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/ sole object would be TO shoot or steal
Mrs. Frobisher. OF course. the game
was rather spoiled. for we might have
had good long burglar hunt
kitty. YOU win with Mr.. Pnkington,"
said Lena afterward. though the maj or
was second. The burglar probably would
not have got cut of the window. and he
iumbago is in many ways worse than
burglar. He's dear old thing. / shall
nurse him myself If ne gets ill.,"
My man was an inglorious Iaat."
said Mildred. triumphsntly
What Dickie2'' asked Lena. Il didn't
notice him. What did ne dO2"
With mastery inaction." answered
Mildred. smiling maliciOusly at me. he
stayed ia the smoking room. mounting
guard over the cigarettes"
'Cowardice.'' said Mrs. FouIkcs. who
was immensely pleased at her husbands
behavior as the church militant. arr
CUES an entirely bad moral disposition. -
Several other people r-ade several
other severe remarks abo., Dickie
we shall have TO try linn for cow
ardice.' said Lena we might play at
that tomorrow night"
went TO bed. and left Lena arranging
the details Of the game
At breakfast next day poor little
DicBie was freely snubbed, and Mr. Pill
kington smiled with a hacid air OF
her0.sm. Altogether I was very muca
annoyed; but Dicl1ie didn't seem 10 mind
in the least He merely smiled when
Lena told him of the trial and de
parted TO the summer house with a
novel and a pipe. l went out TO tax
TO him afterWard
"Hulio. Miss Austey." he said as I
came near You'd better not speak 10
me Unclean, unclean."
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TROOPS AND PROVISIONS
BY WHITE PASS ROUTE

Secretary Taft has decided to make
use OF the White Pass and Yukon route.
part OF which is i'm British territory. IN
transporting soldiers and perishable
provisions from Puget Sound to points
IN Alaska. In case the British govern
Went IS willing a contract viii be made
by this Government for the transpor-
tatiou of supplies by that route
Lumber. coal, and heavy merchandise
which is not perishable, VIII Doe sent by
the all-American route 10 Fort Egbert
and other points i'm Alaska which are
i1r inland. Three weeks can be saved
by sending emergency supplies over the
English route.
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rules for the primaries is composed OF
TWO men recommended by the Norris
organization and two others determined
urcu by the committee of which Mr.
AcGraw is chairman. The action Of the
committee in this respect is entirely sat
istactory to both factions. and the de
cision in favor Of Mr.. Norris is hailed
with great delight by his friends while
the opposing faction is correspondingIy
depressed All of the members OF the
subcommittee, with the exception OF
Mr Mack. of New York. concur in the
majority report. Mr.. Mack makes no
report
The contest for the election OF dele
gates to the city convention. which will
i'm turn choose six delegates 70 the St
Louis convention. Will now begin in
earnest. The faction OF the local De-
nocracy which Is ignored by the de
cisjor of the committee is strongly in
favor of Representative Hearst.
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IN SOCIETYS CIRCLE
Smart Set Hears About the Customs of Col
oradO CIiff-DWellers.
Dinners, Receptions, and Personal Mention. We'd
dlngS, and Various DoingS of the Capital
CityS Most Prominent People.

fashionable assembly. the guests ol
J Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas T. Walsh. gath
| cred at the New Willard last evening I,
/ near Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert A Mcclure
/ give "a panoramic presentation of Col
/ orado-its prc-COlumbian past and It's
I romantic development Mr.. and Mrs
McClurs, who are the foremost explor-
I ers Of the clif-dwelling annals Of Cor
orado. entertained their audience with
a vivid and interesting discourse on the
beauty. development. and historical in
terest Of the States
The guests included representative,
from diplomatic. official. and resident
SOCIETY
Mr.. and Mrs. St George Tucker give
a brcttily appointed dinner last even
ms IN honor of the Secretary CO War.
Mr.. Taft JonquiIs were arranged with
pleasing effect upon the table and also
decorated the rooms of their quaint old
home.
Invited to meet the guest of honor
were Justice and Mrs. Holmes. former
Senator and Mrs. Faulkner. Baron and
Baroness Won dem Bussche. Of the
German embassy; Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
ander Hamilton, Mr.. and Mrs Walcott.
Miss Whitney, Miss Tucker, Miss Pal
mer. the Hon. Samuel Mccall, the Hon.
Walter Moore. Dr. Peter. and DR..
LlncheF-
The condition OF Burton Harrison,
who is critically i'll at his home in y
Street northwest. remains unchanged
and his physicians entertain no hope Of
his recovery. His wife, who is a.well-
known writer. and his son. Representa-
tive Harrison, are in constant attend
ance at his bedside. His daughter. Mrs.
Francis Burton Harrison, is at Aiken,
S. c.
Mrs John w. Foster gave an inter-
esung reception yesterday afternoon at
her home in Eighteenth Street IN honor
Of her daughter. Mrs. Dulles. who is
visiting her parentz
Mrs. Foster was assisted by Miss
Porter and Miss Ida Thompson. who did
the honors in the tea room
Mr. and Mrs. John Chopper, who have
been abroad since the early fail. VIII
return shortly and reopen their homo
ia NJ Street for brief time before
going 10 their place in Blue Mountains.
Mrs. Carrot A Hobart, who has
spent the winter in Washington. win
return 20 her home IN Paterson, y. j.,
on Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont. of New
York, are established ut the New VIII
lard for several weeks.
Miss Ef1e NJ. Hager. Of Vassar. is the
guest of Miss KinseH 1905 Seventh
Street
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THE EVENING STORY
A DRAWING ROOM PUPPET.
By E. PERCY NEVILLE.

Mildred Waring considers herself an
intellectual person. The claim is based
on the occasional perusal of uHinterest-
ing books. and on the subsequent dis
tributiOn of fragments Of their contents
TO unwilling listeners The usual result
is C make conversation impossible, but
that evening. in Mrs. Arkwright's snug
gerry. she annoyed me into argument.
She had been reading some book about
the civil war. and began 10 fabricate
geHeralities about men as the result.
Mildred's generalities were really very
Personal Little Dickie Whitbread had
been chatting Harold PiIkintogn. who
had lowered about Mildred for the last
season; and her remarks about strong
men and drawing-room puppets obvious
~ anUlied to them. Mr.. Pilkington is "a
large. dark man. with a small. dark
mind, the kind of man who only smiles
TO show his teeth: and Dickie-well
Dickie is what you would expect in a
man whom all men and most women
call ''Dickie."
Nicholson" said Mildred sententious-
ly, in the course of our argument was
real force. He was tall. silent man.
who in a great crisis rose 40 the oc-
casicn.
That's comfort yawned Lena
Dawson. He might have improved it"
He was probably a person whom men
considered stupid, and his wife con-
siCered a brute. I said, without the
least notion who Nicholson was.
And there was Colonel Jones'" wen,
on Mildred, with a contemptuous sniff;
they were both heroes.
Its much easier to be hero than
decent husband. said Mrs FTobisher.
who is so much attached to her own
husband that she is coInpeIIe1 TO conceal
il with cynicisIn.
Let's play at it. said Lena Dawson.
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E Street.
Condition Of ThorOughfare Between
Ninth and Thirteenth Streets-

Ninth and Thirteenth Streets.
We desire to draw the attention OF
the honorable Commissioners TO the
condition of E Street, between Ninth
and Thirteenth Streets northwest 1t
is simply disgracefuI. Neither Gin
cinnati nor PittsbUrg has anything
like it. 1t does not seem ever to be
swept from one weeks end to the
other. The dust and dirt accumulate
impartially on the roadway and on
the sidewalk. 1t would require a
cioudburst to bring to light the
original color of the asphalt. cobbIe
stone, and Belgian block. Ii would
tax the united effort Of the street
cleaning brigade for at least twenty
four hours TO charge effectively the
ramDarts OF filth which obstruct the
Cutters. The street looks more like
long drawn-out coal yard-and an
ill-kept one at that-than a thor
oughfare in the National Capital. It
Is, we repeat. a disgrace.
me street, we observe. is d favor
ite one with drivers of coal carts.
These carts dump their contents over
the street in a manner suggesting the
idea that coal has little or no value
an idea which, we venture to say. the
average householder Of Washington
has not been permitted TO retain long.
Is there no way 10 compel the own
crs of these perambulatinC sleeves to
plug up the holes and deliver the
coal at the door of the purchaser
rather than in the middle OF the high
way? Is there no law TO which the
victimized property holders on Z
Street can point for redress? Is there
nothing that viii awaken the honor
able Commissioners 10 a realization of
the fact that the present condition OF
that street tends to make a hollow
mockery Of the assertion that this is
the 'best-governed city Of the coun-
try?"
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Shut up Diclzie. I answered. What
/ does it all mean2'
| "Oh. only that I'm coward he r.
I Piled with smile and Pillzington is
hero. Have they got him his laurel
crown yet?"
Don't be silly" said What did
you do it for"
4 am to be tried tonight" lie am
sv cred, and YOU musn attempt 10
extract admissions from me. BY the
way who is the learned prosecutor"
Miss Waring
THE Lord hath Delivered Do YOU
1 ever bet2" he chuckled.
I've backed YOU for a good many
gloves already Dickie." I said
You've taste for backing outsiders.
Miss Austey2' he answered wei. il
would spoil it for you if l told you;
but don't hedge. There's only one thing
more I'm praying for"
I couldn't extract anything less oracu-
la from him except that he was read
ing KiDlilg TO cultivate a taste fo- spu-
riOus bravery. At dinner Diclie was
quiet and said very little; but he wills
pered 10 me: TRY 10 make Miss War
ing angry The thicker she lays it on,
the better it'H be-
Mildred I said af-eTwaTd. 'Dic6ie
got something up his sleeve.
Has he?' she said anxiously What
is it?
His arm ! answered.
''YouW get horribly scored OF, Mil
dred.' version II believe he'll just
laugh your case out of court His cross
examination OF Mr.. Pilkington ought 20
be lovely.
-Oh. is that his idea?" said Mildred;
and / left her in a state of indignation.
connecting further pleasantries for the
luckless Dickie.
As the evening was warm We held the
trial in the garden Mildred made a
most offensive speech abous Dlckie.
FASHIONS popiajay." chicken hearted
among the gems Of her Remuneration.
Major Turner. VINO was judge. tried to
moderate ~ once OF twice. and Lena
whispered % me that she would make
Mildred an apple pie bed. But it WAS
the culogy of Mr PilkingtOn that was
the most interesting part of her speech.
for il concluded with "a Elc!odranatic an
nounccment Of NIilGreds engagement 10
him.
THE one thing wanting" murmured
Dicl,ic softly to me.
Then there were q lot or witnesses. q
whom / was one. Dickie just sat and
smoked and smiled. When the case for
the prosecution was over. Diekie said
quietly:
Mrs Arkwright. might I borrow your
butler for a few minutes"
The butler came and Dlckie asked him:
Did speak to You yesterday after
lunch?"
Yes. sir
Did 7 induce YOU 10 tell Mr.. Pix
rsrter1 .--sr had h---r fr,prra Mrs.
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The sixteenth annual production OF
the Mask and Wig Club will be pre-
scented in Philadelphia during the whole
Of Easter week. and in Washington
Monday, April II, at the Lafayette Opera
House
The new play. alice I'm Anotherland.' %
viii be a typical Mask and Wig product.
one hundred students Of the University
Of Pennsylvania will take part. and il
VIII be i'm all respects more pretentious
and elaborate than any previous per-
formance.
The proceeds derived from the enter
tainment viii be devoted tosthe Wash
ington Diet Kitchen. The patrons for
the affair include all the prominent
women at the Capital.
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The Congo Administration
Missionaries Report Shccdng CrucIties
PeTpetrated Upon Natives.

feIpeLI2led upon Natives.
Representatives Of various Amer
lean missions lately called on the
President and described 10 him de-
plorable state Of things said TO exist
in the Congo country. The President
and Secretary Hay promised 10 give
the matter consideration if the state
ments were reduced 10 a written
memorandum althcugh-the United
States not being one of the sigma
tories TO the treaty under which the
Congo Free state came into being-no
definite promise OF relief could be
made
II viii be well for the American
public TO bear in mind the technical
difficulties Of the case. end not to ex-
pect too much from the authority Of
our Government OF course. unless
the rights of our citizens arc inter
tercd with, we have no more busi-
ness 20 interfere with the Belgian ad-
mini5tratiOl of the Congo country
than to protest aEains, the murders
which may be committed in White
chapel. The missionaries saw that
their WORK Is interfered with Dry the
officials, who commander All the sun
plies which the mission stations for
merry procured from the natives. and
terrorIae the latter SO that schools are
brolenfup and converts demo-aIizad.
hur that is not exactly any OF orr
business, either
This question of ATROCITIES I'm the
Congo Free State IS not uee- one.
Statements have been made on both
sides. lu England q country which
hes "a direct interest in Du-hiug trade
I'm Atrica-any pare Of afriaa-stories
py irresponsible persons have been
extensively circulated. TO the eject
that The misEoForuEent and maitraat-
Heul OF The natives were outrageous.
il Belgium. on the Other hand. Of
fetal and unofficial de1ials are circr-
lated with equal freedom. a pam
phiet from Brussels, entitled The
Truth About the Civilization in Con
60 Land. contains a large collection
OF testimonials from an sorts OF peo-
p-e-missionaries, travellers. and Off /
Gals OF an nationaliues-to the effect
that Belgian rule is marked by hui
manity and the general principles oil
civilization. Sir IT. III. STANLEY makes
the sensible suggestion that instead /
of vague and indefinite charges. pub
lshed in English papers. charges oil
cruelty be made dednite and include.
names Of offenders and places where
the onenses We're committed. and /
that such charges be laid before theI
governor general al Bona for inves-
tigation. IT is always well. in mat
ters OF this kind, TO spell things our
1t is. Of course. possible and even
probable that some fire uaderlies all
this smoke. Rarely is a savage coun-
try invaded by white men that some
OF the white men do not DISGRACE
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SIGNED MONEY ORDER
TREATY WITH CUBA

At a conference between Acting Post.
master General Wyuuc and Minister
Quesada. moAey order treaty betwee..
,he United States and cuba was agree.
upon The new treaty. which is mod
eled after the money order treaties with
Coanda. Newfoundland and the Philip
pine Islands. VIII go into effect May D..
Instead Of the complicated system ia
force with other countries il viii have
the paid orders themselves ass the basis
u IL .-tLLemeut OF accumuLs
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DEBS WON'T RUN AGAIN.

IEREE HAtTE, ind. March %
Eugene bebs says he has tod the Sc
clol5sts not 10 rauOmiuate him for Pres
iccnt. and that if nominated he viii not
accept. Il intend to take an active
part la tho campaign. but not rs q
ctnG-d1tc pf any SOFT" lie VIII be a
Ceit 2a,v to tHc convention
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"KISHINEFF."

Broken battle vcsseis sinking with the
foemcn's mines below them;
Fighters freezing as they faro across
the BaikaTs fdeid breast:
Bursting bombs that blast and batter
ag Uuc-rilI Euuuers throw them,
'LeaEaercd logious fearias famine.
over doarth OF food distressed
This the story o'e- and over. and the
world witah5lds its pity,
For there cw-lls a bitter memory that
hardcus every heart.
'Tis ,hc grim and awful picture of per
secuted city
Where the soldiers Of the nation now
imusrlicd played part
"kisnincG!"
Palace periled by the nIhilist who threat
ems home disruption.
Soldiers fearful of extinction by the
famine. foe or cold:
Worldwide hate that smokes and trem-
bies on the verge OF an eruption
Thus the status OF the empire of the
Gar is ,eTs-Iv told
IN the end the Slav uay conquer through
his strength In wealth and numbers.
But the price that he must pay for
final triumph VIII be great,
lie viii pay FUN tale and better Tor the
crime that b,ots and climbers
His cscutcheon aaG has won for him
herita@c OF hate
"Kishinen,'
'Tiz world of rctr,bTtion. and yoa.
Russia we'll may learn il.
IT'S "a world where justice tr:umphs
ere the closing Of the day:
'Tie world whore God is ruler-take
His warning. scar and burn IL
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money on salary which would hard
. ly pay either the room rent. the Iaun-
dry bills, or the tailor's account of
the clerk of today. Whether this is
due to the degeneracy of modern
youth or change in conditions has
not yet been settled. Mr.. Rockefeller
and Andrew Carnegie, and other mil
liOnaires, usually think it is just as
easy to economic now as it was in
the ffties. Some of the young men
who are now starting in life are in
clined to think differently.
In this speech Mr.. Rockefeller made
the following statement:
halicvc il is a religious duty to get an the
money You can fairly and honestly; TO- Keep al;
YOU can and TO give away all YOU can.
This statement may seem a little
pulling to the average mind. OBJ
viously. if it is a religious duty for
a man to set all the money he can
Ctairly and honestly, in parenthesis)
he is not fulfilling his religious duty
if he fails to do so 1t is. therefore.
well for every good and religious man
to examine his conscience at inter
walls and see if he has made all the
money he can; if he cannot. by more
strenuous thinking, more careful saw
ing. more determined industry, make
a little more money yet. The easy
going husband and father, who counts
his day Imperfect if he does not have
a frolic with his children, or a bit of
Demonstrating with his wife, or
some other little recreation to make
life more pleasant for himself and
other people, cannot be one of the
truly religious. He ought to be max
ing money to keep and to give away, /
in the proportion he himself thinks |
just. Obviously, also, d man who
holds these views wif think he is 1
doing the right thing by other people |
if he merely leaves them free to get /
all the money they can, fairly and /
They have no business to /
want luxuries or waste their time.
This is the brand of Christianity /
indicated by Mr.. Rockefeller's little
sermon. II may not be inappropriate
to a Sunday school, but somehow. one
what the men who wrote
the Gospels would think of it.
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cRuIsEp pFNYER.s TRIAL

BOSTON. Mass. March 1.-THE new
crusier Denver arrived TODAY nom PM
adelphia. preparatory 20 an otciai tlIg
over the Cape Ann course fiI6Ssdsy.
che second official trial Tor this ar
snip.
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Wedding Bells Ring
For Brides Of March

Miss Mabel Jane Nawter baltimore
daughter OF Mr.. ana Mrs Daniel r.
baltimore. and Willis Bradley Speare
We're married last evening at the Yer
mont Avenue Christian Church.
The Rev DR. Frederick .. Power, pas
tor of the church. read the marriage
service The bridal party entered the
church. fragrant With lilies and spring
blossoms. to the strains Of L"hengrin's
Bridal Chorus and departed TO the
music OF N1endeIsSohu.
The bride who had as her only attend
ant. Miss Julia A. Rockford. of Balti-
more. was escorted by her father, and
preceded by Paul i. Keyser. Kenneth ".
Johns. Frank d. Moore. w n. Wilkin-
son. Lucian Garner, jr.. and Charles &.
White. who served as Ushers.
The bridal gown was of rare old lace
with which was worn a tulle veil fas-
tened with sprays OF lilies Of the valley
Miss Rockford wore gown Of white
lace over pink silk and carried a bou-
quet Of pink roses.
After a brical trip of several weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. Speare will make their
home with Mrs. Speare's parents in Cor
ccran Street
One Of the prcttCst weddings CT the
season win take place at the Eighth
Street Temple this evening, when Miss
Selma Ruby Harris. daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. r Harris. Of 1892 sixteenth
Street, viii be married 10 Leon r.
Reitzcnsteil, formerly Of this city. but
now of New York.
The marriage Of Miss Florence Mary
Davis and Henry X Murphy, which
took place November of last year, has
been announced. The ceremony was
performed iE Baltimore and was kept a
secret up to about one week ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murphy are now resid-
ing at the home Of the brides father.
$50 = Street northwest.
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IT is remarked that thus far the Jap
anese are selecting tx backgrounds. So
have the Russians; but the Japanese Sc
lection seems e. stay put
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Have these people who are unwilling
to eat or drink anything not steriIized
made any arrangements TO insure being
protected from germs when they are
d.ad2
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Philip Burne-Jones has reached Eng
land after his American tour. and
mOurns the American bathtub: which is
pleasurable shock TO our sensibiiities.
but leads 10 the suspicion that he can
not be riEht Enelishman.
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James d. Carr, d coIored man. has
Deen appointed assistant corporation
counsel in New York; and doubtless the
prestige Of New York is all gone be-
cause no row was raised about il
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An ethrologist expresses the opinion
that the legs of the Japanese viii be
longer after this war. If he meant that
they viii stretch their legs running
away from the enemy the samurai viii
be after him; II ne meant that they win
grow taller while chasing the enemy
that is another thing
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some men viii never take any real in
terest in "Parsifalr until there is Il
horse Of that name that can trot good
and fast
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A Chicago women's club is split in two
over the question of amateur theatri-
Gals. but they don't seem to object to
MAKING q circus OF themselves.
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Tho treasure. OF the meas only
amounts TO Sle.V0.JJ0. This is another
blow TO the adventurous small boy, who
viii soon DE reduced 20 making a for
tune by forming bootbIaclx syndicate.
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The fire warden in the Adirondacls is
said 20 have prevented several destruc-
tive fires there. When we Americans
get it through our heads that it is silly
20 destroy our own property we shall
be a great people
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ing sisters; but let any young debutantc
reflect on the undressing thing it
would be TO marry her brothcr-in-law.
and she viii never be a AIormOness.
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II is reported that john Barrett cannot
talk Spanish. Powers of Babel what
VIII he do I'm Panema2