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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23

Howard and Emerson, who will appear at
the head OF their own company at the
Bijou this week, were the first artists TO
apply motion pictures, to the illustration
of popular songs.
Joe Howard is n mechanical genius"
said Manager Salisbury. at the Bijou the
other day Five years ago he played
with me at the Exposition Music Hall,
Milwaukee, and spentt all his spare time
in an endeavor to replace the ordinary
Photographic slides, illustrating his songs
with a motion picture device At that
time his specially was considered among
the best in the business. and he COM
manded a good salary. but he was not
satisfied and expended all his salary and
any other money he could get in addition,
trying to make songs at pictures, and
vice versa.
THE greatest difficulty he encountered
was TO so arrange the tempo of his pic
lures that they would run continuously
and at the same time bring the action in
direct sympathy with the words and mu-
sic of the song. At the Grand Opera
House, in ST. Louis, a year later, Mr.
Howard again played under my manage
ment and remained there for two months
having scored a great success with his
illustrated moving picture accompani-
ment to popular songs. While there, he
continued to work on his act, always en-
deavoring to improve on 1t, and during
his stay, my electricians gave him some
very valuable assistance, and / allowed
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23

unique of all animal acts; Grant and Nor
ton, Lolita Gladstone, the Randalles, and
Francois.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23

One young woman in "MamselIe 'Aw-
kins" illustrates two excellent points Of
pra .tice These are that a society wo-
man can go on the stage without lowering
her dignity in the least, and that by so
doing she aceomplishes more in lnoldfng
her dramatic career than If she had spent
a score OF years in a dramatic school,
This young woman is Anne Huntington.
and her small part of Hester Wright has
opposite it the pseudonomen, Anne
Dale" Miss Huntington is from Canton.
Ohio. and is connected with the best fami-
lies of the Buckeye State. Upon her en-
tering the profession the Gotham and
Quaker City papers were full of half-page
illustrations of her. commenting upon Ter
intimate relations with President McKin-
ley's family her social position. and all
that sort of thing. Strange to say, all
that was said was true. Times man
sought Miss Huntington the other evening
and asked her about her sudden deter
mination to shine in a class not too far
above the merry merry. Her answer was
replete with good sense.
81 always wanted to go on the stage
and my training fitted me for 1t. My
first idea was to do a couple of years at
one of the welI-known dramatic schools In
New York. but my family had few pro-
fessonal friends who counseled different
ly, and / concluded to take their advice.
So l am as l am. | am said to have
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-23

Godfrey Stein, the well-known Wash
ington actor who was engaged by Hen
-ietta Crossman for four weeks for the
part of Buckingham in her production of
Nell Gwynne." has made such a success
in the role that he has been offered, and
accepted, the opportunity of creating the
part when Miss Grossman presents her
play at the Bijou Theatre, New York City,
two weeks hence.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-11

no CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money if 1t fails to cure.
IL. w, Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-11
JOBSON WENT HOME.
Was Tired of the Pleasures of
the Seashore.

But He Speedily Found Ont That He
Missed the Board walk Very Much
and Once More HE'D Himself Ocean
vvnrd.
Got everything packedT' inquired Mr..
Jobson of Mrs. Jobson. making his ap
pearance one afternoon last week on the
yeranda Of the seashore hotel, where Mrs
jobson was comfortably ensconced in a
wicker chair and reading the just arrived
Washington papers.
Everything packed? 2" repeated Mrs
Jobson, looking up from her paper with
Il surprised look. "Why, where are
We
Where are we going?" broke in Mr.
jobson. Mrs. Jobson, I trust that YOU
are not laboring uhder the delusion that
we're going TO take little spin overseas
to the Cape of Good Hope. are you:
You don't imagine that we're going on
midsummer tour Of Brazil, do you? You
haven't been seized with the impression
that we're going to make a dash for the
farthest north, have you? You're not Of
the idea
But" interrupted Mrs. Jobson, her
features still betokening great surprise,
'you are not thinking Of
Exactly. You may go right straight
to the head Of the class. You've guessed
right the very first time We're going
h-o-m-e-home, Mrs. Jobsonw cut in Mr..
Jobson, with great deliberation. whats
more, We're going to take that train that
leaves for Washington shortly before 5
O'Clock this afternoon, so that it'll be
about up to you, Mrs. Jobson, to imme-
diately furnish an exhibition Of lightning
trunk packing unequaled in the annals
Of that essentially feminine art We're
not going home tomorrow afternoon or
the day after tomorrow afternoon or
some afternoon next week, but we're GO
ing to start for home in something less
than three hours, and'-
But" exclaimed Mrs Jobson, folding
her paper and turning around in her
chair the better to look at Mr.. Jobson,
Il thought we were to remain at least
two weeks longer. l thought
Mrs Jobson" grated Mr.. Jobson, with
great imDressiveness spreading his legs
wide apart the better to give himself an
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-11

He sat thus for long time, nounIn~,
BY and by he grasped the handles -
his armchair and slowly rose bovine
courteously to the right and to tho loff
"They are beautiful, these presents D
he said unctuously. ''They glisten lrro
diamonds. They quite dazzle mo 7
Shank you, I thank YOU
His wife had also risen. watcbinc
him wonderingly. She went to him ana
took him by the ARM gently pusbino
him back into his chair.
"Sit down, Richard" she command.
ed. "You lave been asleep. You ara
talking now in your sleep. Were Won
dreaming Of our crystal wedding and
the beautiful presents they brought NJ
presents we didn't need, because wo
had plenty thenf This is not our crgs
tai wedding. This is our golden we'd
ding"
s He blinked his dim eyes open.
"And isn't the house full Of people,p
he asked her Haven't they coma
these good friends Of ours, bringing ns
presents, handsome, shining presents
armfuls of them? thought | saw
them"
mo-" she answered bitterly IVA
are no longer rich. 1t is years since onr
crystal wedding, and we have descend
ed in the scale OF fortune This Is ON,
golden wedding, and we are old and
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Continued from First rage.

Continued from First Page.
quest that this appeal be published at
once and that said be extended for the
relief of the city, Relief mustEcome, hui
man lives are at stake and actual starva-
tion and death from lack of medical at
tention faces many hundreds of people.
The most fortunate ones are working
heroically to ameliorate the condition
Of their afflicted fellows, but their efforts
can only relieve the distress in a small
measure, The list OF dead is growing
momentarily and the first estimate of q
thousand deaths is too conservative.
The Galveston News Office on Mechan-
ic street, was flooded and the back end
OF the building caved in.
ON the water front the destruction OF
property was almost as great as on the
beach, though the loss OF life was not
nearly as large. The wharves of the
Mallory company were completely de-
stroyed The big steamship Alan is
lying among the ruins OF the piers. The
'wharves of the Galveston wharf compa-
ny are also gone and the great wharves
J.
aged to the amount of 500, 900. The Nor.
wegian steam ship ella, engaged In the
Cuban trade, was stranded up the
bay, where the railroad bridges once
stood, The British steamer Taunton is
lying on Pelican island hard aground.
The Mexican, big British steamer, was
driven up the bay and is fast in the mud.
in &c Iui ont
Quarantine station. The Kendall Castle
was driven as far up as Texas City,
where she is now stranded. OF the small
shipping, only few boats are left.
Many OF the little schooners were lifted
bodily out Of the water and slung up
on the island. The wrecks OF others are
scattered along the bay front. The
Charlotte M. Allen, the steam ferry boat
to Bolivar, Is safe. The big dredge used
at Texas City was driven inland for hall
mile and cannot be saved. The Pen
sacola was in port when the storm be-
gan, but Master Simmons put to sea In
the teeth Of the storm ana it Is feared
shat the boat and her crew OF 80 men
were lost The damage to the ships al
this time, when the demand for tonnage
is so great, is regarded as one of the
worst features of the disaster, from g
business standpoint.
In the business portion of the city, the
damage cannot even be approximately
estimated. The wholesale houses along
the strand had about seven feet of water
on their ground floors. On Mechanic
street, the water was fully as deep az
on the strand. All provisions in the
wholesale groceries and goods on the low
er floors were saturated and rendered
vaIueless. The engine house of the Ire
mont hotel was caved in by the ia Hing
smokestack. The damage to the hotel
building will amount to SIS. 900. The
power house of the street railway compa-
ny was destroyed and the loss on ma
chineTy and building is estimated at $50,
600. There are no wires Of any sort
standing. They are lying in tangled
masses across the streets AMI viii have
to be CLEARED away before horses and
vehicles can move about the streets.
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poor. I have been sitting here watch.
ing and waiting and listening all this
time. and not a soul has come, not even
John"
Il saw him this afternoon" the od
man explained quickly, "and he said
one Of the children was sick. 1t was
Sally. She was a little croupy last
night and needed watching. lie said
maybe he couldn't come ON that ao
count. didn't tell you before. because
] thought there would be so many olA.
ers you wouldn't miss him."
The clock pointed to 10. It had begin
to rattle wheezily, getting ready 10
strike.
The wife went out into the dining
room. where the plates for the guests
were piled one above the other. tie
napkins beside them, the frosted cakes
with the cake knives lying ready to
hand.
She set the plates on the polished Ola
sideboard. laid the napkins IN q drava
and covered the cakes With a cloth 10
xecp away the mice.
Then she walked softly back into ite
room. The hem Of her dress touched
the cat She got up. moved lazlly %
the other corner OF the rug and ay
down there out CT the way. while hr
mistress drew tie curtains and passed
INTO the hall 70 lock the front door
She stood there in.the bali q moment
listening Somebody was coming. Lat.
L was true. but coming at last Tbg
were not entirely friendless then Ss
heard the steps drawing nearer ed
nearer. They went on by. cchoing moa
and more faintly along the pavement
until tie sound OF them passed enle5
away.
She locked the door. re-eniered 10
room and stood close TO the Old man
cunning her loving fingers Thoughts
frosty hair
eve are old and friendless and rer
Richard" she said Ia her thin. uert
lous voice, but we have each other
yes. yes" he murmured. dnras
one OF her hands down and holding
tcnderly between his own; eve han
each other"
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awaiting the arrival of their guests,
alert and watchful, the cat, of the
three creatures in the room, alone in
different cozily curled up before the
warmth of the fire, fast asleep.
She smiled across at him.
$40 me it doesn't seem like 80 years
since we were married" she said, rails
ing her hand and touching the cherish
cd comb into place. Does il to your"
1T hardly seems 90" he answered,
with old time gallantry, returning her
smile.
Ills answer pleased her She swept
her hand across her knee, smoothing
out the creases in the silk. No wonder
there were creases in it, lying away in
the old trunk up stairs SO many years.
I've put the plates together on the
table and counted out the napkins"
she told him. "They are some OF the
finest napkins too, left out of the
wreck Of our fortunes, but I am going
to use them tonight. We don't have a
golden wedding every night, you know
/ have set the cake on the table beside
them. When our guests come swarm
ing in, I'll make them some tea They
will need it. coming out Of the cold
So / have left the kettle on the fire in
the kitchen all ready. They'll be COM
ing along now pretty soon," glanclng
up at the clock. ITS most time"
She turned her head, listening There
were footsteps on the walk outside.
They passed on by.
"Do you remember our tin wedding?"
she asked to while away the impatient
time Of waiting. "H0w they came
from miles around, bringing us all sorts
of ridiculous tin things-buckets and
pans and dippers, even little cunning
biscuit cutters and tin cups. / count
ed the cups ,afterward. There were %.
They always do that-bring too many
Of one thing. How many clocks was
it they gave us when we were married.
A dozen at least. And now this is the
only one left, and it is growing old,
too, like us-old and rheumatic"
Eyes, I remember that tin wedding"
he said, looking tenderly at her old
face, which the soft shade Of the lamp
and his failing vision rendered almost
is good to be young. John was a wee
bit Of a baby"
Il know" she smiled. "They walked
him with their noise, gathering the tin
nbOut and drumming on the pans.
How time passesl Now John is an
oldish man. His children are grown. /
Some of them are married"
The old man was full Of reminis- I
cences, as became the occasion.
I'VE grew prosperous afterward." he /
went on musingly, "even rich. 1t is
good to be rich, almost as good as it Is
to he yClng, though not quite. DO You
remember our crystal wedding. Mary
The grandeur Of 1t? What fine presents
they brought us-magnifcent bowls
md goblets and saltcellars. Altogether
'hey must have cost q fortune. Some
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-11
FROM CHAIRMAN HUGHES.

Bath, September 10.-George e.
Hughes, chairman of the Democratic state
committee, gave the following interview
to the Associated Press tonight, basing
his statement on the figures he had
on hand at that time: 9
1.-The returns received up to this
hour Indicate material reduction OF tn 9
majority OF As, 900 received by the Repub-
liean candidate for governor in 1896. They
further show Reputation OF the poll
cy of the present national administra-
tlon and a close analysis Of theHyote shows
that the detection from the Republican
party is confined to no particular locali-
ty, but is throughout the state at large.
Based upon the meagre returns at
hand, the majority OF 1896 VIII be reduced
below the predictions OF the most conser-
vative Republican managers. and is high
ly satisfactory to the Democratic party
of Maine, which has worked faithfully
and we'll against the largest corruption
fund ever used in this state
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-11

Death and Destruction on Every Hand
In Galveston.

Galveston, Texas, September 10 Six
hundred to one thousand persons killed, a
city almost IN ruins the wharf front en-
tirely gone. every ocean steamer strand
ed, and death and destruction on every
hand, with the money loss that cannot
be estimated now, is, so far as can be
learned at this hour, the result of the
appalling calamity that has befallen Gal
weston. The great storm has left her
helpless, and her stricken people are com
PEELED to appeal to the outside world for
aid. The estimates of loss OF life vary be-
tween the figures given, but an accurate
count OF the dead is impossible now and
the real number killed in the storm Will
probably never DO known. No one at
tempts to estimate the damage to business
and residence property. The fine steamer
Alamo lies upon the top Of the Mallory
wharf, and big English cotton laden
steamer was driven to Texas City. Other
vessels are around in different parts Of the
bay, some hopelessly wrecked. The tug
Louise is under water at Red Fish Two
Of the crew were drowned. the remainder
escaping in life boats.
Yesterday morning boat was char
tered to run to Texas City, and on this
Houston Post correspondent hurriedly de.
parted, but from what he saw and heard
he-is certain that the people of Galveston
need Immediate relief
The water works are in ruins, so that
the lack of water is one OF the most seri-
GUS Of the present troubles. Ruin is ev-
erywhere. Electric light and telegraph
poles are Frustrated, and the streets are
Uttered with timbers. slate, glass and ev.
cry conceivable character OF debris. There
is hardly habitable house In the city.
and nearly every business building Is
badly damaged. The school buildings
are unroofed, such edilces as the Ball
High school and Rosenberg school build
ings being wrecked
Fine churches are almost ia ruins. The
elevators and warehouse are unit for use.
the electric light plant has collapsed. and
so has the cotton factory.
From fremont to p street, thence to the
beach, not vestige OF a residence is to
be seen.
In the business section Of the city tho
water was from three to ten feet deep in
stores, and stocks of all kinds including
food stutfs, are total loss, While the
Post correspondent was in Galveston Sat-
urday night 1t was a common sight to see
women and children emerging from their
homes, dazed and bleeding from wounds
the women wading neck deep with ba-
bies In their arms. 10 add il possible
to the calamity, the city is cut off en-
tirely from the world. The telegraph
lines are down and the cable which con-
meets Galveston with Mexico is cut.
In sailing for Texas City yesterday
the Post correspondent used q strong
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-11

gether their wet. umbrellas bobbing ND
and down. but we were rich then. ;,
she added, with a sigh.
The clock pointed to nearly O." Ma
ry sat in her rocking chair once more.
listening At every footstep she raised
her head, her eyes Frightening with
hope behind the gold rims Of her old
spectacles. As they passed by her head
dropped again and her eyes fixed them
selves upon the flames, whose flicker
drew out the amber lights from her tor
toise shell comb and the left over vel
low In her hair which In her Young
days had been golden
The old man dozed. Now and then
his head bent upon his breast, raised
itself with sudden jerk and drooped
again.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-11

pubncans against a determinei and unit
ed Democracy have carried today every
county save one in the state, elect1ng
more than 100 out OF 1871 members of
the legislature which will return to the
Frye; we have reelected our delegation
to Congress by majorities ranging from
seven to ten Thousand We have carried
the state by 81, 900 majority out Of total
vote of 49, 000
(Signed) j I'll, Manley,
Chairman Republican State Committee.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-11
BY ZOE ANDERSON NORRIS

of that cut glass shone like diamonds.
Whatever became of those beautiful
things? never see any Of them
about"
Mary left her chair and, going over
to the table, took up the little Wine
glass filed with violets.
'"They all went in the sale" she said
--"all but this" holding it up to the
light, land this is nickel"
She set 1t down in such a position
that the violets might nod straight at
the old man, Waiting him their sweet
est perfume, and, resuming her seat,
again spread out her wonderful silk
skirts and assumed her company smile,
awaiting her guests.
"The salew he repeated 1T seems
to me everything we had went in that
sale. 1t was a wonder our creditors
didn't take the clothes off our backs.
They came near it. And what became
of our friends-those kind friends Of
ours who brought us so many pres
entsY'
"Some Of them are dead, but more OF
them are alive, though dead to as.
They don't know US any more now that
we are poor"
Eyes, yes" he assented; at is a sad
thing to be poor. Sometimes 1 think
one might almost as well be dead.
How many friends do you imagine we
have left, Mary, in all?''
Il think" said she, chat we could
count them all on the fingers of our
two hands and have fingers left over"
"Is it so bad as thatT he asked
cheerily. Il don't quite believe it, Ma
ry. Wait and see We shall have a
great crowd of people here directly to
our golden wedding. Then we shall
know our friends, for friends are
friends indeed when they stand by you
/ through thick and thin after you have
lost everything in the world but their
friendship. That is the true test and
1t viii stand. Presently you viii see
/ them begin to come, l promise you.
Why, there are the Wheelers, the
: Joneses. the Browns
"It is time they were here, then, If
they are coming" she interrupted, and
with that she went to the window
drew aside the curtain and looked out
cit is a bad night" she said "The
snow is beginning to fall again. That
may keep some Of them away, but not
ALL"
The clock struck s. 1t struck vicious
~. The noise disturbed the cat. She
stretched herself fun length, her claws
showing, rolled over on her other side.
curled up in a fluffy bali, then dropped
Off to sleep once more, her face up
turned.
There were voices outside. Two poo-
pie under an umbrella. upon which the
snow fell In large flakes. hurriedly APP
preached the house.
you'd better go to the door, Mary
said the old man, who was also listen
ing, though he pretended not to be,
land take the little brush broom with
you to brush the snow of their cloth
ing"
She turned disconsolately away from
the window.
"They have gone by" she said.
He set himself to comfort her. "Nev-
er mind. it is early yet" he reminded
her 1T Is only half past S. Nowadays
people don't come to parties until near
ly 8, they tell me. 1t IS different from
what it was when we were young"
"Our crystal wedding wasn't so very
long ago." said she. "and they came
early enough to that" She looked back
over her shoulder through the window
at the shining walk. along which cou-
pies passed, laughing and talking to
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-11

But He Speedily Found Ont That He
Missed the Board walk Very Much
and Once More Hied Himself Ocean
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-11

dropping violet concealed the nick in
the edge.
1t was Z by the old fashioned clock
loudly ticking on the mantelpiece.
In one corner of the fireplace sat the
owner of this humble home and in the
other his wife, both white haired and
old. He wore his Sunday suit Of dingy
black, whitened at the seams through
long service, the too short trousers re
vealing his slippers, the elaborate ele-
gance of whose befOwered pattern
rightly belonged to a generation ago.
In his Wife's gray hair, touched with
a tinge Of yellow, was a high, tortoise
shell comb, and on the fingers OF her
wrinllled hands, folded demurely In
her lap, were little worn rings, brought
out of some seldom opened jewelry
case for the occasion. The hem of her
best black silk lay ostentatiously
spread about her on the floor.
1t was the night Of their golden we'd
ding, and they sat there tremendously