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The evening times., 1902-05-02
THE DEAR OLD BROOK.

Do you remember still the old brook dear,
Where softeaed sunlight falls through
arching trees
And gIds the puritng cascades with
its gold;
WheTe side By side we walked in days
Of old,
While woodland odors flied the cooling
And natures harmonies brought heaven
near?
Do you remember still those peaceful days
When perfect trust gave life its chiefest
charm
And hope knew not Of sordid thought
CT care,
But wove her sweetest fancies for Us
there,
Nor dreamed Of future sorrows. nor OF
harm.
And love, unfettered, giorifed our ways?
All, though I roam the wide world Ger
ard view
Its panoramic marvels at my feet,
Ne'er shall I frd a spot to me, that
seems
As lovely as the one that fills my
dreams
When fancy calls ne back TO that retreat
Where in those days wandered, dear,
with you
No more the timId thTUshs note so soft,
No more so sweet the woodland violet;
No more so cool the breeze upon my
brow,
Since We may no more roam those by
ways now;
Yet ne'er. while memory lasts. can ]
forget
That dear old brook whore fingered we
so oft
Emile Pfckhardt in Boston Globe.
The evening times., 1902-05-02
A RESTLESS GHOST

He Brown family lived within
choice but because in
at ali suited them other
50 bad as it might in day
O araIiy were out
But thes had not been there before
one night in the kitchen
through all
stove lids t wasa most unhoIy
Investigation
have caused the sounds
could get for the performance
began
Investigating disposition could
He d He caught ghost seared-Iookirg
and seemed willing anxious itself
You said the
work that there they put ne on
to
that pulled down after sleep peace
u in the
myself hearing Of the
fact
one near town" ked lin.
hearth
And family slept in peace
And of the neghbors knew
The evening times., 1902-05-02
HOIICF CYGTFMC-- -Bueooats Credited With Having Fun
OLi\-L y = LIFlo When They Hard Work.

of that paragraph know they were
policemen?
Possibly the idea IS that if man
is in a place of amusement on duty
he is not working. Many people have
that idea abeut dramatic criticism,
for example They think that 4 dra-
matte critic has a good time because
he has nothing to do but go TO the
theater. They do not understand
that any pleasure in the world soon
becomes stale if repeated too often,
and that when pleasure is closely as
,oeiated with hard work 1t ceases to
be recreation. Most dramatic critics,
waen they want to amuse themselves.
60 where they viii not see or hear
of q pIaybiII Going TO the theater
for fun is. TO them. about on the par
with the delights of the hayfeld to
the farmer who has been working
there all day. It is fun for the city
visitor, but not for the 1nan who
makes his living by it. If man has
been on duty eighteen hours out of
the tNenty-four and wants TO get
home and 90 to bed, or take his chill
dren into the country for an after
noon now and then. he does not care
whether part OF those eighteen hours
were spent at the baseball game or
not. except as 1t might be a trife
more interesting than 4 Broadway
corner or a beat in Harlem 1t was
well said by one social economist,
What working people need after
their days work is rest. and they
want decent homes to rest in more
than they do outside aInusements.' -
The evening times., 1902-05-02
HARMONY AND OASTRONONY

~ ID it ever occur to you 10 ask
] yourself why you are Fegaled
- with the bars os Annie Laurie
while munching your shrimp
salad IN certain restaurants? Did you
ever ask the waiter why the "fddlers
three" were employed 70 saw of chunks
OF symphony while you were wrestling
with tough porerhouse steak2 Of course,
the proprietor has some purpose in sootb-
Ing your savage breast. for orchestral
music costs money. no matter how
squeaky the fddles or how xheezy the
cIarionet The question that occurs TO
Us is. Why should the cost OF half dozen
popular airs be added to the cost Of your
steak OF mutton chop? Is there a mys-
terious occult connection between har-
mony and gastronomy2 Or between dis
cord and mastication2 We can easily
conceive Of good many reasons for sup
plementiug the work Of poor chef with
distTaetiBg discord. II the discord is par
ticHlaTIy rasping it is apt 10 divert the
attention OF the listener from the poorly
cooked Hamburger; it is also apt to rouse
the temper OF the patron to such an ex-
The evening times., 1902-05-02
Clerks ANXIOUS ABOUT THE
PROPOSED RETIREMENT BILL
By JOSEPH TRAINOR, Of the Sixth Auditors Office.

A FEW weeks ago addressed communication The
IA Times with reference retirement the aged
disabled clerks the Government departments.
elected a statement Starr, chairman
National Clerks Retirement Association
the that the committee had bill nearly completed
ready presented Congress
This djd bring
c0uragenen the clerks they knew that by that
Congress would making preparations adjourn there
probability. least little probability Of Congress
taking the and it that late period the
pros
the they that the
viii which
body viii busy with the appropriation bills
fiscal and other matters, and viii have
little time L devote a matter of this kind
too nay impossible get any Congress
any natter them
selves of deferments and disappoinens be-
discouraged it. and resign themselves
their believing there Will be possibility of
Congress desired legislation Thus. hope de-
fered aketh the sick with of the clerks
yitay getting this through
Congress; every
departmental Washington deeply these
do feel themselves interested
in this legislation
reliable interesting and have
bearing this subject
clerks Washington sos
The evening times., 1902-05-02
Happened in Philadelphia.

4 subtreasdry employe is very angry
because of a practical Joke, played on
him By one of his friends. whom he has
not yet been able to locate. Several days
ago the man purchased package of grass
seed. which he intended to plant in the
front yard of his residence in West PhiIa-
deiPiia- While he was busy lot Of
stamped check perforations were sub
sti uted in the package for the seed, which
they considerably resembled in appear
ance, and these bits of papers were duly
planted. Thus far they have failed to
burst out in bloom II is reported that
it was the wife of the deceived Govern
ment employe who discovered that he had
been duped and informed him OF the
trick-PhIIadeIphi Record.
The evening times., 1902-05-02
An Urgent Call.

After dinner one very dlsagreeable night
last week certain Madison Avenue ply
sician. looking from his ofEce window
and seeing the rain beat against the
glass. decijed that he would have q quiet,
uninterrupted evening at home. He was
soon IN his louse coat. q novel in his
hand and tobacco smoke was curling
around him About 10 O'Clock some enc
rang the doorbeu
The doctor is wanted right away at
-" began the caller.
He can't g. sir" answered the ser
want quickly. He left word that he was
not well and that unless it was a case of
life OF death he would not venture out"
Well you tell him he must come over;
We need him to sit in a poker game
"Oh, you're Ar. B., are you? Step in,
please, and III see"
4 minute later the servant reappeared
with. The doctor says he'll be right
over.'-New York Evening Post.
The evening times., 1902-05-02
FAKE DRAMAS

II VERY lover of the drama must
have wondered why, in these
IL days of alleged realism on the
stage. there is so much taking of a
palpable kind, and perhaps it is worth
while To attend to some of the more
obvious forms of this and subject
them TO 4 mild analysis.
Of course, we all know that classic
plays have errors of all sorts in
them, due generally to the ignorance
of the authors. ShakesPeare's map
of Bohemia is cloak which has COW
cred a good many sins of this kind.
though considering The limitations of
his day, Shakespeare was a remark
ally accurate man. Moreover, the
pla wright has to possess knowledge
of so comprehensive sort that ii is
not surprising that his literary fail
ures are more than occasional. He
must not make a mistake IN estimat-
ing the temper of the audience, or
the ability of the actor, or the Iimi-
tations of the drama as a form of
Expression, or tie chances of a pic
turesque effect ay The use Of some
line, action, or &saee picture. If he
makes blUsldcr III any Of these lines
the consequences an glariRgly plain
Merely literary Eaistalzes do not count
for much in cozprison-
But it does seem, sometimes, as If
the taking process resulted in some
entirely unnecessary literary faults
For example, in play recently wit
messed here we have at least three
ineongruities of form which could
net be tolerated IN novel, and are
not necessary to the play First. an
The evening times., 1902-05-02

4 CITATION has lately taken
Il place over the New York Po-
\ lice system-tliat is, the al
legged orerworbing OF the police In
comment on this New York news
papers says:
The foolish souls who have been
weeping over the woes of policemen
who say they get no leisure or reerea-
ton ought TO visit our local race
tracks and diamond fields
Now, whatever may be the merits
or demerits of the fight for the three
platoon system IN New York, there
seems TO be hole in this sort of
argument which Is visible without a
microscope. The grievance alleged
by the defenders Of the police is that
the patrolmen have no time to spend
~ home with their families, compared
yeitb that enjoyed by the average eiti-
zen. and from all the evidence it
looks as II this were true. It is true
in Washington, whether the New
York policeman Is in the same con-
dition or not. \ man is not at home
with his family when he Is at the race
track or the ball game. and il does
not at all follow, as the newspaper
seems TO think. that he is there be-
cause Of choice. Has that paper for
gotten that policemen have to be
present in considerable numbers at
these places to protect the public
from the undesirable citizens who
thither flock to fleece the crowds
They are not likely to be there for
fun. unless they are in citizens
clothes. and if so. how did the author
The evening times., 1902-05-02

family went cut for drive. Just after
they left the bell rang, and Pompey rec
ognized in TIE caller a former dear girl
friend Of his young married mistress
-Are the ladies in, Pompey?" said the
young Iady-
No. ma'am, they'se out, ma'am,'' re-
sponded the old retainer.
I'm so sorry I missed them" replied
the visitor. handing in her card. 4 par
ticularIy wanted to see Mrs. Bell"
Yes. ma am, thank ye, ma am They'se
all out, ma am, and Mrs. Bell Is particu-
larly cut, ma am was the reply that
greeted her hearing as the visitor opened
the gate and the front dcor cIosed--New
York Herald
The evening times., 1902-05-02
The Earth IS q Furnace.

That it will be found feasible to gene
rate steam from the heat contained
within the crust Of the earth is the opinion
OF Prof Ha.Iock OF Columbia University.
He would dig two holes about fifty feet
apart to a depth of. say. u. COO feet The
only problem then would be the making Of
a connection between these wells at the
very bottom Perhaps a hole could be
broken through by the use of heavy
charges Of dynamite. These explosions
might at the same time open up con-
siderable chamber down there, which
could be used as a hot water heater
Cold water could be poured down one well
irto this chamber Here it would be con-
7erted into steam almost instantly by the
intense heat, and would then rush up out
Of the other well and into suitable engines
attached to the wheels Of industry. Once
IN place, a plant of this kind would run
on indefinitely. at a cost that would make
the price OF coal a matter Of utter indif-
ference to It's owner.
The evening times., 1902-05-02
The Sad and Solemn.

Here w are, the sad and solemn,
Walking up and down the world;
Thin and ragged Is our column,
Somber is our flag unfurled.
By the wayside some are falling,
But we dare not stop or pause;
Solemn sadness is our calling,
Sadness solemn is our cause.
Why, or why, should We be merry7
All the world is merry-mad.
We alone are sad-so very,
Very. very. very sad
And it makes Us feel so sorry
When we hear the big crowd laugh;
What does laughter know OF worry
And its burdens? Not the half.
oh, We know there is a lighter
And a brighter way through life;
But because the way is brighter
1t with pleasure. tco, is rife;
And what do VIC want of pleasure
When there is so much Of pain?
Is not pain the one true treasure
That cur future bliss viii gain?
Oh. we know our ranks are thinning,
And it makes US deeply sigh
Yes. the living side seems winning;
We will win. sirs, when We die.
All. you laugh. But what is laughter
Scattering Iife's Ills like chaff?
We. We think of the hereafter,
And are far too sad to laugh
John P. Sjolander in the "Galvesto
News"
The evening times., 1902-05-02
OBSERVED IN PASSING.

The only absolutely practicable way
Of making people laugh with you in
stead Of at you is to laugh with them
when they laugh at you.
#zz
1t may be true. as it says in the
historical novels, that the hero. when
he took a cab. flung his purse to the
driver" but the probability Of the
tale depends on the likelihood that
there was nothing in the purse but
two car tickets and a soapy dime
So
Poetry about the bleeding feet on
the road to fame is all very pretty.
but as a matter of fact stubbed tee
is generally the trouble
The secret Of the lions reputation
for greatness may be that he is not
good to eat and does not wear wool.
and hence has not been subjugated by
man to any great extent.
Any young woman who is rash
enough TO take Cupid in and make
him suit Of clothes out of the kind
1iness of her heart will simply have
to take the consequences
The evening times., 1902-05-02

/ Englishman in the disguise of \
French soldier, talking, supposedly
in barrack-room French, quotes the
doggereI about the rose being red
and the violet biue-the humer of
which would be untranslatable into
French-and the lines do not even
win a laugh, because they are so trite.
Again, the superstition of the Bed
ouin is illustrated BY the fact that
he takes a silver bullet To kill a sup
posed witch. The silver bullet IS q
device which the Arab probably never
heard of, and what is more. the aver
age audience probably does not cens-
tain very many people who are, tan1ii-
lar with the superstition, so that an
incongruity is dragged in for the
sake of producing what might be a
literary effect if it belonged there.
Finally, we are told that one OF
the principal characters Is shot
through the heart, and the character
survives for several minutes and
makes a long speech. besides going
through considerable muscular exer-
else The line about the heart could
have been left out without the slight
est loss of dramatic effect and with
a good deal more realistic effect Not
only the critics, but the public, is be-
ginning 10 ask if it IS net about time
to step putting real pumpkins and
real buzz-saws and real dust-storms
and things on the stage. and trs to
have more realism IN the lines and
situations OF the piay. II these are
secured. the stage properties viii
take care OF themselves. and It Is
pretty safe to wager that the audi
enee viii take good care of the play.
The evening times., 1902-05-02
Abroad

81 want to introduce you to some Amer
leans I just met"
mo, don't want to meet them. They're
intensely vulgar. 1 know
But they're not so bad-from the
West"
20. that's different. I was afraid they
were from New York Life.
The evening times., 1902-05-02
Particularly Out, Ma am.

The old coIored man had grown gray In
service He had almost become the Gus
tedian Of the family secrets as he was of
the family silver
The married daughter, who lived in
distant town. had come home for visit
Callers we're coming all day long. and old
PomPey was kept busy opening the door
and receiving the visitors.
One bright morning The ladies of the
The evening times., 1902-05-02
Two Women.

Really. did not know what 10 think
when Fred proposed TO me last evening
Why. he hadn't known me more than
a week"
Perhaps that was the reason. dear
Boston Transcript.
The evening times., 1902-05-02

Any person buy Morning Afternoon Sunday
Edition Of The Times any stand Washington
towns, railroad ans elsewhere, by notifying
The evening times., 1902-05-02
at Last.

Sing- see that the popular craze for
historical novels is abating.
Song Yes, even the bookworm viii
turn-Baltfnore News.
The evening times., 1902-05-02
iUBsCRIPTIoN RATES TO OUT OF

MORNING EDITION, cne year s.: six
II OntIIs. s.. 80; three months. SI-25. Morn
lns and Sunday, enc year. -; six months.
: $50: three months, Sf,s5 sunday -.li-
ton cnIy- one year, So SIX months, 81;
three months, 81 cents.
The evening times., 1902-05-02

Not Only the Critics But the Public Is Be-
ginning TO Ask if It Is Not About Time to
Have More Realism in the Lines and Stu
atoms Of the PLAY.
The evening times., 1902-05-02
, TOWN POINTS. POSTAGE PREPAID.

EvENESG EDITION, one year, s.; six
months, Sf-So; tfrre months, - cents
Evening and Sunday, one year So six
months. S2.5O; three months, SI-25- Morn
ing. Evening. and Sunday. one year, SO;
Fix months, 40; three months, $3.50
The evening times., 1902-05-02
Free Translation.

A missionary lately returned from India,
now in this city. complains of the slow
progress made out there in converting the
natives, on account of the difficulty in ex-
planning the teachings of Christianity so
that the ignorant people will fully under
stand them. Some OF the most beautiful
passages in the Bible are destroyed in
translation. He attempted once TO have
the hymn,
Rock Of Ages. cleft 10 me-
Let me hide myself IN thee,
translated into the native dialect so that
the natives might appreciate it's beauty.
The work was done by a young Hindoo
Bible student The next day he brought
his translation to the missionary for ap-
proyaI, and his rendering, as translated
back in English, read like this:
Very Old stone, split for my benefit,
Let me absent myself under one Of your frag-
ments.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The evening times., 1902-05-02

SORRY day # viii be fc- Mexico
when the old arches are de-
: stoyed in the interest Of modern
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-03
Til. Rissan Scholarship.
Especial Dispatch to The Times.

WINDSOR, va, Jan, 2.-The Baptist
churches Of Isle of Wight county con-
tributed $1,000 to the Richmond College
Rockefeller conditional endowment fund
to found a scholarship ito be known as
the Riggan scholarship" or this
amount the smithHeld CAurch raised s5lG;
Windsor, s175; Whitehead Grove, Sl4U;
Colosse. 500, and Beaver Dam, $40.
George w. Riggan, to whose memory
tho scholarship is endowed, was perhaps
the greatest genius Isle of Wight has
ever produced. His career was brief, but
brilliant. After graduating from Ricn-
mond College with the highest honors,
he took the full course IN the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary at LOU
Vile. Upon the completion Of his theo-
logical course he was made professor in
the Seminary. This position he occupied
only a few years. when the call came lor
him to transfer his activlttes, so bril-
liantly begun here on earth, to higher
fields. Surely in no more substantial
way could his name be houored than by
founding a scholarship to his memory IN
Richmond college.
The watkins residence has been pur-
chased by the members Of so Western
Branch ana Colosse Baptist churches
and will henceforth be the parsonage Of
these churches.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-03
AFFAIRS IN CHESTER.
4 Former Citizen Tells Of the Advantage Of
Telephones In Another County.
Especial Dispatch to The Times.)

Especial Dispatch to The Times)
CHESTER, VA. Jan. 1.-THE Richmond
and Petersburg Electric Company is haul
ing material to late hour OF the night
t. push on into Petersburg, and the
: Chesre4 Lumber Company is in receipt of
anu preparing to put on th~ir large build
ing ng- ., liz Car a...4 gray Ell rooII.e, white
the Farmville and Powhatan and Atlantic
..l.:l y. eSsln6 tneiI
track changes to completion.
Mr. S. e. Richal dsot, former mer-
chant here, now conducting a drug busl-
ness at Mathews Courthouse, is on a
visit to M. H. trleRo. He reports
q great advance and Improvement along
industrial lines in Mathews county, and
that the people there have a fine tele-
phone service from their private homes, all
over the county, to Richmond, Norfolk,
Baltimore and other places. and thinks
the people OF every county should COM
bine to establish a general telephone COM
munication with eac.. otter.
number Of wild turkeys have been
d in this vicinity this season.
me flood in the James has overlooked
u4 The lowianos, adjacent here. and it
cannot now be stated to what extent the
artificial banks of the river farms have
suffered in consequence. It Is feared that
heavy damages have resulted from 1t.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-03
GUNBOAT FOR LIBERIA.
REQUEST Made That Act of Congress Be Pat
Into Effect.
nv Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, Jan. w. 3. Natch-
EFT Of this city. representing the Govern
rnent of Liberia. called on Secretary
Long at the Navy Department to-day ana
made a formal request that the ACTON
of Congress. as embodied in the act Oh
a,ri, IL, 1856. providing for tho relief OF
r liberia. be carried into effect
That act. which was introduced IN Con-
,,-ess t,v senator Sumner and represent
ettye Banks, of Massachusetts. provides
that there shall DO transferred 10 the
Government Of Liberia one Of the gun
boats OF the United States Navy accepts
moe TO the Government of Liberia. and
which. In the opinion of the Secretary
OF tho Navy, could be spared convent
eatly for that purpose
Nothing was done in connection with
This legislation until President Cleveland
came into power, when Secretary Her
bort. OF the Navy Department, set aside
the old wooden warehip SwataTa Tor the
use of the L!heriaa Government. For
various causes however, the order for
the transfer of the vessel was never
carried into effect,
The proposition now made by Mr.
Matchett Is that the Navy Department
- ~--s> another vessel on the same con-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-03
A SAILORS BRIDE.
.aptain costin, Of the Oyster Navy, WEEDS
Miss Cora W. Chambers.
Especial Dispatch to The Tlmes.)


oNANCOcK, VA, Jan. 2.--The Metho-
dist Episcopal Church on Tangier Island
was the scene of a pretty and fashion,
able wedding Wednesday night. The con-
tracing parties wers Captain James H.
Costin and Miss Cora w. Chambers. The
bridal party entered the church, which
was beautifully and artisttcally decorated,
to Lohengrin's wedding ma-ch, rendered
by professor Squire Howe.
Rev. George w. Bounds, pastor OF the
church, oficiated, and used the beautiful
service Of the Episcopal Church,
The bride was given away by her
hrother-inllawt Air. Charles Wislamst
and Mr.. P. G. williams was best man.
The bridesmaids were Misses Nellie y.
Chambers, Mary T.. Wallace, Mamie
Somers and Pearl Charnocls. The grooms-
men were Edward r. Price, Fl. Noble. 81.
Disc, Sidney S Wallace and John s.
Shores. The bride wore white tafeta
silk. and carried white chr
and the bridesmaids white null and light
blue satin. After the ceremony an ete-
CANT reception was held at the handsome
residence Of the brides father.
Captin Costin Is a son OF the late Col
onel Ellison Il Gostin, Of NORTHAMPTON.
and Is now commander Of the police
steamer ..Acccomac - OF the Virginia
state Navy. He Is well known In tticsl-
ond. The bride Is the attractive daughter
Of Mr.. John "A, Chambers, EEominent
merchant ON the island.