christmas.
Princess Alfred Au Hohenlohe-
Schillingsfurst, who was Miss Cath
crime Britton and married an at
tache of the Austrian Embassy, is
also coming soon for visit She
has been in Switzerland awaiting a
chance once more to see her native
land. Nine. Won Rath, another
American girl who married into
what became hostile embassies, is
already here. She was Miss Cecilia
May and brought her twin babies
with her for a visit to the parental
home.
Princess Boncompagni, who shone
in Washington as Miss Maguerite
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Hampson, the young daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Hampson, who
has her party at the Washington
Club on December 10. Miss Lane is
looked to to furnish much Of the
'ginger" to be injected into the
debutante frolics this winter, as well
as the excuse for much official Civ
ing of parties.
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From Worlds Afar

sMeteorites, which are the earthly
remains of shooting stars, always
arouse interest in the popular as
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pke Michigan SwaIIouus Visitor Another World

M YHEN ball Of blazing iron
wv flashed through the sky
on THANKSGIVING Eve and
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GAY social season is as
sured in Washington for
the first time since the
,o,o,,< 1-,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-25
Evening Chat
A easket Of Peaeh.,

Can you Imagine anything presaer
os more enchanting than rustic bas>
ket filed to oYernowins with Iussous
peaches Just picked from the branches
Of the trea win the ldss of the sun
yet upon them2
Just such a picture I am gazing
upon. No color scheme can be more
magniticent-Iyory white with ne side
which faced the sun tinted nc softeat
yeivetest roslest pink A pink tina.
even the blush Of y young miss eau
not rival. A streak OF ivory here and
there on many Of these peaches SHOW
ed where . Leaf or a portion OF TIE
branch which had borne tho fruit had
not given the suns rays chance &c
touch It up. Large. finely shaped
peaches they were-these that ! am
attempting to describe-a task which
am finding rather difficult for the
words at my command fail utterly.
II would take the rythmic song Of
poet to bring to you the beauty OF
this basket OF peaches and only ma
lures hand could paint for you pic.
ture SO rare and beautiful.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-25
FARNINGToN
At The chautauaua.

Thursday afternoon. Miss Daphne
Caraway gave e very interesting lee
ture on home making" A community
organization was founded the follow
ing officers elected: J. n. Downs,
president; Dr.. ]. J. Jenkins, vice
president; Miss Cal Wella, secretary
and l. N. whttlsoh. treasurer.
The Schubert Trio gaaie Q yery
fine program Of music and readings.
Thursday evening Dr. Arthur
Barnes Of Gerard College gave an in.
terestanE lecture on the Problem OF
the Unprepared." Tho Schubert Trio
gave tho best program OF the entire
Chautanqua, when Johnny comes
Marching Home" Melody OF Planta-
ton Songs" "Beautifr Ohio" and
SONS of America" were the best
musical numbers. and Driving Pigs
the best reading number.
Friday afternoon Miss Mary Jen-
kins, Red Cross nurse gave lee
sure on "The Red Cross-A Record
and a Prophecy" Following the lee
tire the Bart Writ Concert Com
pany gave concert OF classical
music.
Friday evening DR.. Arthur Barns
gave the best lecture OF the chaur
tanqua. Pushing Back Horizons"
Tho Bart wirtz Concert Company
gave another concert OF classical
mestn.
e has not been decided whether
or not Fatrmont will have a chau-
taqra next year or not