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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-17
FOODS UNFIT TO EAT

nent physician has put it, become almost
as inert as a pocket in a coat Then,
having lost the ability to purify and disiu-
feet itself. it becomes the hold of every
uncIeaG and hatefGI germ which thriyes in
such an environment. The stomach no
longer protects the intestines from the in
vasion of pathogenic and proteid decom-
posing germs, and the whole aIimentary
canal soon becomes the habitat OF mi
crobes, varied in species, each mauufac-
turing its own toxin or ptcmaine, and
altogether flooding the system with pol
sonous substances which overwhelm She
liver and pervert every vital process
The blame for disorder OF digestion is
often laid by irritable dyspeptics at the
door Of the stomach, when these disorders
are actually due to the action of germs
which get in with the food they select
These germs deeompose the food and pro-
duee poisonous substances which irritate
the stomach and eause soreness, heart
burn. WateFbrash, regurgitation of the
food, and. through reflex action, pain in
the back, so-eaIled spinal irritation, pain
beneath the shoulder blades, and in the
region OF the heart; neuralgia, sick head
aches. and numbeFiess other ailments
More Of these poisons get into the blood
with the food, causing vertigo, mental
dizziness, confusion of thought, blurred
vision. numbness. prfekIing. crawling. tin
CLING. and even sudden attacks Of uncon-
seiousness or nervous apopIexy.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-17
VAUDEVILLE AND
ITS PROSPECTS
Bv MORRIS 5. sCHLEsINGER,
Manager of the Empire TheateT-

Vaudeville was never in~better con-
dition than 1t is at present. All vau-
devilfe houses are reported prosper
Gus. Ali the stars and teams are
making money. The regular patrons
Of vaudeville seem to be taking more
interest than ever in their faToTites.
The efforts OF the stars of the legiti-
mate to break into the ranks of vau-
deyiIIc have been abandoned. They
have gone back to where they belong
and the regular features Of vaudeville
have returned to their regular place
at the head OF the list OF attractions
The regular patrons of vaudeville
don't want them They never did fit
IN They were a success for a while
Just because they were a novelty. The
novelty quickly wore of and now I
doubt if you will find one of the legit-
lmates, who started in vaudeville. still
there. When our patrons want play
they go to the houses that give plays.
They don't want plays forced on them
wherever they go. They come here
for their song and dance and they
want it. They don't want tragedy or
melodrama.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-17
Enbdrrassnents of 4 Genial Disposition


vents j man from doing a mean action
and renders him ever ready to extend
helping hand
In some company the genial man IS al
ways expected 10 be making fool OF him
self OF Of someone else. and if he fails
in either respect he fails from the pin
naele Of idiosyncracy on which he has
been placed in their estimation
The genial man, whether so by nature
or by art, has a vary hard role to play
IN the drama of life.
He must be Hail fellow well met"
with everyone; be must listen with IN
disguised avidity TO Mr. Smiths sorrows
and Mr.. Jones Joys; he must always wear
Z smile. and how haTa that is to do
constantly We all know. He is even re-
quired TO admire all babies Of either
sex. however hardened bachelor he may
be in reality.
Of course. he enjoys being genial; it is
his nature, and it gives pleasure to him
self. because he is of a happy DISPOSE
ton
The genial man Is never 4 money
maker Geniality and commercial sue
cess never. or rarely, go hand IL hand
Furthermore, the genial man IS seldom
really happy; but he does get fun out Of
life, and fun is the froth Of happiness
The genial man getting only the froth-
It NAV be, IS nevertheless saved usual y
from tasting the dregs OF existence
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-17
AN INVITATION TO CUBA

that word sound too harshly in the Gu
ban ear, amaIgamation-wilI solve in
perfectly natural way many intricate
problems that viii inevitably confront
the new republic. As an integral part Of
the United States, benedting by our laws
and by unrestricted trade with the other
states, Cuba would rise to height of
prosperity which she could never attain
under any other conditions
TIE advantages which the United States
would derive from the annexation of
Cuba lie mainly, as Mr. NewIands points
out, in the direction OF military consid-
Grafton. although, OF course, American
capital and enterprise would operate
more freely and advantageously If the ISL
and we're part of the Union, instead
merely an alien territory, even though
enjoying an American protectorate-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-17
A MONK NINE YEARS OLD

Z EFT me introduce you to Brother
John, monk; residence, Frappist
IL Monastery, Okla; age, nine years.
Nine years cid, monk, and happy
as the day is long. Nine years old, with
more grit, earnestness and strenuoususss
in his boy makeup than are usually found
in lives of full grown peoplel Nine years
old. and possessed of sufficient knewIedge
Of the world to detest it and of sufficient
love for God to give up all in order
to serve Him. Nine years old. at Okla,
in the brown habit and eowI, serious.
silent, meditatIng. doing penance and
ehopping wood; this is Brother John.
But where is Okla? It is little Can
adam settlement, founded by the Indians
long years ago and renowned as a trad
ing place. situated on the Ottawa River.
near its confluence with the ST Lawrence.
a short distance off TO the east. on the
mountain side, is the Trappist monastery
"a large stone main building of severe
aspect, with its numerous outhouses.
shops, diaries, etc, nesting in a d~Fres-
sion of the slope. The monastery shelters
some sixty monks of the strietest order
in the church, all of whom are intensely
interesting to the average outsider, and
one is sure TO monopoffze the attention
of the visitor from the start and gige'
him food for reflection for many a long
day after his departure from Okla
Let US remember he is nine. HIS usual
companion, in whose company I found.
him. is Brother Ceiestin. q giddy young
thing OF seveEty-aye or thereabouts, and
behind him Brother John walks with
downeast eyes, solemn tread. and serious
mien- He never talks, he fasts and keeps
vigil, he prays and chants and works
leads the life of a genuine monk, this
marvellous youngster of another and bet
ter age. If he breaks the rule. which
happens sometimes, ne confesses his fault
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-17

in the community hall before the father
abbot and brothers assembled, and re-
eepts his Penance with the phfiosopaic
humility CT the Eost hardened weather
beaten anonoret.
When you meet him he wiz not look up;
If he surmises you are staring at him. he
will try to direct your vision to the
patches On the lack OF his faded habit: If
forced TO face you, he viii blush from
ear to ear ike young culprft caught
with his finger in the Jam. He will an
swer your question with a yes" and
No if the abbot orders him to speak.
but he viii give unmistakabIe signs OF
anxiety to be OF and engaged IA some
more profitable occupation than posing
for the curiosity of visitors
Is he happy? Well. with due eonsidera-
ton for the value OF words. that IS put
ting il very tightly. The fact is he simply
reveis in being a monk. This is his own
element; he was made for it and it for
him, and he lives this life to his little
hearts content.
His father brought him here over q year
ago because the lad having heard Of the
place. and by dfnt OF tormenting had ex-
acted . promise. and the promise had 10
be kept Once there, he hazarded the re-
mark that 1t would be a good place to
stay. Then his attitude assumed coax
ing character not to be turned away. He
would try and deserve the honor of re-
naming And there he is yet, without a
doubt to remain as long as Brother CeIes-
tin has been there. and that is long
time
His father visits him from time to time
Brother John is glad to see him. asks for
those at home, sends kiss TO mamma and
the little ones. and, like the true monk
that he is. valves the permission to t1ine
with his father and goes back TO his in
plate and wooden spoon and sits with tho
brothers in the refeetory--CatholIc Tran
script.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-17
The Cures Niece.

Since CASTOR kissed and rode away
Babette sits weeping all the day.
And goes no more to fete or fair.
Who one time was the gayest there.
The cure says. and SO say I,
Love is a sorry thing to try
MY niece says he, hath too much Wit
Ever to give thought to it,
"0b, uncle: YEA" 1 cry.
Wherefore treat the lads with seern-
toss my curIs at maids forlorn.
Still, one day light, l CHANGED to see
Where Jean went walking with Marie,
And suddenly he bent-and oh,
Ny cheek was red as hers. / know!
1t did not seem so wrong. ard yet
How sad she is, that poor Babette.
And uncle says, and so say /,
Love Is a sorry thing to try
But Easter. when I went to mass,
The miHer's RoueI watched me pass,
With such black eyes-I laughed, and
| know not WHY looked again;
And when Marie and Jean came by
l felt 81 sad wonder why
And last night IN the garden he
(Saintsi had the cure Glanced to seei)
MY niece. says he. "hath too much Wit
Ever to give thought to It
"Oh, uncle! Yea!" 1 cry.
-Theodosfa Garrison, in Puck.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-17

! y this day there Is a growing convic-
ton OF the necessity for a selection
1 of food based upon other grounds
than mans taste. The stomach must
be protected against a perverted taste
By the mind Some foods which are IN
themselves good, If eaten together. form
cv,ebinatiors in the stomach which work
injury. There arc other foods. such as
celery. olives, and many other aristocrats
OF the table which men have been in
weighed BY friends and custom into pay
ing court 20. which the stomach recog-
n3zes 81 their true light as idling gaga-
bonds who can be put TO 10 use.
Many or these foods are like the bait
thrown to the ravens by the Tartars.
The Tartars do not raise these ravens
from young birds. but catch them when
they are about half grown They leave
handful OF small pebbles smeared with
blood in the underbrush. The ravens,
swallowing them, are unable TO fly. and
are easily captured. There are many peo-
pie who have pebbles il their stemachs
and cannot rise above the low level of a
sluggish life
But the stomach IS not 10 be fooled.
Beneath the condiments it recognizes the
refuse. Il can only groan and struggle,
q perfect machine put 10 pr0itless labors.
As a result Of this haphazard selection.
often before q child is ten years old. the
stomach Is worn ont. SO that the secretiRg
and motor functions fail, and, as an eraI-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-17
Conservation Of Energy
Good for Soul and Body

The strenuous life, advocated By
President Roosevelt, has its antithe-
sis in the conservation of energy
practice. urged by certain Of eur En-
glish cousins. The latter cult. which
is sure TO suit many people in this
country as we'll as in England, seems
based on the idea Of obtaining a store
Of reserve strength, mental and phys
teal, by the simple expedient Of stay
ing in bed, or otherwise granting the
tired and oveTworked system as per-
feet rest as possible. OF course, oae
is not expected to continue in this
state Of quiesence, for IN that case
he might as well shuttle of the NOR
tai coil" altogether, and so save Ger
tain unavoidable expense. But the
process Of conserving energy by q
complete rest may be continued at
the convenience and discretion OF the
subject, until he restores his tangled
nerves to q harmonious condition.
and can resume the ordinary routine
Of his life with more comfort and as
surance of success.
The principle has certainly some
aspects of reason and good sense to
recommend 1t A person who leads
the strenuous life. with practically
no cessation, allowing himself but
little rest, and that only at night
when the vitality is at a compare
lively low ebb, cannot be expected to
possess the repose. the seIf-posses-
sion that result from completely
healthy nervous system Now, ac-
cording to Goethe, an excellent aH-
ttoFity, seIf-possession Is the great
business OF life" without this ines
Unable quality. one cannot take adj
vantage Of those opportunities which
offer themselves for success. nor avoid
the pitfalls that lead to failure Self
possession Is the basis of tact, and.
as Sydney Smith observes, while tai
ent is something. tact is everything
The athlete often finds that a long
rest Is better than course of ar1u-
| Gus training In other words, the
conservation of energy. in reason and
moderation, is good for both soul and
body.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-17
S THE KITCHEN THE BASIS
OF THE FAMILY STRUCTURE?

THE German student CT domestic
problems. Lily Braun, has pub
J Ished book on ..woman,s Work
and Domestic Economy the bur
den of which is ''DiIettantisrn In the
kitchen and sentimental regard for the
traditional hearthstone must be met by
cooperation and a consciousness OF the
historical development Of the family
Frau Braun says that, while in the course
of time the hearth hiss been supplanted
by the central heating system and the
hundred and one hearthstone activities
become specialized, the hearthstone idea
has become SO Incorporated in the social
creed that to disagree with those who be-
Iieve the individual cook stove Is as neees-
sary as the Individual conscience is to be
accused Of social heresy. She proposes
plan for cooperative housekeeping
which is not altogether novel upon this
side of the water.
The points of advantage for the work
ing people are most evident where the
care of the children is concerned. Trained
nurses. as well IS trained cooks, are re-
garded essential in her plan. In a large
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-17
DESTRUCTIVE INFLUENCE OF DEBT
By WILLIAM ] obRIEN. shsa Of the couny Of Nsw Yol

- OUR letters spell ruin, four others
r. spell debt; but % the poor man
1 each set should rlean the same.
To facilitate exchange. to make
possible the financing Of great enter
prises. the assumption of debt is essen
tial but in the one case the ability to
settle is always present, unimpaiTed by
the obligation; in the other there is
usually corporations long life and the
good business prospect which made bond
borrowing advisable TO secure respective
ly ease in the payment and profit in the
venture So. too. with church. a city
or a ration. which can shift upon pos
terity the burden undertaken for poster
ity's benefit, there is coed and wisdom in
a debt.
But with the poor man the case Is
vastly different. His debt frequently is
contracted for what should be regarded
by him as q luxury and unnecessary The
desire to emulate the more expensive
living Of the better paid Smith or Jores.
to send his children to as fashionable a
school as the little Smiths OF the young
Joneses attend, the eager wish to see
his wife hold up as dressy a head as Mrs.
Smith or Madame Jones, often tempts
him TO consider the very smooth advcr-
tisemeRt of the ShyIock. There is no div
ldend on that Investment. and it cannot
be left to posterity to pay. Neither is it
an obligation undertaken for convenience,
which he could discharge at the raot-sn.
at mere loss Of time and business. It
is further mortgage on future already
Wen mortgaged to the needs of bringing
up his family.
The charges. enehantingly easy in the
distance Of month or two, soon set
their exorbitanee to snatch the food from
wife and children, soon put the gloss of
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-17

TIE Washington correspondent Of the
Atlanta Constitution" recently sent to
his paper q highly interesting account OF
interviews had with Senator Morgan and
Representative Newlands on the subject
Of the future of Cuba and the relations Of
that island to the United States Both
gentlemen agree in the view that the
time has come when an invitation should
be extended to the people of Cuba to
come into the Unien-
In extending such an invitation there
must not be, Of course, the faintest sus=
picion that there is back Of it an element
of force Whatever steps are taken must
tend TO impress upon the Cubans the con
vietion that the change viii be as much
for their best interests as for the bene-
fit of this country. Annexation-or, if
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shabbiness on the mans own clothes,
soon drive him desperately to other dan
gerous harbors- His ability to meet ths
interest demands grows less with his own
despair: that same vampire. feeding
coaseless1y on brain and nerve. makes
his work worthless or next to :; his po-
sition becomes imperiled; he forsees
biacker outlook for wife and children than
anyone else could dream-weII, some
times he commits suicide and so ends II
all.
But suppose the loan to be only one
lightly and thoughtlessiy accepted from
friend. The effect on the mental copdi-
tion is little better The borrower be-
gins by feeling that the friend glories
in his ability to lend. He next detests
the friend for the supposed sentiment.
Until he is able to pay he avoids that
friend, and every time one man skuiks
TO avoid the e.-s Of his fellow man he is
nearer TO dishonesty, and dangerously
near TO such form Of eriminalfty as be
is naturally nest Inclined to-
Again his work suffers. He has the
constant worry which does not permit
the best use Of brain or hand; he is in
cIined 10 be quarrefsome with wife and
children. for some fend whispers to- him
that if he had net item to keep he might
easily resume his self-respect by payment.
Quarrels at home lead to poorer efforts on
bis part abroad; he secs the ground Of
permaneney CT employment slipping away
from him
He now is IN despair There IS
chance TO steal; it means 20 hts tortured
mind rehabilitation; he steals and IS lost.
These are extreme cases perhaps. but
the principle IS the same in all Debt
for the poor man is the assassin CT man
hood and ho5e, the tempter to crime. the
fend that gleefully leads to danger, to de-
struction.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-17

IT. HIS life We live is so beset with
troubles that a man may some
/ times wonder why Providence or
dained it so.
Life is. after all. what We make 1t,
and just as soft answer turneth away
wrath, so viii pleasant smile and
word of encouragement do much to raise
the spirits of our feIlow-men.
A genial disposition is ever appreciated;
It gives 10 the owner a warm corner in
most mems hearts, and is bound to win
popularity
It has its drawbacks all the same. The
genial man is ever liable TO be misun-
derstood, and his very geniality IS likely
70 be misconstrued into hippancy or lack
of sympathy.
A genial disposition. therefore, carries
with it great responsibilities and en-
barrassments. It's possessor should be of
sound judgment and great discrimination.
He must laugh with those who laugh and
sympathize with those who weep; and
both these actions must be entirely nat
Ural and spontaneous.
CeniaIfty does not include The shipper
ing Of the ideaIess idiot who agrees with
everything you say and never has the
courage TO advance or sustain an opinion
of his oER; it is the genuine large hearted
love toward all men that absolutely pre-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-17
LOVE SONNETS OF AN OFFICE BOY

Ny darling, often when you set and think
OF things that seem to kind of bother sou,
You pat your pencil in your mouth and
chew
around the wood and let your sweet teeth
sink
Down in it till it's all marked up and split,
And yesterday I seen you when you threw
stub away that you'd bit up; it few
Behind the bookcase, where l gobbled 1t.
I put II in my mouth, the way you'd done,
And could feel the little holes you made
The places where your teeth sunk in-I laid
Ny tongue right up against them, every one,
And shut my eyes and then you seemed to
be
There with your lips on mine and kissin'
Chicago ReeOrd-Herald.
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/ wish, some day, when she's typewritin' and
I've took note out for the boss somewhere,
They'd be some outlaws sneak in here AID
scare
That long legged clerk to death, and thea the
band
Would steal her, and nobody else would dare
To Try to save heT, and they'd run away
To where they had their cave. and keep her
there
And asst more for her than her folks could
pay
Then would get gun and bowie-knife
And take the name of BuellsESin Bob or Joe,
And track them to their den, and then
Ia 70
A-gaHy whoopin' in and save her life.
And she would say: 'Afy hero's came at
Iast.'
AID we'd stand there and held each other
fast.
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IN SAUNDERS SPELL

Last night dreamed, from the graves eclipse
You came to me, and you kissed lips,
and ! leaned head your breast once MORE
As I leaned it Dit in the days Of yore;
And it seemed Tin my sleep was glad again.
And free from OF bitter pain;
Last night I dreamed the otherwhere
to me, and you kissed my hair,
And I read the love in your tender face
you held close in fond embrace,
seemed I glad lin my Sleep twas SOD
And bore mark of the brand Of
Last night dreamed that you not dead,
And you came 0 you said,
saAH's well, beIoved-be good cheer:
We are heart, and there's naught to fear
And it seemed glad with gladness deep.
On my Sleep an, God! In my sleep-my sleepD
Susie NJ
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THE AMERICAN VOICE

the lire at the American voice. Just as
it is I prefer it to the English, German,
Russian, Spanish, or French voice II we
judge by our public speakers, whom Of
Europe's leading men can be elassed as
exceIIing them? II We judge by converse
tfonzI tones, I still adhere TO my decIs-a-
ton in favor Of the native article; and I
do not at ali agree with the theory that
the English voice OF all foreign voices,
is an example worthy of imitation. Talk
Of our schCofhouses being babeIs -1uH Of
harsh, piercing, and discordant sounds
Why. who that has stood in the ol,eE
fields about our country schoolhouses and
watched the boys and girls troop out to
play, with joyous shouts and cries OF
giadnezs-who that has looked upon such
scenes and listened to such choruses has
failed to find the music that is in then?
Then, take the American miss just bud
ding into womanhood, If you please, and
tell me If her voice IS not as fascinating
TO the ear as is her physical presence to
the eye.
Perhaps it is the absence OF European
polish that has inspired this effort to
give the American voice a bad reputation
Polish" often means indirection- There's
a directness about a full, weIi-rounded
American voice which that of no other
people equals There is no beating about
the bush when its owner has something
- say and wants to say It with emphasis
rega 4less OF court etiquette and the rules
Of fashionable articulation Perhaps
there is no music in It. That, however,
depends upon whether it is directed at
you or the other fellow. 1t may not al
ways be suited to drawing-room- What
nay be harmony to one is something else
u another So there you have it