Lincoln County leader., August 13, 1909, Image 2

THE PRESIDENT'S WIFE
Wives of Generals Bell and Ed
wards Chief Among Social
Leaders at White House.
GOLD LACE HAS GREAT HEYDAY
Presidential Affairs Mads Gay
Through Presence of Land and
Sea Fighters of Nation.
ft'ashlngton correspondence :
When Mrs. Taft, In her official role
as first lady of the land, surrounded
herself with a coterie of the cleverest
and brightest officers of the twin
branches of the service, everybody in
Washington society recognized that
the era of the army and navy set had
arrived. In brave array the military
men form a moving background at
Mrs. Taft's at homes, and in their im
maculate dress the officers of the land
and sea force3 are a splendid attribute
at Mrs. Taft's fascinating garden par-
ties.
At the White House entertainments
scarcely has the line of guests passed
until Mrs. Taft is surrounded by a
group of offlcers and their wives,
daughters and sweethearts, whose
persiflage and laughter Instantly dis
sipate any Indication of an oppressive
or a "military" perfunctorlness.
Replacing Col. Bromwell, who with
Mrs. Bromwell were dominant factors
in the social life of the capital In the
last administration, is Col. Spencer
Cosby, whose career has been marked
with distinction. Col. Cosby is the
first of the administration bachelors
to announce his engagement, and in
the fall Miss Yvonne Shepard, daugh
ter of Mrs. Charles R. Shepard of
New York and Washington, will fall
heir to the position vacated. by the
withdrawal of Mrs. Bromwell.
Miss Shepard Is tall and svelte, her
well-carried head is graced with quan
tities of silky, fair-brown hair, and
her pretty complexion Is set off by the
taste Miss Shepard displays In the se
lection of the color of her gowns. She
wars large hats, flower trimmed, and
long, sweeping gowns, which accen
tuate the graceful slenderness of her
figure.
As the wife of the President's aid
and constant attendant, Miss Shepard
will be thrown constantly in associa
tion with the White House family,
and her adroitness and social graces
will be put to a severe test in the
carrying of a role not less Influential
ban difficult.
Gen. Bell's Wife' a Power.
As wife of the chief of staff, Mrs.
3. Franklin Bell will have a high
position in the full tide of the official
season.
Not content with standing at the
head of the serried ranks of army
dom, Mrs. Bell Is no less popular with
the diplomatic as well as the con
gressional and president set. As a
great friend of Mrs. Edson Bradley
of New York, she Is in touch with the
smart life of the little coterie of the
rich and important who come to
Washington each winter to enjoy its
season.
Gen. and Mrs. Bell last winter took
possession of a commodious home at
Tort Myer and there throughout the
season Mrs. Bell challenged the ad
miration of society by the conduct of
a series of delightful entertainments,
her guests Including the grizzled vet
erans who surround the chief of staff,
the young officers eager for an oppor
tunity to. display their mettle, the
debutantes, the foreign "guests" of the
n'lon and the general everyday-man
r.i l woman who goes in for Washing-tc-V.
social good times.
Associated with Mrs. Bell In the so-
WOMEN WHO LEAS TS MRS. T AIT'S SOCIAL Lira.
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cial life of the army set is Mrs. Woth
erspoon. the attractive wife of Gen.
Bell's first assistant. Mrs. Bell's sis
ter, Mrs. Ernest Garllngton, wife of
Gen. Garllngton, is another army ma
tron whose power In society has to
be reckoned with. Mrs. Garllngton Is
a pretty, falr-halred woman, endowed
with a liberal share of the good fel
lowship and good humor Mrs. Bell
displays In such a marked degree.
In the childless home of the chief of
staff Miss Sally Garllngton, Mrs. Bell's
Jolly, good-natured and good-looking
young niece, has a large and import
ant role to carry. Miss Sally is a
dancer who has won acclaim at the
amateur dramatic productions which
have been features of Washington's
smart life for the last few years, while
her skill as a horsewoman gives her a
forward place In the gay little com
pany of "paperchasers" who gallop
over the hills two or three times a
week. ' '
Mrs. Aleshlre, wife of 'Gen. Aleshlre,
Is one of the army matrons whose wit
and poise count in the proper equip
ment of an army officer's wife. She Is
large and nice-looking, noticeable
chiefly for the sweetness of her ex
pression and her general air of ex
treme good breeding. She Is the moth-
AEMIES AND THE AEROPLANE.
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Remarkable Photograph Showing a Cavalry Eorsa Shying at the
Approach, of a Monoplane.
er of a debutante daughter, who has
the distinction of being one of Miss
Helen Taft's best chums.
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One of the handsome homes of the
army set established in Washington
Is presided over by Mrs. Clarence Ed
wards, wife of Gen. Clarence Edwards,
chum to the President and general
good fellow. Gen. Edwards, who Is
one of the most generally liked offlcers
of the service, has his honors to look
to when it comes to a discussion of his
wife's popularity. Everybody likes
Mrs. Edwards and her place in the fa
vor of the community waxes as the
years increase. ,
In girlhood, as pretty and vivacious
Bessie Porter, she made her first ap
pearance in Washington, coming over
to visit her great-aunt, Mrs. Saunders
Irving, widow of Washington Irving's
nephew. Mrs. Irving maintained a
menage second only to the White
House In point of social importance,
Us gentle mistress, who was' an In
valid, being one of the few women up
on whom the wives of the Presidents
felt it Incumbent to leave cards.
Mrs. Edwards Is a slender, delicate
looking woman, whose chief beauty
lies in he sweetness of expression, her
well-bred air and -her lovable manners.
She looks at life through two Jolly,
twinkling eyes and she has sympathy
with everybody and with everything
mat lives, without regard to place or
position. Her servants adore her and
pay her the sovereign compliment of
remaining in her service two decades
or more. '
A very great-great-granddaughter of
the first white man that settled in the
western part of New York, Mrs. Ed
wards' family, the Porters of Niagara,
N. Y., held the original grant of the
Immense tract of land which included
the falls until the taking over of the
property by the State government.
Gen. Peter B. Porter, Mrs. Ed
wards' great-grandfather, served as
secretary of war In the cabinet of
President !Tohn Qulncy Adams.
Gen. and Mrs. Edwards' daughter
Bessie is a pretty little woman of 10
years, who is a chum of h,er father and
the boon companion of hei". mother.
The Edwards home is a reflex of the
character of its owners. Beginning
with the general's office on the first
floor photographs of familiar friends
men. women and small children run
riot and overflow Into the attractive
drawing room on the second floor, gay
In Its. dress of summery English chintz
and filled with fine old mahogany and
Interesting things picked up In the
out of the way corners of the army of
ficers' world. .
The Edwardses keep open house In
and out of season and aside from dis
pensing a hospitality as smart as the
smartest, Gen. and Mrs. Edwards
delight In having friends to lunch or
dine en famllle.
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This machine, which can cut 240,000 wooden blocks in ten hours, con
sists of a series of circular saws fed with wooden battens. These are kept
In the right direction by the frame, which in the picture Is raised in order
to show the sawing apparatus. The battens move up an Inclined plane to
wards the saws and the finished blocks are delivered down a similar plane
at the other end. The motive power is electricity.
Through an official act of the Church
of the Brethren In Pennsylvania mem
bers of the sect who wear gold rim
med spectacles and eyeglasses are vir
tually called heretics.
The Brethren, or Dunkards, as they
are commonly called, have always been
opposed to all forms of ostentatious
display. In the rural districts the
members of the church adhere faith
fully to the old-time regulations, es
chewing all ornate features of dress or
architecture. ',
Those who go to the' cities and es
tablish churches there have discon
tinued many of these customs. The
men wear neckties and watch chains,
which the older rural members re
garded as abominations. The city
shurches have organs and stained glass
windows, which are not tolerated In
the rural churches.
In matters touching the conduct of
the members the Dunkards are not
governed by set rules, but merely by
the general sentiment of the church
expressed from time to time In its con
ferences. The only authorized creed
of the church Is the Bible, and upon
the literal interpretation of various
passages of Scripture are based the va
rious customs of the church, such as
the baptism of adults In a running
tream, the opposition to warfare and
litigation, the wearing of the plain
Cj-nlenl Interpretation.
She (sentimentally) It means a
great deal to a girl of Emma's nature
to marry a man like Dick.
He (brutally) Naturally. He Is 8
man of means. Baltimore American.
Before a woman has returned from
her wedding trip she has all her plans
laid for freezing out his kin, and mak
ing a home for her own.
COSTUMES OP THK DUNKABDS.
garb, the love feasts, the feet-washing
:eremony and the kiss of charity ex
:hanged by members at church serv
ices. Sometimes the district conferences
ittempt to enforce stringent rules of
conduct under pain of excommunica
tion. The Ohio conference has decided
that all members shall be expelled un
less they agree that the "wearlna: of
! hats by sisters, the mustache alone by
tretnren, au fashionable dressing,
wearing of Jewelry, gold and unneces
sary ornamentation be discontinued
and that the sisters wear the prayer
cap during religious services."
The question of a paid ministry has
been a source of much perplexity to
the church. Originally ministers were
chosen from the membership of the
congregation and served without pay,
continuing their previous employment
The city churches found such methods
Impracticable and to maintain their
work were forced to pay their pastors.
Officially this is termed a supported
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WASHISQ THE FEET.
ministry and under that designation
has been tacitly permitted.
America' Cocoa Conaumptlon.
The Imports of crude cocoa into the
United States in the calendar year
1908 amounted to 97,419,700 pounds,
valued at $12,999,836. The imports the
year previous were 912,147 pounds
less, but the total value was $2,155,
743 greater. In other words the mar
ket value of the cocoa Imports dropped
from 17 cents per pound in 1907 to
13 1-3 cents in 1908. The United
States is the largest consumer of co
coa, the world output of which is
about 340,000,000 pounds. The leading
countries supplying the American mar
kets are the British West Indies,
which sent 27,945,871 pounds in 1908
while 17,026,116 pounds came from
elsewhere in the West Indies and Ber
muda; Brazil furnished 15,301,524
pounds, while 18,773,986 pounds came
from elsewhere In South America.
Crude cocoa ranks as twenty-fifth in
Importance of merchandise into the
United States. .
Should lie Carried On.
"I wish you wouldn't be cross to
that dear little dog of mine," said the
wife. "The little fellow is Just filled
with good intentions."
"Well," replied the husband, grabbing
the pup, "I Just like to carry out good
intentions I " Yonkers Statesman.
Bluffing Is one common trait which
distinguishes all living things. All
kinds of animals have their ways of
bluffing. A snake is nine-tenths bluff.
Young people and old men like
greens, but it alwaya falls to the old
women to gather them.