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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-04

With true politeness. and that if he has
TO deeply disappoint anybody he wiz DO
1t in sl'ah a charming manner. and with
so much real niOdesty that It viii be i'm
possible TO ind fault with him. He has
the sword Of steel in the softest and
smoothest Of velvet scabbards-but the
sword is there all the same.
He is nobleman not only in the De-
brett sense-he is one Of natures noble
men
Here is a statement OF the Earl Mar
shaIs duties in brief:
To prepare a list for his Majesty's rovaI
sign-mauual OF all peers to attend his
Majesty in their proper robes and coro-
nets" To cause a scheme or formularv
OF all the procession TO be drawn out. To
inform the ONCE OF Works what pre7a-
rations shall be necessary 20 have made
IN Westminster Abbey" To issue his
warrant order that the KEYS OF an
the galleries and other places built in
Westminster Abbey" be delivered I'D to
him To control the preparations in the
Abbey and the entire disposal OF the
seats To see that in the west aisle "A
passage shall be preserved for the pro
cessi0u 70 pass-twenty-foI feet vide
To issue orders TO the Lord Chamberlain
for providing the habits for his Majesty
and the royal Princes and coronets for the
Princes.
He has also ts issue warrants to the
Lord Chamberlain to provide a staE for
the Earl Marshal. a truncheon Of silver
gilt for The LORD High Constable. and
crowns chains, collars, badges. or Jewels
for Garter Principal King OF Arms. and
for CIareuceuN and Norroy Kioss Of
Arms a sceptrG for Garter. and collars
for the Heral3s. Also crowns. Jewels
badges. chains. OF collars for Lyon King
Of Arms OF Scotland. Ulster King o. Arms
Of ireland. and Gloucester King OF Arms
The Earl Marshal has. further. to send
letters OF notice TO the high officers Of
state intimating their several appoint
ments and TO require their attendance at
the coronation. to order the trumpets 20
attend, 10 call upon the sergeants-at-arns
to be there with their maces. 70 publish
all orders relating 10 the coronation and
the ceremonial Of the procession when
settled. and to forbid any other person
TO print the ceremonial without his Ii
eense.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-04
Possibilities Of Greater Progress in Printing
BY J. H. FERGUSON,
Former President of the New York Eecroyper5 Association.

cured. II there is to be any decided adj
vance in printing It viii be in the direc-
tion OF processes other than relief sur
faces. and in the elimination Of interms-
diary devices.
Lithography apparently offers some Op-
porturites. II We can produce a machine
land. incidentally many minds are work.
ing in this direction) which can be oper-
ated upon like a typewriter. the result
being properly spaced and justified line
Of words in lax on transfer paper. We have
take a step forward. Such a line or coli
umn or page Of printing could be directly
transferred 20 the final surface. from
which many Impressions are TO be taken.
or the plates for the press itself
The Hthog-aphic stone is out Of the
question for fast printing: the aluminium
or metal plate is practical and il is al
ready being used on rotary presses for
color work, the only disadvantage being
that. with greasy inks and dsmpening roll
lers. the ink blurs and spreads and the
paper Is LEFT too wet for immediate dis
trihution- We need. to perfect this method,
20 get a chemical process which viii 50
inks may be used and less water.
With the typewriter machine Invented
and the transfer process made practical
for newspaper lithOgraphy. there could be
eliminated from the present printing
methods the heavy cast metal type, the
papier-mache molds. the cumbersome
stereotypes. the electrotypes and the
metal haIf-tone plates.
II this radical simplifcation can be ac-
complished il viii mean an almost incaI-
culable saving in time and money 20 one
Of the greatest OF the worlds Industries,
but at the same time it viii be a com
pIete departure from the successful relief
processes now IN vogue II there IS 20 BE-
any great evolution in the near future.
this seems 70 be the course il viii take.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-04
The Stage Manager Of the Coronation
CHARLES T. KING. in the London Daily Mail.

A mOdest-looking gentleman in a round
black coat and a soft felt hat very much
dented in. with a black beard and pair
Of shining dark eyes, walked quickly down
Pail Nall
As he sped along a group Of men in
/ front Of the Carlton Club recognized and
saIuted him. He saluted in return. smiled
! out OF one OF the cheeriest. kindliest faces
you would meet = a days march. and
went on his wa
He is the BUSIEST man OF all the men
made busy by he coming Of the corona
ton He is tn lake Of Norfolk Earl
Marshal Of England. son Of a hundred
Earls, Heredit-ry Marshal and Premier
Duke. by birth the chief arranger of the
coronation ceremonies.
All the gorgeous Kings Of Arms. all the
! learned interpreters OF aged rites at the
College Of Heralds, the Dean and Chapter
Of Westminste~. all the peers Of the
realm. all the knights Of all our orders.
the Primate and Archbishop or York. and
the Lord Chancellor obey his rule. No
Lord or Duke or beIted Earl. however
bright his coronet, however mellow his
family tree, however bravely his ancestor
fought at Agincourt or Bosworth Field
Of Quatre- Bras. can attend the coronation
without an invitation from the Earl Mar
shall
Nay, his Majesty the King himself puts
not on his coronation robes until their
make and shape and cut and color have
been ordained by the Earl Marshal He
arranges the coronation procession itself
He IL is who has given the order for
the closing Of Westminster Abbey the
Monday after Easter, and the reason OF
its closing is In CIDER that seats. gal
Ieries, and ratings may be constructed
at his command for the people for whom
he is 10 find room on him has fallen the
delicate-perhaps hopeless-Iask OF pleas
ing six thousand people by finding them
just the right seats in the Abbey for the
GROWING OF their Majesties. II the Ouch
ess of This or the Marchioness of That
has TO crane her slender neck TO see the
GROWING with the Crown Of St Edward.
or the amounting Of the King with oil.
who shall have the petulant blame but
the Duke OF Norfolk, the Earl Marshall
Everybody who knows the present Duke
OF Norfolk is quite certain that if he has
70 use stern measures he viii use them
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-04
BY J. w. GUITEAU, of New York,
Chief Statistician Of the Mutual Life
Insurance Association

n n ANY writers for newspapers and
M magazines are claiming that the
L average duration OF human life
is greater now by three or four
years than it was formerly. and that this
increase in mans life is the result Of
he higher civilization Of our day. the
great advances made in medical science
90 approved sanitary methods for the
rvstion and promotion Of health.
t0-1 IN individuals and in communities
'2d the better hygienic conditions that
generally prevail in both city and urban
He Hospitals, sanitariums, charitable
Institutions and private associations are
everywhere established TO educate the
public in right ways Of living. to care
for the sick. help the needy and enforce
such sanitary and medical measures as
will prevent the spread OF contagious dis
eases. and cure or prolong the life Of
those afflicted with a class Of ailments
heretofore supposed to be incurable.
In many cases with wsich the public
is familiar a pronounced success has re-
suited; and it is this fact, probably, that
has created a widespread popular senti-
ment that the length Of human life is
being prolonged, 50 that the race has &C
quired new and greater vitality.
So far as I can find. there are no rec
ords TO Justify this sentiment or the as
seruons so positively made. In all about
one hundred mortality tables have been
scientifically compiled and constructed
and we row know what is the law OF
mortality and the average rate Of death
that may be expected for each age Of life.
The 8reslau mortality table. covering
deaths that O1c5Tred in the i've wears
16o7-s1 was the first mortality table that
had any pretensions TO accuracy ever pub
lished- Between that and the middle OF
the last century scores Of others we're
compiled from Government census records
and from the more accurately kept rec
Crds Of insured lives. The last important
governmental table was DIT. Fairs Eng
lish Life Table No. 3, published in 1864.
It includes the largest mortality expert
ence ever tabulated. being deduced from
the censuses Of 1s41 and 1851 Of the en-
tire population Of Great Britain. embrac-
ing some fifty millions living and $40. 720
deaths registered in seventeen years. In
the language OF DR.. Farr this table was
not deduced from the population or the
Deaths alone. but freq. he ratio the one
Pears TO the other at different ages. 'No
other comparison than Of the lives ex-
posed and the deaths occurring at each
age can determine the average duration
Of life And - data have been collected
and compiled for making such a COMPARE
son. on large 7 opulations. in recent years,
nor since that made by Dr. Farr on the
records Of Fifty years ago
In the last $50 years every phase Of
human life and Of the diseases and causes
that produce death have been carefully
and scientifically investigated for the
purpose OF determining with mathe-
TuaticaI accuracy reliable data for basing
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IT BE question arises whether there
are any broad lines OF develop
4 ment left in printing methods OF
today and whether we have not
practically reached the limit OF speed and
production in our great dafies-
II is long step from the clumsy hand
press Of over q century hack to the mon
ster presses OF today, with their capacity
OF 100000 papers an hour. Il is a mar
velous advance from the woodcut OF half
century back 20 the present half tone
photoengraving processes, requiring min
utes for perfect pictures to hours needed
to cut crude illustrations on wooden
blocks
While in this startling age OF great me
chanicaI achievement il is never safe TO
predict limitations, We can az least say
that We have nearly arrived at the limits
Of expansion ana efficiency in relief or
raised-surface printing Any further de-
velopment in relief printing would seem
to be dependent upon elaboration and bet
terment Of the present excellent machIn-
cry. rather than any possibility Of radi-
cal inventions along new lines.
A quick summary OF the machinery and
processes used in the highest state Of the
art in newspaper printing embraces: the
linotype machine. operated like a type
writer, and turning out east metal lines
Of raised type the papler-mache impress
sion Of type in forms; the curved stereo-
type metal plates, cast from the paper
matrix ready for the press: the electro
typed hard cOpper-faced plates, used
where sharper impressions are demanded:
the half-tone processes for making illus
trations; the three-coIor processes, and
finally the immense, many cylindered
presses. which print, fold, paste. and cut
the papers. All OF the processes which
contribute to the finished paper Of today
have been refined until il is difficult TO
see how greater expedition can be Sc
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-04
WILLIAM Mckinney.

By 5. A. SMITH, Business College Student.
One year ago today the city was filed
with visitors from all over the United
states. All classes. and those from every
walk Of life had congregated in Washing
ton to see the choice Of the people take
the oath OF Office
The city had been preparing for this
event for months. and the hotels had re-
ceived orders from all quarters for rooms.
and every available place was taken or
spoken for. far in advance OF the day.
All the people who could furnish rooms
had them filed with visitors who had
gathered to welcome the incoming Presi-
dent. He was a man Of power and ability.
and die more to reconcile the North and
the South in his first term than any other
Of the Presidents preceding him.
Now, let US contrast the scene Of that
gathering with the one about six months
from then. The first gathering was to
welcome the President to his exalted place
IN the affairs Of the Government, but on
this occasion We met with sad faces to
witSess the passage Of his body as # was
155oorne from there to the Rotunda Of the
Capitol. Here it was viewed By thous-
ands. who had come for no other purpose
than to look upon the face OF their friend
and President. Here the North and the
South mingled and paid their last respects
70 their departed friend
Re was man Of power and had a pure
life. which was full OF devotion. was a
true Christian, and in his daily life show
ed that he walked and talked with God
He was prepared when the summons came
for him TO come up higher; his life had
been such that when his time came he
was ready to meet his Maker and for
him a dear friend
His death was that Of a Christian. for
his last words In regard 20 his assassin
we're that the law would protect him.
Like the martyrs Of old. be had no harsh
word for his destroyer He had ideals
that all would do well to emulate.
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and assuming financial obligations In a
. corporate and responsible form. that
would stand the tests OF time and all
financial and social fluctuations.
The correlated values obtainable by
combining the laws Of mortality and
compound interest are known to a math-
ematical certainty. The results are no
longer predetermined Upon the certainty
OF this knowledge are BASED the largest
moneyed transactions ever accomplished
by corporate organizations, and their
contract obligations may be made
more secure than the bonds Of any State
or nation, for populations may continue
where governments fail and change.
English Life Table No. 3 shows that the
death rate Der annum among infants Is
as great during their first year Of life
as among an equal number Of persons
living at the age Of eighty; that more
than IS per cent die the first year and
only 20 per cent Of all children born at
tain the age OF ten; Ga per cent the age
Of twenty. and 81 per cent the age Of
thirty. while one-half of those who live
TO be twenty years old attain the age OF
siXty-three.
Among carefully selected insured lives
we know that more than half OF those in
sured at any age beginning with % Will
live beyond sixty-seven. By the Farr
Table No. the Oldest age attained is
10S, by the Actuaries' Table it is ninety
nine, and by the American table II is
ninety-six. No insured life in this conn
try has lived to the age OF 100. but sew
eral have died at the age of ninety-nine.
and one, after his policy was paid on
surrender, died just after his Tooth birth
day.
Probably # is true that medical and
sanitary science has already tended and
may more and more tend to Increase the
healthfulness and strength OF children
at birth, so that under etter hygienic
conditions, more tender care and rational
treatment, large proportion may live to
maturity. But ii is almost certain that
the chief result, among the average pop
ulation, viii be 10 lengthen the lives OF
weaklings and increase the number OF
such to the year OF completed manhood
and womanhOOd. when they enter upon
the period OF responsible citizenship. And
this would tend 20 Increase the death rate
among the impaired or less robust lives
and thus reduce the number living at the
end OF the next twenty years or so TO the
normal number shown by the mortality
tables.
Again, the mode Of living and eating in
this generation, the nervous and physical
tension and strain put upon every man
and women and child. whatever their
place in our social and business economy.
certainly tends to shorten rather than
lengthen the lifetime of the individual,
and, it would seem, must destroy the pos
sibility Of any increase Of the average
age Of man in our day and generation.
This article is only intended 10 be sug-
gcstive. II cannot be exhaustive within
the prescribed space limits.
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and we doubt if the fate of this or
any other nation hangs upon it, but
if there is TO be recurring friction.
the point at issue should be officially
settled one way OF the other.
- There Is little doubt trat the opin-
ion of the average citizen of this Re
public Is in favor Of thu precedence
Of the members of the highest tri-
bunal, but in order to avoid anything
like a diplomatic rupture and a pos
sible casus belli.- il might be well TO
give the members of the Diplomatic
Corps the right to enter in advance
OF the jurists.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-04

Patrick Campbell. The Burgomaser" and the original
ForOdora before the brought to an
The other theatres Capital the Academy-the En-
pire to give the BOu It's nameand Kernan's
the field for some weeks later than syndicate houses
Mrs. Clara BOodgood who made Just as much If not a
greater, success in The Way as Elsie De-
Wolfe has several announced that she
has idea Of Of theatrical stars
next she resigned Miss DeWoIfe com
pany and her place has been by
Moyne, whose starring MarI-
borough was only recently closed.
M reason has been Mrs Boodgoods abrupt
severance Of her professional DeWoe
Eanzauon; still there persons uncharitabe enough to
@ that the trihe mined big personal
success scored by Mrs. BIoodgood
Some there a current to the effect that
Mrs BloOdsoOd would be Charles year
but both the actress End the manager vehementy denied
still when such weIInovn generally liked actress as
Mrs Bloodgood suddenly frequently con-
sderrd evidence ncpent the starring
fever
Charles p Salisbury for many years Of Wash
ingtoa and last the theatre in
Washington the attraction Trip
haIo' which the Empire Theatre week Mr.
Salisbury has many friends combining business
with pleasure. Trip with much sue
this season. Philadelphia ago estab-
lished the seasons record the Auditorium Theatre
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-04
THE QUESTION OF PRECEDENCE.

Although the average American
Will regard the matter as semi-ridic-
ulous. it is to be hoped that there
viii be a commission named 10 set
tie the question of precedence at
state functions. 1t seems that some
of the foreign ambassadors are in
high dudgeon because the members
OF the Supreme Court preceded them
into the chamber of the House Of
Representatives at the exercises held
last Thursday
There is scarcely enough Of vital
Importance involved TO warrant a
lengthy discussion of this matter.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-04

Miss Padgettes experience world not
been confined the Interpretation strictly
matte for bright affair Three Lit
tie Lambs" produced in New three ago.
Miss Padgettes attractive personality
talent added little the By
steal entertainment In the metropolis. year
valued member OF Jacob Lifts company, presenting
Price Of Peace. and her reviews
the initial production OF the big English
commonly intelligent and orceuI away conyen-
tonal and predicted in her dramatic
endeavors.
The theatrical firm that sends forth
the interesting that weary Of procanin
every night that ",ae world mine" carrying few mil
lion francs in his inner his
mics and make the people his gasp with aston
ishnent at the sight Of much stage money.
Mr. oNell has been playing Monte Cristo" many
years and it is questionable than
his Edmund Dante has held popular acor He
around the year with stirring meIodrama
and gathers large profits Chicago ago it is said
the $1,000 roinand despite this financial
public s nightly interested ONeiiIs Dantes the
actor is seeking another play in which display
doubted talents.
Mr. ONeil has made tie endeavor on several pre-
Vols occasions but the public sLeadasy
cept him In any play but Monte Crso.' has been
compelled 10 accept the verdict Of the people.
The Christian King that has been selected
Tor Mr. ONeils starring
AFFORD him abilities and il
expected 10 successful permit actor 10
forget Dantes for
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ligence, and what also might be termed
average ignorance OF household duties,
can and does create. coming directly from
an agency into little fat presumably pre-
pared 10 cook, wash and iron. but in re-
ality only capable OF running digestions,
stirring up dust and making life hideous
by turning out starched handkerchiefs,
ePilePtc shirtfronts and shirtwaist plaits
ironed alternately the wrong way.
To my mind the solution OF the servant
problem is 70 be found in the establish
ment Of a school for special and general
training. honest peasant girls from Swe-
den and Norway, Ireland and Scotland
may be saved from a career OF utter use
lessness BY being taken into the school
directly upon their arrival in this coun-
try and carefully instructed in the WAYS
and means OF modern housekeeping before
attempting to get the positions which
most new arrivals are totally unqualified
TO III
A project Of this sort must be well en-
dnwed, for TO work the greatest good it
must be free TO all applicants earnest
and willing to learn Much good is being
done at present in private cooking class
work among those who are able 10 pay
for Instruction or fortunate enough to
have employers who pay the tuition fees
for them But free school for complete
training in general homework is a very
present need. and once established would
soon make its value apparent among the
countless little families who ind house
keeping unsatisfa ctOry and inconvenieut
through the difficulty in securing domes-
tics for general hOusewOrk-
Notwithstanding this crying need for
improved conditions there are. never
theless, Just as good servants now as ever
before, and Just as many OF them 10 be
had at fair wages.
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When the Noon Cones Out.

The Day has fallen. 10, his pallid ghost
Comes stalking through the blackncss Of
the night,
And down the dripping valley, where, II
fight,
lie died a martyr to the storms wild host
The battle clouds start backi they cease
20 boast
IN thunder-peaIs the triumph OF their
night
Their broken ranks are fleeing, mad with
fright,
In scattered bands along tho rayagsd
coast.
The grass beside the roadway lowIy
dFoops,
pown-tro6den IN the Battle with the rain.
4he land g TUNED % sorrow by the troops
That scoiled the Day, left murdered on the
plain,
Then Ged, or huddled close in distant
groups
TO watch the cleaning spectre Of the
slain,
Juliet WHbOr Tompkinz
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tQuery)
Freemen Of the Great Republic:
COuntrymen Of Washington:
Have ye lost your love for Freedom.
Have your symDathies grown dumb7
Hear our anguished cry for rescue
Brothers, come and help US, come!
TWO long years we've fought and worsted
Foes outnumbering US ten 10 one;
Butler, Roberts. have outgeneral'd;
Now "the butcher Kitchener's come.
Hear our last appeal for rescue
Brothers, come and help US, come!