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MRS. ASTOR 4 r.5o.. .,.r.--.- :, 7-z 7o-,i
AS A RULER society.

Mrs William Ast0r is a unique charac-
ter in society. She rules By virtue OF
custom aud keeps her throne By the ex-
ercise Of tact Society has decided that
she cannot have a successor when she
passes away The traditions viii die
with her as they did with Ward McAIIis-
ter Everyone has heard Of Mrs. Astor.
One hears Of her magnificent jewels. OF
her splendid entertainments. Of her COR
geOus BAH room; Of her Newport home. OF
her house on the Hudson at RhiuecHI.
Of her superbly appointed apartments in
Paris and Of rooms in the most expensive
hotel in Paris reserved fer her from year
to year. says a correspondent OF the
"Pittsburg Dispatch"
Mrs Aston is now nearly 70 years old.
Her father Ie-~ her quite a small for
tune-S2C0. Goa mere drop in the bucket
to her own r-,vate fortune CT nearly
so. eco. 00C-s1arceiy serving her for pin
money. There are many women who
spend much more money than Mrs. Aston
She lives very simply. She is not fond
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FATAL FOOLISHNESS.

A rec~ut case Of strychaine poison
/ ing came about in a manner which
4 causes the practical observer TO d.
/ vide his emotions between natural
! compassion for the sufferer and q GER
tain measure OF contempt for the
: folly which led to the poisoning. A
woman received by mail something
which purported TO be samples Of
headache medicine. The samples bore
a manufacturers label and were aj-
dressed in a hand unknown 20 the
recipient. Not long aftervard, feel
/ ing somewhat III. il occurred TO her
/ to sample the sample Packages. and
she did so. Tie result was death in
a few hours
The remainder OF the alleged ned
cine was then analysed and found to
be mostly strychniEe. Nobody can
/ discover any reason why an attempt
should have been made TO poison this
woman. as her domestic relations
were happy. and she had, so far rs
/ known, no enemies But the fact re-
mains that in taking a dose Of medi-
cine Of whose nature she knew alb
solutely nothing. and which had come
/ to her from an unknown source, she
exhibited a folly which came near be-
ing criminal Suppose. instead Of be-
ing herself the victim of this folly.
/ she had administered the powder 20
her husband or some one else in the
/ family, and the victim had died.
Could anything have saved her from
! trial for murder?
There are too many people who are
disposed to regard as sacred from
criticism anything that looks like a
patent medicine. They seem 90 think
that r a thing is patented and bears
a few yards Of testimonials as a
decoration it is absolutely safe and
harmless. It may be-for some peo-
pie. But what is one mans meat is
another mans poison. and it is safe 20
follow the rule Of taking no patent
medieine whatever unless Il has been
examined by a reputable physician
and pronounced suitable to the all
ment it is supposed 20 cure. Honest
medicine vendors Will not object 10
this. and the dishonest ones will
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The Message of March.

Who blows his bugle Ger the Icas?
Who roves across the snov-cIad hills,
With WantOH locks upon the breeze.
Yellow the nodding dafodiIs2
Athwart the WeIkIu. loud and long.
Sounds blare O. bugle snatch Of song.
Awake, o World, $50 March doth say
Awake! for soon she'll wend this way.
With rose wrought face and fair,
And April in her hair.
The Maid O. Spring,
ClasPing the cruel window crate.
With fearful face, In her gray tower,
Wan with her weary captive fate.
Spring signs away the Iaggard hour.
Now harkt The bugIe's mellow blast,
And STRIPPING March fares singing past,
Oh thro' the bars. as she doth stand,
She waves TO him her little hand,
How long the drear delay,
She highs, an, weII-a-day!
The Maid o. Spring,
The sIuggard world from slumber wakes
In answer 20 the herald call,
And as from face a lady takes
Her mask. At height Of carnival,
me strGamlet melts its icy gulse
And trips along I'm Olden wise,
While all its liquid notes il sets
To pulse Of pebble castanets,
With palm against her ear.
She lightly laughs 10 hear,
The Maid o SPRING
The SHOWS nat lie on upland hight
Are clipped BY scissors O. the sun.
Like sheep that lose their feeees white,
And into keaDing clouds are spun.
That hang DER faIloW field and hill
And sudden showers or silver spill
While one by enc the sylvan. shy.
Blue viOlets break like riffs OF sky,
And To, along the lea
She wanders. maynard. free,
The Maid o. Spring
Edward Ellington Valentine
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WORDS AND
THEIR ORIGIN

In an important sense the dictionary is
the SUN total OF all human learning. the
aggregate OF all human experience. In
the ultimate analysis the unit OF Htera-
ture is the word and a collection Of all
the words OF a language is q record Of
all that men have thought. learned or ex-
Derienced. A word now passed into com
mon usage may be an unrec0gnized relic
OF a great historic event il may record
a long-forgotten custom; il may tell US
Of peculiarities OF character or oddities
Of habit now unknown save TO him who
studies the dictionary. for IN the words Of
a language is often erystaiized no small
share OF the past OF the people who use
them. The arts. She sciences. the reIig-
ions, the superstitions, even rogueries
and deceits Of the past. are embodied in
our words A sincere man is a man
without deceit. The word was once an
piled In commentator Of weIl-made fur
niture. In the good old days we read
about cabinetmakers who manufactured
their wares OF honest, 1aE!ess wood.
Then came rogues at the business. who
filled up knot holes and cracks with wax
Sine cera, which means without wax
was soon contracted into sincere, and
sincere furniture therefore meant the
best that could be made.
The dictionary tells US of the origin OF
Shings familiar, and in its pages we may
learn that the bayonet was first made at
BayOnne, in France: that damask and
the damson came originally from Damas-
Gus; that coffee first came TO Europe from
Kaha, and copper took its name from
Cypress; that candy was first exported
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Much TO be learned from a study
Of the dictionary.

from Gambia. and that tobacco was so
called from the Island Of Tobacco. the
home Of Defoa's imaginary hero, that gin
was either invented at Geneva. OF early
in its history became an important factor
in the commerce Of that city: in the re-
gion about Taranta: that the magnetic
property was first noticed in iron ore
dug in the neighborhood Of Magnesia.
that parchment was first made at Per-
gamus. cambria at Cambray, muslin at
Mousseline, calico at Calicut. gauze at
GAIA. dimity at Damietta; that miIIiners
first piled their trade in Milan. and that
mantuas were invented in the Italian
city Of the same name.
II the dictionary told US no more than
this il would be worth reading But if
does more 1t is more than a history Of
usages; IL is more than a history of Ian
guage. 1t contains. in brief and with
many gaps, some OF which cannot now
be filled. all the annals OF the human
race. II exhibits the beggings. borrow
ings and stealing OF our language from
others; it is a record Of the commercial
spirit and interchangeable business ener-
gy OF the Anglo-Saxon race. There is rot
a commercial nation on the earth which
has not been forced to stand and de-
liver 70 the English language such words
as the English-speaking peoples needed
IN their business. Nor is that all. for IT
bears testimony to the fact that when we
need word and cannot find one 10 suit
We do not hesitate TO make one. Verify.
be who buys a dictionary buys the sum
total OF what the English language has to
ouer IN history. in art. in science. poetry.
and philosophy, for all are concentrated
in this one book.
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even the most degraded brutes are some
times kind In certain ways is proof OF
the treatment. It is the power 20 see. 90
know what Others know. TO live what
others live. that causes such persons TO
first feel ard then be kind.
The Kindness shown by a south Sea
Island savage toward his women and the
Kindness with which a modern gentle
man treats his wife differ only as their
Intelligence differs T. is not learning or
what is sometimes called education I
mean. but inherent intelligence.
The best example Of a man with
worthy ambition is St. Vincent De Paul.
who founded the order CT the Sisters
OF Charity in the seventeenth century
Think Of the thousands Of women and
children his ambition has brought cut
Of misery and degradation!
Pastcur is a modern example CT true
greatness man whose kindness Of
heart was equal at all times to hts in
teIIgence- He was proud OF his scientific
discoveries. above all because they helped
humanity. The days and nights ne spent
in cOnquering disease were all spent for
the improvement Of his feIIow-men- Once
he wrote 70 me something like this.
My recompense is that IL the future
the child-en-little boys and girls-wiu
remember my name as The name Of one
who has loved humanity"
These words are enough Pasteur Ia
bored Tor THE world His is an example
OF the very highest and worthiest am
bi-ion.
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The Japan Current.

In one sense the Kuro Siwo. OF japan
current, is the most interesting in the
world. because many oceanographers be-
lieve it was the direct means OF popping
America This much. az least. is certain
II boat were 90 be set adrist on parts
OF the Asiatic coast. and survived all
storms. the Japan current could be deDend-
cd upon 10 carry IL across the PaciHc and
. deposit It On the American shore such
q thing happened almost within the mem
CRY Of man. In 1892 nine japanese fisher
men were left dereIict and unable 20 find
their way back to the shore. They went
with the current. and after drift lasting
during several months they were carried
20 Hawaii
Trees torn By storm from the banks q
Asiatic rivers frequently feat across the
Pacific to the American coast Between
Kakatag and Kyak. about 1.200 miles
northwest Of Seattle. enormous piles CT
this driftwOod cover the beaches. There
can be no question OF the Asiatic origin
Of the timber. They are the trunks Of
the caUphoT tree, tie maczo and the
mahogany. Logs 15Q feet long and eight
.
Many OF them are seen floating shore
ward, with fantastic roots standing high
above the waves. In places the logs are
piled twenty feet high They are general
" without bark. which has been peeled
Of by the waves. and most OF them have
become white and heavy from impregna-
tlcn with salt water. As they pile up.
tho sands diff over them and gradually
they sink out OF sight and new beaches
are formed This process has been going
on for ages. and the shore line is being
steadily extended Excavations along the
beach show that the texture OF the buried
timber gets harder and harder the further
IN you go. until In some instance petro-
faction has taken place. Other excava-
ticas show logs that have tu-aed to coal
The presence OF Siberian drigtwood on
the shores OF Greenland convinced hansen
that his idea Of drifting across the polar
sea in the Fran was logical Great
quantities OF the wood are annually cast
On the coasts Of Spjtz5ergea and Noyaya
zemblya. and there are tribes OF Green
land Eskimcs who depend for sIcage
runners and other wooden implements On
the drift from Siberian forests. For years
they depended for iron implements on
the hoops OF casks which came to them
over the soes.-Ain5lee's Magazine.
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A HISTORIC FLAG.

There is one relic in the Treasury
Department which is not seen b. half
the visitors to Washington, simply
because their Washington friends
don't know it is there" said a Treas
ury girl yesterday 1t is the flag
which was draped over the front OF
the box in which Lincoln sat when he
was assassinated. You can see the
torn place where Booths spur caught
when he tripped and fell.
You don't know where it is? Well,
it is somewhere in the Treasury
building. and you'n find it if YOU
look"
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The IIbetaH
Mystery UnsOfUed.

The dispatches recently received
from Sven Hedin. the Swedish exDlor-
CT. giving brief accounts OF his dis
astrous experiences in the forbidden
country OF Tibet. renew interest in
that daring traveller. and recall his
former work, Through Asia. which
the Harpers published In this vol
ume he recounts q wonderful journey
from Stockholm. his native city. 20 Pc
king, during which ne overcame diff
fculues seemingly insuperaJIe. made
the thrilling ascent OF the Father cf
Al Ice Mountains. Mus-tagh-ata. and
accomplished herculean feats Of dar-
ing and endurance. Current reports
state that ne has been compelled. by
the hostile attitude Of the TIbctans. TO
abandon his determination to reach
their sacred city OF Lhasa. Mr.. He'd
in was recently entertained by Lord
CurzOn at Calcutta.
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English Novelties in SOAP.

An English soap manufacturer has had
an idea. Noting the fact that there was
quite a fad for having ones initials on
articles Of personal use he made and sent
to a famous London beauty a box Of his
very finest product with her initials
stamped on each cake. His scheme has
proven a winner and has obtained widely
extended Fogue from another circum-
stance A society light whose daughter
was about 70 be married ordered one
hundred cakes OF special design and cost.
each bearing facsimile signatures Of the
bride and groom. Each wedding guest
received one in a handsome little box.
and at once the sOap-maker was over
wheImed with orders A leading actress
has her picture and autograph stamped
on her supply. The picture Of baby is
sometimes imprinted on the soap OF fond
and wealthy parents, though the soap is
more often given away than actually sold.
An English society belle. whose residence
is nearly always filed with guests. is &C
customeG 10 supply the toilet stand Of
each visitor with a tablet Of SOAP on
which is finely engraved her signature
and crest. As most Of the guests use
their own soap and carry away that Of
their hostess as q souvenir. the manufac-
turer has in this one customer quite an
extensive source OF income. for the price
that is charged for this kind OF work Is
not small.
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neither more less than direct plagiarism.
Early changes Of bill in New York VOLTS
departure from the Savoy THE Way World"
be followed March II by Robert Soldiers Of For
tune SKY Farm succeeding Charles Hawtrey
sage From Mars at the Garrick the date the
production by William Collier tie Madison
square OF Martha Morton's comedy. Diplomat
The lorg Of Florodora" Saturday night This
engagement has been longer than
York with the exception a Trip to Chinatown" .-.
"FloTodora" viii be followed by new review on the
stage Of the New York theatre Belle
Broadway"
The news came 70 the members American Arizona
company while playing Lake Theatre salt Lake
City that King Edward VII Queen Alexandra had honored
the company now playing Arizona Adelphi Theatre
London by royal visit subsequent royal compliments
Grace Eliston, who plays with interest how
1a5en Alexandra had called May Bonita Of the
otdon company into the royal Of the third
act and had paid her gracious compliments.
My. but I wish I'd had chance," she exclaimed
Never you mind dear" cooed Bliss Taylor the
Miss McCullagh Of the Mormon elder with
four wives IN the stage box he eye on YOU
ever since the de-com6 your pretties
in the love scene and there telling what may
happen"
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CT ostentatisn Of any kind The only ex-
ccDtion 20 her rule is iewelry. ard she
wears only diamonds Mrs Astor's per-
sonsI expenses are not one quarter OF
the EandeTbilJs'- Each winter she gives.
commencing il December, four dinners
These are called state banquets- There
are always "A guests On January each
year she gives a ball II marks the
opening OF the winter social season in
New York no one asked 20 it ever de-
cIines- Mrs Astor is always on the 60
No affair is ultra fashionable without
the sanction Of her presence She is the
leader. because it has been a tradition
that a Mrs Aston should be al the head
Of the social organization once known as
the 400 When Ward McAliister divided
the social world he put Mrs. Astor's name
at the head OF the list, and she has been
the leader ever since Society is now too
large and too divided. and there are too
many family feuds for the existence OF
a successor. so Mrs. Astor's crown viii
perish with her.
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Blossoms smith Contrary to belief in Chicago Mr.
AIDE has damat fables the plot Of
his the music Of which by Alfred VOL
thaH young who musical de-
OF the Northwestern University Evanston
KRam the ruler the Philippine Isle, Is the central
OF the He is shown H the Of being beney
olenty assimilated himself benevoleuy asating
American customs cocktails Army
officers undertake his education collection
wives is turned Anericanizn Of
voice OF New England girl graduates branches Of
HIRAM family absorb the higher principles beyond
the expectations their
OF wholesale divorce proceedings compiled
tions from which they finally extrcated
Mary Wilkins novel Jerome made over for stage
purposes By Carroll Fleming viii be by Walter
Perkins for starring Heretofore
the works Of Miss wilkins escaped
and her New England characters any
Of the atmosphere" plays - present
many
Nj Perkins is capable actor and responsible
for discovering Dusoucbet farce Ny Friend
From India pedded the manuscript manager
manager for days until he Smythe
that he had in his possession really amusing play.
Haves that in Jerome" be piece that
viii equally valuable the Dusouchet farce
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WHAT IS AN ACTOR2
By CHARLES 4. HAWTREY.

Z 4 THAT
NM be
h
may to the
The question is therefore difficult
s read.
An
a actor
IS an
WHAT an aeor In the erudi
u &C
70
could describe his fine Qualertaia
Enough small S bleeding
he
What an ACToR As have known him. lawyer
kind and
In my 0Pnan-6ut then, what is
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THE WORTHIEST AMBITION
THAT A MAN CAN HAVE
By N. JULES CAMBON, French Ambassador.

ITO contribute to the Improvement
and to the happiness OF the world
Il that is the worthiest. the best
ambition a man can have. such
an ambition has no geographical Iimi-
tation. There IS no weight Of sell
hshness or self-aEgrandizenent TO drag IL
down from its high place. All men may
possess IL, because IL IS rooted in the
Divinity which has been in man from
the beginning.
Every man must give TO the world
freely Of what he has. II il be wealth.
then the gift should be money TO help
solve the great world problems which
confront humanity But the man who
is financially able 90 make large dora-
items for the ameliioraticn Of suffering
or the further progress Of civilization.
gives no more. in my estimation. than
the humblest woTkmcu who does the best
he can each day OF his life. such a
one can give more in the way Of coed
example than the wealthy nan can give
with his millions.
Good-making is not restricted TO wealth.
It is paIpabIe expression Of Kindness.
Without Kindness Of heart there is little
Intelligence The stupid man always be-
lieves other men are bad. He can not
see that evil is only good gone astray.
When he can not see. how can he feel?
Without feeling there is 40 kindness.
Without Kindness deep set in his soul no
man is ambitious IN the good-maki1g di-
rection- Savages are cruel because they
have not the intelligence to be kind. That
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An Idle Day.

This day will I cast or the coil,
or aging worry and Of toll.
and seek the soothing sOul-caress
OF IdiCness.
For sometimes IL is well 10 be
Both bCdy-free and sDirit-free.
To own no give, no cinctuTing wall.
No thrall at all.
The harper wind strides DER the hill:
His truant will / make my viii.
Two 1cyial comrades. forth ne HE
Beneath the sky.
We lOitcr; who shall cry US "uay2"
We hasten; who shall bid US slay2
b. stream OF WOOdland-side we brood,
As suits our mood.
And. an. the golden grain I reap
From this one long, from this one deep
Day-dwelling. i'm the dream-dure5s
or Idleness!
7 slough the busk Of discomfort.
And feel no longer hedged and pcnt.
! look on all that round me lies
With saner eyes.
I gather from the boUuteous earth
a quiet Joy. an inner mirth.
And life. Where'er / pass along.
Seems set 70 song.
Clinton Scollard.
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BELASCO'S VIGOROUS ANSWER

David Belasco has just his .ove IN
the battle which raging between himself Rchpin
the French writer. freely stated that Mr. BeIa
answer would be OF the sensational orderthat would not
make entirely pleasant reading opponent II must be
admitted that for once Vigorous
and forcefu seldom been filed in suit OF this
nature The effect OF this legal startling to
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THE CAMILLE TOUR AGAIN

After everybody supposed tour OF Mary Mannering
in Camille" with Kyrle BeIew the Arnond
postponed for good hobs by Manner
ings manager, Mckee Lieber CO.. who
professional fortunes something
thousand dollars, the the receive for
playing with Mrs. Hacket the spring
McKee's is attached business the
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Any person who buy Mc.nng Afternoon Sunday
Edition of The Times any stand Washington
railroad trains elsewhere, by notifying
The Publisher of The Times Corner Tenth and St Washington
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say the least; for not
only does Mr.. Belasco
eiiectualIy defend his
own position, but he
brings, pOint-blank.
certain charges af-
fecting the personal
a n d professional
II o u or of Richepin
and his agent. which
these p eopIe can
hardly leave unex-
planned.
II hitherto Mr.. Be
lasco has been
pleased TO remain 81
lent in the face OF
his opponents asser-
tions, it is Il ow
shown, in the most
consistent manner
possible that his 81
lence has S erved
some purpose. Mr..
BelascO has prepared
and submitted an an
swer TO the French
mans allie e ton
which is not capable
OF two meanings. for
not only are Richie
pins charges spe
cihcally and totally
denied, but there are
brought into the case
for the first time
certain unpleasant
allegations which
place the French
writer and his agent
on the defensive.
Richepin and Miss
Marbury must now
undertake something
more than to show
that in writing "Du
Barry" Mr.. BeIasco
has infringed upon
the work originally
submitted to him.
Richepin must face a
task which he little
anticipated-the task
OF clearing himself
OF the direct charges
that in making his
contract with Mr..
Belasco Richepin and
his agent used fraud
Ulent means. and
that the play Ia Du
3 AIRY" originally
U b mitted was
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES TO OUT OF
MORNING EDITION. enc year, 50; six
months, $3.50; thrCe months, sI.2J. Morn
ing and sunday, one year, -; SIX months.
$3.50. three months. sI.75. sunday edI-
lion only, one year, So six months, 81;
tEree months 90 cents.
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In Chicago tonight
George AIDES new
comic opera, The
Sultan Of Sulu viii
see the glitter Of the
footlights for the
first time and the
name Of the author
Of Fables in slang"
VIII be added to the
list OF native Iibret-
lists, which already
includes Harry B.
smith and Mr.. II.
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TOWN FONTS, POSTAGE FEEPAID:

EVENING EDITION, one year, 50; SIX
months. Sf.5O; three months. 80 cents.
Evening and sunday, one year, 50: six
months, &2-50i three months, s1.2J.
Morning, Evening, and Sunday. one year,
$40. six months, 50; three months $3.50.