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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24
The Stage Entrance Worshipers.

If one wants sight of these one must
relegate to the side entrance of the
theater, where they of variety infinite
collect to await with enthusiasm and
eclat the appearance of the performers.
Years ago this practice was condemned
as indicate and properly consigned to
the Limbo OF bad taste but for all
that it has fiourished like the proverbial
green bay tree, and the side door of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24
The Matinee Idol. "

Whether the play is one OF thrills and
climaxes. of problems and perplexities.
of classic beauty. or spectacular opu-
lence, TO this matinee girl there is one
certain end urvarying quantity-the
matinee idol He is there. whatever
his role-tall. elegant. Byronesque, sill
ve:-toned, and the matinee girls naive
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24

she finds her imagination wor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24

L(X ES, sir; rats. Rats-a whole
sea of EN-. Rats by he~thou-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10

Many improvements have been made at
Fairbank, Indianapolis popular summer
amusement park, which will be formally
opened for the season on Monday. May Is.
A big pavilion has been erected directly
in front of the stage to provide shelter and
comfort for the patrons. The roof which is
q mammoth one is high enough to allow
the cool breeze TO pass through and large
enough TO shelter at least thousand per-
placed in the pavilion and boxes will be
arranged in the center section. This pa
vilion was a much needed Improvement,
as last season the attendance was small
on nights when the weather was threaten
ing. The pavilion will be open on the Sides
but will be fitted with side canvaseS that
can be lowered in case of rain, thus af-
fording absolute protection. Other minor
improvements have been made, the light
ing capacity increased and all the build
ings painted.
The coming season promises to be very
attractive one. Ostendorfs concert band of
thirty-fiVe pieces will open the season
This band has been completely reorganized
and some of the best talent from leading
country have been secured for the summer
There will be thrty-five musicians in the
band, including ten weli-known soloists
secured from some of the best bands of the
country, The band will begin rehearsals
this week and will be fully prepared for the
opening in two weeks. large quantity
of the most popular music has been Sc
the best musical organization that ever
represented this city. Prior TO the formal
opening the park Will be open and music
will be furnished every evening.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10

Holiness present series has proven grad
ual cresc6ndo OF interest from It's Initiative
at Gibraltar until the climax has been
reached tn the lecture on Norway which
he Is about TO give. From a land OF or
binary Human interest. Mr.. Holmes has
personally conducted his audiences until
he Is now about 10 usher them into land
where all ordinary rules Of nature
seem to be set aside. where the days have
nights, where there are dawnless morn
ings and midnight moons. The magnihcence
of the scenery OF this Northland Is beyond
verbal description. but Mr.. Holmes has
brought 10 his aid an extensive series OF
pictures. which will be shown upon the
screen, which are among the best ever
taken by this most excellent photographer
There Will also be a series of motion pic
lures showing a number of interesting
experiences of this Nordland cruise. the
landing at Torghatten in rough weather,
the departure from Hammerfest the most
northerly town in the world, the visit 10
the LapEe of the Lyngenfjord and their
herd OF reindeer. and truly marvellous
motion picture showing countless thousands
or auks around the Rock OF Birds and a
panoramic view showing the passing OF
the NORTH cape by the light OF the MD
night
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10

rect and cost fortune. are used and dur
ing the production over 100 chara cters of
the tenth century are protrayed. But
Jerusalem" is only one of many features.
The arenc exhibition consists of 115 high
class acts. Among the "head-liners" are
trained horses, elephants and seals, the
Nelson family of acrobats, the Dollard
troupe, a German importation, the Fishers
and the Potters and Frank Smith, aerial
lists, Dollie Julien, the Hobsons, John and
Mike Rooney and Reno McCree, America S
most famous bareback riders, the Alvo
troupe and the Fortunus brothers in comedy
bar acts. Rhoda Royals thrilling siXty-one-
horse act, forty funny clowns and pulse
quickening hippodrome races
The menagerie this season has been in
creased to los cages and includes more
features than the Ringlings have ever
before presented. In the first place they
have an animal nursery that embraces a
baby elephant. a baby camel, several small
kangaroos, an infant monkey and any
number of baby lions, tigers and leopards.
Then there are two handsome CRATES, the
only rhinoceros in captivity, a five-ton
hippopotamus, forty big and little ele-
plants, a herd of twenty-one camels and
six zebras that are broken to harness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10

Martha Baker Dunn in the May Atlantic.
We belong to nation of great readers"
We devour popular novels with unfailing
appetite and literary range which ex-
tends from the known to the unknown and
does not necessarily discriminate greatly
between Mrs. Ward and Bertha NJ. Clay
We are fast becoming an out-of-doOrs
people. Not only our heroines and heroes
of fiction but real folks sigh con-
tinually for the Open" Nature to many
of us is a deity to be approached with
barred head, thick shoes and rolled-up
sleeves; to be propitiated with golf clubs
and fishing rods; to be entertained with
athletic sports of varying kinds and de-
grees; and in return for our devotion she
bestOws on us a hearty appetite for beef
steak and lends increased zest to a sooth-
ing pipe in hours of meditation or stupor.
We are practical people, much inclined
to believe that there are few things in
heaven or earth which cannot be reduced
to scientific formula.
Yet outside this world of superficiality
and robustness and common sense" there
is another universe whose meanings no
formulas can express, whose bounds can
never be measured by sea or star or space,
a world OF inmortalities that differs from
the other as 1.-The conservation and the
poets dream" differ from the multiplication
table and it is as true of this world as of
the other that Ito him that hath shall be
given.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
Political Toy i'm south Seas.
Golfers Weekly.

Politics in Hawaii is still a new toy to
the Pacific Americans. 1t is related of
the late Thomas Bracket Reed, the Gear"
of Our own House of Representatives that
he derived great amusement by calling in
minority members of committees which had
done business in quorum, and genially in
viting them to '.see what an Internal out
rage and the rest of the boys have put
UP on you fellows" That seems to be the
Hawaiian situation, where politics may be
pure but methods are certainly peculiar
and complicated. The Hon. Fred w. Beck
ley, leader of the Home Rule or Native
party, was elected speaker OF the House of
Representatives. There are only seven
white men in the House, and these with
thirteen natives, constitute the Republican
majority The Senate is in control of the
Republicans, who elected Hon. Clarence L..
Crabbe, also a Hawaiian, President. The
Senate has but fifteen members-eight Of
whom are natives. Many important laws
were passed up TO the Legislature. Hawaii
is now without cities or counties, and a
county act was slated among the first to
he adODted
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
1T ALL GOES THE ONE WAY.
The Family Income in a Town. With a
Race Course.


w
John Dopesheet." Mrs. Dopeshees said to
him when he arrived home last ievening,
did you stop and pay the rent for the
month of April to-day?"
Yes he replied.
did you order the four hams, and the
barrel of potatoes, and the two Jacks of
flour. and all of those canned vegetables
that L gave you the list OFF,
"Yesm."
"And did you order the ton of <oal and
pay the furniture installment man for next
month";
Did You pay the baker in advarsce for a
months bread and rolls, and THE milk
man.?
Yes"
Did you deposit s. with your laundry
man. so that you'll be sure to have clean
shirts and collars and cuffs next; month
and :ye psy your lodge dues ahead of 'Im'T'
did you stop by your tailor's aid order
your spring suit and pay SIS down Yn it, as
told you TOP
"Yes' m"
Ibid you buy those two boxes of kigars L
instructed you to buy, so that you won't be
going around here moaning next mbnth be-
cause you haven't got a smoker
They'll be delivered in the morning.
Did you buy that larger cage .for the
canary that l told you to buy?'
1T ought to We been delivered to-day"
Get 81 worth of stamps so that well be
able to write some letters next morth?f
Got EN- in my pocket
Very well, John" said Mrs DGpesheet
in firm, business-like Zone. Now I want
you to place in envelope SIP for the serv-
ants wages for next month, 81 in fanothpr
envelope for next months gas bills and
want SIS for a new hat and a pair Df shoes
for myself-you'd better make il ISIS. for
there are several other little things that /
need. And, she concluded. "after you've
attended To those things-well. you can go
out TO the races when they begin next Mon
day and be just as much of dead game
sport as ever you've mind 60 ber'f
II find. said Mr.. Dopesheet aft.r max
ing some rapid calculations with bad and
pencil. that after / do the rest Of these
things you name IN only have Sc to go out
TO the track with"
rs that 500" inquired Mrs. Dapesheet
dryly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
we'll for many years the staff of one of these

well for many years the staff of one of these
big establishments you come to see under
how heavy a handicap labors the man able
in some special field-who has an instinct
akin to genius in Persian rugs or precious
stones, in shoes or in dry goods, in buying
goods or selling them-vhen in the small
store, besides exercising his special gift, he
has TO waste himself on the multifarious
duties OF mere store-keeping, for which he
is not fitted. Specialization of human func-
ton is carried as far in a well-organized
department store in an army.
Doubtless there is loss of what is called
personal independence. So in an army. But
which is really the freer man in the highest
of human freedom, the exercise of a special
gift-the chief of a savage tribe of a thou
sand warriors, or the colonel of a regiment
in modern army corps, and which has the
better chance to be seen, known, and win?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10

have heard her testify In court, she has
been able to stase, definitely and Aonvinc-
ingly. that the accident had been in no way
due 10 the fault of the railroad employees.
Her testimony has saved the CORPORATION
from paying thousands of dollars I'm dam
ages. No jury can resist her. OF course, one
wouldn't even insinuate that the railroad
pays her for her services, but II would be
only doing the right thing If il paid her ex
penses during the time she is a witness.
Any way, she manages TO live welE People
call her a professional witness. bat it is
more charitable To assume that thesSs things
are purely accidental. She is Ubiquitous.
and. naturally, she is on hand whn acct
dents occur
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
Inside History of the Purchase.
Golfers Weekly.

1t is common to assert that the Louisiana
purchase in 1903 was made by President
Jefferson. The fact is that ii was arranged
for without his knowledge by Livingston
and Monroe, who had been sent to treat
with Napoleon for an entirely different pur-
pose, and jefferson approved 1T with great
reluctance. He even went so far at first as
to say that he could not approve it because
It would make waste paper of the Consti-
tuition" After ii became plain that the peo-
pie wanted the tres ~ ratified jefferson as
Sented to it and planned to secure an
amendment to the Constitution ratifying II.
jefferson said that in buying the land he
had exceeded his powers, a strict con-
structionist of the Constitution, and that it
was like using for investment the money of
q ward of whom he was the guardian, with
out warrant of law He added: IF the act
should be disavowed, l must get out Of the
scrape as i can"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10

While May bedecks the naked trees
With tassels and embrolderies.
And many blue-hued violetS beam
Along the edges Of the stream.
/ hear voice that seems TO say.
Now near at hand. now far away,
'Witchery-witchery-
An incarnation so serene.
So innocent, befts the scene;
There's magic in that small birds note
See. there he fiits--the Yellow throat;
living sunbeam, tipped with wings.
spark OF light that shines and sings
-witchery-witchery.'
Henry Van Dyke.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
Chorus Girl Fad.
Philadelphia Record.


Chorus girls take stage names some
times. said an actor manager that an
ncy re These names are like or almost
Ike, those OF well-known persons Thus
from them the girls draw reflected glory
one girl, for instance calls herself Frances
Wilson. That pSeudonym causes her To
stand out on the pr0gramme-causes people
70 wonder II she Is any relation to the male
FRANCIS. 1 know chorus girl called Ellen
Terry, another one called Clare Henry Iry-
Ing. THIRD called Jeanne Morinet Sully
lnnumerable almost the girls named
aansnelu. Know personally six called
Drew barrymore applied 10 me for a lob
last night Not one OF these young women
Is In any degree related 10 the famous per-
sons whose last names they answer TO- OF
late the tad has expanded. The girls call
themselves now. not merely after noted
actors and actresses. but after noted char
octers In all walks OF life There are three
- four Roosevelt girls on the stage a
couple OF Cievelands, a Hanna or two, and
several Hockefellers. Sometimes I wonder
Snero this thing L. going TO end
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
Lucky Woman.
Washington Post.


There is a woman out there in Chicago"
said a well-known lawyer. "who lives well,
dresses well and supports her husband by
what one may call a chain of happy acci-
dents She always happens to be on hand at
the right time Four separate and distinct
times TO my knowledge, she has been a wit
ness in personal injury suits brought
against a certain large corporation, which,
although / do not say so, is a railroad
Four times-and / don't know how many
more times she has seen persons injured by
the trains-and on each occasion when
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
Department store as n Career opener.

Talcott Williams, in Booklovers' Magazine.
There could be no better proof of She vital
health of the department store than the
way in which IL opens careers instead of
closing them. IL has enormously Enlarged
the arena within which ability becomes WIS.,
ible. By doing this il shortens the bath for
ability. Opening channels for specialized
talent. 1t lessons the worst OF all WASTES
the waste of business failure. II ypu know
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-31
As to Learning Trades.

To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal
In an editorial to-day, the Journal after
comparing wages all around between pro-
LESSONS and trades, advises the young man
of to-day to learn trade. Will you please
advise how this is to be done when labor
unions say who can learn, thereby prevent
ing one-half at least, from learning trades,
which accounts for many of our young men
not learning any occupation. They tell
Jones, who is running a large mandatory,
You can have so many apprentices and no
more" say two or three. and he succumbs,
not wanting his shop closed, thereby losing
contracts as a result of a strike, though
half of his men would prefer to work, but
are afraid of violence to themselves and
their families.
Forty years ago any young man could
learn any trade at any time and did not
ask some organizer or walking delegate, on
salary, If he could do Now he must
get permission and join the union in addi-
ton, or be jumped on by those orderly pick
cts. and in many cases crippled for life for
daring to assert his American manhood
We need more personal liberty, the sooner
the better. The test will come. 1t is close
at hand, when the walking delegates can
also, and when he can work, providing he
will assert himself. backed by a mighty
groundswell of public opinion. Then the
politician will say, Il told you So" and he
will quit his monkey work or be relegated
to the rear. n. N. BOYDSTON.
Warsaw. Ind, Aug. %.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-31
LOCAL WHOLESALE TRADE
VOLUME OF BUSINESS LARGER THAN
IN AUGUST OF 1902,
But Ii Is Not Up to the Expectations Of
the Merchants and Commission
Meu-The Grain Markets.

In the week ended Saturday, while the volume
Of trade was in excess Of that Of August, 1902,
II was not up to the expectation Of the whole
sale merchants, commission men and produce
dealers The last two weeks OF the month there
has been dragging tendency and prices nave
been somewhat unsettled in several lines. es-
pecially on Commission row. The quantity OF
fruits and vegetables offered has been consider
ably in excess of expectations, and as conse-
quence considerable percentage of the receipts
have been held long that they did not sell
we'll Pears plums. canteloupes and watermelons
have been in abundant supply. have been
home grown tomatoes, Irish potatoes and apples.
But few oranges are on the market. Irish po-
tatoes have become so abundant that they sell
low. but housekeepers, on account Of the warm
weather have been light purchasers. Cooler
weather will probably improve the movement.
While -four is very firm, some local dealers are
looking for higher hgures although there of was
no change in prices during une Meea ra o,t;n
freely. The produce merchants report arrivals
poultry liberal and prices easier Springs ,s
ready sale The egg market continues very
strong. The oldest produce merchants say that
summer, and Indications are that higher rather
than lower figures will prevail The butter
nd ru,eS is sood for Choice stock The dry
goods houses report decided improvement In
stocks and the purchase of fall and winter goods.
Confectioners report trade as improving and
during next month they expect to do good bust
ness. Iron and steel markets are active Prices
rule steady at the range Of some weeks past.
| of the year. and despite the activity the ten
dency of prices is downward. receipts OF hogs
those Of any previous year Travelling statesmen
| who came In on Friday and SATURDAY all take
tS view OF tne viii be
| in the volume Of business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-31
Clover Leaf and M. & ST. l..

The fact that Edwin Hawley has been
Western is made the basis for a report that
the Glover Leaf and the Minneapolis & st.
Louis are to form a close traffic alliance
Mr.. Hawley is president of the Minneapolis
& ST. Louis. and H. E Huntington. an
other M. & ST. L. man. has been also elect
ed director of the Clover Leaf 1.-The as
sumption regarding alliance of the two
roads named" says the Cleveland Leader,
sis based on rather flimsy ground 1t is
said that because of the close relations Of
the two lines at st. Louis the alliance is
indicated In this connection, however,
1t is to be recalled that the close rela-
tons at ST. Louis are not so neighborly as
they appear. The Clover Leaf ends at ST..
Louis and the NJ. & st. l.. ends at Abba,
Ia. The connection between the two roads
Is made by the Minneapolis line using the
Wabash. The relations existing between
the Wabash and the Glover Leaf are not
such as would indicate that if the Glover
Leaf wants to get west of st. Louis it will
have any assistance from the Wabash. The
two are strongly competitive between Toledo
and St Louis and If Ii is true that the
Clover Leaf has come into intimate rela-
tons with the Grand Trunk the breach is
wider The relations between the Clover
Leaf and the Grand Trunk, however, give
some indication that perhaps the deal has
great deal of foundation to IT. The Grand
Trunk has been trying to get lines in the
United States to give ii feeders. The Clover
Leaf has been one of them Railroad men
say that it is hardly possible that the pro-
visions would be made now for cOntin-
gency so remote as the construction of the
western end of the Grand Trunk by OBJ
tanning the feeders. Some railroad men are
of the opinion that Mr.. Hawley's cOnnec-
ton with the Gould interests affords a
better clew to his election to the board of
the Clover Leaf, indicating that the Goulds
have put their fingers in that pie also"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-31

moral resentment that ii had anything to
do with 1t, and declared itself entirely in
capable of using such low and detestable
means But during the investigation IL was
shown that one of its men had not only
betrayed the expenses of bringing the de-
tective here, but had gone to the trouble
even OF going to st. Louis after him.
QUESTION OF MOTIVES.
Under such circumstances one should be
pardoned for considering the ethical mo-
tives of the News with skeptical eye. 1t
seems to me that if newspaper shows as
much eagerness as the News does to take
the truth of the tales concerning saloon
keepers for granted, and 10 comment on IL
in a manner derogatory to the character
and motives of others, one has good rea-
son to doubt the purity of the motives of
the newspaper and the truth of the story
also. Common decency would, at least, re-
quire the hearing of both sides. but the
News FASTENED to comment upon the sa-
loon keepers tale in the same issue In
which the tale was published.
The saloon keeper charged an employe or
Mr.. Liebers with promising him protection
if he would take the Indianapolis Brewing
Companys beer. These protection stories
have grown rather stale. Every time that
a saloon keeper is arrested for violation or
the law, he charges it TO some brewery
whose beer he is not taking. If the In
dianapolis Brewing Company were the only
brewery that could give protection, it
would be difficult TO see how any other
brewery could do business in this city; yet
they DO il, local breweries we'll as out
side breweries. The conductor OF a large
establishment like the indianapolis Brew
ing Company has, is believed to have,
considerable influence because his business
brings him into contact with many people,
and he has in his employ a large number
of persons. 1t is, therefore, quite natural
that politicians and candidates seek his
friendship. They all do it. except no one.
not even Mr.. Reach, the assertions or the
News to the contrary Notwithstanding.
am free enough not to take the assertions
of the News for granted.
Personally speaking. it is immaterial to
me whether Mr.. Bookwalter or Mr.. HotZ-
man will be the next mayor, but 1 would
like to see justice and fair play. l nope
the people will show that they cannot be
controlled by the personal animostity of
one man, though that one man happens TO
be the editor of a newspaper
PHILIP RAPPAPORT.
Indianapolis, Aug. 20.