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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-10
INHERITANCE

There lived a man who raised his hand
and said
Il will be great"
And thro' a long, long life he bravely
knocked
At Fame'5 closed gate.
a son he left who. like his sire. stroye
High place 10 win
Worn cut. he died. and dying left no
trace
That he had been.
He also left son who. without care
or planning how.
Bore the fair letters OF a dcathless name
Upon his brow.
Behold. a genius, touched with the fire
divinei"
The people cried
Not knowing that TO make him what he
was
Two men had died,
Isabel E. Mackay, in Canadian Magazine
for April.
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AZ UGH has been said about the
M weather man and the delicate
4 ' l. instruments az his station. Wis
itors az the United States
Weather Bureau Once in this city ex-
press desire 10 see and inspect these
Instruments and ask how they are used
in predicting the weather. They seem to
think that all forecaster has 10 do. after
reaching his cfice in the morning. is 10
examine the instruments. look wise AM
then issue to the Dublic a forecast OF the
weather for the next tventy-four or
thirty-six hours
Such a method may be in use on some
one OF the other atmOsphere-surrounde
planets. but not on earth. The forecaster
wants 10 know. not so much what is 60
Ing on over his own head. as what is
taking place in The atmosphere outside
and far beyond the radius OF vision.
There is no instrument at his .xn sta
tion which will tell him what the weather
Is q hundred miles distant; this he must
know in another way.
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The Maine and Texas were built from
faulty English designs, and no end Of
tinkering was necessary on both CT them.
The bottom OF the Texas had to be re-
built, and, so far as records show. their
speed never Appropriated the knots they
were designed to make. The Cincinnati
and Raleigh were built 10 develop 70 Oc0
horsepower and p knots They have ac-
tually shown IS knots. and when the
horsepower went above 5000 the FIRE
rooms were UninhabitabIe This has
made IL necessary TO take out some OF
their boilers aand tinker with them in
various ways About sixteen feet Of
length was added to The Cincinnati. too.
The faults Of the four ships aforcmen-
toned are not faults Of actual building
As to the actual work. there is no rea-
son TO doubt that maynard built ships
would be as good and serviceabIe as those
QUILT by private firms. but. 10 return again
TO the Maine and Texas. one naval officer
said the other day: They were out Of
date before they were finished
Great Britain does not undertake the
construction OF her great battleships. but
she does at least keep on hand a trained
force Of steel shipbuilders for such work
as United States naval officers believe
should be done year in and year out in
Government yards in this country.
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WAR VESSELS
IN GOVERNMENT YARDS


~ nee OF twice every year there
IS an energetic resumption OF the
~ old crusade in favor OF building
naval vessels in Government
navy yards. Within the last week the
periodical revival OF the matter has been
manifest. especially 20 members OF Con-
gress. many Of whom have received let
tiers or circulars or communications Of
that sort urging the construction OF ships
BY the Government in its own yards.
There has always been one forcible an
swer ready for those who advocated the
Aforesaid plan. says the New York Even
ing Post" and this is that the Government
takes such an uDreasOnabIy long time in
which l. build ships. Again. there is an
answer TO this answer, that the eight hour
law prevents the Government devoting as
much tim- per diem TO the construction as
private building firms are enabled to give.
In the matter OF expenditure the Gov
eminent has found that II costs more 10
build ships IN navy yards than to have
ihem built on outside contract. However.
Iside from increased cost and prolonged
time OF building. It would seem 70 be emil
nently advisable that shfpbuilding in some
form or other, say OF light cruisers or
even Of secOnd-class battleships. should
be in progress at Government yards the
year round The reason is obvious. Such
construction work would assemble at the
yards skilled wormen. whose value In time
Of war would be enormous. They would
have at hand the latest and best tools
for construction and repair. and rush
orders could be carried out with expe-
dition. II repair work alone Is done al
navy yards the workmen are laid OF when
the work IS ended. and experience has
shown that these men go at once TO seek
and obtain employment in private yards
When men are again need they may be
obtained. 10 be sure. but not without de-
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with good informing booklets Tourists
would put implicit trust in matter that
came from consular officers. and the
beaten track Of travel would soon be
running over wholly lew ground
So with manufactures The United
States is zig. rich country. and its peo-
pie have more money TO spend upon nov
elites than any other people beneath the
sun. perhaps Things from abroad can os
made attractive TO them BY advertising.
Made IN Germany and Made in France
are trademarks that imply a certain de-
gree Of merit over the American article.
Chauvinism is not so strong IS It Is gen
orally thought to be. During the greater
part Of the last century these phrases
stood for what was best in America, home
products being largely experimental and
OF inferior quality. Now that American
manufacturers are lettering these pro-
ducts, there is sim decided bias toward
foreign goods Of certain classes. This
bias can be turned 10 account By the
same means that the American .lanufac-
turer Uses-Ntse exploitation in the pub
lie press
II IS almost the duty OF foreign con-
suls to become familiar with American
advertising gathering information that
VIII benefit their own industries. Our
methods OF publicity are more advanced
than those Of other nations In some re-
spects they are more famboyant. and
even offensive. Foreigners are always
impressed by them. but do not take them
seriously-Or take them far too seriously.
The blithe way in which the Tankee.SJ-
plOits his goods is more often criticised
than admired or studied Yet the for
eigner-esPecially the foreign consul
who studies American advertising as 4
means for accomplishing desirable BUSH
ness ends. viii soon respect il and seek
ways for turning it TO profitable uses
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FOREIGN CONSULS AGENTS
FOR AMERICAN ADVERTISING

IT HE time may come when foreign
eOnsuls residing in the United
4 States will act as advertising
agents for their home Govern
ments and Industries.
Without doubt American advertising eaa
be turned to the advantage Of many foreign
enterprises. We are becoming a nation
OF travellers. for one thing. Every year
the exodus abroad is greater. says Print
er's Ink" and the millions spent by the
American tourist are factor in the
money markets o. the world. Certain 10
ealities get the larger part OF this travel
while other localities suffer BY being out
OF what is called the beaten track 9f
travel" Advertising in the proper Amer
lean mediums would abolish this beaten
track" II exists OnIy. because tourists are
not fully informed upon the countries
they visit. The Yankee who goes abroad.
especially for the first time. knows Lon
don. Paris. Rome. Venice. Switzerland.
and the show places" Others have gone
ahead OF him. and he finds that his friends
are excellent advertisements Of the best
known localities
There are. however. hundreds OF neg
lected villages. towns. and health re-
sorts in Europe that he never hears Of
for no one has visited them. and the
books which treat Of travel do not give
them prominence. Judicious advertising
would lead him 70 include some Of them
In his tour. Routes OF travel are usually
made up before leaving home. and ia
planning them up the American tourist
goes largely by information that is fur
nished him either through friends. books.
or travel advertising literature Reason
able appropriations for advertising space
would divert profitable share OF travel
in the direction Of almost any village
town. or resort which would make a mu-
nicipaI campaign Foreign COnsuIs could
direct this inquiry. following up inquiries
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THE TOURNAMENT

What time the falchiOn OF the sun
Glove through the morning mists,
The trumpets blared right merrily.
And two gay knights. sTmed cap-a-pie,
The very Hover OF chivalry,
RODE ont into the lists.
And one was all beCight with white
From cleaning helm TO greayes;
The others shield showed golden sheen
With bars OF emerald shot between.
The white in armOr glistened green
AS the unfolding leaves.
They splintered cOuched lance on lance.
Amid applausive cries.
They battled loud with jeer and mock;
Both seemed as firm as is the rock,
And echoes Of their coEfict-shOck
Went reeliIg up the skies.
Then suddenly the snowy plume
Slipped crashing down amain.
The victor heard the plaudits ring;
We saw him back his visor fling
And 10. the triumph smile Of Spring
Above the Winter slant
Clinton Scotland in April Criterion.
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THE UNATTAINABLE WOMAN
By MARGARET E. O'BRIEN.

wered scornfulIy- Il say this, who have
heard your counsels ana found them val
ueless
What, Do men not love YOU"
Love me? Vain question: 1 tread not
except on hearts"
Was not that your desire:"
To be Unattainable is TO love not: tho
need or ny life is not love. but TO love.
What weighs the love OF world Of men
cannot waste my heart on one OF
them. You know nothing OF the science
Of hearts," And she went away disdain-
fuI
The Wise Man bent 20 his scroll with 4
strange. insCrutable smile. Every Wo-
man that had ever been born had asked
him the same question Only one had not
come backbone whose iron will had dom
mated her heart and she had died obey
ing him.
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be repeated again. The main point
yet to be determined is what date
would best be substituted for the
fourth day of March. The consensus
of opinion seems to be choice of a
day late in April when adverse winds
no longer threaten injury TO those
who take part in the important cere-
moBy. and when the Nations Capital
is clothed in the verdure OF spring.
vt that time Washington. always
beautiful, is most enchanting. and il
cannot be doubted that far greater
multitudes viii be attracted to the
city than have visited it on inau-
guration day heretofore.
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An American Countess.

When Queen Alexandra. according
20 royal custom, holds court directly
after her coronation. surrounded by
her ladies'. one OF the principal ones
viii be Adela, Countess Of Essex
This titled woman, in addition 10 her
rank. has claims for distinction which
have not been. and never viii be. ig-
nored by her Majesty.
She is an American woman, born
Adela Grant. Of New York.
She is a woman Of much beauty.
having been one Of the worlds great
est bellies.
She is moderately rich. for she pos
sesses twenty thousand year in her
own right.
She has given TO the Earljom OF Es-
sex an heir to carry on its high title,
now 300 years Old.
She is a woman Of rare presence
and woDdrous tact.
She is very accomplished and sings
delightfully."-.
She has transformed herself into an
English matron as il to the soil born.
She has succeeded n raising her
husband in royal estimation, a place
in which he always stood high.
When Adela Grant desided to wed
the Earl OF Essex, society exclaimed
with JOY, for the American girl abroad
was uniting herself. not only to q
high-sounding title. but TO . hand
some man, an English gsatleasa Of
undoubted reputation, a nobl6man OF
whom no word OF i'll had ever been
said.
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INAUGURATION DAY

It IS gratifying in the extreme that
the movement for changing the date
OF the Inauguration Of the President
meets with general support and en-
enlargement among the people The
Governors Of nearly all the States
have declared themselves in favor of
the change, and may be relied upon
TO place the subject in the strongest
possible light before their respective
Legislatures when the constitutional
amendment is submitted To them in
the course of time.
The grounds upon which the desire
for the change is based have been so
often rehearsed that they need not
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-10
MOTmOniSm in Denmark

\ good many Danes. men and women.
have become MormOns in recent years. and
Denmark is now regarded as a most. prom
ising field for mission work on behalf Of
the sect. A newspaper organ and pub
fishing house for the dissemination OF
tracts and books have been established in
Copenhagen. and it is proposed also to
found temple there like the parent
tabernacle in Salt Lake City. Money Cor
this purpose is being collected in the
United States. to which about 500 Mormon
converts come annually There is local
opposition to the temple and the propa-
ganda. but the work goes OIL, secretly or
openly. without abatement. the site Of
the structure being bought and paid for.
though the hostile Danish press asserts
that IL will never be allows ed TO be built
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-10
How He Knew

Professor Gallaudet, who has done 60
much toward educating deaf mutes. tells
this story: One OF the professors favor
tie pupils. an unusually precoeious child
was asked BY his teacher IL he knew the
story Of George Washington and the
cherry tree, With his fingers the young
ster repeated The tal5 without a break.
until he came t6 the point where the elder
Washington questions his son When
Georges father asked him who hacked
his fayorite cherry tree" continued the
thild. moving bis signaling fpgsrs a.
nost as rapidly as sbm9 persons move
their tbngG1s, "Geofge but his hatchei
10 bis LETT hahgE Yait a moment.
Said the pt9fessbF, how DO you know that
Re took the Ratchet In bis left hand2''
Because" Answered the boy. "he needed
his sat 20 tell his father that he had
cEOpf,s = the tree"
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A WOMAN came 90 the Wise Man
n out OF your wisdom teach me a
L l. secret" she said. You see that
I am beautiful. yet men admire
without loving me. / wish 20 be loved
l would have mems hearts 10 burn at
sight OF me and break q parting. You
know the secrets Of the human soul; teach
me this one"
He looked earnestly at her. and then
replied. Make yourself uuattainabIe.
Hearing him she fingered as il in deep
thought, and then went in silence.
When she came back she was grown
older. and her eyes were troubled.
What cheer asked the Wise Man.
Barren your wisdom. for all the years
il has taken you 10 acquire it, she ans
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The Message Sent 10 Heaven

had message to send her,
To her whom my soul loved best;
But ! had my stasks 10 finish.
And she had gone home to rest.
TO rest in the fair. bright heaven
On. so far away from here,
II was vain 10 speak to my darling,
For / knew she could not hear.
had a message to send her.
So tender and true and sweet.
/ longed for an angel 10 bear it
And lay it down at her feet
placed II one summer evening
On little white clouds breast,
But it faded in golden sDlendOr
And died in the crimson west.
gave IL the lark next morning.
And I watched 10 soar and soar.
but its piniOns grew faint and weary,
And IL futtered 10 earth once more
To the heart Of a rose told it.
And the perfume. sweet and rare.
Growing faint on the blue bright
ether
Was lost in the balmy air.
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dramatic critics complaining that they in conspiracy to
down him. The leading feature his letters peculiar
that. his inssance business
than his wife Mary dannerng appears be the only
star CT ko he IS professionally jealous Hacst
have impression thai he is and dis
putting this Is his refore Jimmy"
has become tiresome, and needs guardian
Il Is officially announced that the THE
ct the Knickerboczer Saturday. May May
George Ieterer follows With The Wild
comedy which have Clark
whc hiss been rcheaTsng the leading part piece
III with consumption and viii be replaced by
dian Manager Lierr ehor Of young pos
sessed Of uncommon beauty OF face and figure.
Wagenhola Kemper send word that profits the
present Madame ModIeska viii be
$4,000 The IS until
when Modjeska Europe where is said she
viii become associated theater
of her Hac country which distinguished mem
Der her youth II be
American audiences again this famous ac
tTess. NANCY SYKES"
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Divine Aid Useless to Mamma.

tt was DOrothy's hrst visit to Sunday
school. and she had only misty three
year-oId idea OF things religious. but when
asked BY her teacher II she knew her
cateehism. promptly said she did. The
teacher began with the first question.
Who made ycu?"
With astonishing quickness and GER
tainty came the answer My mother"
The young woman struggled between her
desire 70 laugh and her duty as a teacher
and demonstrated. No. Dorothy. Ccd
made you He made everything"
Huh. said the little maid. IOftily. Il
know better Ny mamma does every sin
gle thing up 10 our house She makes an
my clothes. gets things 20 eat and. Oh.
lots OF other things. too. she don't neei
God TO help her"
The session adjourned before the new
scholar was convinced that she was
wrong Milwaukee Sentinel.
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DRAMA IN GOTHAM

NEW YORK, April 9.-There nothing dongT at the
theatres Monday night; a play new musical
comedy The dramas running will be continued the
remainder Of the season which ends early May.
Toy the attractive comedies
returned to Days and its cordial reception indicates that it
will until the advent OF weather piece has
lost charm melodies just fetching
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A Western Hill.
BY a. Armstrong.


An, ancient altar on Times sacri-
fee.
Built with the work. and stand
ing yet the samei
Upon your top another fair day
lies
Slow burning in an awful Grim
SOH flame,
y tribute 10 the dread Eteruities.
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lay. a dangerous thing in days OF emer-
gency.
The four shining examples OF Govern
meat snip construction are afforded by
the Texas. the Cincinnati the Raleigh.
and the Maine. which was destroyed in
Havana harbor February Is. 1898. The
Texas and Raleigh were built al the Nor
folk yard. and the Maine and Cincinnati
at New York The construction data Of
these vessels are as follows
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LULU OLASER'S SUCCESS

CHASER has booking to sail for Europe
The pretty star had planned
abroad. beginning with the
King with operate
Bayreuh. business Dolly large
Manager Whitney prevailed he abandon the
the Herald Theater
managers after Dolly Warden" cannot get it
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-10
LOTTA FAUST,
erty Bellies. y


cite and his vaudeville company Casino
stop gap, owing the fact that attraction
available Just this a by long
shot and has caught the public
Lions Bride. illusion, only novelty
programme The specially per-
formers, and out Of place a Broadway
shuberts continue active pref arations produc
ton OF The Chinese Honeymoon" May.
lhey are engaging excellent East, but
have been announced rumored however offers
have been made 70 James T. Powers Edwin stevens,
stone and other ueIknown artists appear leading
roles The chorus Is actively rehearsng Herald
Square Theater
The Last Appeal Play ppro-
duced at Waack5 Thcater. by Henry B Harris
The author is said has chosen story
prince for the daughter theme had
Illustration in several Kingdoms Europe recent years
The Will include Robert Katherine Grey
Earins Cora Tanner Rose Eytinge. Stephen Wright Nancy
PaGet and Clara Glendnning the play pro
duced several months number changes
made in the dialogue thought
will meet with favorable reception by public
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The Mean Mani

Mrs. Scrappington-If somebody should
threaten 10 abduct me and hold me for a
ransom. what would you do
Mr.. crappingtOn-LauSh Ike thunder.
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for two seasons mere.
at any rate, says Mr..
Whitney.
Business at the New
York theaters this
week is above the av-
erage for this ~-asOn
OF the year. or
course. Mrs. Leslie
c arter is having
crowded houses at
the Criterion. At the
B ? o a DIV way The
Sleeping Beauty and
the Beast" is drawing
upward OF 5000 at
2 4 C h performance.
and four figures are
shown in the nightly
re C eip 4 at the
KnickcrbOcker. where
The TOreador" is on
view. The same can
be said Of the box Of
fee returns at the
S 4 vOy, WaIlack's.
Days, Maids on
Square and the Four
teenth Street Thea
ter. Foxy Grandpa"
continues 20 do a ca
pacity business at the
last-namcd n Ouse,
and is one OF the
genuine successes Of
the season. l. is a
clean, sneppy mu-
steal comedy. with no
dull moments from
the first scene TO the
final curtain. ". a.
Brady and Joe Hart
the owners OF the
piece. ave every
reason to s b a k c
b a u q s with them
selves
James K Hackett
has written letters to
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES TO OUT OF

Any person Morning Afternoon Sunday
Edition The Times any stand Washington
railroad trains elsewhere. by notifying
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as they were when
first heard in this
city a couple OF sea-
sons ago. Il fur
uishes sprightly en-
tertainment to the
] a d e d theatergOer.
and is a welcome re-
lief to such trashy
connections as The
Hall Of Fame" and
The Belle of Broad
way"
80
The French Opera
Company has caught
on at the Victoria
and is doing an ex-
cellent business. This
week La Belle Hell
enc" "Boccaccio. +"
and la Jolie Par
fumeuse" are being
presented in good
style to large audi
ences. These operas
are a real novelty to
the present genera
ton. and bring back
pleasant memories
OF Aimee and other
popular favOrites OF
a decade ago. There
is no Aimee in the
present company. but
there are a couple OF
attractive prim q
donnas who can act
az we'll as sing. The
men in the Organiza-
ton are capable,
and with an excel
lent chorus the per-
fOrmanCcs are about
all that could be ex-
pected when IL is
! taken into considera-
ton that the bill is
/ changed two or three
/ times each week.
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James X Hackett
has written letters to
some NJ tho 1ocal
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for two seasons mere.
at any rate, says Mr..
Whitney.