THE WASHINGTON TIMES SUNDAY JANUARY 31 1904

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Pressmen Elect OfficersThe jiowly elected officers of Press

mens Council No 7SS National Unionwere Installed by Jamen Bright prosldent of tho cabinet at the regularmonthly meeting of tho council heldThursday night at TypographicalTemple After tht Installation of officersa musical program was given and anexcellent supper served The officers forthe ensuing year are Shine presi-dent Charles H Schulte vice presidentJoseph Wilkinson speaker J KBishop secretary W H Barnholtfinancial secretary Daniel Beckwfthchaplain Joseph E Walch usherGeorge Kummer sergeant J H Connelly doorkeeper D J OLeary J JCallahan and Charles H Guiles trustee

Week Among MaccabeesKing David Tent at Its review last

Monday night decided to moot everyMonday night This tent Is now enjoying a little boom which may beveloplater

The women of the Supreme Hive of theMaccabees of the World had an unusually large membership at tho close oftho year of 1903 This order has for Itsexecutive officer Mrs Lillian M Holllster of Detroit Mich and under hersuperior management Is making rapidstrides

The committee stt Mount Vernon TentNo 4 which will entertain the degreeteam of Long Tqnt Buffalo N Y hasarranged for a banquet to be given atthe Regent Hotel on tho evening ofMarch 1 The exemplification of the de

ART

Art Club in SessionThe Columbia Heights Art Club was

entertained In parlors of the Portner Thursday afternoon January 28 byMrs John Stokes Mrs E C Morganpresided

Mrs C W Schneider drew the attention of the club to the exhibition of thopictures now being given in the CorcoranGallery of Art under the auspices ofthe Capital Camera Club Their aim Isto show tho distinctive Individual ex-pression to be obtained in pictorial photography Under the HohenstaufenDynasty was the title of paper readby Mrs Loretta McCreery

After the discussion of this paper MrsMary Lockwood told How Art KeptAlive In the Middle Ages and told thelegend of the Goldi Spider WebMrs BelvaTx3ckwoodreadan Interest-ing paper upon Germany and the Ger

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mans as I Saw ThemJames Henry Moser the w llknown

artist and art critic then addressed theclub advised the members In theirstudy of art to try to get each painterspoint of view He spoke against com-mercial art and said that all trueartists painted purely for the love of Itnnd how to dispose of tho picture afterit was painted was a secondary consid-eration He told ofvthe work Inthe exhibition of paintings just openedIn the Pennsylvania Academy of Artand praised American portrait paintersespecially Chases masterly manner ofhandling paint in his portrait of EdouardSteichen

Mrs Helen Spencer Mussoy made ashort address complimentary to theclub

Responses to roll call wore dispensedwith Madame Li Kwoh Chen MissMildred Reid of Now York Miss H VBoswell Mrs Lowell Mrs Ralph MrsGorman Mrs Foitgujjon Mrs FisherMrs Fox Mrs J H Mosor Mrs McLaughln Miss Flpra McCreory MrsHathaway Mrs Downing Mrs KnowlesMiss Clark Mrs Hopkins Mrs BallMrs Moore Mrs Zanpone Miss Chlckering Mrs Lamm Mrs Kimball MrsHaxnsburgh Mrs Parker Mrs Holmesand Dr Gibbs woro the guests of the

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At the last meeting of the Society forPhilosophical Inquiry hold at the Columbian University the Rev FrankSewell D D gave an interesting account of the recent annual meeting oftho American Philosophical Associationat Princeton N J and Edward SSteele gave an address on Nominalismand Realism the discussion of whichwas participated in by Dr J MacbrldefJterrett Hyland C Kirk Dr Frank HBlgelow Prof Bishop of the University-of Sewanee and Mr Stoele

At the meeting of the society to be-

held on February 2 at 445 oclock Hyland C Kirk will give an address on

Nomlnalism and Realism with spe-

cial referenco to the recent work byProf Shaler of Harvard University onThe Individual A ConoAderatlon of Life

and Death

WOMENS CLUBS

History Club MeetsTho Capitol Hill History Club held its

regular meeting last Wodnosday afternoon There were present twentyonemembers and two guests Mrs Pattenand Mrs Baxter Mrs Webb the pres-Ident presided In response to the rollcall members of tho club gave anecdotes from tho lives of noted singers ofItaly Interesting papers were read asfollows Biography of Raphael MrsJulius Wilson Festival Days In ItalyMrs John Cushman Literary Peopleof Note Living in Italy Today Mrs HU Patrick

Tho club adjourned to meet Febru-ary ID with Mrs Laughlin

EDUCATIONAL

Entertainment for the BlindArrangements been mada for the

following readings and music in thereading room for the blind In theof Congress

Monday February 1 tho Rojv Edwardvcrctt Hale Tuesday February 2Edith Wetmore Wednesday Feb-

ruary 3 Mrs Emily Bird piano recitalThursday February 4 MIss Kate Dabney Friday February 5 Alfred CadySaturday February 6 Mrs EmmaThompson

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gree work will be given in Masonic Tem-ple Hall on Monday night February 29A largo class of candidates arc expected-to be initiated on that occasion andother tents than No 4 will bo invited tobring their candidates to have themInitiated on this occasion

On last Wednesday night HarmonyHive No 13 closed Its charter with thirtyfive members and seven applicantselected to membership There have beenno suspensions withdrawals or deathsIn this hlVo and so far every applicant for life benefits has been approvedby the supreme medical examiner

The District of Columbia Virginia andGoorglo have been grouped under thelaws of the supreme tent ns a legisla-tive district and the Maccabees of thisdistrict will be called upon to elect arepresentative and an alternate to thenext supreme tent review which meetsIn Port Huron Mich in July next

Officers InstalledTho following officers of the Great

Council of the Improved Order of RedMen were Installed Monday night J EPayne great sachem D J Marvingreat senior sagamore W S Dodgegreat Junior agamoro James A Madison Jr great prophet J G Deponalgreat mlshcnlver J E Shepherdchief of records George Pgreat keeper of wampum John F Gerhold groat sannup N P Inlay greatguard of wigwam and George Vaughangreat guard of the forestry D A Dugan was elected representative to thegreat council of the United States

STOTE

Annual Election HeldThe annual election of officers of the

New Hampshire Association held Tuesday night resulted In the choice ofthe following President D M HI1dreth vice president Russell S Abbottsecretary F H Bassett treasurerLydia The following committees Executive cornmlttee Russell E Abbott Gen G WBailout Major M A Dillon George WSargent and H K Fulton FinanceJ F Gllmore Woodbury Sargent andJ M House Entertainment D tHildreth Charle rH Turner Mrs JM House Mrs W E Abbott and MissJessie

An program was givenwhich Included a piano solo Im-promptu and Valse In D FlatChopin by George Weber Vail of thePeabody Conservatory In BaltimoreEllen F Gcodwln road a paper on Han

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cited the Little Bonnet and Multipli-cation Table piano solo Hussarenritt Spindler oy George WeberJ I McCreery the author readmorons poem entitled The BridalTour Upon request Mr McCreery readhis bestknown poem There Is NoDeath recitation The TelephoneMrs Helen Lockwood after which re-

freshments were served

COMMONWEALTH

Kansas Day Reunion

On Friday evening January 29 thealumni former students and members ofthe faculty of tho Kansas State Agricultural College wet in annual sessionat the Portner in celebration of Kansa

Since her debut In 1851 Kansasworked unceasingly along educa-

tional lines and many of her sons anddaughters have made their mark In tho

trolley distance of Washingtonthere persons who havebeen connected with the Kansas State

either asor members of the facultywith then husbands or wives sons and

and friends form a pleasant

Prof William L Hall of the Bureauof Forestry and Prof George-

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partment made addressesAfter the banquet came college songs

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and reminiscences of college days Itwas an enjoyable evening and the com-pany dispersed with cheers In theirhearts for their Alma Mater and the

Sunflower StateThose present were Mr and Mrs W

R Splllman Mr and Mrs L CurtisMr and Mrs Doane Mrs Hitchcockthe Misses Lyman Marlatt WlnfleldThompson Prof Mrs William LHall Prof G H Prof George

H B Holroyd F C WebberR S Kellogg Charles William-C Lee J B Thurston D G Fairchild

Gulnzanboch J B Westgate CL C Fits William Lyman

and Mr Oakley

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The Monday Evening Club held ameeting last Monday night at the homeof the president Mrs C D Merin 1016

Vermont Avenue Tho topic of the ovening The Board of Childrens Guard-ians was handled In an Instructive andinteresting manner by Z H Copp andEstello Foster Mr Copp spoke at lengthupon the probation system as maintain-ed by tho board and of the need of asecond juvenile court He also read adraft of a proposed bill to Congress Ina tentative form to enact a curfew lawfor the The Monday EveningClub approved of thismovement and indorsed tho proposedbill

Foster briefly outlined thowork and responsibility of the boardin caring and dependentchildren The next meeting of the clubwill be held in February and the sub-ject of discussion Is City Farm Gardenim

RELIGIOUS

Benevolent SocietyThe Comrades of Coun-

cil 166 Catholic Womens BenevolentLegion held their Installation for thecoming year at their 822 Twen-tieth last Wednesday eveningMiss supreme chan-cellor installed the officers A reception followed the installation whenrepresentatives from Trinity and fromGonzaga Councils were present A hand-some silver loving cup was presented-to Mrs Manning the retiring presidentwho has held the chair for two years

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ment of Minute Men M A Wintercolonel commanding last Monday evening at Its hindquarters 350311 Penn-sylvania Avenue northwest much en-

thusiasm was manifested owing to thefact that within a few wegks the nowarmory will be ready for occupancywhen it is expected a house warmingwill be given to which the citizens ofthe District will be Invited

The New York Battalion Major E TPaull commanding was dotnllod byColonel Winter to represent the FirstRegiment at the ball of the Old Guardwhich was held at the MetropolitanOpera House New York city last Tuesday evening They attended in fulldress uniform and the boys report theyhad a most delightful time

A committee consisting of A DBrockett chairman F J Paff J EKing U S Lambert C B Marshallrepresenting tho Washingtons BirthdayAssociation of Alexandria Va calledupon Colonel Winter and extended aninvitation to attend the celebration inAlexandria nnd participate In the grandparade on Washingtons Birthday Thecolonel agreed to attend with his statand a detail of at least two companiesWhile In Alexandria the regiment willbe the guests of the WashingtonBirthday Association

The board Lieut Col E R Campbellpresident appointed to combine themanual and foot movements of Baronvon Steuben and Gen Wlnfleld Scotthas made a report to headquartersmaking recommendations which abolish a battalion formation nnd makethe captains as they did in the Revo-lutionary period report directly to thecolonel and not as formerly throughthe majors In adopting these recom-mendations the colonel has abolishedthe First and Second Battalions andrelieved Majors G Barnette andHerbert from commandLonV

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son Miss von Unschuld has met witha most cordial reception here andpromises to add another shining lightto artistic circles

a talented musician Her brillint technique and firm touch are com-bined with high musical IntA Igenceand permit her to Interpret variedstyles of composition She is thoroughly-at ease in her work and onea most pleasing Impression inher performances

Miss von Unschuld comes to Wash-ington from the court of Roumania andwas presented here a short time agounder the patronage of the BaronessHengelmuller wife of the AustrianambassadOr Her appearance on theSymphony program tonight will be asocial as well as musical

Erskine Porter ComingErskine Porter the famous New York

boy soprano will appear In Washington-In a song recital on Friday evening Feb-ruary 19 at the Unlvorsallst Churchunder the direction of George LawrenceMaster Porter has a repertoire of a hun-dred and twentyfive songs which he isable to sing from memory He has latelymet with success in the Northappearing recitals The boychoirs and school children of the District will be given an opportunity tohear hjm at special rates

Music at TJnivcrsalistA special program of music has been

prepared for today by the choir of theChurch of Our Father At the morningservice Dudley Bucks chorus SingAllelujah Forth will be given and MrsEleanor B Spencer will sing Bucks AndGod Shall Wipe Away All Tears Themusic In the evening will bo furnished bythe choir assisted by a male quartetThe choir has a cantata and Rossinis

Stabat Mater in preparation Thesewill be given as a concert and later re-peated at one of the Sunday eveningchoir muslcales at the church MrLawrence Is for a

musical next Friday inthe lecture room of the church

Feast of St PaulThe feast of St Paul will be observed

today at St Pauls Catholic ChurchFifteenth and V Streets northwestMonsignor Falconlor the papal delegatewill participate In tho solomn high mass

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and tho sermon Is to be delivered by thoRev Charles Warren Currier pastor ofSt Church

musical program hasbeen prepared under the direction ofMiss Mary Byrne organist and willconsist In selections from Gounods StCecelia Mass and Haydn No 2 Soloswill be sung by Miss M Ryan MissHiker Mrs O P Sohmdt Miss Smoot-C C Wright C Atchison Edward Helland M A McCormick of Baltimore

The Patti ConcertMadame Adelina Patti will give a con

cert in Convention Hall this cityon Saturday February 13 at 8 p mHer tour comes to an end In Now Yorkon April 8 the receipts so far exceedingany of her previous ones and at thopresent rate of computation it is saidthe great diva will carry away fromAmerica over 400000 as her share of theproceeds of sixty The SanFrancisco Call her concert there says Patti wins tears as a

The selection from Faust waswhen the audience

her return PatJ then sangHome Sweet Home as cnly Patti can

sing it Her voice quivered with emo-tion as she finished the and theaudience sat as if under

Saengerbund DatesThe Washington Saengerbund will

give its annual fools carnival tomorrownight In its clubhouse in C Street

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thereof Capt Leon G Barnotte as-sumes command of Company I

Private J C Ammerman of CompanyB has been leave of absenceuntil June 1

The military ball and reception givenby Company A Capt James Mulvecommanding on last Wednesday evening at Masonic Temple was a mostunique and pleasant affair Militaryguests were in full dress uniform Thefeature of the evening was the recep-tion to Col M A Winter and stat con-sisting of Cal E R Campbell MajorM M Lewis Capts Charles S Wheeler-A C Goodrich D S Fletcher C NBeach B B Smith Lieut M H Mon-trose and Quartermaster Sergeant J CMcConnell

Application for membership from thefollowing duly approved by companycommanders having reached headquar-ters they have been assigned to thefollowing companies

Company B Francis J FordCompany C William H DuvallCompany I Norrts H Engle Charles

E Engle John J WagnerCompany H ReynoMs A L

Atkinson Louis BeckerCompany AJnmes Bartels Harrv W

Decker Herman L Slmoe Patrick JCarroll George A Kennedy Charles FYoung Charles P Maley F T MitchellJoseph P Dement Harry FA P Blair Ogden LakeSpeake and Stanley E Wolfe

Gold Watch PresentedThe stated meeting of George G

Meade Post No 5 Grand Army of theRepublic in Grand Army Hall lastTuesday evening was full of Interestfor the veterans Applications formembership were received and referredto committees from David Frost late ofCompany A Fourth New Hampshire In-fantry Volunteers and George H Dyerlate of Company A ElghthyelghthPennsylvania Volunteers John T Pow-er was Installed as officer of the guard

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Soloist With SymphonyMiss Mario von Unschuld the young

Austrian pianist who is to be the soloist at the Washington Symphony conTcert tonight has determined to remainin Washington for the rest of tho sea

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weeks and the event promises to beone of the most successful and

of Its kind given In the history ofthe society

A smoker Is to be givenon Monday evening and on Wednesdayevening February 10 the annual

ball Is to occur This event isalways one of the gayest as well asImportant entertainments In the Saengerbunds season and never falls to interest and entertain everyone who attends Prizes will be given single figuresand A costume ball will be

clubhouse on ThursdayFebruary 25 and there will then be noother entertainments until April 15 thedate set for the childrens masqueradeball

Program at St AloysiusThe program of music at St Aloysius

Church today will be as followsMoss Marzo No 3 offertory Ave

Maria Luzzi soprano solo Vesperswill bo sung at 730 p m with Psalmsfrom Mercadante Magnificat MarzoNo 3 hymn Alma RedemptorisGounod alto solo O Salutarls trioHattersley and Tantum Ergo

CUBANS LOVE OUR SOLDIERS-It is announced that the last of tho

United States troops in Cuba will leavethe island February 7 when PresidentPalma is expected to personally reviewthem and deliver an address thankingthem for their service rendered the newrepublic Now that it is known thatthe Americans arc to go both Cubansand property holding Spanishwho had looked on thesons as an eyesore are beginning toopenly express that save fromthe coaling Guantanamo andBaltla Honda the Stars and Stripes areto disappear from the Island And thisis manifested most clearly In the ex-pressed desire of the chief executive ofthe little republic to have the opportuni-ty to tell the departing veterans how Cubans feel toward them to thank themand wish them godspeed when theystart

Cuban officials have already se-

lected to assume command ofent batteries soon to be vacated by theAmerican military and are all yojmgmen specially fitted for the posts hav-ing been carefully trained and Instructed by Captain Aultman United StatesArmy who has earned the good willand friendly regard of Cubans generallyand proven himself an Invaluable old toGeneral Rodriguez in the tatters effortsto organize Cubas department of national defense and public security which

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has police as well as military authoritythroughout the entire

Captain Aultman there everwas illfeeling against the late gov-

ernment of Intervention harbored bythose connected with the native militiathe sentiment no longer In-deed on the contrary he thatadmiration for the United States and adesire tc emulate American Institutionshas grown rather than diminished sinceCubans themselves assumed the direc

of their governmental affairs HaCorrespondence New Orleans

ANIMAL DEITIES IN EGYPTThe Egyptian Pantheon was most

rich In animal symbolism not a deitybut had some bird or beast consecrated-to Its service and in some way participant of the formers divine attributesThere was the hawk sacred to Ra theallseeing Sun there was the bullsacred to the beneficent Osiris and thecow consecrated to his sister and consort leis the mysterious AllmotherThe crocodile was the symbol of theterrible Typon god of Thegentle goddess of Nightcats Thoth the wise had his Ibises andcynocephalous apes The ram was de-voted to the of andalso to Kem the goatheaded god ofGeneration and lastly we find theJackal belonging to the weird mummygod All thesethe crocodile were divinehonors in the temples of their patrondeities during life and at deathwere with their Images made Incountlosa statues amulets carvingspapyri and mural f

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by Commander A A MaximAfter completing the routine business

of the post an interesting incident of theexercises occurred the presentatlon ofa handsome and appropriately inscribedgold watch to Past Post Commander LH Patterson as a token of regard amIIn recognition of his faithful services ascommander during the past year Chap-lain Henry S Stevens made the presentation address referring to the pastpost commanders services especially Invisiting and caring for the sick andburying deceased comrades and In Woking after the welfare of the widows andorphans Past Commander Patterson-In receiving the watch made some ap-

preciative and pleasant remarksThe post was afterward entertained

with remarks by Capt George N Wil-liams of George H Thomas Post of theDepartment of Indiana Past Post Com-

mander J McKelvey of Phil SheridanPost of this city Commander AlonzoA Maxim Quartermaster Charles Mat-thews Adjutant W Eldrldge andPast Post Adjutant Wallace Brewer-

A patriotic song service followedChaplain H S Steven leading in thesinging with Major C presiding attho organ

Meade Post is arranging a musical andliterary entertainment for the membersand their families and the widows andorphans of the post which will be givenIn the near future

The present officers of George GMeade Post No 5 are A A Maximcommander Alfred Shaw senior vicecommander Albert J Carew junior vicecommander Charles Matthews quartermaster W Eldildge adjutant Hen-ry S Stevens chaplain T L Matchett

E A Wilber officer of theday John T Power officer of theguard Charles B Having quartermas-ter sergeant James Brown sergeantmajor George Francis jr Insidesentinel Chris Olsen outside sentinel

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Ninety widows In a town of 2500 popu-lation every one good looking gall ofthem rich and no that wants tomarry again That of the cen-

sus record of IndAt the intersection of two streets

making four corners arc twocalled Quality Corners andcorners are four widows whose

wealth is more than 800000 and Intwo blocks there are eight widows whocan draw their checks for at least 5200000 more In vicinity of QualityCorners are eleven widows handsome and welltodo The of theninety widows are scattered over

These widows enjoyare noted for their acts of charity andmany of the poor people of the city canthank them for good and warmclothing In winter It was once report-ed that the widows of Crownnoint weregoing to organize union but the manwho started the report mysteriouslydisappeared and has never been heardof but once and then he was livingthe life of a hermit in a cave of theRocky mountains

Another peculiarity of the census inCrownpolnt Is the fact that there Is notan aged spinster in the town not abachelor and only one widower Oldmaids do not and bachelorsare considered a disgrace The onewidower has been showing signs of mat-rimony lately and there Is no tellingwhat Is going to happen

The matrimonial sharks of the largecities have about the wealthywidows who Crownpolnt withtheir presence and have sent agentsthere to get a list of names Several otthe widows have received offers of

but they have turnedIt any of them hould get mar-

ried again It Is declared that the happybridegroom will be one of Crownpoints

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GORDON IN BATTLEGordons Georgia brigade which

the right of Earlys divisionthe Federals before Gettysburg

back through the town and beyond tothe of Cemetery Hill slaying

capturing other thousandsThe battle Is over The sun Is sinkingdeep In a blood red glow Men In thewoods and fields are laying awiy thedead The routed Federals cower on thehill beyond the town Drawn up In longlines In the suburbs stand serried ranksof victorious men In gray An officer ona superb black steed rides up to eachsection of the long gray line In turnHe stops before one regiment

Thirtyfirst he calls and his voicegoes booming away on the eveningbreeze men of the Thirtyfirst Gener-al Early says youre the bravest soldiershe ever saw

For an instant there is silence savefor the echoes muttering among the hillsand then the slight figure of a fairhaired youth leaps from tho long lineLike a flash ho snatches the soldier capfrom his head and shouts in answer

You tell General Early weve got thebravest he ever saw

And a thousand throatsthere rent the air a rebel yell of thekind that history will ever rememberAtlanta Journal

BOUND TO PLAY AND PLAYEDA stage heroine who happened at the

same time to an able executant onthe piano had to play night after nightthe same part at a popular theaterShe anxiously longed to give the audi-ence a specimen of her musical abilities but her part in the performance af-forded no opportunity for such a dis-play of her powers But her Inventivegenius came nobly to the rescue andshe discovered a place in the actionwhere pianist and heroine might gohand in hand When the curtain roserevealing the desert of the Black Moun-tains the spectators beheld to theli as-tonishment a splendid piano placed atthe foot of the rocks The heroine withthe haste of one climbed downthe rocky path enraptured atthe sight of the piano and exclaimed

The savages have burned down ourcottage murdered my father and motherand driven away our cattle but Heavenbe have left me myMuslo shall comfort me in my distressand If the ladles and gentlemenI will play them selection TitBits

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were hosts Tuesday nightto a number of guests at the clubrooms1428 York Avenue A program ofaddresses and musical selections wasgiven Augustus N Heaton spoke on

Literature of Art Mrs Vinnle ReamHoxie contributed Reminiscences ofGreat Men and Mrs EvelynMorgan offered A Tribute tol y Walter violinist accompanied by Mrs Thompson Cun-ningham and the mandolin club of theleague contributed musical

Change Date of MeetingThe Institute Literary Society

will regular biweekly meeting-on Monday evening next February 1

at 8 oclock and will meet biweeklyon Mondays In future instead of Tues-day as heretofore Papers will be pre-sented entitled Venezuela Illustrat-ed by George E Sullivan antiDante by Arthur J May John H

Borger will also address the societyArrangements are under way looking-to the holding of a Joint debate withthe Young Mens Christian AssociationLyceum In the spring On Tuesdayevening February 2 the Institute willgive its last smoker until Lent

Thursday evening February 4

Euchre Club will hold its regrtilar biweekly meeting which will be the lastsession until alter Easter thenot meeting during Lent

During the past week the commit-tee on arrangements for the annualdinner met and organized with thofollowing officers chairman John JNolan secretary Robert C Howardand treasurer James A Cahill Com-

mittees on program menu andtions were also appointedof the has been fixed forThursday evening February 11

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bating Club held its usual meeting onTuesday night After the opening rollcall recitations were given a

of the boysThey were followed by the debaters

who spoke on the muchmooted question Resolved That tin FifteenthAmendment to the Constitution andthat part of the Fourteenth which re-

fers to suffrage should be repealed

NOTHING BUT A BOTTLE

MARKS BILL HYPS GRAVE

Resting Place of Famous Humorist inNorth Carolina Sadly Neglected

Considerable surprise was occasionedrecently at Asheville N C by a briefitem which appeared in one of the localpapers stating that the grave of BillNye humorist whloh is in the grave-yard of a church near FletcherN C from Ashevillewas unmarked by a stone of any kindThe story was denied by friends of thefamily but the fact remains that thegrave of the great merrymaker whosideep sympathy for the neglected andweak was the basis of his delicate humor is undistinguished from the oldfield in which it is located save by anempty bottle thrust mouth down Intothe sod at the head of the grave and-a loose stone placed probably by accident at the

Bill Nye or Wllspn Nye waswell the for miles

Buckshoals sit-uated a mile from Calvary Church andthe Identity of his grave is undisputed-He was sociable with his country neigh-bors who revere his Thegrave mound has sunk to abovethe sod and In a few years there willbe to distinguish its location

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memorial window placed there byMrs Nye Why the grave has beenneglected no one seems to know Sinceher husbands death it is said MrsNye who is In New York has beenunfortunate In her

Buckshoals the of theNyes which Is not far away Is a mod-ern frame dwellinghouse well equippedwith modern conveniences From Itsfront veranda there Is a lovely viewof mountain scenery and a flashingmountain stream makes constant musicat the edge of the lawn On the grounds-is a capacious ballroom built with anexterior in imitation of a log cabinover whose polished floor the MissesNye and their friends were wont toglide in many a merry dance during thehappy three years the family lived Inthis Ideal country seat Chicago RecordHerald

ROYALTY CONSIDERATE-The King and Queen of Italy are most

thoughtful for the comfort of those whosurround thsm and never lose an op

of proving that thoughtfulnessHence there Is to be another innova-tion at cpurt which will not reduce thesplendor of the receptions there butwill shorten them considerably-

At tho New Years reception of thediplomatic body and their wives this

ceremony was so long and therooms were so overheated that manyladles showed visible signs of fatigueand Princess Colonna one of QueenElenas ladies in waiting after makingvaliant efforts fainted and had to becarried from the room Both the Kingand Queen were very much concernedand the former already decidedthat henceforth doyen of the diplo

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Prince and Princess areamong the most popular

They are both Italians thedark of most commanding

ence while the former Is the most per-fect Italian type neither tall nor shortbut with the healthy red darkness largonose and which distinguish-his is the handsomestman In Rome The King is particularlyfond of him and has been to aay

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The Judges decided that the affirma-tives made better arguments howeverand so gave their decision

Short Story ClubThe Short I ory Club met Tuesday

last t So RIggs House Thegloom and rain iot of doors emphasiz-ed the warmth jd Brightness withinand those who attended were well

by the interesting program andthe rich literary suggestions contain-ed in Prof Hylan C Kirks story entilted The Skull of Mesmer dealingwith much mystery and magic whichin the end was very cleverly plainedMrs Jerome Hubbard followed trJlh arecitation Jean MacGreagor and re-sponded to a recall with LarkMrs C S York read tothe Suprcrue Test An original poemby Dr Calver The Friar and theWine Cellar found groti t favor withthe audience J H Whltaker told somehumorous anecdotes

Contributors to the musical yrocT mv ere Cliailono Browno with pianosnlos Shower of Dasles and Mns

the Cold Cold Ground She also re-

sponded to an encore Flora Holtienwith a soprano solo For AH EtrmHr-by Angelo tor jiaao ac-companist H P Hoove lordUI she gave Daisies C B Haw-ley G F Jarboe entrtalr l the au-dience with operatic airs on the grapha

Boys Reading CircleThe Stanton Reading comp rd

of hers from ten to yearsage and thpugh but recently organized-Is progressing the boys iixiig ilively Interest In the work assignedthorn

The object of the club Istbe study ofAmerican poets and The firstFriday in each to socJ il intercourse at which meeting eachby Is expected to contribute somethingto the entertainment of the exvnlne

The officers of the club are CharlesRozzelle president Roy E Marshallsecretary and Mrs John X Phillipsdirector and treasurer

CITY CELIBATES

WILL ADMIT NO WOMEN

Town to Be Founded in Utah an Eveless Paradise

The City of Celibates Is to found-ed within a few miles of Provo Utahand the foundation will be laid withirthe next law days That at lease Is theimpression of attaches of the AmericanHouse who were on duty early thismorning when a picturesque party offoreigners arrived and registered

eight in number are lookedfounders of this new city which

will allow no woman within its wallsAbout 2 oclock this morning a party

of men much resembling Italian bri-gands as portrayed In comic opera entered the American House They hadgold rings in their ears wore ora spectacular hue corduroywide brimmed hats One man fwhc wascivilized up to the chin that Is clad Inmodern American fashion appeared tobe in charge He put the followingnames on the register his own beingfirst

John Bubalo Peter Yovanovlch LukaTomascrvlch Luke Yovacerlc Luke Yovanovlch Vaso Yovaceric Miter Luksick and another that was IllccllleBubalo did not say whence the partycame but it was gleaned from his con-versation that all had just come fromEllis Island under big guidance

Bubalo was not inclined to be com-municative but he said enough to fos-ter the impression that he headed a lit-tle colony that was going to locate rrnrProvo The sturdy sons of sunny Italywith him would form the bone andsinew of the colony and there would 09no women allowed within its purllctsOne of the Yavanovich brothers itseems had been by a woman

Italy a numberfriends and relatives about him

to go to the New Worldmicrocosm where the foot of

woman would never be allowed Noth-ing was said about naming acity of from the conver-sation of the party that was the infer-ence Denver Post

GETTING SECOND WINDThe runner who sets out on a tw

mlle race usually passes though twdistinct stages of exhaustion Infirst quarter If the pace be fastfeels the first symptoms of breathless-ness the throbbing temples the surgingIn the ears and the tightness about thchest that makes so many men dropout before completing half theThis might be called acuteif he can keep on the distress passesaway The heart and lungs work a lit-tle harder and at last succeed In

up with their task of purifyingincreaserd stream of sewage brought tathe lungs by the to carriedoft In the form of gases by respirationthe to regain the toa crushing weight appearsto have beenThe head clear and the mudes act vigor and elaii

The man has got his secondwind Outing

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According to an old Breton custom allthe marriages of the year take place onone day and recently at Plougastel nofewer than twentythree couples wereat one time Joined in the bonds of holymatrimony For the last few weeks thregion has been in a wonderful state ofeffervescence After the legal weddinghas been performed the couples taketheir stand In a row behind the highaltar of the church and behind th m sittheir fathers and mothers and so dotheir cousins and their uncles and theiraunts all arrayed In their brightest colored raiment and the whitest and stiftest of coiffes The scene in the churchIs picturesque beyond description

in unisonsupport it must to the timidest bridegroom New York

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