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ry vw fr JXjswH1 PHBggP9g zf V2 THE WASHINGTON POST WEDNESDAY APRIL 3 1907 DIVISIONS IN A Slate of the Presidenf General Meets Opposition MBS HODGKINS MADE EEGENT Defeats Mis Mary Lockwood EleventhEleventh hour Candidate by Narrow Margin of Two Votes Mrs George Smallwood Elected State Vice Regent Splits Occur Over National Officers Unexpected developments were forthcoming jesterday afternoon In the conference of the District Daughters of the American Revolution when opposition to the slate favored by Mrs Donald McLean the president general was shown Mrs Howard Hodgklns was elected tate regent by the narrow margin of two votes ber opponent Mrs Mary Lockwood having become an avowed candidate only at the eleventh hour Mrs George femallwood was unanimously elected State vice regent The elections must be confirmed by the con gress Mrs Mussey nomination for ice president general for the District was also unanimous The earlier session also brought forth some surprises in nominations Mrs McLean was nominated for a second term as president general by Mrs Araos Draper Mrs Charlotte Emerson Main tne present incumbent and Mrs Richard Duboise were named for the office of ice president general In charge of organization Three Named for Secretary Mis Pierce the present inoumbent Mrs Drury Ludlotand Mts Catherine Barlow were nominated for the office of recording secretary general Mrs Mary Brown and Mrs Mabel Swormstedt were nominated for treasurer general Mrs Eakln Gadsby and Miss Alida Tulloch for historian general Mrs Henry Bowron of New York and Mrs Richardson for assistant historian general Mrs Thomas Noble and Mrs William Smoot for chanlaln general Mrs Earnest and Miss Virginia Miller for corresponding secretary general and Mrs Henry Bojnton and Mlsss Aline Solomon for librarian peroral Mrs Balllnger and Mrs Davis protested against the nominations being made as the conference they said had no power to select candidates for national oflices The advlsablUt of haing one large chapter in the District in place of twenty the present number was eagerly debated Mrs Balllnger and several others advocated one chapter while Mrs Mue sey Mrs Sperrj Mrs Roome Mrs Mer wln and Mrs Beach declared themseHes for a number of small chapters as beihg of more advantage to the socletj May Buy Chapter House The motion to purchase a chapter house in this city in which to hold A meetings met with much favor It was referred to a committee of which Mrs Davis is chairman The proposed amendment to the bylaws providing for the election of delegates to the congress on or before the first day of March preceding the congress was laid upon the table Reports of District officers and chapter regents detailing the gcod work done by the J3is trict Daughters were read and other routine business transacted Mrs Mussej the retiring State vice regent who presided was presented with a handsome bouquet the gift of the delegates DEATH RECALLS DIVORCES CHURCH HEADS TO CONFER 4 Catholic Prelates Will Assemble to Discuss Important Policies A distinguished group of Roman Catholic prelates will gather In Washington next week for the joint purpose of holding the annual meeting or the hierarchy and assisting at the semi annual confer I ence of the directors of the Catholic TJnl versltyv The directors wllj hold elr sessions Tuesday and Wednesday and the meeting of therjnetropolttans wfll Abe Thursday while the variousjcpmmlttees into which thf trork TiflJf been divided will give their attention io matters In their Jurisdiction Friday and Saturday AU the conferences will be held In the senate roornof the Catholic University The Frerch question will be discussed by the archbishops and 1UU more tnan likely that the hierarchy as a body will take action supporting the papal government ir its altitude toward the French republic and extending sympathy to the hlerarchj of France The archbishops have confined their councils strictly to subjects put before them by the suffragan bishops of their archdiocese If they biake this departure and send resolutions to Itome and to France It will mark the entrance of the American hierarchy lnto The question of the Peters penee will also be a subject of consideration This would mean to increase the amount from I its present status of about 300000 annually to tt000000 and two collections annually in every parish are to be recom by the majority of Catholics that while they have always responded to every demand aqd In the most generous way that the Importance of according consideration to the powerful and self sustaining church of the West has not been duly considered in Rome The open hostility of the present papal secretary of state Cardinal Merry del Val to according horor to Americans is another cause of dissatisfaction Cardinal Merry del Val ur friendliness dates from the Spanish American war when his father was Spanish Ambassador to the Vatican PLAN EOR POOR AND NEEDY Mrs Henrietta Frances Hanan Figured in Eventful Series Special to The Washington Poet New York April 2 Mrs Henrietta trances Hanan who obtained a divorce in 1903 from John Hanan the millionaire shpe manufacturer died Sundaj after a brief illness at her home on the Park Slope in Brooklyn The trouble between Mr Hanan and his wife began in 1897 through the acquaintance of Mr Hanan with Mrs Charles Talbot Smith a joung widow whom he met on his steam yacht Supposing as she declared that Mr Hanan was unmarried Mrs Smith accepted gifts from hinj valued at more than 100 000 Sne made a scene one night at the horse show in Manhattan when she discovered that her admirer was married and after denouncing him left the garden A few dajs later she married James Thomp son of Newport Mr Hanan brought suit against Mrs Tiiompson for the recovers of his gifts There was a compromise Mrs Thompson returning two pieces or property Mr Hanan and glv en her About the same time Mrs Beulah Dutton formed of Chicago sued Mr Hanan for eacn of promise The suit was settled Mrs Dutton receiving as was said at the time 2j 000 and returnlne to Chicago In lOO Mb Hanan brought two suits for div ortfeagalnst bis wife but failed in each Three jears later Mrs Hanan brought her suit and was successful Tnree months after the granting of the decree Mr Hanan married Mrs Smith Thompson who was then again single the ceremonj taking place at Shore Acres Narragansett Pier a fine estate which Mr Hanan had given the bride PROCTERS WILL PROBATED Cncinnati Manufacturer Divided 10 000000 Among His Five Children Westerly April 2 The will of the late William Procter the soap manufacturer who committed suicide in Cincinnati recently was filed In the probate court here to daj It directs that the propertj amounting to 10 000000 be divided equally among his five children There are no public bequests Address by Turkish Minister At a smoker evenintr April Epiphany Church the principal address will be made by the Turkish Minister Bryce Goes to Toronto Ottawa Onl April 2 James Brj ce British Ambassador to the United States left here to day for Toronto to bs given Thursday 11 WT the Mens Club of Some cooks are fa mous for coffee You neednt be a famous cook to make delicious coffee if you use rich fragrant Oriental Coffee Govt Parity Guarantee A 321 It is flame roasted BrowningBaines Inc 316 Pa Ave GREETED BYPRE8IDEHT DeltaCbi Fraternity Men Received at White House INTRODUCED BY CORTELYOff Washingtons Petition for an Alumni Chapter Adopted by Convention Will Have Fifteen Charter Members Dele gatesjjHave Their Pictures Taken on 4 Treasury Steps and See Ball Game Associated Chanties Workers Discuss Suffering in Washington Many cases of the poor and unfortunate were discussed at one of the division conferences of the Associated Charities jesterday afternoon The suffering and relief described are said by Secretary Charles Weller to be typical of th work of all the eight division conferences which meot fortnightly to plan for the adequate relief and permanent upbuilding of distressed households It is for the support of such work as this said Secretary Weller that the Associated Charities is now appealing lor 11797 to complete its economical budget for the current season to November The following contributions for this purpose have been received at 811 street and acknowledged by John Joy Edson treasurer Mrs Minna Schafer J25 cuh 20 Harry Sheridan 110 caib 10 the I i A 8 Gilbert 5 Mrs Pilling 5 Frederick Swsnton fc Dr Isabel Haslup Lamb i Mary to Daniel Schiller S3 Miss Undslr 1 cash and cash 1 INSTITUTE MEETS TO DAY Annual Gathering of Primary Sunday school Teachers Union The Primary Sunday school Teachers Union of the District will hold Its annual Institute to day at the First Congregational Church corner Tenth and streets northwest There will be an afternoon session at 3 15 atjrhlch Mrs Wiber of the New aork Avenue Presbyterian Church will give a talk on missions followed by Mrs Hoeke of Calvary Baptist Sunday school onj Children of Mission Lands and also the Cradle Roll The beginners lesson will be taught by Mrs Gra president of the union Mrs Gilbert will speak also The ev ening session at 6 30 will be in charge of Mls Elbertlne Robertson of Peck Memorial Sunday school and the Sunday school leson for April 7 will be given Miss Beatrice Kramer will teach a song The ladies of the church will serve din ner at 6 clock AUSTRIAN SINGERS COMING Vienna Male Chorus Will Give Concert at White House The famous ienna male chorus composed of 300 voices and drawing Its membership from well known Austrian families will come to Washington under the auspices of the Washington Saengerbund May 6 and will give a concert at the White House The chorus will remain in this country about two weeks giving concerts in the rrlncipal cities It is an organization purely charitable Each member defravs his own expenses and the concert profits are given to a charitable institution chorus has given concerts before almost every court of Europe and last summer at a concert before King Edward of Eng lind realized 25 000 The Austrian Ambassador Baron Hen gelmuller is in communication with ths Saengerbund for the purpose of furthering arrangements for the reception of tie Austrian singers MENTAL MECHANISM DISCUSSED Spciety for Philosophic Inquiry Hears Interesting Paper Read A paper on Mental Mechanism bj Dr Hvland Kirk was read before the Society for Philosophic Inquiry at George Washington University yesterday afternoon A discussion followed the reading of the paper in which Prof Raymond Rev Dr A Johnstone and Dr Laws took part The society will hold a meeting commemorative of Riene Descartes Tuesdav April 16 at 4 45 oclock at George Washington University when the following addresses will be made The Method df Descartes Prof I Devitt of Georgetown Unlvierslty The Mfeta phj slcs of Descartes Dr William Coleman The Theology of Descartes ReW Mr Johnstone The Ethics of Descartes Prof A Du Bray of the Cath olie University of America Calcium Cyanide Is Described Dr A Frank Jr of Berlin addressed the Chemical Society of Washington one of the branches of the National Chemical Society Monday evening on the uses qualities and methods of manufacturing calcium cyanide or lime nitrogen as developed by Dr A Frank his father and Dr Ktkodem Caro The meeting was held 4 In the assembly hall of George washing ton University The lecture described the commercial production of a nitrogen fer tilizer by nitrogen from the atmosphere A Familiar Sign of Spring To day there appears in this paper a statement to the effect that the Moxie season has opened This has now become a regular Spring announcement Our readers however should not be misled into believing that the Moxle season is confined only to the spring and summer months such is not the case for hundreds of thousands of people have learned that to drink Moxie 365 days In the year is necessary for the support of the strenuous life At all times and seasons Moxie will be found beneficial for business men busy women and growing children which accounts for the fact that so many families always keep a case of Moxle in their Ice cbept Save the Jamestotra Coupon an peartnic dally and go to the great Jatneatotrn Exposition as a guest of The Washington Post The advertisement In this Issue oilers yon the Invitation and gives yon full particulars More than 100 delegates attending the thirteenth annual coirvention of the Delta Chi law fraternity visited the White House yesterday afternoon where they were given a hearty welcome by the President who took advantage of the presence of the Canadian delegates to reiterate his expressions of friendly feeling towards the Dominion government Both morning and afternoon sessions were held at the Georgetown cnapter house where the representatives of the different universities devoted much time to regular work Washington Gets Chapter The morning session was devoted mostly to routine but at the meeting in the afternoon the petition for an alumni chapter In Washington was taken up After short addresses by local members the question was put to a vote and quickly passed without objection Those who will be charter members are as follows Baker Stuart McNa mara Joseph Djer Jr Mc Bride McCandllsh Charles Autn Robert Kennedy Thomas Kirbv Har ry Hahn Robert A Maurer Simmons Pierce Divach Whiteley and Thomas Brahaney Upon adjournment the members went direct to the White House where they were scheduled to be received by the President at 2 30 oclock The reception was to be held in the East Room and the frat men made their way there in a bodj Secretary Cortelyou who had arranged to introduce the members of his fraternity was found awaiting their arrival As the visitors gathered about the door leading to the executive office the President accompanied by Capt McCoj his aid made his appearance Shake Hands with President fter greeting the President Secretary Cortelyou said Mr President It is my very great pleasure to present to you these men of the youngest fraternity representing the law schools of the country The fraternity is not only an eminent legal but a non partisan organization The Presidert smiling a welcome bowed to the circle of attentive visitors Gentlemen he said I am very glad to greet you all And I am particularly glad to greet the Canadian guests Next to the citizens of our own country our interest Is centered In Canada After telling something of his own fraternal life while a student at Harvard the President concluded The fraternity is composed of men to whom exceptional advantages are offered and we look to them for the results of these ad vantages I am particularly pleased Ao meet you all to daj The President then shook hands with the 100 or more frat men as they passed before him Bride a Georgetown alumnus introduced each member telling the university which he represented The President detained several of the visitors for a brief moment to ask some question pertaining to his section of the country Have Picture Taken After the Preslderit had retired from the East Room the fraternity men were introduced to Secretarj Cortelyou the majority of whom had not jet received the opportunltv to meet him Among the Delta Chi Eresented to the President was A Barnes of Bing hamton who was one of the founders of the fraternity at Cornell in 1890 He is the only founder of the fraternity In attendance at the convention Another member was Senor Quesada the Cuban Minister to the United States who is a charter member of the fraternity from the New York Lniversltj where a chapter was organized in 1891 Following the Introduction to the Sec retarj of the Treasury the party proceeded to the south steps of the Treas ury Department where the convention photograph was taken From there they went to the Georgetown field where thev witnessed the Yale Georgetown baseball game Smoker at Fraternity House The day ended with i smoKer at tho chapter house where a general good time was enoved During the evening member sang songs and told stories of college lifp rtnd the songs of the Delta Cii were ir order at all times and were lolird by all piesent Llgrt lefreshmenis wera served md adjournment of the hign jinks wis not called urtll a late hour ro 3iv will be the last of the conven tion i wo sessions win De neia ana lunc will he served at the chanter hcuse To nlgnt the annual btnquet vill be given at the Raleigh the headquarters of the degat and Secretary Cortelyou will preside at the board as tcastmoster WOMEN NAMED BY EAMES HUMPHREY ZEEPSPOST Retention of Quartermaster General aridl Promotion of Colonels Aruumicedy ThePresident has reappomtedBrigadler Gen Charles Humphrey as quartermaster general to succeed himself on the explratlonof his present term April li The following appointments to the grade of brigadier general are announced 0L Charles HaU KhtenthInrantAr to take effect ApiJlJl to kueeeod Briv Gen Walter Dutsaiy npcja the iattefs retirement tortf CoL Hall was torn In and appointed from Maine He aerred as Wonl and Brat 1 lev tenant of the Twenty fifth Maine Infantry Vora September 1S63 to Juljr it 18U and as flrrt lieutenant of the Thirtieth Milne Infantry from January 1 litl to September 2 1883 He waa appointed a second lieutenant In the Twenty eighth Infantry January zz 1SI7 ana reached bis present trade through regular promotions August 1903 He is at piesent commandant of the staff college and the Infantry and caralry school and signal school at Fort Learenworth Kans CoL Earl Thomas EleTenth Csmlry to take effect April IS to succeed Brig Oen Alfred Markley upon the latter retirement for age Col Thomas was born In and appointed a cadet to the Military Academy from Illinois Prior to his appointment to the academy he bad serred as a prlrate and corporal in Compauy and sergeant major of the Eighth Illinois Cavalry from April 1 186 to April 23 18SS After graduation from the Military Academy June li ISO he was appointed a second lieutenant of the Fifth Caralry in which he serred until promoted major of the Eighth Caralry February 14 1S9 He waa transferred to the Fifth Cavalry In the following May and detailed as Inspector General February Z8 1901 aad served in that department until ij moted to lieutenant colonel of the Seventh Cavalry November 16 1901 He waa promoted to colonel of the Seventh Cavalry Anrit 19 1903 and transferred to hU present regimes two days later He Is at present with his regiment in Cuba 4 SOCIAL AND PERSONAL CONTINTJED FROM SEVENTH FAQE SWIFT GUILTY OF NEGLECT Captain of Connecticut Suspended from Duty for Nine Months Officer Whose Ship Grounded Near Culebra Also Loses Three Numbers Lieutenant Acquitted Capt William Swift who was in com mana of the battle ship Connecticut when it grounded rear Culebra on January 13 was found guilty of inattention and neglect of duty by the court martial which tried him at Norfolk The Navy Department reviewed the senteiee and yesterday it was announced bj Assistant Secretary Newberry that Capt Swift will be susperded from dutv for nine months and will lose three numbers The court martial recommended suspension for a ear and a half and a loss of fle numhers but as the court also asked that Capt Swift be dealt with leniently the department reduced the sentence Lieut Harry Tarnell who was tried on cnarges similar to those brought against Capt Switt was acquitted and restored to duty The recommendation to clemency by based Its action In reducing the sentence is rather an unusual trbute to the higher character of the accused The court says In tiew of the lorg service of the accused Ms excellent and honorable record and his previous exceptionally valuable services to the government the members of the court unanimously recommend him to the clemency of the reviewing power In conformity with the sentence Capt bwift was jesterday relieved of tbe command of the battle sTiip Connecticut and wilV proceed to his home In Connecticut Where he will Temaln until the expiration 6t the sentence The battle ship Connecticut will remain in Hampton Roads to participate In the Donvon of Troy Among those assisting were the Misses Cassel MlSJ Granger Miss Margaret Woodward and the Misses Lambert Mr and Mrs Andrew Graham were hosts at an enjoyable Easter dance on Monday evening for tneir sons ait Lorlmer and Mr Jerome Graham and their house guest Mr Marsten who spent the holidays here Their attractive home In Sixteenth street was effectively decorated In ferns pink carnations and taster lilies Mr Larimer Graham and Mr Marsten returned to college yesterday The engagement has been announced In New York of Miss AmyKlchardson Thurston daughter of the late WHIiam Thurston to Mr Chauncey Hackett of ttris city No date has been set for the wedding Mis Dolly Curtis sister of Senator Curtis of Kansas has returned to tbe uoraon arter a visit to rrienas in uie Hoiith Mla Oiirtl his Arlth hnr for the Easter holidays her niece Miss Parmella lAirtis Miss Etta Merlllat of Bridgeport Conn Is visiting Miss Marie Proygon of 413 street nortnwest Senora de Obaldla wife of the Panaman MinIterV will not receive to day owing to ill health The People With a Reputationor Reliability ESTABLISHED 1854 thmilttt tm ThU People With a Refutation Jor Reliability SOCIAL 0SSIP A Budget of Interesting Personalities in the Realm of Fashion From Various Exchanges There was no end of fun at tne All Fools festival given In the Woman Athletic Club In St Botolph street Boston for the benefit of the George Junior Republic Society men and women indulg I ea in competitions of a rioicuious nature A millinery contest was fudged by men a necktie contest was judged by women and Jin a tea brewing contest men took part A debate gymknana sports danc ing and a tambolo were other interesting features The subject of therdebate was If either sex should be abolished whlcat MrS Bradford Mrs CJ Cabot Miss Amy Lowell a 1 Mrs Barrett Wendell were the speakers and the judges were Mrs Lorn Deland Mrs George Tyson and Mrs Roger Wolcott There was an auction sale with Lorin Deland auctioneer with an extraordinary collection of garden orna ments live stock and parlor furniture to be sold without reserve Assisting Mr Deland were Miss Dorothy Forbes and Miss Emily Bacon Following the auction came tne necktie contest for the blue ribbon prize open to gentlemen only tne prize being awarded for color beauty and striking effects The Judges were Miss Dorothy Forbes Miss Barbara Hlg gnson and Miss Katherine Roosevelt King Edward VII hats which are of a pattern peculiar to himself being a trifle higher and more curly in the brim tnan those worn by most Of his subjects took the fancy of the Parisian gilded youth so that the Chapeau Edouard may now be seen adorning the heads of many well known boulevardlers Mrs Frank Coe of 763 Fifth avenue Isew York gave a dance at Sherry Mon 4 the court upon which the department ray night to celebrate the twenty first naval ceremonies attMirllnar tho nruntno of the Jamestown Exposition and thenj and trimmed with white ribbons win De eeni to a navy yara to make permanent apd temporary repairs to ber bottom made necessary the accident OREGON TO JOIN MIMIC WAR Gossip Tells Who They Are but Husbands Lawyers Plead Ignorance Special to The Washington Poet New York April 2 Gossip had it to day that Mme Emma Eames Story had mentioned the names of two women as corespondents in her suit for divorce from her husband Julian Story the artist The names of the women were given At the office of Bowers Sands counsel for Mr Storj it was said to day that If two women had been named it was not known to tnem and when the names weie given it was declared that the Information was news in their office A FRIENDLY GROCER Dropped a Valuable Hint About Coffee For about eight years writes a Mich woman I suffered from nervousness part of the time down in bed with nervous prostration Sometimes I would get numb and it would be almost Impossible for me to speak for a spell At others I would have severe bilious attacks and my heart would flutter painfully when I would walk fast or sweep I have taken enough medicine to start a small drug store without any benefit One evening our grocer was asking Husband how I was and he urged that I quit coffee and use Postnm so he brought home a pkg and I made it according to directions and we were both delighted with It So we quit coffee altogether and used State Troops to Be Present at Joint Drills This Summer They governor of Oregon has notified Acting Secretary Oliver of the acceptance of the War Department Invitation to the Oregon National Guard to participate with the Coast Artillery In joint drills this summer The gov ernoreays in addition to the nfimber of companies which the department suggested should be detailed for this duty the State would like to take advantage of the opportunity to conduct tne regular annual encampment simultaneously with the Joint drills He suggests that tail militiamen not included in the invitation to the Joint drllU should be encamped In the neighborhood of Fort Stevens where they may participate in some parts of the maneuvers ARMY ORDERS Leave of Absence for two months Is granted Con tract Surgeon Francis Wall Maj William Pelrce Ordnance Department will make not to exceed Are visits during April to Lowell Mass to Inspect ordnance material In process of manufacture Capt 1111am Glasgow Thirteenth Cavalry aid de camp wjll report to the commanding gen eralDepartment of the East Ma Richmond Davis Artillery Corps to Washington Barracks District of Columbia to liver a lecture on April 11 107 to the student cm erj at the Engineer School on the subject Sub marine Mining and Mines Capt Edward RockblU assistant surgeon to Fort Bavard Mez for treatment Maj Willlsva Borden aurgeon to Ban Fran Cisco Cal and take the first transport for tht Philippine Islands Capt Mason Mazon retired recruiting offlcer Cincinnati Ohio upon his next official visit to Davton Ohio to Piqua Ohio to procure evidence necessary to complete the trial of an enlisted man First Lieut John Murphr Artillery Corps will report to the president of the examining board at Fort Myer a for examination for promotion Pott Commlsssry Sergt Ferdinand Rohde offline of the purchasing commissary 318 Hiberala Bank Building New Orleans La to Jackson Barracks La Maj Edward Munson surgeon to Fort 8Wl dan 111 Orders to Naval Officers Lieut Com Capehart to the Naval War College Newport Ensign Powell to home and granted three months sick leave Surgeon Odell to the Naval Hospital Washington and additional duty In attend a nee on the course of instruction at the Naval Medical School Surgeon Gartem to home and two weeka leave thence to the Ohio Surgeon fit llcdre to the navy recruiting station Minneapolis Minn Passed Assistant Surgeon Plummer to duty In attendance on the course of Instruction at the Navy Medical Echooj w4shlngton Passed Assistant Burgeon Baker to the Naval KospUsl Portsmouth Passed Assistant Surgeon Freeman to duty only Postum I began to get better In a Lt5uudc 0iitcton iK Hm on UV lil rmtrer nerCrNa Medical School Waahlngton Bon the color came back to my cheeks I began lb sleep well my appetite was good and 1 1 commenced to take on flesh and become Interested In everything about the house Finally I was able to do all my own work without the least sign of my old trouble I am so thankful for the little book The Road to WeHTiHe It has done me so much good I havent taken medicine of any kind for six months and dont need any A friend of ours who did not like xuskuiii ia eiic iiuvc imcu wiuc nun when she learned to boll It long enouga hers was as good as mine It easy If you follow directions Name given Dy Postum Company BattleCreek Mich Assistant Surgeon McLean to the navy re cruiting atatlon Chicago I1L Acting Assistant Surgeon Miller to duty In attendance on the course of Instruction at the Naval Medical School Waahlngton Paymaster Amman New Fort Lyon Colo and settle accounts Cable from Rear Admiral Brownson commaader tnehlef United States Asiatic fleet Kobe Japan April 1 VUeutj Sellers to home Lieut Jones to home AiiitantParoiaster Beach passage In thi West Ylrjlnle to Manila Movements of Naval Vessels Arrived Georgia at Ouantanamo Iila de Cuba aUBeltlmore Potomac at Baltimore Wilmington atPaaoda anchoress Galveston at Yokohama Read the little book ThOvRoid to TVell LT eaIIed Glacler from Ouantanamo for Navy Yard vllle In pkgs Theres a reason bjrthday of her grandson Elrhoie Coe Kprr son of Mrs ChaUnsey Kerr The party which was for young zieopic included many Yale students About 500 invitations were issued for the event which proved unusual on account of some of the novel features of the cotillion danced after midnight A supper at 12 was followed by tjie cotillion which was led by Elmore Coe Kerr and MUs Catharine Burton The favors were floral souvenirs designed for the occasion One Of the novel figures danced was the polo match The young men mounted hobby horses inthe ball room and carried polo mallets while the young women held the goal posts paintea in wniie ana gain Another figure presented was the Horse Snow in which eight joung woman dancers drove tandems The winners were decorated with vari colored rosettes In the dancing of the polo figure the young women also snapped horsewhips trimmed with white ribbons Within the next few dajs there will be a perfect influx of distinguished foreigners from England France Germany in fact from all parts of the world to take part in the festivities in connection with the inauguration of the Carnegie Institute at Pittsburg They will be In New York for a few days after landing and will spend some time here on their return from Pittsburg in order to participate in fie peace conference All sorts of entertainments are being organized in their honor both by public bodies and by private citl 7ens Among those due here this week are Paul Doumer long governor general of France vast possessions In the far Orient speaker of the Chamber of Deputies and unsuccessful candidate for the Presidency Of the republic Then there will be Lord Weardale who is better known in this country by his former name of the Hon Philip Stanhope a jounger brother of the late Earl Stanhope He is both a Radical and a Home Ruler and is married to a Russian mntess Tolstoi who since his elevation to the peerage has dropped her Russian name and title Gen von uowemeia one of the principal members of the military household of the Kaiser as well as a couple of the latter secretaries of state and last but not least Editor Stead of the London Review of Reviews are also coming the German visitors having as their fellow traveler Charlemagne Tower American Ambassador at Berlin whose wife has been In New York for two weeks past recovering from an operation which she underwent at the Hotel Manhattan There will beonly fifty chosen Pittsburg guests at the big banquet which will be given at Pittsburg to Mr and Mrs Andrew Carnegie after the dedication of the new 15000 000 Carnegie Institute next week and the burning question of the hour now is whose names will be on the lucky list it has been announced that there will be 200 guests In all but this number Includes visitors witn me trustees oi the Institute and their wives Chairman William Frew of the trustees Is selecting the fifty He will make fifty friends but probably he will make hundreds of enemies among the anxious ones waiting for the word of invitation to the banquet which will be the most important yet held in Pittsburg Those who are bidden to this feast will have something to hand down to posteritj There are a lot of the got rich quick millionaires in Pittsburg that would give their right hand as well as some of their brewery stock in order to be on the list for It Is well known that immediately after that banquet those of the Pittsburg set who were invited will form an exclusive little band of their own which will make the Four Hundred of New York look like a tennis club one of them says It is understood that one who veill not attend Is Frlck It was said that Mr Frick would not be In Pittsburg on tbe banquet date It Is also known that Mr Frlck and Andrew Carnegie have not been the best of friends I wouldnt be In the shoes of Mr Frew Just at present for a whole lot said a banker Hes got tbe hardest game now that was ever handed any one Gems from the Emerald Isle are all the go In England where the quest for novelties Is quite as keen as it Is In this country Irish pearls have en Joyed no mean popularity ever since Lady Dudley presented to Queen Alex andra a dainty brooch set with fine specimens of these lovely gems on the jii iniiiii rm jgaggijg5zygyrv Sterling Silver THE IDEAL GIFT In selecting a Bridal gift jou ptll find nothing more pleasing nothing more fr lasting than a piece of our beautiful Sterling Silverware tit Let the thousands who will be obliged to purchase wedding gifts in the near future come to this establishment and see a larger grander and more wonderful display than ever before 9 WE TRUMPET thir welcome news to the public with the assurance that jfr PRICES ARE DOWN TO A MARVELOUS DEPTH A Few Good Values Sugar Spoons gilt bowls 100 to 350 Cream Ladles gilt bowls f00 to 325 0 Meat Forks 150 to 500 Bonbon Spoons gilt bowls 100 to 350 Butter Dishes 800 to 2000 Fruit Bowls 1000 to 3000 gjt Gravy Bowl and Ladle 900 to 2000 Bonbon Sets serving dish and 6 individual dishes 900 to 2000 0 Lemonade Pitcher heavyweight 3000 Ci ffrif Sest value on the market good weight set A pZLltll0f six Teaspoons tii fine leatherette box yyJU SCHMED TIE BR OS 704 Seventh St IV occasion of the last royal visitation to Ireland Irish amethysts are somewhat more to the fore Just at present however indeed they are among the smartest of the season gems The finest are said to come from Achill These Achill amethysts run to a deep rich rojal purple and work up magnificently into brooches hatpins pendants necklaces and chains when set in old stiver Yet another Irish stone Mhich has won favor is the Kerry diamond which makes a brilliant show at smaU expense when set in gun metal silver or platinum Harrlman will build a handsome residence at the northeast corner of FIftn avenue and Fifty second street New York where he has Just bought a plot 50 by 130 feet For this site which was originally part of tbe old Hotel Langham property Mr Harrlman pays about 700 000 The purchase was made from Frederick Bourne president of the Singer Manufacturing Company through Broker John Goldlng The sale of this property to Mr Harrlman will mark the fourth transfer since the Langham was torn down about four years ago When It became known that the Shannon heirs had decided to sell the Langham the anderbllts headed by William Douglas Sloane stepped in and bought the property for 1300 000 fearing that jt mlsht fall into unfriendly hands and be made tr site oi a nuBe iww house or hotel directly opposite their youn womsn hav done much to add to the success of the work at 95 Rlvlngton street Miss Lock ood will be attended by Miss Jean Tatleck and Mrs Francis Pruyn sister of the groom as well as her two sisters Miss Hilda Le Grand Lockwood and MIs Katherine Lockwood The Rev Dr Thomas Hastings will perform the ceremony Joseph Hudson Plum of Philadelphia will be best man and Dallas McGrew a former captain of the Harvard crew Francis Pruyn of Albany William Gilbert of Harvard and Lawrance Hamill of Chicago will assist him There will be no reception and the young coODle will immediately start on their wedding journey South The decora 1 tlons will be white and green Miss Lockwood will continue her settlement work she says and the joun couple will reside In New York where Mr Tnurber is in business Among the unusual Incidents reported from afar Is a toboggan wedding which was recentlj celebrated in a mountain town near Vienna It must have carried merry promise to visitors who were there for winter sports or those who were taking the rest cure In that exhilarating atmosphere for they buckled on their snowshoes and hastened forth walking over the beautiful to be present at thi marriage Antiquated conveyances on runners carried many visitors from distant towns in spit of a few determined motorists who tried to monopolize the roads by Dlowine through the dTlfts The wed mansion The entire Langham plot dng proces3jon sjiJ down a steep hill A 19A taatt ntl Fifth aVCTUe anl I Ua V1a tAmA ihnh in measured 130 feet on Fifth averue an 115 feet on Fifty second street Soon afterward the late James Henry Smith who was then looking around for the site foi a fine residence in which he might give greater force to his claims to social rrominence went to the Vander bllts and paid th 650 000 for the plot o0 by 130 on the immediate corner Lefore Mr Smith could have plans prepared foi his new house William Whitney died and Mr Smith took advantage of the opportunity to obtain for about 2 000 000 the Whitney mansion at Fifth avenue and Sixty eighth street together with many of its costly furnishings and works of art The Fifty second street corner then was of no further use to hltn and he promptly soW it to Mr Bourne for600 000 pocketlng a loss of o0X on the deal The rest of the old Langham plot Is still owned by the Vander Mr Harrlman now lives at 11 East Sixty second street a six story forty five foot house which he occupies under lease from Mrs Ernesto Fabbri Miss Elanor Sears daughter of Philip Sears of Boston is down at Aiken 8 riding horseback taking long walks and adding to her coat of sunburn Her arms to the elbow are copper hued which with her golden hair and blue eyes give her the delightful coloring one always associates with the outdoor girl Miss Sears is living up to her athletic record She is up at 5 takes an icy plunge plays tennis four hours at a stretch goes fprty five holes of golf In a day Is able to sail a catboat and Jump a flying automobile She has been voted the most un Boston girl for one of her blue stocking nativity She has always worn a short skirt and walks with the care free swing of an Indian If Miss Sears had been a Western girl she would have been a broncho buster When all the women of the smart set were riding side saddle Miss Sears declared that it was not the proper way to get a safe seat on the animal and that it looked silly and was ridiculous That they have followed her lead was shown last week at the pony races down at Alkln when in the gymkhana Mrs Oliver Iselin and Mrs Giraud Foster rode astride Miss Louise Lockwood daughter of Mrs Le Grand Lockwood of 441 Paik avenue New York villi become the bride of rands Thurber jr next Saturday at 3 clock in the Maulson Avenue Presbyterian Church Owing to the social promnence of the brlae me weuaing win uc uut ui uie uni brilliant of the early Easter season The Le Grand Lockwoods are one of the oldest New York families and have been known in the social and business world for several generations Miss Lockwood who Is a very pretty young woman Is a graduate of Barnard College and has been Interested in social settlement work sne with Miss Mary from the bride home to the church on seven toboggans decorated with pine branches and flowers The bride led the ways with her father and mother the wedding guests followed and the bride groom brought up the rear After the ceremony toboggan races In which the bridal party took part were organized Many spring brides elect who wish for novel weddings may regret that nature has removed her warm blankets from the earth and has killed all chance for a toboggan wedding here for the present anyway Announcement has Just been made to relatives and a few intimate friends by Mr and Mrs Ledyard Stevens of New York of the engagement of their daughter Miss Elizabeth Winthrop Stevens to Mr William Emory jr son of Rear Admiral William Emory and Mrs Emory The engagement will be of great interest to society here and abroad Miss Stevens returned from Europe with ner mother on the Cedric two days ago after having been abroad during March She was introduced to society last December in tie old fashioned house of her uncle Mr Egerton Schmidt 12 West Eighth street New York but owing to 111 health did not go about much in society She has returned from Europe much benefited by her trip Mr Emory was entered at West Point two years ago but he decided not to follow a military career and is now in Wall street His mother formerly Miss Blanche Willis a daughter of the late Richard totorrs Wlhls was one of the great beauties of her day He has two slster Mrs Horatl hltridge and Mls3 Blanche Emery No date has been set for the nedding Now for a paragraph concerning these wonderful millinery confections laden with Immense uncurled plumes and supposed to rest on the middle of the head vith the plumes touching the belt buckle In back Tlsn everv woman can wear these hats stamped by fashion as la derniere cri but every woman who can afford one Its safe to say wears it regardless of 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