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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-07

the construction OF great macaaamized
highways is carried on by the respective
governments with the utmost care. Al
though strategic reasons constitute an
important motive there for the building
and maintenance Of such roads, that fact
does not lessen the benefits which the
farmer derives from these operations He
is enabled to bring his produce to mar
kct at much smaller cost than would be
possible if these fine highways did not
exist
Good roads make for the prosperity OF
any community, whether of a single town
or whole State. and. therefore. urban
as well IS rural populations are equally
concerned. 1t might not be a bad idea.
in formulating bill for a Department OF
Commerce. 10 make provision for a bu-
reau OF public highways.
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viii be headed by James Corbct who made ms hFst
local appearance mouologst at the Columbia Theatre
little year ago member OF the White Rats show
surprised by excellence
Of his work His mainly experiences from his
prizetgHtor told WIKI OF
and absolute freedom from embarrassment that made
his enjoyable OF programme
The Merry Traups with what is said be the original
Lputjans viii the Of the Academy of Husic
with production claimed be unusually good
standing the that this combination little people
include The ceveTest Of the Lpuan company that fer
country under the direction
brothers which included Franz Ebert and AdoDa z
the company said possess capable little people
The bin OF vaudeville and the Empire wiz be
headed by Garfield and Carlton, wekHoNn vaudeville
players. who usually provide fun for their audiences
stock company contribute the performance
IA tr4yes,y which Bert Leslie
G. figure.
Manager Kernans patrons win no doubt find much to
please the the Dainty
Duchess Burlcsqlcrs Whine special feature champion
10 defeat all Corners who ambitious 10 win so
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-07

THERE is no more pitiabIe otsect
in the whole q life than a beggar
l. cripple. Distorted hands speak
dumbly Of a cruel uselcssness.
Backs twisted awry and shapeless. inert
legs tell their own tale Of enforced in
activity. To be cripple anywhere is 10
be thing Of pity. but 20 be a cripple in
a tenement is to be a burden until angels
straighten out the tortured limbs and
lay coverIid Of forgetfulness over the
memories.
To feel oneself a burden. and know the
inability to throw OF the shackles which
keep progression fast bound Is sure 10
result in some sort Of degradation. Yet
there is no reason why it should be so.
Childhood. crippled or otherwise. is PHI
able, essily taught. The most cruelty
twisted little hands may be trained into
usefulness Little brains which thinI,
FEW thoughts may be taught to think
many. And all may be toward the great
problem OF a CriDpIe's existence-seIf-
support
Time. patience. kindness and an under
standing Of what il means to be seIf-sup-
porting are the only things necessary
And money-let us not forget that
money fo- materials, for food. rent. teach
ers.
We are proud OF cur little school. BE-
cause we have demonstrated that Grip
pied children can be made seif-sUpport-
ing There are few 50 helpless but they
can be taught TO earn a living and be
proud that they are able TO do so. Il is
this feeling-pride. self-reliance-we try
to bring cut There ere so few cripples
really in the world in comparison with
the mass Of humanity It seems they
might all be helped in this way. Then
there would be no more generations Of
crippled Pauperism, no mere beggars N
the street.
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By Mrs. ARTHUR ELLIOT FISH.
Vice President Of the Woman.s Auxiliary
20 the Guild for Crippled Children
for the Poor OF New York City.

Philsnthropists have had theoretical
ideas concerning this problem FOR years
We have demonstrated practically the
manner Of doing il.
Instead Of being a burden in a home. a
crippled child is made q source Of Iegiu-
mate revenue When he is skiIlfuI enough
20 make salable articles. he receives y
money compensation for his work.
he may earn his own tools and take
receives 20 per cent. more. This Is no
hardship A crippled child cannot play
as other children can. The work amuses
him.
All the children. even down 70 the kin
Gergarten. have their own bank accounts.
When one has dollar saved up IT is de-
posted il the Union Dime Savings Bank.
No bIoated bondhoIder feels more salts
faction over his resources than do these
mites CT humanity over their small bank
books.
There is no severe punishment Self
government is our constant aim. For the
most part they are delicately strong.
nervous children, who need kindness and
cOmpanionship.
There is not one in the school who is
not under a physicians care Some can
not move a step. but have to be carried.
Yet all can be and are made self-sEpport-
ing We have more orders than we can
I'll for their handiwork. not because il
Is made by crippled children. but because
Of It's intrinsic merit
Basketry. pyrographic work burnt
wood and needIework are the means by
which they earn money now IN our cx-
Hibit az the Waldorf Astoria people saw
much finer examples OF these occupations
than in the art stores. The result was q
gocdly number OF orders from the stores
themselves There was nOthing crude or
amateurish about the beautiful articles
is there any more glorious work than
this. which takes away from crippled
nature the sting Of its own dehciency2
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Advice to Missionary Stone.

Ellen stone. On. Ellen stone.
You're coniag home. they say,
To tell Us Of the bandits bold
In far Bul-ga-ri-ay.
They say you'll take the lecture field
Il we have got the price
To pay 70 hear your narrative
But here is some advice.
DOntl
Ellen Stone, Oh. Ellen Stone,
As soon as you may land
You'll find tho Sunday editors
About on every hand.
They'll tempt you with alIuring tales
or pictures large and nice:
OF colOr-sections rich with red
Bat, here Is some advice.
Donti
Ellen Stone, Oh. Ellen Stone.
Wherever you may look
When you arrive. you'll see man
Who says: Now write book"
He'll talk TO you OF copyright
In phrases that entice,
And tell you Of the fortunes made
But, here is some advice:
Don't!
Ellen Stone. Oh. Ellen Stone.
The sober magazines
VIII ask you for some articles
On "Captiyes' Sights and Scenos.s
We ransomed you. Miss Ellen Stone,
fThe bandits cut the price.)
We've heard enough about the case,
And here is some advice:
Don't
Baltimore American
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-07

Il THEN the United States took pos
As session Of Manila the decrepit
Spanish Bureau Of Forestry
was handed over TO cur care
Then came the difficult task Of reorgan-
izing the bureau and establishing an eE-
hcient forestry service under American
guidance. The man selected for this work
was Capt George p. Abern. Of the Ninth
Infantry. who was appointed director OF
the forestry bureau at Manila. and the
success which has been attained shows
the wise choice made IN the appointment
Captain Ahern is graduate Of West
Point and Of the Yale Law school and
has for some years been an enthusiastic
advocate OF forestry in this country. Tn
der his energetic management the sue
cess Of the Philippine forestry service is
assured.
II soon became evident that the great
need Of the Philippine Bureau Of Fores-
try was a corps Of young Americans. with
forestry training which would enable
them to fully develop the great natural
forest resources OF the Islands. It was
with the view OF obtaining these men
that the Taft Philippine Commission sent
Captain Ahern to the United States in
May Of the past year As a result OF
this visit six professionally educated for
esters sailed for Manila November ]. and
another sailed early in February This
number. although small. viii make quite
a sap IN the ranks O. the small band o.
foTesters now existing in this count try
We have now, however. TWO fully organ
lied schools OF forestry one Al Cornell
with % students and one at Yale with 30
students: hence we may soon hope 10
have supply OF professional foresters
sufficient fer the existing demand. The
Inducements and opportunities offered by
the Philippine forestry service are how
ever. sufficiently alluring 10 draw a small
percentage Of our graduates for some
time to come
The New York State College Of Fo-es.
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Life Is Struggle.

To wear out heart. and nerves. and brair
And give oneself a world Of pain,
BE eager, angry. fierce and hot.
lmperiOus. supple-GOd knows what.
For what's all one to have or not;
o false unwise, absurd. and vain.
For It's not joy. ii is not gain.
Il is not in itself a bliss,
Only it is precisely this
That keeps Us all alive.
To say we truly feel the pain.
And quite are sinking with the strain;
Entirely, simply, undeceived,
Believe. and say we neer believed
The object. cen were il achieved,
A thing we e'eT had cared to keep.
With heart and soul to hold IL cheap,
And then to 80 and try II again;
o false, unwise. absurd. and vaini
tbs not JOY, and tbs not bliss,
Only il Is precisely this
Ina; keeps US all alive
Arthur Hugh Clough.
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HORSES HAVE NO BRAINS-ONLY INSTINCT
By FRANK MELVILLE Chief Trainer for Forepaugh Sells Circus

HEY WORD Tor IL. a horse has less
nv brain power than any other ami
i ' 4 NAL An ostrich has more sense
than a horse. SO has an aIliga-
tor That curious. indefinite quantity
known as instinct" is at the bottom of
all the tEicks that the horse learns. Just
as he eats from instinct. h learns tricks.
Usually the casting is 81 the bottom OF
Ms entire education. He does things for
the most part because he gets something
good TO eat after the doing. It IS his nat
urel search after food that makes hin
DO then, just as ne paws away the snow
to get at the grass. After a while the
actions become habits. and we say be is
broken"
Nothing OF the sort.
There was never anything to break. His
instincts swers simply set in motion.
Some men TAX. months to teach a horse
the simplest trick and weeks TO make him
bride wise. in a week I can have the
same horse responding easily 10 ny di-
Tecticns in simple tricks. II isn't the
horse. it is the trainer. Some men exer-
else an influence over animals which is
almost oEpnotIe- The man himself can't
tell how IT. is done. IN some mysterious
manner the horses inslpcts make him
do certain things in certain ways at GER
tain times. He does them just as he eats
and with no more evidence Of judgment.
II is 10 uncommon thing for a horse
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-07
Blindness an Inheritance.

There are eleven Of the present Here
shots. and five Of them are blind. but
they know how TO build boats Blindness
is an inheritance OF the Herreshons. al
though all the afflicted were not born
so. One OF them walked 10 a window
one day TO read a letter. and turning
around. said; Ny, I am blind" An
other bumped his head against a door.
and Lis sight was gone. Some Of them
are born blind. and all Of them with the
tendency. so that shocks and slight ac-
cidents induce loss OF sight. They are
rich, and all have beautiful homes I'm
Bristol All Of them are artistic. One
brother teaches music FOR the love OF Il.
Not one Of the children OF the present
generation is blind yet.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-07
IL BEL CANTO
By BESSIE MILLER.

The minstrel in mis- motley cloak,
With plume and floating hair.
Could turn The torches tawny smoke
TO incense in the air.
The dame upon the dais dreamed,
The good knight poadered near.
Tie man-at-arms a statue seemed
that leaned upon its spear,
And all the humble vassal throng
Were mute in groups apart.
The while he sang q fitting song for
every beating heart.
He sang Of meadows. triD9lingly.
That dimpled meath the breeze,
OF kline that stood where rirpiingly
the waters tapped their knees.
OF vines with clusters, amethyst,
or orchards saEging low.
OF red moons peeTing through the
mist when heaped barns over
flow,
or teast-days. frequent. glad and long,
OF Iiege-lords kind and mild.
And as the bard gave Ger his song
the vsssal. stirred ard smiled.
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uncommon lot Of travelling. He was edu-
Gated .l four different countries. for hs
vas born and fret went to school in Eng
land. Thea studied under tutor in
France. went through harvard and tool,
an A. B. and afterward spent two wears
on postgraduate course at Leipzig Uni
versity.
Things American have alwsys interest
ed the present honorable member for
South Wolyerton." He had just finished
his course at Harvard when he Initiated
and personally directed the agitation
which resulted in the state q New York's
buying up the property arouad Niagara
rails ana turning it into public PARK.
Several years afterward. when he vas on
the STAN o. the London Chronicle" he
went 20 Washington TO study the Monroe
Doctrine and the Venezuelan question. ard
handled both subjects in his dispatches in
a manner that attracted no little atten-
ton Throughout England.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-07
THE HIGHWAYS OF THE COUNTRY.

: Good roads play an important part in
the development Of the resources Of q
nation. This is somewhat trite obser-
walton. but it is timely in view Of Jhe
eoavens ior which has just been held at
Charlottesville, Va, and In the de-
alterations Of which Senator Hanna and
Commissioner Of the Land once Her
mann participated. The last-named gen
tlcman emphasized the fact that the Gov
eminent has 50 Tar done but little to in-
prove the highways Of the country, al
though it has paid considerable atten-
tion to the rivers and canals
It is rather curious that the farmers.
Who are primarily more interested in this
matter than any other part Of the popu-
lation, have taken so little trouble to ex-
act from Congress legislation calculated
10 build and improve roads. In Europe
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-07

He sang a5aiE-0f battlefield
and uuissaut deeds OF war,
OF splintered pike and riyeu shield
and cloven helmet bar
OF glory hand Ia hand with death,
OF yalCT dedcd.
or men who Cheered with latest
breath the cause for which they
died.
or leagUered towns defenders held
Tho plague and famine came.
And as he ceased there -roarseIy
sweIlGd the warriors deep ac-
claim.
He sang again-and now his song
Moved an the listening band,
Each peasant found among the throng
peasant maidens hand:
The man alarms resolved TO seek
The heart he lCugcd TO know.
And something brushed the Iady's
cheek when once q torch burned
low.
The arches ecno held it long
The rapturcd hush above
The IOwiy. lofty. worldwide song-the
CaTJh-old song Of love-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-07
S 5000 For a Shave.

J. 3. Duke. president Of the American
Tobacco Company. arrived in Durham, n.
C., Saturday from New York on a visit
10 his father. Washington Duke.
Sunday morning he sent for a colored
barber 70 come up and shave him The
barber is a prominent member OF St
Joseph's Methodist Church, colored, which
had an indebtedness OF some s.. 900
During the shave this fact became
known 10 Mr.. Duke. and when the opera
tiOn wac concluded he rendered his check
10 cover the Indebtedness.
John Ayrick. the barber, says It Is the
largest price he ever received for a sin
gle shave
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-07
NOT A SPORT;
ONLY FOR BUSINESS AND PLEASJ IRE
Most accidents are due to careless
and incompetent driving, the same as
in hoTse-driven vehicles.

A UToAC5ILING is not a sport like
n horse racing and yachting. I am
1 L opposed 70 driving an automobile
at high rate Of speed. The
maximum Of twenty miles an hour, which
is now lawful is high enough
The value OF automobuing lies in going
rapidly and easily from place to place,
not in being incousiderate OF the rights
Of others on the highways.
Il does not seem likely that automobile
racing VIII ever become entirely practic-
able Lcng races are regarded as dan
gers and usurPations Of rights by the
Inhabitants OF the country through which
they are run. Abroad this feeling has be-
come so strong that it does not seem like
ly the great race frcm Paris 20 Vienna
next sumner viii take place. u IS evil
dent. then. that as a sport automobile
races viii be successes only in the distant
future. when r0sds and conditions are i'm
proved The great first value or the auto
mobile lies in the fact that IT, enables
people who live in cities 20 see the coun-
try 10 better advantage than they can
from car windows. Ono hundred and fifty
miles can De easily covered in a day.. No
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-07
HENRY NORMAN, THE MAN
WHO SET EUROPE BY THE EARS

4 IL the fuss over the attitude Of
~ England and Germany toward the
1 A United States during the Spanish
war was due principally to one
young and new Member Of Parliament.
who, looking about for a chance 10 get
forward. struck on a lucky question.
which drew from ViscOUnt Cranborne. In
der Secretary for Foreign Affairs. an CT
fetal statement TO the effect that Eng
land had headed of q plan for interven-
tion on the part Of the other Powers
The name &C Henry Norman was in the
papers os hye nations the next morning.
says the Providence Journal" The
bearer Of the name has been attracting
some attention in the House Of Com
mons eyer since. and it is expected that
he viii cut out an important place for
himself in British politics
Henry Norman has the right 70 be
called a cosmopolitan. If anybody has. for
in the course OF his life he has done an
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-07
The Size Of Fairies.

Readers OF EIizabethan poetry are IA
miliar with fairies who fashion coats from
a bats wing, fans from those OF butter
flies, coverlets from the skins OF snakes.
wage war with spiders. and make expedi-
tions on the backs Of flies. Writers have
commonly assumed that such mi uteness
was the product OF poetic fancy. which re-
duced these spirits 20 a size much below
that admitted by popular belief: but this
is an error. Folklore supplies us with
abundant examples OF fairies who can
carry no more than a single straw. who
emerge from a mole hill. and make a
thread bridge in order 10 traverse a KEY
hole Concordant is the testimony OF Ian
guage, as when the foxgloye passes for
being a fairy cap.
II a size so reduced cannot allow his
torical Interpretations. still less does eth
nology explain the qualities OF these fays.
who. IN power. do not differ from their
larger cousins Queen Nab, no larger
IMAM the Jewel OF ring. is yet charged
with The functions OF a birth goddess. The
/ least fairy can steal q bride or q bsbv.
I tenulty Is OF less consequence, since any
| tiny spritc can ar viii assume gigantic
proportions. The fairies who in one can
ton are represented as dwarfish ia the
next may be described as gigantic.
The contrast, which cannot be account
ed for as arising from historical memo
ries, may be easily explained by the early
modes OF cOnceiving nature. Ia prehis-
toric conception mountain might pass
iOr large man, river for q tall one,
while the inmates OF petty hillocks would
naturally be imagined as possessing a
form corresponding 10 tho narrow limits
OF their habitants.--Internatio Month
IL.
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THIS WEEKS ATTRACTIONS

Washnston's will find novelty
in the current offerings the payhouses week
the theatrical draws things in the
drama become scarCer than sort OF
entertainment provided May in her
engagement at the National although they will quite
be somewhat disappointed that the com
PEELED fall back her successes-n fact
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stands IN New Eng
land Virginia Har-
ned, with Alice Of
Old VIucenncs" Will
be in Buffalo. at the
Star Theatre, while
her husband, Mr..
Sothern. will play IN
If / Were King" az
the Hollis, Boston.
Mr.. Faversham and
"A Royal Rival" will
be in Detroit for the
week
The theatregoers Of
Philadelphia viii
have the opportunity
OF Witnessing W. II.
Cranes performance
Of David Harum. 4"
Annie Russell in
The Girl and the
Judge. Mary Man
nering in Janice
Meredith" and The
Messenger Boy
The Boston attTac-
lions will include
Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell. in her roper
tOire; Ethel Barry
more, in Captain
links Of the Horse
Marine s." Ben
HUr," a nd Mt s.
Fiske.
In chic g o the
bookings for { b e
week win &c the
Maurice Grau Grand
opera COlL paAgt al
the Auditorium:
Stuart Robson. in
The Henrietta, at
the Grand Opera
House, and The
Liberty Bellies at
the Illinois.
TIE Rogers broth
ers, with their Wash
ingtoE piece, viii en-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-07
WHERE THE ACTORS ARE

Naude Adams tour in Quality take
her to Indianapolis where she viii play the English
House. the early of the Henry KILLER viii
darcy the Guards the thearegoeTs OF Toronto
prior coming Washington week F. willard
will his repertoire including The Cardinal at san
francisco. John Drew and "he Second Command viii d
the important the one-night
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her first success as q
star-.'The widow
Jones. Miss Irwin,
though. viii have
something new 10 Of
fer in the line Of
coon" songs. and as
the quota OF these
Ethiopian dtttie s
promises to be more
generous than ever,
The Widow Jones"
will no doubt be
liked very much By
all who appreciate
this sort Of a show.
At the Columbia
the original version
OF QUO Vadis" viii
be given by what Is
said to be a good
company For the en-
Eagement there will
be a special scale OF
prices. ranging from
p cents up TO 81. this
latter price being for
the orchestra chairs.
The Little Pill
grims" will hold over
at the lafayette for
another week. Since
| the first performance
/ Of Mr.. Bellows YER
sion OF Martha and
Mic a eI Morton's
! play much superfu-
Gus material has
been done why with
and as given during
the latter part Of
last week the piece
was a very enter
/ tanning and interest
ing one, and there is
hardly anv doubt but
that IL Will prove a
strong attraction FOR
a second week.
Manager Chase s
Il q ~ q a. u NO
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES TO OUT OF

Edition Of The Times any stand Washington
towns, railroad trains elsewhere, a by notifying
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MAKING CRIPPLED CHILDREN
: SELF-SUPPORTINO, INDEPENDENT

There are few 50 hopeless out they
can be taught TO earn a living and
be proud that they are able to do so.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-07

UTOMC5ILING is not a sport like
horse racing and rachfinp- I am
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-07

VI THEN the United States took pos
As session Of Manila the decrepit
Spanish Bureau Of Forestry
was handed over TO cur care
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-07

PUBLICATION OFFICE, Tenth and Sire
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-07-28
A Streak of Good Luck.

w. NJ. Dunn has resigned his
position as conductor on the Rapid
Transit line and will leave on the
Sierra tomorrow for San Francisco.
Behind this simple announcement
lies a story OF unusual good fortune
for Mr.. Dunn He has just been
notified by an Illinois firm OF at
torneys that he is heir to torture
OF over $40, 900, bequeathed him by
his grandfather, who died in that
State quite recently. Dunn's good
fortune is deserved, for he has been
a hard aud steady worker, aud be
sides doing good service on the
electric line, was employed for a
portion OF his time in the evenings.
in making candy for local con-
iectioner G. A.