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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-08
Figures on Education
Of 10000 Successful Men
COIlege-Bred Men Have Highest Percentage
OF Honorable Mentions in Life Work
Some Interesting Figures.

In the forthcoming report CT the
United States Bureau Of Education the
following VIII appear:
The. Education OF 10.0J0 Successful
Meu--By William ". Smith, chancellor
Of the Randulph-MacOu System.
The editors of WHO'S Who in Amer
lea have rendered the country q service
by Inducing more than ten thousand Of
the men now living ia the United States
VINO arc most notable in all depart
ments OF usefulness and reputable en-
dcavor' to report their education. These
men have won enviabIe distinction. and
the facts they give VIII help answer the
questions, Does education help. one TO
success and What amount Of school
training helps most
According TO the last census there
are IL the United States 1875 500 males
over thirty years cid. The United
states Bureau of Education estimates
that these are divided educauCnally as
follows:
Class Without education..,... 1,757. 023
Class with only common
school training or trained out
side Cf organized Schools - o.. 's.,.55
Class with regular high school
training ADDED ..-.----.--.-.-..-. C5l.4j3
Class with college or higher
education added. .....-......-..-.- 225rf3
'Cmitting the few persons uuGss thir-
ty years Old, the report from .lH nota-
blcs shows: Without education, none,
sclf-taught. p: hCme-taught. 2IS; with
common school training only, 1866: with
nigh school training, 1871, with college
training. I,lo9, Of whom Gig We're col
leGe graduates.
THAT Is. from the i.757.023 Of class /.
no notables reported from the 12OJl s35
OF class came LOS. one for every 6.6l2
ga Of these report themselves as self
taught 2,S as privately taught; from
the G51, - Of class came T. 81, one for
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ASSAULT OF A PIG
NEARLY KILLS A BOY

DANEURY, Conn. May attacked
by pig. the little son Of Theodore San
ford, OF Midtown, near this city, may
lose the sight Of one eye and viii prob
ably be disdgured for lie.
The child was playing In the barn on
its fathers farm, when the pig escaped
from an inclosure and ran into the build
ing The bog struck II with a stick
and attacked him with teeth and feet
Mrs. Sanford heard the childs cries OF
fright, and, running 10 the barn found
the pig standing over the child. its teeth
fastened in his cheek. She had didicultv
in beating the animal off
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every 40l; from the S25,6i3 Of class 8
came I-I09. one for every %
1T thus appears:
u. That from 1890 TO 1870 the uncdu-
Gated boy In the United States failed
entirely TO become so notable IN any de-
partment Of usefulness and reputable
eud6aVOr as TO attract the attention OF
the Who's Who editors. and that only
twenty-four self-taught men succeeded.
y. That boy with only q common
school education had in round numbers.
enc chance in 5000.
So That high-school training in
creased this chance nearly twenty-five
times.
- That college education added gave
the young man about ten times the
chance Of a high-school boy. and two
hundred times the chance Of the boy
whose training stopped with the com
mon school
=. That the a B. graduate was pre-
emineutly successful and that the self
educated man was inconspicuous.
From the nature of the case il can
not be claimed that these classifcatiOns
are exact. but they are based upon the
fullest statistics ever obtained. ard the
necessary estimates have been made -
Government experts It IS doubtless
true that other circuus tances contrib
uted to the success OF these trained men
but after all reasonable allowances are
made the figures force the conclusion
that the more schOCl-trainiHg the Amer
lean boy of that period had. the greater
were his chances Of distinction. How
VIII IL be in this century?
1T is unnecessary 10 extend this in
quiry TO woman. Education is practical
y her only door to eminenee.
Department Of Interior Bureau Of
Education,
Washington. D. c.. March %, 1901
THE above estimates have been veTi-
fed carefully in this Office. and are be-
heVed to be substantially correct.
wv. T. HARRIS, Commissioner.
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OPENED HIS COFFIN
ON EVE OF BURIAL
Supposed Corpse Revives and Re.
breaches Family for Awakening
Him From Sleep.

VIENNA, May An advocate at
Eima- szombath. Hungary. who had
been seriously III fer year with an in
durable heart disease, died a few days
ago. The funeral was arranged and
numerous guests assembled Tor tile
mournful ceremony.
But ass tho coffin was being removed
from the death chamber the startled
guests heard q noise from the interior
o. the coffin, and suddenly the lid burst
open, the advocate sat up and began 10
repyoaCh has family with having aWak-
eucd him TOO soon from his sleep.
lie was taken back 10 bed and the doc
tor announced that his health had con-
sldefabiy improved since his supposed
death
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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY

Commencement exercises Of the medi-
cal dental and pharmaceutlc depart
ments Of Howard University VIII be held
on Tuesday. May 10. NJ T.50 p m, in the
First Congregational Church. Tenth ana
G. Streets northwest. Invitations TO the
exercises have been issued by the fac
ulty and students of the various classes
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OGDEN PELL SUES HEIRS
OF NATHANIEL M'KAY

Ogden p. Pen has begun suit against
Mabel Grace Mckay. Henry +. Wood
ard and Philip Hichborn, executors Of
the estate Of the late Col Nathaniel Nc
Kay. to recover SIS, 2l3.51
The plaintiff says the amount named
is due for money advanced Colonel Me
Kay. in connection with the constructors
Of an iron bridge over the Ozama River.
Santo Domingo. The bridge was built
at q cost Of S15.0uG.
Henry Z. Davis is named as counsel
for the plaintiff.
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il is not so easy for them to absent
themselves from the city.
Thus the militia representation VIII pc
smaller than If the maneuVers were held
in July. That month. if made the pc
riOd for this mimic warfare, would IN
doubtedly result IN not a few fatalities
from sunstroke. Virginia Is an extreme
IN hot place in the middle Of summer,
almost too tropical for military opera
lions Of this character.
General Corbin believes that although
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STOLE CHURCH CORNERSTONE.

CHICAGO. May Thieves tore the
cornerstone out OF the Church of St
John the Baptist, ana, carrying II a
block away, demolished 1t and obtained
coins and souvenirs valued ~ $50.
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the militia will not be able to remain
throughout the fifteen days TO be de
voted to the maneuVcrS, regiments from
New York, hardened by their work in
the summer encampments at Peekskill
would be able to leave New York on
fast troop trains Friday night of each
week and be in Manassas before day
break thus obtaining Saturday and
Sunday for work in the field, and they
would be again in New York for Mon
day
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Sympathy for Tyner.

Every day which does not develop
something strong in the way of evil
dence for the prosecution proves cheer
ing to General Tyner and strengthens
him for the next days ordeal. Much
sympathy is expressed every day for the
aged ex-omcial of the Government who
now stands as co-delensant in the con
spiracy case
He maintains the courage and spirit
of former days. in spite of the bur
den of his present physical in
firmities. His eyes fash with fire as
ne hears limitations of opposing at
torneys rejecting on his official record
Again they glisten with tears as the
lawyers try 90 draw frOE. "a witness some
admission which would stamp him as a
lawbreaker.
Most Of the slime, propped up
in Morris chair, BE sits listening pa
tiently 10 the monotonous. humdrum
repetition of cues lions and answers.
Information which General Tyner
could give almost instantly, because Of
his years of service ia the department.
must be gathered up bit by bit from wit
nesses whose information is matter or
only days or months. Incidents which
he feels are IS open and above board a.
those in anyone daily life. ne must
her'lutcrpHeted IN whatever way the OPP
posing lawyers may deem best 10 Un-
cover what are alleged TO be unlawful
deeds and acts Of conspiracy for which
he now stands charged before the court
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TYNER TRIAL OVER
BY END OF MONTH
Brief PreSentment Expect
ed Of Defense.
EAST0N TO TAKE THE STAND
Will Continue His Testimony To-
moTrow-Points for Both
Sides.

The second week of the Tyner- Barrett
conspiracy case before Judge Pritchard
in Criminal Court no. VIII be begun
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
II the present anticipations prove cor
rect, the coming week win be the most
interesting of the trial 1t is not be
lieved the defense viii occupy nearly
as much time as the prosecution Will re-
quire in its presentation.
The end OF the trial is locked for in
the beginning Of the last week of this
month.
Easton to Conclude.
The first witness tomorrow win be,
in all probability. A .. Easton, form
erly general manager Of the Germania
Investment Company, of Cincinnati,
whose testimony on Friday was inter
rupted to enable another witness /. A.
Pierce. of Lexington. KY, to testify and
leave Washington.
Starting with tine three and a half
days devoted to testimony in the past
week the prosecution wiz continue the
development Of the case they have out
lined against General Tyner and his
former assistant. They have already
introduced and had verified by eye
witnesses much data relating 10 the
plans OF Barrett for severing his con-
nection with the PostOfiice Department
and establishing himself IN active law
practice with j. Henning Nelms, in Bal
timOre.
The defense has readily admitted sew
eral Of the points which the prosecution
| has started to prove by witnesses and
! has displayed confidence at every point
Some of the witnesses called by the
/ prosecution, because Of the Necessity Of
connecting the testimony OF other wit
nesses, have proved valuable aids 20 the
/ defense as we'll
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-11-20
WILL VAUDEVILLE
DRAIN GRAND OPERA2
Are Desertions to Comic Opera Merely the First Step?
Polite" Managers on the Lookout

Sig. Sermiual. the Italian artist Besides
these the muse of music Is represented
IN vaudeville by j. X. Murray and Clara
Lane. Helena Frederick and Jessie Bart
lett Davis, Mrs Bloodgood, the contraI-
TO; Bertha Walsinger. and many others
whose names would I'LL more space than
is necessary 10 support the assertion.
True, there are no ''world-famous''
vocalists IN this list. but IL is not the
dream OF "A visionary 10 imagine .hat al
a not fpr distant time In the future IL
viii be possible TO hear Melba. Calye.
Schumaun- Heinck, Semhrich. and Others
of renOwn in polite vaudeville. The
Metropolitan Company IN New York to-
day cannot provide enough opport unities
for the artists engaged and attached to
its organization, That was one OF the
reasons why FRITZ Scheff stepped into
comic opera ana vaudeville managers
think that In the end it VIII be the
reason To induce other distinguished
singers 20 sing twice u day In polite
vaudeville.
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In the French capital. and each has
won a creditable measure Of success In
interpretations OF principal roles in the
grand operas.
Holcomb, Curtis and Webb VIII carry
the audience TO the other extreme OF
offerings and in The Botany Class,
their latest musical nondescript, they
will. it is said be seen TO better adyan-
tage than ever before. Stuart Barnes,
monologist: Zeno. Carl and Zeno are
noted elevated bar performers and their
serie: OF hazardous feats is said to be
unparalleled. John and Bertha Gleeson
and Fred HouIihan are an alliance OF
terrsiehorean artists whose speciality is
said 20 be brilliantly diverting and rem
dered additionally effective BY lavish
costuming. Earle and Earle are Euro
pean banJoists seeking conquest in this
country and from all reports ey have
attained the degree Of appreciation they
expected. Ed Fosters musical comedy
dog. Mike, IS a sagaeiOus little creature
that will contribute 10 the pleasure and
profit derived from the program. The
motion pictures OF Driven from Home"
viii be out OF the ordinary IN, and viii
be accompanied by new sets Of comic
scenes In mapping out the program of
pleasures for Thanksgiving Day the
public should not forget that Chase's is
the only Washington theater that does
not advance its prices at holiday matt
nees.
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the superiority of their work over any
thing they have done In preceding years.
The management has found # neces-
sary TO increase slightly the regular
scale Of prices and for this concert they
viii range from 81 to sc for the re-
served seats.
The box office at Chase's will open at
l p. m today and the complete program
tor the concert is as follows:
Overture ansanieIlo'' .Auber
"Epithalame" .-..-.... "a Tssse1
ARA Iannhauser-"Dich Thueure
f1alle new .-.-...-...-.. Wagner
Mime. de Montiau.
Conte d Avril" new; Pres
10 Scherzandes, Serenade lily
rienne. Guitare. Marehe Nup-
uaie.--. ..-.-..--.-.C Charles 81. WIdor
ballet music iOcOnda, - Dance
or the Hours .... PonrfafW
Songs .
Spring Song ............- Canned
Wlegenlled' ...............Alo Mozart
La Belle de Roi" ....... Holmes
Nine. de Monttau.
w altz-" Under the Moonlight"
new -......-............ de Koveu
Preiude-Act 5, 'LOhengrin' 500. Wagner
'Star-Spangled Banner"
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At the TheateTS.
columbia-Margaret Anglin.

Columbia-Margaret Anglin.
Margaret Anglin win reappear In this
city tomorrow evening at the Columbia
Theater for the first time since leaving
her position al the head Of Charles
F.ohman's Empire Theater stock com
PAM, 10 become full-hedged star
under the direction Of Frank J.. Perlev
former Washingtonian, now I'm the
front rank or American theatrical pro-
ducers.
Miss Angiin will remain throughout
Thanksgiving week. presenting for the
first time on the local stage a comedy
satire Of old Greece, adapted from the
original German OF Robert Misch. by
Austin Page, a young English littera-
teur and entitled '"rhe Eternal Femi-
Eiue."
This play. essentially a love fantasy.
has already enjoyed unique triumphs on
the other side, Ia Germany, Russia. and
Italy il has been critically considered
the dramatic novelty OF many seasons.
and Ia Rome aud Florence, where Il was
seen only last spring, the aTt-loving
Latins agreed with enthusiasm in the
Teuton Judgment that Herr Misch had
written IAN epoch-making play"
Miss Anglin comes surrounded By an
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-11-20
A PASTEL PORTRAIT
OF MARGARET ANGLIN
How One Who Knows Her Well Gauges Her Personality
and Her Art-Lving Normal Life.

women IN theatrical life-attest the vir.
tues OF this regimen.
A True Church Woman.
Being a devout churchwoman. Miss
Anglin finds time-and IL Is no
easy matter in the life OF a success
ful stage favorite to find time-to go
twice on Sundays TO church. and dur
ing the week to contribute time. as well
as money, to various Charities OF tie
metropolis. An omnivorous reader. IL
was considered necessary to bring over
trunkful Of beloved volumes from the
Surrey home 10 supplement a fairly im-
posing library OF over 1900 volumes ia
her Well-appointed New York apartment,
not far from the Holland House.
clothes may not make a man. but the
DOCKS and pictures, hangings and furni-
ture or a bachelor maid proclaim IN
certain tones the quality OF a woman.
All secners forbear as they enter Miss
Anglln's domicile, for every aspect ~
The thoughsfully Comfortable nIaee from
me great high-baeked crimson uphoi-
stored lounge facing the freDIace. 10 tha
DOCKS and magazines IN four lane1ages
ence OF a busy, Intellectual, purposeft5I-
put Withal 'eternally feminine' woman.
Born in the House of Parliament.
Margaret Anglin was born in fbs
House OF Parliament, Ottawa. Canada
tWenty-six years ago, while her father.
the Hon. T. ". Anglin, speaker OF the
Canadian Assembly for many wears r.
sided, according 20 precedent. in tbs
government building.
With a family OF marked conssr-
vatism, and socially prominent outside
onleial hfe' Miss Anglin encountered no
slight opposition IN her determination
after four years in the Sacred Heart
Convent OF Montreal TO take up a stage
career But parental objections were az
last overcome and James O'Eefu gave
her the much desired opening chance.
TWO seasons Of hard work IN stock
companies. followed by one with z. II
Sothern and a brief tour on her own se-
count through the Canadian provinces
led 10 her engagement from among a
hundred candidates from every walk OF
the profession for the role OF Roxans
70 The Cyrano de Bergerac OF Richard
Aansheld IN that actor-manager's not
able presentation OF Rostand's poetic
play. The engagement made her. in
New York. and. after two other metro
poAtan successes-as Mimi IN The Only
Way and Constance IN The Musket-
GERS, secured for her the greatly COW
eted post OF leading woman of Charles
Frohman's Empire Theater Stock Com
pany in succession to Viola Allen and
Maude Adams, Mrs. Danes Defense
brought her sensational success in thu
theatrical center and with the balance
or Miss Anglin's career the public il
fairly familiar
Miss Anglin had tempting contracts Of
Tered her by every PRODUCING manager
OF the first rank last year and whsa she
made her choice II was OF Frank 1.
PerIeys WashingtOnian by birth ara
education. The purchase Cf American
rights OF THE Eternal Feminine" fol-
lowed soon.
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admirable company. embracing over
sixty players. with Robert Drouet as the
leading man. and Henry v Donnellv
Mrs e. A. Eberle, Maude Granger, w.
Ii. Fitzgerald, Walter Hitchcock
Blanche StOddard and Jean Newcombe
among the more prominently cast.
THE Eternal Feminine" had it's first
American presentations in Philadelphia
only last week and the critics OF that
city approved with varying degrees of
enthusiasm In the foreign Judgment OF
the cOmedy's worth Miss Anglin and
her play together with the company
and the beautiful production that Mr.
Perley has furnished, all came In for
comments Of high praise.
IL Is big production in Mi senses OF
the word. There are singers and dan
GERS beyond the regular members OF the
east and the stage settings are OF an
espec' llly elaborate and expensive
Character. Incidental music specially
composed has been supplied by Horatio
w. Parker. OF Yale. and this contri-
button from the author of 'Hora Novis-
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Polite vaudeville is looking up" as
they say out West. It's ambition now is
10 comprehend everything that goes TO
make up a nights pleasure for every
person. no matter how diverse the taste
or how discriminating the desire
Grand opera is among the latest fields
OF public pleasure invaded by Unsuitable
polite vaudeville with its Monte Cristo
purse and Its undaunted acquisitiveness
The engagement of lie Basque Quartet
al Chasc's this week brings this fact
readily TO mind at this time. A gentle
prod 10 the recollection will quickly
confirm the statement
Already In vaudeville. 1t viii be re-
membered. is Nine. ManteIli. whose en-
gagements are now as numerous as tie
nfty-Iwo weeks in the year. were she so
minded TO sing Then. too. Is Nine
SlapOffsky. and she too Is making "A hit
that is growing larger and larger. like
the rolling SNOWFALL. Another grand
opera singer who is being rewarClcd by
hearty and heartfelt appreciation Is
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ACTING THE BLUFF
BUT NOT A BUFFER
Hattie Williams THE Girl From Kay's, Talks of Stage
Confidence Games and Their Failure

In THE Girl From Nays" Hattie VIII
liams. as Winnie Marlborough, makes the
rich. bored. tired stupid Hoggenheimer
10 understand that bluff will not avan
with her.
He promises her a bonnet shop. and
she skillfully leads him along, until in
stead Of the mere shop she gets his
heart, home.~ and name. and becomes
the rich Mrs. Hoggenheimer, OF Park
Lane"
Now all this seems very shFewd and
clever Of Winnie Marlborough. But In
real life Hattie Williams despises a
blum. She believes that il will inevi-
tably and ultimately end in a dire fall
ure. In "a recent interview regarding
this particular subject as applied 10 the
stage. and other professions. she took
especial pains TO make known these
views on the subject;
Bluffs Quickly Detected.
1T can't endure: perhaps. for a time
II may-mind you. say maxwell. get
by II you viii excuse the expression.
but IL Will never succeed In the end
why, / believe a blum is detected
quicker than anything else in The world.
don't care In what line or work. you
let a man or woman try 10 win on a
blur and see what the end will be-
But. questioned the interyiewer,
don't you thing that In these days one
Is forced 10 blum some?"
No; 1 do not" she declared. Thai
IS not unless one is too laz,' to work.
The interviewer. a woman, mentioned
the fact that In her opinion there are
many successes which would have been
failures without bluffs. and that the
turning points OF many careers showed
where a blum had proven 10 be an ad-
mirable pivot
All. said Miss Williams. smiling.
that's q different matter. A little mo-
ment Of blufnng, and it may open the
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slmo' is said 90 be one Of the chief
elements OF charm in an altogether de-
hShtiul representation.
The play has been staged by Frank
Keenan,, though in every department
OF the work the esthetic taste and
splendid enthusiasm OF the young star
has entered the result. il is averred.
that the production as a whole is one
OF unusual merit in all It's features.
Natienal-"The Girl From Kay's."
THE Girl from Rays. VIII be seen
Tor the first time In Washington to-
morrow evening at the National The
alter. where It begins an engagement OF
six nights. with matinees on Thanksgiv-
Day and on Saturday. The production
II made by Charles Frohman aud
George Edwardes..
The Girl from Kay's" was originally
produced in London NJ the Apollo Thea
ter, where il attained a popularity that
lasted over year. IN that east were
Willie Edouin. Louis Bradheld. Ethel