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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-13

Tie proiec; to establish on the banks Of
the Hudson River a "Hall OF Fame.
wherein are to be recorded the names OF
enc hundred and city great Americans
has not been received with Ray grea:
amount Of enthusiasm or satisfaction. It
is so manifestly absurd TO attempt TO de-
.grmine who are the men entitled TO
place in the proposed colonuade that The
plan is Giscredited in the very beginning.
The category of e,igibles is to include
everybody Who may have contributed TO
the sum OF human knowledge or who may
have displayed skill courage. or original
fly in any line OF endeayor With suab
wilderness or material TO draw from taa
hundred Judges scattered throughout the
United States. who are to select the Grst
afty names. viii contribute more 10 the
rqycty than to the glory Of nations. and.
less, If all. 20 their own peace Of mind
hereafter
The Han or Fame" by reason Of its
perne. is 20 b. a Kind OF combination Of the
French Academy and the Legion Of Honor.
except that Us in the case Of the EEeyclo-
pe5is Rrittanica. ore must die to get into
H. Il g. a combination. because only th3ss
who have written something are admitted
TO the institution which Riche'icu esiab-
lished. while The E.e-rointed cross OF the
Ieeior Of Honor. which NAPOLEON instl-
tutci is conferred frequently and we MAJ
say preferably. because Of the idea which
suggested its formation. for active services.
How much the decoration Of the latter So
clety is worth may be gathered from the
fact. hat the cross was once conferred On
an Indiana child. because she waved down
q passenger train with her red flannel pet
ticoat She saved the lives Of those on
board. and deserved homer and gratitude
for her resourcefulness and presence Of
mind But she did no more than heroic
people are doing every day. and her good
fortune vas due entirely 10 the fact that
several distinguished Freuehmen. with IN
Gueuce AT home, CHANGED 10 be among the
number who owed their lives to her.
Il IS notorious fact that because OF
petty spites and intrigues several OF The
most DISTINGUISHED litterateurs Of France
have been barred from the Academy--men
Varthier than the persistent Zo'a, by the
ray-whlle others have scorned election
10 a seat among the "Immortais." Their
very absence made them conspicuous 80
when the Roman pageant, without Brutus'
bust. did but Of Rome's best son rem nd
her more" They we're Superior 20 the sr-
titrary estimates OF self-corstituted crit
les and found their Immortality" in The
hearts Of the people.
il viii be remembered that Gen. Lev
wallace and several Jealous coadiutors IN
certook. several years ago, 10 establish an
American Academy II was to consist of
Gfty great Americans IL we remember
correctly. but the relative Importance Of
the men who were urged for membership
compared TO the worth and prominence of
those aho would have been excludeS Was
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-13

q the vhtf.ug and the sHir,iH- Of the snow
A. the .iIyeru fakes are scurriug TO and fro!
How il sets the blood a-tiEgiug-
A. the sl-Eh-bol.s go a-ius'irg-
LADS and las-iss' hands a-cliug.ng
A, on skates they go a-ving.ug-
And the coasters gay a-s!n-iug
Firger-lips Jack Frost a-stugug-
While the bitter. b.,ing breczes set the heart and
check aglow-
A. ve revel through the Whirling and the svir!ing
OF the snow.
O the vhi7lin- and the swirllng Of tine snow
So. tbe tree-top-. in obeisance, bending lowl
How the mad'uing storm is prancas-
Now retreating-now advancing
Promoting aud grating
And the dcafuiHg cannoHadiug
oi the charging winds bomhlrdiue
sound. like armies fierce emb4ttliug.
Viii. the uudulatng landscape fairly seems to
ebb and flow
A. We see it through The whiting aud the sNiriLg
Of the snow.
O the uhirling and the swirling OF the snow
A. within the hcaping etnbers brightly glow!
Gov but loving eyes are glancing
Checks fame with love enhancing
Eseer feet are lightly dancing
To the measures enchanting
yo,,bbll hearts with joy are aching
Older hearts with grief are breaking
While In sonibre mood we ponder-yoices OF the
long ago
Are re-echoed Though the whrling and the swirl
S y '' DAVID JAMES EVANS.
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Russell. Is the doing Of Jeroms
X. Jerome. an acknowledged novice
in dramatic composition. though en- adept
In literary humor The plot OF the play -
simple in the extreme Miss Hobbs Is
handsome young refOrmer. inclined toward
perverseness and disinclined 70 matrimony.
So paramount Is this latter prejudice that
ITS possessor not only breaches in her own
coy home the doctrine Of dangers lying
IN masculine union. but lets herintellsctual
light shine among men and women outside
OF that charmed circle. So potent is her
influence that separation Is managed be-
tween Mr. and Mrs. PercivaI KinEsearl.
while the engagement Of a female friend
Is abruptly terminated Miss Hoths ap-
pears supreme in her fictitious accrbity IN
Ill the arrival OF Wolf kingsearI. a rela-
tive OF one Of those welded and parted
who determines to alter the antimatri-
monial determination Of the titular per-
sonage and 10 win her as his own. In sew
ersl attempts this aim Is accom- lished the
cleverest Of these attempts-lu possible rec-
objection Of Three Men IN a Boat
having been located in the peculiarly
Intensified cabin % a yacht Here Woin
Kingsearl succeeds in breaking the spirit
Of the modern "Shrew." compelling her to
fry chops for his delectation and grind COT
fee for his amusement. OF course. the
minor embrogliOs end happily. the tnrHcr
espOuses the tanned and the fnal curtain
and 1915 finds all joyous and contented.
As might be imagined from the foregoing.
Mr.. Jerome has sksted on extremely thin
ice during his relation. yet has managed
10 cut many pretty figures in so doing. n
measure reminiscent of The Meddier.'
the effort IL still more OF a variant en- the
old satire. Married Life Critically con-
III ar
wholly praiseworthy. The plot Is culmi-
native and coherent. while simple and
sprightly. the dialogue as piquant. poetic.
and philosophical as It is spigrammatic
and euphoniOus: the situations clean and
clever. although conventional and conser-
live The fault OF the piece-if fault IA
to be fOund-cOnsists in a lack OF that
climaxic episode which might serve to
render it notable
The interpreting cast Is excellent. al
most without qualification Annie Russell
herself is as delightfully."- natural and IS
naturally delightful as OF yOre. consist
ency. earnestness, and intelligence with
evsr-dOminant artistic instincts. marking
her impersonatiOn. Charles Riehnan and
Mrs. Gilbert. too. are well-nigh perfect.
while Clara BlOodgOOd. William Levers.
Campbell GoIlan. Francis Sedzwick. and
Mabel Morrison deserve more extended
comment than there Is space in which to
give Il. The entire performance. summed
up. proved charming, and doubtless il will
draw we'll
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Il the Trenty should FaiI.

Tho Kew York sun" deserves he
thanh. ct the country for expos NJ Inc
falsity Of an Administration claim in con-
2ectioa Gith the Hay-Pauncefote conven-
tion. In behalf Of the State Department
j.; has been conjended that should the Sea-
ate refuse to ratify the new treaty the
Clayton Bulwer Treaty would be revived
and in fun force and effect and We should
be barred from constructing the Nicaragua
Canal at least until we could find some
way To get nd Of that wicked and corrupt
agreement
Il is true ;hat our authorities have
done all in their power to revivify ihA
Clayton Bulwer Treaty. for NO apparent
reason other than to secure Eng and in
her CID claims. but the New YORK sun
conclusively shows the effort TO have ben
failure. The Clayton Bulwer T eaty.
when ratified by the Senate. contain d al
clause by which Great Britain Uudcitooh
never to effect a permanent sc,tlene NJ In
Central America. After ratification b.
this country the British Goyernnelt. IN
signing the convention. notified Mr. Cay
ton. then Secretary OF State. that Il taL-
iaed it only upon condition that The
treaty's provisions were not TO be under
stood as Supplying to the British settle
ment at Honduras or to its ep7udeneies.
Thus the treaty ratified by the Senate was
not accepted by England. The most ma
terial provision and consideration in tae
treaty, as presented to the Senate and
acted upon by that body. was never Iati-
fed by England. The acceptance OF vital
aud destructive alteration in the proposed
act by Clayton did not and could not hind
the United States. In the alsen.e o sub
mission 10 and acceptance by the cons +
tutional authority, and the Whole basiaoss,
as Ear as its legal existence was involved,
fell 20 the ground. In other words the
Clay -Bulwer Treaty is myth. Per-
haps Mr.. Hay may think taat h. has
taken it out Of the resin Of mythology and
inoarEated 1t. II so. he is mistaken.
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NutionnI-.Miss Hobbs,

To the weary, travel-worn wanderer. the
glimpse of an oasis in desert brings a
sensation OF inexpressible pleasure kin
drad feeling was reused in the large. char
acteristicaIIy fashionable and well-be-
Eaved audience which last night at the Ma
tional discovered. amid the great Sahara
Of indelicacy and inaneness folsted upon
the theatregoing public. an oasis in which
merit was ever present and cleanliness and
purity never absent. II was an audience
honored By the attendance of the mistress
Of the White House and which displayed
it's culture and intelligence by a Wholesale
removal of feminine headgear and BY
prompt and attentive appreciation OF the
keen dialogue and clever action OF the
Offering.
The four-scene comedy, MISS
Hobbs" then rendered by Annie
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The Knowledge of Most worth.

In the person Of Miss Anita Trueman a
new apostle in the realm OF thought has
recently arisen She is said to have star
ued New Yorl, By her advocacy Of philos0-
phic principles which in a work-a-day
world are entirely original. she seems to
be a kind Of latter day Hypat!a, combin-
ing personal charms with a vigor Of mind
which is rot usual in a fipPant age. The
basis Of her philosophy which she proposes
to cxpl7it in Washington before many
moons have passed IS that intelligence ia
the highest name tina; can be applied to
any power that The universe contains She
has decided thai an the Ills to which flesh
is heir may be reduced TO this one consi1-
eraGon-.hat We are ignorant
The theory ON wbi-h Miss Trueman has
based Lor rhi.oecphy is almost as aged a.
the world She beasts hat she has not
familiarized herself with the philosoph;a
thought with which the lovers Of Wis
dem" have concerned themselves since
know myself WAS made the standard Of
knowledge in the days Of old. But she
uncoBsciously reproduces the same idea.
~ttt tlA ditNtN tlA1 ~ .'-.'t7Il Ae.As ~ -' ---N
novel. that enlightenment is the secret Of
success in life.
The lady il question greatly ovcTesti-
mates the Importance CT her pionesrshiP if
she thinks that he ha= made any wonderful
discovery. She IS thresLing over old straw
There is no discussion as to the value Of
knowledge in directing cur movements I'm
der The social compact. The enc thing
which this new philosopher does not out
lire for u, 50 for as the printed report OF
her lecture goes. is the kind Of knowl-
eag. which is OF he most worth. The
various forms Of learning have been
we'll classified by Herbert Spencer.
They consist first Of that species
Of reformation which makes selt-pre-
servation the paramount consideration
This fact is so obvious that even the au-
thor Ct the synthetic - tenn dismisses it
with but a few words. The need next in
importance 20 the preservation Of life itself
is the requirement Of those means b. which
life may BE- sustained. Under this head
comes the practice Of those rules Of econ
omy. prudence and thrift which make
RocEofellers and Girards. Bus most impor-
taut Of all is the suggestion Of the distin-
guished philosopher that the practical
knowledge which contributes toward the
preservation Of the race is the only infor-
nation which is worthy Of consideration in
a practical world The young mother who
bends over her first born while il is dying
OF tho seuuelaa Of roseola finds but little
consolation in the consciousness that she
can read Dante in the original
Miss Trueman viii have greatly mistak
en- her nission il she thinks that she must
come to Washington to tell the people that
knowledge is the tombstone Of life. She
would % better 70 busy herself with en iu-
vcstigation-if she has rot already made It
and a dissemination of that species Of in
formation which teaches the world Of young
mothers and young fathers and young
statesmen what knowledge Is really Of
most value That Of varioloid may be in
many vital crises. more important than
Greek dithyrambs.
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II 'Dc3ge's Trip to New York caused
that gentleman misery. the recital Of his
woes as presented by J. E. HenshaE and
May Ten Brock last night az the Academy
brought extra agony to The small and u@-
enthusiastic audi nee which endured the
three sections Of disconnected horzepiay
divided by curtain falls and dubbed a
comedy. The mixture is based on .Ge in
svifahie ard ipprobaSI. -vai- iii. my vif5
catches me" id-a, pa1T.d ont Nit1 "2-
count tham-25' =pe-sailirs as advertised
On the programmc. Af-- Ten Hr2-cS s
an absolute picture O. --.y and eV -ad-
ing aeshiuess. as she g..s aeO the stage.
John T. Henshaw is capable. and shoa!d
appear in something less unworthy of his
talcnt Harry CraudaN and Clara Lavina
are ambitious, but have no cppC.tluiii.e
The balance Of the small cast is ca 9lr
with the vehicle in which 1T is seen.
Briefly. the attraction Is d round OF yoaus,
and will not draw houses in this c--g-
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little short Of ludicrous, and the plan
never reached anything more than news
paper existence.
Every civilized people and many who
we're semi barharous have had their Pan
theons and Valhallas and Westminster Alb
beys. But nowhere has it ever ben shown
that anything like infallible discrimina-
ton has been exercised, and the American
Hall Of Fame will prove no exception. The
evidence Of greatness lies in the influence
which master minds have eXerted upon
their age and upon the people for whom
they wrought Il is not a niche in vail
or a tablet in a colonnade. Time winDoNs
out IT'S own heroes and the ballots o, so
called judges cannot give or Withhold the
patents OF intellectual nobility.
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Il occurred TO the lion. Charles T. Hor-
rigan. Of the Boston Common Council. ore
day last week that nothing would better
tend to revive the friendly relations with
the French people. which were 50 badly
strained during the Spanish war, than an
official visit Of the Boston aldermen 10 the
Farfs Exposition Mr. Horriean accord
iusiy rose in his place on Thursday and
submitted a resolution requesting SCcre-
tary Long 90 furnish the cruiser Boston
for the use Of the city fathers IN their
trip across the ocean. While quite &c
iermined in the matter SIR Horrigan was
yet reasonable, ana n the Boston was IN
available any battloship OF gunboat in
Che Navy sufficiently large and comforta-
bic would do as we'll The thing was TO
60 and he was satisfied that Mr. Long
would not caiy approve the suggestion.
bur act upon g.
Perhaps he vii but in that case. we
trust he Wiz not restrict his liberality TO
Boston New York. Philadelphia. Chicago.
Cincinnati. san Francisco. and New Or
leans all have uamesal,es in the Navy,
and there could not be a more moving
spectacle than the arrival of the seven
cruisers at Havre. each with a dsokload
Of aldermen en- route to Paris to swell
the list Of curiosities at the Exposition.
Boston has originated the movement.
but for obvious reasons Congress should
do the rest. Let il authorize Secretary
Long TO place the seven warships at the
disposal OF the cities for which they were
named, and when they have collected
their aldermanic freight let them sail from
New York Harder with Sampson flying
mis- flag on ore OF ihe new cruisers, to be
called tho Mstanzas-in command.
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Il would have been far better if Mr..
Hanna could have arranged in some way to
dAlrne bGlr pen horrors postponed until
after November We are seriously alarmed
10 think what an effect the sickening reye-
latlons Of hearuess cruelty. torture. and
starvation under Republican martial law.
declared at the dictation Of a great trust.
may have on the labor vote next autumn.
Occur d'Alene IS great deal worse than
the Carnegie Homestead episode. and
everybody knows what fell consequences
eowCd from that
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enough 10 prevent the crime, England will
be freely accorded control OF the Nicara-
qua Canal. our natural and most impor-
tant naval base, and will be handed over
the port In Alaska requisite to her full
naval domination OF the northwestern
coast. The one hope is that these designs
may not be accomplished before November
and then that the American people may
have the sense to put an end to them for
.LLr
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\ very creditabie and interesting per-
Torrance Of I'll Trovat0re' was given last
night at the Lafayette Square by the Stra-
kosch Company. Vereis work has been
done locally Ia a maEG-l more prstentious
but seldom more satisfactorily. The cast
heard is practically identical with that
which sang the opera here a few weeks ago
and includes J. X. Murray. George Chap
man. Payne Clark, Harry Williams. Avery
strakosch Mabel Day. and Amelia Fields.
.'Nauou" will be the bill this evening.
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unrrlsnn nna ,lckinIcr.

CFlom tie Brooklyn Eaglel
Mr. Mckinley naturally thiiAs that Mr.. llar-
ri-ou should not ruu third time, until Mr.
Mckinley has had chance to run second time.
This is human nature. As Mr. Harrison was
all, 10 run second time at all only by The
refusal Of Mr. Mckinley to le; Others name him
against Nr Harrison, in ISIS, at Minneapolis, a
minimum Of memory OF 81 msguanimity on Mr.
HarJisan's part would be becoming 10 hin, in
,he opinion Of Mr.. Mckinley. Tia. is natural,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-13
,lr. McKinIcy's Weakness.

lFT0n The EUDuquc HeflIdI
Tie President is too irrasolute 10 keep faith
with the people lie is too tickle for the crisis
that is Upon the country. lie lacks frmness in
the discharge Of plain duty" lie cannot
withstand The threats Of the trusts, of which his
mentor. Hanna. is the mouihpiocc. lie vaciIiltes,
temporzcs, hesitatos, and abandons the path Of
duty. in which be should resolutely walk, when
the trust power demands and mensoes.
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POLITICfL NOTES AND GOSSIP.
burrows and Quny-rhe undisg

burrows and Quny.-The undisguised
attempts that have been made by Senator
Burrows to delay the consideration of the
Quay case have given a pretty clear idea
Of the feelings of the Michigan Senator
toward Mr.. Quay. when the vote OF the
Elections Committee was made public,
and comment was aroused by the fact that
Mr. Burrows was the only Republican
who voted against the Pennsylvania, the
former was careful to state that he had
no personal feeling in the matter, but
that he Was acting consistently with his
attitude in the Corbett case. His vote
was the one that decided the majority
vote Of the committee against Mr.. Quay.
and II was bitter pill for the friends oil
the latter to swallow. Senator Burrows
explanation that he had voted conscien-
tlously was accordingly acceptcd-Wlth
bad grace, ii is true-sinCe there was
nothing to indicate the contrary, and the
Quay supporters consoled themselves with
the belief that at least Mr.. Burrows would
be o passive opponent, They were more
than ever convinced Of this when he
turned over to Mr.. Turley the job to sub
hitting the majority report Of the COM
nittee and Of making arguments upon IT.
The Qusyites were soon undeceiyed, how
ever. for no sooner was an attempt made
to bring the case up in the Senate than
Mr. Burrows resortod to every subtcr-
fuEe 10 delay it. He pleaded the alb
sencc and Illness Of Mr.. Turley as rea-
son for delay, saying that, having sub
mittcd the committees report, the Sen
alter from Tennessee desired to make the
opening argument upon it. This state
mont was Immediately refuted by Mr.
Bsie, who stated that his colleague, Mr..
Tucley. had no desire to be the first to
speak on the case, and that he was will
ing 10 speak at any time. Mr.. Burrows
next ruse was to plead the absence OF
quorum as a reason for a postponement
CT the Quay matter fron one day to the
Ecxt. In this again he was unsuccessful,
Tor a rollcall showed that a quorum was
present and the postponement was not
granted. Now, as a last resort, he is
prepared to plead that he has had no OPP
pOrtunity Of preparing his speech on the
case and to ask for further delay on that
ground. 1t is pretty generally known
that since the close Of the Clark hearing
about ten days ago. Mr.. Burrows has had
no important committee work. and that he
has had plenty Of time in which to pre-
pare his arguments, but In spite OF this
fact he may secure delay Of few days
should he make the statement that he IL
not yet ready TO speak. The active par
tisanship Of this Senator, who has been
the virtual leader of the anti-ouay forces
In the Senate. Mr.. Turley only nOminally
representing the majority Of the COM
mittee. has occasioned TO little comment
and people are beginning to wonder in
what particular Mr.. Quey was so unfor-
tunate as ever to antagonize the Michi-
gander Messrs. Penrose and Hoar are
often seen in conversation with Mr.. Bur-
rows. and there has been some specula-
ton as to whether they are not trying to
discover the motive By which he is ac-
tuated.
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xernan's-"MajeStic'' BurIeSqrers

Though without queen Of Bu-iesd1s
or a Prince Of Comedians" Fred ir@i-i
merrv-makers. who were seen twice yes
ferdav at Kernan's work UEi-r the cap
ton Majestic" The usual IaTs- al
diepcas witnessed the pelfo-malces El'an
and applluded them. These performances
ircluded iae rendering OF tao farce, re-
--,.t5,-ef, entitled Down the Line aHd
...rbe Kreip1 cure: or The Power OF LAe
Kfssinr Brs together With an Oi.0 in
which yer. a-lOuneed the Ioad-Jcdsa
sanity Of Acr0ba.. whose efforts really
are rC.eWdrthy. the Three Marve' ous
Merrills. track bicyclsts; ko.b and pt.
German dualogists: Harvey and i-win. a
eketeh team: the Mitchell Sisters, sou-
brettes. Marie Be9ugarde. seriO-COui-, C.
g V'heelan. baiiadist. and James +. Le3r-
ard. who tells jokes. The enter-a nme ri.
summed up. was pleasing AMI apparently
pleased Phil sheFidan's CITY sports
wu h1id the boards g. "cra n 1t
week
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CFrom the Dallas News)
The thief who las been caught with stolen
pIunder in his possession and returns 1t does not
thereby build up his character for honesty. Tue
Republicans can take this truth TO heart when
they consider what they are to make out Of the
proposition TO turn the receipts from out tariffs
On Porto Rican goods back to the Porto Rieans.
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with the killing Of Major General Law
ton the Philippine insurrection appears to
have gained a new lease Of life. Il was
never anything but lively until its sup
preston was taken out Of the pagalytic
bands Of Otis and given into those Of
LanioD. Now. since the latter is out Of
the way. the unrestricted uismanagement
OF the other seems 10 promise another
year Of disorder and fighting. Does it hap
pen that this is what Mr.. Mckinley and
his friends want?