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LOoting the Temple.

Among the treasured possessions of
J. PieTpOnt Morgan is a stolen cope.
A man may be very rich, indeed,
but never rich enough to retain, with
clearest conscience, anything looted
from the temple. The receiver of
stolen goods is rated morally with the
thief The innocent purchaser loses
the aspect Of innocence when he
learns the character of his prize, and
clings TO the prize
After the storming of China's
strongholds by the allied forces there
was a wholesale seizure OF booty.
Anything portable was regarded as
booty. The representatives of civili-
zation preyed upon the heather lar
cenousIy. They did not so much as
make a plea Of kleptOmania. Among
the objects taken were some elabor-
ately constructed astronomical instru-
ments. They were not of great value
to modern science, but they were in
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teresting, and much esteemed by the
owners Part of these the French
stole and part were taken by the Ger
mans. The Kaiser learned the truth
about his share. and caused 1t to be
shipped back to China. The example
he set was excellent. Mr.. Morgan
would achieve respect by following it.
The cope of Ascoli disappeared
under circumstances that have not
been explained. A young priest was
accused of connivance, and the mere
charge. never proved, ruined his life
An Italian photographer was accused.
and, wildly protesting innocence, took
his own life. He declared before this
last desperate act that the thieves
were of station so exalted that the
authorities would not dare modest
them. This is a distinction most un-
deservedly accorded any set of
thieves.
The historyIof the cope is shrouded
in mystery. One brief chapter of the
tale is that the relic vanished. Leav-
ing the intervening chapters unread.
the latest is that the cope has been
found
Flinders, keepers" is a child's
game. 1t should not obtain as to
serious matters among men.
The final chapter of the tale ought
to set forth that J. Pierpont Morgan
American gentleman of means. had
restored the cope to its proper owner
ship.
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The Burden of Age.

Age brings its burdens. 1t is
dreaded for that the hand loses it's
cunning and the body bows with
weight of years.
A natural impulse is to defer ar
rival at the period OF comparative
helplessness. Men and women are
learning to conserve their forces, and
thus to remain young in aspect and
ia capacity. A generation ago n
woman of fifty was counted aged, and
did not deny it. Today The woman
of fifty may look it. but she is more
apt 10 look thirty-five and TO have the
tastes and habits of thirty-five. In a
similar fashion men retain youth. 1t
makes appeal not merely TO vanity,
but it prolongs the span of active use
fulness.
One If the Carnegie steel concerns
has issued an order that in some de-
partments no men above thirty-five
years shall be hired, while in others
the limit is fixed at forty. In the nat
ural order Of things no man of either
of these ages should begin to feel the
wear and Iassitude that means the
meridian has been passed. To arbi-
trarily adjudge men old while they
actually are young and vigorous
seems not only stupid and wrong, but
a wanton cruelty.
Few men at forty have made the
fortunes upon which they must rely
in after time. Some Of them who Ill
timateIy succeed, have barely made a
start Turn them adrift in their
prime branded as unfit, and they have
a right to denounce the treatment not
alone as Unwarrantable, but an act OF
brutality and folly, contravening
every erinciple of justice and every
teaching of experience.
Mr.. Carnegie showers libraries upor
communities having no desire fol-
them. If his charity were TO take the
form Of showering bread it would
more nearly meet the conditions tha
one of the Carnegie institutions seems
determined to create. If men are Il
] be superannuated at thirty-five OF
| forty years, so far as they are con.
cerned, and despite the sprinkling o.
Libraries, and the impressive beauties
of Skibo, the industrial system is {
lOp-sided injustice.
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William HoImead.

The Capital will note with more
than passing regret the death Of
William Holmead. He was distinc-
lively a true Washingtonian. Beyond
almost all Of his fellows he repre-
scented the growth of a new city and
the development OF a new life out of
the old conditions which prevailed
before the rebellion, when nearly
every gentleman was a landed pro-
prietor and Georgetown was the bust
ness center of the whole region of the
upper Potomac.
His house had been his fathers
house and the house of his father be-
fore him. It bore the characteristic
name of Holmead Manor. On one of
it's walls hung the original grant of
the manor-and many rich, broad
acres it contained-directly from the
English King to his faithful servant,
William Holmead. The traditions of
his family revealed valiant service IN
support of George Calvert. Lord Bal
timore, who was, says Bancroft
among the most wise and benevolent
lawgivers of all ages" His life con-
tinued TO be until a short year age
that of a gentleman active in bust
ness, interested in all his fellows
kind beyond most men. practical in
his charity, democratic as the true
aristocrat always is, and proud as be-
came a nan of such an ancestry and
such a nature.
In a few years all his associates
will have followed him and the ole
/ life which made the country about
/ Washington so brilliant in the middle
Of the past century-and William
! Holmead knew it only as a boy
will have become a mere memory
His death is significant, therefore, Il
the whole city, and the whole city
will give Of its sympathy 10 tn
widow and children who are nov
bearing the heaviest burden the!
have ever known.
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West. Fla. 10 Fort Smelling, and VIII
take his bride there after an extensive
wedding journey embracing 81 -ouiS
and Fort LeavenwOrth.
The marriage Of Col. Charles Nor
ton. of the Seventh United States Cav
airy stationed At ChiclIamauga Park
and Mrs Sabiua z PCmbeTtoIt. of Pas
adena Cal, took place at the home OF
Capt. r. r Rice, in St Louis, yesteT-
day Gen. John c Bates and Cen S
NJ =. Young were among the guests
Thomas c. Carpenter and Miss Ella
G. Braley, both Of Washington were
married in Baltimore yesterday morning
at the parsonage of the Carolina
Street Methodist Episcopal Church the
Rev. William @. Herbert performing the
The groom is located at the Washing
ton Barracks and has taken his bride
10 St. Louis on a wedding journey.
William H. Chnds. Of this city. was
married I'm Baltimore yesterday after
noon TO Miss Jessie NJ. Bowie, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Carleton w. Bowie, OF
1910 Harlem Avenue
The Rev. T. O. Grouse. former pastor
Of Lafayette Avenue Methodist Protest
ant Church. in Baltimore. and now a
Georgetown ID. c. performed the cere
mO1v.
The bride wore white chiffon over tat
feta and Married bride roses. The ma
tron of homer was Mrs Thomas ). Co
penhagen and the best man Thomas
y Copenhagen. Mr.. and Mrs Child'
left for a "Trip North. They will rSsid'
in Washington.
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MANY GOING
FROM THE CITY

singleton = Cooper, of 7U Twenty
second Street. left today. accompanied
bv his wife. 10 attend the fair at Fred
ericksburg. Va. He will later visit rel
atives at his old home in Stafford coUn-
~, Virginia.
Among the Washington people now at
Atlantic City are Mr.. and Mrs. F. Rur-
sin. and Mrs. c. Y. hee and Miss Lee,
who are at the Berkshire.
Mrs. c. w. Cooksey and Miss Cooksey
have gone to Atlantic City for a short
visit They viii make their home at
the Majestic.
Miss Edna James Sheehy, who grad
uated from the New England Couserya-
tory of Music last June, and who mas
a remarkably fine voice. has returned
to Boston to take a special course IN
voice and composition.
Mrs Helen Major. widow or Aired
Major. a prominent banker, OF shelby
vile. Ind. who has been the guest OF
her cousin. Mrs. Mcbride on Eighteenth
Street. win leave for her home IN SheI-
byVile today.
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PHOTOGRAPHERS WILL
HOLD EXHIBIT NEXT YEAR

At meeting of the executive board
of the Photographers Association Of
Pennsylvania. West Virginia. Maryland.
and Delaware. held in this city, IL was
decided 10 hold the next meeting Of the
association. together with an exhibition,
at the Rifles Armory Hall, on g Street,
on April L.. 1909.
The exhibition will be held for four
DAYS. and efforts Will be made 70 Sc
cure many fine end rare specimens Of
photographic wo-I from amateurs as
well as professionals.
was appointed as follows. w. II. FOwles,
Al Newell. Moses Bachrach. T. j. Pull
man. and Edward s WertZ-
District photographers are not now
members of the association. but X IS
Thought they wiz be enrolled in its mem
bership nj the coming convention
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Northumberland Wedding.

At noon today Mrs. Ella Petit War
rem became the bride of Lieut. Charles
GreenOugh Mortimer. of the Artillery
Corps OF the Army, the event being
quite military in character. the groom,
his best man, and the ushers all wear
ing uniforms.
Brig Gen. d. J. Carlyle, u. S. A,
uncle of the groom. gave the bride in
marriage. She entered the church on
his arm, and was one of the handsomest
and most distinguished looking brides
of the season. wearing a gown of pale
gray crepe d'chine. and a white hat with
plumes and a facing Of pink roses
Capt. Benjamine Alvord, of the gen
eraI stan and Capt. James A. Ryan, of
the Fifteenth cavalry. acted as ushers,
and MidShipman Donald Petit Morrison
son Of the late Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. JAS
per N Morrison, and nephew or the
bride, was best man. The Rev. Freder-
ick d. Power, pastor OF the vermont
Avenue Christian Church, where the
wedding took place, united the couple
with Almost impressive ceremony.
Among the numerous guests present
were NJ. and Mrs. Lee :. Mortimer
parents Ce ire groom. the Misses MOTti-
mer. his sisters. Midshipmau Lee Petit
Warren, the brides son, and Miss AIDE
lafde Warren. a daughter; Mrs. Jasper
n Morrison, widow of the late Lieut.
col. Jasper n. Morrison. and sister OF
the bride and a number OF other people
! from army ana navy circles.
The groom is a Washington man. q
graduate Of the High School and later
| Of Georgetown Law School. He went Il
| Cuba with the District regiment during
| the Spanish-AmeriCan war, and has
| since been in active service. He has
recently been transferred from Key
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FAREWELL RECEPTION
TO REV. Mr.. BURTNER

A farewell reception was rendered the
Rev. O. W BURNER. pastor of Me-
mortal l. 3. Church. on Monday even
ing previous TO his departure for Yale
University, where he will complete his
ministerial education.
Ii was held in the church and was Of
hearty and cordial character ].
HerscheI Cooper presided and an
nounccd the numbers OF an entertaining
program. The pastor feelinEly delivered
a farewell address, TccOuntng the
happy associations and feilowShlpS OF a
most successful pastOrate of three
years. during which there were Ig6 ac-
CeSsiOuS 10 the church membership.
Mrs. Arthur F. Frazer WIS chairman
Of the refreShmeut committee. Mrs. I.
r Moore was chairman of the program
committee and Mrs. j. II. Cooper OF
the social committee, assisted by Mrs.
Annie Knight. Mrs. Alex Mckelvey,
Mrs. Beale Mrs Benjamin A. Lineback,
Mrs. Samuel CCSrell, Mrs w. d. Self
ger Mrs. ". Topham, and Misses E G.
and NJ w Dulin-
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Two Porto Ricans Wed.

A weddinywhich carries with it a re-
frain Of the SDanish-American war is
that OF Dr. Miguel Roses and Miss Min
ME Denton. both native Porto Ricans,
and both residents of Washington for
some time following the close of the
war
; The bride is the daughter OF J. E
Denton, wealthy land owner. and now
superintendent Of the Government ex-
pertinent stations IN Porto Rico, who
brought his family TO Washington after
the close of the war that his children
might have the benefit of the schools
The beauty and charm Of character OF
the bride won for her lasting friends -
the Capital. and announcement of heI
marriage is received with pleasure.
DR.. Roses, too, came TO Washington
10 attend school, and after taking
course in Baltimore at one OF the med
teal schools. completed his course II
Washington. lie IS now stationed a
Brooklyn. y. Y. which viii be the fu
turc home of himself and bride.
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MISS NAY HANDY
BECOMES A BRIDE
She Weds James Brown
Potter in Richmond.
WELL KNOWN IN THIS CITY
DR.. Miguel Roses Takes Minnie Denton
for His Wife-Marriage Re
frain of the War.

Every few years in the history Of the
social life of the country some one man
or woman rises UP to claim general ad-
mirauOn or notoriety, their fame spread
ing until it reaches all corners Of the
globe.
Such character in society is Miss
May Handy. Of Richmond. Va, first, but
afterward Of New York. Baltimore.
Washington, and a half dozen other
cities which have some claim upon the
famous beauty. Her union with James
Brown Potter. another welI-known char
.acter in the social life of New York.
took place in Miss Handy's apartment
IN Richmond today
The wedding was an exceedInly simple
one. The Rev Otis Mead pastor of St
Lul1e's Episcopal Church. performed the
ceremony. Mrs. Frank Powers was ma
iron Of honor, and William Duane, 81
New York, the best man.
Mr.. Potter and his bride will go 20 New
York just after the marriage and will
at once sail for Europe.
The bride IS known in washington as
the protege Of Mrs. John r. Mclean
and in Baltimore of Mrs. Jesse Tyson
She has been a belle and noted beauty
FOR many years past and her name has
been connected with rumors Of engag e-
ment TO some dozen or more prominent
men Of society in this country.
She is the daughter Of the late Capt
Edward Handy, Of the United State.
Navy, and SIR. Potter is the son of the
late Howard Potter and nephew OF
Bishop Henry c. Potter. of New York
His first wife was Cora Urquhart Potter
Of New Orleans, who after her marriag,
adopted the stage as a profession.
Mr.. Potter and his first wife were oil
vorcec some years ago. and their daugh
/ ter, Anna Potter. married James A
Sullman, Of New York. three years ago
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Unwilling to Preach.

In a recent paper in a denomina-
tional journal. Prof Smaller Mathews
laments the apparent reluctance o.
young men to enter the pulpit. Are
our children to have an educated min
istry?" he asks with evident concern.
The lack of material for theological
schools puzzles and distresses him.
The question thus opened is a wide
one. In this age the only acceptable
ministry must be that of cultured
teachers. Ignorant zeal may have It's
place in contact with the sort of in
teIligence that can be appealed to by
the beating of a drum, but it cannot
be ordained 70 preach the gospel to
people who study or think, or set a
value upon refinement as well as
upon the statutory virtues.
That there has been a decided
change in the public attitude toward
religious dogma, no observer would
deny. Worship has been shorn of its
harsh and repellent aspect. Fear Of
the wrath of a jealous God has soft
ened into reverence, as there has
dawned the conception of divine good
ness. II is no longer deemed essential
to the salvation of youth that Sunday
be a season of rigorous discomfort.
There is a measure of liberty accord
ed ungrudgingly to the individual and
by one sect to another.
A great alteration is in the status
of the minister himself. Once he was
the towering figure in the community.
not because Of attainment that now
would be deemed extraordinary, but
because the opportunity of attainment
had been withheld from others. They
looked upon him not merely as a spir-
itual adviser. He was in earthly mat
tiers a counselor. He was deemed not
only good, but wise. The minister
must today be both, but the fact that
he is wise does not lift him to an ex-
aited realm as once it did.
In olden time church service was
more than a religious ceremony. IT
was the only diversion. 1t was the
one occasion upon which people fore
gathered. To all within hearing the
minister, austere, to the young al
most terrible, was guide. People have
grown. They read and conjecture
They do not dumbly receive and re-
gard as indisputable every thesis the
minister may have prepared. The
spirit of inquiry has been aroused
The minister, to keep ahead of his
own flock, must be a tireless student
and content to know that amone
those who listen there will be other
students, and some of these viii
claim the privilege Of dissent, not as
to general truths and basic morality
but as 10 details, which, after all, are
not vital.
There is still an alluring field fol-
the preacher. Circumstances have de-
prived him of the old degree Of lead
ership. The university and the press
with their Quickening Of the common
thought, have brought his flock close
to him. He cannot speak now from
the plane of a definite and acknowl
edged superiority in all things. Blu
there is call for his powers. He still
can instruct by precept and example
expound the ancient truths in
beauty ever fresh and attractive, an,
try to live them. To do so he mus
be educated. Lacking this qualifca
ton he lacks that which Is almost a
vital as faith in his mission.
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ENGAGEMENTS
ANNOUNCED

Gen G. =. Elliott, cOmmandau- or the
Marine Barracks in this CITY. announces
the engagement of his daughter. Miss
Daisy S Elliott. 10 Lieut. Harold c.
Reisinger. son of the late Captain Refs
niger. L. S. n, and one Of the most
popular young officers OF the Marine
Corps.
Lieutenant Reisinger is stationed at
the Worlds Fair in St Louis. and VIII
return 20 Washington October TO. the
wedding having been arranged for some
time in November.
Mr.. and Mrs Franklin L. Van Auken
have issued invitations for the marriage
nj +beir daughter Ruth, and Dr. Chap
lain Hvnsou Carson, of Roanoke, Va
The wedding viii take place at the
Church Of the Incarnation, on tuesday
evening. October II, at 1.30 o clock
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general law as to terminals-thatt the
District shall pay two-thirds the cost
of reducing street grades and the rail-
road one-third.
The situation. then, is this: that a
whole section of Washington is to
be seriously incommoded all winter;
that the District shall give up S400;
and that life and limb shall be en-
dangered half a year-because the
engineers of a railroad have been al
lowed TO lag in their work.
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Experience for the Taxpayer.

In order to make the public as Sc
cure as possible without reducing the
grade, as it ought to be reduced, the
District authorities have agreed with
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad that
they shall jointly erect a temporary
fence and sidewalk in II Street north
east, at its crossing with the new ter
minals. The cost of this construction
is 10 be $500, and that sum is to be
divided so that the railroad pays one
third and the District two-thirds
The Times has already commented
upon this II Street situation. Because
the railroad failed 10 finish the de-
preston of the street grade as fl
agreed to do. one half of the roadway
is now about fifteen feet higher than
the other half. The engineering Off
GERS of the District agree with the
engineers OF the railroad that this
condition cannot be remedied until
spring So, practically the whole
Northeast must enter the business
section Of the city through this fis.
sure and be content for FIVE months
If the roadway were allowed to re-
main as it is, however, some one might
be injured and damage suits result
That would never do; for the lives oil
our citizens are precious, and damage
suits are expensive. So the District
government has proposed this com.
promise of a temporary sidewalk anc
a fence. The division of the cos
seems TO be made on the basis OF thu
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snakes measuring eight length being equal thick
begin another beginning tall
having capacity
possible. What
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MISS ROOSEVELT
IN NEW ENGLAND

Miss Roosevelt the Presidents daugn-
ter, is enjoying life TO the fullest among
her New England friends. having been
FOR some days the guest OF Mr. ard Mrs.
R. l.. Agassiz. IN Hamilton. MSS
Friday evening Representative NichO-
las LoHgworth gave a brilliant costume
ball at the Myopia Hunt Club IN COM
pIimeLt TO Miss Roosevelt, when Wash
ingtCn people We're much in evidence
there being q perfect colony Of Capital
people AT PFide's Gre ssing and Manches-
ter
Senator Hoar's niece. Miss Alice Brad
ford, Of Beacon Street. Boston. viii
make her debut in that city this winter.
She is said 10 be quite attractive.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hobart Chat
field Taylor have leased the residence Of
Mrs. Frederick H Winston, On Superior
Street, in Chicago. for the coming sea
son. and viii not come to Washington
as was expected.
Miss Rosemary Sartoris has gone to
ST Louis FOR a months visit with her
former schColmate at Georgetown CON
vent. Mrs. Robert Tyler Sturgeon. who
VIII entertain for her during her stay.
Prof aud Mrs. George Gunton. Of This
city, who are sending the fdI at ths
Virginia Hot Springs, entertained a dim
ger party al ,he-r cottage last evening,
ana followed il with bridge whist
poTJ---
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Political vilihcation Is denounced by
a minister as an incentive 20 murder
Readers may recall the expression of a
similar sentiment a the time Of Nc
Kinley's assassination. Al that time
some Of the vilifiers really seemed to
know what they had done, and had the
grace to be ashamed.
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EVIDENCE OF DEATH TRAP.

CINCINNATI. Sept p. - Coroner
Weaver is investigating when the floor
ing was put down in the vault that col
IaDsed last Friday al Pleasant Ridge,
killing nine schoolgirls The coroner
mas evidence that new floor was placed
last summer over the old Jolsts that
were rotten.
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DOuKHOB0RS TREKKING
FOR A WARMER CLINE

WINNIPEG. Manitoba. Sept. &--A
large body of Doukhobors has started
from Saskatoon. Northwest Territory,
ON a march for the United States. This
time they are uot looking for Jesus. bat
are on the trek for a warmer climate
The ROYAL Northwest mounted police
are rushing after them.
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Wen be truly metropolitan, some OF
these days. Our subway out at Florida
Avenue is only a block long. but we've
already had It flooded by "a broken water
main and filled UP by the cavern OF a
CO.
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One Skow. once an American soldier
in the Philippines. was discharged and
went over TO the enemy He barely es-
capped execution as a deserter, but he
wholly failed to escape the disregard OF
his old associates
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Amish children at Columbus, Ohio, are
not allowed by their parents to attend
school lest they imbibe there the sinful
theory Of the globes rOtundity. The
simple Amish father sustains the doc
trlne that the world Is fat by citation
Of the indlsputable fact that people don't
fa11 OF
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The attempt to decide upon the pref
test baby in the world may absorb a
certain variety of newspaper genius. but
II is silly. AS well try 10 ascertain the
finest individual rose in the gardens OF
the universe