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out" for Miss Robson whom Liebler Co. evidently
training for star The making rapid strides
in her profession ahoash lacking somewhat in magnet
ISM is Of ABILITY, she is not
spoiled in the trial eats
Msnager J. Wesley Rosenquest sends me word that on
September viii make greater"
The Village Postmaster. sending it the road
with and elaborate equipment and costumes
much before appeared in
the play. he Joseph WheelOck the vet
part Higgins the postmaster and
several other prominent and for the mpor
Tae this Calls engagements il
the South. including the State
where this successful rural drama has yet been
Alice and Jerome H. Eddy, the authors Of the
already paid considerable fortune in
alties and the end sight The piece VIII be
different New York Theatres before the
Wageuhals and KDer that the tour OF Madame
Modieska James IN Henry VIM" profitable
they which the famous
will Europe probably return
himself Branch. where he
palace by the sea-so % speak. NANCY SYKES"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04

A Song to April.

Sweetheart. comes laughing April now
To right the winters wrong;
And back TO the forsaken bough
The bluebird comes with song.
And. rivals Of the stars above,
Stars in the grass you see;
So. like your namesake, April. Love
Ny April. come to me!
she brings the blossom to the vine
A token fresh and new;
She fills the crocus cup with wine
A pledge that she is true.
She seEds the sunshine after rain
A golden augury;
Sweetheart. and must I plead in vain?
Ny April. come to me-
Oh. winter lies upon my heart
a dreariness and woe;
IL needs but your dear smile to start
The buds OF hope TO blow;
1t needs but your sweet lips 10 bring
The message that shall be
Like Aprn's own. all love and spring;
Ny April, come to me!
Dempster Sherman, in Harper's
Bazaar.
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Ancient Damascus.

The most ancient centre o. trade in the
world. and one which still retains its mer-
camille current. is Damascus The cara
van comes and goes as it did .OC0 years
agy, there the sheik. the ass and the
water wheel. the merchants Of the Eu-
pirates and Of the Mediterranean, still
occupy with the multitude their wares.
SAYS The Reform Advocate" From Da-
maseus comes the damson- blue plum and
the delicious apricot Of Portugal. Da-
-aascUs damask. the beautiful fabric Of,
cotton and silk. with vines and flowers
raised upon a smooth. bright ground; the
damask rose. introduced into England in
the time of Henry VII; the Damascus
blade. so famous the world over for its
keen edge and wonderful elasticity the
secret OF whose manufacture was lost
when Tamerlane carried or the arts into
Persia. and that beautiful art of wood and
steel With silver and gold-a kind of mo-
sale engraving and sculpture united
called damasceening. with which boxes.
bureaus. swords and guns are Ornamented.
Damascus remains what il was before the
days Of Abraham centre OF trade and
travel, an Island Of yerdure in the desert.
a presidential capital through more than
thirty centuries u was near Damascus
that Saul OF Tarsus saw the light OF
heaven above the light Of the sun. and
the street which he called Straight in
which it is said he prayed. still runs
through the city The city which No
manned surveyed from 2 neighboring
height and was afraid to enter because it
was given 70 men 10 have but one para
disc. and. for his part. he was resolved
not TO have his in this world.
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SUCCESS MEASURED BY ACHIEVEMENTS

" HERE are. perhaps. few more
mOoted questions than What con
Il stitutes success" and Il may not
be amiss FOR one who can lay
claim 10 no great measure OF what is
commonly sO-called. TO moot it some
more. For IL is a queer working OF the
law Of compensation that the poor wretch
who has the last seat in the peanut gallery
can see more Of what happens on the
stage than the fuH-faced man in the
front row Of the parquet. And when IL
comes to the actor ne only knows one
part OF the play.
According TO a vast majority Of men
success is the accumulation Of wealth Of
one sort OF other. And most Of these men
lay stress on the what and let the
how take care OF itself They don't
bother themselves about how Plunks got
his millions; what they want is proof Of
Plunks' millions This produced. PIunks
IS duly installed in their estimation. and
his position is assured-uaiu stocks 90
down or banks 90 up. Then Plunks may 20
any way he wishes. just so he keeps away
from the friends Of his fortune. For
that's what most rich mems friends are.
Many men, says a writer in the "Phila-
delphia Times count achievement suc-
cess It may be in the building Of cities
or ships; the winning o. battles or po-
liucsl hOnors the writing OF books or
the unfolding Of great scientific and phil
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Of our statesmen the hardships and dan
gers incident 20 the occupation Of life
saving en- cur coasts. and several bills
have been recently introduced in both
branches Of Congress providing. under
varying conditions. pensions for these
humble heroes and their families
While Congress is deIibeTating upon the
best means Of providing fer disabled life
savers and their families. the generous
people Of Boston have started q subscrip-
JioR for the widows and orphans of the
MonOmOy crew. The amount received for
this DhilanthrCpic purpose has reached
nearly $4,000. and the subscriptions are
still coming in from all over the land.
Some idea of the magnitude Of tho ser
vice rendered by these fearless men OF
the surf sinse the Inauguration OF the
present lifc-saviug system in 1871, may
De gained from the following figures. re-
latlng 20 marine disasters which have
occurred within the scope Of service op-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04

|HE question OF women jurors has
been so prominently brought be-
fore the public during a famous
trial just concluded that every
one is more or less interested.
Human nature Is among the most Potent
factors in life. Since Adam and Eve were
first installed in the Garden o. Eden
human nature has hello on her inscrurable
path. All the mechanical powers known
to mankind cannot alter her. nor can they
change the even tenor OF her way.
Probably the leading feature Of nature
is the mutual attraction OF the sexes. and
to interfere with such attraction were
as dimcult as to prevent well-balanced
magnet from pointing to the magnetic
pole.
It is typical Of manhood to pity fem
mime distress no man with a heart in
his body can help doing so. and it requires
more than an ordinary effort OF Will 70
make judgment triumph over sympathy.
Many things influence juriss TO a con-
siderable extent Aged parents. children,
romantic episodes. all have an influential
bearing upon a jury's decision: but moth
ing affects a jury so much as a pair Of
beautiful eyes used with discretion
A man has no knowledge Of the Utmost
workings OF a feminine mind, he cannot
fathom the deep-down Vaccinations Of
lovely woman he only knows that the
stake is a woman's honor. a womans
freedom, and he acts accordingly II
takes a woman to understand a woman,
to know her temptations and her weak
nesses and her motives
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SERENADE.

The day is done and silently
The blinking stars on high
Have tip-toed from their hiding place
Somewhere beyond the sky.
The lady moon now placidly
Comes floating into space
And floods the heavenly arch with light
Reflected from her face.
In feecy folds OF sily'ry glow
She nestles all away.
And with the stars vigil keeps
Until the dawn Of day.
The night is here, fhefslfE IS gone.
All nature is at rssts
The fresh'ning breeze bpt 'iu1ls to sleep
The bird within thsonest.
The night owls cry dfstUrBeth not
It's mate on treetop near;
No baying hound makes music sweet
Unto the huntsman's ear.
SO tiny heads now reveling
In slumberland's delight
In vague and dreamy ecstacy
VIII hear our fond goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight,
Good night, goodnight.
Russell A. Field
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Smoking a Costly Luxury.

How badly a man may want tobacco
when he has not got IL is instanced in
the story of a British soldier in South
Africa who. having captured a steed IN
known 20 his superior officers, exchanged
the same for a Turkish cigarette. worth
perhaps a quarter of a cent Il must be
remembered. however, that the Tommy
had not tasted tobacco Tor weeks.
During the FrancO-Gegman war an OH
Ger paid a private soldier the sum Of
20 marks approximately So for a bundle
Of Cigarettes. numbering ten in all. The
officer. having exhausted his own scaaty
supply Of smokes. perceived that a GER
tain infautryruau WIS about to extricate
q cigarette from a small packet, and he
Immediately made the offer In question
for the celleetiqn.
During the s9she campaign a bundle Of
6ftv. cigarettese was sold by a French
lieutenant 10 a brother officer for the in
credible sun 81 900 francs $500, and
II is recorded though with what truth
the writer would not care 10 vouch. that
the latter resOld lhis bargain" for nearly
twice the son "a another officer.
Perhaps tke largest sum on record ever
paid for a cigarette was the amOuLt Of
81 go. II ISSUED from the valise OF Ma
poleon III. and was sold at auction as a
curiosity, the money raised being devoted
70 the relief Of sufferers from the Franco
GeTmE q war
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04

THE women Of the navy have no
homes II navy woman follows
her husband when he is ordered
to the other side Of the world.
she is a rover. living aboard ship or in
some lodging house at the port nearest
the vessel whose name occupies IN her
thought the place which the word
home" has in the heart Of any other
woman.
II she does not follow him. IL need
hardly be said that she certainly does
not regard the place in which she lives
while he is gone as home. Wherever it
it, it is simply a place to wait until he
comes back.
Hardly any woman in the navy follows
her husband wherever he is ordered
Most women go, perhaps. once TO China
or Egypt or Greece and stay at home dur
ing the other cruises
Those who 90. Of course. are obliged
to fellow on steamer. Then they take
passage and travel lust like any one
else. paying all their own expenses and
being shown no more consideration than
the other passengers The fact that
cabin passenger is the wife Of naval
ofdcer does not in any way single he out
for attention or special courtesy.
When she arrives at the port where
the vessel is to lie she takes lodging
somewhere near the shore and waits
Her husbands occupation goes on just
the same as II she we're not there. and.
moreover. his work must be first His
drill. his watch and his daily routine go
forward though the heavens fall and the
time he snatCEes to rush 10 the address
she has sent him is the time left ever
from ship duty.
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HOW NOT TO BUILD UP A CAPITAL

The recent pronunciamento OF Chairman
Cannon to the ee~ that he is not willing
that the Government should go any faster
in the Improvement Of the National Capt
tai than the people of Washington are
able to 90 with the amount Of revenue
gathered from taxation. opens up several
avenues Of mere or less interesting specu-
lation and calculation. In the course Of
his remarks Mr.. Cannon stated that the
cost o. the park system. proposed new
public buildings. etc. would aggregate
something like two hundred million
dollars.
The annual revenues Of the District.
even under the revisionary system Of tax
alton. will hardly exceed seven millions.
II the Government proceeds with its in,-
provements and buildings at this rate.
allowance being made for the fact that
probably not more than 20 per cent Of she
local revenues can be applied to per
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04

- EFERRING to your editorial tri-
- butte to Uncle Sans Iife-sayers
L Y by the sea- in which you appeal
for adequate Government reccg-
milton Of their achievements in the form
OF better compensation. and provision for
those who become incap2citated for duty,
/ trust you viii permit me to call your
attention 10 what amounts TO an error
with respect TO your statement as to their
period OF annual service, and money al
lowances to them and their families in
the form Of pensions.
Your statement that during the winter
-hey are laid of. is true only Of Iife-sav-
ing crews on the lakes The period Of
a-ruaI employment OF crews IS known as
the active season" On the Atlantic
coast IL extends from August to May
81. following, on the lakes. from the
opening 20 the close Of navigation (usu-
ally from April / 90 December j; while
On the Pacific coast the stations are
manned the entire year The force at
each station consists in most instances Of
seven men-a keeper and six surfmen-
The keeper remains on duty at the sta
ton the whole year. and receives $500
per ennum. During the inactive season
the surfmen Cwho generally live in the
ncighborhOod Of the station are subject
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By JAMES n. FITZSIMONS,
Judge OF the View York City Court.

What may seem 10 man as az small
Importance in the weight Of evidences
strikes a woman as being vital. She un-
derstands al the sentiments Of woman
hood: she knows the temptations that be-
set a woman. ara she knows she struggle
10 overcome them.
Il is often said that a woman has no
sympathy for a woman. But let Us pause
and ask the question. rs 10 sympathy
or sentimentsIity that sways a man
1 am inclined to the belief that it is
pure sentiment
We are wont to associate woman with
All that is best and Durest in human na-
ture. and surely il woman falls so short
OF her divine mission in this world as 10
commit cruel or dastardly crime &c IS
justice. and justice emily. that she he pun
ished-
I am convinced that if a young and
handsome man were tried for murder.
his Jurors being women, he would IN
doubtedly be acquitted His personality
would appeal 70 them
This is much more true when a woman
is tried by r1en- They cannot bring them
selves without a mighty effort 10 send
a young and it may be beautiful woman
to her doom. Thoughts or mother and sis
tiers rise in their hearts and outweigh
the evidence and prevent Justice
The law stands that suspected Grim
insl shall be tried and convicted. IL guilty.
By the judgment CT his peers. and this
means. II DO has any meaning. those who
experience the same trials and troubles.
joys. sorrows. and temptations as the as
cused-
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Mr.. RQosevelfs Jack o. All Trades.

Benjamin Colbert. a United States mar
shall in the Indian Territory. and a half
breed Indian. IS, in the opinion Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. the most versatile fnai-
vidual on the Governments extensive
pay roll.
The President told Mr. Miller. OF Kan
sas. the story when Colbert called AZ the
White House with the Kansas Congress-
man the other day. When the troops
we're az San Juan Colonel Roosevelt
wanted butcher to dress few beeves
for his regiment Colbert wSs called in
Il am not butcher" said h. ~but nv
brother and ] have often worked in his
place" Colbert slaughtered some beef
cattle, cleaned them up IN The best OF
style ana was commended for his work
II was not long afterward that the
Presidents horse threw a snoe. L am
not a blacksmith" said Colbert, but I
can set a shoe, and he went about the
task IN approved style. Then. later.
CoI0nei Roosevelt wanted a photographer.
I can write shorthand" declared Col
bert He took dictatiOn from his chief
with rspidity. wrote the letter ont GA a
typewriter. and for the remalndSr OF the
campaign served as private secretary
Kansas City Star.
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NAVAL OFFICERS WIVES
HAVE NO ABIDING PLACE
y Mrs, A S BARKER. Wife Of Rear Admiral Barker.

Perhaps in a week the whole itinerary
is changed. and IT, ship ordered some
where else. or her husband is transfer
red altogether Then she has either Z.
90 on a Thousand miles or so further o.
go back to what is nominaIIy home
and wait.
The women Who never make the voy-
age are usually women with children or
course. it is impractical for them to
travel to all sorts Of climates and to put
Up with all sorts Of Inconvenience. They
are the ones who usually wait al home
Don't they long sometimes for just
tiny fat Somewhere and never another
mile OF Gears and foam2" Indeed they
Go. out il takes a good wnile 70 make the
dream come true. -Four OF five years sea
duty and then a year ashore IS getting
20 be nearly the rule now know a
naval officer Of forty-eight who has Just
married. He has been in the navy since
he left Annapolis. and this is his very
first shore duty. He may at any moment
be ordered back to sea
The women Of the navy are the Pluck
Jest women I know. I am sure Outsiders
do not realize this. fer they DO not know
what il means 20 have husband at sea,
in more or less danger most OF the year;
or what il means to hold oneself ready
at a moments notice to tuck ones baby
under ones arm and sail to the Anti
podes. or. II the good OF that same baby
demands it. to stay AT home instead
For, when all is said, the women Of the
navy who have children are before all
else mothers-as what mother is not,
even If she has no home at ali?
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uanent Improvement, something like one
hundred and forty years viii have passed
before present plans can be carried out.
even approximately. delightful pros
pect,
II Paris, London, Vienna. Berlin. Brus-
sells. or any other enc Of the capitals Of
Europe had depended for its Improvement
exclusively upon its municipal revenues
especially when any one Of these cities
was in its adolescent stage. none Of them
would today be the point to which trav-
eIers bend their steps. They owe their
beauty in great part to the generous and
fostering Iibcrality Of their respective
Governments. who contributed vast sums
TO their beautifcation. The United States
is vastly more wealthy than any Of the
countries Of Europe. and its Capital
should not be allowed TO lag ingloriously
in the rear when it comes to making it
worthy OF the great Republic Of the
Western continent
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
POST CHECK CURRENCY TO
SUPPLANT MONEY ORDERS
By c. ". POST,
Manager Pest Check Currency Bureau.

exist IS currency. and has been trans
formed into check on the United States
Government. having al the safety Of any
bank check. and ready for enclosure in
mis- letter. When the payee receives this
check he endorses it, goes 20 the post
Office named. and has it cashed upon
Identification
The paid check finally reaches the
Treasury Department and is replaced by
new one with the sUaces untitled. This
keeps the circulation at par. 10 change
whatever is made ia the financial policy
Of the Government the only change be-
ing in the charcter OF the printing on
the bills OF FIVE dollars and under.
An issue Of fractional currency in ten.
twenty five. and fifty cents in place Of an
fequal value OF Government notes Of large
denominations, presumably $50 and $50
bills, provides for ], hitting small sums.
f This fractional currency would not do
away with the small coins now in circu-
lation, which are convenient for purposes
other than mailing. but would be in addi-
ton TO them.
A convenient. safe. and instantly
available form Of money is supplied with
which the public can safely transact mail
business, which now aggregates in small
sums upwards Of 3 600, 100000 year. The
small fee charged would probably aggre-
gate a larger revenue 10 the Government
( than is received from the present money
order system. The continual retirement
and reissuing of these bills would insure
clean money both in the fractional cur
rency and in the larger bills.
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Statues In the Paris Streets.


Il IS not the Londoner only who grum-
bles at the lack OF beauty in the statues
adorning the streets and squares OF his
city. The Frenchman just now makes a
point Of grumbling quite as loudly at the
almost unanimous" ugliness or tie mod
ern statues "encumbering' Paris. These
Statues, says the outspOken Journal des
Debats." are not so much erected in
honor Of one dead man as for the gioFfhca-
tiOn Of several living ones, who fern the
commission" for the erection OF
statue. ard receive decorations fer their
endeavoFs. A famous French sculptor Is
quoted ia this connection. who had sent
IN his design for a statue OF Pasteur. He
had suggested the genius OF the great
scientist BY symbols. bat the commission
would have none Of then. "Your work"
they said. is fine. but IL Is incomplete
What about the diseases of silk worms,
the manufacture Of vinegar and OF beer
ana win. about cholera In fowls2" And
noth:ng the artist could say as to the
impossibiIity OF reproducing sick silk
worms and chOIera-ridden roOsteFs on
monument could move the commission.
Under such conditions. Il Is small wonder
Paris statues are no better than they
should be.-Westminster Gazette.
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Five-doIlar bills printed 50 they
axe both money ard check.

A NGONE can understand the press
"A ing need FOR postal currency by
L \ recalling the times without num-
Der when he himself has been de-
EirOus OF sending a small sum or money
through the mails. Always in such cases
comes up a barrier. and only the persist
ent enc viii carry out his purpose By us
ing stamps. coins placed in holes in pieces
CT pastebOard OF risking loose money
Only the pressure OF necessity in the
absence Of a simple aud convenient sys-
TEN brings the mo-ey order its present
patronage. Statistics show that from ten
TO twenty times the number OF letters re-
ceived By business houses, publishers and
others who do a large business through
The mails. contain stamps. loose money. or
some other representative Of money. than
contain money orders. clear enough
mark of the disap2roval OF the public.
The need is for money in the hands OF
the people that can safely and instantly
be sent by letter.
The McMuau-Gardner post check cur
rency bill, now before Congress. provides
for printing the one, two, and iye-deIlar
bills in future with blank spaces on the
face. These bills would be money. and
pass from hand to hand before the blanks
are filled. When it is desired TO send one
in the mails the blanks are filled in with
the name OF the payce, his city and State
a tyo-eeat postage stamp is affixed. and
cancelled with the initials OF the sender in
ink. the name OF the sender is signed on
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MISS GRACE GEORGE,
Who is Starring Very Successfully "Under Southern Skies"

Savoy for receipts It also brought
Henry b. Of ability aad
ju1 Ement Harris a ol William Harris, Of Rich
Harris and climbed
positions advance and business
tho business for Nay Irwin
in similar capacity for Mrs Langry
Bingham addition Mr. Edeaon he will direct
coming starring Percy Haswe "A Royal Fam
Iy" manage the Hudson Theatre which is being
q this city.
actions Under TWO Flags at the
Academy Music Sleeping Beauty and the Beast at
Broadway "Notrc Dame DAYS. Lulu CHASER az the
Herald Square: Master the Manh2ttan;
yre BeIew WaIlacs; Daniels the Casino; The
Twin sister" Empire. Sky Farm" ti,e Garrick;
William Collier. the Madison Square; Francis wilson az
KuickerbOcker; Barry. the Criterion Henrietta
Gresham. the Republic and Foxy Grandpa al the -Four
Street Theatre
telegram Seattle brings the Information that by
Right sword disqualification by Mrs Dr. Doremus or this
city successfully produced on Men
day Of RE5ph The Of the play
depicts phases dip military life n Russia
shows court bah MOSCOW
young American who by accident ges mixed up
plot XIII the Emperor, but finally saves the
life Of that parsonage