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The Washington times., 1902-04-13
SOME DELIGHTFUL CHILDREN.

Well, yes. they do; but there were
20 mice in my yard. I'm sure you know
what l mean. If they don't like water.
what do they like?'
Mix cried Sarah Fuller, conf
IDENTIFY.
They like dry place. said Mrs R.
B. NJ Smith.
." Now, what do you suppose the dog
did?' 1t may be that successive fail
ures had disheartened the listeners; it
may be that the very range presented
alike to the dog and them for choice
dazzled their imaginations. At any
rate, they made no answer.
Nobody knows what the dog did,?
repeated the story-teller, encouraging
ly. What would you do if you saw
little white kitten like that?'
Again a silence. Then Philip re-
marked, gloomy:
I'D pull its tail.
Even this might have been passed
over had not the youngest assistant,
who had not yet lost her sense of hu-
NOR, giggled convulsively. This, though
unnOticed by the visitor, was plainly
observed by fully half the children,
with the result that when Mrs. r. B. VI.
Smith inquired pathetically:
And what do the rest of you think?
l hope you are not IS cruel as that lit
tie boy?' jealous desire to share Phil
ip's success prompted the quick re-
Spouse:
I'D pull it, too,'"
But no extract can give an adequate
idea of the quaint. delicate, yet rollick-
ing fun of these stories. Neither can
one alone convey a proper impression
of the authors faculty for seeing and
reproducing childlife. They must =
taken all together. Miss Daskam has
made a distinct addition to that liter
ature of childhood which is most in
tensely enjoyed by grown people. New
York: Mcclure, Phillips & Coz
The Washington times., 1902-04-13

in the summing up of the influence
of the Crusades. OF the latter the
author says in part:
eve are too apt thoughtlessly to
acquiesce in the ecclesiastical view of
the bloodthirsty Oriental who stood
in the way to prevent innocent
Christians from proceeding barefoot
to the tomb of Christ. We're these
Mohammedans so wicked and were
our pilgrims so utterly without guile?
We know positively that many of the
latter, up TO the moment of taking
the cross, had been robbers and cut
threats, that others had gone merely
to escape poverty and a burden of
debt. The kind of excitement that
drew them was the excitement of
newly discovered gold fields. Re-
Gently deciphered historical sources
of the Mohammedans have changed
the conventional picture. These
heather. whom the church proclaim
ed to be raging so furiously, found
time to be shocked beyond measure
at the gambling, drinking, and worse
excuses that went on in the Christian
army The taverns along the road
were dens of vice; the frivolous way
in which oaths and compacts were
made and broken is held up to exc
Grafton, not only by the Arabs. but
10
selves. And, as to cruelties exercised
on helpless prisoners, we hear of
nothing more absolutely wanton
than the crucifixion of the captives
in Odessa or the sending to the Greek
Emperor by Bohemond of Antioch
whole cargo of sliced-off noses and
thumbs. 1t was one thing for Christ
ian knights to band together to OBJ
tain liberation for their new reli-
gion: but to send an expedition to
the holy city of Mecca for the eX-
press purpose of selling the bones
of the dead prophet was blind and
heartless Dissertation. What broad
ening effect 1t must have had on those
invaders later to find that men could
lead moral, useful, and generous lives
without ever having heard of the
Church of Rome.''
But the history is not by any
means devoid of picturesque Incl
dents, especially when these will il
lustrate the nature of the forces at
work in political and social life. There
is dramatic and gruesome bit of pi-
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Ibsen's Fad,

On Ibsen's desk stands something that
has caused many of his visitors pangs of
curiosity. Beside the ink pct is a small
tray. The contents are extraordinary
mere are some little wooden carved
Swiss bears, little black devil. some
small cats, dogs, and rabbits in conner.
one Of which was playing a violin.
What are those funny little things ,"
was once asked.
L never write single line of any of
my dramas unless that tray and its accu-
pants are before me. l could not write
without them. 1t may seem strange-per-
haps it is-but l cannot write without
them. Why use them is my own secret"
And lbsen laughed quietly. The dramatist
is not likely TO ever sit at his desk again.
His hours ca earth are numbered
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| That man would never make a
hereto of me- was his final opinion.
| Alexander was jubilant, and even
waXed witty at the expense of the
fool who had come into the assem-
bly, laughing and had left it in sad
der frame of mind"
Another interesting chapter is to
| be found in the second volume. and
records the struggle of Germany with
Napoleon. The fascination of that
struggle will probably never be lost,
for it was the eternal fight which
| must take place where two racial
temperaments conflict. 1t was not
one German whom Napoleon fought;
it was the German people, utterly and
stubbornly opposed to a nature and
rule such as his. Mr.. Hendcrson's
presentation of Napoleon is entirely
fair, although he does not deal very
extensively with the man himself,
but only with his aspect from the
German point of view. 1t is interest
ing to note that, as most historians
of today are doing. he recognizes the
great Emperor more as the embodi
ment of new political force than as
a mere ambitious man or even as a
great conqueror. 1t may be because
the tendency of this age is to pay
more attention to world-currents
than to personalities, or it may be
that time has thrown upon Napoleon
n light which his contemporaries did
not have, but certain it is that he has
come to be regarded mores as the
agent of forces which he more or less
consciously served than as prime
mover in human affairs. Napoleon
the tyrant is fading out of the imagi-
nation even of his enemies, and Ma
poleon the empire-makef has taken
his place. To some people empire
making is synonymous with tyranny,
but the present author seems to find
it unnecessary to call names very
much, and his view of Napoleon, of
Metternich. and of Bismarck, is all
the more clear and true on that ac-
count.
Just how much the great unsettling
force of Napoleon, following the
shaking up which the French Revo-
luton gave to conservative European
minds, had to do with the reform
movement in Prussia in the early
years of the nineteenth century, can
not be exactly known, but the
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
Sleuth- Hound Fiction,

"A Millionaire Love Story" by Guy
Boothby. Is written In the we'll known
style of that author of successful detec-
tive stories. and in it there reappears the
detective who figured in The Mystery of
the Clasped Hands, the engaging Mr.
Augustus BurreIl. The story is better
one than its predecessor, and certainly
as well told. The plot deals with the I'M
raveling of a murder mystery in which
the heroine, a beautiful yiolinist. is in
volved. New York: F. NJ Buckles &
Co. Sl25D
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
Stenhen A. Douglas.

The latest addition to the Riverside
Biographical Series, Messrs Houghton,
MiIlin e. Co.'S group of compact lives of
great Americans, is a volume devoted to
Stephen A. Douglas. Mr.. William G.
Brown, who is also the author of An
drew Jackson" in this series. gives a
graphic account OF Douglas swift rise to
a commanding position before the coun-
try and depicts the striking features of
his career and character. He also de-
scribes the association of Douglas with
Lincoln and the contrasts between the
two men,
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lar, possessed" And this is one of the
experiences of the visitor:
This led Mrs. r. B. NJ Smith to de-
scribe her own system of awakening and
continuing, by ceaseless series Of
questions, the interested cooperation
of the child's intelligence. She indi-
Gated her willingness to relate to the
children a model story of this order,
vance to the almost incredible GER
tainty that would characterize the chill
iren's anticipation of the events thus
judiciously and psychologically selected.
Yesterday. children, as l came out
of my yard, what do you think l saw?'
The deliberately concealed surprise in
store was SO obvious that Marantha
rose to the occasion and suggested:
IAN el'phunt?'
why, no, Why should see an ele-
plant in my front yard? 1t wasn't near
ly SO big as that; it was a little thing.'
"a fish, ventured Eddie Brown,
whose eye fell upon the aquarium in
the corner. The raconteuse smiled pa
tiently.
why, no. How could fish, live
fish, get in my front yard?'
"a dead fish, persisted Eddy, who
was never known TO relinquish voluntar-
lily an idea.
1T was a little kitten said the
story teller. decidedly. A little white
kitten. She was standing right near a
great big puddle OF water. And what
else do you think | save
Another kitten?' suggested Maran-
tina, conservatively.
No; big Newfoundland dog. He
saw the little kitten near the water
Now, cats don't like the water, do they?
They don't like wet place. What do
they like
Mice said Joseph Zukoffsky, abrupt
"
The Washington times., 1902-04-13

/ "1he Madness of Philip and Other
Tales of Childhood" by Josephine
Dodge Daskam, has just made its well
come appearance in book form, with a
bewitching cover decorated by Miss F.
Y. Cory. who has also supplied the
charming illustrations for the stories.
There has been no better fiction of its
kind in some years, and the people who
have read and laughed over Miss Dask-
|. ans comical little people when they
appeared in the magazines, will now be
advising all their friends to buy the
book, and the advice will be extremely
good.
The stories are seven, like the i'm
possible youngsters in Wordsworth's
poem, but there the resemblance ends.
There is nothing like that about these
children; they are only too possible.
They are the same impish, irresponsible.
mischievous, pathetic and altogether
lovable little beings who are to be found
III anu dDOuL own uOlleS, anu lutIt
is not one bit of saintliness in any of
them unless candy is in sight-some-
times not even then. The one which
gives it's name to the book is one of the
best. and offers a hint on kindergarten
teaching which might prove useful TO
some enthusiasts In the promotion of
this mode of education. The others are
"a Study in Piracy" Roberts Merry
Christmas" THE Heart of Child"
"Ardelia in Already" Edgar, the Choir
Boy Uncelestial," and The Little God
and Dicky.''
The first is the only one which has i
ghost of moral purpose to it, and the
moral is not intended for children. 1t
deals partly with the advent of an all
knowing visitor in a kindergarten, on
one of those days when all the children
seem to be, in the expressive vernacu-
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A Popular Book.

Let the pessimists who declare that
really good literature has no vogue in
America nowadays find confusion anew in
the success of Edith Whartons The Val
ley of Decision" which exhausted its 1000
copies in less than two weeks after publi-
cation, and which now stands recorded the
second best selling book in New York city,
Mary Johnsons Audrey" alone leading it,
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
LITERARY NOTES.
A Cheerful Tale.

A well-known critics review of Edou-
ard Rods new novel, Il Eau Courante -
furnishes n cheerful commentary upon
modern fiction. The review is highly eulo-
cystic. To be sure, the book has no in
trigue, love, plot. nor change OF scene,
but it interests from the first 1T has"
writes the critic. in an outburst of elo-
quent enthusiasm. ''all the colorless sad
ness of inarticulate dullness."
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
The Rogue Story.

Mr.. Robert Herrick, the author of THE
Real World which has been so widely
commended, expressed the opinion recent
ly that the rogue" story is TO be the
next popular fad. succeeding the dying
craze for the historical romance Mr.
Joseph STARTS is therefore at the head
of the procession with THE Romance OF
a Rogue" which has a very taking orgi-
nality. 1t is to be published this month
by Messrs. Herbert S. Stone & Co.
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
A Defective Story.

"The Sin of Jasper Standish' is a de-
tective story by Rita" The scene is laid
in an Irish village, and the characters
are partly Irish and partly English. The
plot hinges on the villains murder of an
old gentleman, and the fastening OF his
guilt upon him, which is good deal
longer Job than it would be if the village
We're as quick in seeing evidence as the
reader is. New York: r. +. Fenno &
Co. $l.25l
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
"The OctOpusn Right.

AT TIE time Frank Norris The Octo-
pus' appeared some critics declared the
death of S. Behrman, who was smOthered
in grain chute, was improbable. Now
comes the account OF precisely similar
accident which happened recently To
Thomas Allen. a iaborer in Sylvester
Brothers elevator in Toronto. He fell
asleep on the edge of 1850 hushel bin.
and when the trap was opened Suddenly
he was drawn in.
The Washington times., 1902-02-09
NAVY ORDERS.

Lieut.. F. L. Chaplin, detached Bureau
of Equipment, Navy Department, Feb,
ruary 13; to Illinois On February 10, duty
on Rear Admiral r. ID. Evans stan as
flag lieutenant.
Lieut.. T. Washington. detache judge
Advocate office, Navy Department, Feb
ruary II; to Illinois, February 10. duiy
on Rear Admiral Evans staff as aid
Surgeon L. W. Spratling, orders to naval
hospital, Portsmouth, n. H, revoked
continue on waiting orders.
Assistant Surgeon A. NJ. FauntIeroy, de-
tached naval hospital, Norfolk, Va, etc
to naval hospital, Portsmouth, n. H. -
Boatswain J. F. Dunn, detached Lancas.
ter. to Wabash.
CAPT. Z. H. c. Leutze, commissioned
from October ., 1901.
Capt. II. Knox, commissioned from
September %, 1901.
Capt. J. G. Eaton, commissioned from
September IS. 1901.
Commander n. Sargent, commissioned
from September 9, 1901.
Commander G. w. MentZ, commissioned
from September 2S, 1901.
Lieut.. Commander c. W. Jungen and
Lieut.. Commander E. f. Hayden, com
missioned from September 26, 1901.
Lieut.. Commander A. c. Almy, COM
missioned from September 22, 1901.
Lieut.. Commander J. B. Blish. commits
stoned from October 5, 1901.
Lieut.. Commander c. A. Carr and Lieut.
Commander c. C. Marsh, commissioned
from September 2S, 1901.
Capt. ]. p. Merrill, commissioned from
September 26 1901.
Capt. b. +. Tilley, commissioned from
September 2. 1iD1.
Capt. c. H. Vest, commissioned from
September %. 1901.
Commander A Ward, commissioned
from September 2S. 1901.
Commander s. A. Staunton, commits
stoned from October 3, 1901.
Commander ]. b. Milton, commissioned
from September 26, 1901.
Commander C. Thomas, commissioned
from October &c, 1901.
Commander G. A. Merriam, commits
stoned from September %, 1901.
Commander w. II. Nauman, commits
stoned from September 2S, 1901.
Lieut.. Commander J. Hood. commits
stoned from September %, 1901.
Lieut. Commander C. H. HARLOW and
Lieut.. Commander l.. r. NJ Garrett, COM
missioned from September 2S, 1901.
Lieut. Commander B. C. Bryan, COM
missioned from September 26. 1901.
Lieut.. J. N. Hudgins. commissioned
from September 90. 1901.
Lieut.. X. Stone, commissioned from
August 15. 1901.
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NAVAL CADETS BURY
MAHH and SKINNY
Celebration of Annual Event
a Record-Breaker.
Marching and IarndinE Around
= the Supposed Grave.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Feb SIN the pres
ence of 500 or 600 persons, consisting of
the naval officers and their families, COL
lege students, citizens, and cadets, the
Naval Academy first class tonight held it's
annual celebration of 'burying Math and
skinny which is done after the semi
annual examination. when this class has
finished its course in mathematics and
physics.
The programme for this years celebra-
tion exceeded anything of its kind that
has occurred at the Academy in years and
was greatly amusing to the onlookers
About Sis y. m. the crowd began to as
semble on the walks facing the barracks
to witness the fun, and they did not have
long TO wait. for in about fifteen minutes
the class, headed by Master of Cere-
monies Cadet Lewis B. Porterfeld. of Ala
baina, and the Naval Academy Band, is
sued from the cadet quarters and
marched down the main walk Following
these in succession came six cadet ma
rines, commanded by Cadet Carlos Bean.
of Texas.
Hearse Bearing "Mnth and skinny
Next came the hearse bearing the re-
mains of "Math and Skinny" attended
by Chief Nourner N. S. Corning and
Mourners w. T. Conn and W. ]. Moses
and led by Cadet Parker, who was arch
deacon. and Cadet Klyce as chanter. and
after these various other characters.
such as the devil. impersonated by Cadet
Frank NB. Freyer; Carrie Nation, taken
by Neil E. Nichols: Cadet Land. as
grandmother. wheeling Cadet Bingham as
a baby in carriage, and Cadet SINNERS
as an organ grinder leading a monkey.
In addition to these there were numer-
Gus other characters. such as Indian
! chiefs, ballet girls and cakewalk dancers.
One cadet was inside a huge cigarette.
another under a bag of smoking tobacco.
another bottle of whisky, and others as
cards, dice. silk hats. etc.
This queer procession then marched I'D
Blake row, past the houses OF the COM
mandant and superintendent, and before
each house set off fireworks. around which
they did a ghost dance, and from there
to the bandstand. where Cadet Peterson
made witty oration. part of which was
at the expense of several officers. second
year men and other cadets
Came Back by the Same Route.
They then followed the same route back
to the armory. On this trip the music of
the Academy band, under Prof Zimmer-
man. which headed the procession, the
crying of the mourners and the bowling
of the rest of the funeral escort made an
unearthly din.
Arriving at the armory, Master of Cere-
monies Porterfeld read a number of let
ters to the cadets from departed spirits,
and Archdeacon Parker and his assistant
Klyce, read the funeral service In most
impressive manner. The affair ended with
great deal of marching and parading
around the supposed grave.
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ARMY ORDERS.

Capt. Palmer H. Lyon. assistant sur
geon, United States Volunteers. is reliev-
ed from temporary duty at Fort Hamilton
New York, to take effect upon the ar
| rival at that post of Capt. Irving W.
Rand, assistant surgeon, U. S A., and will
then proceed to San Francisco, Cal, and
report for transportation to the Philip
pine Islands, where upon arrival he will
report for assignment to duty.
Special orders, December 30, 1901, re-
lating to Major Robert F. Ames, Sixteenth
Infantry, is revoked.
Major Robert F. Ames, Sixteenth Infan-
try, now in this city on sick leave OF alb
sence of which he availed himself at SAP
Francisco. Cal, will proceed to Dubuque,
Iowa, and enter upon recruiting duty at
that place. to relieve Major Thomas S.
McCaleb. Sixth Infantry, who upon the
expiration of the leave of absence granted
him, September 25. 1901. will proceed to
join his regiment. Major Ames is ap-
pointed an acting quartermaster for the
time he may remain on recruiting duty
Major Carver Howland, Twenty-ninth
Infantry. will be relieved from duty at
Fort Mcdowell, California in due time to
enable him to join his regiment upon its
arrival at San Francisco, Cal, and to pro-
cecd with it to the Division of the Philip
pines.
Capt. Clarence p. Townsley, Artillery
Corps, quartermaster. will report to Fort
Mcnroc, Virginia. for duty as Quartermas-
.cr at that post. Captain Townsley will
also assume charge, under the instruc-
tions of the Quartermaster General of the
Army, of the construction OF public build
ings at Fort Monroe.
Capt Clarence p. Town sley, Artillery
Corps. quartermaster, is detailed as a
member of the board of officers appointed
July %, 1901, from this Office, vice Capt
Millard f. Harmon Artillery Corps, who
is hereby relieved.
The leave of absence on surgeons GER
tifcate OF disability granted Lieut.. Col
Samuel r. Whitall. Twenty seventh In
fantry, December IS, 1901. from this Office
is.extcnded four months on surgeons Ger
tfiicate of disability.
Capt John T. H. Slayter, assistant sur
geon, United States Volunteers, having
rendered his resignation. is honorably dis
charged from the service of the United
States. by the Secretary of War, to take
effect February Z. 1902.
The leave of absence on surgeons GER
tificate of disability granted Capt. George
f. Stockle. Eighth Cavalry, January II,
1902 Department of Cuba, is extended
thu ee months on surgeons certificate OF
disability.
The following transfers are made in the
Artillery Corps: Capt. Lawrence S. Mil
Ter, from the Sixtieth Company, Coast Ar
tillery, to the Thirty-frst Company Coast
Artillery. He will proceed to join the com
pany ID which transferred.
Capt Edwin o. Sarratt, from the unas-
signed list to the Sixtieth Company Coast
Artillery.
A board of officers to consist of Major
Alexander Rodgers, Fourth United States
Cavalry; Capt. William Lassiter, Artil-
lery Corps, and Capt. Oscar ]. Charles,
Fourth United States Infantry, will con-
vene at Fort Riley. Kansas, on February
II. 1902, or as soon thereafter as practi-
cable, for the purpose of revising the
manual of guard duty. The junior member
will record the proceedings.
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REV. DIR. STAFFORD'S LECTURE.
fias Selected .kinE Lear With New
Readings" ns Subject.

Rev. DR.. Stafford will deliver a lecture
February 20, at Ais, at the Lafayette
Theatre for the benefit of the Society
of Work for Poor Churches and the Ladies
Of Charity.
DR.. Stafford has selected King Lear
With New Readings for his subject and
those who have heard the eminent divine
in his other Shakespearean talks will
anticipate his new treatment OF an old
subject with much interest.
1t is expected that distinguished au-
dience will greet DR.. Stafford, and that
the Diplomatic Corps and resident society
will be largely represented, as the list of
patrons and patronesses includes Justice
and Mrs. Mckenna. General and Mrs.
Miles, Commander and Mrs. Cowles, the
Ambassador of Mexico aRd Nine. Azpiroz,
the Minister of Austria Hungary and
Nine. Hengelmuller, the Argentine Min
lister and Nine. Merou, Nine. Pezet, the
Minister of Switzerland, NJ. and Nine
de Margerie, Senator and Mrs. Elkins,
Mrs. Hanna, the Countess Esterhazy, Mr.
and Mrs. Ffoulke. Mr.. and Mrs. Ohm
sted, General and Mrs. Moore. Mr. and
Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. Henly Smith, Mrs
Westinghouse, Miss Patten. Mr.. and Mrs
Henry May Mrs. Sheridan, Mr.. and Mrs.
Reyhurn, and Mr.. and Mrs. Preston
Sands
The Washington times., 1902-02-09
CUSTOMS INSPECTORS
SAID TO BE INSOLENT

Mr.. c. c. Shayne, President of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Board
of Trade, OF New York, called at the
White House yesterday. and presented
to President Roosevelt petition of
remonstrance against the insolence
and ungentlemanly conduct of the GUS
toms inspectors at New York" Later
he waited on Secretary OF the Treas
ury Shaw, who promised to have the
matter looked into. He has alread!
communicated with Mr.. George X
Biiwell, collector of the port of New
York Mr. Shayne declared he was
going to fight the thing out to the
end, as the customs inspectors were
too officious.