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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mayor W. II. Taylor, of Front Royal,
has resigned on account Of other duties.
The Loudoun county camp-meeting
will be held in Benton's Woods COM
mencing tomorrow and continuing Till
the Oath.
Capt. Henry Seymour, general msn
ager of the Merritt & Chapman Derrick
and Wrecking Company, died in Nor
folk Tuesday night. He was 64 years
old.
Because the Richmond Produce Ex-
change recently adopted rule forbid
ding its members to furnish quotations
to the press, Mr.. Spratley and Sydnor
& Co. have withdrawn, and Others may
follow.
The celebration of the one hundred
and thirty-fourth anniversary of st.
PauPs Lutheran Church, in Strasburg,
began last night with the dedication Of
the handsome new pipe organ, with or
gan recital.
Marriage licenses were issuedin Wash
ington yesterday to John Edward Thorn
as, of Fairfax county, and Mary Gray,
of Orange county, and TO William B.
Carter and Flora Carter, both of Eau
quier county.
The third annual exhibition If thu
Clarke county Horse and Colt Show
Association opened at Berryville, yester
day under the most favorable auspices.
The entries numbered over 300 more
than at any previous show of the associa
ton. -
Twenty-four cars of Norfolk ant
Western fast freight on the Shenandoah
Valley Division left the track nea
Roanoke yesterday and were reduced t.
kindling wood The traffic was blocked
for several hours. No one was seriously
| hurt.
Henry Alternately, the young man whit
was shot by his uncle, Charles d. Aber'
nathy, in Greensville county, on July
81, and who was sent to Petersburg thre'
days afterward and later to the Home fol
the Sick, died yesterday. The boy haC
been traced from his uncle's store whicl
had been robbed by two boys, but it i
said that the uncle did not know the DO.
was his nephew until he had shot him
The other boy made his escape.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13

Eczema, scald head, hives, itchiness Of the
skin Of any sort instantly relieved, perma-
nently cured. DOan's Ointment. AT any
drugstore.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-13

J. w. Gates was quite i'll in Saratoga,
n. Y, yesterday with an attack OF
dyse -
Gus.
The Washington times., 1903-12-19
PARLOR COMEDIES

"A Bunch Of Roses. and other Parlor
Plays" by NJ. E. n. Davis, is a little
collection Of comedies which will be
acceptable to amateur actors. 1t is
happily dedicated
ITO the Players Who Put Life Into
These Plays IN the Old House in Royal
Street"
The author shows distinct dra-
matte ability. and some or these
little plays ought 10 be Overwhelmingly
funny, II cleverly acted. The one which
gives it's title TO the book Is good. so
are Queen Anne Cottages His
Lordship.' and "A Dress Rehearsal"
Christmas Boxes gives a chance for
some good Irish character work, and
so does His Lordship" afford oppor
tunity for clever young people who have
a good French or English accent. THE
New System" Is a little too much of
an extravaganza, and depends too much
on costume TO be as acceptable for or
binary use as some of the others. None
requires much in the way of stage
properties beyond what may be found
IN the average house (Boston: Small,
Maynard &, Coz
The Washington times., 1903-12-19

homogeneous land, peopled By native
Americans of Revolutionary stock, 10 a
collection of factory towns and large
cities, with an intermixture of rural
hamlets. all peopled by pOlyglot horde
OF importations from Europe, with a
heaven of perhaps Is per cent of old
stock. Yet this is what he says of our
democracy;
THE truth remains that the people o.
America govern America. IL is quite
fcorth while before we put toe much
t~ust either in critics on the other side
Of the ocean or any heartsick critic at
home that we open our eyes and ears
and find out what the American peo-
pie is.
In the first place, the American peo-
pie is made up in a very large proper
ton Of men and women who can read
and write, who know enough for the
formation OF an intelligent opinion, and
who mean on the whole TO do what is
right All Shakespeare sneers at the
groundlings, the rablole, and the mob
were true enough when he described
people of Rome In julius Caesars time.
They are not true of the American peo-
pie now. Four per cent Of the people of
The Washington times., 1903-12-19

IF they built their walls thick. as
they seem to the modern traveller. this
was because they were unable to get
good masons. A stone wall may be car
ried up forty feet high with thick
ness OF only three feet. even when
pierced with windows. IL you have good
workmen in your employ and good fiat
bedded stone with tolerable mortar, but
as your material is the worse and as
your masons are the more unskilled,
you have to build the thicker. Indeed.
the history Of Romanesque architecture
is that OF a long-continued fight be-
tween the problem and the would-be
solvers thereof. The history Of
any one great church is a record OF con-
tinual failure of walls, foundations or
abutments; some part OF the vaulting
Is forever crumbIing and threatening
to fall. so that it has to be rebuilt. and
now and then there's a crash and ca
tastrophe. The buttresses have 70 be en-
larged. iron ties have 10 be inserted,
even the plan of the vaulting has to be
changed every now and then and ne!
experiment tried with a view to its
greater permanence in another style Of
work Hence IL is that the modern stu
dent of such buildings has at once that
delight in them which comes from their
very archaism mingled with a kind OF
deprecatory pity. we sympathize with
The Washington times., 1903-12-19
A BUNCH OF CALENDARS

The calendars OF 1904 are TO be no less
dainty and original in design than their
predecessors. "OId-Time Memories pre-
sents twelve groups Of quaint little Kate
Greenaway figures engaged in sports ap-
propriate 10 the seasons. THE Star OF
Hope Calendar" IS made up Of holly
wreathes. inclosing star-shaped pictures.
Quotations from Whittier, Van Dyke
and others accompany beautiful flower
designs on another calendar. The little
Dainty Messengers" calendar presents
several pictures. of pretty maidens
framed in miniature style. THE Secret
OF Happiness Calendar Is the name
given 20 one with a quotation about
happiness for each month. "A Paris
Calendar" IS a most q rtistic creation in
pale colors. The SngJrball' is made up
Of snowballs and holly wreathes and
children's faces, and THE Venetian Cal
endar'' presents half a dozen charm
ingly colored scenes from Venice An
ingenious little Christmas device which
comes from the same publishing house
Is a diminutive paper case decorated
with holly and containing a receptacle
for a coin. London:' Ernest Mister.
New York: r. p. Dutton & Coz
The Washington times., 1903-12-19
In the Red West

Judith of the Plains" by Marie Man
ming. author Of Lord AlIingham. Bank
ruPt, L. one Of those unexpected books
Nothing in it happens according TO the
stereotyped novel fashion. and TO read
ers who like unconventlonality It will
prove distinctly refreshing
Judith is "A Wyoming girl, or rather
woman. Of quarter-breed Indian blood.
but withouts the witness which one
naturally associates with such a mix
ture-in novels. OF course. those who
have come in contact with the civil
lied Indian IN real lie know that he Is
not always a savage. but few noveIists
are realistic enough TO resist the temp
tation OF dwelling upon hereditary pos
sibilities. Judith. however. Is woman
". brave. and fender
OF the minor characters. Mrs yell
lett is perhaps the best. with her as
pirations and her Book OF Hiram. and
her unique gypsy establishment The
plot. what there IS Of II. turns upon the
weli-known antagonism between sheep
herGers and cattlemen In a cattle coun-
try, and the story is full OF episodes.
(New York: Harper & BrosD
The Washington times., 1903-12-19
The Little Colonel Again

'"rhe Little Colonel at Boarding
School by Annie Fellows Johnston. is
the latest volume in the delightful Lit
tie Colonel series OF books for girls.
In these days of rubbish it is refresh
ing to come across a book so charming.
fresh and original as this. 1t is fun of
the scent OF roses and the gentle
thoughts OF girlhood; il breathes the
spirit of the Old South; the Little
Colonel is of the true race of Southern
gentlewomen, than whom there are no
finer
Not one author in n thousand has the
wit or the tact TO write a really good
book for girls of thirteen or fourteen.
Most of them are wishy-washy or sem
timental. Mrs. Johnston is neither. Her
little heroine. Lloyd Sherman. has all
the spirit of a gallant race and all the
sweetness OF a long line OF lovely
women. She is a real child, not a
made-over woman. and her simple ad-
ventures are as unstudied. funny and
characteristic as II they had happened
TO ones next-door neighbor.
Dear Little Colonel May your fame
be long in the land. and may every
little American girl know and love
your sweet ways. (Boston: L c. Page
& Coz
The Washington times., 1903-12-19
THE JUMPING FROG"

new dress has been provided for
Mark Twains inimitable story of The
Jumping Frog" The new edition con-
tains. according TO the title page. THE
Jumping Frog in English, then In
French Then Clawed Back Into a Civil
lizod Language Once More by Patient.
Unremunerated Toll" The illustrations.
which are numerous. are by F. Stroth-
man.
IL Will be remembered by everybody
who sa7V the article. that Mark Twain.
some IF cen years ago. published a
pIaintive remonstrance against certa,a
French translator who did The Jump
ing Frog into French. and then bland
~ observed that he saw nothing funny
in g. After this protest, the aggrieved
author, TO prove his case. republished
the French version and his own re-
translation, which can only be describ-
ed as excruciatingly funny. This is one
sentence:
Eth bieni 1 no saw not that that frog
had nothing OF better than each frog
Mr. Clemens asks what he has done to
be abused and misrepresented like this
before the French people New York:
HARPER Z. BrOs)
The Washington times., 1903-12-19

MY Mamie Rose by Owen Kildare.
is rather remarkable book. 1t is the
autobiography OF the author, who is
said to have been a bartender in Steve
Brodies saloon. and a "bouncer'' IN an
infamous New York dive. and at the
age of thirty to have met a. little school
teacher who taught him to read and
write and made n-sln Of him. At
this time, eight years later, he Is earn
ing his living by writing. and has a
literary style which can stand COMPARE
son with that Of the, average college
graduate. 1t is not an impossible story,
but It may justly be called remarkable.
Mr. Kildare met tie girl whom ne
calls Ny Mamie Rose when she was
passing a corner saloon, where she was
insulted by the gang o. drunken loafers
Of which he was a member. Her c0ur-
age and womanliness aroused his dor
mant chivalry. and he protected her.
That was the beginning Of the acquaint-
ance. the story Of which ne tells with
a reverence, SIMPLE ~, and frankness
which would perhaps be possible only
70 a Celt. Born of mixed Irish and
French ancestry. reared-or rather al
lowed to grow up-in the Bowery Of the
The Washington times., 1903-12-19
The LeopaTd's New Skin

The Leopard's Spots" by Thomas
Dixon. jr. has been brought cut in
holiday edition. Of which II may be said
that Il is perfectly suited in binding and
decoration to the text Possibly II
might have pleased Mr.. Dixon better if
limited number of copies could have
been bound in human skin. but that
would have been almost too daring an
innovation. even for an author who Is
so distinctly out for blood.
The illustrations. by c. d. Williams.
are entirely sympathetic. They make
most Of the masculine characters look
as much like rufians as their behavior
indicates them TO be- II would have
been untrue to the spirit of Mr.. Dixon s
book to make any one OF his creations
look like a gentleman. and MIR. Williams
has admirably succeeded in avoiding
this mistake. The men of the book if
a group picture We're taken of them.
might be supposed to belong TO Guam
trells band OF raiders. characteristics
ally. Mr.. Dixon has inserted as frontis-
piece a picture of his home. and a pho
tograyure OF himself stares up at you
as you open the box which contains the
book. He win never lose anything
through shrinking modesty. New York
Doubleday. Page & Coz
The Washington times., 1903-12-19
:. ARCHITECTURE OF ALL AGES :.

their builders aims and regret their
feeble resources and their small knowl-
edge: we love their buildings IS we
love the stammering speech OF child
hood"
The first chapters treat of Greek and
Roman design: and in the chapter on
Athens we find information as TO the
curious curves which appear to be
straight lines. and on which the ex-
quisite beauty OF the Parthenon partly
depends; also the statement that so far
from the Greek temples having been
pure white. as we are wont to imagine
them. they were undoubtedly painted
and gilded with the utmost elaboration
and skill. Succeeding chapters are de-
voted to Medieval Design, Revived
Classic Design Eighteenth Century
Design and the initiative and original
architectural work of the last hundred
years. Mr.. Sturgis thinks that Partisan
design since 1860 is conspicuous for its
good taste in adopting the ideal to
the needs Of modern life: and he also
commends those forms Of American
architecture which have been borrowed
from the Spanish and Mexican sixteenth
century buildings. There are sixty-four
illustrations of different styles in
architecture. CNew York: The Baker
& Taylor Company
The Washington times., 1903-12-19
Fiction InVeTtebrate

"Shipmates in Sunshine is a story by
F. Frankfort Moore. who can be enter
tanning when he cares to be, but who ev-
identity. in this case, has not cared II
concerns the relations between a lot Of
people whose personalities are with diff
Guilty kept separate in the readers mind.
and who are feIIow-passengers on a
steamer bound for the West Indies
There Is no plot in the book. no incident
70 speak OF, and no character MI
Moore seems to have occupied himself
chiefly in noting the different varieties
OF negro TO be found on the various
islands Of the West Indian group. He
really seems TO be quite a connoisseur
on the peculiarities Of the black popula-
ton Of those islands; but as there are
no negro characters in the story, and
the affairs of the white people have
nothing to do, even remotely. with this
black population, it seems unnecessary
for the author TO lug 1t into quite so
prominent a place. The average reader
really loses interest IN story when re-
ouired to stop once in half dozen pages
and hear about the squalor, immortality.
and general unpleasantness of the local
population. CNew York: D. Appleton &
Coz
The Washington times., 1903-12-19
Dinkelspiel. Iruior.

LII Rhymes for LII Feliers'' is the
title OF big square book OF jingles by
George We're Hobart. of ''Dinke1spiel''
fame. and some OF the verses are in dia-
lect. Dutch and negro and Young
America dialect all of which Mr.. Ho-
bart manages very well
The best things In the collection are
those IN the form of songs. for Mr..
Hobart has an unusual endowment OF
the lyric gift. and his little lullabies
almost sing themselves. ''Das Kleine
Kind" is quaint and pretty; so Is "A
Darktown Lullaby so are half dozen
others of the same iik.
OF the verses which are not lyrics
most are In the style OF Rilev's '.Rhynles
of Childhood. Sister Mary Ann Has
Got the Measles" reads Ike lyric out
OF some child's comic opera:
Yes. I know you've got a doll.
But that amt no good at all
Cause my sister Mary Ann has got the
measles
The impish self-satisfaction of that
and the naturalnesss Of itis New York:
j. II. RussellD
The Washington times., 1903-12-19
THE OPTIMISM OF DIR. HALE ::

the State of New York are people who
can bring only their muscle and their
weight to their daily work. These are
the people who dig the drains; who
carry buckets of coal up five stories or
ten. The other SO per cent of the work
men of New York are persons who work
with their brains, such men as an ex-
pressman. who keeps a delicate account
OF $50 customers in the course OF day,
and in the course OF the year does not
make ten mistakes. That man Is as fit
Is read his newspaper and TO make
Judgment between Judas Iscariot, If he
is candidate. and Joseph, of Arirna-
ithaca, If he is candidate, as is any
intelligent reader of these lines"
Some Of the essays on subjects in the
domain Of political economy are rather
daring DR.. Hale believes thoroughly In
public ownership OF mines. In old-age
pensions, and in some other things
which most conservative writers dodge
with the scared cry of socialism.
His abiding faith in the American peo-
pie is doubtless reason for this atti-
tude. At any rate. the sane, confident
hopefulness of the book makes 1t pleas
ant to read. CNew York: Dodd. Mead
& Coz
The Washington times., 1903-12-19
A LITTLE PARTISAN ACTRESS

tons is that OF Fiji striving wildly to
dissipate her fortune in order to get
rid Of her bourgeois hance This is n
part of it
The first gown they showed her
nearly made her scream with delight
1t was almost enough TO make Louis
Bourget break their engagement at
sight II was costume of staring
yellow brocade, with large purple flow
ers on it. and was obviously intended
for a woman nine feet high and three
feet broad-and Fiji was but a slender
twig Of a girl. One huge flower covered
her back. and another her chest, while
three or four went around the vast
skirt which trailed a yard behind. The
manager put Il on Fiji, while her as
sistants and fellow-conspirat tors joined
with her in declaring that the gown was
ravishing on Fiji. which it was. in a
way"
Some discussion has arisen over Fiji
interviews with the Pope, which, to
devout Catholics. have the appearance
of being on the edge of irreverence
But given Fiji and the circumstances,
the Interviews would probably have oc-
CURED very much as they are described.
indianapolis: The BObbs-Merrili Com
pany)
The Washington times., 1903-12-19

n INGULARLY vigorous and modern
in his ideas is DR.. Edward Ev-
- erett Hale, and as these ideas
would be considered advanced IL
given out by young man, they are all
the more remarkable when it is re-
membered that DR.. Hale has been a
well-known public man for more than
half n century. His new book of essays
on questions OF the day is publish I'd
under the title, I'VE, the People" and
is exceedingly breezy and readable.
The unquenchable optimism of the
author is perhaps his most prominent
characteristic. He is always looking
forward and not back TO him every
mistake Of the past is but a stepping
stone TO knowledge. It sometimes
seems as If the college men of today
are scarcely as young at heart as this
veteran of eighty, who is stil unhesi-
tatingly and outspokenly the prophet
of American democracy.
There would be as much reason for
DR.. Hale's being pessimistic. if he want
ed to be, as for the croaking of any
other mai. He has within half life
time seen his native State change from
The Washington times., 1903-12-19

feet AS II the exuberant spirit of the
tropics were incarnated IN forms OF
grace. mad with Joy. the maskers undu,
lated-a rainbOw-tinted hood-down all
the falling streets.
For the length Of a mile there was a
Rowing river of sound and color. Sway,
ing, advancing. embracing, retreating.
whirling, the rhythmic stream hurried
by. There was booming of tambours,
a blare OF trumpets. a snriH piping OF
reeds. a unkle Of calabash banjos, a
wailing OF vioiins. Above all the music
OF instruments rose the penetrating
sweetness Of the human voice The rev.
elers surged into the market square Cor
the multitudinOus cotillon-the calinda
"A band Of imps. with bat-heads ana
Tapping web wings. came shrieking
down from the ramparts, bearing a
dummy on a pole. It was a caricature
% the power OF France. for the stuffed
figure. in a cast-off white and gold uni
form of the army. had a gilded heur-de-
lis for head. Singing Yankee Doodle
at the top Of their discordant voices.
the imps rushed down the Rue Dauphine
and cast the hated image into the sea. -
CNew York: d. Appleton & Coz
The Washington times., 1903-12-19
)OK REVIEWS AND NOTES OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS
A BOWERY BOY

sixties and seventies, Owen Kildare was
just that combination Of experiences and
possibilities, apparently, which made
practicable what he calls the miracle
of his reform. Certain 1t Is that with an
average girl and an average loafer such
an experiment as the one recorded here
would have been blank failure. With
Owen Kildare and Mamie Rose II
was shining success.
For all the talk OF Bowery literature.
the public in general knows about as
much Of New York life among the
working classes as it does OF the do
nestle habits OF nafirstan. Mr.. Kill
dare has nothing very good to say OF
fiction writer's Of the Richard Harding
Davis and ''Chimmie Fadden" type. He
does not. however. give any specimens
Of the real thing in East Side dialect.
He tells US what the people in the
Fourth ward do not say. but nothing OF
what they do say. He Il refreshingiy
frank in his opinions OF those society
people who come down into What they
call the siums TO stuIy the poor as y
they were wild beasts and his account
OF an evening IN a rich mans drawing
room is particularly rich The whole
book is worth reading. New YORK; The
Baker & Taylor Coz
The Washington times., 1903-12-19
WRITERS OF THE DAY

Among the Men Who Have Written
Famous Booi0s-Second Series. is new
volume Of biographical sketches of au'
thors of the day. by Edward F. HaTkins.
1t contains portraits and brief compli-
mentary sketches Of George AIDE, Irving
Bachelor, Cyrus Townsend Brady, Jack
London. Hopkinson Smith, Arthur Sher-
burne Hardy. and many others. The
pictures are excellent. the extracts from
the works OF these authors 5udiciously
selected. and, as the work is in no sense
critical its laudatory nature is not a
serious defect II viii be OF material
assistance 10 those who wish to know
something Of current literature, but are
prevented by lack OF time OF taste from
keeping up with all the new books.
Most OF The information found here IS
not at all incredible. 1t is refreshing.
for example, to earn that Cyrus Town
send Brady dictates all his novels be-
Ing OF too impatient a temperament even
70 use a typewriter; the discerning sus-
pectod long ago that something of that
kind was the matter. One IS not sur
prised TO discover that George AIDE is
most modest and unassuming man.
with no pose about him; that, too, one