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Show • • Savant s Meet m Convention m Philadelphia Washington Skaters on Lincoln Memorial Pool Many skaters flocked to the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool In Washing· ton as soon as the Ice was thick enough for the sport. Here are some or the merrymakers , with the Washington monument In the background. I l I .I • • t I • Sc~ne in Kentucky Flooded District Savants from the four corners of the earth gathered ln Phlladelphla for the convention of the American Asso-J elation for the Advancemen t of Science. Some of the educators are here seen at a geography "clinic" class at the University of Pennsylvani a designed to demonstrate modern methods of education. I Civil War Vetera n and His Queer Trophies • ;~ :~ "" · '• ... ----------- - - _________ :::· ,, . - - - - - - - - - __,. "'*''- ~~.~~·~·-----~- • .. _... Scene in l'lnevllle, Ky., during the disastrous floods. The water rose so rapidly that the residents had narrow escapes from drowning . • NAVIGAT ION CHIEF Disabled Vetera n Shows Rare Skill .. :~t: -·~. (o •• • ~:~. , ,. ..... •. .-<' N. . ' I Joseph Trax of .:\ewcastle, Pa., who was in the Second West Virginia cavalry during the Civil war, is shown above 'l'f)th part of his extraordinar y collection of war trophies. Of all the articles he Is proudest of the little gun beside bifn. It weighs 252 poun<ls, and among the things used to cast 1t were two brass door keys from Ford's theater where Lincoln wa<; shot, nine pairs of Confederate spurs. a B. & 0. brnss lock from Harper's Ferry, three gold army ~ dollars, and countless army buttons, bullets, shell cases, Infantry fiug spears and bugles. . Lincoln, Badly and Well Lighted REV. C. H. HEUSTIS I • I I -· Hear Admiral n. H. Leig-h, who will rr.l!eve Hea1· Admiral William H. Shoemaker Ill! chief of the bureau of navlgntlon of the United Stntt>s navy In February. Admiral Shoemaker wlll \'each the reth·ement nge nt that tlmr ~··~.-~:·: ·•.· -~. ~·· Il i JUDGE J. BAILEY • CoiLpleting un inlaill table which he began to con~truct in 1!J2:! while u patient in a San Diego (C'alif.) hoRpital, ( eorge L. Hathaway, disabled World war \-eterun, put in the lust of the ;:;o,m!l tiny pieces of wood tl.e other day nt the Cincinnati General ho~pitnl. \\"orl• l•as been done on this table In 32 dift'en·nt state-; nnd it contain,; vteces inlaid by hand .u.d gmbereu froro all parts of the United States and many forpign conntri<'!i. Among these is u piece of the famous old Longfellow che~tnut tree from t'anhridge, Mass., and a piece of the pan•nt navel orange tr<'e Imported from Spain over IJO ;tears ugo and planted at HivPr'jide, Cullf. A small saw and a pocket knife were thA tools u:;ed by Hathaway. The~e two photogrnph~ of the ~culptured hPad of Ahr 11Jam Lim·olu in the l.lncoln :\!emorlul in "·a~hington show how new lighting :o be installed will Improve the appearance of the huul, preserviJ,g the char.1eter and dignity .of the sculpture. The l·rad at the lPft ><hows the effect of prOlJer lighting, the heams coming from above. In striking unfavorable contrast is the head at the right, with light shooting upwara, giving a staring, vacant expression to Hev. Charles ll. Ileustls of Toronto, the face. who has been appointed general sec· retary of the Lord's Day alliance. succeeding llev. W. :\f. llochester. F. Trubee Davison's Charming Family Expert Airplane Pilot at 14 •• I TO WED DENBY, JR. • I I Judge Jennings Hailey of the Distrlct of ,Columbia Supreme court, who • will preside over the ti·ial of Albert Bt. Fall and llarry Sinclair, oll mag. nate, on charges of conspiracy to de· frnuil the government !n connection with the leasing of the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve. Prize lor Naturalist s "'I·,; Ho~nmond Heed, daughter o1 Although ouly fourteen J(·nrs old, I.nwr~n(•e Koons of Des Moines, Iowa, Is an eX]Jert airplane pilot. II e rec!'ntly completed a three hundred mile tllght from I les :\Iolnes to Ornaha end bad{, making the flight alone. Lawrence is beliewd to he the youngest aviator in the miuwest. He learned to fly less thau ~;lx montl.s n~ro. Senator and l\Irs. David A. Heed ot Pennsylvania , whose engagement to Charles Denby, Jr., son of former United States mlnlste1· to China and Mrs. Charles Denby ot Washington, has been announced by her parents. An enormous hrown·nnd-y cliow creu· ture, l!kf! a gigantic cobra, is the !an, an unknown monster, which not only natives but European hunters hun! averred seeing In the \'aRt swamps of 1 Lako No and the Nile valley. 1\feasur· ' .. lug 40 to 100 teet In length, the lau 1 has been fought wh!le devouring nn· clve canoemen, and It IR said often lll'$. !•'. 'l'ruhee DU\'l:son, cluu'Itling wife of the ussistallt SC<'I'e>nry of wur to b€ heard making a lol!d, booming for HYfatlon, aud her three sous, "6'. Trubie, Jr., Daniel uuu r,;uuicott v. ~ry at night. Davison. |