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The Washington times., 1903-08-08
Social News and Gossip of The Day.

hassadOr and a veteran OF the Franco
Prnssian war, and Gen John B. Gordon
commander Of the Ur.rcd Confederate
Veterans.
During the absence OF the Rev. Samuel
II. Greene, pastor Of Calvary Baptist
Church, the pulpit will be occupied on
August @, Is. %, and so by the Rev DR..
Kerr Royce Topper. Of he First Rap
list Church OF Philadelphia. ana Sep
tembcr and 18 by the Rev. G. r. Hen
dersou. president Of the Chicago Col
Iege. Both Dr. Topper and Or. Hendcr-
son are leaders among the eminent Bap-
list preachers Of she day.
Among other wei known people sail
ing for Europe today are the Hon. c.. A.
swanson. Mrs. Swanson. Miss LuIie
Lyons. Of Richmond, and Commander
Nathan Sargent. [. s. y
Mrs. starr with her daughter. Mrs.
Taylor, and her granddaughter, Miss
Olive Taylor, has gone to Akron, Ohio.
for a visit of some weeks with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert i. Crosvenor are
receiving congratulations on the birth
Of a daughter, born July %, at their
summer home, Baddeck, Nova Scotia.
DIR. Gerry Morgan is in town for a
few days, after spending several weeks
at Lake Sunapee. y. II. Later he viii
go to Canada for the remainder Of me
season.
Miss Laura Sinclair entertained a few
friends Wednesday night at her home in
Georgetown before leaving town for al
extended trip South. Among those pres
ont were Misses Ida and Florence
Pruett, Margaret Donohue. Pearle Gas
kins. TOlbert WillOughby. Myrtle Boa
man. Mamie EstIe-. Annie MastersoD
Louise Sage. Mrs. Ackney, Of Bagers-
town; Mrs. d W Sage. Mr. and Mrs J.
W Sinclair and son, Master Charles
Beck Sinclair, Frank Noske, Charles
Stricken. Edward Darby, Of Falls
Church, Va; Howard Henderson. Hoover
Hanger, Wilbur Miller, Mount Wash
ington, Md; Charles Harvey, Richard
II. Sinclair, brother Of the hostess. and
Herbert GuEgenheim.
Mrs. Bessie Stewart Hooker, who is
i'll at her apartment at the Dupont, viii
join Mrs. Frank Hooker at Narragansett
Pier, as soon as she is able TO travel
Mr. and Mrs. Miller gave a party al
their home, 1895 G Street southeast. last
evening, in honor of their son Edgar S
seventeenth birthday. After music and
games. refreshments were served Those
present were Misses Edna Boyd. Alice
CaywoOd, Irene Jacobs. Lizzie O'NeaI
Sadie Southwick. Nellie Madden. NIL
dred Jacobs, Grace Smith. Katherine
Mulvey. Charles Boyd, Bernard Hays.
J. Irving Belt, William GOss. Elmer Boyd.
Edgar Ruark. William Boyd. Robert
Brown, Raymond Hays, Edgar Miller
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Weddings.



The recent announcement of the mar
Tiaee OF Miss Anna Emily Olcnheimcr
O. Jozsups. Md. and ~. Ross Baldwin.
OF Laurel. Md. came as a surprise 70
their many friends The wedding TOOK
place ~ Wilmington Del. on April s
last. The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Thomas NcCurdy. OF that city.
The bride is the daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
+ O.. Odonheiuer. OF Jessups. and Mr.
baldwin. is the son of the late Ernest
=. Baldwin for many years prominently
identified with the Democratic party. and
Mrs. Dora r Baldwin. Of laurel After
g trip South. Mr.. and Mrs. Baldwin win
make their home with the parents of the
bride ar Jessups. Md.
Mrs. Baekman Du Barry announces the
marriage Of her daughter. Miss Elise
Raymond DU Barry. 10 Charles McCor-
mick Wilson. of this city
Mr. and Mrs. William z. Humphrey
celebrated the golden anniversary OF
their wedding at their residence. 1928
Sixth Street northwest. The bride and
groom of fifty years ago were surround
ed by their children and grandchildren
and received many handsome souvenirs
Of the occasion. Among those present
we're. Mr. and Mrs Kahlert. Mr. and
Mrs. Thompson. Mrs. Maynard. Mr.. and
Mrs. Saunders. and Miss Saunders, Nj.
and Mrs wilkins Mrs. Lowe. Mrs. sum
nerscales. Miss McKeever. Nj and Mrs.
Marsh, Alr. and Mrs. Lyons Mr.. and Mrs
VIII Humphrey. Miss Edna Humphrey.
Albert Humphrey. Dr. T. c. Rice. Rev.
William R. Bushbv.
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A \ amusing incident happened the
n other evening on an f Street ear.
a weIl-dressed woman had just left the
car at one corner when one Of the pas
sengers near whom she had been sitting
caught sight of a quarter of a dollar
lying on the floor and hastily leaning
from the car handed it 10 her with the
remark:
Beg pardon. madam, but you've drop
ped this quarter"
She accepted it and walked away into
the darkness. thinking that she had
dropped It, uunoticed. and the conductor.
after a moments puzzled hesitation,
jerked the bell for the car to proceed,
remarking to the passengers.
Guess that's the quarter a gentleman
up In front asked me to look for 1t
must have rolled back here, but now I
might as we'll let him keep on thinking
it rolled of the car"
Ami the spectators agreed that it
would be of no use to tell him the real
story.
T HE first thing to learn about fish
cooking is. that an underdone fish
is a fish ruined-an offense to the
palate. an Indictment against the cook.
The second thing to bear in mind is that
the simplest methods give the most en-
ioyable results. Elaborate fish dishes We
may well save for formal entertaining
for our social enemies (critics) to dazzle
the eye and excite envy Of skill; reserv-
ing for the home table. for our intimates
and the gustatory wise among our
guests. the perfection OF simple brOils
etc.
Never bone" q fish. as by such mutt
Iation OF the tissues the natural juices
are lost. leaving the flesh dry and favor
less. Boning is quite commonly prac-
riced, bus never by cooks who are fitted
by instinct and by the best Intelligence
for the duties 20 their office How TO
clean and treat the many varieties of
fish. preliminary 10 cooking. may not
here be entered into. space rorbiddlne.
and instruction from ones dealer or
butcher Is therefore urgently recon-
mended.
Plain baked tomatoes, tomatoes stuffed
with bread crumbs and hneIy-minced
meat. and stuffed tomatoes. with mayon-
Eaise dressing. are few of the appetiz-
ing changes IA serving this seasonable
vegetable; but tomatoes stuffed with fine
herbs is another dish that offers the IA
miliar vegetable in a distinctly novel
dress. A plain baked tomato is a flavor
less vegetable compared with one prop
erly seasoned and stuffed with fine
herbs" Wash the tomatoes without re-
moving the skins, cut out the stems,
leaving an opening in each large enough
10 admit vegetable scoop, and take out
the seeds. Make a mince OF three mush-
rooms. three tablespoonfuls Of parsley.
one Of minced white onion and a tea
spoonful OF chives uf conveniently, a 1T
tie sugar and salt and pepper Put a
tablespoonful Of this mixture in each
tomato. and add a lump Of butter the
size Of a hickory nut. Place the toma-
toes IN dripping pan, sprinkle sifted
and dried bread crumbs over them and
bake them for fifteen or twenty minutes
In a hot oven. Serve at once with broiIed
outlets of veal or lamb chOps
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EXAMINATION FOR CIVIL
SERVICE APPOINTMENTS

The Civil Service Commission an
nounces that on September Is and l.
an examination Will be held for the po-
sition Of assistant librarian in the Office
OF the Assistant Attorney General. at a
salary OF $500
An examination for the position of
Portuguese interpreter at the Ellis ISL
and immigrant station at New York Will
be held on September 10
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IT HERE Is n man waiting to try a
wrestling contest with Judge
William H. Taft. governor of the
Philippines. He IS neither a savage
Moro. however. nor a Democratic polIti-
clan, but an old Yale classmate and col
lege friend. Herbert D. Bowen, minister
TO Venezuela. and recently conspicuous
in the Venezuelan imbroglio still,
anxious as he is to try conclusions with
Judge Taft. Mr.. Bowen does not hesitate
TO give his antagonist due credit for his
ability, always reserying the opinion
however, that at the next meeting he
viii overthrow the ruler of the Philip
pines
I'm just waiting to get hold Of Billy
Taft" said Mr.. Bowen, recently He
and I were great wrestlers. and used to
represent our class in the days al New
Haven, and on the side we had many
bout together. There was one strange
thing about our wrestling matches
whenever he got a back hold he threw
me and whenever / got the side hold it
was all over with him l tell YOU, when
those great arms of his clasped on your
backbone. either you or il had to give.
But between you and me, the real
reason why I want TO get another chance
az him is that since l last wrestled with
him I think l have mastered the intri-
cacies Of the back hold. Won't Billy
Taft be surprised the next time he gets
that grip TO find that it won't work,
I'm Just waiting and waiting for a chance
and looking forward TO his surprise"
National. If not international. in its in
terests, VIII be the contest between the
colonial governor and the minister TO
Venezuela, if ever 1t comes of.
tt HAT anniversary OF the marriage
| ceremony called 1.-The wooden
wedding ffth-caIls for consider
able ingenuity to make it attractive,
wood being a humble and prosaic ma
terlaL But it is possible nowadays to
make such an event a really elegant ar
fair.
Stationers now supply special papc-
for invitations for such an anniversary.
Small wooden plates or stripes of birch
bark could also be used. The newest
idea is 10 have the invitations written
in the bowls Of small wooden spoons.
One % the most ornate forms OF
woodenware now on the market is tho
Russian Iacquered. the decorations be-
ing in red and black. Bowls. spoons.
and trays are the most common, but ii
may be possible 10 obtain plates. If
not. however the bowls and trays could
be used as serving dishes. Birch bark
could be used in many ways as decorl~
tion. and wooden bowls could conceal
the glass dishes in which flowers are
placed
with the foregoing for a hint, young
couples of an inventive turn OF mind
should have little difficulty in making
their wooden wedding an occasion 10 be
remembered.
The Ladies' Automobile Club" has
been established in London. The Ouch
ess Of Marlborough is its president and
Lady Cecil Scott Montagu. Lady Bea-
tricc RawsOn. and Mrs. AdaiT are the
vice presidents. Il is rather curious. re
marks the London Sketch" that the
horseless carriage counted women among
its most ardent votaries from the very
first. some OF the most successful Of lady
drivers, formerly famed for their love of
sport and their skill as whips. being en-
tnusiastic motorists.
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MARINE BAND CONCERT.

The following program has been ar
ranged for the concert at the Whit
House this evening at 5:35 by the Marine
Band, William II. santelmann, leader:
Mafcn' North ana south .-...--..-.--.- Dalbey
Overture. "Rosamunde' ................ Schubert
Ballet music, The Jcwess'' ............. Halevy
Duet for two comets, short and Sweet
Polka" Observation-Disclosures. Short
Drank r. Todhunter and Charles
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Among the famous men who are to be
guests Of the New Hampshire Veterans
Association at its reunion at the Weirs.
Lake Winnipisogee. New Hampshire. in
August. are Lieutenant General Niles
Baron Won Sternburg, the German am
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Chit-Chat.

Mrs James 6. Henry and son. Master
Lucien r. Henry. Of Binney Street. ac-
comDanied by Mrs. Henry's father. J..
McH. Reinhart. Of Pirts6urg. Pa. sailed
this morning on the Red Star steam
ship ICELAND for Antwerp. After a trip
up the Rhine and a visit 20 points of in
terest in Belgium. Germany. and France
the return voyage viii be made on the
American liner ST. Louis. in September
The Misses Dalzell, Of Washington
Circle. leave for their annual vacation
IN the Blue Ridge today.
Miss May s. Malone, of this city, will
sail for Antwerp today on the Red Star
liner ICELAND.
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Mrs. Bessie Stewart Hooker, who is
i'll at her apartment at the Dupont, viii
join Mrs. Frank Hooker at NarragansetJ
Pier, as soon as she is able TO travel
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MENUS FOR TOMORROW

SUPPER.
Creamed Shredded Codfsh.
Cold roast beef.
Potato salad.
T1Irnovecs.
Watermelon.
Iced tea
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Mrs. Baekm0u Du Barry announces the
marriage Of her daughter. Miss Elise
Raymond Du Barry. 10 Charles McCor-
mick Wilson. of this city
The Washington times., 1903-08-08

Bishop Mackay-Smith and Mrs. Mack
ey-Smith are entertaining at their home,
Seal Harbor, Mount Desert. Ne. Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt and Miss Gladys
Vanderbilt
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Mr.. and Mrs. George j. Bond are
among the guests spending the summer
at Youngs New Hotel Atlantic City.
The Misses Hickey, of Street. are at
Atlantic City for the month OF August.
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John went out on the road for the firm he
came to my place first. We fixed 1t up and
] bought of him the first big bill OF & DDS
he sold"
And Jim? Well, he's married and set.
tied, too, they said. He Ia now the head
bookkeeper Of the knitting mill and first
class one, too, and John senior and junior
agreed that he is the sort OF intelligent, re-
liable man it is nice to have around. If any.
thing should happen to the bookkeeper OF
Johns firm 1t is exceedingly probable that
Jim may be asked to try New York city
again under more promising auspices.
Now. Of course. there are instances not
unlike this reverse Of the success Of young
men who stay in the small towns and Of the
failure Of boys who come to the great city.
Central New York itself is full Of just such
instances. This story is intended merely
to show the Kind Of young man who, when
he comes here, succeeds.
For that kind Of young man New York
may be hard at first: but she yields even
to him who won't be beaten. And when
he has forced his way in, when he has proved
his worth, to him New York is open-handed,
full OF opportunity. and rich in reward. For
him who won't turn back New York's the
place.
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Contemplation Seated by ,h. stream Of

Il e. cesn''mO'.''on Stated BY The Stream Of
Tho parodist twisted the face into some
thing terrible to see and rearranged the
on the foot. Then he added a mechanism
by which a marble. dropped IN a slot at the
top OF the picture. rolled down a slide in
the rear and caused tho figure TO wink
ridculously and wag the foot on which
Ia. s s!Pd AyDSS i nss ss b very ,dd rcd
nose.
One Of the queerest effects which any
OF the humorists gained was based upon
q painting by Alexander. The students
representation shows Poster-likee young
woman Ia a penslvs attitude, but II light
is turned on the back Of the picture an
X-ray eject showing the skeleton Of the
poster lady appears.
This fake Ia entitled an "X-ray Of Sum
shine. and consists OF two parts: the poster
the skeleton which is pasted on the back
and Is brought out by the light in the rear
The fakirs constantly strive to work
properties into their pictures. Mr. Shaw's
collection contains several examples Of
this sort OF thing.
TO copy landscape Two trees are the
most conspicuous things In Il and back
OF thsn Ia moon. The moon 10 this case
is represented by bullseye. with a candle
pI0cc0 DAck OF II.
The foliage Of the trees looks all right
1t first glance but closer inspection shows
that it Is made Of black lace carefully
pasted on.
But probably no fakir added no much
real material to portrait as did the young
Israel Zangwil as the fakirs see him
This portrait has real curly hair, a real
black dropping necktie. eyeglRsses that
would break il they were taken of and
dropped buttons that would do for other
than a painted coat and putty nose built
out from the canvas
This picture "a well as that Of Mr.. La
Fargo, hangs In the offices Of the hote! and
Mr.. Shaw says that he Is going to hang
up more OF the fakirs' work there.
So much for fakes on the work Of we'll
known painters. Occasionally the art STU
dents branch out and have fun with some
thing that almost every man, woman and
child has seen. Such Is the case with the
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CHINA'S OUTBREAKS.
Missionaries Report the Increasing Signs
OF DtscOnt ent

Recent letters from American mission
aries and Bible agents in China have been
filed with stories Of unrest among the
people there and have caus ed much anxiety
as to the future. The last communica-
tions on the subject Rave iw t been received
by the American Bible Society from the
Rev. DR. John r. Hykee, agent of the ociety
in Shanghai, and from c. F. Cannon,
superintendent: OF the northern provinces
OF the Empire. Mr. Cannon tells, under
date Of March 81. at Tient. in. North China,
Of an uprising which was led by a woman
who posed as a goddess. In his letter he
sayt
"A rebellion is in progress in Kurangti,
and the Government hae been totally I'M
able to supprefs il. while at the anne time
having endeavored to reass ure the foreign
Minit tiers. Meanwhile, the rebellion has
grown, the Governor has been removed,
but with no better result, and we hardly
know what may come Of this evident de-
termination on the part of the people there
to fight to the end. The troops ent against
the rebels there have gone over 10 the
enemy in large numbers, taking their rifles
and munitions Of war with them, and the
movement has gained daily in favor. In
this province l have been eurpris ed to sec
something Of regeneration among the old
time Boxers. Indeed. some camps have
been in open practice. and few days ago
the district official was directly attac ked
and barely e. capped with his life.
These raiders were led by a woman in
the position OF a goddess. and she, with
eight others, were captured and at once
decapitated. Both parties suffered some
loss OF life In and during tho attack on
the Magistrate.
China at present is a strange mixture of
peace and conflict. but the officials are
doing all in their power to protect the
foreigners"
The Rev. DR.. Hykee, writing from shang-
hal under date Of April I, has this to say
about the present condition:
There are ugly rumors current in the
northern part Of Hupeh, las well as in the
moro northern provinces. and some facts
which have reached me seem to lend color
to them. On the 18th Of March large num-
bers Of troops from the Human province
passed through Pangcheng for Hsinn. It
Ia very unusual to send troops from Human
to shenshi in time OF peace and this Incl
dent strengthens tho rumor that Prince
Tuan and Tung Flu Hsiang have sent an
ultimatum TO the Empress Dowagsr, to the
effect that she, must depose the Emperor
and put the ex-heir apparent Pu Chun, son
Of Prince Tuan. on the throne, or they will
take the two provinces Of Kansu and Shensi
and make them a separate kingdom, with
the capital at Hsian.
Il give you this for what II In worth. The
report has come from so many different
quarters that we dare not entirely ignore II.
II is said that there Is some intrigue going
on In the palace and that the Empress
Dowager In very depressed on account Of
the Affairs Of state.
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knots took the position Of eyes, and around
these he painted a distorted face leaving
the grain. Of the wood to act as shading
and lines in the face.
The fake portrait Is big piece OF work.
almost as large as the original. and is clev,-
erly done No one was more pleased with
it than was the subject. 1t hangs framed
in Mr.. Shaw home. and 1t pleases him as
much as II OF nmore than any of the other
freak pictures in his collection.
A painting which won Mr.. Shaw's prize
in, 1900 and hangs in his parlor; Is the
subject Of another fake which holds
conspicuous place on the wall Of hi. studio.
1t is Irving r. Wiles's "A Yellow Rose
and shows a handsome girl in an evening
gown arranging yellow rose in her hair
before the mirror Of her boudor.
The fakir who got after this picture
called his effort a Yell Arose and adds
that it is After Deserving Wiles.' The
pose of the subject has been exaggerated OF
course, and typical cartoon servant-eir
face substituted for the refined visage OF
the original The background shows the
boiler and walls Of kitchen, but the take
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Mr. Shaw's home. as well as a considerable
part Of his studio. on the top floor, are hung
with the serious works of good artists. In
the halls and sprinkled all over the studio
are the fakes which Mr.. Shaw has purchased
In anndal punches almost since the Fakirs
first got to work. How many Of these
queer pictures Mr.. Shaw has he can't tell
oifhand, as he has never taken the trouble
TO count them. but they mount well into the
hundreds, and range in size frog, little ones
a foot long to some five or ak feet high.
To zee Mr., Shaw goin over the stu
dents works would convince any one that
he appreciates them in their way as well
greater artists. They are an old story
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a. though he w.r, gazing q thsm for ,tN

a. though he wore gazing a. thsm for ~"
flrpt time
'Thsy are going to DO more interesting
some day than they are to-day he says,
-for some OF the boys who drew those fakes
are going ~ make names for themselves.
And Mr. Shaw didn't miss the point OF
the Joke when ono Of the faktrs made him
the butt OF 1t Charles r Maggie made q
portrait Of Mr.. Shaw few years ago. and.
as was his custom then, painted II on
mahogany panel, leaving the polished wood
az background.
One Of the art students hit upon that por-
trait for fake He selected two pieces OF
cedar with knot holes near the edges.
He pieced tho boards together 10 that the
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As THE STUDENT SEES SARGENT PORTRAIT.
while at the bottom OF the car v Is is scrawled
the rhyme
Said I)r. Ralnsford: 81 have strong
Con,1t ton fancy dress Is wrong:
Yet v no can say looh an,lss.
In such a fancy dress as this.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes own a
portrait OF themselves which Sargent
painted. Mr.. Stokes does not own the
art students version Of II. however. and
II Is here reproduced Mr. Sargent made
both HE subjects very tall What the
fakir did may be seen. and needs no de-
scription.
Mr.. La Fargo has also had his portrait
painted by a Joking artist. This humorist
wanted to make it r a,istic. 80 he attached
few properties to the canvas, as severa!
OF his confreres have done at different
times. An illustration Of the portrait is
here reproduced, but 1t might be explained
that the cigar is the real thing; SO are the
sp-ctacles. and the smoke is represented
by q curled rag.
Mr.. La Fargo also came in for more good
natured guying on canvas when he pro-
duced painting which William c. Whitney
now owns. 1t represented "The Divinity