m 8 PUBLIC! LEDGEn COMPANY crfttrd H . cunxis, raiir. Chirlt It Ludtnaton Vice Prr aldtnt : John C. Martin. BtlfT ami Trntutcri Philip S, Collin, John B. WllijHpiii, Plrwrtora, KDITOnt Alj&OAJlD I Cues H. JCt Ccttu, chairman. r, It. WHAIjET . .Exftutlr KUItor J6UHC. MAnTlN.. .(teneral DuInH Manartr ruWUhf J dally at Iclio Lmn Sulldlnr. Independence Square, rhlladHphla, ' ! CtSTtit ........... Droad ana Chtatnut Mrtta Amjktic Cut ..rri-tnln JIulMin TJaw Yok , UO-A. Uatrtpolllin Tawar Cnioitio,..,. BIT llama Iniuranca nulldlnr LokikW... ,....,,, TV'atarlca Dkc. rll Mall, S. TT. NEWS BUREAUS I HmtsiMO Itcro.... Tha ratrht nulldlnr WidntrtsTon Huanti..... Tha FK nulldlnr N IiK llumtc ..Th nmn Hulldlnr Btm.tN BpiiiD.i.. flo rrlaSrlehstre London Ileitis. ....... .. rail Mill Baal. 8, TV. wxat Utno. 33 nu taula ) Grind jUDscnimoN team pr carrier. Dalit Omit, six ctnlt, Tly mail, pettpaM utaifla of, Philadelphia, uctpt whara forelirn peiiin 1 rrqulrad, Uiilt Oxm, ont month, tfftnly-Av otnn; Djltr, ONLt. n year, three dallara. All mall eub erlptlona parable In advance rot, 3000 1CALNUT KEYSTOME, MAIN 3000 tV Aidmi alt camnunlcattoH to Xicnlrtj; nfgy Jwdfptwd'tiiea Bqueri, FhlladttpMa. aitttiso ai ins rnaiOiLPBt roaiorrici as iccn ctiss UilL liaTitx. rillLAbfetrillA. MONDAY, lEUntMllV II, 191B. Vnlcsi vou team by Uttcnlng to the people 1ou go with von would waste iour time talking to them. Transit Dollars Moan Prosperity EVERY dollar Is a snowball in Its poten tialities of prosperity. Start It rolling on Monday morning', and, before the week Is out, It has grown to ten, twenty, fifty times Us original size. When Director Taylor said that tho transit Improvements mean tho dis tribution of $43,000,000 In wages and of J20, 000,000, or thereabouts, for material, beforo cars ore In operation oh the now routes, and that tho expenditure of this enormous sum will make this city prosperous for three yt'ars or more, he only scratched tho surface. Every dollar of that $60,000,000 Is a snowball. Tho workman who gets It will pay for food, clothing, rent, amusements, fuel, doctors' feo3 and tho score or more other needs of his family. The grocer who gets It will pay part of It out to the supply man, and use tho rest In buying clothing and food for his .family. Tho supply man, In turn, wljl pay It ,to thn farmer who raises the crops, and tho 'farmer will pay It for automobiles, for cloth ing for himself and his wife, for pianos, for building material for a better house, and the men on whom the farmer spends the money will also put It In circulation. At a low estimate that J60.000.000 will do $1,000,000,000 worth of business before tho last cent of'lt Is spent. So, why delay start ing the ball? "Why hold back the much needed flllp to business of all kinds right hero nt home, oven If we give no thought to Its effect upon that ast territory whose prosperity Is bound up with tho prosperity of this city? The Men Who Lighted the Fuse THE thrco men who "started the war" were executed by the Austrlans the other day. They were the men who conspired to assassinate tho Austrian heir. But did they start the war? Thero are students of the situation who maintain that the war was started by the Kaiser, and that If he had willed" It there would hayo been peace. The Kaiser Insists that Russia started it by mobilizing, and Russia insists that tho activity of the Aus trJans in planning to despoil Servla caused her to mobilize. But all those causes lead back to the assassination, which was the Im mediate excuse for the Austrian demands on Servla. The causes of the war, however, had been brewing a long time beforo the Servians plotted the death of the heir to tho Austrian throno. At most these three men are entitled merely to the distinction or the Ignominy of accidentally lighting a fuse that had been laid most carefully many years before. An Era of High Prices THE era ot the high cost of living, capital ized by the Democracy in the last presi dential campaign, is likely to be referred to during the next few years as a period when markets were cheap and consumers singu larly blessed. The war Is not only killing the best work men of Europe, artisans and farmers, but It Js also depriving tho several nations of tho means to carry on agriculture. Already tho supply of horses Is Inadequate, and tho United States Js being drained of Us sur plus animals. It will require years to re plenish tho Btock. So, too, the necessity for food is driving blooded cattle to the slaugh ter houses. The farm cannot be robbed of Us xjtenslls without a corresponding diminu tion of production. Crops In Europe will be bilow par for many years to come. This condition of affairs will redound to the economic advantage of the United States as a whole, although the greater prosperity pf tho agriculturalists will make the strug gle mora difficult for people In the cities. It is reasonable to expect that there will be a general uplift of tho plane of living. The present price of wheat is Indicative of the new prices that are likely to be in vogua generally for some years. Neither tariff nor anything else can drive the cost of living down to what It was five years ago. Who Cares About a Pauper, Anyway? EIGHT helpless old people have been found dead In their beds In a charitable home In New York alnco last summer. An attend ant went to the District Attorney la at, week and paid that he had chloroformed them to get tham out of the way, as they were troublesome. His story was not believed, and be was DUt in the lunaev warr! nt a lm.. gPJlal for observation. Investigation of con- uii;ur3 hi me noma nas been followed by ft, the arrest of the superintendent and a num ber m uuier Bwpnaanis. pe cproner la con vvlRieed that ihit ir?nii. ! m !...& t... t -!! possession of his faculties and is telling IJt why should his story have been (bfe4 The 014 pope who died were, only mvpen whpm nobody owned, They were, s, liurUen to everybody, even though life may have beea sweet to them. Their wishes wtra r'' HOC tA be consulted. It was nrnnot- ,. tif $at Jn thjs Christian country nsj la. -1" i vwumi t onuuto sur- f iBei-Xattt rvnssw mw tr""" ; (u otciaea Avasi w Miese wno encumbered tho rlrthfi f$94t ? My wr Bet sent out f& die ot f fWr r "tva wtu.. w IHD DUdliSU igm t 4entlt with g elut after th mmmw ot seme of tne Jnaia tripe T .raitie ut ljatwiujr death by WW&u$ ths ILtJK an uosjltHf. U.vetHal). ifJS- BVto'NlNa LfoDGEB-PHlLADEkPHIA, HOBDAY, ffffB&ITABY 8, 1915. was not Adopted. Stit tho thing was ended Summarily by a little chloroform, If the story of the man is to bo believed. What matters the Ufa of a. poor man, anyway? It Is much mora Important that politicians should got their "raka-off" In contracts for new and commodious buildings than that tho lives of n few score, or even a few hundred, should bo prolonged many years. Itidoed, If the nlmshouSo Is made Un sanitary enough tho problem of overcrowd ing will solve Itself', nnd the erection ot new buildings can bo delayed until such tlmo as seemr favorable to the political contractors and the men they control. Society owes ndthtng to Its dependents. Its obligation to Us common humanity must not bo allowed to weigh against tho more pressing need of taking enre of gang architects And sang leaders engaged In politics for what thero Is in It for them. So, let us rattle their bones over tho stones, for they are only poor paupers whom nobody owns. Fatuous Exposure of Nation in Time of Peril II' IS Impossible to conceive of a mora fatuous policy than that adopted by tha House of Representatives when It ripped tha naval appropriation bill, drovo a knife into the most salient provisions and ended by effecting un apparent saving of 7,G00,000 a saving that may readily prove to be tho most expensive economy yet fastened on the nation. Tho cataclysm In Europe has demon strated two things absolutely, to wit: the enormous alue of submarines and aerial craft. Yet the House reducps tho number of submarines authorized from 16 to 11 and cut-) tho appropriation for aeroplanes to a ridicu lous figure. It frowns on and eliminates all provision for tho creation of a naval reserve and flouts the Idea of a hospital ship nnd a naval transport. Tho House that does these things on tho plea of economy Is the samo House that con templates putting thirty millions Into an un digested ship-purchase scheme. It refuses to make adequate provision for tho defense of tho nation; It Is ready to throw away millions In pursuit of a phantom. It pro poses to build up a great merchant marine and hesitates to givo it protection. "With the smell of "pork" all over Its aisles, It fumes and frets and pleads the beggar when necessary Instruments of self-preservation are under discussion. Have our statesmen lost all power of analysis and become Intoxicated by repeated doses of "grape-juice" logic? It Is not Jingoism, It Is merely common sense, to asscit that never In our history have wo faced so groat a crisis In our Intel national relations. Evidence has piled on evidence that Europe his lost Its head. Scarcely a day passes that somo event or policy does not tend to drag us Into tho turmoil. Good sense may save us, and all men pray that It will; but with the world on tho warpath, it Is a wise nation that prepares for all even tualities and has Its guns primed. There Is not even a thlrd-rato nation besides our selves that misunderstands the course of the times. "We nnd we only are deceived by fallacious arguments and blind optimism. Wo alone are being talked Into helplessness. There never was a nation so befuddled by cant. Thers is but one thing for the Senate to do: It must make the naval appropriation bill carry authorizations commensurato with tho necessities of the era. It must put weight behind our diplomacy, must put us in a position to demand our rights and main tain them, must give to this great democ lacy a voice for peace that cannot be Ig nored. To do otherwise will be to fall In a great International and a still greater na tional duty. Why Real Pictures Are Popular CHILDREN are Interested In plctuies long before they know how to read. Yet we are sometimes told that a highly specialized Intellect Is tho pre-requlslte to a proper un derstanding of "art." If by "art" Is meant a certain technique and a manifestation of a peculiar facility In handling the medium of expression, then It may be true that speciali zation is necessary. But the democratic crowd that visited the Academy of tho Fine Arts yesterday at the opening of the annual ex hibition, ought to persuade any reasonable person that the adult who began to love pictures In his childhood has retained that fondness. If there Is a real picture he will look at It with delight. But If tho painter has been merely running the scales and pre tending that he la producing a harmonious composition, the discriminating person will turn away to enjoy something worth while. It Is never necessary to apologize by saying "I do not know anything about art, but I like that painting," for your approval or disap proval of It la a test of its artistic value; that Is, of its success in producing In your mind that emotion which brought it forth from the mind of the painter. It may be that you are like that New Englander who called a visitor's attention to his native valley with Its winding rlvar, its sweep of surrounding hills, Us brilliant cloud-necked sky a sym phony of greens and blues and browns, of golden lights and silver shadings. With a Bweeplng gesture he took In the whole horizon and sad with pardonable pride: "That Is neat; yes, I call that neat." He was not gifted with the power of expression, as you may not be, but the soul of beauty was Bwelllpg within his bosom. If you at In avyp before the glories of tha sunset, you never need feel abashed before a merp m4n's pala Imitation of the beauties ofthe world. Berlin will soon have its breag JJne made up of those seeking tickets entitling them to buy their weekly allowanpe of jlour, Even If some pemoerats bought a Sena torship, that should not prevent an inquiry to nnd out whather Senator Pfnross did. The Sultan ot Turkey is preparing to move hts court aeross the Bosporus to Asia, and when He does it all Europe will be wining to have him stay there. The Postmaster General has Awarded a contract far ,(M.6iW0 stamped eavelopts to an Ohte BApfgy, but ha n not asked tor bds fw tha Job ot licking the flips. Silt DAVID BEATTY, ENGLAND'S NAVAL HtiRO Soniu-Lnw of Marshal Field Saw Hard Fighting Before this War and Became Youngest Admiral in British Navy. Ily JOHN ELFJRETH WATKINS VICE ADMIRAL SHI DAVID BEA.TTY, IC. C. B f. V. O., D. S. O., is today tho British Navy's hero of heroes. Although Uncle Sam hns not approved of all of his British BOns-ln-laW of title, he raises his hat (whllo strictly observing his neutrality, of course) to Sir Davy. It was this prodigy who, when tho Germans surroundod Tyr whltt'B mosquito fleet off Helgoland, rushed to tho rescue and sent five of the enemy's vessels to the bottom. This ho did, despite the fact that he was outclassed tn number of ships nnd weight of metal. And he repeated the victory the other day In tho North Sea when ho sank the Bluecher and did other damage to the Kaiser's navy. Many men who aro beginning their careers only now, and who still consider themselves young at that, were born bofaro David Bendy uttered his first noto of command 44 years ago. His parental homo was Borodale, County Wexford, Ireland. Wexford Is the southcastcrnmost corner of tho Emerald Isle, and Its soli has been nourished by battle blood slnco It became tho landing place of the English Invaders eight centuries and a half ago. So young David's nursery stories told of fearless men and bold who fought for their liberty and their rights. And the war like spirit came to him through heredity as well ns through environment, for his father was Captain D, I,. Bcatty, of Borodale, An other of Captain Beatty'H sons entered tho army. This Is Major Charles II. U Bcatty. Entered tho Navy at 13 David was a lad of only 13 when he en tered the navy. In '96 came his first chance for glory. This was when, as a young lieu tenant of only 25, ho was sent to tho Soudan to aid Kitchener. In that Nllo campaign he commanded tho British gunboats, and at Dongola ho won tho distinguished service or der. Hence tho D. S. O. at the tall end of his title. A moro substantial reward for this snmo hard fighting was a promotion to the tank of commander. Two years later came the Boxer fracas In China. Commander Beatty, although still In his 20's, was given command of tho Barfleur and did much hard land fighting. Two bb vero wounds Invalided him home, but won him promotion to tho runic of captain. A greater reward now awaited him. Ho was to storm tho fortress ot a lady's heart and win one of the wealthiest heiresses of his time. Captain Beatty was a poor young officer when fate decreed that ho must hang about England waiting for his wounds to heal. Ten years beforo there had burst upon English society a newly married American couple, Arthur Tree, son of Lambert Tree, our for mer Minister to Russia, nnd his bride, the former Ethel Field, daughter oft Chicago's multimillionaire philanthropist and merchant prince, Mnrshall Field. Mr. Field soon after ward purchased for his daughter a beautiful country estate In Warwickshire, where thn Trees went to live. But happiness did not stay within their threshold. Thero was a quarrel nnd then a divorce. The Brave and the Tair "None but the bravo deserve the fair." Captain Beatty camo to Lndon, saw the newly divorced Mrs. Treo and conquered her heart. His method of attack was tho samo which he employed upon tho Nile, in China, and which he now employs In tho North Sea. The result was that tho former Ethel Field becamo Mrs. David Beatty not many days after she had ceased to be the wife, of Arthur Tree. The marriage was as quiet ns It was sudden, and not even Marshall Field, the bride's father, knew that it was to occur when it did, Lady Beatty is two years tho Junior of her famous husband. In addition to her eldest son, Ronald Lambert Tree, now a youth of IS, sho now has by her second mar riage two other boys, David Field Beatty, agod 10, and Peter Beatty, a youngster of 6. Four years after her second marriage Mib. Beatty's prospective fortune was slightly di minished by her father taking a new wife, Mrs. Delia Spencer-Caton, who was to divide tho Marshall Field estato with her and the only other child, Marshall Field, Jr. Honors continued to pour in upon Captain Beatty after his happy and romantic mar riage. In 1905 ho was made a member of the Royal Victorian Order, and thereby got the M. V. O. in tho middle of his title, But the black angel was now to throw Us shadow upon the happy household for a time. Lady Beatty's only brother, Marshall Field, Jr., died that earao year, and before she had put away her mourning for him her distinguished father breathed his last. The merchant princo left, besides his widow and Lady Beatty, Ave grandchildren. The, eldest of these, Marshall Field, 3d, will inherit three fifths of the estate when be reaches 50. AiJe-de-Camp to King Edward Shortly after Lady Beatty had inherited her millions from the Marshall Field estate her husband became aid-de-camp to King Edward, and this appointment brought them in even closer touch with court life. Like Chi cago's other brilliant daughter. Lady Curzon, Mrs. Beatty won popularity by her great per sonal charm and excellent tact. Sho was greatly admired by the King and soon found herself within the Inner circle of wealthy American wives of the aristocracy. But Cap tain Beatty's commission at court lasted only two years, being canceled by his promotion to the rank of rear admiral. His elevation to flag rank broke all of tha precedents of the Royal Navy, He was the only man in tha history of the service to have received such honors while still in his SOs, for ha was then 39. Lord Nelson, always considered the most potable of BriMsh naval 'prodigies, had 40 years to bis credit when elevated to this rank. Three years ago Rear Admiral Beatty re ceived the further honor of being the first appointee to the newly created office of naval secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, Previously there had been only a private" secretary to tha head of the navy. This office gave the young admiral a valuable Insight Into Cabinet and Parliamentary procedure as affecting the navy. Shortly afterward ha served also as naval advisor to ths army, and thus became experienced tn the inter-relations of tha two arms of the national defame. His Government appeared to be putting Itlm through an especial course of training to pre pare him for a great emergepoy; to be edu catlng him t defend Britain In some future war, not then distinctly foreseen No wr clouds darkened Britain's horizon whan Beatty waa silsotM toe command of piw1M luamiii 1 111 the First Battlo Cruiser Squadron year be foro lost, but fato selected him as tho man who should guard tho North Sea against Gormany's fleet within the Kiel Canal. With in less than a week of tho tlmo when Austria started tho wholo war machinery by making her demand upon Servla, King Georgo sum moned his young admiral to court and knighted him. That was last July. He bo camo a Knight Commander of tho Bath, whereby hangs tho IC. C. B., at the begin ning of his title, and the former Ethel Field, of Chicago, becftmo Lady Bcatty. When the War Came So whon war camo Sir David was as well prepared for his new responsibilities as if ho had rubbed Aladdin's lamp and had had his every wish granted. Throughout Britain ho was recognized as the most brilliant of King George's younger officers. Having just re turned from Moscow by way of St. Peters burg ho rejoined his fleet and now received the rank of acting vlco admiral. That Sir David is as humane ns ho Is bravo was proved in the battle of Helgoland. Al though tho mission entailed considerable risk he sent his destroyers to the sinking German ships that they might save as many as pos sible of tho drowning sailors. "It must be admitted," said an official Berlin wireless, "that tho British, without stopping to con sider their own danger, sent out life boats In order to save our men." Lady Beatty has been scarcely less strenu ous than her husband stneo tho war broke out. As soon as hostilities began sho started to equip her linndeomc private yacht Sheela as a hospital ship, and this she has slnco pio seuted to the British Government. It has been used largely for t'lf transportation of wound ed soldiers from France to England, and sho has been In charge of the nursing aboard. Sho Is reputed to bo ns good a sailor as her husband. A year ago, whllo upon a crulso In tho Sheela, she became for some days the object of England's anxiety. With her son David sho was cruising fiom Malta to Al giers, where sho was to Join her husband, and the yacht was lost In a thick storm. While vessels were scouring tho Mediterra nean for her, she came safely Into port, The Beattys maintain two palatial homes, each befitting a family possessed of millions. Their country seat, Brooksby Hall, Leicester, Is picturesque. Their London town house is Hanover Lodge, Regent's Park. A Notable City Program. From tha St. Ixiula I'oot-Dlspatch. The Uev. John J. Thompson was pleading with tha Board of Estimate and Apportionment for an appropriation of $5000 by the city to maintain the municipal baseball, soccer and basketball leagues during 1015. The board, until the election of a president of tho Board of Aldermen next April, will consist of the Mayor and Comptroller. Thereafter the new official will be a third member. Tha Mayor nnd the Comptroller heard Father Thompson's plea for the boja. The Comptroller opposed It, urging that unless economy was practiced St. Louis would "go broke." "Well," Father Thomson retorted, "If this 5000 Is going to break the city, let St. Louis be a good sport and go broke." That was a saying worth preserving for future consideration. But the flashlight of civic com mon sense was turned on when Mayor Kiel ob served that he "would rather see boys playing games than picking pockets." Tht Is one of the things every big modern city has but Imperfectly learned, to wit, that if city boys are npt provided with outlets for normal, healthy, pompetltlve play, they will flnd outlets that are not normal or healthy. Publlo playground plenty of them, amply equipped and sensibly supervised, are. tha best preventive hygiene a city can Invest in. Wolves in Italy From tha Bprlntfltld Republican. It U surprising to read of wolves In ao old and ao densely populated a land as Italy, but that romantic country Is full of picturesque mountains, which are as well suited as ihey look to be a refuge for wolves. Tourists who get away from ths beaten track to explore the Apennines are not surprlssa to find wild beasts still lurking In the mountains, and occasionally a very severe winter has driven them down to prey on live stock, Tha pertinacity of tha wolf is aatonUhlng; If a cycle pf war shouU thin out tha population of Europe, as during tha l)rk Ages that followed the, fall of Rome, wa might expeet the wplves agan to become a menace, as in the days when they used to invade F4ri. Moro Uirscl.es Ahead From tha Bt. Louli Olooa-Damocrat. Who can predict what tha future will be. In vliw of what has already occurred in this gen eration of m!racteworklngT Navy Jnyentors. standing on the shoulders of thoia who p trans form ad things during tha last hlf century, will dpubtleiq learn still greater secrets of Nature. Much of our worry over poaterjty Is Idle. While He are handing down many serious problems for posterity to wretle with, we are also gUlng It the rlcht leacy any generation has aver hd Thank to our invention, tha youth of tomorrow will Hr more before be sttalna h.s majority that "MtthuteUh did in all his stair sarit canturUs, "BLAME IT! I ORDERED BOOTS!' JUST ONE BANQUET AFTER ANOTHER i That Is the Hardest Part of Office Compensations There Are By EDWARD XTOT even r worldwide war can deprive IN Washington of Us undoubted record as being tho banner banquet town of ttieso United States. Ono or moro conventions of civic or scientific or uplift or commercial or Industrial or some other kind of body meets hero every week during the winter, and the wind-up of each of such meetings la n ban quet. Then there aro State societies formed of wanderers from somo one of the t8 8tatea, and each of them gives a banquet during tho winter. If tho International Society Op posed to the Eating of Raised Biscuits, or somo equally Important body, is not on hand with a banquet, then some ono of tho many local associations or clubs or societies Is proffering banquets to Its members and friends. There aro In Washington three first class hotels, and their principal Incomes must bo derived fiom tho numerous largely attended and expensive banquets they are called upon to provide. Reducing Board Bills It Is naturally tho chief ambition of ban quet givers to securo tho President of tho United States, or If ho Is not available, then some member of the Cabinet, nnd falling even in that respect then tho Vice Presi dent, or the Speaker of tho House, to ap pear as the orator-ln-chtef. Any member of Congress who Is able to speak a dozen or so pretty after-dinner sentences could easily reduco his board bill by one-half or two thirds, by accepting all of his banquet in vitations. As human nature In its largo aspects Is very much the samo when It Is displayed on tho shore of the Potomac as by the rippling waters ot the Chicago or Hudson River, or San Francisco or Boston Bay, it follows 11a tin ally that "honored guests" at most of these banquets aro expected to pay for them In some way or other. Tho nfter-dlnner speaker pays with his speech and the high ofllclal pays by having the newspaper ac count of a banquot mention tho fact of his presence. This Is, In a way, a high price, but a much higher one Is expected from many members of Congress who are asked to these affairs. The Man Who Is Banquet-Proof I know of one member who Is banquet proof; I do not mean that he can cat them and not suffer the pangs of indigestion, but that he is proof against all tho wiles of the committees or Individuals who attempt to secure his very desirable pretence. Ho Is a man of a great deal of Importance In the House, and, therefore, tha pursuit of him in this respect Is diligent and persistent. This winter one man had asked the member I refer to to dine with him a. half dozen times, and after the sixth refusal lie called again and said with delightful frankness; "Well, as I can't get you Xo dine, I'll have to tell you what I want out of you, any way." The member smiled and responded: "You could have saved a great deal of trouble by tolling me that tho first time you called, for I had a suspicion that possibly you wanted my aid In the passage ot some bill." I know a wealthy member who, when he was serving hi? nrst term, thought it was part of his official duties to go to every banquet he was Invited to, and h rebelled lata In the session on the ground that he at nope ot them had enough to eat. Terrapin and canvusbaclc had been on the menu of nearly every banquet, but he claimed that as to the terrapin there was an abundance ot toast Blcklled o'er with a bare teaspoonful of terrapin meat; and as to the duck, therp was a mere silver and always overdone. A Pinner Extraordinary He took this matter very seriously, and near the close, of the season invited a party of 35 to a dinner at the club In this city hav ing tl-e reputation ot serving the best dinner tq be had here. When the terrapin came a thin slice of toast at the bottom of a deep dish was thickly cpvered with terrapin meat, and Just so( soon as a watchful waiter found that a diner had reached ths toast, the supply was renewed again and again as often as there was the slightest excuse. But tha sensation of the dinner came with the game course. Walters entered bear ing mighty pewter trays, each piled high with whole, canvasb&ck ducks that looked Uko mammoth dishes of French fried pota sssa.! Holding in Washington, But It Has lis Real Spreads and Others. W. TOWNSEND toes. I mean that tho abundance of thta gavo you a notion that if you vVere so atf posed, and had plate room, you could hti( yourself to half a dozen without visibly lowering tho supply. Thero was no carvltj of a duck by a head waiter. On the jldi pinto beforo each guest a wholo duck vu placed, and when a guest had removed th two breast pieces and consumed them, kff nlata vvns whisker! ntvav nnd nnnthen whnl flnrlc servnrt. Tt innv lio nMpntrt thnf Itili was overworking a cood thlnir. but mv sirSi pathy and approval it with the host. jt Novel Reason for a Banquet ' Thero Is nothing typical about a Washlnrt ton banquet. They aro of every kind, bijh condition, occasion and place. Last yeirJ somo one thought of a new reason to ghe if banquet. A friend had bought one of ths Lord Baltimore country places, restored It and refurnished it with furnishing of the proptfj tlorlntl Hltrolv flinf woa n tmrl r.-iAnn fftT a banquet, and some one took hold ot th matter, and nrescntlv 40 or 60 of us rai taken out to the beautiful old place and re-j eclved by the host, who was attended by troop of servants wearing tho Baltimore llverv. On tho ground floor thero were three bfy rooms besides the dining room. In one it. tlipnn IhprA ivdr n nnnph nf Ttinrlflrn InvftnHffll iivuiieu u(j Willi uiiuiiipuiie, 111 iiiiuincr ""hi Tlpfn TCnH n riinnli tlin i.flM-n fni wlilMi flnmAl worthy historian had dug up as one whlcjjl the Lord Baltimore hnd served. In the third! room there was a noble bowl of grape jult7 puncn. xno secretary or state was guest. Tho location and tho cc parts of these punches were quietly ex? plnincd to the guests as they arrived. Jf wnen dinner was announced, the two nrtj water punch bowls had been emptied thr times, but tho ladle at the grape Juice punS bowl had not been wet. Some ono explains this to the Secretary of State, and he rh marked: "Well, I suppose the idea is that when ie aro In a Lord Baltimore manor house rw should drink as tho Baltlmoreans did. Hut.I wonder how I overlooked that unassaultti bowl." ; Real Old Manor Dinners I think It was Miss Helen Taft who ft" prafll vnivitn tn nnnMimi Tj.rl TnltlrflOrl pmco, not many nines out 01 vuauiui;a It Is a rambling, romantic old pile of buiidj lngs. part of It. I think, built by the WIS Lord Baltimore, and other parts later, life a thousand acres of land surrounding u- u was bought not many years ago 'by a ycatfl married couple; the man, as I recall, j painter, the woman a musician. They mu be people of ample means or they w uui imvo muuu aucii a iiurciiasu V --M produotlvo property, let In response 10 a renur-Ht nf mmn Washington neoole. Set. knew tho beauty and romance ot the place, the owners of It agreed to furn dinners to guests who came with citi'p iituo. juiis jiii, as 1 uuvu auiu, s" ';j place a vogue by Inviting parties ot la friends to go out to the old place for Uj ners. tl There la a very large muslo room In tM house, and one evening after I had dlsa there I heard some notably flnq piano P'fl Ing, and stro)led to the doorway 0: muslo room, arid saw the hostess P18 and Representative Cannon standing ', middle of the room, his hands claspea hind him lis rapt admiration of the WJ The wholo picture was striking! the fi room, all of its furniture old except piano, the artistically dressed woman P,J Jng beautifully, and the one man in P1 Ufa mnuf rAntiontlv mrinnnflrl In 6Q' rouarhneck attltuda with UDtllted rl. standing there, unconscious of averylM" but the muslo, and plainly showing that comprehended It as one who anew muslo when he heard it. GOD'S LOVE Beneath the snow the flowers !? Beneath fhe Ice the rivers crtep Unseen, silent to the sea. Alt crystal are tha hills and v'' AU glittering the dell and dale. Mountain tpp and languid - And yet behold the ocean wide. Raatleia it unctaslng tide Winter, lummw. nvr still1 How like to Poa's great loye tha d Aetive aiwsvs, ne'er aaieep. As resile as We wllH , -t s, la tse C&rMJt? fl
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