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New-York tribune., 1902-03-16
WHAT CONSULS NEED.
SUMMED Up BY ONE OF THEM. a
LITTLE MORE TIME" AND a
4 LITTLE MORE PAY"

CBy Philip c. Hanna. Consul General at Monterey.
MexD
Concerning the much talked OF consular reform
and consular reorganization" II IS my opinion.
after many years In several countries. at all kinds
q coosulates. where l was required 10 do all sorts
of things OF which We're not provided for
In the Book Of Consular Regulations, that our
present service it In 1902 requires little re-
FORM and demands very slight reorganization.
To my mind, the only two changes that are really
important little more time and a little more
pay. Then leave the service entirely in the hands
OF the Department OF State manage It as it sees
IT. and with the present best lot Of consuls that
any country on earth ever had. viii have the
best service in the world.
As the much talked of civil Service oNamna-
tion for cousaIs. I take stock in it The ability
any lot OF questions is a mighty poor tes;
of any mans fitness for the consular service, The
present preliminary examination made by the de-
partment is fully sufficient for men entering our
service. The only real test OF cousuIs fitness IS
his work. the only proof of his ability is what Ee
accomplishes for his country and his people.
After "a little more time and "a little more
pay" about the only Thing needed is hands on
or consIls who render good service. put in their
time and well their pay. looking after IN" IN
teres,s OF the great corporation which they rep
resent Leave the future tests OF fitness teXaminA-
ton OF every mans work. the transfers and pro-
motions entirely with the Department of Stat"
which is fully a position 10 know OF an officer :
worth and is the ouiy body In position 10 de
eide whether Cousu! deserves being sent back 10
the beginners class or merits promotion
As 10 he manner II selecting new men who pos
sass the All essential qualification for good Consuls,
the present method ot having Congressman noIn'-
nate the hrtgntes; -nd most popular men or their
districts - the best. We need men in our service
who are popular home who stand well in the
estimation Of the American people where they live.
who are men OF Affairs. who are not failures In
every other business, who are sober. who are
honest. and who are good enough Americans TO
belong to some political party-men VINO have
tact natural diplomacy and gifts and graCes that
will make them sufficiently popular with the people
70 whom they sent, and enable them 10 com
r1aud esteem and respect OF officers of other
countries with whom they deal; men who, while they
respect and duly esteem other countries and peo-
ME will think a lot Of their country and
teople than they do of anybody else'S country and
people: men who not too big and important 10
Tesrect and look fo~ common people when
they 20 abroad. give them needed protection insist
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NORWICH FREE ACADEMY r THE RIGHT

night The new scene introduced by Miss Ford into
her play for the first time last Tuesday night has
met with favor. on Tuesday afternoon Mr.. Bellew
will reCite ThaCkeray's Cane Bottom Chair at
the buckingham Hotel in aid Of the Stony Void
SanatOrium.
At the Irving Place Theatre this week the roper
tory brings on Tuesday the first performance OF
Alexander Bissou's French farce Der SChlaf-
wageucontrolieur," which has with success on
the American stage under the title Of "On and on
This viii be the benefit performance for Gustave
Won Seyffertiz Der Schlafwagencontroueur' will
be repeated every evening and the Saturday
matinee. Tomorrow Will be the last repetition
this season Of Schonthan & kadelburgs Der Herr
Senator and part OF Mr.. COnried's company will
give on the same evening performance Of Goethe's
'Iphigenie in Taurts," for the benefit OF the Ger
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4 BEAUTIFUL CITY.
NOR WICH POSSESSES MANY
NATURAL ADVANTAGES,
IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1863. Is THRIFTY
WELL GOVERNED AND WEALTHY.

The Rose Of New England is the name which
was long ago given TO the old Puritan city of Nor
wich, iH Eastern Connecticut II is remarkably apt
and in part describes the beauty Of the place but
does not 90 far enough II conveys no idea of Ue
natural grandeur Of the rocky peaks which rise
here anc there through the city. no notion OF the
deep E0TEes which cut through the hills ana the
rushing. foaming streams in their depths The
effect is almost Alpine, except that the towering.
snoW-capped mountain background is wanting II
might have been called after the beautiful Swiss
edelweiss for one Is almost tempted TO look for
that flower among the Norwich rocks Yet, after
sli the rose. thornless one II possible does well
enough
a first view Of Norwich. If one approaches the
city by that great waterway. the American Thames
"a hch, unlike Its English namesake IS pronounced
II IS spelled, is impressive. The river seems 10
end abruptly where a cH Of brick business
blocks rises from the waters edge. You do not
know that the two streams which make the
Thames-the sluggish Yantic and the tumbling
Shetucket-Cut through the hills on either side and
have wound their way for miles through the in
terror Above the wall Of brick rises wooded hill
through which here and there the roofs OF old
houses and the bare heads OF Jagged rock knobs
TO be seen. From the car window it seems that
the train is about 10 run into the hill. when II
sVerVes suddenly 10 the right crosses deep. rock
bound stream on high bridge and stops with q
Jerk in the centre Of the city.
1t was the natural advantages which attracted
Captain John MasOn's little band of adventures
from the Puritan colony OF Saybrook and led them
10 found Norwich in 1853 an earlier date than most
Connecticut towns boast. For centuries before
the white men sailed up ,he Thames looking for a
new home the site OF Norwich had been q favorite
camping ground for the Indians. TnCss. chief OF
the Mohegans whose name has been made famous
bv Cooper had his fort there About him there are
many legends. and none more interesting than his
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the visit OF Prince Henry The Sunday concerts
begin at 1:5c D. m and are continuous until nearly
midnight.
At Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theatre Marie poran.s
dramauzation OF Nell Gwynn' will be acted TO-
sether with "A Happy Ending" George Evans
will be the vaudeville featCre. but will doubtless
share the hcnors with the Seven Reed Birds and
Namon and Lawson athletic experts; Rieharis
dancer and George Belts have been employed. The
kalateChnoScOpe viii also show animated pictures
The Sunday concerts begin AZ p. m and are con
tinuCUs-
At Proctor's Theatre in Newark the coming Of
Sandow is already heralde,I This week Tom"
Nawn and his company viii be the leading feature
presenting Pat and the Genii' The four Col
linis, eccentric dancers and Colemal's trained
cats and dogs Will be features OF especial interest
10 the children Frank Bush will give his mono
logue and the Worlds Trio has been engaged as
Kennedy and Hayes will offer singing ana dane
ing, ing specialty Mouon phoJogrqPhs by the kala-
Henry ana other subjects Of current interest
Mrs Leslie Carter and her. supporting company
continue to play Mr.. Beasco's ''Du Barry" az the
Criterion Theatre There will be a special matinee
on Thursday. April g.
For this week Tony Pastor has on his list the
Gilmore sisters. who will present their one act
farce. by Eugene Ellsworth. entitled Adventures
OF Bridget Mcclure: Smith and Campbell; John
son. Davenport and Lore!,o. Bennett and StembIer
Sinton: MT ana Mrs Swicard. in singing act;
MISS Maud Mcintyre, in character limitations and
iunny stories; HOwley ana Leslie. IN singing and
dancing; the three Shelly brothers: Frank Bowman
card manipulator; the Se-Vaeds In a miniature
production of tUnce Toms Cabin: Busch In a
gymnastic novelty; Dun and DAILY, and new feat
ures on the vitagraph.
Joseph Hart. Miss Carrie de Mar and their com
pany will begin their fifth week in Foxy Grand
pa at the Fourteenth Street Theatre tomorrow
night They are drawing large audiences.
The Eden Musee has all its usual attractions this
week-waxwOrks concerts and moving pictures
The Hall OF Fame" Will be continued at the
New-York Theatre this week The Belle OF
Broadway is announced for the Winter Garden
There will be concerts tonight in the Winter Gar
den and also in the theatre Among those who will
be IN the theatre are Rice and Snowdou
Harry Brown the Howard Brothers. Emma Carus
lanes r. GlenrOy. Linton and Mcintyre Bob
Cole, Madge Fox. Billy Van. John Ceiger Abbey
Mitchell, Ed Lytel, Jessie Miller Nevins and
Collins. Helene Reed, Ernest Hogan and Charles
Ward In the garden-I- A Crawford ''AI' Grant
Kittie Fox. Billy Johnson. Ed Rogers Jessie
Miller. the Ladies' Quintet, JUnie McCree, George
Fuller Golden. Helen Reed, Harry Brown Rice and
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riyes great benefit. At Taftve, for instance, is
the great Ponemah cotton mill 1t IS not now the
largest in New England. but nowhere in the world
are ensr cotton goods made Most OF the mills are
onerated bv the abundant natural water power or
tbe surrounding district and the list Of products
;Tcl,ides guns paper. cotton goods ribbons, ropes
cutlery stoves. printing presses bicycles. leather
beltng and corks II il due 10 this diversity or IN
5usfries that Norwich mas never suffered danger
ouSly from general depressIons
.rISat Il is A wealthy city Il shown In many ways
r,It hest of all by the banks There are five
tfonaI and three savings institutions, and they
carry deposits aggregatiuc more than $l6,oO0.tto
zach OF them has a large surplus. and II Is seldom
ecesss ~ TO go outside Of the city to finance even
~ largest propositions which come to the front
Like all old New England towns the Rose City
Gives much attention to society. and II is said that
sberA is not greater lodge town in the state
Almost everybody is Joiner, and the list OF
iodges is long one. The Masons are particularly
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on their rights, and always take for granted that
oppressed Americans away from home are llSht
until they are proved wrong men who VIII expand
our nations commerce. and ever remember that
they are the servants OF the people.
Plenty OF such men exist and the members Of
Congress assisted by their thousands of business
men and worthy citizens. are the best board or
They know the candidates record, standing, pOpu-
larity character and ability much better than any
civil Service examining board, which knows not
the candidate which only ask man TO tell II
what is in some book-that is no test whatever OF
fitness the consular service. Having
passed the above eXamIna ttou. merited promotion
is to follow. Tor by his works the department
will know him.
II any other changes are to pe made ] suggest
the following. We employ to-day many men in
our consular service there Congress dis
tricts Fifty or sixty vacancies naturally occur
every year Let every Congress district be repre-
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PALMS FOR PALM SUNDAY.

MANY PALMETTO LEAVES FROM THE
SOUTH DISTRIBUTED IN CHURCHES
Aside from the MANY potJ-d palms used in the
decoration Of the churches Palm Sunday. there
are great quantities Of the ordinary palmetto dis
posed OF. the leaves being torn apart and dis
Episcopal and catholic churches. These palms
are. for the most part, cut from The swamps OF
the taro!lnas and Florida. and their gathering
furnishes an income To the whites and negroes
ment-
one house alone In this city disposeS Of l25 600
Sunday. There other dealers In church fur
lishngs besides many florists. who in the aggre-
gate. many times duplicate that amount in supply
ing the many churches OF the city.
Those VINO them cannot fail 10 remember the
beautiful decorations on Palm sunday in old 81.
johns church, Washington, in President ArCEur's
administration. The second restoration of the his
toric edice had just been completed and. with the
new tranSept galeri -. reredOs and interior dec
familiar with WaShugJD history knows the ro-
nance OF President Arthur's first seeing Miss Ellen
their subsequent meeting. and their marriage. and
of his tender and unCeasing devotion 20 her mem
ory as long as he lived
President Arthur attended St Johns Church In
his occupancy OF the White House. and IL was in
this second restoration and improvement that he
had the memorial window for his wife Dur in the
Sunday Of lSS3 All of Saturday spent in put-
ting up the decorations and each of the columns
the base with masses OF Carolina palmetto. and
wreathed the fun length with the long graceful
fronds Of the KeEtis fosteriana palm The crown
ing glory or the whole the forest palms nd
ferns that embowered the reTedOs and nlled the
entire chancel. overlooking in feathery green cas-
Cades down the altar steps aOng the chancel steps
had been sent over by President Arthur from -
White House conseTvatories.
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snowdon, Donald Brine. Abbey Mitchell Charles
Ward. Arthur Miller. the Howard Brothers and
Primrose and Dockstader's Ninstrels stAl
prospering Hammerstein's Victoria Theatre.
Concerts are given on sunday evenings
Three hours Of farce and one hour OF European
novelties are provided at Keith's this week San
dow enters his last week in New-YOrk- -.AT'
Shean and Charles T. Warren present :'QUo Vadis
Upside Down" The Quaker City Quartet does its
singing act Fun in a Barber Shop and Georgia
Dsrngs' The three Dumonds musical grotesaues
from Paris: Mark sullivan. mimic; Mile Chester
and her statue dog lie Roy and Woodford. the
Bernards in their German nonsense EldOra and
Norine. jugglers; Murphy and Slater the Marinel-
las on the uapeze, ana othsTS constitute one or
the most attractive programmes Of the season.
The burIesque. "Du Hurry at Weber &
FieIds's. has added stock OF laughter provided
for the audiences Miss Fay Templeton's imper-
sonation of Mrs Leslie Carter Is an excellent bit
Hon5ens as Hoy Hoy am and dnSpPnSea tSe bTelo o. Of Of
The Girl and the Judge" continue in the bill
Innes's Band will give concert this evening as
the Herald Square Theatre The soIoists viii be
Miss Frances Boyden. Soprano, Achille Aloerti.
mandO. ObOist. and SignOra Adele BOrghi soprano
a special performance Of PaderewskTs opera.
"Manru." viii be given at the Metropolitan Opera
House on Tuesday evening. March -. for the ben
eft Of the Actors Fund Home. The original cast
including Nine. Sembrich. Nine Louise Homer.
Nine. Van Cauteren. Miss FRITZ Schen VI. Ban
drOwski. Mr.. Muhlm8n. Mr.. Blass and David Bisp-
ham Will appear. and Walter Damrosch will con-
duct Nine Semorich and al Of the artists. well
as the chorus ballet. orchestra house attaches
nave volunteered their services for this occasion.
and the Maurice tirau Opera Company has given
the use or the opera house. \ popular scale OF
prices has been adopted as follows Orchestra and
orchestra circle, 81 dress circle. s.. balcony. so:
family circle. 81, boxes. ST. SIC. $50 So and $50.
The sale Of seats opens at the box Office Thurs
day morning. March Do but mail orders acc0mpa-
MED BY checks. may be sent the box Office, and
will BE- filed In the order of receipt.
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ure and Charley Case will appear between acts
in his black face monologue. Moving pictures
feature In the combination vaudeville and dramatic
Offering The Sunday concerts are continuous.
Admirers Of vaudeville will find a notable collec-
ton at Proctor's Twenty-third Street Theatre the
leading feature being the Beaus and Bellies Octet
The NartinettI Troupe will be another interesting
factor Nat NJ Wills. in monologues and parodies;
Fov and Clark in The Spring OF Youth" and
Caron and Herbert. in their clown ard acrobatic
snsraIties will te other leaders. in hill which
will also enlist the services OF c. w Littleded
Manning and Du Crow. Beahan and Miller George
E Austin. Satsuma. Japanese juggler; Young and
Brooks Jules Bennett and Madeline Franks The
kalatechnoscope will show interesting scenes Of
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NOTES OF THE STAGE.

Tho I.yceum Theatre VIII close its history with
this week. and Miss Annie RusseiIs performance
Of THE Girl and the Judge viii be the last given
In it, Next Saturday night the last performance IN
the theatre viii be observed with appropriate cere-
monies.
Herbert Kelley and Miss EfFe Shannon have fin
ished month at the Manhattan Theatre I'm Her
Lord and Master" and the play viii be continued
with good prospect Of future prosperity II Is eN-
pccted 70 remain for some time.
Charles Rlchmau. Miss Margaret Anglin and their
associates OF the Empire Theatre stock company
viii begin the third week of the run OF The Twin
Sister" at the Empire Theatre tomorrow evening.
The play 10 have struck a responsive chord
in the public taste. and II Will probably finish out
the season OF the theatre
The Bankers Daughter" by Bronson Howard.
will be the weeks revival OF the stock company
the Murray Hill Theatre.
There is nothing exactly new TO be said about
Under Two Flags" and Miss Blanche Bates at the
Academy of Music. They are keeping UP their rec
ord and II looks as IL they Were going 70 stay at
the Academy for the rest Of the season.
Kyrle Bellew begins his twelfth week in "A Gen
tIeman of France" WaIlacks Theatre tomorrow
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until there Is now no less than twenty-seven. Most
of the congregations have elaborate church edi-
fees, which add greatly to the general beauty of
the city. If there thing OF which the people
OF Norwich are proud il Is the Norwich Free
Academy. It grew out OF the degraded condition
into which the public schools fell in 1850. 1t has
endowment Of $4,000. and is Of the foremost
schools OF secondary education in the State It's
usefulness has been largely increased in the last
few years by the erection of Slater Memorial Hail
a gift of William 4. Slater and a manual training
school building which erected and equipped
by private subscription. The William W Backus
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Hospital is one Of the best in Connecticut, repre-
sentng with its buildings and endowment more
than 100000.
One might pay Norwich hurried visit and come
away without realizing the extent Of the manu-
featuring interests Of the city. Fortunately for It's
general appearance the factories have been well
hidden up the rivers which form the Thames
There are many Of them within the city limits, and
stin others just beyond. from which the city de-
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manic department Of Yale University. On Friday
evening Mr.. Conried also gives performance Of
'IphiSenie In Tauris,' under the auspices and for
the benefit of the Germanic department of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
The American Theatre offers prsteatiOus re-
vval OF BARLEY Campbell's successful meIodrama
The Galley Slave this week The first perform
ance will be given at the extra matinee Of St
PatriCk's Day. Sydney NOrcOtt. the American
who, a woman's honor accuses himself OF
burglary when discovered in her apartments. and
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a large Masonic temple. It Is said TO be the only
temple In the country outside Of at Phadel-
pha in which every degree Of the order IS con-
ferred under roof.
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who later is sentenced 70 the gaIeys for life will
/ be PLAYED by James r Wilson. T D Marks is up
10 the times and will present tonight ST Patrick
eve at his concert the American Theatre, an all
Irish programme in honor of Maggie CHne's birth
/ day Miss Cline will head the bill, and Will be
| assisted by Roger and Belle Dolan, W. Z Kelly
| Tiddlewinks and Dugan. Mcbride and Goodrich
Stewart and Gillen. Ormagh ODonahey. Joe
! O'Connor Mr.. and Mrs. 'Bobbie' Mack oBrien
I and OTrieO and others Green satin souvenir pro
grammes will be presented to all women attending
I the concert
Hoyt's A Trip to Chinatown" will be the offer
ing at Proctors Fifty-eighth Street Theatre. pre-
ceded by a Duel by Proxy The between act
vaudeville will have Billy Links black face mon
ologue as its chief feature Mile. Ciatas trained
dogs are also announced. Motion photographs pro
iected bv the kalatechnoscope will also be shown
For the Sunday concert. which begins at p. m
and is continuous special selections OF vaudeville
will provide entertainment.
At the One-hundr dred- and-t twenty-hfth Street The
atre the Proctor Stock Company will be seen in
"Our Strategists with Clay NJ. Greene's burlesque
THE Gentle Mr. Bellew Of France" La Mar and
Gabriel Will give their sketch vaudeville feat
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MANY PALMETTO LEAVES FROM THE
SOUTH DISTRIBUTED IN CHURCHES.
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The Bankers Daughter" by Bronson Howard.
will be the weeks revival OF the stock company at
the Murray Hi Theatre.
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Inness Band will give concert this evening az
the Herald Square Theatre. The soIoists will Re
Miss Frances Boyden. soprano. Achille Albert.
barytone. BOhuHir kryl cOrnetist. SignOr Addi-
mando, Oboist. and SignOra Adele BOrghi. soprano.
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the visit OF Prince Henry. The Sunday concerts
midnight.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-16
SAVED BY A BOY. =
How IN Amsterdam YOungster Dis
covered GunpOwder Plot.

The boys of Amsterdam are happy in
the possession OF a very curious privilege
which has been theirs for nearly three
hundred years. During one week at mid
summer they gather every afternoon by
hundreds, and even thousands in the
Dam, the great square in the centre of
the city-each boy with a drum slung over
his shoulder
AS soon as the business of the day Is
over in the "Beurs." or stock exchange,
which faces the square, as many OF the
boys as can crowd into the building are
allowed upon the floor of the exchange,
where for an hour or two they march
about, singing and beating upon their
drums. The din is appalling, but the good
citizens of Amsterdam endure the racket
with characteristic placidity.
This singular custom is said to date
from the discovery and discontinue OF q
Spanish plot against the city in the year
1922. At that time. after half century
of warfare, the Dutch Republic had forced
Spain to concede its independence, and
Amsterdam had become the chief com
mercial city of the world. But the Span
iards were very bitter over the loss of
their rich provinces in the Netherlands,
and in 1922 hostilities between the two
countries again broke out.
One afternoon party of boys playing
in the dam lost their ball in the canal,
which in those days skirted one side of
the square and ran directly under the
Beurs. One of the boys clambered in
among the piles on which the building
stood. and found, instead of his ball.
boat moored in a dark corner, and loaded
to the gunwale with boxes and barrels
filled with gunpowder.
1t was evidently the purpose of the
Spanish conspirators to blow up the
Beurs while it was crowded, as it was
every day with the leading citizens of
Amsterdam. The frightened boy at once
hurried to the burgesses of the town with
his story; the boatlOad Of explosives was
quietly sunk in the canal, and the danger
was over
When the young hero of the occasion
was asked what reward he would have for
the service he had rendered the city, he
begged that. so long as there was a Beurs
in Amsterdam the boys might be allowed
to make its floor their playground during
part of the year. in memory of the day
when, al their games, they were the
means OF saving the building from de-
struction. The request was granted, and
the custom has been carefully observed
to this day.-Youth's COMPANION.