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The Washington times., 1903-10-25
Marcel on Posing.
Living Picture Master Likes Our
Models.


Jean Marcel. whose living art repro
auctions VIII be presented at Chase's
this week. has spent the past week in
this city supervising the preparations
involved in the proper presentation Of
his art works. NJ Marcel has the fol-
lowing to say OF his pictures:
First l get a copy OF the picture l
want TO present, and then 1 choose the
people for 1t. / then show Il TO them.
and II II is historian one, the story
OF which / do not know. / get the
books and read to them all about Il.
try to make them understand the dis
tinguishing traits OF the men and wonn-
en- they are 10 represent. and what they.
were thinking OF at the moment the
picture was made. When have accom-
plished that and they are thoroughly
impressed, l show them each pose and
we practice it until II is perfect"
How did you come to think of pre-
senting these studies?" he was asked
Studied French Methods.
How did I come to think OF it? Well.
1 used TO see what you call living pic
lures IN the French theaters. but they
were not perfect-not artistic. 1 was
an artist. a painter OF pictures, and also
somewhat of a sculptor. One day the
idea occurred TO me that | could i'm
prove upon the method then in vogue. I
engaged models. and began
II did the simplest groups only. taking
those paintings where modern people
and modern costumes were depicted. 1t
was a long time before l tried marble
grouping, and longer still before l ven
tured TO produce the has reliefs. / began
with single statue and then larger
groups, until finally l took any has re-
The Washington times., 1903-10-25
columbia-aA Girl Prom Dixie, ;,

"A Girl From Dixie the bin at the
Columbia this week. Is new musical
comedy from the pen Of Harry 3.
Smith, and is said to be among he
bright and humorous productions.
There is said 20 be nothing coarse
In the lines. and while the plot Is sim
plicity Itself. there is real humor in the
situations and parts.
Irene Bentley. who sings and plays
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Lafayette-"Mr. Pipp.p

-~--~y 49, ~A-
Charley Grapewin and a large s,p-
porting company will open a weeks en-
gagement at the Lafayette tomorrow
night in Mr. Pipp." a musical farce.
The piece is an elaboration of a sketch
which has been used by Mr.. Grapewin
and Miss Chance on the vaudeville
boards, and is from the pen OF George
Totten Smith and SIR Grapewin.
Mr.. Pipp" has far more in store for
its audiences than it's title would indi-
cate. II is said to be bright. tuneful.
and full OF good comedy Some Of the
airs. such as 'Dinah, the Moon Am
Shining" and "Bumblebees, have been
heard before, but IN their new dress Of
words and accompanying business they
promise TO continue in favor.
One Of the most attractive bits of the
performance is the song and dance,
Poppy and Golden Rod" Sallie Stem
bier has several excellent songs which
are always well received In the per-
sonnet OF the company, several old vau-
deville favorites win be recognized
Among these, are the Rieff Brothers.
and Jules and George. AL w. Maddox
IS another entertainer Mr. Grapewin
shines strongest in the second act, and
Miss Chance is said to be excellent in
her representation OF the young wife of
the gay "Pipp."
The Washington times., 1903-10-25
Academy-aFor Her chiIdren,s sake."

Academy-"For Her Children's Sake"
The author of For Her Children's
Sake" the new modern melodrama to
be seen at the Academy this week, is
Theodore Kremer, author OF The Fatal
Wedding" The new play is said 10 be
even more daring and sensational than
its predecessor. The title alone compels
attention, and will appeal to women and
children. and 10 the heads of homes and
families alike. The plot is woven around
the love affair OF a motherless daughter.
extending over period OF years
wherein are centered all the joys and
SORROWS that so to make up lifcs whole.
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chase'a-vaudeville.

Marcel living art masterpieces are
announced as the chief attraction for
chasc's Thrater this week They are
reproductions IN flesh and hood OF Ia
nous paintings. works Of statuary. and
Of historic bas-relicfs By ancient and
modern masters Of brush and chisel
Twenty-Five models. selected for their
physical beauty and their proficiency in
the profession. form the pictures. Many
in the audience are inclined to believe
the reproductions OF paintings are gen
uine canvas. and that those Of the mar
BILE groups, and bas-reliefs are real
plastic models. until the illusion is dis
solved by the figures springing into
life. These Marcel art studies proved
sensation in London. Paris. Vienna. st.
Petcrsburg and New York. and Il is ex-
pected they will create ar equally pro-
found impression IN the National Cap
ital, where SO many artists have their
studios.
The supplemental central feature Of
the program will be the James o. Bar
rows-John Lancaster company. which
enjoys high favor here. as both stars
have Won appreciation many times be-
fore in stock work ana touring produc-
tons They VIII be seen in "A Chip Of
the Old Block" Tom Lewis and Sam
Ryan VIII present a farcicai novelty en-
titled. '-The Wireless Telephone" The
English comedian and whistler. Charles
Mildare. viii be seen for the first time
here. as this is his first tour OF Ameri-
ca. Josephine Sabel Is expected TO add
to the favor with which she has been
received in the past. George g. Davis.
with an extra dry monologue. win Of
fer an invlgorating footlight melange.
Johnnie Baker and Louie Lynn. In THE
Electric Boy" and the American Vita
graph are the other features on the
bill
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-Empire-"The Night Before Christ
mssD

Special attention has been paid 60 the
scenic effects In the production OF The
Night Before Christmas" which comes
TO the Empire Theater this week. One
Of the more notable scenes shows the
interior OF the cid Covenanter Church at
cedarville. Ohio. with pipe organ. pulpit.
and stained glass windows. while out
side is seen the graveyard. bathed in
the soft glow of the full moon. Another
setting is the court room scene. Every
cetail in keeping with the solemn legal
function in the trial scene is minutely
carried out, and the almost breathless
interest Of audiences Is sustained from
beginning to end OF this scene.
The play has been seen in Wash
ington before. and may be cIassed
among the popular favorites. The COM
pany includes Jack Drummer. Fred An
derton, Robert Goodman. Joseph Gra-
ham. Amanda Hendrix. Julia Hurley,
Marie Glover Clifton. and the popular
Clifton children
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sents the merely possible in a hualor-
Gus way.
Some enthusiasts of the higher drama
lament the present vogue of musical
eomedy-a demand creates a supply.
There are lovers OF light music who
ind concerts too dull. There are lovers
OF amusement who find plays too dun.
The happy medium is supplied by the
musical comedy.
IL comes as relief 20 the brain-too
tired 20 bother with n plot or a serious
concert. and too fastidious for a va
riety show. The plot of musical com
edy arouses thought enough to interest
without fatiguing while the eye is graft
fed. the brain lulled through the air
by the music.
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Nature and Art.


Yet. while David Garrick had graSped
the golden keys of reputation and
wealth with almost magic swiftness.
his companion had started in upon that
long battle against poverty and disap-
pOintment which constitutes one OF the
most pathetic series OF chapters in the
history Of a richly endowed intellect
Little wonder that in memory OF hun
cry days and bedless nights, he should
pen the bitter lines
There mark what ills the scholars life
Toll. envy. want. the patron and the
jail"
Why did not fame smile sooner on
Johnson? There would seem to be some
reason for it-and this reason after all
is not far TO seek-it ar ~ from the diff
ference In the two men. Johnson's ge-
MUS was initiative il was It OF the age.
it was classic and conventional There
was no note OF hope or the future in
its strains. 1t echoed the past in worm
cut music that had already lost half its
audience. IL was not patterned after
nature. but after the most stiff and con-
ventional forms with which English lit
erature has ever been hampered and
dwarfed. Johnson finally won his way
but by the brutal force and Drawn OF
mis- intelligence.
Garrick's genius and it's expression
was not that OF the age, II was OF the
type that gains audience In all agsS-
-or II was revelation OF natures own
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Something Of circus life behind the
scenes IS limited at where the entire
stage is converted into real tent and
sawdust ring, with an actual perform
ance IN progress.
The play as a whole is thought 10 sur
pass Hazel Kirke" IN hcarthstone in
terest Little Lord. Fauntleroy' in
childish fancy. The Fatal Wedding
In dramatic surprises. and equal in point
Of scenic investiture to anything Of its
lund ever attempted
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Laughter and Rest.

Most important of all. the brain is
emptied by laughter; that emptying of
the brain is as refreshing as sleep.
Laughter does II. for no brain is capa-
bic of effort or creative thought during
laughter. IL can. at most, appreciate.
Appreciation is restful; therefore. IL
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we1i-known artists as Ferdinand Colts
chalk. Albert Hart, George Schiller. VII
mer BENTLEY. ID. i. Don. Charles Bowers
Charles French. Charles Shelter, Lou
Middleton. Adelaid Sharpe, Esther
Lyons, and a chorus Of fifty
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-10

has much truth and sound sense min gled with the nonsense. Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New 1 York; price 80 cents; for sale at Judas. Welcome annual offerings for the Christmas season that have an estab- ished reputation with the discrimina- ting public are the holiday editions of books, calendars, booklets and Christ mas cards of Raphael Tuck and Sons Company, New York, London and Paris, which are again to be seen at the book and stationery stores in new and beau- tiful designs and covers and bindings. The illustrations are apt and the char acter of the text pleasing. Father Tuck's AnnuaI' is the leader in the de- lightful budget Of attractions, with its decorative cover and colored pictures. Among the specially attractive new de- signs for Christmas cards are those of birds, flowers, animals and landscapes. The cards, calendars, etc., are exceed ingly pretty and will make charming gifts for Christmas, either separately or to accompany other more expensive gifts.
 The New England Magazine Christ mas number, published by the America Co.,, Boston, has for one Of the its spe- cially interesting features an article on Philip Frenau. Americas First Poet" Another is "The Women of the Grant Family" It is for sale by the Pease, Lewis Co.,, where also may be obtained CasselIs Magazine; The Culver; and Cassell's Little Folks, and the Nigga zine of Art, all widely known sta4sdard periodicals published by Cassell & O., New York, London and Paris.
 The grand Christmas numbers of the Illustrated London News, London Graphic, Black & White, Holly Leaves, Sketch, Gentlewoman. Lady Pictorial each 50 cents, and Of Le Figaro IlIustre, in either English or French text, $1.O0 also the Art Annual 75 cents; may be obtained at The American News Co s store, IS and IS Gregson street, this city. These Christmas numbers are among the finest in the world
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Frederick Trevor Hill has achieved success in his books of legal stories and in his new work, "The Web," published by Doubleday, Page and Company, New York, he proves anew his ability to weave an interesting tale out of the in- tricacies of the law. "The Web" is a we'll written story of strong human in- terest. The authors apt. vigorous de- scriptive power is evidenced anew. One feels that what he tells about is not a myth, but has actually happened, and this is true not only of the incidents and the sensational situations, but the hero of the story. David Maddox seems a character true to life. MT. Hill also is very much at home in dealing with the legal intricacies in which the hero is involved and has to combat, and shows that he is posted as to events, methods of legal procedure, the cunning evasions and artifices of lawyers and the types of men who figure at the bar. He shows the inside workings of the law and the laws delays" with marvellous fidelity to actual facts. The book is not a treatise on legal modes of procedure by any meals, for there is heroine Harmony Fray-in the case, whose for tune is at stake in the Placento com pany, with which her guardian had in- vested her money. The web in the case is a complication of many interests in the Placento company and there is a divorce case. with general mix up of interests that taxes the best ingenuity and ability of the hero of the tale to disentangle. MT. Hill has woven an ab
 sorbing story. Price sl.50; for sale by the Pease-Lewis Company.
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limited to survivors of the civil war, and if every man who served in the struggle should join, the first death would be a falling off of membership; so that, at the best way one may look at the subject, the Grand Army is in its decadence.
 There are several posts in this state which are in very low conditions at the present time, and are considering the question of giving up their organization altogether and being transferred into other posts, in this state alone, which have less than a score of members, al- i though there are something like 16,S0O on the membership in this state at the present time. In 1892 there were 24,5O0, which was he high-water mark.
 The death of comrade last week and two more this week, so far, sug- gests that the post in this city is be- ginning to feel the falling off. There is always a feeling of sadness among the comrades when they gather in their hall of meeting night and the announce ment is made that the roll of honor has had another added to the vast majority ol tue OIHef SlQe. The cOInfaueS ldll in,'' but not in the usual order. There is file short; a comrade cannot an- swer ''here" when the roll is called. ''Taps" have been sounded for him when there is no reveille. He has heard retreat" for the last time and is now sleeping forever.
 There is no way by which his vacant place can be made good unless some sol- dier not a member of the Grand Army, joins the organization In view of the deeadence going on each day, it is the duty of the veteran to become allied with the post, jpst as much as it was his duty to respond to calls when the country needed the services of the pa- triotic men to defend its honor. The Grand Army needs men now to help sustain it. There are services to be per- formed, not weary marches and guard mounts, and drills, but the association and cooperation of one to sustain an- other. If any veteran, not a member of the Grand Armw, reads this, let him af- filiate with the organization at once, for the post needs you and will give you d soldiers true decentralization News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-10

Another capital book of short stories is '.rhe Promotion of the Admiral" by Morley Roberts, published by L. c. Page and Company, Boston, and of which thousands of copies have been sold. It is a readable book from first to last. It takes it's title from the first of these spirited tales. Of it the New York Commercial Advertiser says: 'It is not often that one comes across a book of short stories one can recom- mend with enthusiasm; but the Promo ton of the Admiral is such a book. From the first page to the last these tales are so full of a humor at once rol- licking and grim, and so alive with the hiss of the sea and the wflistling of the wind in the rigging, and all the sights and sounds of sailing ships, that to read them is a tonic for the mind. Moreover, the types of seamen painted by MT. Roberts are real types" .. "As the subtitle indicates, the tales are comedies; but for pith and vigor of de- scription, and that something more suit able than description that makes life and character stand out from a book, they are unequalled by many more seri- ous studies of the sea. There is trage- dy in them, too. The hardships of the sailors life, the gray monotony of the sea to those who follow it for a liveli- hood, it's perils, and the superstitions growing out of those perils, all these are shown by touches none the less viv- i'd because not dwelt upon."
 The New York Tribune says: "The story makes heavy drafts upon our cre- dulity, yet MT. Roberts is so spirited, he has his narrative so we'll in hand, that, whether likely or not, we read it with positive enjoyment and turn eagerly to the second story, which bears the sug- gestive title of ''The Settlement with Shanghai Smith," There are six other short tales in the book, and they are all
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has much truth and sound sense min gled with the nonsense. Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York; price 80 cents; for sale at Judd's.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-10

Miss Anne Story Allen, author of Merry Hearts," published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, has scored an immediate success in this, her first book, as writer of marked prom ise. Her Merry Hearts" is one of the most readable little books the season has brought forth. 1t tells the experi- ences of certain refined, gay, innocent bachelor maids in New York, their CO., quetries, their sincere efforts to win professional success, their amusing pranks and harmless flirtations. One of them is painter of miniatures, the other a. writer of idylhc tales. Among the other characters are a lieutenant, a widow, playwright and philosopher. The book is bright, lively and entertain ing throughout. Miss Allen is New Englander, although for several years past she has been living in New York. She is an industrious writer for the magazines, and among her recent sto- ries are By Favor of the Gods" /" About Michael Doolan' and ''The House on the Hill" "Merry Hearts, is for sale by the Pease-Lewis Co.,. Price 75 cents.
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Rips and Raps" is desirable little volume by L. de V. Matthewman, whose "Crankisms," published year ago. met with much favor. Rips and Raps is gaily and charmingly illustrated by T. Fleming with picture or two for each of the more than one hundred pages of the book, setting off and giving em- phasis to the text. MT. Matthewman, as in "Crankisns," presents multitude of brief, pungent proverbs, epigrams and humorous and nonsense verse, which satirize society and the foibles of mankind and wonankind. Rips and Raps makes capital little gift book, very entertaining for the idle hour, and
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THE FADING OF THE

The announcement that a post of the Grand Army has surrendered its char ter is not much of a surprise to any one who paused to think of what the organ ization is composed and its slim oppor- tunities for growth. :
 In the first place, its membership is
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Not So Far Wrong.-"Papa, does the number on the back of the automobile show how many persons the driver has run over ?"-Fliegende Blaetter.
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was possessed of a good deal Of crafti- ness. She was much given to the pleas ures Of the table, and would drink two or three bottles of strong porter without showing any effects from it.
 Mime. Lebrun died at the great age of eighty-six. She was married before she was twenty to Jean Baptiste Le Brun, a man of intel feet and culture, an art dealer, and 'his character exhibited mixture of gentle ness and hveliness; he was extremely obliging to everybody and, in a word, quite an agreeable person." He proved himself an incorrigible gambler, who used his wife's earnings without scruple, and worked her like a, slave to supply his needs, in teaching as well as paint ing, but did not otherwise interfere with her life, which was spent in incessant industry.
 The memoirs are illustrated with over thirty full-page reproductions of some of Madame Le' Brun's most famous works. Price s2.75; for sale by the Pease-Lewis Co.
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''The Holladay Case is by Burton F. Soldier of Virginia" and "The Heri- tage," are appreciated by a large circle of readers. "The Holladay Case" may be set down, as has been we'll said of it., as an absorbing tale of modern myste- ". The book opens with a startling tragedy. A rich banker is found nlur- dered-stabbed to death-in his private office by his faithful and trusted clerk. The devoted daughter of the banker, a young woman of beauty and high char acter, is suspected of the terrible crime. The evidence against her is purely cir cumstantial, but terribly strong. The mystery deepens when 1t appears that she can not or will not prove that she was not with her father q bare moment before the tragedy was discovered. The coroner acquits her, but only because the young lawyer who was assisting his senior in the girls defense received a happy suggestion from some unknown person and had a happy thought to sug- gest. The chain of evidence against the girl was broken at an important point. The discriminating evidence of the trusted and faithful clerk was upset when it was found that the woman who was seen to leave the bankers office just after the murder wore a green dress, colcr which Miss Halladay nev- CT wore. The clerks color blindness was detected and proven, Thence forward the interest of the tale is maintained and, enhanced until the finale. "The Holla6ay Case" is published by Henry Holt and Company. New York: price $1.25; for sale at the Pease-Lewis Co.'S. Of the book the New York Tribune says: "We can assure the reader that he will not want to put the book down until he has reached the last page. This is one of the most ingeniously con- structed detective stories we have read in @ long time, and it is well written into the bargain"
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BIDS FOR COAL. Office of the Board of Education
 21 Center Street.
 New Haven, Conn; December g. 1905 ! office until Friday. December IS, 1903, at F o'clock noon, at which time they will be opened by the Committee on School Build of New Haven in public meeting. for fur nishing coal for the public schools of the New Haven City School District. The right Is reserved to reject any and all bids or to waive technical defects in the same.
 dS St Secretary Board of Education.
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clever, but the first two have merit of their own"
 Price s1.5O; for sale at Judas.

4 delightful book is 'Earth's Enig- mas,' book of short stories by Charles G. D. Roberts, being one of MT. Roberts early successes, and which has been re- issued by L. c. Page & Co.,, Boston, in handsome new edition. This second edition contains three additional stories and is finely illustrated by the drawings of Charles Livingston Bull- It is a book of animal and nature life that presents in an attractive way se- ries of problems in life and nature which have no apparent solution. The stories have their action in the back ] woods of Canada and the tide water country with which the author is so well acquainted.
 MT. Roberts familiarity with nature in some of it's moods that come under the observation of but comparatively few people enables him to write enter 1 tainingly and his literary skill is mani fest in these delightful stories. You re- alize in these stories as never before the vast underlying animal world of the preying and the preyed upon, its joys and it's woes. Also the pictures of the woodsmen and their camp life are re- markedly vivid and full of the real out doors-its rough life. coarse humor and striking heroism. All the descriptions of nature are marvelously fine. The three new stories which have been added to the collection are "On the Trauhainar Dyke,' ''The Hill of Chas-
 tisement'' and Stony Lonesome
 These are individual and admirable.
 Stony Lonesome is especially human and touching.
 1 The volume is really embellished by
 MT. Charles Livingstone Bulls draw
 ings, which are no less individual than j MT. Roberts text.
 1 Price $1.5O; for sale at Judas.