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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-02
PENSION FRAUDS AND PENSION BILLS

There IS, however, an evil connected
with the granting Of pensions and Con-
gress is the guilty party in fostering it,
The private pension bill is a public nuis-
ance. The pension laws are sufficiently
liberal. and the Interpretation OF them
by the Pension Office usually also. to
bring within their operation ali who are
entitled to il. OF course, it is possible
that there may be a case. now and then,
in which the claimant may not have been
treated fairly. or where it was impossi-
bic to bring him within the provisions
OF the law, but such a case is the excep-
tion rather than the rule. 1t has become
the practice. however, for a rejected
claimant to go at once to his Repres5I-
tative. who introduces a bill directing
the installation OF the claimant on the
roll. and bills Of this sort are passed by
the hundreds in few minutes.
All this is wrong. Any redress sought
from the action Of the Pension Office
should be given by a tribunal properly
constituted for that purpose. and Con
gress should no longer exercise the func-
tions which Of right ought to belong to q
judiciary tribunal.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-02

er members Of the viii include Augustus
ert Drouet D. H. Haribs stephen Wright Tanner Nan
cy Paget. and Clara Louise Glendennng.
With such lot Of able actresses there is little
doubt but that Gotham Kindly to The Las Appeal
Blanche Walsh should a happy actress. She has re-
Gently been presenting play by J. Dam called
La Madeleine. the performance has met
the dsapprOval Of the Rev Aqua Webb Angeles
roundly denounced the play pulpit couple Sunday
mornings thereby providing the energetic
press agent with ammunition lombard every
newspaper Office in the That par
chasable commodity would be actually weight
gold. 1919
Miss Walsh has been courageousy trying plays
this before piece performed She had
record Of five different productions All proved unsatsfa
tory and because she had sufficient merit 10
warrant invasion the East her man
ayers have confined her the Middle
West. with number OF performances in the South.
The author Of la Madeleine" Dam is a former Sar
Francisco who years resided in
London where he has acquired quite reputation as an IN
rally bright writer. lyrics for sew
era OF the pieces that have oc
cupied London stages. and addition play being
used by Miss Walsh he has had drama accepted carly
production BY Amelia Bingham
zxz
Walter Clarke Bellows. manager the Iafayette
stock yesterday the recipient many congrat
The Little Pilgrims" youthful Bellows made the
single distinct hit of the performance Monday night
oeated his last when
much smoother than on the opening night.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-02

the real thing. but he would you what
Charles Matthews m once twenty
years learn still When young actor
she Imperial Theatre they chalk line
stage play an entire without
moving 1t takes expert the stage
without appearing ID unnecessarily
IS Be modest
Ladies and gentlemen all young actors and actresses
20 jump into Hamlet Juliet before they
tered ROsencrantz the
Henry Irving first opened his theatre played
Hamlet and for Osre thought would be
Laertes He didn suggest wrong
Irving looked mp and down-he since
short rOcksand quiet way Ny boy
lack the chief attribute youth-modest you young
actors to pay good parts myself
her There many you learned in your
school and TO which need no. refer Remember
schools the stage recruits
ortance Of them stage losing
traditions with the stock companies
it must turn to preserve them
The lafayette recently Empire
Theatre this city viii mis- the
York he9ee following Frank Daniels
Miss Simplicity" Lafayette opinion New
viii Illusion Lions Bride and will
give elaborated fashion. entirely equip
OF scenery.
This the first history theatrcals Of the
metropolis that vaudeville show attraction
o. the merit OF the Daniels company any play
house.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-02

The prospective change in the admin
Istration Of the Pension Office has called
forth in some quarters the oft-repeated
assertion that a very large percentage
OF the pension roll is tainted with fraud
1t may be that the people who indulge
this sort Of assertion believe that lie
well stuck to serves the purpose as we'll
as The truth. Il is quite safe to wager
that none of those who periodically raise
this howl OF fraud have ever taken the
trouble to get at the real facts in the
case.
1t is not unlikely that there may be
some men borne on the rolls who should
not be there. There is no absolute pre-
ventivo Of wrOngdoing in any field Of hu-
man endeavor. But anyone at all CONVEX
SAINT with the facts knows that not over
five per cent Of the names CT the pension
list are there improperly. 70 assert the
contrary is 20 cast a slur upon the eredi-
bility and honor Of the thousands Of old
soldiers whose testimony is required Il
establish the right Of their former com
rades to receive pension from the Gov
ernment
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measure-we cannot expect them 70 rise
any higher.
We may assume ii as certain. however.
that this new century viii not go far
without giving US some great new novel;
lists Feeling perfectly convinced that
such novelists are soon 10 come. I am
Inclined TO indulge myself in some specu-
lation as 10 the field OF LIE on which
they are TO make their appearance.
The great coming novelist. take 70 Tor
granted. win find instinctiyely or deliber-
ately a new field. Might I suggest that
the region OF what is called society in
London has perhaps been cultivated
rather too much Of late years. and Is
possibly even suffering from over-cultI-
walton? The coming novelist. I venture
to think, viii find that there are other
interests. struggles. hopes. fears. come
dies, and tragedies in Iife besides those
which are associated with the West End
OF London, with peerages and presenta-
tons at court. with fashionable drawing
rooms. the rivalries OF families. the social
ambitions Of the millionaire. and the
career OF brilliant political adventurers.
I do not by any means intend to sug-
gest that some young man o. woman
with a natural gift for story writing IS
likely TO sit down one day and begin 20
think out With brain-racking process the
best means OF discovering that world
elsewhere The great new Novelist viii
become possessed with the idea, and will
give it expression accordingly.
What we may safely take for granted
is that another English novelist CT the
highest order VIII soon arise. and tszs
the English novel coming from such
hands viii introduce US TO q new, fela
Of romance.
/ decline to pledge any faint chance I
may have OF winning a reputation for
the gift Of foresight any farther than 10
say that 1 do not think the next coming
great English novel will choose for its
scene the West Ed OF London. the Kali
yard. or the battlefeIds where armed
bands are displaying their swords and
bucklers-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-02
Smallpox and Faith Cure

The expected has happened. SmaIlDox
mas broken out in the faith cure estab-
h5nment Of DOwie, the prophet. In Chi
cago, and the place has been uuarsnti,aI
The police are now taking care that The
regulations OF the health department ara
observed, and many people VIII watch
Win interest, TO see whether faith viii
as It has been claimed. keep a contaqio,,s
disease from spreading among .peoDIe ,-bo
have not been vaccinated.
The objection which the general public
has heretofore had to this theory is based
on good and sufficient grounds. II has
been charged that in many cases peopls
who believe IN cure by faith have not re-
ported cases OF contagious disease in
their families. or taken any precautions
10 prevent the spread OF the disease
being content il they themselves escane5
the contagion- Scarlet fever. diDhtberia
and other contagious diseases have there
by been spread through a whole neishbor-
hood Only when too Ia.s has the source
Of the trouble been aSCertained.
Obviously. smallpox is not a thing with
which II is safe 10 fool in that way, and
yet there was every reason to suppose
that If mild case Of smallpox occurred
among the believers, nothing would be
done about il. and eNSyvbOdy Who came
in contact With the sufferer would be car
rying Infection 10 the outer world. Il is.
therefore. matter for thanksgiving that
the disease has CHANGED to break out in
a recognizable form, and that the authori-
ties have taken it in hand in such way
that the community IN general viii not
have 20 depend on faith alone as a pro-
fsl-li,r f-rr, -l,rlaalo-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-02
THE INFLUENCE OF BOOKS
BY ELIZABETH ELLICorr POE.

HERE are. strictly speaking. two
classes Of books. secular and
sacred. And yet they are con-
s'antly intermingling. often un-
consciously and involuntariIy. Il is the
saving element in each. The writings Of
St Paul CT Isaiah would not have held
mems hearts and minds all these years
II they did not constantly appeal to the
human side Of life. These appeals are
like the last, subtle touches Of the
sculptor that perfects and crowns the
rest Of his labor, while the secular writ
ings that Withstand the ravages Of time
and change Of MIND are those that appeal
directly or Indirectly to the higher and
better natures OF man.
The religious sense. or recognition of
eternity, has been the dominant feature
OF the great writer's Of all ages Il could
not be otherwise. These men deal in deep.
sincere, true thoughts. and truth and sin
certify reach down TO the mystery Of life
and death, OF which religion is the motive
power. Poets and writer's deal with the
eternal. with the deep OF things They
voice the real thoughts Of human souls
Every man. no matter what his place is in
the scale Of civilization and culture, has
moments whereof mans dual self. the
inner and higher. the soul, has complete
dominion. Then ne reads with avidity
the works OF some great master who FELT
in the depths OF his own true soul the
eternal Questionings and thoughts. that
spring with the force OF the mountain
stream. through the material wants and
demands Of today.
Books are the outcome Of the innate
desire for permanency inter-rooted and
eommingled in the human composition.
In the earliest times. when knowledge
was a dawning light and earth itself an
infant in the sight OF eternity. this feeling
was alive and active. Man, in a combined
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-02
WHERE WILL COMING NOVELHTS
LAY SCENES OF THEIR STORIES?
JUSTIN MCCARTHY, in the London Daily Mail"

n TOTHING surprises and fmpresses
M me more when thinking over the
l literary life OF the present day
than the number OF really good
novels which are published every year,
and, indeed, every month. in England.
1 do not profess 20 have read all these
novels: no man could undertake TO read
them all who had not the means and the
inclination to devote his whole life to
that one task. But I do my best not TO
fall quite behind this literary movement,
and whenever I hear new novel spoken
OF with special favor endeavor to make
its acquaintance as soon as possible.
I may repeat that grow more and
more surprised at the number OF really
good novels now offered to the public
am not judging these books according
to the praises given to them in the Sc
lected extracts from newspaper criticisms
which one sees every day IL the publish
ers' advertisements In some Of these we
read every other day Of a new master
piece Of fiction which combines all the
highest qualities Of the greatest English
novelists while qualified by none OF their
defects. / have read again and again Sc
leet Communications OF this kind. which.
to quote some words Of Lord MacauIay.
would be extravagant If applied to Don
Quixote."
But without relying on the judgment OF
such enthusiastic critics / feel compelled
to say that, 50 far as nay judgment goes,
there is really a large number OF new
novels published in England every year
which for construction. style. and interest
may fairly claim the admiration OF inteH-
gent and educated readers
Yet we have not for many years seen
in England the rise Of any writer Of fc-
ton whom we are inclined to welcome as
a really great novelist.
We have at most two or three living
noTelists who could justly be described
as really great in their art. and these
novelists have already given US their
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-02

idea Of pride and amusement. would recite
to his children the deeds Of his life. AS
time FASTENED on. this primal method Of
unwritten history was. as the national
or tribal sense began to develop. merged
into the national life. Someone who had
the gift Of eloquence would become The
keeper OF this unwritten lore. Ia this
way was produced the poet. A bard at
hrst-nay. a minstrel whose only mode nj
expression was a song, the god-poet
Homer was the perfected type OF this
stage. Then the idea Of ensuring per
NANCY 70 these songs Of history led men
to write, in that age a life task. the
histories transmitted to them through
the medium OF folklore and minstrel
tales. AS the years went on certain men
acquired style in the writing OF these
histories and then called Qn an evil or
lucky moment, which was it2) imagination
to color and enrich the narrative. Thus
the art Of writing was perfected and
giorifed by the master touches OF these
men OF old, who with their best endeayors
preserved the records Of truth. and the
annals Of history.
nation Of readers viii be Il nation Of
intelligent, good men, II will be a nation
unselfsh and high-spirited in its eorpo-
rate life. Do not fear that the magma
ton found in books will hurt anyone. It
Is more often prophetic insights into the
future' into the to-be. Americans are
readers Every thinking citizen must
hail with joy the beneraetions Mr.. Car
negie has made The standard Of every
town TO which he has given library Will
be raised The books sent out into the
various homes must, BY a recital Of bet
ter modes and lives. elevate many
Il is the ounce OF prevention worth The
pound OF cure" America will he battar
Tor II, and so would the world II il READ
more and thought less Of itself and Of us
neighbOF's sins
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-02
WHEN WOMAN SHOULD NOT Quarrel
ADVICE FROM ONE OF THEM.

THERE are few girls 50 blessed by an
inherent sweetness Of disposition
Il that to quarrel with them is more
pleasant than TO converse merely
amiably with OtEer sirens. The remark
able capacity possessed by such damsels
OF uttering home truths full OF the sting
OF absolute appropriateness. and. at the
same time. Invested Of all the acrid Bit
terness OF malice. enables them &c admin
lister a rebuke-where such is required
to sweetheart OF friend. without arousing
in them the sancor that leads TO a heated
dispute
\ quarrel may do good. says a writer in
the Philadelphia Enquirer" But II il is
20 accomplish real benefit IL must be con-
Quoted with infinite tact. No haring out
in sudden wrath VIII produce a good ef-
feet, neither viii sustained course OF
pickering and nagging. What is wanted
when an irate sweetheart requires a little
educational training to transform him
from an obstinate despOt into an amen
able adOrer is Just a mild dose Of
fault-fnding. administered with a sugar
ing OF arectionate bantering. But let not
the administrator OF this banter fan back
from her position when once she has made
it clear that she requires the blemish 70
which she objects N her dear ones char
acter changed. The course Of correction
must be patiently and persistently pur-
sued, and viii be brought 10 a successful
issue in due course If laughter takes the
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-02
A Matrimonial Hunt.

a clergyman in Reading. Pa. has ad-
Vertised for a wife. and some enterprIs-
ing newspaper man hunted him I'D and
Investigated the reasons for so surrris-
ing an action on the part Of member Of
the clerical profession. The clergyman
was quite willing to talk. He said that
10 the first place. he had several situa-
lions onered-"calls" is the proper the
illogical term-from various churches. but
they all wanted q married man. so that
be was at d deadlock until he could ind
wife Moreover. he said that be was tired
OF living in boarding house and wanted
a home-a frame Of mind which is shared
by a good many other bachelors. most Of
whom, however, would shy at the idea Of
advertising for a mate.
The natural enquiry would be why the
gentleman's matrimonial hunt cannot be
successfully conducted in Reading. with
out going further. but he AYERS that the
right kind Of game is not there. In other
words there is no girl In that city whom
be can truthfully say satisfies his idea OF
what wife should be: but he thinks that
out OF the answers he will get 10 his ad
yertisement he will be able 90 select
somebody who viii suit him.
Then be naively observes that the only
thing that IS sad IN the situation Is the
thought that he can choose but one. and
that the dark cloud on his honeymoon
VII be the consciousness that there are
so many good, trustful women who can
not have him. He viii do well to publish
this fact where they will all see it. for II
anything can console them for the loss of
the prize II viii be the discovery that
the prize was such a nincompoop as that
remark would Indicate. The average
woman does not care 10 live with a man
who thinks he is so fine that he Is con
ierrinS favor on her by marrying her
But, from all appearances. Il would an
pear that this reverend gentleman has
mistaken his vocation. He ought TO have
been a Mormon or a citizen or Sulu.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-02

Poverty is due more to ciIcum-
stances than to faults and vices Of
the individual.

7 T it commonly supposed that the poor
man has no one but himself TO blame
i for mis- poverty. This is a mistake.
Poverty may. and frequently does,
arise from circumstances entirely beyond
the individual control
During the building strike and lockout
in Chicago $4,000 men we're thrown out
Of work. Many Of them were reduced to
the borders Of starvation.
Take again the frequent case OF the
breadwinner losing his position owing 70
sickness or accident, often Of a prolonged
and aggravated character. Recovery may
be slow, and the employer naturally looks
askance at the worker who is handicapped
by physical weakness in labor which fire.
queutly taxes the utmost endurance OF a
man in perfect health.
In a single mining disaster one hundred
abIe-bOdied men perished. most OF them
leaving families Here again was leg
aCy Of poverty for the survivors.
In the first place, then, I would say
that as a rule poverty is due more fire.
quently to circumstances over which the
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-02
By
FREDERICK BOOTH TUCKER.
Head Of the Salvation Army in Americ

individual has no control than to his
faults and vices.
Another common fallacy IS that the
poor man is unwilling to work out his
own regeneration. In nine cases out Of
ten cur experience goes to show that he
viii work. and work hard. IL a fair and
square chance be placed before him.
Further, the opinion is frequently ex-
pressed that it is unwise paternalism on
the part OF a government TO interfere
with the sociological conditions which
make poverty 50 dreadfuIIy prevalent.
Here. too. I venture TO differ II il be
right and wise for a government to pro-
vide food for the mind al an expenditure
OF many millions of dollars. wherein can
il be foolish TO see that its people have a
sufhc!ency Of food for their bodies and
are placed under such conditions as 10 be
able 10 earn and pay for the same2 There
is much truth in the homeIy Hindoo prov
erb which says that the stomach was
made before the mind.
The rights Of the individual may be
briefly summed up as follows.
The right to 1--we; the right to work:
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-02
The Value Of Hospitals.

Perhaps one OF the most common
sense ways Of calculating the value OF
a hospital 70 the community in which
II Is situated, is by finding the num-
Der OF citizens IL has been enabled TO
restore 70 health and usefulness. The
hgures 10 the table make one won
ger why the cost per capita IN one
great hospital Is Eve or six times as
much as IN another. The relatively
greater cost Of in-patients than out
patients is factor, but the discrep-
ancy Is BY no means thus wholly ac-
counted for The dispensary abuse
has been much criticised. but has
the other side OF the question had a
deserved emphasis2 Is not the hos
pital which treats its patients in the
ctspensaries as far a possible. and
which keeps down the average stay
10 the wards 10 the lowest number Of
days consistent with the safety OF the
patient, doing a practical work which
the hospital IL likely 20 forget thai
retains It's patients longer than may
be really required Do we think that
every tine a wage-earner is admitted
20 The wards OF the hospital his in
come producing ability ceases at once
and the hospital may thus become a
PauperiziHg agency g. IL were possible
Just as safely TO produce the same re-
suit by treating the applicant as a
walking case and allowing him 20 re-
sumo al least partial LAHORE Do we
always think OF the wife and children
who are deprived OF support when the
head OF the family IS told that he
must enter a ward2 Does the desire
for clinical material sometimes in
fiuenee more than the comfort OF those
dependent upon the sufferer This
IS a great problem, and abuse must
not be considered as being all on one
side. Improperly conducted the dis
pensaTy may become an influence for
evil instead Of good. but when right
~ managed may 81 not, in reality.
help the poor 10 help themselves2'
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-02
SELP-HARMFULNESS OF WRONODONG
By WILLIAM A HUNGERFoRD.

II We indulge our appetites or passions
to excess We reap the penalty OF III
health, insomnia, insanity, the worlds
disrespect. the pOOrhouse. perhaps the
prison and a dishOnOred grave
True happiness is not in the striving
Tor power or wealth. It is rare when
true happiness goes with either. Right
doing and contentment almost invariably
bring a competence A bright disposition
brings true friends to bask in the sun
shine OF honesty and contentment- He
who is contented has the worlds best
gift.
II the advice OF every wrongdoer were
summed up in one VOID. that word would
be Don't
Ii the advice Of every sage and philoso-
pher were summed up in one phrase. that
phrase would be do right.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-02
ALOVer's Song.

Be these written words OF mine
Folded buds upea loves vine.
Waiting for the sun and dew.
For the eyes and lips OF you.
As you read them they shall wake
Into happiness. and make
Song and fragrance. fresh and new,
In the voice and kiss OF you.
And when into bloom they blow,
And their souls OF beauty show,
You shall find their secret true;
Take Il 10 the heart OF you
IF. -. Sherman, ia the Smart Set.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-02
PASSING
RALPH RUNYAN, in the philadelphia Times"

HALFh HUMAN, IN the ~Fhhadephla lines.
I stand the summit OF mOuntail steep and high
And watch the moving picture OF humanity roll by
1 the changs-joy and pleasure. pain
mighty valley, HILL and plain
They marching manhood and old
and learned
The serf beside the monarch, with wealth;
Disease with painful motion with robust health
Brightest Dahed IN bitter
with youthful white with ros
Some clothed aeed clad:
With the laughter OF the sObbng the sad
they
Then follow the valley / power and might
Every rank and station distinction fame
All have found their
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-02
REVIVAL OF"THELAST APPEAL"

very generally supposed that Leo Derichsteins
The Appeal" which presented Ma
Theatre theatrical year which
given encouragement in Chi
and Boston resulting closing the company
presenting the play, Waacks Theatre
New York, April "A.
Henry Harris, manager Of the