WAS
BMLLIAXT SOCIAL SEASON The social
season of 18(i:i-(il in Washington, D.C., was
the most brilliant thus far during the Civil
War. Newspaper society editors wrote about
it for all they were worth. It started with the
wedding, in November. 1863, of Kate Chase,
23, daughter of the Secretary of the Treas
ury. Then, by mid-December, fastivities were
THE WEEK IN CALIFORNIA
Court Decision Clears Way
For Oroville Dam Construction
While front page news during
the week concerned the kid
naping of Frank Sinatra ,lr. and
the flood in the Los Angeles
area caused when the reservoir
dam in the Baldwin Hills broke,
elsewhere throughout the state
there were these developments:
Bases Defense Secretary
Robert McNamnra announced
the government would shut down
26 military installations around
the nation as part of a spending
cutback, including installations
at San Diego, Ontario. Stockton,
and San Francisco. The Penta
gon was pelted with criticism
from Congress alter the an
nouncement. Rep. Bob Wilson,
R-Calif., called the decision to
close the San Diego naval repair
facility "ridiculous."
Bonds The California Su
preme Court upheld the validity
of two bond issues and cleared
the way for construction of Oro
ville Dam. The court authorized
issuance of $:)27 million worth
of Central Valley Project bonds
following a dispute over the le
gality of their use in the stale
project. The court also allowed
issuance of $1 million in bonds
from a SI. 75 billion issue ap
proved by volrs in 11).
Religion The Slate Board
of Education adopted a policy
stating that "schools should
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about religion." The action won
concurrence from Dr. Max Raf
ferty, superintendent of public
instruction. The policy state
ment came after teachers had
complained they were (earful of
repercussions if they mentioned
religion in classrooms.
Autos A top executive of the
Chrysler Corporation said in
Monterey that the United States
needs to recapture its domina
tion of the world automotive
market. Clare E. Biggs, presi
dent and general manager of
the Chrysler-Plymouth Division,
estimated the United States
would account for only -16 per
cent of the 19.7 million cars and
trucks built during 1!)63. He
said the world market had dou
bled since 1950 and had become
something to "consider seriously-"
Cohen Les Cohen, once
known as "San Francisco Bet
ting Commissioner," was indict
ed by the Federal Grand jury
on nine charges of taking tele
phone bets from San Francisco
on sporting events. Cohen, 60,
was arrested in Las Vegas
where he manages the multi
million dollar Saratoga race
sports book. The one time sports
editor of the old San Francisco
Bulletin was indicted under a
law which became effective in
llllil which forbids persons' in
the gambling business from
transmitting wagers and wager
ing information by wire in inter
state commerce.
Rapid Transit A spokesman
for a citizens' committee told
1 Southern California motorists
not to be "misled" by rail rapid
i transit schemes as, he said, the
1 San Francisco Bay area had.
Ad Fried, a representative of
the Citizens for Reconsideration
of Rapid Transit Taxes, Oak
land, said it would cost nearly
ould serve only
the three coun-
the Los Angeles
Inmate San Quentin Pris
on's oldest inmate, Antonio Di
Tardo, died. He was 89. Di Tar
do entered the "big house" 43
years ago after pleading guilty
to Die fatal shooting of his wife,
Madeline, as she lay sleeping.
They had three children. At reg
ular intervals, the past 18 years,
he had been offered but re
jected parole. Di Tardo, a
model prisoner who alwavs pre
sented a twisted black Italian i
WAR
under way for members of the visiting Rus
sian Navy. Theaters were doing a record
business and the newest women's fashions
from Paris had the ladies of the capital in
a spin. Here, in a drawing from the Library
of Congress collection, some of the Paris
fashions of the season are shown. (UP1)
cigar lo a parole board member,
had explained he didn't want to
leave the prison until "the Big
Boss calls."
Warrant That $15 parking
ticket received by Air Force
Maj. Alan W. Sanders has been
paid. Sanders raised a furor at
Navato, Calif., police headquar
ters when he wrote from Viet
Nam saying he would welcome
arrest and return to Navato for
not paying the fine just to
gel out of the Far East. Police
Chief Robert Di Grazia accused
him of action "unbecoming rn
officer." But De Grazia ac
knowledged that letters from
citizens were running 20-1
against him.
Northwesterners
Get Rhodes Honors
PORTLAND (UP1) - Tour
seniors from the northwestern
district were named winners of
Rhodes Scholarships for t w o
years of study at Oxford Uni
versity, Oxford, England.
The four were selected from the brjda chamber to say good
a field of 11 finalists here Sat-iniphl she ..seemed to think
urday. Two are from Washing
ton, one from Oregon and the
fourth from New York City at
tending a Montana school.
Named were:
Jon N. Westling, Olympia,
Wash., Reed College; Robert T.
Kudrle, Eugene; Harvard; Rich
ard 11. Holmquist, Richland,
Wash., University of Washing
ton, and Lee W. Saperstcin,
New York City, Montana School
of Mines.
Four students, usually college
seniors, are selected from eight
districts throughout the nation
The Northwestern district takes '
in Oregon. Washington, Idaho,
Montana, Wyoming, North Da
kola and Alaska.
Fire Levels Lincoln
County Grade School
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The Brilliant Social Season
By MEKTON T. AKEKS I American waters for the winter marry for love or pelf. The co
United Press International . . .It is a politic movement for incidence of the play and the
The Washington social season j both the Russians and Ameri-1 wedding was not lost in society
of 1863-6-1 was the i.iost brilliant cans and somewhat annoving chit chat
thus far of the Civil War. Fran nd England." " ; 0nc of the popular places of
Newspaper society editors said Anything annoying France amusement was the Varieties
so and wrote it for all it was
worth, perhaps then some.
It all started on Nov. 12 when
Kate Chase, 23-year-old pretty
daughter of Secretary of Treas
ury Salmon P. Chase, was mar
ried to William Spraaee IV,
former governor of Rhode Is
land, colonel at first Bull Run
(Manassas) now a senator and
posessor of a textile fortune.
He was the catch of that year
and many other, and Kate
Chase, everybody agreed, was
the belle of that and several
seasons.
The wedding was held in the ,
evening at the Chase home at j
ivlh QnH it vtinnfe T
Sixth and E Streets.
Everybody who was anybody
in Washington society was
there. Many of the rest stood
outside the Chase home and
stared at the bejewelcd. be
furred and plug-hatted arrivals.
They couldn't see much because
the Chase windows were cov
ered by mirrors to reflect the
festivities for the guests inside.
Lincoln Attends
President Lincoln attended
alone, brining the bride a dainty
fan as a wedding gift. Mrs.
Lincoln, still in mourning for
their son Willie, remained at
the White House.
After the ceremony in the
double parlor Secretary Chase
kissed his daughter before the
bridegroom had a chance. This
was distinctly in character, for
Kale and her father were close
and Sprague. husband though he
was. was something of an in
terloper in the house and over
shadowed by the radiant bride
and the galaxy of guests this
night.
Kate wore a while velvet
dress, real point lace veil and
orange flowers, one reported re
corded. The victuals and drink were
lavish," he added.
The President's own Marine
band was there and played the
"Kate Chase Wedding March
especially written for the occa
sion.
Secretary Chase, who handled
millions of Federal dollars, had
none of his own that day. He
still owed $1,400 for the wed
ding and his bank account was
$100 overdrawn. All told, the
wedding cost him $4,000, expen
sive for that era. Wedding gifts
were estimated to be worth
$100,000.
Eventually Sprague would buy
the Chase residence and the
secretary would live with him
and Kate as a paying guest.
"She Had Arrived"
John Hay, one of the Presi
dent's secretaries, was there
and wrote in his diary that
"Kate looked tired out and
Ianauid especially al the close
of the evening when I went into
she had arrived." (Hay had
squired Kate to several affairs.)
She had arrived for the
moment but her marriage
was destined to go on the rocks
and the Sprague fortune to van
ish in the panic of '73.
Socictv still was gossiping
about the wedding when the
Russian fleet anchored off Alex
andria, Va. By mid-December
the festivities for the Russians
were al their peak
Washington drawing rooms
were filled with bearded Rus-
sian naval oniccrs, ioi wig hcbi
rcc;e,ved the hon0rS f ' 6 P"
uai.
The visit of the Russian fleet
part of it to the east coast
and part to San Faancisco
was something of a myslcry.
One squadron appeared with
out warning in New York har
bor on Sept. 24 and the west
coast squadron on Oct. 12. No
one seemed to know why the
lolha,d, Pv 8 v,s,t
to the United States. Few pro-
fesscd to care.
"lilrss The Russians"
"God bless the Russians."
Secretary of Navy Gideon
Welles wrote in his diary. "The
Russian government has thought
I proper to send its fleet into
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r.gia"u ai wai penoa was
welcome in the United States.
Confederate commerce raiders
were being built in England and
Louis Napoleon had moved into
Mexico. The United States
seemed lo be without a foreign
friend except Russia and the
fleet's visit was considerred a
friendly gesture, something for
the English and French to heed.
Fifty years later the real rea
son was dug out of czarist files.
It turned out to be simply a
matter of self-protection.
During the Crimean War,
nrturlv a flnpiifln h.fnrn trip
R,,cSion flnni n hmilnH im in
the Bai,ic Sea hv ,he English
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and frencn tlects. inow tnc
Poles were rebelling against
the Russians. Intervention by
Britian and France seemed like
ly. The Russians took no chances
this time. They removed their
fleet from the Baltic and post
ed it where it had room lo
maneuver and where it could
strike against British and
French commerce.
The fleet remained seven
months' until the European situ
ation was settled without war.
Official Parties
The capital staged a round of
official parties for the fleet's of
ficers. The admiral paid a formal
call on Secretary Welles. He re
turned it. Then he threw a big
evening party for the Russians.
Secretary of State William 11.
Seward entertained them at din
ner. Then the Russian Minis
ter. Baron Stoeckl, entertained
everybody.
Even Congressmen and their
wives ate luncheon on one of
the frigates. Flowers from the
White House greenhouse were
piled high on the tables. A
martial touch was added by
stocking candles into musket
muzzles to highlight the affair.
The common people could look
at the fleet, too, from excursion
steamers which ran from the
Seventh Street wharf.
One of the young officers on
the fleet who made all the par
lies was Nicholas Rimsky-Kor-sakof,
who would go on to fame
not as a naval hero, but as
a composer of operas and sym
phonies. Society hoped that Mrs. Un-
cln would give a grand ball
for Ihe Russians but this was
not to be. There was a White
House reception, however, be
fore the fleet left.
Smallpox Scare
Along with the Russians there
was a smallnox scare in the
capital.' President Lincoln was
one of the victims but his case
was onlv varioloid, a mild form
of the disease. He was suffering
at the time the fleet was in and
saving that now he had some-
mini: lie- iuuiu fci.t .w .......
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one. referring lo the hordes of
office - seekers who bedeviled ! a"" ls " "-u-him
all the time. I Sometimes there is n scien-
The capital had no isolation ! tific explanation, some times
hosoital. Everybody was wary
and a molded complexion was
likely to touch off a great scur
rying. Speaker of the House, Schuy
ler Colfax. "Smiler" to his
friends cracked down one day
on the press gallery when it
was reported that a newspaper-
man there had visited the pcsl-
house. Ihe ollcnder. it ne nan
offended, was asked to leave,
An abandoned camp on
Twelfth Street was burned as
a suspected source of infection,
But smallpox scare or no.
Washington continued to enjoy
uhr".
Theaters did a record busi-
noss during the holidays. The
two belter theaters. Ford's and
the National, maintained resi
dent stock companies and im
ported big stars James II.
Ilackctt. Charlotte Cushman.
Edwin Booth and his younger
brother, J. Wilkes Booth, con
sidered a rising young actor.
At the time of the Chase
Spraguc wedding the younger
Booth was anneal ing in a com
edy called "Money," the theme
being whether a
girl should
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Theater on Ninth Street near
Pennsylvania Avenue. There the
chorus girls wore little and the
soldiers loved even' minute of
the performances. They showed
their appreciation with hand
clapping, foot stamping and
cheers. Drinks al the theater
bar cost a dime and lent em
phasis to the enthusiasm. The
more delicate customers com
plained about the tobacoo juice
on the floor and flying roasted
chestnut shells.
As Christmas approached the
Russian sailors with strange de
vices on their pancake hats
gazed in wonder at Yuletimc
merchandise on display.
Especially intriguing to them
were the dolls which cried,
talked and even walked.
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Worlds
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Us
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Nature Despises Freaks But
They l)i Draw Good Crowds
Part of P. T. Barnum's fame
and fortune came from his be
lief that there was a sucker born
every minute. He made money
cashing in on what he preached;
he proved his point. He showed
freaks lo the world and Ihe
world paid to see them.
Since then many thovsands of
freaks have been exploited and
exhibited. Invariably people by
the thousands have paid money
to sec the unusual. Even today,
the world is being searched (or
odd things, both animal and
vegetable, that may bring
money into the box office.
Many freaks arc advertised
as "missing links" and are sup
posed to prove something.
However a freak, all Ircaks in
fact, have little or no value as
evolutionary evidence. They are
mostly all abnormalities. When,
in the normal course oi events,
nature goes haywire or some
thing slips or a cog refuses to
mesh properly, or something
else happens, a freak may be
born; and naturally wc call ll
a "(rcak of nature."
Gland Trouble
When, in animals, a gland bc
comes over active, under active
dormant or two glands which
under ordinary circumstances
get along nicely together sud
denly have trouble, tne resultant
creature or even plant may dc
born with more than the nor
mal number of limbs or with
i , . .
there is not. freaks occur in
nearly every form of living
thing. Fish, birds, frogs, or man,
are included in the list. Any ab
normality in size, shape, or de
velopment becomes a freak.
Even the albino, being a de-
parture Trem the ordinary, is
actually a freak,
As a eencral rule freaks do
not jivc ()ng lives. Nature ap-
parently despises anything out
f iilc normal. If the abnormal-
jty is exaggerated, life is of a
relatively short duration.
am) Fntk Krni)k!l
, Thcrc havc bccn many Rcnu.
inn frnakit that have made hls-
tory. The man with wool in-
o( h.ljr on ,js (.lte ,,
body; the lady with the full
beard; Ihe boy with two heads;
the girl whose body is male on
one side and female on the
other; two-headed cattle; sheep
with five legs and a host of
others.
Of course, too, there has been
misrepresentation. A few years
ago a traveling carnival attract
ed patrons by the score in a
rural community by advertising.
' "Thn hni'vn uilh its heart where
its tail ouehl to be " After Ihe
curious paid their money and
walked in they lound an ordi
nary horse standing backwards
in a stall. This hoax was short
lived; the police moved in and
shut off Ihe flow of admission
money. Rut it did prove one
thing rather conclusively, that
old P. T. Barnum was right.
Some freaks arc made, but
most arc born lhal way. Some
times an accident or maladjust
ed growth causes a living being
to become different than his
kind and a freak is created. Hu
man freaks were often adver
tised as "missing links"; their
connection between themselves
and normal people were sup
posed to prove something.
Barkers at sideshows, in a
loud voice, tried lo imply Ihe
freak was proof Ihe human race
was slipping. Of course, freaks
arc not "missing links." they
arc only abnormalities; they
havc no significance in evolu
tion; they are unfortunate vic
tims of accident by birth.
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NEW YORK (UPI) - Funer
al services will be hold Tues
day for Mrs. Molly Kazan. 53.
wife of Ihe well-known movie
and Broadway director, F.lia
Kazan, he riled Salurdav of 1
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On Wilderness
Preservation System
Hearings on legislation to es
tablish a wilderness preserva
tion system will be held next
year in three Western cities,
Con0.cssr.an Robert B. Dun
can, D-Ore., announced loday.
Duncan is a member of the sub
committee and plans to take
part in the hearings.
Duncan said the House Inter
ior Committee's subcommittee
on p'.:';'.ic lands will convene
Jan. 8 to 16 in Olympia, Wash.;
Denver, Colo.; and Las Vegas,
Nev.
He said that approximately 20
measures affecting wilderness
legislation were before the In
terior Committee. J
The Congressman explained
that those wishing to testify in
person must send their names,
addresses, occupations, organi
zations and general positions on
the bills to the Interior Commit
tee before Jan. 3.
A l letters, statements and
resolutions should be addressed
lo Wayne N. Aspenall, chairman
of the Interior Committee, and
sent directly to Congressman
Duncan at Room 125, Cannon
House Office Building, Wash
ington 25, D. C. Twenty - five
copies of resolutions and state
ments are required.
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