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Commissioner Mcfarland has recon-
mended that the Commissioners purchase
$500 worth of keystone Navy" fire ex-
tinguishers to be installed in the various
public school buildings Of the District.
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Freight Agent Resigns.

Mr.. e. ]. Shumate has rendered his resig-
nation as the local freight agent of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. He held the
Office more than twelve years, and will be
succeeded by Mr.. c. c. Swartz for several
years division freight agent in Baltimore
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-07
Beer That Is Good for You.

When you drink beer drink "Old Glory"
and you're on the safe side. It's splendid
tonic-strictly pure, well aged For case
phone w. 1876, Abner-Drury Brewing Co.
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Atlantic City Special

Begins running May Z. Leaves Washington
lis Pm, arrives Atlantic City 5:45 pm.
Only "all-rail-route'' via Pennsylvania rail-
road. Returning this train leaves Atlantic
City week days at 2:15 p.m.-Advt.
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All-Rail to Atlantic CITY

via Pennsylvania railroad. Atlantic City
Special begins running May Z. Leaves
Washington at 1:15 pm. Arrives Atlantic
City 5:45 pm. Pa-lor cars and coaches. :
Advertisement.
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Harper's Ferry and Martinsburg $1.oO.
Cumberland and return, 81, leaving b. Y.
R. R. station, Washington, 500 am, sun
day, May s. Beautiful scenery en- route
Advertisement.
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Rare old laces cleaned. but made to re-
tain old appearance. Bornot, HOB st
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Eisinger Bros, 21o0 7th st. N. W.,
dealers in Lumber, Mill Work and Builders
Hardware. Lowest prices. Phone North III.
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All Praise to Purisima whiskev.

Rightly has it been proclaimed a peerless
health tonic. VIM. Cannon may well be
proud of its excellence Order some. l225-
"a 1th. Phone N. 52S.
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Kenny's Teas and Coffees

are the best. Their excellent drinking quail
tiles never vary.
c. D. Kenny Co, 60 Stores
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sheetz's Candies Are the Finest

that can be made. To introduce them more
widely Coo. varieties are being offered at
the special price-35c ID. Store, 10th G. F..
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Burnett's Vanilla Extract is the fixed
standard of excellence. 1t has outlived crit
icism. 1t is the purest vanilla extract that
can be bought ASK for Burnett S.-Advt
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Gas Ranges, Chicago-Jewel Best.
GIG 18th St C A Muddiman & Co. 1904 G st
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Visit the Worlds Fair Early.

The Pennsylvania railroads first great
coach excursion, May 10, presents an OPP
portunity to see the worlds fair at pleas
ant season and fresh from the hands of its
creators. Only $500 from Washington
Advertisement.
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Worlds Fair Coach Excursion. Ma,

II, via Is. & 0. r. R.. leaving Washington
1905 m. passing picturesque scenery an
historic country by daylight, arriving ST
Louis noon next day. Tickets valid for re-
turn in coaches on regular trains, within ten
days. Late SIT FOR the round trip.-Advt
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Worth s25 to you if you guess right. Page s
advertisement.
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Chance of a Lifetime

For ladies to obtain at public auction, MAY
10, at 10 am, wearing apparel, at 429 9th
st. NV.
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New Plan for Jevenile Court.

Everybody guess. Costs nothing. Worth
$25. See page S.-Advt
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We Prove Every Day Our Claim
of being experts in mattress work. Reno
waiting our speciality. Your mattress re-
made comfortable as new and returned
same day. See your work done. L. T. Jones,
633 II NV, near 7th ST. Tel E. 2O9 it,
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If You Have Furniture to Store,
Sell or buy consult Brown & Tolson, aucts.,
1412 H st. NV.
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Beautiful Drives About Washington.
Finest turnouts for hire reasonably at
Downey's Stables, 1622-2S L st. Phone 555
advertisement.
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The Purity of Diamond "F" Distilled
Water is attested by the foremost chem
lists and physicians. Distilled by Finley.
2,S Mass. ave. ne. Phone L. Is Order a
case for the table.
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s1.25 WASHINGTON to baltimore

and return b. & o. R. r. every Saturday
and Sunday. Tickets good returning until
Sunday night. An trains except Royal
Limited.-Adyt
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The Bread You Should Use.

Jno G. Meinberg's Bread is not only light
and delicious, it's highly nourishing. The
best bread for your table. Order 1t. At your
grocers. Bakery, 716 11th st. Sc. 1t
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Chief Engineer VIM. T. Belt of the fire
Mr.. w. NJ. Davidson OF 1901 35th street
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Season for Seeds ia Late.

but you can get at Studer's Stand. 421
Center market, small young plants Of ali
popular flowers as well as larger plants at
bargain prices It's
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v. Baldwin Johnson's New Coal Office,
612 9th st. 4Oc. off for May. Order now
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You Are Sure of Satisfaction

in the cleaning of your fine lace curtains II
you have the work executed at Anton Fisch-
er's, 906 G st. No injury to most delicate
curtains Lowest consistent prices. 1t
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Money to lend at 4. and per cent on real
estate. Frank L. Rawlings. 1906 Pa. ave-
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Rapid and Tall Growing Vines
for covering unsightly objects, fences, etc.
at Studer's, 421 Center market. It,
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La Fetra's American Cafe, 700 18th st.
Spring Dishes. Regular meals, 25c. &. 35c
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Ashburn Ice Cream is Served at All
Church festivals. 81 gal 1888 18th.
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Cash Paid for Old Books, Pamphlets,
Autographs, Old Engravings of American
historical scenes, portraits, etc. Call OF
write. Lowdermilk & CO., l424 F street
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Permanent Stove Polish, 15c.
Lasts year. Corbett's, 527 10th st. II
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". Baldwin Johnson's New Coal Office,
| 612 9th st. 40c. off for May. Order now
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For Fresh Grass and Flower Seeds.
Bulbs. Schmid's. 712 18th st. ap13-23t
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Postage Required for Mailing The star.

Saturdays Star mailed rom the
office, postage prepaid, $100 a years.
Foreign postage, cent for each NO
ounces.
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Women's suits cleaned with surprising
thoroughness. A. F. Bornot Bro, 1903 G ST.
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Colonial Beach Cottage for Rent.
Lots for SIS. Gould's, 421 9th It,
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Are You Interested in Walking Skirts?
Public auction of same by Marcus Notes
on Tuesday, May 10. at 10 am. 429 9th
st. NV.
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Hard cash awaits good guessers. See page g.
Advertisement
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japanese Lanterns, Soc. Per DOG.
my5-St' ]. Jay Gould's. 42l 9th st.
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Ladies' Goods to Go Without Reserve.
Public auction at 400 9th st. at 10 am.
May TO- Marcus Notes, Auct.
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Baltimore every Hour on the Hour. y
B. & o. R. R., I am to pm-Advt.
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Special Next Week

Couches renovated, So. Good as new. Send
postal. Benz. r. Coles & Co.. sos 10th St. n W.
1t
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One Month Camping in Canada.

Total cost $40. includes railway. Appl,
Pontiac Club. per A. M. Calderon. 1872
ST. NV. 1ts
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$16.OO-World's Fair-C. & o. Ry.
Ten-day Coach Excursion, via scenic route
2:30 pm, Sat, May %. Only one night out
advertisement.
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CITY ITEMS.
al Postal will Brine q Case

Of Nat Cap. Brewing Co.'s "Muenchener'
Beer to your door. The finest for table
use. Brewed just like Munich beer. Fully
dox., $1.25, delivered. Phone 20.
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Any Household Goods to SELF

Phone, write or call and see U.s. Wilson
& Mayors, auctioneers, 1927 and 1929
ST. NV. 1t
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Safest Storage at Reasonable Rates
in the modern fireproof warehouse of Union
Trust & Storage Co. Moving, packing and
shipping Best service. Main Office, 1414 F.
Advertisement.
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La Fetra's European Cafe, 11O7 G St.
Deviled Crabs speciality these days
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Phenomenal Sale of Ladies' Goods
Best Boards, $3.50 Per 100 Fl.

BY Marcus Notes. 429 9th ST. NV, Tue
day, May 10, at 10 am
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Floral Designs of Notable Excellence.
When you order floral work of GUIDE the
work invariably pleases. 1924 F.-Advt.
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An Important Travelling Requisite.

Nothing is more essential to the travelling
outfit than "Old Braddock" Md. Rye. It's
the medicine for emergencies. At dealers
Advertisement.
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Repairs, Small as Well as Large.
C. d. Collins. Carpenter & Builder, 719 18th.
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NO Finer olive Oil Than Velati'S
italian Olive Oil is produced. It's the gen
uine Lucca oil, pure and delicious. Sold in
bottles, cans and on draught. 90c. full ct.
Velati's, 500 9th ST., just above F-Adyt
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Lightning rods. Kuehling, 50c 18th.
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at Never Disappoint. ,.

Only one printer SAYS that-only one can
Byron s. Adams. Printer. 512 18th st.--Advt
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Moore & Hill Inc.), TIT 14th st.
I'VE sell and rent houses" Money to loan
advertisement.
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Something That Interests Women
At public auction Tuesday, May 10. at ~
an, at 40 9th St NV
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Cottage Lamps-Oil Stoves.
1904 G st. Muddiman & Co. 616 18th st
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Studer's Reliable Rose

and other plants, 421 Center market. Owe
100 best varieties of Roses. it,
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v. Baldwin Johnson's New Coal Office.
el2 9th St Tel Main 1904 and 16O5.-Advt
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Through Train to Atlantic City

Atlantic City Special, via Pennsylvania
railroad, begins running May T. Leaves
Washington lis pm. Pullman buffet par
lor cars and vestibuleo coaches.-Advt
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Great Bear Spring Water.
Four gallons for SOC. Office 704 18th.
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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.
Telephone Main zAs.

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Monday and Wednesday at 4 p.m. for Oolouial
Beach Cotton. and intermediate landings. and
landings In Wicomco river and Nomini Saturdaye
4 am. for Colonial Beach and intermediate
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Sunday Tuesday and Thursday at am fos
landings to Colonial Beach and Maddox creek.
UNITED STATES MAI. ROUTE
WASHINGTON. d. c.. TO GLYMONT. Nd,
and intermediate landings.
The STEAMER ESTEL.LE RANDALI-Daffy, exe
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Passenger accommodations nrst-class. Frsishe
received until within half hour OF sailing.
e. g. RANDALL. Manager. phone l7G5. GEO.
o.. CARPENTER. General Agent, Washingtou.
phone lies VIM. n. REARDON. Agent. Als1s
andria, phone 30. ap20-n
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j. Richard Riggles'
Faint Store OPT 9th st. NV.
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Frank Libbey & Co.. 9th and New York av,
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HONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN.

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wANTED-ro BoRRow $4,000 FOR s YEARS
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No delay In passing on applications and closing
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We aAVE ~ HAND ANY AMOUNT From see go
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Call and See Rip Van Winkl

Tuesday. May 10, at 42e 9th NV.
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Meantime he had trained his wife, Altina.
making clever markswoman of her, as BIS
assistant in the difficult and dangerous feats
! undertaken by him. Eventually they left
&he city and in fifteen years and more they
have returned only few times. However
there are men still in the Senate and House
of Representatives who Will remember
Loris.
He is Greek by birth and splendid
speciman of manhood. If he has nerves ne
has never been made aware of it. Never IN
all the years he has been shooting has he
had an accident of any kind In speaking
| of the Frank Frayne tragedy of years ago,
when Friiyne Killed the woman who was as
siSting HIM. Mr.. Lor1s insists that tfayne
was not good rifle shot. and that he was
nervous. which features brought about the
deplorabie occurrence.
| Mr.. Loris manufactures his own powder
and cartridges used in his exhibitions and
| his wife is equally able to equip them with
ammunition.
| He uses noiseless and smolseless powder.
| One of his feats is to fire from the balcony
/ of the theater and to pierce a globe upon
| his assistants head. Such things as putting
| bullet after bullet through bullet hole in
| pack of cards are chids play to Mr..
| Loris They have toured the world half
dozen times and possess number of deco
rations and souvenirs conferred upon them
! by royalty in various parts of the world
| They have participated in all the great ex-
positions that have been held in recent years
at Paris, at Osaka. Japan, at Madrid, at the
worlds fair. at the Pan-American. AT the
IL.
| obtained concession for Greek theater,
\ in which he proposes to reproduce ancient
Greek tragedies, comedies and Specta cleS.
| He is confident that he can present faithful
representations of Greek life and environ
ment when Greece led the world in arts and
letters.
| WASHINGTON MEN ON THE ROAD
| A dinner to the various Washington news
| paper men who are now connected with the
atrical attractions is projected for the near
| future 1t was talked of informally last
week when several Washington agents were
| in town ahead of various attractions. and
arrangements are now being made whereby
| these agents will assemble in Washington
| in the near future for little dinner
| Washington has probably furnished more
| theatrical advance agents than any city in
| the country, and most of them worked on
| Washington newspapers. The list of those
| expected to be present Includes:
Jay f. Durham, representing Maude Adj
| ans in 1.-The Pretty Sister of Jose"
| Willard Holcomb. representing Bertha
| Galland in Dorothy Vernon of Haddon
| Hail.
Paul Wilstaeh. representing Richard
| Mansfield in "Old Heidelberg.
Claiming Pollock, representing Grace
| George in Pretty Peggy
| John Blaekwood representing Mrs. Les
| lie Carter in "DuBarry.''
| w. M. Hale representing Ben Hur."
! Will A. Page, representing Maxine Elliott
| in Her Own Way
Messrs. Wilstach, Pollock and Blackwood
| We're dramatic editors of the Washington
Times, Mr. Durham was formally editor of
| the News of this city, and Mr.. Holcomb
| and Mr.. Page were dramatic editors of the
Washington Post.
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Lafayette Opera House.

B. C. Whitney's production of Rices
Show Girl will be seen at the Lafayette
Opera House one week commencing Mon
day night. January %. 1t is described as a
jolly bit of tomfoolery. The book is by
1892" Excelsior Jr.." 1.-THE Girl From
Paris Little Christopher" etc. H. L.
Hearth. who is co-author of 1.-The Tender
foot" and E. w. Corliss are responsible for
the music. stranded touring theatrical
company. some British nobility and a
magic cap" the possession of which en-
abIes the owner to realize the qualification
of any wish he makes, supply the material
and characters in the piece. Dionysus Fly,
manager leading man. dramatic author,
lightning calculator and second sighter of
the Dramatic Sophocles Company, which
is stranded the island. purchases the
cap from a native dealer in curios. The
acquisition of the cap brings about many
amusing complications and situations. At
jured indiyidualitieS are mixed up. or got
rid of, etc. causing no end of laughter and
amusement.
The action of the play centers mainly
about Captain +. Ross Armor. an English
officer of the Northumberland Guards. on
leave and Cecilia Gay. THE Show Girl OF
the stranded troupe.
The cast. which is a large one, includes
Stella Mayhem. Sam Mylie. Fern Melrose,
Fred Truesdell r. e. Warren. Josephine
Floyd. Sid Forester Ada st. Clair, Charles
r. Haigh, May Sweeney Suzette Beatty.
Three Faust Sisters. Lillian Evans, Lillian
Taylor, May Kohnle. Ida Scott and hfty-five
others. including thirty singing and dancing
girls. The musical numbers are under the
personal direction of Harry I. MacConneu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-23

A PLAY AND A punt seems human
nature to make pun. AT least Maxine Ell
Holt thinks so. Her new play, Her Own
smart saying.
When the play was first announced for
presentation Miss Elliott's friends said
''You are inviting the critics to say that
you tried to have your own way and didn't. >
But on the opening night the reverse
proved true, and of thirteen dramatic critics
in New York twelve of them said the next
day that Maxine Elliott had Her Own
Way" the night before. The other critic
afterward confessed that he did not make
this obvious remark, because he wished to
be odd.
Miss Elliott has met with such unusual
success in this play that her friends con-
stantiy tell her she is having Her Own
Way all the time.
COMIC OPERA ARMS.-The question ~
the military accouterments of comic opera
is always a matter of more or less difficulty,
and it is doubtful whether the expert in
such matters will ever be wholly satisfied.
The authors of RED Feather discreetly
laid the scene Of their operetta in a myth
cal place which they called "Romancia. >,
and so long as the people Of Romancia have
to wear swords for purposes of operate dis
play there is perhaps no reason why they
should not possess the very newest article.
1t is worthy of note that the unusually for
midable royal guard surrounding the crown
prince Of Romancia Is equipped with the
very latest model saber for officers of the
United States army, adopted very recently.
Whatever may be said Of Romancia's lack
OF progression In police regulations and de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-23

"In Mzzoura." II the author of 1.-THE Earl
of Pawtuc.,et." Mr.. Thomas wrote this
play expressly to nc the peculiar person.
ality of Mr.. D'Orsay. an English actor, who
the playwright thought was particularly
we'll adapted to exhibit the exaggerated
American idea Of British swell.
The title role. which D'Orsay takes Is an
amusing one. The so-cailed Earl OF Paw
tueket'' Is an English noblenau. Lord
Cardington. who desires for time to be
absent from London. He Is glad TO visit
New York because OF his Interest In an
American young woman. Harriet Fordyce.
who is going there. Not caring. however.
to be known in America under his title. he
friend, Montgomery Putnam. Under this
name he arrives at the Waldorf-Astoria,
where the action of the play takes place.
His difficulties begin when Miss Fordyce
turns out to be the former wife of the man
whose name he Is using. from whom she
has recently obtained a divorce. The COM
plications that ensue are rendered more
grotesQue by Lord Cardngtons attempts to
brave out the imposture, in doing which he
betrays in his strong English accent his
utter ignorance Of all things American In
Guiding Pawtucket. the country seat OF the
family whose name he has assumed The
troubles begin to multiply upon the appear
ance on the scene OF divers and sundry
relatives of the real Montgomery Putnam.
The good-humored and imperturbable Brit
isher however succeeds in turning the
tables before matters assume too serious