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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-27
THE GADBY SURPRISE.

The story has been waited from ont a
certain aristoratic avenue that Mrs. Cad
by who has been for years endeavoring
TO give Mr.. Gadby a surprise party on his
birthday, nearly succeeded one evening
last week
Gladly was fifty years that day. and he
observed the occasion by saying nothing
OF It. Late In the afternoon he telc-
phoned TO his wife that he would not be
home 10 SUPPER; that a pressure OF bust
ness would detain at the Office until
O'clock
II was the opportunity for which The
patient little woman had been waiting.
She straigh.way ordered refreshments
and invited twenty or thirty friends in
formally.
At $50 the company. laughing and
whispering, were gathered n the dark
ened Parlor- A step was heard on the
front porch. The door was opened
It's he" breathed Mrs. Gadby. her
hand upon the electric light button.
Wait"
They waited. The step was plainly
heard in the hall
In here. Harold, called Mrs. Gadbv
her voice trembling from excitement.
Sae triumphautly turned on the light
and a grinning messenger boy shualed
across the room and handed her an en-
veloDe. Sne tore it open, her heart sink
ing.
Martha" she read have you forgot
ten that the house and Office phones are
on the same line2 CHANGED TO hear You
order ice cream for thirty people. I don't
think I'd better come home till later: I'm
afraid I might make myself sick Forgive
the messenger told him to 20 right in
She struggled to regain her tears. She
tried, Intellectually. TO turn the matter on
lightly. And while she stood there.
flushed and bewildered. Gadby arrived
from the front porch, where he had been
ecstactically viewing the scene through
a window, and announced in a really con
vincing tone Of voice that he had never
been so surprised and delighted in his
life.
Neither have T." admitted his wife,
feeDly.
And then, OF course, the whole matter
had TO be explained to the company
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-27
Experience and Acting.
DAVID BELAsCO.

Never having had a love affair.
Kubelik's performances thus far
are considered but the promise Of
more brilliant future, the initiatory
numbers Of a player who. II he be
but saddened by affection unrc-
Quilted will charm the world into
ecstatis sympathy with his sor-
rowing heart. '-FTederick Grant
Gleason. director Chicago AuditO-
rum Conservatory.
There is no question but that
people, especially women. who have
experienced great grief and trouble.
act all the better when the lines
OF the play reflect the sJrrOws of
their own lives. The woman who
has lost a child is more capable OF
playing the grief-strickeu stage
mother thar one who has never
experienced that sorrow. So, too.
in the case Of unrequited love. A
woman or man, for that matter,
who has had a sOrrOwful love at
fair, can throw more intensity.
more feeling into the part laid
along those lines. than one whose
course OF love has run COmpar-
atiyely smooth.
This does not mean that those
with past griefs and troubles are
necessarily actors by virtue Of
their experience in real life. But
I say it is a fact that TO people Of
artistic ability a sOTrOWfuI con-
tact with the world has a refining
influence upon their ability. This
applies to every member OF the
professions Of art. drama. and liz
erature.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-27
Physician a Certenarian.

a centenarian who is a physician and
still engaged IN practice is DR.. j. p Wood
Of Coneyville. Kan. who recently ceIe-
brated his one hundTedth birthday. Born
in Dublin. he was taken to Kentucky IN
his boyhOOd. and ne began his practice Ia
that State. going later 10 Illinois. ard in
1854 20 Kansas He served in the Mexican
war. and wanted to enter the Union army
in the civil war. but he was too old He
enjoys good health. and makes calls on
his patients every day. He has never used
liquor or tobacco. Dr.. Wood illustrates
the theory OF heredity as TO longevity. his
father having lived to ninety-seven and
his mother 10 ninety five.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-27

erty act. though she is bound by every
other law
The King is in no way responsible for
his wife's debts. as any other husband
would be. To define this law more clearly
it was decided during the reign Of VIII
liam " that the Queen Consort should
have separate revenue Formerly it
was customary for her to have one-tenth
OF her husbands income. which was called
queens money" until the act was passed
authorizing a grant apart from the Kings
10 be made her annually. She is EXEMPT
from all taxes as being the wife Of the
King, though she is recognized as a pub
lie person and is represented in the
courts by her own attorney and solicitor
general
Although in the eye of the law she is
a subject of the King. she is entitled 70
all the Kings honOrs so long as she lives.
but upon his death all her former. priv
ileges vanish She can az no time inter
fere in ecclesiastical matters. nor. can she
reprieve prisoner nor sign a death war
rant.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-27
Globes For Electricians.

A process for making protective gloves
for electricians is announced. The ma
terial is soaked on one side with rectfded
petroleum and on the other with solution
OF india rubber. The gloves are then
dried for five minutes in a stove al a
temperature Of 90 degrees centigrade
and then in a cool room. The petroleum
side is then painted with a mixture got
by heating two pounds OF Iinseed oil with
three pounds or nitric acid for four hours
and the india rubber side is busted over
with a powder consisting of asbestos and
tale, half and half.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-27
PRICES AND MONEY-Do High
Prices Depend Upon the Amount Of
Per Cnpitn CircnInfIons


Prices Depend Upon the Amount Of
Per Capita Circulation.
That the prices OF the necessities Of
life are unusually high at the present
time is a plain fact, OF which almost all
Of Us have had practical experiences. The
question why they are high is a different
matter. It's consideration involves a dip
into political economy. a science that the
average reader-perhaps with justihable
prudence-avoids as he would the plague.
But at the risk OF boring him we cannot
refrain from quoting an excellent state
ment OF principles from the New York
Financier-" The writer thus answers the
oft-enunciated theory that the level OF
prices depends chiefly or largely upon the
amount Of money in circulation:
There has been a gradual rise in per
capita circulation in the United States.
IT is true. over series Of four or five
years, but the rise in values. 10 should
be understood, has been general the world
over-at least Until very receutIy-and
has taken place regardless of per capita
circulation. Confidently. wages have in
creased
Per capita circulation has nothing to
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-27
" DON'T HURRY. ,"
BY A PHYSICIAN.

valuable Don't Worry" tent would be a
SADIE with Don't Hurry"
heaven forbid in this whTing eliminate
chasing that powers surely
that the word hurried" synonym
confused You haze catch proceed try
with your your Why put
effort into your swinging stride
brisk runony from the hips down yourself
shoulders they
cinch hands and your anguished
Turn all energies loose your
ride carefree BY intelligent speed you
the town; by hurry you defeat yourself
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-27
JeRsible Advice.
ELLA WHEELER wilcox.

Talk happincss The world is sad enough
Without your woes. No path j. wholly
T1uEI5
Look t5r the places that are smooth and
clear.
And speak Of those who rest the weary car
OF earth. SD hurt hy one continuous strain
ol human discomfort and grief aud pain.
Tab faith. Tho world is better Of without
Your uttered ignorance and morbid doubt
if son have faith in God or sdsn o. self.
Sag 80. 10 not push back upon The shelf
Or silence al your thoughts till faith
shall come,
No one viii gricvc because your lips are
dumb
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-27

There is only King Dodo organization. however,
may be the fact that getting
original "FlOrodora packages
for entertainment and Mr. company
nction Of playing larger Milwaukee
Denver and Kansas City than Lady Hoyrood pretty
maidens able to attract the cities.
Eut it found that theatrical
erred to Eastern territory. the
"FlorOdora" people more two com
panies to Boston. February open nearby
aires for what expected rms
strength Of each Of the rival viii be
manifested.
George Cotton will bring George Crossmith o
lumbia Theatre for afternoons
airy 8 Mr. Grossmh has appeared before Washington
diences two previous occasions,
lovers pretty well Origi-
nality and high merit OF his programmes easy
matter for one person two
hours. yet Mr. Grossmith facility charm
that very remarkable.
Mary Mannering has completed tour to the Pacific
Coast and is returning East reaching
York she viii have visited important south
with Janice Meredith Her Western trip particularly
gratifying from business viewpoint
make such showing starring venture to the
Western country. While in san Francisco
ing played Camille several matinees. al the
women who were present had most enjoyable weep.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-27

do. as viii no doubt be conceded even
By most rabid advocates OF the quanrf-
tativc theory. with shortages in crops o.
other accidents Of nature that establish
the quantity Of food or other necessities-
II We have a shortage In one commodity
u is only logical that prices should rise
On the other hand, the cycles Of pros
perity. which seem as recurrent as the
tides bring about demand that for the
time being absorbs more than the aver
age volume Of supply. and we have the
spectacle OF rising prices But c0incident
with this advance there Is usually a sim
liar impetus in the distribution OF profits
70 the wage-earner. and with it also
condition Of wider buying power which
aids in sustaining a higher level
These are the familiar phenomena OF
prosperity Theoretically. having estab-
hshed this basis, there should be an in
definite continuance It need not De re-
peated however. that such a condition
rs impossible. Some one makes a mis-
take. a local failure is maEnifed. and
men become at once fearful Of the future.
The process Of retrenchment disturbs the
whole fabric OF society. and prices begin
TO fall Then the cost Of living. meas
ured in index figures. Is lowered, but as
a matter Of fact the comfort OF living
IS probably lowered in a similar degree
70 the majority. since their opportunity
for work is curtailed.
The whole question revOlves around
the principle Of credit and its corollary
confidence Visible money Is only an IN
important factor. In support OF this
theory we have only 20 refer 20 the dis
aster attending the forced issue OF silver
dollars in this country from 1873 TO 1898.
20 the panic OF 1857. following a rise or
SfS3 900 900 in gold and paper money. and
20 other incidents Of like nature which
might be mentioned Finally il may be
stated that the bank circulation IN Eng
land has been falling for fifty years. and
in the face Of this fact the standard OF
living has been steadily rising
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-27
WAGES AND PRICEs-And Mr. Car
negie's Optimistic View OF Exist
ing Conditions.


negie's Optimistic View OF Exist
ing Conditions.
at is one Of the moset cheering facts OF
our day" said Mr. Andrew Carnegie not
long ago, that under present conditions
the wages OF labor tend 10 rise and the
price OF the necessaries Of life lends to
fall" Mr. Carnegie's statement has beer
widely commented On. and generally with
approval The Chicago Tribune" for
example. says:
This is also the conclusion Of people
who know because OF long study Of eco
nOmic history. The business man and
the student are here agreed No good can
come Of denying what they have asserted.
and it viii not help reform along TO make
statements that create decisions and
arouse passion by causing the poor man
TO think that he is sinking lower when in
reality he is gradually but steadily rising
higher. Agitation does not need to be
spiced with eXaggeratiOn--
Mr.. Carnegie, Of course. speaks with
authority on existing social conditions
He is a man OF wide experience. great
ability and absolute honesty. The state
ment quoted undoubtedly represents a
true general view Of modern life; but il
cannot be called literally correct without
an important qualification The statistics
Of the commercial agencies show that the
cost Of living is higher just now in the
United States than il has been for some
twenty years and the most important
element in that cOst-the price OF food
is more likely 20 rise than 70 fall in com
10 q I'D r. =
faster than the supply.
The gratifying fact remains, however,
that wages tend to rise still more rapidly,
and that the wage-earner is gradually
lettering his condition with the passing
years
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-27
RICHEPIN
CLAIMS
"DU BARRY"

After many months
Of conversation re-
garding the matter,
Jean Richepin, the
French playwright,
who had a contract
with David Belasco
to write a drama
with the famous
Comptess Du Barry
as the central figure,
has sued the Ameri-
can mana ger-dramat-
i5t for alleged breach
CT contract. The pa
pers in the case were
served upon Mr.. Be
IascO in New York
Saturday. He ex-
pressed himself as
very much pleased
that he is to have an
opportunity to prove
in court that the Du
Barry play in which
Mrs. Carter is ap-
pearing is his own
work. and that Richie
pin had absolutely
rothing to do with its
construction. Belas-
co some two or three
years ago entered
into a contract with
Richepin to provide
a play built around
certain episodes in
the career Of the IA
vOrite of Louis Nv,
but when the manu-
script was submitted
it was found to be
nothing more than a
series Of historical
incidents strung to-
gether, possessing no
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-27
Hard to Please.

A-1t---ilN1 NlAntilALAAill
Georgia man is suing another for
striking him with a gold nugget" This
caused an exchange to remark that a
man like that would kick il a gold mine
fell on him.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-27
THE
PLAYER
FOLK.

During the past six
weeks the companies
presenting ''Floro-
dora" and King Do
do" have been hay-
ing a very lively
business rivalry in
the West. Dodo" is
a Western product.
and the people of the
different cities in
which il has been
played since its pro-
tracted Chicago en-
gagement last sum
mer have been turn
ing out in large
numbers to view the
work Of Frank Pix
ley. the librettist,
and Gustav Luders.
the composer. Flor
Odora, with its rep
utation as a London
and New York sue
cess. has either fol-
lowed or preceded
'Dodo" in a sextette
Of Western cities
Milwaukee. St. Louis.
Denver. Kansas City,
Cincinnati, and De-
trOit- OF course, the
"Florodora" was not
tie original company
and thu sextette was
not C o m p Os e d OF
[ h o s e fascinating
volatile young WON
en- who positively re-
fuse to abandon their
c0zily-furnished fats
and automobiles in
favor OF the advan-
tage of the education
to be derived from a
tour Of the country.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-22
The Saving Sense of Humor.

Some Of the worlds greatest humor-
lists unite with that sprightly gift a
deep tenderness and broad sympathy.
Their lips smile at a spectacle of the
absurd at the same instant that their
eyes overflow in recognizing the pathos
that is its so frequent accompaniment.
1t Is this quick perception of situa-
ton as a whole, this power to see all
its aspects at once, that gives us just
judgments tempered by mercy, severity
lined with leniency, that acts as a saw
ing grace to culprits.
The world would be better and hap
pier if every one in it who is invested
with authority over his fellows had
this peculiar sympathy with wit, which
makes it impossible for one to be a
bigot and a tyrant. HumOr and cruel
ty do not 90 together, although there
is a kind of counterfeit humor, some
times mistaken for the real thing,
which is essentially oppressive, be-
cause it finds enjoyment in looking
upon that which is at the same time
grotesque and horrible. But this Is
far removed from the gentle humor
which mellows their judgments and
humanizes actions. - Florence Hull
Winterburn in Womans Home Com
panion.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-22
NATURAL HISTORY.

CamelS are the only animals that
cannot swim.
A seal has been known to remain
twenty-five minutes under water
The starlish has no nose, but can
smell with the whole of its under side
The greyhound which can cover a
mile in I'm. 2Ss., is the fastest Of quad
rupeds.
Nearly all bottom sea fishes have the
power of changing color at will. like
chameleOns.
A sea anemone. taken from the Firth
of Forth in 1928. lived and fiourished in
captivity until 1887.
Horses, CRATES and ostriches have
the largest eyes Of land creatures, cut
fetish Of sea beasts.
Grizzly cubs born in captivity are al
most impossible to raise. OF twenty
three born at Cincinnati only one lived.
The Eskimo dog will eat almost any
Of the dried fruits. The sour or ACID
fruits, as the orange. lemon. lime. shad-
dock, etc. rs well as the sour plums
and the bitter olives. are rarely eaten.
To protect itself from the rain the
orang outang crooks its arms over its
head. The hair on the orangs upper
arm points downward while on the
lower arm it points upward. the appar-
ent purpose being to shed the rain
like a thatch.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-22

Certain creeGs seem to monopolize
certain industries. Practically all
British manufacturers Of cocoa. for
example. are Quakers. Then, in Lon
don at any rate. very large percent
age Of cigar merchants and all the
best known manufacturers of Christ
mas cards are Jews. Whenever a
Welshman comes to London to seek his
fortune it is long odds on his making a
pile either in the Diapers or drug
store business. lrishmen. probably
owing to the fact that they lack the
money making instinct, flock to jour-
nalism.-LOndon Taller.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-22
Something That Will Do You Goo

We know of no way in which we
can be Of more service to ouI readers
than to tell them of something that
will be of real good to them. For this
reason we want to acquaint them
with what we consider one of the
very best remedies on the market for
coughs, colds. and that alarming
complaint. Group. We refer to Cham
berain's Cough Remedy. We have
used it with such good results in our
family so long that it has become a
household necessity. By its prompt
use we haven't any doubt but that it
has time and again prevented Group.
The testimony is given upon our
own experience, and we suggest that
our readers, especially those who
have small children, always keep it
in their homes as a safeguard against
croup.-Camden IS. O. Messenger.
For sale by VIM. P. Bell u Co., Ac-
comac g. H., Va,
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-22
Old Saws and Savings.

A few old sayings OH the subject OF
food come to us rather as a surprise
in our age Of dalntiness and refine
ment, yet they have their raison d'etre
Notwithstanding. Meat is much; man.
ners are more;" Cease your chatter
and mind your platter "The ass that
brays most eats least" THE wing with
the liver to him who's the giver;;' HE
can give little to his servant who ticks
his own trencher."
Apropos of this remark, it is anus
ing to note that manners was the
name given to the remnants OF q meal.
These came to the servants as official
perquisites; hence our we'll worn ex-
preston before emptying a dish,
leave the last slice Tor whatever it
may be- for manners" though If votes
were collected on this point 1t Is hardly
likely that any of us would have taken
II as it stands in the original.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-22
OLD FAMILIES OF VENICE.
Their Fortunes Are Dissipnted ind
Their Palaces Sold.

Very few of the fine old palaces Of
Venice belong to the descendants Of the
families who built and originally occu-
pied them. Very little Of the enormous
wealth for which Venice was celebrat-
ed in the fifteenth century remains.
The most of it has been dlssipated by
the descendants of the men who made
II. the same as In England, France and
other countries. The rich men of Ven
ice today are an entirely new class of
people, whose names do not appear in
the Golden Book, which contained
list of the patrican families In Venice
who were invited to festivities at the
palace This book was instituted in
1915 and thenceforth until the Aus
TRAN occupation was the index and
standard of nobility by which all claims
to precedence were decided.
Occasionally the grand council, by
vote rewarded the gallantry or public
services Of some citizen of humble
birth by directing that his name be in
scribed upon its pages. None but those
whose names were in the Golden Book
could use the golden stairs when they
entered doge's palace, and when this
right was conferred it was equivalent
to an order of nobility in another coun-
try. There is one notable exception to
the decay of the ancient families, and
he is Count Grmani, who traces his
lineage back to one of the most IA
nous Of the doges, whose portrait.
painted by Titan. hangs In the council
chamber of the doge's palace The
Grimanl palace is on the Grand canal,
near the Rialto bridge, and is cele-
brated for its finely sculptured capt.
tails
Many of the rich men In Venice to-
day are Jews. They practically control
the banking business and manufacture
ing. They own the fine houses Of his
torical interest and the best paying es-
tates on the mainland in the neigh
borhood. The present wealth of Venice
is invested not so much In real estate
as In banking. manufacturing, -four
mills. elevators, gas companies, cotton
mills. the manufacture of glass and in
steamships upon the Adriatic.-Chicago
Herald.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-22
Why DID They Abandon Pompeii.

At q period when newspaper discus
sions were rather vapid. despite the ac-
credited appearance of the sea serpent
and the arrival Of the large potato,
Max Nordau in an Austrian journal
propounded a problem that should lead
TO useful inquiry:
Why was it that the inhabitants OF
POmpeii lid not return to their homes
after the destruction Of the city?
OF the 10000 Inhabitants few hun
dreGs at most seem to have lost their
lives. The eruption Of Vesuvius lasted
only a few days The deposit Of lava
and ashes was not very thick. The
houses might have been easily repaired.
Many of them stand to this day. They
were beautiful houses. many Of them.
richly appointed and containing valu-
ablcS of great price. Had the Pom
pe.ians no love Of home. or were they
too superSttouS, or did their terror at
the eruption make them believe the
disaster might come again?
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-22
A MAGNIFICENT Vessel.

In 2GS B. c., Archimedes levised a
marvellous ship for Hero c. Syracuse.
Her three lofty masts had been
brought from Britain, whereas our
ships masts are Of iron or obtained
from New Zealand or from Vancouver
island. LuXuriOusly fitted sleeping
apartments abounded, and one q her
banqueting halls was paved with agate
and costly Sicilian stone. Other floors
were cunningly inlaid with scenes from
the "Iliad." Stables for many horses,
ponds stocked with live fish. gardens
watered by artificial rivulets and hot
baths were provided for use or amuse-
ment.-Chambers' Journal.