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The Washington times., 1902-12-21
HERBERT WINS FROM GRANT.

George Herbert threw Jimmie" Grant
at the Empire Theater last night in four
minutes by a half-nelson. Tuesday night
Frank Huseman, a local lad, will en-
deavor to throw KID Sullivan, another
local boy. IN thirty minutes.
The Washington times., 1902-12-21
EASY FOR WASHINGTON.

Last night the Washington Light In
fsntry basketball team defeated a picked
team from Baltimcre by the score OF 81
20 T. The zane WIS played in the Wash
ingtoR LlgbF Infantry Hall
The Washington times., 1902-12-21
Athletics at Y. M. c. A.

The semi monthly contests for the ALL
around athletic championship OF the =.
N. G.. a. are creating an unusual amount
OF interest THIS season not only among
the members and contestants. burt among
followers Of athletics generally.
Six teams are competing this season
for the honor Of holding the trophy
shield and TO date Captain Applegate's
team leads with .041 points 10 it's credit.
Captain SpauldinR's team is next with gS4
and Richardson's men have earned 9lgie
points. The others are Captain Shears
team. 736; BOpp's. 751lz. TrwEcs. .sa
and DE Reinner's. 4s3Iz
The Washington times., 1902-12-21
Interest in Basketball

The game known as basketball has
grown so popular all over the country
that il has been included In The list Of
athletic competitions Of all the big col
leges. and it is as much OF feature with
them in the indoor season as football is
in field sports. and athletic clubs and y.
NJ. g. A. organizations no longer have a
monopoly in this line Of athleIcs.
Regular schedules are now made out
just as they are for football and base
ball and the lines are drawn just as
tightly In this sport between the big and
little colleges as they are In the older
lines o. Sport
The Cornell schedule just issued calls
for sixteen games and includes contests
with Harvard. Yale. Princeton. Colum-
Iia. and the rest with the smaller col
leRes. Lafayette College viii play here
on December 26 and - with the Light
Infantry team. and Yale may make "A
visit here next month
The Washington times., 1902-12-21
Standing Of Teams and Individuals

Last weeks contests Included running
high jump. long ladder climb, rear
vault. left and right on parallel bars.
The points earned IN these we're as fol-
Trrrrs
The Washington times., 1902-12-21
Railway Relief League.

The teams composing the Railway Re
lief Association League are showing de-
cided improvement all along the line.
and while none OF the bowlers is put
Ting up remarkably high scores. thu
bowling is OF the consistent sort which
will bring results later on.
At present the team representing the
Four -aud-a half Street division OF the
big system is in the lead with a fair mar
gin. Last Wednesday DO bowled itself
out Of a tie with the officers. and 10 viii
have 10 bowl hard TO keep out Of The
way OF tho latter.
The team Is composed Of Wilson. Coo
ley. Mcintyre. L0veless.. and CARRIER. OF
these Mcintyre and CARRIER are the ONLY
ones entitled 90 a place iu last weeks
list or the ten high bowlers." The for
mer bowlcd an average OF l5512. and ha1
record Of best high single at 2lO. ana
CARRIER had 1905 average.
The Officers team has on it several
strong players who are nearly aIwavr
good for good totals. The team cou,Ist=
OF Ham. Fuller Mohet. Lee. and Brown.
The latter can always be counted on 90
roll mp good singles and his totals ma
terially helr tho team in its average.
The Washington times., 1902-12-21
Light Infantry Team.

The Infantry made a good showiug
against the crack All Baltmcros last
night and they hope 20 repeat the trick
ncXt Friday and Saturday nights. when
they meet thc lafayette College team
and later on LChiEh. and probably Yale.
Next month the big team from Atlantic
City. every man OF which is "a star iu his
position. win be here for q series of
games with Captain Shreve's men and
Interesting contests are expected
The Washington times., 1902-12-21
Saengerbund Bowlers.

The team representing the Washington
SacnEerbund has demonstrated In its re-
cent games that 70 is a factor in tho
District Bowling League race. The fact
that IL has lot OF seasoned players who
have team work down fine is Of great
assistance, and for the most part their
individual work is Of the steady sort
Burdine is keeping up his good work
and closed the first quarter Of the league
schedule with 1913 average for fifteen
games. Laue has not done so well ia
individual work. he having bowIed only
1616 average at least fifteen points be-
low his standard. SCheuerman is an
other OF the old stand-bys who is doing
good work for his team. Miller finish
ed third iu the averages with 177S. and
is a decided addition to the team He is
a strong bowler and his hard drives are
always good for "a big topping Of pins.
Brucggor bowls at anchor. and his work
has been long and favorably known 20
local leagues
The Washington times., 1902-12-21
Morton Cadet Teams.

The great Improvement In the playing
of the basketball team representing the
Morton Cadets is the talk of the local
league and followers Of the sport gen
orally.
To play itself into a tie for first place
with the Corc0raus. the champions of tho
leGgue. should have been honor enough.
but to play their rivals almost 90 a
standstill last week filled the MOrtons
cup OF joy 10 overlooking
Hughes is playing a fast forward. and
with Richards to aid 1t is hard for the
other side TO goal. Rice has developed
into a clever center. and is doing last
work. He is generally accurate in mis-
tossing The Mcqueen brothers as
backs WORK well together. and their
goaling from field plays is a feature OF
the games i'm which they play. Baum,
Yoder. and Currau are clever enough TO
substitute either at forward" or back"
The last game between the MOrtons
and Corcorans was entirely too rough
10 make IL possible 20 get line on their
relative merits. but. judging from the
work against other teams, the M0rtous
are fast enough 20 make them "a strong
factor in the league race.
The Washington times., 1902-12-21
The individual totals earned to date


As usual the association viii enter
yoin ifs members and friends during the
holidays with a series of contests and
other athletic features.
Among the games scheduled are those
with the Baltimore Central Y. NJ. O.. A..
Wilmington Y. NJ. C.. A.. and Maryland
Agricultural College. One OF the mos.
games is the enc scheduled Tor
December p with West Branch y NJ C..
4. OF Baltimore
On next Friday night viii Dee held the
usual semi-monthly all-around contests.
and admirers Of the sport are invited 10
.fL.nl
The Washington times., 1902-12-21
Second Regiment.

Major ". E. Harvey, 40, Capt Sheri-
dan Ferree, -, Privete A. 6. Richmond.
~; Capt. Alexander Summers, A; Lieut..
C. p. Phillips. 40. Private William Kuhn,
Al; Private X. $. Williams. 80; Sergt. J..
$, Coomos, a., Scrgt. W. NJ. Farrow. 45
Sergt. G. Z. Groome. 43; Private c. A.
Russell, IS. Sergt John OConneu. Il
Private G. p. Wathen. 43; Capt. c. r.
Sefgel. 80. Lieut. L. f. TAFT, 81; Sergt.
II. r. Burton. 50 total. G4S.
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Chase's Theater.

The annual engagement of Hydes Com
edians at Chases Theater next week Is
looked upon as an event Of unusual and In
viting Importance For years Hyde's Com
edians and the Howard Athenaeum Com
pany were the only vaudeville, or rather
variety, organiza tons that were considered
worth the while of the f1rst-class houses,
and, indeed the company under present
considerations survived it's competitor. I'm
til polite vaudeville became a factor in
the theatrical world, with theaters of it's
own, this company continued its tours in
what is called the high-class theaters. This
the gathering Of stars that went under
this name last year. 1t contains the Four
Mortons, the Musical Colgys, Piccolos Mid
gets, the Nichols Sisters, Trovolo, Boyce
and Wilson, Hall and Staley, Tom Hearn
and O'Zav and Delmo. The Four Mortons,
Sam, Kitty. Clara and Paul, are exception
ally clever and entertaining with their songs
and dances The second feature is made up
of the Musical Colbys. a family of four
fine instrumentalists, who are gifted with
unusual comedy talent. Piccolo's Midgets
the lilliputians from Europe will offer an
unique and pleasing speciality Of acrobatics,
wrestling comedy and songs The Nichols
Sisters, as THE Colored Bellies" rival Nc
Intyre and Heath. Trovollo Is an out-of-
the ordinary ventriloquist as will be recog-
nZed when he submits his act, THE Art
lists Model" Boyce and Wilson are black
face singing and dancing comedians. who
and Staley, The Twentieth Century
Burglars" Tom Hearn. England's funniest
Jester, and OZav and Delmo, comic double
iugglerS
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When Reuben Comes to Town." a musi-
Herman Perlet will be presented at the Co.
lumbia Theater Monday evening for the
first time in Washington by a company
headed by Dorothy Morton, formerly a star
Company, Boston. Mr.. Perlet, who is we'll
known here as conductor and composer, is
said to have devised the plot and written
much of the farce. The story hinges on
will that names Uncle Reuben's niece as
beneficiary to his diamond mine in South
Africa. Miss Morton has much to do in
w men Reuben Comes to Town." as also
John keefe, who was one Of the principal
comedians in 1892" Other prominent ar
ca s greatest dancer: Geraldine Fair. Edna
Dorman. Susanne Willis, Burt C. Thayer,
Frederic Conger, Budd Ross and John 8.
Marble. In all, the company numbers fifty
people, including pretty chorus.
The scenes for the three acts give view
of the hotel at Manhattan for the first, a
reproduction of Riverside drive for the sec
ond and the garden and conservatory of
the house for the third. The costumes are
spoken of as very beautiful. The music in
When Reuben Comes to Town is full of
melody, and there. are several songs for
which it is not too much to predict that
they will be whistled from the night of the
performance There is not a halt or
hitch, 1t is claimed, in the hilarity from
start to finish, one surprise follows another
with rapidity, and one novelty is no sooner
gone than another appears.
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Benefit Concert.

Under the auspices of the Central Labor
Union Of this city a concert Of unusual
proportions will be given at Chases Theater
tomorrow night in aid Of the suffering
Pennsylvania coal miners, the principal
feature Of which will be a stirring appeal
and address by President Mitchell of the
United Mine Workers, who has promised
the local union to be present upon the &C.
casion. Haleys Concert Band will head
the concert program and will render sew
eral numbers with the spirit and dash for
which the band is admired locally Special
Of Wilkesbarre, which will contribute to
are all practical miners who have spent
their lives like the rest of their comrades
working in the depths of the earth. They
are possessed of fine vocal organs which
they are putting to practical use during the
strike by participating in concerts in aid
of their cause They will appear upon the
stage in the everyday working clothes Of
the anthracite miner. They will even carry
in their hats the miners lamp, which af-
fords all the light they have in mining coal.
Among those who will appear are: Banks
Winter and Winona Winter, Sophie Burn
ham, the soprano soloist, and George Yeo-
man, the German jester. These artists were
secured for the concert through the good
offices of Mr.. Chase. and they contribute
their services without cost to the Central
Labor Union, just as Haley'S Band Chases
Theater, and all the other adjuncts are fur
nshed voluntarily and gratuitously. The
prices are 2oc., SOC, I5c. and 81.
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Lafayette Square Thecte

The attraction at the Lafayette Square
Opera House next week will be Lost
Strayed or Stolen" presented by Otis Har-
Ian and the Bijou Musical Comedy Com
pany, which includes Mary Marble, John
Dunno, Little Chip, Tony Hart, David An
drada, Florence Mcneil and others This
company under another name has PLAYED
in Washington for parts Of two seasons.
and it is announced that it will appear at
the Lafayette at frequent intervals this
year. The first offering will be Lost.
Strayed or Stolen" a musical comedy by
Cheever Goodwin and Woolsen Morse
which was one of the reigning Casino sue
cesses half a dozen years ago. 1t has
been revived on elaborate scale with
ney scenery and costumes and will be
given in first-class shape by Mr.. Harlan
and his associates. There is no greater
favorite in musical comedy than Otis Har-
Ian, so far as Washington is concerned and
he and Miss Marble, Little Chip and the
others will no doubt receive a warm well
come next week. The company has been
held together intact since 1t last appea red
here and it is said that even most of the
thirty five chorus girls are the same pretty
There is a new leading lady. Jane Lennox
Of whom nice things are said. The comedy
concerns baby lost in Paris and the eff
forts of half a dozen principals to find the
baby The search leads first to- a military
barracks and then to the apartments of an
actress. The setting Of the second act is
martial, the girls will appear In military
uniforms and John w. Early will sing some
military songs. New musical numbers. nv
Max Hoffman, have been interpolated
There will be the usual matinees Monday
Wednesday and 6atuHday.
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REINFORCED CONCRETE.
Steel Rods Embedded in Pavement In
crease It's Strength.
From the Forum.

From the Forum.
Apart from the improvement of materials
of construction themselves. distinct prog
ress is being made in the use of existing
materials to better advantage This Is
pecally the with the various combi-
nations of metal and cement included in
the general term of reinforced concrete"
or, as it is called in Europe, ''ciment arme"
This combination of materials is an eXcep-
tionally happy one. A concrete of good
cement and stone possesses a great resist
ance to compression, with but a slight
strength to oppose tensile stresses On the
contrary, light rods rolled sections Of
steel resist tension admirably, while buck
ling under compression. Properly arranged.
there be secured close contact and
union between the two materials. the en-
bedding of the steel in the concrete protect
ing it at the same time from oxidation and
from fire. The result has been the COM
mercial development of large number of
so-called systems of reinforced concrete
construction, many of them bearing such
close resemblance TO each other to de-
mand a very minute inspection before the
particular twist or bend to the wire which
constitutes the difference can be detected.
AS matter of fact. almost any combina-
ton of steel rods or light bars embedded in
concrete will vastly increase the strength
of the whole, upon the tension side, at
tritling increase in cost and there is little
doubt that in its various forms reinforced
concrete Is destined 10 De more anu more
extensively used in construction The small
quantity of metal required compared
with ordinary steel structural work, and
the facility with which light skeleton
structure be run up and embedded In
it's surrounding concrete offer powerful
commercial reasons for its use; while the
artistic possibilities are such as to cause
the method to appeal to the architect, since
it removes many of the structural limita-
tons formerly placed upon the realization
of his ideas. Actually, the whole system is
a modification, in the light of modern IA
ciiites. of the method of the Roman build
ers, who erected many of their finest struc-
lures in skeleton of brick piers and ribs.
the whole being subsequently embedded In
a concrete of rubble and mortar. 1t has
been suggested that the fallen Campanile
of Venice might be rapidly and cheaply re-
built in this manner. Any criticism as to
the use of such a system in such a place
may well be answered by showing that 1t
possesses far greater sincerity than was
revealed in the rubbish-fled walls of the
ruined tower.
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COLLEGE GIRL AND MARRIAGE.
Is Higher Education a Blow at the
HomeP
From the woman's Home COMPANION

From the womans Home Companion
There is undoubtedly much to be said in
favor of college education for women but
there Is also something to be said against It.
Very indirectly, of course, but not the less
surely, higher education for women is a
bow at the home. The college girl for four
years has mighty pretty time Of it. In
girls colleges or coeducational institutions
she is young queen. The institution is
managed solely in her interest; she is a
great factor in its social life. Is II any
wonder that she gets high idea of herself
and her mission in the world?
In college she meets the best minds of to-
day and of the old days. She hobnobs IA
military with Horace; she is taught that
Macauiay was poor chap when 1t came
to writing and thinking. She could show
Shelley his mistakes a poet and can tell
why Froude should not be taken too Sc
riously as historian Is 1t any wonder
that she gets a high opinion of herself? Is
II any wonder that she has no very correct
conception of value?
Shall she. one of the elect. marry a plain
man who has never read 'Quis multa gra-
cilis?" Shall She this young Diana Min
erva. go into retirement and teach an ordi-
nary baby to say Boo" Can one blame
her very much if with her ideas, she hangs
back? And that she does hang back sta
tistics and your own experience will prove
to you.
The question is whether ii Is not possible
to keep to higher education for women
without driving them away from their du-
ties as mere members of a social organiza-
ton One way would be to shorten the
term required for graduation. Another way
seems to be to urge on all women as strong
ly possible the necessity of seeing life
whole and to show them that knowledge
and happiness are not always the same
thing. But the best way of all would be to
combine more common-sense education with
the so-calied higher" If girls were taught
that to know how to do the many little
things that make family happier is bet
ter than being able to draw a diagram of
the interior of a cat higher education
would be more to the purpose. 1t is i'm
portant to impress on these girl graduate ties
the fact that a woman who rears a family
lis greater than she who taketh a city
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'Zanetto" and "Cavalleria Rusticana.
Mascagni and his company made their
debut in America last Wednesday night at
the Metropolitan Opera House in New York,
and the big house was packed from pit to
dome. Mascagni was furiously applauded
when he made his first bow to the audience,
and the enthusiasm increased as the per-
rormance progressed. Great bouquets OF
mowers were showered upon the great mu-
stefan. and these were placed on the front
OF the stage several tiers deep. 1t is said 1t
mas been the dream of Mascagnis life to
uirsct MS own works before an American
audience, and If all cities enthuse over
the composer as did New York Wednesday
AmeriGa VIII surely long linger in his men,
DRY; me performances in New York are
nlshly spoken Of and some of the singers
are saio TO possess wonderful voices. The
cnorus Is far superior to the Italian
enoruses we are accustomed to, being made
up OF 1resh and finely tunable voices. The
personal success of the great composer
must. however. be given first place in the
performances
The sale of tickets for the performance
VIII begin next Monday morning at the
street northwest
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"a Gentleman of France. y

Kyrle Bellew, though seen in New York
last season, has not appeared in Washing
ton for eight or nine years. He will re-
turn to this city week from tomorrow
night to present at the National his sue
cessful sword play Of last season, "A Gen
tleman of France"
Mr.. Bellew last appeared here in con-
junction with Mrs. James Brown Potter in
a play written by himself and entitled
Charlotte Corday,. since which time to-
gether with Mrs. Potter he has toured the
civilized world in Shakespearean roles
Local theatergoers will see Mr.. Bellew to
excellent advantage here next week. Gas
ton de Marsac. hero of "A Gentleman of
France is role very much after the style
of Don Caesar de Besan, or, in other words,
role especially suited to the inimita BILE
grace and dash of Bellows personality and
Style.
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CONGRATULATIONS
New National Theater.

THE Little Duchess" the musical comedy
which has proved the most successful We
hicle IN which Anna Held. the French
chanteuse has ever been seen. comes to the
National Theater next week. Last season
Washington was one Of the first cities In the
east visited by this attraction. and it's re-
ception was SO enthusiastic as to be mem
orable. In the richness Of Its costumlng
and the wealth Of comedy talent 1.-The Little
Duchess was accepted as a pace maker.
The applause which greeted the mere dis
play Of some OF the gowns is recalled as
one OF the most extraordinary tributes ever
accorded dramatic version OF the mo-
distes art.
The Little Duchess" was written and
composed by two of the best known produc-
ers OF lyrical entertainment In this country,
H. B. Smith and Reginald De Koyen. The
attraction Ia announced as 1.-THE costliest
production on any stage" and the well
known iiberality, OF Miss Held,s manage
ment tends to verify this seemingly extraya-
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Aca6nny

1.-TWO Little Waits" will claim recognition
from the patrohs of the Academy next
week. The piece is from the pen of Lin
coin J. Carter and is said to be one of the
winners Of the uramAtic year. 1t Is said
that not since the days of Little Lord
Fauntleroy" hap a. Zee been written as
pleasing to the avera@ child as 1.-TWO Little
Waits" STANLEY ana Lolita Lamb, two
clever tots. will essay the parts of the
wallis The story hing Is on the lives of twin
sisters, who unlh ownao each other. are the
temporary cause of many intricate misun-
derstandings Yhe company is said to be
the best Mr. Carter has ever sent on the
road New and beautiful scenery, electrical
effects and mechanical divices assist a story
filled with comedy. sentiment, surprises ard
tears There will be the usual Tuesday.
Thursday and Saturday matinees.
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Empire Theater.

Inc offering for next week at the Empire
famliy Theater is the ever-welcome COM
edy production, Side Tracked" The prir-
cipal figure In the piece is a tramp, through
whose persistent efforts a mysterious crime
is hnaily cleared up. The tramp also pro-
Vokes great deal of fun. He is constantly
getting into trouble, but in the end proves
the truth Of the old maxim that a noble
heart oft beats under a ragged jacket. In
the first act the tramp is side tracked oc
the limited freight, and here an opportunity
is offered for the display of ingenious me-
chanical effects. A train of cars crosses
the stage and the tramp scrambles out of a
car while the train is in motion.
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Arizona"

So favorable was the impression made by
Arizona" last season that Managers Luck
EFT and Dwyer Of the Columbia have seen fit
to book a return engagement for this year.
Theatergoers will, therefore, have an oppor-
tunity to see again Augustus Thomas COM
edy drama Of the southwest. Miss Elsie
Esmond will again appear as Bonita. while
Sydney Ainsworth is still the dashing young
cavalry lieutenant Denton. John Drury
still entertains the audience with his pic
turesque and ardent profanity as Tony, the
Mexican
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-11

The lecture-song recital to be given by
Gerard Theirs of New YorA. at the Wash
ington Club this evening, at $50 o'clock, on
the Technique Of Musical Expression,
will be Of interest to all lovers of music 1t
will be an exposition both scientifically and
arustically of the art Of song and Of the
economy of toll and saving Of drudgery in
mastering it. Mr.. Angelo c. Fronani will
be Mr.. Theirs accomr anfst.