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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-24

.Ut eucul anu duOtuer AS 14gS.
Emory. Sands.
thu company Captain John Ham.
iltoR Potter, the Inarlager--is being
given q particularly cordial wei.
come here because he Is 4 brother
OF Mrs. Frank L. Polk, who made
such a happy and lasting impress
sion in Washington during the
years that her husband was coun.i
seilor Of the State Department.
It was for Frank Polk, by the WAY.
that the position OF Undersecretarys
or State, now filled by Joseph 8.
Grew, was created.
Captain Potter is no STRANGER to
Washington, moreover, and the last
time he visited the Capital 1t was
as official aide to E1. r. II. the
Prince of Wales on the occasion
OF his first visit to the United.
States. He 1.-THE captain had served
40 Major General John Biddle'a
aide during the war. and III was
when. he was in England during
this period that he formed the,
friendship with the Prince Of Wales
that led to his being detailed a.
his aide-de-camp. More recently q
series of personal "reminiscences az
the British Prince Charming 81
Captain Potter have been been run.
ming in one of the current maga.
ines.
In private life Miss Lille il MIRA.
Robert Peel, her husband being q
grandson of the famous British
prime minister.
FLETCHERS LEAVE
TOWN FOR NEW YORK.
American Ambassador to Italy
and Mrs. Henry r. Fletcher, who
were in washington Cor two or
three days and who STAYED at tia
Powhatarl Hotel, left this morning
for New York.
TO BID FAREWELL
10 PRINCE OF WALES. (,
J. Butler Wright, Third Assistant
secretary Of State, left this morn.
ing for New York, TO BID foo6.bv
TO the Prince Of Wales when NJ
sails tomorrow on tie OIyrnnic.
Mr.. Wright win return 10 WSah.
tngton the first Of next week.
Mrs. Wright, who with her hiis-
band spent several weeks motoring
In New England and making a
series Of visits, has returned to
washington for the winter.
T 49,
,DMr. and Mrs. Henry White have
closed Elm Court at Lenox and
yesterday opened their New York
house where they viii remain Cor
several weeks before coming to
Washington.
Miss Mary Morgan, who q at
present visiting In New York, viii
reach Washington on Tuesday ana
VIII make ready the home of her
aunt. Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood.
with whom she lives preparatory
to Mrs. Woods return. Mrs. Wood
and Miss Morgan have been, spend
ing the summer ii Connecticut.
Mrs. Clifford Pinchot, wife 81 the
governor Of PennAylvania, has zone
!, 70 Providence. r, T., to visit Mrs.
Walter A. Peck.
| Mrs. Harold walker Is entertain,
ing at an Nimpromptu tea this after.
noon for Mrh. George w. Steele, jr.,
wife Of Captain Steele, u. s. N, and
has asked q few OF Mrs. Cteeie's old
friends 70 meet her informally. 10.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-24
CHAIRMAN NAMED
FOR BALL COMMITTEE.


Mra. Stanley Rinehart MARY
Roberts Rinehart) has been named
chairman Of the committee for the
annual ball for the benefit Of the
'Chlldren'g Hospital, which will be
given this year. ct the Willard on
the evening Of January ..
Senator George Wharton Pepper
q at the st. Regis Hotel, New
York, for few days.
A'Nh
Nine. HeiImaIln, wife Of the first
secretary Of the French embA ssy.
and their daughters, Miles. Hell.
mann, who were at Murray Bav.
Canada for the summer, are al
the Schuyler Hotel, New York, for
q few days before returning to
Washington. 3
The American Minister to Dan.
mark and Mrs. John Dyneley
Prince, who proposes to come to
Warrington shortly, are now guests
q James Speyer Ii New York.
Mrs. Alfonso Mason has opened
her apartment In the Mendoza. inter-
passing the summer with her daurll.
ter, MIS-. John George BerOafofd. ~
New Rochelle, N. X.
Mrs. A. c. Downing and Miss
Downing have returned 70 wash.
ington and are IT the Shoreharn, be-
lore eetaolIahing themselves n their
home in Hillyer place.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-07-25
Gave the Came Away

Among the side shows there was
collection Of ''freaks"-armless won
ders, living skeletons, fat women and
SO forth, according to story told by
Charles B. Cochran. About the best
draw OF the lot was the bearded LADY.
One day the regular attendant who
collected the admission money was
temporarily absent. his place being
taken by a little girl. A gentleman
who had been deeply interested In this
particular freak Of nature remarked
casually to the child as he was passing
out II suppose, my dear. that the lady
inside is your mother?"
"Oh. no. sir" the little girl replied.
momentarily taken off her guard by
the unexpected query. shes my dar =
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Pigs Make Faithful
Guardians of Sheep

In this country one seldom says any
thing kind about pigs. Yet they are
highly esteemed in other parts of the
world. says London Answers.
In the Apennines they are used to
guard sheep. One man in each village
acts as shepherd to the community
and is allowed sheep pig to assist
him when the animals are out at pas
ture. The mans task is an easy one
ha may amuse himself by playing the
flute or he may even sleep for few
hours while the pig faithfully guards
the flock. In the evening the same
trustworthy guardian sedulously sim
gles out the sheep belonging to this
house or that and never makes mis-
take.
Where truffies grow pigs are used to
find and root them up. II carefully
trained a pig viii keep for his master
all the truffies he uproots.
In Ireland, OF course, the pigs mer-
its have always been recognized.
There he is the GENTLEMAN that pays
the rint."
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Famous Old Church

This year sees the three hundred ana
sixty-fourth anniversary of the demo
lition Of the magnificent Church OF 81.
John at Perth. the restoration OF
which is now contemplated.
This IL without doubt one OF the
most interesting churches in Scotland
says the Weekly Edinburgh Scotsman.
Tradition ascrlbes Its foundation TO
the Picts, but. whoever founded 1t, It
Is one of the earliest stone churches
built In the country: and, IN the
Twelfth and Thirteenth centuries, as
evinced both by ancient documents
and bx the surviving remnants OF the
edifice Of that time. It was magnificent
and extensive. The monk Of Dunferm-
line, to whom It was granted. allowea
II to fall into dlsrepair-a state Of e.
fairs which Robert the Bruce set about
remedying, but the restoration was
stayed by his death.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-07-25

The story Of the custom Of convey
ing a kiss by a cross, Is that there
was once a young man In the days
Of knighthood and chivalry and gilt
tering deeds, named Sir Ronald du
Bois, who was sent on dangerous
mission and was taken prisoner. He
had left at home fair and beautiful
sweetheart, and 1t was his desire to
send her some message. A bribed mes
senger promised to take some symbol
to her but refused to bear written
message for fear he would be taken
prisoner and the letter found. The
knight therefore sent her a metal
button from his coat on which he had
scratched four letters at the four
points Of an X. The letters were X. 1
n Siace this famous message. 9th
or lovers have used the x to stand for
kisses, but omit the letters at each
point. However the romantic story
has never been forgotten.-Atlanta
Constitution.
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Weakly, bat Without
PotUeY to Enjoy Life

snow that you've got me talking"
said retired business man Of st.
Louis, who is going t. Europe, Il
might as well admit that I'm not hav-
ing as much fun out of being what
you'd call comfortably 6xed financial
ly as looked forward to in my hard
working days.
II suppose q good many old fellows
would admit they are in the same ix
If their pride would let them.
worked too hard, not hard enough to
kill me or wear me out, but too hard
to form taste for the best things that
money can buy.
THE lesson my experience has
taught me is that keeping your shout
der to the wheel and pushing ahead.
locking neither to the right nor left
and 80 forth, is not complete set OF
directions for making a success in life.
1.-THE rules may get bank account
for q fellow without unusual gifts,
but they overlook too many things that
count.
CANT get settlcu uoWA " DVon'
/ can't sit through a play with any
deep stuff in it, and I've even neglect
ed to learn how to make myself agree
able In company, mixed or just men.
Yet l had all that stun In me when l
was q kid-used to read lot, in fact.
Take my advice, and If you ever
get the money-making bee, don't let II
get you, for, unless you're a world
beater, no matter how well you make
out, you won't be any too near the
head of the list. "-Philadelphia Bull
letin.
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Semali Fond Of Song

Musical instruments-event the TOM
tom. SO dear to the heart Of most Al
ricau natives-are unknown to the
Somali. who. none the less. take great
pleasure In singing and dancing.
Their songs are not by any means cas-
ual chants but have special signln-
canoe, and are applicable to certain
occasions. For example. there is a
"Song Of Thanksgiving for the finding
of water, after a long journey" and
songs for the loading and unloading
of caravans, but most Of their music
is of religious nature; and there Is
"Song of Burial" sung when the
2o-foot mound is raised above the re-
mains Of chief and fenced around
with strong palisade Of logs placed
transversely between stout posts. OF
all their dances the Somali place the
war dance first.
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Dutch Unfortunate in
Colonization Ventures

The celebration on the continent
commemorative the tercentenary OF
the foundation of New York recalls the
fact that the great American city was
originally a Dutch settlement. 1t was
not until 1894 that 1t was captured by
the British, and the original name OF
New Amsterdam was changed to New
York.
Fate, indeed. has been unkind to the
Dutch as colOnizers. Not only did they
lose their extensive settlements in
New York state and Pennsylvania, but
their colony at the Cape of Good Hope,
founded In 1851, also passed into Brit
ish hands, says London Answers.
Other Instances Of lost colonies
could be given. especially If those
which changed hands during or after
the great war were included. But
how many people realize that at one
time Egypt was French protectorate'
and that before the advent of Give
the French power in India was greater
than the British? The earliest Euro
pean settlements In India, indeed. were
Portuguese; but the Portuguese were
driven out by the Dutch, and the lat
ter-again unfortunately-by the Brit
iAh
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Has Many Relatives

The son of Mr.. and Mrs. Cedric
Sheppard of Mortified. VT, is well
supplied with living great-grandfa-
theirs and reat-grandmothers and 9TH
er relatives Of like class. as follows
Four great-grandfathers, two grand.
fathers, four great-great-nncles. fifteen
great uncles. two great-grandmothers
two grandmothers, four great-great-
aunts and eleven great-aunts. All the
great great-grandparents are less than
seventy years of age and none Of the
grandparents is more than forty-6ve.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-07-25

Herod's temple. structure of white
marble, was built by Herod the Great
at Jerusalem on the site of the Tenn
pie Of Zsrubhabel Work was begun
In 1e B. c.. and in nine years and a
half the temple was ready for use.
The building. says the Detroit
News. was much larger than the pre-
ceding one and measured 100 cubits in
length, and 10 cubits in breadth and
100 cubits in height. The stones COM
posing this edifice were Of large d.
mensions. some of them being rs Gu
bits long, cubits high and IL cubits
thick. The temple, (which rose like
q mount OF gold and snow" was total
iy destroyed by the Romans under
Titus in 10 A. D. The site is now oc-
cupied by the Mosque of Omar.
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Old Cornish Tongue
Soon to Be Memory

"Nebbuz Gerriau Dro Tho Car
noack" was the title OF an address de-
iivered to the members of the London
Cornish association by Trelawney
Roberts, one of the few men still able
to speak the old tongue Of Cornwall.
Translated these mysterious syilables
emerge as "A Few Words About Corn
ish."
Cornish, Mr.. Roberts pointed out, Is
not quite so dead as Is usually be-
lieved. and he produced as evidence
postcard written by q little girl OF
eleven, who had learned the language
from her father, says the Living Age.
Prince Lucian Bonaparte is responsible
for the legend that Dorothy Pentreath,
who died in 1787, was the last person
who spoke Cornish, legend that 10
perpetuated on her tombstone.
The old lady used to swear at, tour
lists In Cornish. usually ending with
the words--in discreet Cornish-"Ug ly
black toad r. In exchange for the cop
pers lavished upon her by the visitors.
John Davey Of Zeenor, who did not die
until 1891, could speak 1t fiuently.
Ninety per cent of the place names
in modern Cornwall show traces OF the
old language. In spite Of the profane
achievements OF Mistress Pentreath,
Cornish boasts few oaths. Gods
curse in the kitchen" Is regarded as an
alarming expietive.
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Natural Ice Beneath
Bearing Orange Tree

Natural Ice beneath bearing
orange tree Is the remarkable sight
which, during cool spell. attracted
the attention of the residents of
Pomona, Cal.
Through wonderful coincidence Of
two very unusual events, few per
sons were privileged to witness the
spectacle. An orange rancher In
crRnking an old model two-cycle car
was unaware that his engine had back
fred, causing the motor to turn just
opposite to the customary direction.
Speeding up the motor and throwing
In the gears. he had backed through
wire fence. rose bush and fig
tree before rupturing the water hy-
drant and being brought to stop by
the sturdy orange tree behind 1t.
All that night the injured faucet
continued to send up 8 finely atom
Used spray Of water. Coincident with
this there occurred second wonder
in the orange belt--frost visited the
region Of semttropic climate that
night. When the sun rose out Of the
arid desert to the east the next morn
ing he showed a veritable miracle. for
In his absence the minute particles
Of water had one by one concealed
ON the rank underground and low
lying pepper-tree boughs until they
were formed into cold blush monu-
ments Of solid Ice. Such spectacle
Of vegetable Ice beneath tropical veg
citation probably has never before
occurred In California and could not
have occurred elsewhere. Then the
perfervid tropic sun beheld the sight
and the thing was no more.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-07-25
Schools in EarIy Days

The frst schools were started in tho
early history of mankind Schools
were first held out Of doors and the
teaching was conducted orally. similar
TO the Hindu Brahman schools. Among
the Hebrews the laws were expounded
by oral teaching from the porches OF
the temples. The amount Of instruc-
ton greatly increased from the mere
oral teaching Of the law until 1t IN
yolved letters and arithmetic. Among
the Spartans the education was almost
entirely along new lines. Elementary
schools became common after the
Christian era and in "a A. d. they
were made obligatory. In Athens
nearly all Of the schools were private,
teaching music and literature, read
ing, writing, arithmetic, geography and
drawing. In early Rome the schools
taught reading and writing and some
times arithmetic.
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Buffalo Meat on Sale

Despite many assertions to the CON
trary, the American bison Is far from
becoming extinct. The Philip herd
near Fort Pierre, s. D.. has been rapid
ly increasing, so that recently 10 head
were slaughtered and sent to st. Paul
and Minneapolis to be placed In cold
storage. There any one who has q
taste for buffalo steak may buy It for
himself. The owners of the herd have
made several attempts to dispose of II
as a whole. but have not been success
full. Now, however, they are building
up a fair business In supplying the
market with this new delicaey. In
addition, an annual buffalo hunt may
be instituted.
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Age of AlligGtors

The Department Of Agriculture says
that the age of an alligator can only
be determined by one who has had ex-
perisnce with these reptiles. AlIiga-
tors grow very slowly and 1t is esti-
mated that at fifteen years Of age
they are only two feet long; therefore,
a 12-footsr may reasonably be pre-
sumed to be seventy-ive years Of age.
Ine rate OF growth varies with ami
mails In their wild state and those kept
IN captivity. and 1t Is also governed
by the amount as well as the type Of
food given
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Prou4 Man Alene KnorDs
Not Value Of Fasting

Man knows that wild creatures Of
the ferest and plain at times go
through 4s empty hours without max
ing q kill. he knows, also, that Ger
tain peoples fast at times as re-
hgious duty. and this without in any
way impairing their health. Finally,
he knows that individuals have done
without food In any form for weeks
and have gained rather than lost by
the experience, says the Baltimore
Sun.
Ills love for food is so deeply In
grained, however, that when his mule,
cow and dog refuse to eat, his wits
1T once cease to function. He reasons
IN this way: when these creatures
were well they ate heartily. Now that
they refuse to eat, they must be Ill. II
I am to make them well again, must
by some means force them to eat"
So 1t Is when man himself Is indis-
posed by reason Of some indiscretion.
He does not wish to eat The very
thought Of food is an determination. But
his wife, whose love is greater than
her reason, says to him: Honey, you
simply must eat In order to keep up
your strength, and have prepared
number of dishes you like In order to
tempt your appetite"
The Mttle will that remains to him
after one glance at the table urges
him to fee, but his greedy palate pre-
walls and he eats heartily. The result
IL that his overburdened system, striv-
Ing with all Its cunning to get him
back to normal, must quit Its task for
while and take care Of the new
cargo he has shoveled aboard. Nature
knows its business, but Is badly handi-
capped when those 1t desires to save
persist In their madness.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-07-25

The wiseacre says that the express
sion welsh rabbit" is a perversion OF
Welsh rarebit, but this Is mistake
The man who first made this sugges-
ton had NO sense Of humor.
As matter Of fact, the table fur
nishes many examples Of names of
viands which have an alias of the
same humorous description as Welsh
rabbit. Sailors, for instance. call a
shark steak "FolkestSne beef, and
fisher folk commonly call smoked her.
ring "Digby chicken"
A similar instance to Welsh rabbit
IL provided by poached egg on toast
being known as scotch woodcock,"
and an Australian leg OF mutton as
Colonial goose. London Times.
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Do Away With Mesquite
and MaIaysa Vanishss

1t Is estimated that the deaths annu-
ally from malaria number seme tive
millions, and this Agare nsay probably
be multiplied by two or three hundred
If we would arrive at the fetal NUM-
Der Of people In tbs wsoriA affected by
the complaint.
Malaria is mainly q disease Of the
tropics. and IL caused BY minute
parasite in the blood The parasites
in one malaria patient may number
anything from oneN hundks4 70 q thou
sand millions. In many cases there
are more parasites than there are peO-
pie on the earth, and for ages it was
believed that marshes and malaria
were in some way connected
Sir Ronald Ross discovered that 1t
was not the marsh, but the mosquito
which bred in the marsh which was
the originator Of the disease. and he
declares that the parasite Of melaria
is, to the mosquito which carries It,
as dime would be to hippopOta-
must
When disease-carrying mesquite
bites. 1t injects saliva in which are
the malaria parasites. These are car
ried into the human circulatOry sys-
tenn and so throughout the body.
The cure for malaria IL quinlns. but
the prevention Of malaria 10 thu de-
struction Of the mesquite in which II
breeds.
PEAT T7E M NTT4E
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A man who had amassed fortune
BY his own efforts liked to annoy his
wife by telling credulous acquaint-
ances about fictitious early hardships.
Placed next to dowager at dinner. he
was sure to tell the following story
Il never learned to read or write
until I was twenty-one. Ny principal
garment up to the age Of twelve was q
coffee bag. Down in the mountains
where I was raised brand popular In
those days was triple x. and you can
sec triple x across my shoulders to
this day"
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Many Uses for Myrrh

Myrrh is a substance which exudes
from the bark of gum resin tree
known as the myrrh tree, which grows
In Arabia and eastern Africa. Its
smell is halsamic, Its taste aromatic
and bitter. Myrrh was commonly
used by the ancients for fumigatton.
Myrrh is used In medicine as tonic
and stimulant. In disorders Of the a.
festive organs, excessive secretions
from the mucous membrane, ETC.. also
20 cleanse foul ulcers and promote
their healing. and as a mouth and
throat gargle.
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i,he Good Old Dava2

A tablet on the South bridge. which
crosses the River Frome at Wareham.
England. states: Amy person wilfully
injuring any part of this county bridge
viii be guilty Of felony and upon con-
viction liable to be transported for
life"
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Sardinia has plague of grasshop-
pers. The 'hoppers' are said to Gov
er the entire country to such an ex-
tent that all outdoor work Is impos-
sible. AT one place the insects filled
a railroad cut and stopped q train.
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Unfortunate T'uin

One of twins, who was born before
midnight on March 81. 1910. became
entitled to leave school at yelling
borough, England, on AnSl l, the end
of the last term. But his brother, born
two hours later. cannot leave school
until the end of next term, two months
hence, according to the board of edu-
cation regulations.
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They were ON their honeymoon and
she regarded him as the most wonder
xui being In the whole world.
They strolled along the seashore.
Suddenly he stopped and in a fine
poetic frenzy acclaimed: "Roll on thou
naughty ocean, roll =
@Oh, look. Georgei" she cried In
ecstasy. tits doing IT,"
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First Of ALL" said President Gar.
Geld when boy. II must make myself
a man; If do not succeed In that
can succeed IN nothing"
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Spare Leg for a Priest

AT church lecture in Boston re-
Gently collection was taken in aid
IF fund to provide a spare artificial
eg for priest who was aboutYto pro
ed TO Singapore
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S;dewolk ConDersation

"Boss. don't know where my neu
meal Is coming from"
II don't either. My wife never
sticks long TO one dealer."--Louisyiiis
Courier-Journal.
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II shit him." said woman through
the smoke OF domestic battle. be
eause loved him." Luckily for iiiAa
II was not platonic friendship; SHE
night have showed him under train
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II would have been bettY
make the announcement
wealth of this country IL d
coo. 100000. That may max
decide that We don't need !
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The difficult part Of good temper
consists In accommodation TO the IN
humor of others.
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Argentina contemplates p,
pension to everyone who hal
twenty-five years. leaving iii
matter of who is TO pay x
settled by the logic Of eyent