WOMEN
OF ARMY AND
WOMEN WHO LEAD ET ICRS. TACT'S SOCIAL LIFE.
THE PRESIDENT'S WIFE
Wives of Generals Bell and Ed-
yards Chief Among Social
Leaders at White House.
GOLD LACE HAS GREAT HEYDAY
Presidential Affairs Made Gay
Through Presence of Land and
Sea Fighters of Nation.
Waihington correfpondenc :
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
Wen form a moving background at
Mrs. Taft's at homes, and in their im
maculate dress the officers of the land
end sea forces are a splendid attribute
at Mrs. Taft's fascinating garden par
ties. At the White House entertainments
carcely has the line of guests passed
until Mrs. Taft is surrounded by a
group of officers and their wives,
daughters and sweethearts, whose
persiflage and laughter instantly dis
sipate any indication of an oppressive
or a "military" perfunctoriness.
Replacing Col. Eromwell, 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 It. 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
wears 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,
ana her adroitness and social graces
will be put to a severe test in the
carrying of a role not less Influential
man difficult.
Gen. Bell's Wife a Power.
As wife of the chief of staff, Mrs.
j. Franklin Bell will have a high
position in tne full tide of the official
season.
Not content with standing at the
neaa or tne serried ranks of nrmv
dom, Mrs. Bell is no less popular with
me diplomatic as well as the con
Gicnoiuum mm 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 mmn
Washington each winter to enjoy its
BCHNUIl.
Gen. and Mrs. Boll Inst wlntr tv
possession of a commodious home at
i'orc M.ver and there throughout the
Beason Mrs. Hell challenged th h
miration of society by the conduct of
a series or deiightrul entertainments
her guests Including the btIzzIp,! v,t.'
erans who surround the chief of staff,
me young omcers eager for an oppor
tunity to display their mettle, the
debutantes, the foreign "guests" of the
nation and the general everyday-man
and womnn who goes In for Washing
ton's social good times.
Associated with Mrs. Bel! In the so
cial life of the army set is Mrs. Woth
erspoon. the attractive vfTo of Gen.
Bell's first assistant. Mrs. Boll's sis
ter, Mrs. Ernest Garlington, wife of
Gen. Onrllngton. is another army ma
tron whose power In society has to
bo reckoned with. Mrs. Garlington Is
a pretty, falr-halred woman, endowed
with a liberal share of the good fel
lowship and good humor Mrs. Boll
displays In such a marked degree.
In the childless home of the chief of
stRff Miss Sally Garlington, Mrs. Bell's
Jolly, goodnatured and good-looking
young niece, has a large and import-
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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. Aleahlre, 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
chlofly for the sweetness of her ex
pression and her general air of ex
treme eood breeding. She is the moth
er of a debutante daughter, who has
the distinction of being one of Miss
Helen Taft's best chums.
Mr. Kilwaril Winn I.nuri'la.
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
Kood fellow. Gen. Edwards, who is
one of the most generally liked officers
of the Bervlce, has his honors to look
to when it conies to a discussion of his
wife's popularity. Everybody likes
Mrs. Edwards and her place In the fa
vor of tho community waxes as the
years Increase.
In girlhood, as pretty and vivacious
Bessie Porter, sho made her first aD-
penranee in Washington, coming over
to visit her great-aunt, Mrs. Saunders
Irving, widow of Washington Irvlng's
nephew. Mrs. Irving maintained a
menajie second only to the White
House In point of social Importance,
its 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 her 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
that 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 John Quincy Adams.
Gen. and Mrs. Edwards' daughter
Bessie is a pretty little woman of 10
years, who is a chum of her father and
the boon companion of her mother.
The Edwards home Is a reflex of the
cnaracter or 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 famllie.
1635 Henry Bull, the new colonial
governor, arrived in Boston.
1641 Richard Bellingham chosen colo
nial governor of Massachusetts.
1692 Jamaica devastated by an earth
quake and tidal wave.
1709 Paper money first authorized I
and Issued in New York.
1756 A bankruptcy act was passed by
tne Khode Island Assembly.
1770 City of Port au Prince, San Do
mingo, destroyed by an earth
quake.
1774 The Connecticut Committee of
Correspondence suggested a time
and place for a meeting of the
Congress The Boston port bill
went into operation.
1776 Richard Henry Lee introduced a
resolution into the Congress, de
claring that "the United Colonies
are and ought to be, free and inde
pendent States.". . . . British fleet
arrived at Charleston, S. C, to be
gin the campaign in the South.
1785 John Adams, the first American
minister to England, presented to
the King. '
1805 Peace concluded between the
United States and Tripoli.
1832 First reform bill became law in
England.
1840 The Unicorn, the first steam ves
sel from England, reached Boston.
1 1845 Mexico declared war against the
United States.
1848 Whig convention at Philadelphia
nominated Zachary Taylor for the
presidency.
1859 French and Sardinians defeated
- the Austrians at Magenta.
1861 A "Bank Convention of the Con
federate States" met in Atlanta.
1862 Fort Pillow, Tenn., evacuated
by Gen. Beauregard.
1864 The Federals were repulsed in a
battle near Cold Harbor. Va....
Morgan's forces defeated by Gen.
Burbridge, near Lexington, Ky.
1866 Dominion Parliament met for
the first time in the new buildings
at Ottawa.
1872 President Grant signed the Phil
adelphia Centennial bill. . . .Repub
lican national convention at Phil
adelphia nominated Grant and
Wilson.
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waras me saws ana tne nnisnea diocks are oeiiverea aown a similar piane
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 Dunkard3. as thev
are commonly called, have always been
opposed to all forms of . ostentatious
display. In the rural . districts the
members of the church adhere faith-
ARMIES AND THE AEROPLANE.
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Approach of a Monoplan
The Mlrnrle of Polite Peralatencr.
Says Orison Svvett Marden, wrltinj
in Success Magazine; When, genius
has failed in what it attempted, and
talent says impossible; when every
other faculty gives up; when tact re
tires and diplomacy has fled; when
logic and argument and influence and
"pull" have ail done their best and
retired from the field, gritty persist
ency, bulldog tenacity, steps in, and
by sheer force of holding on wins,
gets the order, closes the contract,
does the Impossible. Afe, what mir
acles tenacity of purpose has perform
ed! The last to leave the field, the
last to turn back, it persists when n
other forces have surrendered and
fled. It has won many a battle even
after hope has left the field.
Confederate commanders in the
Civil War said that the trouble with
General Grant was that "he. never
knew when he was beaten." Wheu
Grant's generals thought that his
army, with only two transports, would
be trapped at Vlcksburg, they asked
him how he expected to get his men
out. urging that In case of defeat he
could get only a small part of his
army upon two transports. He told
them that two would be Dlentv
all the men that he would have
when he surrendered.
It is the man In the business world
who will not surrender, who will not
take no for an answer, and who stands
his ground with such suavity of man
ner, such politeness, that you cannot
take offense, cannot turn him down.
that gets the order; that closes the
contract; that gets the subscription;
that gets the credit or the loan.
He Is a very fortunate man who
combines a gracious manner, suavity.
cordiality, cheerfulness, with that
dogged persistency which never gives
up.
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1874 House of Representatives passed
a bill for the admission of Colo
rado to the Union.
1875 Charlotte Cushman made her
last appearance on any stage at
Easton, Pa.
(889 Fire at Seattle destroyed $5,000,'
000 worth of property.
1891 Massacres in Hayti by order of
Gen. Hippolyte.... Chilean insur
gent steamer Itata surrendered
to American naval vessels.
1892 The "High-Water Mark" monu-
ment on Gettysburg battlefield was
dedicated.
1893 Destructive floods in Mississippi
1893 Business portion of Fargo, N.
D., destroyed by fire.
1894 Dedication of the Field Colum
bian Museum in Chicago.
1895 Motion favoring woman suffrage
defeated in the Canadian House
of Commons.
1898 Lieut. Hobson sunk the Merrl
mac in the harbor of Santiago de
Cuba.
1900 British under Lord Roberts en
tered Pretoria.
1902 United States Senate passed the
Philippine government bill.
1903 Tornado swept over Gainesville,
Ga., with loss of many lives..
Cruiser Tacoma launched at San
Francisco.
1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition
opened at Portland, Ore.... Nor
weglan Parliament proclaimed dis
solution of the union with Swed
en. 1908 President Roosevelt appointed a
national commission on the Con
servation of National Resource!
....An explosion on the cruiser
Tennessee killed five men. . . .Jury
disagreed on the fourth trial ol
Caleb Powers for murdering Gov
Goebel, of Kentucky. .. .Balloon
Chicago, flying from Quincy, I1L,
' to Clear Lake, N. D., broke th
aerial speed record, averaging se
enty-flve miles an hour.
ceremony and the kiss of charity ex
changed by members at church serv
ices. Sometimes the district conferericej
attempt to enforce stringent rules ol
conduct under pain of excommunica
tion. The Ohio conference has decided
that all members shall be expelled un
less they agree that the "wearing oi
hats by sisters, the mustache alone by
brethren, all 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 ha
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 emDlovment
The city churches found such methods
impracticable and to . maintain tijelr
work were forced to pay their Dastors.
Officially this is termed a supported'
ministry and under that designation
has been tacitly permitted;
COSTUMES OF TIIK DU.XKAKDS.
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 cltv
churches 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
tne general sentiment of the church
Before a woman has returned from
her wedding trip she has all her plans
laid for freeilng out his kin, and mak
ing home for her own.
Crona Continent An to Race.
At the same moment that the Pacific
Exposition was set in motion the
Mayor of New York, by firing a golden
revolver on the steps of the City Hall,
started five automobiles on a race
across the continent to Seattle. Th
prize offered by M. R. Guggenheim for
the winner Is a 12,000 trophy and
$2,000 In cash. The machines entered
I are two Ford cars, a big Shawmul
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America' Cocoa Consumption.
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 17y2 cents per pound in -1907 to
13 1-3 cents In 1908. The United
States is the largest consumer- of xo
coa, the world output of which la
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 18,773,936 pounds came
from elsewhere in South America.
Crude cocoa ranks as twenty-fifth in
importance of merchandise Into the
United States.
WASH1XO THE FEET.
and an Acme-
expressed from time to time in Us con
ferences. The only authorized m-boH
of the church Is the Bible.
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
Biream. ms opposition to warfare and
litigation, the wearing of the plain
garb, the love feasts, th feet-washing"
Training St. Bernard Bog. -
The training of the rescue dogs ot
the Hospice of St. Bernard, on the
Alps is really very simple. During
the summer months, when the monks
are not so busy, some of the assistants
at the monastery take the young doge
out into the valleys or hollows
there is always snow. One man will
go and lie down In the snow and bury
himself in It. and then a
look after him. The animal Is taught
to bark when he has found him, and
also to rouse the man up If he. ia
asleep. When the man wakes up and
stands on his feet the dog leads him
to the hospice, running along In front
to show him the way. .
Note.
The 1 note is not the smallest Is
sued by the Bank of England. By mis
take a note of the value of one penny
was made and Issued In 1828. It was
in circulation for many years, a source
of annoyance to the cashiers In mak
ing up their accounts. At length the
holder of it brought it to the bank,
and after considerable argument per
suaded the authorities to give him 5
for it
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