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THE WASHINGTON TBIES, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1914. Y MA EVERYBODY DAIL (t Confidence Wins Bouts in Ring or in Life" By TONY BIDDLE. Millionaire Athlete and Society Man. COXTTDENTE has won tlie day for many a man after he has been knocked down and mercilessly battered, both in the ring and in the battle of life. Xever dfcpair and give up the contest. The tter is detested and despised by oirybody both in the ring and out of it. ake up your mind that you arc goingto win and then go ahead and woik out ur plan of life, despite the punishment you may receive from chance and circumstance. If you are beaten, go down fighting, and in defeat you will tMn more than you could gain by the greatest victory. f ' XsSlSwsl Main a lesson could be drawn from f " x ' -scliSIE nc career of big Jim Jeffries. The r ,,.a.. 'vSSmKl Pronhet Isaiah said: "He that believcth shall not make haste."' Jsai'in must have had somebody like Jeff in mmd. Nobody ever accused Jim of having many things in" his head, but what be knew he was dead sure of. ''., kick in the days when he was acting as sparring partner of Jim Corbott He got the idea firmly wedged in the con crete of his dome that no man in the world could hurt him with a punch. Numerous gentlemen, famed for the blasting and destructive effect of the wallops they carried, tried to convince him that he had made a mistake, but they ne.er got very far. Jeffs plan of battle in those da3 was charming in its ingenuous sim plicity, worthy of the Xeolitliic giant vho conceived it. He would walk dc bberately after his foe with his left list poised for a crushing blow. There was no excitement, nor was there any attempt at deception. He believed - absolutely and he did not rua'ke haste. fter an interval of varying duration the poised fist would descend on some ibierablc portion of his foe's anatomy. Then they would remove the re ams, and the fight promoters would ook for somebody else who could be jTBuaded to argue with the one-idea wonder. This plan left Jeff open to aigument. In fact, he was open to all the argument in the shape of punches his antagonist might be able to tosi his ay. After he had blocked them all mostly with his face and body he was s'ways still in an arguing mood, while his antagonist usually had neither iteam nor stomach for further discus-skm. Men who faced him once seldom wanted to meet him again in the ring. The memory of that passionless, invulnerable bulk slipping calmly and de 1 berately after him through a fight, without any apparent emotion, neer Imstcning and never faltering even in the face of the most severe punish ment, did not tend to produce an overwhelming desire in a man's mind for a further experience . Ituhlin, Choynski, Sharkey. Corbett. and the terrible Fitzsimmons, all battered the patient, confident, bcarlike giant until their knees were weak and their arms were weary, then went down before his flail-like blows. Though oten battered. out of ali semblance to humanity, while hia confidence lasted Jeff was neer anywhere near defeat. (ould we all be inspired in the battle of life with the calm, patient, onftdent courage which characterized Dig Jim .leffries in the ring, there o.ld be few failures in the uor.ii's war, and those would be elevating uu inspiring rather than abject, and pitiful. Copngtt, UU. by F. A Walker Government Gets Gift of Fine Pictorial Floral Collection 38 F&i S 'MA Al y -. .jg I - ? 'Kf W-4lssssH I fc. rZX7 ?Z''W("9"iB T , t hwd ? r SE V ? -. '.j Jt x f &$&&' MMwEt ffMmmmsMmWjBmMmMMmMmr A. J. DREXEL BIDDLE. vT mmmW Mmi: - - Jin i , i ''ying:'' ' tiiiwr y'"' 'X Km & MISS CARRIE HARRISON rr ' MBK '-f -- fiSf Fifty Years' Work of the Late Deborah Griscom Passmore Gift to Uncle Sam. A By EDITH L0BER1. VALUABLE collection of water color flower paintings bv the late Deborah Grisconi Passmore has just been presented to the library of the Department of Agriculture by Mrs. Mary Sumner, Moorestovwi, N. J., a favorite niece of the artist, and Miis Carrie Harrison, assistant in the Bu reau of plant Industry. The collection consists of 100 exquisite ly painted plates of flower?, and is a fragment of a work begun bv this bo tanical artist more than fifty years ago. It embraces all the rare and common specimens of the wild flowers or Amer ica. Mrs. Sumner, who, with Miss Har rison, is a joint donor of this priceless collection, was appointed executrix of Miss Passmore's estate shortly after the artist's death, in February, 1911. Miss Passmore and Miss Harrison I were devoted friends, and the gift to the uovernment is maae, not only to pre serve the plates to the scientific world, but as a memorial from the two women with whom Miss Passmore was closely associated. I Miss Harrison is the author of the pre ! face to the plates which arc bound into one large volume, bhe was the organ izer of the National Herbarium, and se cured the only large collection of Porto DEBORAH GRISCOM PASSMORE, Whose work in painting flowers is recognized as having been the best ever done for this Government. Through the generosity of Mfes Harrison and Mrs. Sumner, a collection of her paintings ha3 been presented to the library of the Department of Agriculture. the botanical name of each flowr. class ifying each plate, before the rollction became the propert of the Govermiu-iit. Miss Passmore apparently used a I'lgh power microscope with her work. Tftt H pinna irioni-irinn rf rinp nolnf ttirro Uican plants in the country at the time 1 under the glass reveals a remarkable the islands came Into the possession uf, fidelity to nature She was the ilrst ar. the United States. Remarkable Accuracy. .miss i'assmores paintings are so delicately and so accurately executed that Dr. Edward Lee Greene, botanist of the Smithsonian Institution, was enabled to identify each specimen botah- I ically, in an instant's glance. In his own handwriting he affixed THE TIMES BEDTIME STORY Mr ( fKK. 1(W I when lie A the lea Possum Visits Mr. Bear Part III. coii tni air. possum. lie lound he was gettm? ,-es and molasses cftT li"s ' " it s coming ff. ou will not need p ic after all.' nc said. ior lie not vant to pij Mr l"o an thins o ild help it. 'ox came ninning out of Wv a-- ond Ahen lie .a.v what r.ad hap- "o he looked erv wise, and said. 'ours I knew what to do for you. cid jutt right to coine here " To t knew what to .Jo." said Mr Pos- " ' wii . the heat did it. the molas rn the '.ncdiclnt doctor gave me is e inir and running olf. so ou did bin at all 'Veil, of jll thp u. . pratef ! creatures c . le the most s . ai I Mr "o. ct- n?i a lie hnii'jlit -if wlal "ie -r.aed to rhntpo Mr l'os-nim fcr his f wh'ilier it had hvlped or no. 'b. T P'lt iou tlorp bv iv v i.re to t ier thing would happen, and now ry I did not hel, ou ii that is va ou fcl ab.iut it jou can ao Itrres pBcer tthdoor mSKi I i" I Wl Ll mil be I sinks for. of coiuse. his coat fored with the molasses. riien. aftei ho is well covered. I think a good punishment would be lo turn Imn loose, for he an never get it off. it will have to wear off. and cvcr bod will know he Is a thief." "That is not half bad enough," said Mr. Beai l think after the leaves arc Well On lliin. to ?et Ihp loavni nf.ro .j.,H oi't of inr house. It isn't all off'ct 'hem burn off would be much better ' vou betfr thlnl: again before I V'",B"n'cnl Ior fiUC" a fellow. Yes. Mr. .-ave my lireside ' j ieav esiflrl ' C3t " M ' Sha" Set the ' berore Mr. I ossum could think, I II be off this minut- and follow the "I th-re came a loud kno-k'n at trarks and brinK tli thlrf hero." o -or jnd i rrufl icico ald "'ilr i "r- osum nad thought of Mr I'ox, let iik- in 1 want our a I no, .. .., vr. ihnjf .. i . . . .-. v... .-.in... nnii up nrst came in i Pommtu lpa'i to trcn'ilp. for he , 1" be;an to talk he ; iniug for him let the dog at the farmhouse on the hill cuase vou while T am getting my breakfast from the henhouse; that is if you can keen out of his way a month. I shall not hold it againt you if he catches ou, but you yhould think of your debt to me and kwp alive until the debt is paid. And to be .sure you pay this, I am going to let .ou live in the cellar of my house s( you will bo on hand when I want you Mr. Possum was not urj happv b the time Mr. Fox ra. hed tlio end or his plan, but just then hp heard Mr Bear outside, and he j-Iadly went Into the cellar, as Mr Fox told him to do ind there he thought oer what had happened. "It sows mp right I cainr in Mr Fox because I knew he wis a slv fol low and could help me. but I might have known that he would us "ds tricks upon inp to spt-ip IM.n and if i hadn't been so wickoif I snonkl not be in this fix "But this is h-ttor than Rear set tiro to tile loj'rs ha i ms Mr im.ph better." it us iiii. jjojr at tne door Cui Bono? Low is Pass I-edyaid said at the Knickerbocl.ei Club in Now York "The old Idea about the crookedness of lawyers H dying out. "True, true." a group of lawrrs chor ured hcartlb. "Yes. tho old idoa about lawyers' crookedness, as illustrated in the 'Win terson anaodotc. Is a thing of the past." resumed Mr Tdard. r.itf ,.t !. !..! . i- , . '.'' i .. . " "' ""- "- i winuow ancl runnln-; ; "A hook agent, vou h'iow. sought out .. .. , ,., u ......I .itr near al I Wlnl U hpll lip f.r.1 nr..A .., . . .. ! Willi wrirn Sir (1,A l.At ' jumping but ktie tO d'l Wns In :fai onH ... r .. . - . . '"J ..." dont want to foe nun looking like ,'" ,'! i" "'e -T" "? thP lcars cv-en if .. ! "c bad to pav Ml. Fox his nrico. nhioh !cl he aid to Mr I ox. "Mr. Hear h m uali hf wi'l ner stop pokinj fun at ir' in- go into jou; bedroom until I am w Uiirg o p jcri for i for mo, nd 1 a"i urp jour i ' lKxl mo. but don t lrt him in un- , in hi of the rjon." 1 Fox foil hure this tunc he had I'oismn and so he opened tho b?il- llO Knew WOUIIl ho morp no,. Mini i. kos fun of me because I am , knew what had happened, f when Mr and if he sees me in tlii3 r'ox opened thp bedroom door Mr Tos- 3HII1 was renuy ior what he had to "Mr near liar boon robbed.' said Mr Fox. "The thief took all his cake and p'os and o;n some or his molass3 " Mr. Fox was pietcndiiiir he thought All Possum had not heard :l WOrd that had been said. but. of courso, he knew right well ho Had. I ha-.e lust thought what Ooolor Owl Mr. Fox went on to say "I am afraid ho stole it from Mr Bear, and jou will have no way of proing you did not steal it as it is still on you, and you must have tracked it about some. Now I am willing to help ou, but I shall have lo charge a big nrlre because it is not right to help cover up such a wronsr deed, and Mr. Bear Is going to punish the thief very severclv. Mr. possum shheied as he thought of the fire that Mr. Bear had threatened to use. and he hastened to tell Mr. Fox to go ahead and clean his coat at any price lie might mention. Mr. Fox did not lose anj time. He put Mr. Possum by the Arc again and then he brought a bucket of hot water and soap and a scrubbing brush, and for an hour he worked over Mr. Possum. "When he finished Mr. Possum was aa lr nothing had happened. His roat was as clean as ever and he really did feel grateful to Mr. Fox, though he did not want to pay him. "There you are. as good as new," said Mr. Fox, "and I want you to pay me ery little comnared to what I ha.v done Ior you. All I ask Is that you so ... .. .. . -.-.-, d.o- and told him to , in thoo' "a 'o-- e meoicine lie caw- ,ou. nv -... ., . ,. ho got rid of Mr. Hear. ' ' Mr Fox. I hac been robbed of i n rake and pics and some molas- s a uile I was sleeping The thief got r ri- wa while I was asleep, and "ius have hidden in my molasses - " I and uch a looking house as I o d w.ien I awoke this morning vou I ait ou to tell me how I can ni the thief and have him punished, a i think of nothing bad enough to done to such a bad fellow as this nlof must be " 'Tnis Is certainly a terrible thing." -a d Mr Fox, standing in front of the spots of molasses that had dripped from Mr Possum's coat and looking very knowing!.. I think I can help ou to find the thief Mr Bear. You have only to fol- the tracks made by this fellow in -caplng, for he must have left his 'rack wherever he went, and when e have caught, him I should advise that he be rolled on dry leaves and crson in h s onVc and said ' -I have hpro. r.ir, a book that will show ou how 10 bp ".out own lawvpr' ' 'Humph.' hnoorod AVintorson. 'if tho book showed mo how to ho nonicbodv else's law j or. I might taiio it. But what's the good of teaching nio ljow to bleed mself'" Called Home. noted clergyman, whoso pastorate is in a well known city, wjiS spending a few days at tho summer homr of one of his congregation Vliile seated on the piazza one af ternoon with his hostess lior little bov ana gin cann- rtiniunr lownnl them, the i loimer witn a rai nenj at arm n length by the tail. 'Don't bo afraid, mother," he. called "It is quite dead! We beat him and beat him'" each declaration being il lustrated by an imaglnarv blow on the rat. Then, foelinc- a deference might be due the clergyman, ho said, n measured, solemn tones and with 'up lifted eyes: "Yes, we beat him and beat him until God called him home!" - Harpers Magazine. Denied the Insinuation. An attorney was cross-examining a witness. "You say you left Boston on the 16th?" queried the lawyer. "Yes. sir." replied the witness. "And returned on the "Sth'" "Yes. sir ' "What were jou doing In the interim-" "r never was In such a place''' he replied indignantly with heightened color. Pittsburgh Dispatch. I fist over to introduce color plates into tne publications o' the Department of Agriculture', and her art in this particu lar line Is said by experts never to have been equaled either here or abroad. In her preface Mis3 Harrison tells the story of the artists life and her work. She aais. "Miss Passmoie was bo-n in Dela ware count. , Pennsylvania, July 17, 1S40. "Tradition sas that on of her an cestors, an admiral, camo to Kngland with William the Conqueror and there Is a folk-lqre story in tha family that the name of Passmore oiiinatcil when a member of his familv was a cup braier to the king, an 1 being a jolly gcod fellow was called Pass more." A Sensitive Child. The Pnssmoies were blond, fair naitcd Normans, it w.is from the "black Grls corns" of her mother's family that De borah inherited her keen cyi". ravci. hair, dark complexion, 'orce of charac ter and Inten.sitr of purpose "Her hi other. Thomas Knight, was her playmate and Mlhoiign trained with a boy, she was a ino.xt S'-nslUve ihild "Ono da. unfortun.itol, he over heard her sisters lis( .c5,n; f.imtl trait and peisonal appear.tiu os of different mcmbeis of the f.uiulv iml heard them fca. 'Deboiah will be the plainest one in the whole fimli ' Thu so lnipre&seil the hish-spnitcd . Inl.1 that until the day of her death nothing could make Miss Passmoie bo'iovo tli.it she w is not p.mi fullv Dlam As regards In r plainness she was wrong, for hor per.sonalitj had a. distinction tmiiMi.il .ml more attru tne than moio good looks. "She rt"o e (I mui I of her art educa tion at I. oiiio with 'iei jIhIit Mai as director, wus 'i piinl at the W'ostoti boaniliiL Mbool litei, but hei ait du ration is tho I. st lo bo cbtiincd in Philadelphia There she worked nt the School of Design and .-it tlie ArSdimv. Of rilm Arts. "Later she J-iniil a car in I'urope seeing what the rnai galleries had to offri, but the lxsl director her hand over had wa.s hci own strong and origi nal brain. She was essentially a leader, and ran 1 could rlluw the ideas of others, which did not wm to lit her own w.i of thinking and dolnr As soon a.s she lxg.in to paint inlepen ilently tiio repri-SMMl color of genera tions of Cuukci .incest m came forth witli a power nevci eqcaled In Anien i.ins so r.n .s i know in the on tin world. She took infinite p.uns and. like v n, tier 'llac. all traces of labor or effort I lor most ilifTii nil pieces ivo evIcleiK. of having hei n done so asil that one imagines if one had a brush in hand that is the mi v-ix on- wuuld paint. Inspired By English Collection. "Inspired bv the c.red! oollccturis of Mariana North nt Ktn Km-kn.d which -ho studied cairfolh. slip began paint ing "Wild Flowojc r niori. i It wa her Intention to publish these, but the press of other matters prevented, and it is left a fragment of some loo pages Hut these are such peVfect portraits that a botanist might identify cacn one. Infinite pains, unlimited industry. and keen observation enabled her to delineate every mark so perfectly that they might be taken for the work cf a trained botanist. "Dr. Kdward Lee Greene, who owns the most select botanical library and has doubtless seen most of the impor tant books of botany in the world. aid 'Never in any book did I see a plate that looked as If the original equaled these. I did not know they could be painted with such perfection. "She also painted a book, royal size, of lilies and other genern. It contains 300 plates. The exquisite work is a marvel of technique. She herself said that the bad put as piany as 100 wash es on some of the petals In order to get tlie strong nnd vdvtty effects of the amaryllis. "While working at the School of Re tign and the Aca iemv of Fino Arts. In Philadelphia she had the idiee and criticism of Tlobcrts. who painted the Niagara Falls, at the Corcoran Art Gallery, Thomas and Edward Moran. and under the dlreetion of noted ar tist painted several -pictures for the Centennial in 1ST6. Came To Washington. "fter this she was for jOme vears a teacher, and W. "A Corcoran, fc und er of the Corcoran f.allery of Art and his family bcln-r inteiested in her work induced her to comv te 'vv'ashiii.-ton but before sho was well established Mr Corcoinn died, fter this Dr George Marx saw her work and induced her to come Into tho Department of Ag ricultJrc. He received her appointment ."ugust 1. 1K he painted many o' the oxniblts of the liepartment o. A, i lecture at the Vorld's ColumMan Fx position at Chicago, in 1ST Hundreds of por'rn'ts ot fruits were .:in'od by her for the der.vrtment of pomologv. now consldccd ono oi Us most valuable aset "In 1S!M the leadmc scientific naners of the Department of Agriculture wore segregatoci and puniished In a volume railed tho 'Yearbook ' In 1501 tho Yearbook" contained the tlrst paper b XV. B. Taylor, entitled. 'Promising New Fruits.' which has been continued in every yearbook ever since "It. like those that will follow, was Il lustrated by Miss PassmorT in color That altruistic and greatest of agricul tural publications has appeared annuall in an edition of half a million, giving to I he woild some evidence of her grcat ne". Methods of Work. "While painting she was oblivious to her surroundings She would sit In a greenhouse on an overturned box, hor feet in the wet and paint nnd neither see nor hear what transpired around her 'Woll I remember when she was painting the orchids of tho White House for tho Colombian exposition, it was in August. 1&3i and I went over to the conservatories to see how the pirti re GffAJ?Z)AGAWJTfMm770My The genuine Baker's Cocoa and Baker's Chocolate fl (.vAxifcl ul iiT'mV I 111 f i i I f . III 'fcC-i SSUJiifil Bf mo.ujs.PATon w have this trade-mark on every package. -4 WALTER BAKER x &C0. LTD. V ESTABUI3HEO "TOO DORCHESTER, MASS. WISDOM OF MRS. SOLOMON G MRS. MARY SUMNER. was coming- on. I found her working away In an orchid house, steaming hot as a Turkish bath. " 'Aren't you smothered; suffocated? T asked. She never heard a word 1 1 said, but, wiping her dripping face and pointing to the half-done picture with a look of affectionate adoration, such as only a mother is supposed to give her ; DaDy, she exclaimed, 'ijeauiuui tnings, are they nof' Predicts Work Will Live. 'That her work will be better known 100 years from now 1 have no doubt. During her lifetime she had no peer as regards detail painting, nor will it oe fully understood until attlsts paint things as they are rather than as they seem, bhe knew no average case, every I roblem was a special one By HELEN ROWLAND. IVE ear. my Daughter, and attend my wisdom, for the husband-hunt aboundeth In mtfalls and Eligible Men are becoming ccarce.-tbanbuf-falo! I charge thee, come not unto me, saying: "WHr can a widow of forty capture THREE husbands, without effort, while a debutante stniKEleth vainly to annex ONE husband? "Yea, "WHY are the most fascinating always the poorest shots in the- love chase? "Why doth a brilliant woman always marry a bromide; and why Is a vision ot loveliness always left banslne upon the family tree until she with ereth?" . For these things, I know not; since a man's taste In women Is something which not even the high gods, jior man himself, can understand. ; Yet It hath come to pass that 'the Golden Age of Women is iHDDLE AGE, and the Simple Ingenue Is a. drug upon the matrimonial market. Lo. "WHO is so fascinating as a widow of forty who hath kept her figure? For she is like unto stained glass through, which no man ran see. Yea. she Is MYSTERIOUS; and beside her ths bread-and-butter maiden is as grape juice beside old wine. She regaleth him from the fleshpoU and the chafing dish, and doth not interfere with his amusements. She accepteth meekly the crumbs of "his attentions and the scraps of his time. She is not jealous; she doth not ask QUESTIONS; she demandeth noth ing. She Is SO comforting! J . Lo. a roan man calleth upon her first, out of curiosity; but In time she becometh a habit, like unto his pipe, from which he cannot break away. She knoweth all his little idiosyncrasies, and catereth thereto; sheavoldeth treading upon his nerves, and steereth the conversation in pleasant chan nels. And when he thlnketh to depart from her side he discovert! that ih hath become as his right atm, which he cannot do without. But the Beauty and the Wit and the Squab and the Debutante are capri cious and hard to please. They require devotion andtfcne and attention; and to keep them AilUSED a man must tabor seven evenings tn the -week. Verily, verily, he rnafweddeth a damsel of eighteen acquireth a "BUR DEN, but he that weddeth a SETTLED "WOMAN acqulreth a nurse and a valet and a MOTHER all in one. Then, glye the Widow the fruit of her labors, and let the Ingenue learn from her this secret. That the only way to conquer any man is to treat him nttneras a slara, nor as a god, nor as an equal, but as a BABY! Selah. Finds Was Keeps. William M. Wood, the head of the Woolen trust, said ifi Boston, apropos of the new tariff: "It listens good, as the slang phrase goes, but will it listen good to the very end? Won't the end be a dismal sur prise, like the tale of the lost coat? "A country minister, driving to church with his new overcoat on the seat be side hhn, lost the coat en route, and announced his loss from the pulpit. " 'Dearly beloved he said, 1 met with a sad loss this morning. Somewhere on the river roar while driving to church, I lost my fine new, silk-lined overcoat. If any of you find it. I hope you'll bring it to the parsonage. " 'It's found, doctor said a voice from the back of the church. " 'Bless you. my friend. Heaven bless you!' said the minister, beaming on the speaker gratefully. ""It's found, sir continued the voice. I came along the river road just arfter you, and it wasn't there." "Minneapolis Journal. 1 ffels Gei c1ean I I m iBm I purer health ful M B-'JItiliir r I f --sWa wifliotir-paper sMoS m sbH jJJ I everjrTiigliL JA PBfB I parify your breath with.it! H iK--BlB I PreservejJie teeth and jm mK I mprove'ithesGomal H iljglllt BHlllll I y onr familyl It costs Jess B Jpm lll I than acentraistickjf you' H jjlpllll 1 BUYTTBYTBEBOX H JHPfc BeSURKTfs'WRIGrEY'S. H &wMmSrh kf -slsl. andxgetjstwaf mint le&t m 1mIP51sW -Mil. juice-nreaf 'springy H MsBJipT JjtMbTys after taste jH JH hospitality -vpshO AllsB M confection, ideal --sisSfHJir ' KB H to have in the house fcBSSSJ5 B Ul for family or friends. m&gzap m Mm It stays fresh until used. m B H Be SURE it's IVRIGLEY'S H H Look iorjihs spear ' mm Chew it after eveiry meal 1 41