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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
China Satisfied With Arrangements.

Sir Chen-Tung Llang-Cheng, the
Chinese Minister at Washington, dis
cussed with Acting Secretary LOOMS
details regarding the admission Of the
Chinese Commissioner and his suite
to the Words Fair at st. Louis. The
ARRANGEMENTS made are satisfactory
to the Chinese Government.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
LITTLE HOPE OF REFORM.

China's Empress Makes Pretence of Con-
ciliating the Pee Die.
Tien-Tsin, China. - The Empress
Dowager is trying to remove the bad
impression caused by the execution of
Shen-Chien. the reform journalist who
was recently put to death by her Or
der, by issuing popula edicts. but the
anti reform movement continues
eatening, even in the case of VI
ceroy Chang Chih -Tung. who remains
hostile to Russian influence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
Irish Land Bills Progress.

The Irish Land bill has passed the
committee stage in the House Of Lords.
Many more amendments were pressed
with great persistency, but none was
successful, except one providing that
a person aggrieved by an order made
by a Commissioner may apply to the
Land Commission for a rehearing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
Little DAMAGE in Cuba.

Havana. Cuba.-While high winds
and threatening conditions prevailed
in all the provinces of Cuba, there
were no reports Of any important dam
age. There was some destruction Of
crops and small buildings in the Prov.
ince of Pinar del Rio, where the wind
appears TO have been strongest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
Boston Tax Rate Unchanged.

The tax rate for Boston, Mass, for
1903 was announced as S14.So per
thousand, the same rate as last year.
A total city valuation Of 81, ,22O, 45O,32""
includes real estate to the value or
$685., ,553, 800, and personal estate, S22334,-
QlT OO2
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
Woman Dies at Age of 1Oa Years.

WOMEN DIeS AT AEe Oh luz e1rB.
Mrs. Maria Letitia Lash. known as
the oldest woman in Baltimore. Md,
died at the age Of 102. She had been
an inmate of the Church Home and
Infirmary for many years. She pre-
served her mental faculties to the last.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
Four Lost When Yacht Went Down.

The small sloop yacht Lizzie sank {
near Vallejo, Cal. and Herman Salo- Y
mon, Emil Ch,line, William Hanson
and David Wilson were drowned. Sal.
omon and Cheline were business mem
and leave families. Hanson was &
chief machinist in the United States =
Nayy
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
Twelve BIeacher Victims Dead. .

Two additional victims of the acci-
dent at the Baseball Park. in Philadel-
phia. have died. making the total num-
Der Of fatalities twelve. They were
Samuel Kelly, boy who had both
arms broken. and James EIawden,
whose spine was injured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
100000 Damage by Hail.

Reports from the farming region Of
Northern Colorado show such great de-
struction Of crops by 4 terrible huil-
storm that the total damage is conser-
vatively estimated at more than $780,
flNN
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
Dutch Stay Sumatra Satives.

Three hundred Achinese were killed
in a recent battle with the. Dutch
troops in the village of Poeloetengah,
in the middle Of the Island of Suma.
ira. The Dutch lost an officer and six
men killed and an officer and fifty
men wounded. They captured the viii
LACE.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
Saves Wife and Baby From Wreck

The barge Volunteer. with a cargo
of coal. went down in 4 choppy sea
off Narragansett Pier, R. I. Captain
Closson. his wife and eighteen-month-
old baby escaped in small boat, as
did also 4 Portuguese deck hand.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
ENGLAND Bars Ont Sugar.

A proclamation has been issued in
London under the new Sugar Conven-
ton act which prohibits the importa-
ton OF sugar from Russia, Denmark
and Argentina
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
King Peters Sons in Servia.

The children of King Feter arrived
at Belgrade, Servia. from Russia.
The Crown Prince expressed his &c.
light at being able to step on the SOIL
of his forefathers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
Fatal Quarrel Over Indian Girl.

Fatal Quarrel over Indfan GfrI.
A lovers quarrel over Florence Mac
key, an Indian girl, resulted In the kill
ing, at Cree Camp, near Havre. Mont,
of Cree Tom and the wounding Of two
other men.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
.PENNY POSTAGE WOULDN'T PAY.

Engl2nu'S F0BtmnBter-UeneraI FTuWHb On
International Proposal.
London.-In response to a correspon-
dent advising penny postage between
Great Britain and the United States,
Postmaster General Austen Chamber
lin writes that it would be difficult to
adopt such a scheme for the benefit Of
one country while refusing it to others.
He says the sacrifice Of revenue in
volved in the adoption Of international
penny postage would be so great he
docs not feel justified in proposing it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
Sixty Polea Perish In Riots.

The strike riots In Cracow, Austrian
Poland, have resulted in sixty deaths
since August S through conflicts be-
tween the strikers and the Eeops.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
Georgia Judge j Justlfies Lynchiug.

Judge Jonn Temple Grover. Of
Georgia, in an address before the Chnu-
tauqua Assembly, justified lynching,
and said that he was glad to see the
mob spirit spreading through the
North. H.,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
Tbousands Homeless In Martinique.

Advices to the State Department.
Washington. from Martinique say that
eight persons were killed in the rece!--e
cyclone and 5000 survivors Of last
wears volcano horror were made home
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
ase1A oOo Earrels of Apples.

The revised estimate of the Apple !
Shippers Association for the 1908 crop
is 48,614,OOO barrels. This Is not much
less than the 1902 crop.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
p,,red on n Raft. Drowned

While playing on raft Ernest and
Raymond Connor. children, fell into
creek at Harlow, n. c., and were
drowned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
Rattle Won by the Turks.

A fight occurred near Sorovuch in
which 170O Macedonian revolutionists
were routed by five battali0ns OF Turk
lsh troops with artillery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
Second Primary Necessary

A second primary will be necessary
in Mississippi to decide the Democratic
candidate for Governor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
SAW PLAYMATE KILLED:
Little Paterson Boy Ran Under Wagon
After o Ball.

After o Ball.
Paterson, n. J-David Mckellin, four
years old, was killed in the presence OF
his playmates on Union avenue.
McKellin and half a dozen other chill.
lren had rubber ball and were throw
Ing 1t around, when William wilson
drove by on a wagon filled with sand.
The ball bounced under the vehicle,
and little David ran between the front
and rear wheels to recore: it. The
rear wheel, caught him, knocked him
down. and crushed his head.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-08-26
Arms Again to Enter China.

The proclamation prohibiting the ex-
portation of arms and ammunition to
China has been repealed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
Children Can Only Astonish.

The plain truth is that the child can
only be expected to astonish us by play
ing a piece OF music which is extremely
difficult which we. perhaps very vaguely,
think he has not lived long enough to
master. So we wonder how he contrived
1T That these precocious children ever
move us to tears by their untaught pow
ers of expression is the veriest nonsense.
Our tears are the product of our own i'm
aginations OF our sentimental miscon-
ception of what is going on before us.
We are, in the plainest Of English, just
waiting to be humbugged.
Secondly, grown-up artists can play
any and all music better than children.
There Is no child pianist who can rival
PaderewskT or Joseffy or Teresa Carrie
no. OF even so gentle and thoroughly do
INVESTIGATED a New York artist as Made
line Schiller. Children cannot play like
grown-up people because they cannot
think like them. The Interpretation of
music. which is a language OF moods.
requires deal Of hG7pan experience.
What can little boy or girl know OF
Chopln's G. minor Ballade or the Brahms
Violin Concerto?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
Juvenile PTodigieS.
Children Injured by Premature Appear
ances as Musical Soloists.

There are three principal reasons why
children should not appear upon the
public stage as musical soloists. First.
because such appearances cater only to
the public's desire 70 be astonished; sec
ond.y, because grown-up performers can
interpret the music much better than
the children and therefore are more
beneficial TO the art, and, thirdly, be-
cause these public appearances are in
furious 10 the children. both as children
and as artists.
Do you think that little child can
comprehend the complex artistic struc-
tuTe OF n concerto. written by one of the
great masters. so as 10 analyze IT and
present its architecture TO you in a
clear manner? Oh, YOU say. his teacher
can teach him all that Very well. Then
what is the child doing but repeating a
Lesson like a well-drilled parrot? And
If he cannot analyze the structure OF
the work without the aid OF his teacher
how much OF its inner thought can he
grasp?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12

as it were, and half the DISTINGUISHED
noblemen and their wives that are being
pointed out by obsequious stewards at
the hotels abroad are really American
actors. who travel for the pleasure and
the rest they get rather than as circus
spectecles, which many foolish Ameri-
cans with too much money resemble
when they take a boat for the other
side, and after they get there also.
They know the best routes-not al
ways the most expensive ones-but the
best and most comfortable; they are
wise as to the interesting streets and
shops and places, where no one ever
follows the man from Cooks.
or course they are educated travellers.
and are used not only to the pleasures
of the road. but its discomforts as well.
Actors learn in their travels about the
jay towns that life is. too short to hug
discomfort over trifes in the way of an
noyances.
A cyclone or washout may worry
them. but the small incidents they pass
aside
This is called the temperament of the
actor. but whatever it is it makes life
pleasant to those who possess it and
their circle of intimates when il is al
lied with intelligence and culturine-
not the sort that comes in tins, but the
kind that you get packed in glass bot
tles.-New York Dramatic Mirror
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
End Of Lafayette Season.
Giffen Company Brings 1t to a Til
umphant Close.

The closing performance of the Citizen
Musical Comedy Company at the Lafay-
cite Square Opera House last night
brought to an end one of the most pros.
porous seasons In the history of that
playhouse. The season was a particular
ly long one-forty-five weeks-and was
notable in view OF wide departure
made in management and attractions.
Previous 10 the assumption of the
management by the Lafayette Amuse-
ment Company. with e. d. Stair as pres
ident. the house suffered through a
booking arrangement which put the La
fayette at a disadvantage With the be
ginning OF last season a complete chance
was made in the order of things. The
scale of prices was changed to a "pop-
ular" basis. while the attractions en-
gagged were such as could be commended
for being above the limitations of that
hackneyed phrase. In only a few In
stances was this standard lowered.
As a result the Lafayette has gathered
to It's standard a clientele of goodly pro
portions, and II must be a gratifying
accounting that Manager Ira ). LaMotf !
has to make Of his stewardship. Since
coming to Washington 10 represent the
Herman. Stair. and other interests. Mr..
LaMotte has made a highly favorable
impression. and his executive guidance
has no doubt been a large contributing
factor TO the welI-being Of the Lafay-
cite.
Mr.. LaMotte. accomr-ried by his
wife. will leave the city in a few days
for q vacation on the Hudson. returning
to Washington in the early part Of Sep
TENDER. when the Lafayette reopobs fer
the season. During the next thirty DAYS
the theater VIII be redecorated and
PAINTED throughout.
Eugene Herman. son Of James L. Ker-
nan. who has had charge OF the finances
Of the Lafayette Square Opera House
during the past season, Will remain in
Washington for some time. In the
course OF Mr.. Kernan's residence in this
city he has become an enthusiastic oars
man. and In the colcrs OF the Potomac
Boat Club occupies a seat in a she'll
daily.
Mr.. Hicks, assistant treasurer at the
Lafayette, will leave the CITY shortly
FOR an extended vacation on Long Island
Sound
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
Bernhard as AndromaQue.
A Secondary Role Which the Great
Frenchwoman Illuminated.

"Racine's 'Andromaque' was one of
the first pieces in which Nine. Bern
hardt appeared in London during her
famous visit with the Coincide Fran
caise,'' says the Globe" ION that oc-
casion. however. Nine Dudlay took
Rschels role of Hermione. while Nine.
Bernhard had to content herself with
that of Andromaque. which. though II
gives its name TO the piece. has always
been regarded as Of subsidiary interest
and importance. While the whole oc-
cupation of Andromaque is TO mourn
her dead Hector. look after the inter
ests of her and HIS son, Astyanax. and
repulse the advances of Pyrrhus, Her
mione has to provoke Orestes to the
assassination of Pyrrhus, who has
sighted her charms. This she does by
promising him her love, and then when
the deed is accomplished. turning upon
him and rending him for compliance
with her request.
I'm these two scenes occur the best
II not the only, opportunities OF the
part. and splendidly did the artist avail
herself OF them when, subsequently, she
appeared as Hermione. Where she had to
conquer the aversion of Pyrrhus from
crime, there was no voice of entreaty.
no form Of cajolery, which she did not
employ. Splendidly, too. did the 1.-the
seductive figure back up the effect of
the voice of gold. AS she fell prone on
the couch her frame was convulsed with
passion, and her movements were feline
in their suDpleness. Subsequently. when
like King John in Shakespeare. she re-
buked and child the servile ministrant
Of her desires, her voice had a ring of
denunciation by which Orestes fell as
one scorched and blasted The two
scenes were equally fine. and were such
precisely as no other actress can ex-
hibit They were, of course, greeted
with warmest applause. Nine. Blanche
Dufrene was the Andromaque. NJ. de
Max obtained clamorous reception IN
Orestes. and shared the triumph of
Nine Bernhard"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
Nothing But Notes.

Then, since children cannot interpret
the works of the masters, why should
we be invited 10 go and hear them try?
We know beforehand that all we shall
hear Will be the notes. These may be
played correctly and very fast, so that
we shall marvel at the dexterity of the
young one. But that is all. No: there
is absolutely no reason why anyone
should be asked 10 listen 10 a childs per
Torrance OF music. If you go simply to
be astonished. you do not 20 for the sake
of the music. II you go for the sake of
The music, you must go when an adult
artist Is to interpret II.
Finally. these public appearances are
injurious to these immature human be-
ings. both as children and as artists.
The worst little prigs in the world are
the conceited and silly boys who have
played in public n few times and been
fused over by lot of half hysterical
women. These little creatures lose all
sembIance OF children in a short time
and become animated windbags. Does
anyone think that is good for them2
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
SuTfeited With French.
London Suffering an 0ver-Abundance of
Partisan Actresses.

Abiding to the present great abund-
ance of French drama in England, a
London paper says:
why all these admirable artistes
come over at the same moment is a
little difficult 20 imagine. Nothing. of
course, is more interesting than TO be
able 10 turn from Sarah Bernhard to
Jane Hading ard from Jane Hading TO
Rejane. The method and the art OF each
is so essentially different and so perfect
in itself that comparisons for once lose
all their odiousness. Nine. Jeanne Gran
Ter is, of course, as delightful as she Is
different from the others.
But It should be remembered by our
charming visitors that the supply OF
English people who really understand 4
French play is more limited than they
might imagine, and that If they insist on
descending in battalions upon us they
may some day find that there is not
enough audience 70 go round, despite
the fact (which may be easily established
by going TO the Adelphi or the Coronet
with open ears) that a large number Of
people extract an uncomfortable enjoy %
ment from a complete misunderstanding
OF what is passing on the stage in front
of them"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
Take Shakespeare UndiIuted.
A Theatrical Sect Which Objects to
Scenery.

Scenery.
Speaking of a recent performance of
Twelfth Night by the Elizabethan
Stage Society, a London commentator
says:
Besides the satisfaction of a reason
able interest in the conditions of the
drama for which Shakespeare actually
wrote. the spectator is a gamer in more
than one material respect from the com
pete absence OF scenic effect.
To an eye and ear accustomed to
modern elaboration the characters and
their parts seem to stand out fresher
and clearer in their simple surround
ings; we take our Shakespeare undi-
luted. And the reduction Of the usual
number Of intervals TO one enables the
play to be performed virtually without
cutting well within the time which is
ordinarily required for a modified YER
sion adapted for the stage today.
The acting. too. is as a whole excel
lent. William Peel adds to his general
and indefatigable supervision OF the pro-
duction an admirable impersonation of
Malvolio, distinguishing with excellent
effect his respective states OF mind be-
fore and after his discovery OF OIivia's
supposed letter. Olivia herself IS play
ed with great grace and dignity by Miss
Douglass Reynolds. who speaks her part
With distinguished truth of feeling. The
weak spot in the representation appears
10 have been the Viola"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12

music don't make them 40 II they do
not like III. and hear adult artists
play; but do not let them show other
people how smart they are" by appear
ing on the stage themselves.
The injury to the children as artists
is the direct outcome OF the injury to
them as children. When they acquire a
fine self-conceit. they develop with it a
belief that they have arrived. No longer
need they drudge at technical studios;
no longer need they think about their
music. for the world is at their feet.-w.
j. Henderson in New York Sun
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
Plaus for EVeEy Taste.
An Author Whose Store Is Unlimited
and Enterprise Proven.

and Enterprise Proven.
The manager of a theatrical organiza-
tior has many demands made upon him
in the course of season. and among
the miscellaneous. requests that OF the
playwright is the more persistent and
energetic, with the exception, of course
Of the eyer-present pass Rend. Manager
T. l. Giffen, OF the Giffen Musical Com
eGy Company, at the Lafayette, received
letter last week from Haverhill. Mass.
in which the writer desired TO notify
Mr.. Giffen that he had plays 10 sell OF
10 uncommon character
The letter warrants this reproduction:
II am now booking my orders for
plays and would be pleased 10 receive
an order from you. Would you buy one
o. more plays that were never on the
road, something You would not be
Ashamed to play? 1 will write you UP
anything you want, with the exception
Of farce comedy. II you will only name
IT. quoting the price you are willing 10
pay. I do not keep any on hand. !
write them as fast as the orders come
in Write today and be first
Hoping TO receive an order from you,
am, yours very truly.
''P. S.-Give me a trial order is all l
ask, and will do my very best to please
you"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
Irving and Ecclesiasticism.

There always has been an ecclesiasti-
cal fond in Henry Irving. He loves TO
perform the role of an ecclesiastic. and
with his fine, lean, ascetic features his
spiritual brow and frail figure he is
really at his best when the priest. His
Dante Will recall to theatergoeTs his
monk Beckett And strange to relate. his
diction has never been clearer, more
satisfactory. There is hope. then, that
when he reaches the age of eighty we
may understand everything he says.
Some of the Dore scenes are repro
duced, the falling flakes of crisp fire;
the frozen lake wherefrom the poor
souls protrude like baked twigs: the hot
tombs-all these are spectacles that
make thrall your vision. The general
scheme of painting is decorative and
impressionistic-as in the fete scene.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-12
Dante. But Not sardou,s Dante.

The general performance revealed ar
duous rehearsings. The cast is a lengthy
one. William Mollison is capital ac-
tor. and Lena Ashwell. melodramatic as
she has 10 be, cannot obscure her many
fine qualities. Laura Burt is effective in
the prologue. There is an army of minor
characters. Vision after vision fades be-
fore you as your eye is assailed by the
rich symphony of color. 1 wish / could
praise the incidental music of Xavier
Leroux. l cannot. It bears the hall
mark Of made in Paris for British con-
SUMPTION as does the play itself NJ.
LeToux is a clever composer but he
knows his Wagner too we'll A mangled
version of Wotan's theme follows Dante
ali over the building, and ! leave it 10
an intelligent musical jury if there is
anything in common between Wotan and
Dante Alighieri!
Yet will Henry Irving and Sardou's
Dante" achieve q great success in
America. Irving is Irving. and a spec
tacle is a spectacle. And remember that
the Gallo dramatist and tailor who so
curningly fits play to an actors shout
ders has not failed 10 introduce all OF
Irving's specialties. We see him, an
other Matthias, with a thin rift OF cal
cium light streaking his features. SILVER
ing In the darkness as a bell strikes; we
sec him as Beckett, as every character IN
his locker. except Mephistopheles-but
he goes down to hell anyhow. so the dia-
belle element is not absent. The public
will flock to see Irving's. not sardou's
Dante.-James Huneker