Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 289, 9 October 1912 — Page 5

fHE KICIOIONI TaLLADIUM AND SUXTE LEG RA3I, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1913. PAGE FIYK.

Social Side of Life Edited by ELIZABETH R. THOMAS Phone 1121 before 11: SO In order to Insure publication in the Evening Edition

INDIANA. Our Land, our Heme! the common home, Indeed, Of soil-born children and adopted ones The stately daughters and the stalwart sons i Of Industry: All greeting and godspeed! O home to proudly live for, and, if need Be, proudly die for, with the roar of guns Blent with our latest prayer. So died men once Lo, Peace! . . . And as we look on the land they freed Its harvests all In ocean-overflow Poured round autumnal coasts in billowy gold Its corn and wine and balmed fruits and flowers We know the exaltion that they know Who now, steadfast inheritors, behold The Land Elysian, marveling: "This is ours!" James Whitcomb Riley in "After-whiles."

Matthew T. Scott, of Washington, president general, will be the guest of honor. She arrived yesterday afternoon from Indianapolis, accompanied

by delegates and officers from that I

city. It is expected that one hundred and fifty guests will be in Lafayette. This morning at nine thirty o'clock a full day session was begun. Reports and appointment of committees occupied the morning hours. This evening Mrs. Fowler will entertain the delegates and state officers to dinner at her home.

vited to the dining room where an elegant dinner in several courses was served. Carnations and ferns were used in decorating the table. The guests were Miss Florence Snell, Mrs. Harry Robbies, Mrs. Harry Mills and son, Mrs. Arthur Hodgin, Mrs. Albert Engelbert and two sons and Mrs. oJhn Hawekotte and daughter.

FOR MILWAUKEE. Everett H. Engelbert accompanied by his friend, Oscar Kehlenbrink, left for Milwaukee, Wis., to attend the School of Electrical Engineering.

ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED. The engagement of Mr. Joseph Stolle and Miss Mary Reckers has been

i announced. The wedding will be celebrated the latter part of October. Both young people are prominent members of the St. Andrew's church.

BEAUTIFUL AFFAIR. One of the most beautiful social functions for the day is the elaborate dinner to be given this evening at the Country club by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gennett, of East Main street. Flowers and ferns will be used in appointing the table. A dinner in several courses will be served. The invited guests are Mr. and Mrs. James Carr, Mr. and Mrs. William Dudley Foulke, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Gayle with their gueBt, Mrs. Parrish, of Midway, Kentucky; Mr. and Mrs. John B. Douan, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gennett, Mr. Bogue, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Swain, Mr. and Mrs. John Nicholson, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gennett, Mrs. Walter Fowler, of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Shiveley, Miss Rose Gennett and Mr. Burton Carr.

MEETS THURSDAY. Professor Cunningham's school of dancing will meet Thursday evening in the Pythian Temple. The members of the class are invited to be present. Dancing will also be enjoyed by former members.

ANNOUNCED BANNS. Sunday in the St. Andrew's church the banns of marriage of John Beckschulte and Miss Anna Sherer, daughter of Mrs. Helen Sherer, were made known. The wedding will be celebrated in about three weeks.

TO NEW YORK.

HAVE RETURNED. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Crowell of South Seventeenth street have returned from a visit at New York and Pittsburg.

MET THIS MORNING. ! "German Composers" was the sub-1 Ject discussed at the initial meeting i for the year of the Music Study club, j The program was arranged for by Mrs. j

Otto Krone and Miss Mable Hasemeier. The meeting as is the usual custom was held in the Starr Piano parlors. A large number of the members were in attendance.

MEETS WEDNESDAY. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Sec

ond Presbyterian church will meet j Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Frank J Thomas at her home, 201 North Twen-1 tyflrst street. All members are Invited j to be present.

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Mr. George Eggemeyer will leave '

' today for New York where he will : spend some time on business.

SOCIAL EVENTS FOR TODAY. The initial meeting of the Domestic Science association for the year is being held this afternoon with Mrs. Benton Addington at her home in Glen View. A card party will be given this evening at the home of Mrs. Frank Thotnas in Laurel street, by the members of the Lady Maccabees. "Lunch Day" is being observed this afternoon by the members of the Penny club at the home of Mrs. Nuss. A meeting of the St. Paul's Guild of the St. Paul's Episcpal church, is being held this afternoon in the Parish House.

MEETS THURSDAY. Mrs. Florence Myrick Ahl will have charge of the program when the Women's Collegiate club meets tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. Edward H. Harris at her home in South Sixteenth street. The members are invited to attend.

MET TUESDAY. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Fifth Street Methodist church met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Patterson at her home in North A street. The afternoon Was spent socially and with needlework. Refreshments were served.

ARRANGING FOR PARTIES. A number of the young people of the city are arranging for parties to be given Hallowe'en. A dance will be given on the evening of the thirtyflrst of October in the Odd Fellow's hall by the members of the Jolly Time dancing club. All the decoration for .the function will be appropriate to Hallowe'en.

t FASHION'S EDICT. Dame Fashion predicts that taupe, mole and various colors of this character, as well as seal brown, wood brown and burgundy will be considered high style during the winter. They are seen In many of the best models exhibited in Richmond. In mixtures, gray and black, black and white, blue and brown, and green' and brown are very desirable and many of these have brighter colored threads woven in with the fabric. These colors are such as king blue, peacock green, geranium, begonia and maroon. Velveteen and charmeuse in plain or brocaded patterns are big sellers, It is said, and plain and fancy serges have been largely taken.

D. A. R. MEETING. The annual state conference of the Daughters of the American Revolution opened last evening at Lafayette. This marks the opening of the twelfth annual conference. The delegates began arriving yesterday afternoon. Among them were Mrs. George Chrisman, a delegate from the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The opening meeting was held in the Second Presbyterian church. The visitors will be royally entertained by Mrs. James M. Fowler, vice president general of the national society. Mrs.

PRESIDENT'S DAY. "President's Day" was observed yesterday afternoon by the members of the Aftermath society when the first meeting for the year was held at the home of Miss Mary A. Stubbs in North G. street. A number of the members were in attendance. Riley Day was observed in an impromptu manner. A number of the members assisted with this part of the program. Mrs. M. F. Johnston and Miss Mary A. Stubbs gave interesting talks concerning the Biennial Federation of Women's clubs which was held in San Francisco, the past summer, Mrs. Johnston and Miss Stubbs being delegates. After the program refreshments were served. The afternoon was thoroughly enjoyed by all. There were no guests. The next meeting will be held October twenty-seventh.

TO CALIFORNIA. Mrs. Warren Shumard left this morning for San Diego, California, where she will spend the winter.

TICKNOR CLUB. The first meeting for the season of the Ticknor club will be held Monday afternoon. The club will observe "President's Day." Those in charge of the meeting will be Mrs. David Dennis, Mrs. I. M. Hughes, Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Coate, and Mrs. Mather.

FOR MISS BALLIERT. Honoring Miss Ada Balliert, of Irontown, Pennsylvania, Mrs. John Gardner entertained with a card party and dinner Tuesday afternoon and evening at her pretty home in Reedston, West of the city. The house was artistically decorated throughout with flowers and ferns. Cards were played at several tables. The favors went to Mrs. Arthur Hodgin and Mrs. Albert Engelbert. At six o'clock the guests were in-

Memory In Children. Much to the easement of our social amenities, the precocious child has gone out of fashion. No lougcr have we to stifle yawns uud to smile while our lingers tingle from a dwsire to smack :is ti baby prodigy recites Shakespeare or makes grandiloquent speeches or gives impromptu scale practice on the piano. In fact, the tendency is the other way. We are on the upswell of a Rousseau movement, and the dear babies are being turned out to do gardening and to cultivate powers of observation apart from books and pen and ink. The nursery has become a menagerie nud botauical museum, and that her boy or girl of seven is ignorant of the alphabet is the latest and proudest boast of the loving mother. A change all to the good surely did it not seemingly take as much time, trouble and teaching to keep up a condition of book ignorance as of book knowledge. What is considered brain development in a child is nearly always a matter of metnory and adaptability, just a parrot-like quality strongly developed. The child just remembers and imitates. One ha this shown very clearly in the. historical records of royalties. Where the young, prince or princess has, through the pressure of state affairs, beeU obliged to live surrounded by diplomatists and ministers, the child hns picked up the jargon in the most astonishing fashion. Is it not on record that when Mary, queen of Scots, as a child of eight years, met her mother at Rouen, the little queen's reply to the maternal caresses was the inquiry, "What factions continued to exist in the noble families of Scotland?" and "whether, the English still harassed her native country; whether worship remained pure and the prelates and clergy did their duly?" At eleven she quotes Flutnroh, and at twelve she writes an essay on the demeanor and duties of princes couched in the language of an elderly statesman. Yet, though a brilliant woman, who can say that Mary Stuart's later life was remarkable In wisdom and diplomacy? Her precocity was jnst the repetition of the sentiments and expressions she heard about her. And might not one hazard the opinion that the weighting of the memory destroy other faculties and gives a reason why the precocious child so early becomes a distinct rocket its light and fizzle and glare all ended before maturity is reached. Perhaps it Is this consciousness which makes us all have a feeling of pity for the precocious child and to rejoice so heartily that juvenile displays no longer shadow our afternoons. In some things at least we make for progress.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT POPULATION Are Fewer Children Born, or Is the Length of Human Life Increasing? Are fewer children born? Do larger numbers die per million population now than twenty years ago? Or is the average length of human life materially increasing? These are questions suggested in the introduction of the stastical report of the United States bureau of education for 1911, following the statement that the percentage of the total population enrolled in the schools In 1910 was less than in 1890. It was pointed out that important methods of gathering statistics account for a part of the loss, but on the other hand, other authorities note that compulsory education laws and like social agencies are bringing a greater proportion of children to the school house door. The introductory statement to the education bureau's document says in part: "There was an apparent decrease in the percentage of the total population enrolled in the schools as a whole from 22.54 in 1890 to 21.54 in 1910. The loss may be given in numbers as 919,723. In other words, the grand total of school enrollment in 1910 would have been 20,731,645 if the percentage of 1890 had been maintained, in place of the 19,811,922 grand total. "All this loss and more is suffered by the elementary schools, for the higher institutions made substantial

gains and the secondary schools show marked increase in enrollment as compared with the total population. "There is no reason for the belief that the schools have lost ground in reality. This comparison is with total population, not school population, and it Is probable that there are relatively fewer children now than formerly. "If there are not so many children proportionally, there will naturally be proportionally fewer pupils. Furthermore, it is well known that the constant improvement in stastical methods has resulted In the elimination to an increasing extent of duplicate enrollments. The decrease that results is appeared only, and causes no concern." In further support of this contention, figures are cited which show that

I had the apparent relative decrease of j 919,723 in enrollment been real, the j loss would have been more than made j up in the increased efficiency of the j common schools, for the per cent of average daily attendance increased I from 68.61 in 1890 to 71.30 in 1910; j the average length of school term In j creased from 134.7 days to 157.5 days I between the same dates. At the same

time the average number of days' schooling received by each child of school age Increased from 59.2 in 1890 to 80.5 in 1910, while the average number of days attended by each pupil enrolled increased from 86.3 In 1890 to 113.0 in 1910.

But They Are Scarce. Hewitt There Is a big difference between women. Jewett Right yon are. I have known those who could hug a man without breaking his cigar or rumpling his shirt bosom. New York Press.

THE DUTCH MILKMAID.

Her Picturesque Costume and Her Re butt Style ef Beauty. Of all Zeeland the particular costume of that province can be observed to the best advantage on the island of Walcheren. A milkmaid of Middelburg. for example, is a Joy to look upon. Her spotless white cap bristle at the templea with kurgenkrullen like the antenna of a prehistoric beetle. Her skirts are ankle high and padded generously at the hips. If she b naturally round and the skirts need no padding circumstantial evidence of the fact is sufficient t4 stamp her the belle of tb community. The sleeves of her bodice are very short and very tight, pinching the arms above the elbows so that tbey might be mistaken for a pair of aggravated cases of Inflammatory rheumatism. Of course the suo in all its glory strikes the backs of these arms, for she always walk with them akimbo, th better to balance the pails which dangle one from each end of a wooden yoke enameled a vivid robin'a egg blue. But the redder the arms from the rays of the sun and the tighter the pinch of the sleeves, the flatter the chest and the broader the hips, the sooner will she cease to be a mere milkmaid through the medium of a simple marriage ceremony in the Tillage kerk. Travel Magazine.

The Tides. The tides are nothing but very long waves, and the manner In which they run around the earth without the water leing obliged to move very far may be Illustrated by laying a piece of rope on the floor and making waves run along it from ehd to end. The wares go all the way, but the rope lies in the saw place all the time.

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Book For the Little Folks. Nowadays nobody remembers a book entitled "Sandford and Merton," and nobody reads "The Parent's Assistant," yet once upon a time these two musty, tiresome, goody goody books were considered by wise aud proper grownups to be appropriate and beneficial reading for their boys and girls. All of which proves the fallacy of hankering for "the good old days." We should be grateful for our wonderfully progressive twentieth century that sends "Sandford and Merton" aud "The Tarent's Assistant" disappearing beneath an almost bewildering avalanche of charming Juvenile publications and be glad that our boys and girls are provided with books written to meet the needs of their natures and Imaginations. Perhaps the worthiest progress has been made in the Looks that are now written for very little folks, for those children who are Just beginning to di cover the wondrous delight of reading themselves. They must have books wherein the print Is large, the language simple and the illustrations attractive. And these have been given to them. Not only Grimm's and Andersen's fairy tales have been retold, but Kingsley's "Water Babies," Robinson Crusoe." "Stories of King Arthur's Knights" and "Undine" have been issued in delightful little volumes devised to snit very young readers. Besides these, there are many story bocks and picture books that are marvels of workmanship and cleverness. Among these can be recommended Brooke's "Johnny Crow's Garden." Blaisdell's "Tommy Tinker Book. Beatrix Potter's "Tale of Peter Rabbit" and "Tale of Squirrel Nut kin." Holbrook's "Hiawatha Primer" and Chase's "Children of the Wigwam."

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FAn exquisite display of Evening Gowns and Dancing Frocks that delights and surprises every woman that has seen it awaits your inspection in our newly furnished department. Every dress requirement for the winters round of pleasure is brilliantly represented in this sumptuous showing. Dainty, inexpensive dancing frocks and elaborate French Model Gowns, rich mou flon trimmed evening coats and pietty plainer ones make this exposition of vivid interest to the

girl or woman who anticipates the approaching season's gaiety, and social affairs. We will consider it a great pleasure to show you these beautiful garments. Come with your friends and enjoy an interesting hour studying these ultra-stylish creations from the world's fashion centers, and besides, the beautiful room in which we are showing them will please you. ffMere mention of the colors is suggestive of the elegance and charm of these garments. Dresses in Maize, light blue, shell pink, peach, rose, old blue and American Beauty, with crystal and rosebud trimmings, and made

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