Evening star. [volume], March 03, 1912, Image 21

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WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING,
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Here's a clianec for you to
pet a rejjular $.>.50 Kocker for
just about half price. Made
of round rattan, with full roll
running all the way down each
side, giving them great strength
and durability ; large size: hard
wood posts and rockcrs. An ex
tremely comfortable and use
ful Kocker. suitable for use in
anv room. Special <? 1
for Monday at 1 ,00
This Magnificent Library Suite is one of the biggest values we have seen during all our long business career. Made
of solid oak, with the genuine waxed early English finish and spring seats, upholstered in high-grade leatherette. They
are quite different from the kind of furniture you ordinarily see sold cheap. Four large pieces?Table, Rocker, CIO fiC
Armchair and Side Chair?the complete set for
W e doubt whether you could buy a Brass Bed of
this style and quality for $24 anywhere else, and see
what we have reduced it to. W e arc cutting prices
terrifically on all Brass Beds, and, as you know, we
carry the finest assortment in the city. This one is
full double size, in the pretty satin finish.
with big 2-inch posts and square top rail. | A ftC
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I hina Closets of this pattern,
with swell front and bent ends; p|
massive claw feet; all quarter
ed oak. highly polished. An
ornament to any dining room
and a piece of furniture that
you can depend upon to give
a lifetime ot excellent service.
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When You Think of Furniture Think of JACKSON'S
Jackson Bros.' New Method
Credit Wins Frank Approval
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Our innovation of granting credit at cash prices has met with success
far beyond our expectations. It has touched a popular chord and filled a
long felt want. We have opened more accounts during the past week than
we ever expected to open in a month, _so it is very evident that we were
right in our surmises, <
If you are responsible and meet your obligations, we shall be glad to
have you avail yourself of our New Method Credit and obtain the privilege
of arranging the payments to suit your convenience without any extra
expense. There are no notes to sign, no clubs to form, nothing to
pay for except the actual cost of the goods which you get at the regu
lar cash prices.
We shall continue to figure our prices on the same low cash
basis that has made this the always-lowest-priced furniture house
in the city.
^ h i> u.-ciui i<? have a good \\ riting Table in %
* the home and here is ojie that could hardly be
^ improved upon. Large and very substantial,
g with capacious drawer, undershelf for books and
^ .1 magazine tack 011 each *>ide. Made of selected
oak in the stylish early English tin- ?5
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If you need a new Dining Ta
ble look at this one. Made of
all-quartered oak. polished like
a mirror, with very massive
pedestal and hand-carved claw
feet beautifully executed. It
is of high-grade quality as you
could possibly wish for. A
regular $22.50 value, which we
Think of this Massive and Com
fortable Kocker. with GENUINE
leather seat, being offered at this
price! Large, with high back
and broad arms, finest upholster
ing and finest finish. Your choice
of highly polished quartered
golden oak. mahogany finish or
earlv English oak. A
regular $12.85 value
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'NDICAT1GNS point to a separate'
ramp of instruction next summer for ,
the National Guard \>f the District I
of Columbia. Despite the rumors to j
the effect that trie brigade would go j
into, a bis joint maneuver ramp with
thousands of regulars and other guards
m? n of the eastern states, the best judg
ment of those who know is that the Dis
trict's organized militia will have the j
comfort and satisfaction of "their own j
< ami/' again in August.
One reason for making this statement'
lies in the fact that .Maj. K. 11. NfumejVr, i
commissary department, was at Harpers'
Kerry Monday looking over camp sites. |
Ji is understood the owners of the best j
available sites there ask more money than:
tiie guard is billing to pay?in fac t, they j
a>k ti>o much money, in view bf the!
finances of the National Guard of the
District of Columbia. The site is equipped
with tiie deep wells sunk by the brigale
In its previous encampments at Hatpers
Kerry. So good were those wells that
they have be?-ri furnishing good water
ever since..
If the National Guard of the District
of Columbia had been notitted that it
was to encamp in one of the tented nia
neuvcr cities which the War Department
establishes each summer there would be
no reason for the brigade's best expert ;
in water and camp sites making any such j
observations at this time of the year. 1
While the rumor is afloat that the Dis- ]
t rict's soldiery will encamp at Mount
Gretna, Fa., along with 9,00<> other
troops, there is every indication that an
other simple camp of instruction will be
ordered for the local troops
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It is not to be understood that no reg
ular troops will accompany the National
Guard of the District of Columbia next
summer. What is wanted is the pleasant
and instructive companionship of a select
number of 1'nited States troops. Whether
or not another officers' camp will be held
at Fort Myer Is still to be decided, also.
* # $ *
Cheer up! The Senate app/opriations :
committee yet|terday recommended that
the pay for the District militiamen in
camp be continued as a feature of the
annual appropriations.
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The committee also restored to the
estimates very nearly everything the
Mouse cut out. A reduction of $2,50o
in camp expenses will face the bri
gade, and a reduction in Sl'iU in printing,
postage and stationery will have to be
dealt with. Otherwise the original esti
mates fared well, indeed. The im
portant item of $1,000 for new furni
ture, lockers, gymnastic appliances,
etc., which the House cut out was re
stored. Target practice money was
raised from *250 to $1,250.
* * *
Muj. Thomas S. King, inspector of
j small armfc practice, lias issued the fol
lowing letter, announcing a match with
?the midshipmen:
"An invitation to shoot a match Sat
urday. May 18. at Annapolis. Md.. with
a team from the I'nitgd Stat>es Naval
Academy, has been accepted, and a
I team to represent the District of Co
| lumbia will be selected from the
| former members of the brigade rifle
( team and such other officers and en
I listed men of the brigade as may
j show the desired proficiency.
"Arrangements will be made to have j
I the rifle range open for practice dur
I ing the latter part of April, and in the j
meantime it is suggested that prac
tice be commenced in the rifle gallery, i
particularly in rapid fire, as it is be
lieved that such practice will be bene
ficial."
* if * *
Non-commissioned officers' schools will
be held March 1. March 4, March 5, March
?>. March IS. March 1!>, March 2t>, March
21 and March 22.
Examinations for non-commissioned offi
cers will be held nightly beginning March
11 and ending March 15, but non-commis
sioned officers who are not present at ex
aminations during that week will hav? an
other chance the following week.
The Officers' Revolver Association is
booked to shoot every Saturday night ex
cept March .'M>. The bands and staff de
partments will shoot in the gallery the
nigiit of March ;t?>. With the exception of
March K gallery instruction is scheduled
for every night in the month.
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The 1st Battalion of the 2d Infantry,
N. G. D. C., has inaugurated a policy
of communism which, it is hoped, will
greatly facilitate recruiting and mate
rially promote interest in A he work of
the guard. The officers of tlte battalion
have devised several schemes whereby
the men In the District who are not mem
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br?r.s of the guard may be brought to
see the many advantages which the
organization possesses, and how they may
be put in a position to derive its benefits*.
The unsurpassed facilities for riflev prac
tice. the well equipped gymnasium, with
the numerous athletic events; the fine
military training, the close comradeships
which are formed among the boys, the
dances, the smokers and all the other
thiugs which make National Guard life
both pleasant and profitable will be pre
sented to the citizen contingent of the
District.
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The military career of Capt. Theodore
Heap of Company A, 2d Infantry, has
been varied and Interesting. His first
achievement in the hall of military fame
was in 15MH?, when he was a member of
Company B, the prize winner of the
Washington High School Cadets. Capt.
Cnurchill, who was instructor of the
National Guard two years ago at the
Gettysburg encampment, was in com
mand of that cadet company. Later
Heap left Central and entered Business
High Scliool. The following year he be
came captain of Company G of that in
stitution. with ninety men, one of the
largest companies ever assembled in the
Cadet Corps. 1'pon graduation he or
ganized a company in the National Guard
with about forty men from his old cadet
company. At that time he was a first
lieutenant in Company I. 1st Infantry,
N. G. D. C., and was refused a transfer
to the new company which he had or
ganized. He immediately resigned and
enlisted as a private in Company A of
the 2d Infantry, the new company, the
next day. He was subsequently elected
captain and commissioned January 18.
1005.
He graduated from a three-yeer course
at the Garrison School at Fort Myer in
U)IO with honor. He is the second senior
line captain in the 2d Infantrv, N. G.
D. C.
Company A reports several recruits en
listed during the past week, and Capt.
Heap says he Is confident of taking forty
five men to camp this year.
A very elaborate program lias been
arranged for a ^smoker which "will be
given by Company A about the middle
of March. All friends and members oi:
the company will be welcomed.
$ 3c sit
Company B. lid Infantry, X. G. D. -C.,
will give a dance March 18. Capt. Sharp
less is exerting himself to make-this the
most successful company dance of the
year. The officers of the regiment and
the members of the company and their
friends have been invited.
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First Ueut. Harry Kiotz of Company
C. 2d Infantry, lias offered a prize of $3
to the private who secures the most re
cruits for the company by the time of
the summer encampment. This offer
has met with results, and Capt. Robert
B. Johnson, commanding Company C,
reported several recruits last week.
* * 'I'- *
Sei-Rt. Borland of Company C lias been
recommended for promqtion to the grade
of second lieutenant.
*! * * *
Sergt. Shambert paid his respects to
Company C last Tuesday evening by an
unexpected social call.
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The members of Company JJ. 2d Infan
try. have agreed that evei'y officer and
enlisted man will bring in one new re
cruit before the summer encampment.
The attendance has improved consider
ably, and a spirit of nttlitarv snap is
seen In the work ofthe organization.
& * * * .
Xational 'guardsmen are pleased be
cause of the warm support given the bri
fade at the meeting of the Board of
rade Thursday evening. The guard has
several big .problems to face just at this
juncture, and the support offered by the
Board of Trade assures the men who are
steering the militia affairs that the town
to with them.
The board's support was In the form of
a resolution, adopted as follow.--: i
"Whereas the maintenance of the Na
tional .Guard of the country in a high
state of efficiency is a national necessity
and the National Guard of the District of
Columbia should be equal to any,
"Resolved, That in the opinion of the
! Board of Trade the citizens of Washing
j ton should co-operate in increasing the
efficiency of the militia by business men
| encouraging their employes to enlist,
making it possible for them to attend the
National Guard eamps in summer, and in
letting their employes understand that
faithful attention to their militia duties
is looked upon with favor."
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Capt. James M. Love. 15ili l". S. In
fantry, has been relieved of militia duty
And ordered to join his regiment Septem
ber 1 next. Capt. Love has been doing
special work with the Kentucky militia
since he left Washington a few weeks
ago.
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The new firing rsgulations now under
considers, ion have not been adopted, and
it will be impossible to publish them for
the use ci the National Guard during the
present target year, according to a bul
letin issued by the division of militia af
fairs.
* * * *
Bach company in the brigade is enti
tled to one each of the new style artifi
cer's chests, bacon chests and condiment
chests.
* * * *
A misunderstanding has arisen as to
the field artillery officers' camps this
year, and it is has been assumed that the 1
Fort Riley camp is substituted for the \
Fort Sill exercises. This is a mistake.
Both the school of fire at Fort Sill, Okla., '
from May 15 to June 15. and the Fort Ri
ley camp of instruction, from July 6 to c
20, will be held. It is not, however, ex- 1
pected that any individual officer will at- 1
tend both camps. The Fort Riley camp t
is Intended for general field artillery la- j
struetion, and incidentally is a prepara- t
tory course of instruction for subsequent
attendance at the Fort Sill School of Fire.
* SjE * * ,
It is not the intention of the War De
partment to authorize joint army and mi
litia coast defense exercises this year
of so extensive a character as to require
the presence of infantry supports. The j
exercises this year will be limited to .io nt '
encampments of the coast artillery re-!
serves of the organized militia primarily ?
for the purpose of holding their target i
practice, and such exercises of a joint !
character as may be authorized will be
oniy such as ^an be carried out with the
troops of the regular coast artillery In
garrison at the coast artillery posts.
WIFE'S- RELATIVES 00 AHEAD.
In English Family Parties Hus
. band's People Take Second Place.
From the Queen.
In England, w here the question of pre-j
cedenee is a vital one even at family j
parties, there is a definite rule as to
whose relatives shall go first, those of
the wife or those of the husband. As a
matter of fact, precedence Is generally
accorded to the relatives of the wife.
There are several reasons for this be-!'
Ing so. The wife's mo?K?r is taken in to j i
dinner by her son-in-iaw, the host, as i'
he could not take his own mother or hts !!
own sister. Again, a wife c^ild go in to <
dinner with her brother-in-law, but not
ivith her own brother when other man
guests were present.
Concerning more distant relations the
:ase is different. A host could take in
lis own married niece, and the hostess
ler nephew, but they would not do so if
he wife's niece or the wife's nephew was
)resent on the occasion. This because of
he preference usually accorded to the
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relatives of the wife over those of the
husband.
It is essentially at dinner parties that
this question of precedence has to be
considered, hut in reality it comes to the
front throughout the day, not only at
meals, but on all those occasions when
one or other of the ladies must take the
lead. Kor instance, when a drive is pro
posed. either by carriage or by motor car, '
the first to enter the vehicle is a relative '
of tin- wife, mother or sister, followed bv
a relative of the husband the hostess en
tering last. ?
At luncheon the wife's mother often
occupies the seat at the bottom of the
table in the absence of the host, and
assists in doing the honors to the
guests. At tea she also assists her daugh*
ter in helping the guests to all they re
quire in the way of cakes and bread anJ
butter, etc.
At dinner she is the first to be helped,
as the waiting commences from the
host's right hand, and should the guests
be helped in the order in which they are
seated, and they happen to be numerous,
unless there are duplicate dishes the rela
tives of the husband haVe some little time
to wait in each course. The siKnal for
the ladies to leave the dining room is
given by the hostess to the lady who is
seated at the host's right hand, her
mother in a family party, and she in the
Ilrst to lead the way from the dining
room to the drawing room, followed by
the other ladies, the hostess going last.
The adjournment for the night is made
in a like manner, the proposal being sug
gested by the hostess to her mother, and
carried out as aforesaid. Thus it will be
seen that throughout the vialt the honors
}f the situation are bestowed upon tbt
relations of the hostess, and this by gen*
;ral consent.
A farmers' institute and winter picnic
were held Friday at Dellinger's school
louse, near Downsville, Md. Addresses
>n farming and fruit raising were made
>y Prof. T. B. Symons, state entomolo
gist; Dr. V. M. Heiohard of Kairplay and
Sdmund P. Colli 11 of H&ncoek.