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1865-was then occupied by the Rec
ord and Pension Office of the War
Department. Naturally there were
many claims filed against the Federal
Government for what seemed to be
gross carelessness, and after the lapse
of two years a partial settlement was
made and year later all claims were
adjusted and $4,000 was allowed for
each death caused by the disaster.
This was paid for the following:
George r. Allen, George Michael Ar
mold, Samuel p Barnes, John E. Cha
pin, jeremiah DAILY, John Bussius, JOS
eph r. Fegan, Joseph Barker Gage.
David Clark Jordan, Justus Boyd
ones, Frederick B. Lotus, Jay Hirst
McFall, Otto F. w. Medder. Howard
S. Miller, Benjamin F. Miller, Bur-
rows Nelson, Emanuel G. Shull, Frank
NJ Williams, Alfred L. Ames. Arthus
N. Girault, Michael T. Mulledey,
George w. Robey, Charles Best Sayers,
John T. Reynolds and quite likely
George Christopher Bollinger.
IN THE report Of the Congressional
Joint Commission. made in May,
1896, Sl44,800 was recommended to be
paid to those injured in the disaster,
the specific amounts being given in
each case, and the names Of those
listed are as follows:
Thomas D. Anderson, Frederick
Achenbach. John Baker, Ethelbert
Baier, Alexander C. Black. James S.
Busselle, Winifred Beck, John c. Bal
lou, L. B. Bowman, S. S. Baker, C. H.
Bliss, P. G. Clark, J. F. Bixler, F. j.
Calvert, Edward C. Carroll, John F..
Dunton, George w. Davis, George J..
Drew. John B. Dowd, Silas j. Dewey.
Horace " Easterling, Richard H. Gill
liam. George w. Green. William NJ.
Grogan. Thomas j. Griffith, George G..
Garnett, William S. GuStin, Thomas
Hynes c. A. Harper, James A. Howard,
Samuel N. Hilton, Augustus Hubbell,
Isaac N. Hammer, Charles F. Halfway,
Homer B. Harlan, Ferman Housel.
James G. Jones, William Jones, Mil
ford, M. Jarvis. Wellington Kregler,
Charles A. Krause, William B. King,
Clifton Lowe Frank F. Linden, Charles
Lucas, William w. Lecture. Eugene
Leger, William Ludgate, Percy S.
Lowry. Daniel P. Mccormick. Theo-
dore Morley, Charles R. Miller, c. E.
Mclaughlin, John A. Miller, Frank j.
Metcalf. c. j. Moore, George N. Nc
T.auphljn Inhn A. Mapea I0hp 7
Needing. Charles S. Mclaughlin, ST.
neon T. Neal, John E. Nichol, B.
j. O'Driscoll. John O'Neill. Charles
R. Owen, Polk K. Pennington, Charles
H. Patterson, c. M. Punteney, Charles
L. Patten, R. NJ Patrick, George T.
Prewitt, Seth v. Peck, Cassius C.
Parker, Morton E. Rose, Louis A.
Rosafy. William T. Richardson, Lloyd
]. Smith, Fountain F. Sans, Frank
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and Marie Geddes appear, and since
then many have tried their ability at
teaching. and some few have been
successful, while others have failed and
entered other activities.
A FEW years ago, in comparing the
= present with the earlier dances
at a meeting Of the Association of
Oldest Inhabitants, it was the unani-
nous opinion Of the members who
spoke on the subject that the dances
Of today are not so refined as formerly
and not so graceful as those of the
past, when the gentleman did not hold
the lady quite so closely to him. And
they also agreed that the present Jazz
pieces are not near 30 appealing nor
so musical as the dance music of q
few decades ago, when such delight
full pieces were popular for waltz tunes
upon the dance floor as Carnival of
Venice" Little Annie Rooney"
Hearts and Flowers" "Auf Wieder-
sehen." Skaters Waltz" "Over the
Waves" After the Ball Is Over"
Il Don't Want to Play in Your Yard"
and ever so many others, and for the
lanciers and quadrille, arrangements
principally from the musical comedies
and light opera then popular, like
THE Mikado," "Pinafore, Idols
Eye" Chimes of Normandy" Robin
Hood" "Erminie," etc.
But, of course, people demand
changes: however, there is still the
hope left that some day we shall re-
turn to the good old tunes of yore.
DANCING has been a popular enter
tainment and diversion for so
many centuries that its origin is prob
ably lost in prehistoric time. 1t is
referred to number of times in the
Bible-once when the daughter Of
Herodias danced before Herod on his
birthday anniversary.
President Washington was fond of
dancing, and, following his inaueura-
ton In New York City on April 3O
1889. danced the cotillion successfully
with Mrs. Peter Van Brook Livingston
and Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, and
afterward danced minuet with Miss
Van Zandt. and it is said there was
dignity and grace in every movement
OF the Incompatible man."
This ball, the preparations for which
were made by the dancing assemblies
Of New York, was attended by many
OF the most distinguished people of
that time, and including. in addition to
Gen. Washington, the Vice President
and most Of the members of both
branches Of Congress.
In all there were more than 300 in
attendance, and the Baron Steuben,
we'll educated, bred in German court,
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a plan for making blind landings. But
the first one was made under labora-
tory conditions, with witnesses and
official observers, thus conforming
with regulations for the award. Col.
Ocker made his flights over a period
of years. When his commanding off,
Ger recommended him for the award
it was impossible to point to any one
flight, or several flights during which
he discovered how blind flying could
be accomplished, and how to convince
pilots it could be accomplished, per.
haps the more difficult task of the
two. And the regulations say the D.
F. c. shall be awarded to any person
who shall distinguish himself by
heroism or extraordinary achieve
ment while participating in an aerial
flight" He does have letter he
prizes almost as highly. however. from
a cadet just completing his training
with cross-country fight over West
Texas. He ran into cloud bank. 1t
didn't look bad at first, but soon got
thicker and thicker There were
mountain peaks ahead he decided to
turn back. In making the turn his
plane started into a spin. Cut OF
from sight of the ground, he was help
less to pull it out. Then he remem.
bered his instruments. Fixing his
eyes on his instrument panel, he
gradually restored his ship to an even,
level keel. and when his compass
stopped whir!ing, laid his course back
toward the nearest emergency field.
If it hadn't been for my blind-flying
training" the cadet wrote, Il know I
should have crashed" He didn't have
to say that would have meant death
and a searching party.
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tresS, Miss Helen Hayes, though at
that time she is referred to by what
was then her real name, Helen Hayes
Brown, for she is really the daughter
of Francis v. A. Brown. a member Of
the Association of the Oldest Inhabi-
tants of this city
When Miss Hayes appeared on Miss
Hawkes. program in 1909. she was
giving limitations of The Nell Brink
ley Girl" and even as child showed
wonderful talent When only S years
of age she appeared at the Belasco
Theater as one of Miss Hawkes. play
ers and sang Down by the Zuider
Zee" Later she played in Jack and
the Giant Killer" and after this went
to New York to begin her professional
career, that in 1896 led her to such
dramatic heights in Victoria Regina" :"
that she was announced as the winner
of the medal awarded annually by the
Drama League of New York for the
most distinguished performance of that
year. Miss Hayes is the wife of Charles
Macarthur, the writer, and has an g.
year-old daughter, Mary.
Other pupils of Miss Hawke who
have distinguished themselves on the
professional stage are Anne Suter,
Audrey Seiber, Jean Densmore, Kath-
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FAME WON BY CITY'S DANCE LEADERS
Miss Hawke Has
Citizens Known Many
Ito Social life Of fCaptal

B. Smith, Edwin H. Spang, James A.
Stewart H. M. Shannon, Robert A.
Smith. Charles D. Shadbolt, Charles
j. Simms, Daniel K. Sergeant, George
w. Smoot, Peter U. Sommers, James
L. Taylor. H. c. Thomas, Francis w.
Test. John H. Thomas, Smith Thomp-
son. Wilson H. Thompson, w. w. VAL
entine, James w. Webb, Nathan F.
White, Nathaniel P. Worley, Robert
j. Walker, Arthur P. Whitney, H. p.
Wiley, James A. White. w. L. H.
Wright and Albert G. Young.
In other words, as the press put 1t
at the time: 1T cost the United
States $264,800 to settle the claims of
the Ford Theater victims. II 500 had
been spent in repair at the proper
time, all the rest of the money, as
well as lives and limbs. would have
been saved"
A FTER the marriage of Miss May
= Hawke In 1896, as before stated,
Miss Minnie E. Hawke continued to
carry on the business, and in 1909
there appears on her childrens May
Kirmess, given at ChaSe's Theater
Tuesday evening, May 25, the name Of
that other celebrated Washington ac-
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Pyramids Poems, Haciendas on View, With
Opal Merchants and Bridal Party
on 12.HOur Run.

the way down to Vera Cruz. I partook
of this provender-which is strictly in
digenous-both going to and returning
from Mexico City. On the first occa-
sion I nearly missed the train because
I had foolishly taken my hat with
me from the car and, discovering its
lack just as was about to board the
train, had to run to the restaurant
and grab it from its hook and hustle
back, getting handhold on the plat
form railing as the train was starting.
On the way down took the precaution
to go into the restaurant bareheaded
The meal was substantial, consisting of
a wide range of strange foods, with
beans the only familiar comestible.
At one Of the stops returning to the
coast a man jumped and clung to the
railing of the observation platform at
the rear Of the train as it was pulling
out. A becapped official promptly
hauled him aboard and made him go
forward into the native quarters. where
no doubt he was given disciplinary
treatment.
THE railroad line from Vera Cruz
to Mexico City is operated by
steam power in the easterly section,
where the grades are easy, while for
the greater part of the run electric
motors are used, which alone are
adequate for the mastering Of the
steep climb. The line has been cut
through the hills with many curves,
sometimes doubling back and forth
in series of thrilling twists. at a
sharp gradient. This is one of the
most exciting bits of railroading I
have ever experienced. Stupendous
heights tower above the train and
great depths open below, as the line
winds around the shoulders Of the
mountains. For really dramatic ride
I recommend this, but not to q nerv-
GUS person, whose sole refuge from
terror is tight closing Of the eyes,
thereby missing q series Of awesome
spectacles. The engineers who laid
out this line deserve the highest
praise for their skill.
This cross-section of the rugged
country Is alone worth q visit to
Mexico by the sea route, If one has the
requisite confidence in the stability
Of the line and the adequacy Of the
power. On my way into Mexico the
scene was one OF glorious splendor,
On the way back 1t was unfortunately
clouded by mists. Perhaps the most
salient feature of this scene Is Orizaba,
whose perfect cone, snow-covered
nearly half the way down from the
top, rises only few miles to the north
of the track. On the way back to
Vera Cruz the view was unfortunately
clouded by mists. which developed
into q steady rain by the time We
reached the coast.
And at Vera Cruz come the trials
Of porterage, complicated by the fact
that . recent labor organization has
caused sharp rise in prices, peso
for every article carried the short dis
tance from train to ship, but it is
well worth whatever 1t costs to put
Q final accent upon an experience In
travelling that will never be forgotten.
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An old churchyard, Cholula. Merico.

thereupon quite obviously cast me out
from civilized society by permanently
severing relations, somewhat to my
relief.
Travel talk, tales and anecdotes OF
touring, pesos. bargains,s thrills, the
short-changing propensities Of the
peasant vendors, packing problems,
anxieties over train-boat connections,
the endless round of small chat about
immaterial things, q constant current
Of competition for adventurous cham
pionship.
zach station is full stop, for this
is a land Of limited railroad
schedules, two trains each way daily. So
every train arrival Is the occasion of q
veritable fair on the platform-men,
women and children selling things.
fruit. cakes. gaudily-painted canes
and miniature baseball bats, dolls,
candy, serapes, lottery tickets-always
lottery tickets-and opals. A man
comes along and opens his hand. In
1t, nesting on a square Of colored
tissue paper, are a dozen or so gleam-
ing stones. oval, scintillating, brilliant.
They are probably genuine, though 1t
is related that on some occasions un-
wary travellers have bought these
stones only to find them to be mere
bits Of clear glass with vari-colored
paper pasted on the fiat bases. Opals
are abundant in Mexico. Some OF
those shown by the train peddlers are
beautiful and all are very cheap. But
buying them is decided gamble,
though the knowing person may pick
up bargain.
At one stop an unusually long halt
is made. It Is a town of considerable
size and a wedding party jams the
station. Rice is thrown upon the
bridal couple, who have taken places
on the observation platform, and it
also gets into the hair and ears of
the "Americanos" who are trying to
photograph the scene. One Of these
essays to compliment the truly lovely
bridesmaids and, lacking the neces-
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had visited them early in my sojourn
In Mexico City and found them to be
fascinating, puzzling, indeed, veritably
overwhelming In their mystery and
mass and their perfect symmetry-a
bit Of "Mayaland" right at the gates
of the capital, though more than 600
miles by airline from the ruins at
Chichen liza in Yucatan, which are
now being visited by constantly in
creasing numbers of tourists, owing
to the ablishment of convenient
travel service and accommodations.
Here are reminders of mysteries yet
to be unveiled in this ancient land, q
mute rebuke to us of the northern
part of the Continent who pride our
self upon our architectural achieve
ments, and some Of us upon our
atrocities in stone.
Meanwhile the chair cara very
comfortable car, indeed, with mdivid-
ual reclining seats in which slumber
is easily possible-is buzzing with
tourist talk, that argot of the main
Travelled roads Of today, the universal
language Of the restless ones who love
to "go places'-talk about the cur
rency, about the bargains to be had,
about the Photographic apparatus per-
sonally favored, with minute specifi-
cations concerning filters, light meters
and exposures. And, running like q
red warp through this fabric Of the
fellowship of experience is bull-fight
talk. Competition develops between
those who have witnessed more than
one fight. The number Of the bulls
slain serve as counters in the game,
the narrow escapes of the matadors
are the scoring points. To me this
is worse than Greek-for do remem-
ber a little, very little, indeed, of
nv high school Greek. but I cannot
differentiate between q matador and
a picador, nor have I the slightest
desire ever to see one Of these butcher
ings, Indeed, may here record the
fact that I did not attend bull fight
In Mexico City. One man to whom
I confessed this limitation stared 1T
me In speechless amusement, and
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and dressed in rich black silk velvet,
was said to be among the gayest and
most courteous Of the cavaliers.
However, the last minuet he danced
was at the ball given in Fredericks-
burg, Va, in october 1881, in honor
of the French and American officers
on their return from their victory at
Yorktown, and of this we are told that
when the church bell rang the hour
of 9, Lady Washington, mother of the
first President, rose and said: Come,
George, it is 9 o'clock" And as she
took her sons arm the two retired
although it is said that George, after
seeing his mother home, returned to
the party, just as many dutiful son
would do today.
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Cross.Section of Moctezuma's s Land in Thrill.
ing Train Ride From Capital
to Vera Cruz.
to Vera Cruz.

by high hills rising to mountain alti-
tudes.
"Popo" and the Lady" dimly show
their cleaning snowcaps to the SOUTH
east, though they are soon fully veiled
by low-hanging clouds. Squalid Sec
tions of suburbs grow thinner, fields
spread out widely, shrouded in the
mists rising from the so-called lakes,
which have distinctive names but very
little water, being now no more than
marsh areas.
A large crowd of people of to the
right, rigid figures in long lines on
an embankment. Closer approach
shows them to be "IndianS"-it seems
to be a generic term for peasants
evidently waiting for buses to take
them into the city. to the markets
where they will sell their foodstuffs
and pottery and other wares for few
coins in the course of day-long silent
traff1cking.
Hopes Of scenes worthy to be pho
tographed are soon blasted by the
poles and wires that bound the track,
always at least in one line, often in
two and sometimes three and even
four, an unavoidable hazard against
snap-shooting, however high the
shutter speed. Having flivvered on the
way up from the coast in consequence
of a purely mechanical fault for
which the camera was not account
able and which has left permanent
scar on my Photographic memory, this
realization is bitter indeed.
Lively spots in the fields, real ac-
ton in this leisurely land, the thresh-
ing of grain by mtlepower, the ami
mails being driven around and around
at brisk pace, their hoofs pounding
out the wheat or oats or whatnot, to
be winnowed later to rather dubious
state of cleanliness.
Broad acres Of stately set agaves,
or whatever may be the name Of the
cactus-like plants that may or may
not be the source Of pulque, which is,
broadly speaking, the national drink
Of the Mexican poems, or, indeed, may
furnish the makings of hemp. MY
non-botanical memory simply refuses
to retain the definition. At any rate,
it is a scene of thrifty farming.
whether the crop makes liquor or q
fabric. The liquor hypothesis is
strengthened by an occasional donkey
-burro to the Mexican-plodding
along with couple of pannier-like
receptacles strung over its back, with
perhaps driver in the offing, and
again perhaps not, for the burro NAV
be relied upon to make its own wav
over wonted course without the need
OF guidance and neither it nor the
driver is in hurry.
IOvER to the left, within a mile,
suddenly appear the pyramids Of
Teotihuacan, in recent years redeemed
from the covering Of earth by which
they had been hidden for centuries,
the greater one dedicated to the sun
and the lesser one to the moon. !
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he attended their classes and played
his violin for the exercises, as was the
practice of many of the early dane
ing masters. Even in one of their
earliest May balls, held at the Ma
tional Rifles Hall May II, 1898, he
acted as their master of ceremonies.
ITO AN oldtimer it is certainly in
teresting to look over an old pro-
gram, for here you see the names of
so many people around your own age.
or who were young when you were
young. or at least when you classed
yourself as such. And in this par
tlcular program the writer recognized
some names still familiar to him. For
instance, near the beginning of the
order OF exercises is the name of
Pauline Bliss. as one of the fairies in
the opening ballet. Pauline Bliss Cor
Pauline Chase, which she adopted as
her stage name) was Takoma Park
girl, and early took lessons from the
Hawke girls, with an idea of a stage
SeAASSA' OAC Va AlCA Sdl llCSJ SuCCtSScS
was as the Pink Pajama Girl in THE
Liberty Bellies" and probably her
greatest as Peter Pan in Barrie's
famous fairy tale of that name. Dur
ing the week of November 6, 1899, she
came to this city in The Founders" :"
IN which she took the part of Joan.
This play might have preceded THE
Liberty Bellies" at least the produc-
tions were not separated by many
years.
In "The Rounders" she was cast
with such prominent actors of that
period as Dan Daily, Mabel Gilman,
Marie George and others. She later
made successful London debut and
there met, the writer has been told, a
banker named Alexander Victor Drum
mond, whom she married, and by
whom she had one daughter whose
name is Ann.
The writer also recognizes in the
program referred to the names of Liz
zie Rudd, Mabel Owen, Otto Veerhoff
and Frederick De Moll Another pu-
Pill OF the Misses Hawke was Ina Claire,
just one more of the many Washing
ton girls who has gone on the stage,
and has become distinguished as an
actress. 1t so happens that she opens
up here tomorrow evening at the Ma
tional Theater in "Once Is Enough"
IF THE writer has been informed
correctly, Miss Claire's earlv life in
the Capital must have been sad one,
for it aps here that her father, JOS
eph R. Fegan. met his death in the
Ford'S Theater disaster of June 9,
1898, when the floors of that historic
building gave way. and out of about
ATS persons employed in the building
about 125 went down with the floors
The building-the one where Presi-
dent Lincoln was shot on April IA,
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mailed his epistle in the glowing be.
lief that Mrs. Caraway would give
prompt response to this wish dear.
est to his heart. Please send me-"
wrote this young hopeful. gun, badge
and handouts by return mail. I am
studying to be G-man" Still others
ask quite seriously for the recipe for
ginger cookies which she has made
with marked success for her own
household.
Others bring her their love worries,
or consult her with respect to such
important decisions as buying q home
or raising children. While she does
not undertake to solve such questions
as these, it can truthfully be
that no bona fide request for inforr
tion or service goes unanswered. Ger
tainly no Arkansas constituent can
complain on the score that his rep
resentative in the Senate has turned
deaf ear to his pleas or inquiries.
nNE can understand the personal
note so many Of the letters echo,
knowing Mrs. Caraway, for there is
about her an air of gentleness and
understanding and tolerance that is
heart-warming. 1t is really astonish-
ing to consider, sitting opposite her
and deliberately observing her, that
in this soft-spoken little Southerner.
completely unaffected and as natural
as In the days when she did her
own cooking" are symbolized the in
terests and welfare Of a great State
like Arkansas It Is difficult to re-
member that she represents the first
woman Senator to take her seat in
the traditionally revered Upper House:
that she is, In a way. one Of the
most famous women in the world,
for in no other nation has a woman
been so signally honored.
1t is difficult to convince ones sell
that woman to whom was giver
the opportunity for so much of per.
sonal fame and attention, has been
SO completely disinterested in any
phases other than the opportunity
for service. completely obliterating
the personal element in the greater
ideals of public Office. 1t has been
a situation to turn many q head.
But Mrs. 'Caraway is as real and
inspiring in her self-effactment today.
with an enviable record Of legislative
service behind her, as she was that
day in 1881 when I saw her enter
Washington frightened and bewil-
dered and bereaved, denying herself
to those who sought to capitalize tn
one way or another on the fact that
she was news" refusing to make any
public statements until she had famil-
iarized herself sufficiently with her
job to make such statements INTEL
ligent and seeming She can discuss
social legislation with you, it Is true.
but she can discuss such things as
salad for the Senate womens luncheon
and the silver platters she misplaced,
as we'll
II had to bring potato salad" she
explained with enthusiasm. "for the
Senate women's luncheon today.
There was a mix-up about the sill
yer platters had sent down to
serve it on. was quite worried while
I was over in the Senate, because
they hadn't turned up or had been
misplaced"
You just can't beat a combination
like observation-disclosures, experience, and
q grand sense Of humoe. And that's
what they're thinking down In Arkan-
sas, the next election 10 mind.