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The Washington times., 1905-07-30
OUTLOOK BROADENS FOR THEATRICAL SEASON

care whether it is bound in calf or
Russia -
Put this is not a booksellers, -
shouted the assistant.
''All right" said Sothern. Wrap it
M neatly. [ want it sent down 10 the
hotel IT is for = present I wish to
make to Il relative"
We don't keen it.. shouted the as
siStant. getting red in the face.
do il up as if il We're for your own
mother. 1 don't want anything better
tLan that said Sothern. Il would like
t. write my name on the fly leaf"
Sir" bawled the assistant at the top
OF his voice, cant YOU see that We
don't keep books"
VERY well said Sothern, quite un-
disturbed, 'I'lI wait for IL"
The clerk appealed to his master, and
said he thought the customer must be
off his head
What is it, sir? What do you de-
s.re2" the proprietor asked Of SCthern.
= want a hle.I said the actor. "a
plain file. four or five inches long"
Certainly" said the master. casting
a withering glance at his assistant.
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| tirely changed. His tour in this coun-
trX which was 10 have star ed at the
commencement of 1905, has been post
poned till the autumn of that year As
"a consequence OF this readjustment Of
ddtes he Will spend the whole of next
season ia England
The Comedy Theater, Of London. will
be mainly associated with American
players and American plays. Mr.. Chud-
leigh has arranged TO produce "On the
Quiet when The DictatOr's'' popular
ity shall be exhausted. The PLAYERS in
this viii be American. When "On the
quiet demands successor It viii be
Harding Davis, The War Correspond
ent." In this the principal male part
Will be taken by Mr.. Collier.
Minnie Seligman's return 10 the stage
this season will be made as a co-star
with William Bramwen. who headed his
own company last season in Captain
Darlington" Henri Gressitt VIII present
them in \ new play by a well-knoWn
author. % be announced soon. The com
bination Is formed for five years.
The Brighton Beach Development
Company has begun to reclaim the re-
naming seventy-hve acres of the prop
erty that has come under It's manage
ment IN the last ten years. The swamp
lands lying between the Boer and Brit
Ish encamDment and the bicycle track
are being filled in ready for next sea-
son, when the whole area Is to be COW
cred with large amusement enterprises.
b. +. Forester next season viii pre-
sent Florence Bindley in a new musical
comedy. ''The Belle of the West"
Aorke and Adams in = musical comedy,
Bankers and Brokers' and Jessie Mae
Hall, in Hal Reid's musical drama,
The Street Singer
James w Morrison has arranged 10
give a series Of open air opera perform
ances at the Thousand Islands begin
ming July 2S.
Henry B. Harris. by obtaining new
trial q motion for which was granted
last week. hopes the higher courts will
sustain his contention In the suit
brought against him by Joseph II. Dick
inson. a colored man. The action was
under section l OF the laws of 1896.
State of New York. which provides III
substance that all persons, regardless Of
race or color. shall be entitled To equal
accommodations in restaurants. hotels. /
theaters. etc. This law provides a pen
atty Of SlO1 to $500. Dickinson alleged /
that he had bought tickets for the Hud- /
son. but was barred Out because of his /
color municipal court jury returned /
a verdict for 800 in favor of Dickinson /
Harris counsel carried the case to the /
supreme court. with above result |
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
DEAD MASTERS FACE
REOEEMS LOST VOICE
frlby in Real Life-Student Unable to Sing After Be-
loved Teacher Expires. Goes Into Hypnotic Trance
on Sight of His Portrait.

BALTIMORE, Md, July 29-The case
OF Hulda Messendorp q pretty little
American student in the Latin Quarter
is one Of the stransest on record.
She Is Trilby in real life, and she has
been singing under an influence quite
as powerful as that cXerted by SvengaH
over Du Maurier's delightful heroine.
IN this case, however. scientists and
others are agreeing that the impeIling
force was not hypnotism, but simply one
OF powerful and telepathic influence ex-
erted over the girl by her dead teacher.
Miss MessendOrp was born twenty
three years ago in Minneapolis, of Ger
man parents. When she was eight year
old her parents moved TO Montana, set
Ting In small mining town about one
hours journey by rail from Butte
Young German Girl.
Here the Messendorps prospered fairly
well. and when Hulda reached eighteen
her parents were able to send her East
for q musical education. At that age
the girls voice. a rich soprano, gave
great promise.
After one year In New York under the
best singing masters 10 be found there
FIulda Messendorp was sent 10 Paris.
where her studies were continued under
= celebrated italian mater, who has
since died.
The American girl was so deeply de-
voted to her teacher that she nursed him
during his last illness When he died
she was completely prostrated.
She was removed TO a hospital where
for weeks she lay IN a dangerous fever
and her life was despaired OF.
Found Voice Gone.
When she recovered and tried 10 re-
sumo her studies under new master
i; was only TO ind that her voice had
gone entirely. Not the faintest trace of
It's former glorious beauty and sweet
ness remained Physicians and throat
experts who examined her simply shook
their heads and said she would never
be able 70 sing again.
Now comes the strange part Of it. Miss
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
DROWNED THE WATERFALL.

William Dean Howeus has a low, rnu-
sical voice, and he hates loud voices IN
women.
Mr. Howells sometimes tells a story
in iuustrat ton OF the shrifl power that
is 100 often 10 be noted in the feminine
voices of America
\ guide. this story runs. came to a
Western hotel Go lead party of tour
lists 10 d great waterfall
In stout boots the party set out and
for two. hours ascended a winding and
pleasant road.
We are nearly there now the guide
The tourists pressed oa.
How much further. guide?" asked. a
little later young man whose boots
were tight.
only a step more, sir was the an
swer. "As soon as he ladies stop talk
ing you will hear the roar.,-New York
Tribune.
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Messendorp had among other accom-
phshments, learned TO play the violin
She was better than the average an1a-
teur performer and had often laughing
~ declared that when her voice gave
out she would still have the violin to
depend on as a means Of earning q IIv-
ing
So she readily agreed with her friends
that the best thing for her to do would
De TO remain in Paris and take up the
study of the violin. She worked hard
for over ii year. and soon had the salts
faction "f being compIimented as highly
on her playing as she had formerly been
on her singing.
Under Stronge Spell.
One evening Miss Messendorp agreed
10 play at a small party held In a
painters studio in the Latin Quarter.
About thirty guests were there-artfsts
singers, students. models. doctors. and
literary men. When the American girl
took her place at one end Of the room
10 begin playing she suddenly caught
sight OF a portrait of her dead vocal
teacher hanging on the wall only a few
yards away
The audience saw a strange look in
the girls eye and were startled to hear
her begin TO sing Her voice, rich. deIic-
tous and powerful. rang through the big
studio with an effect that was entranc-
ing
1t was pathetic italian song. rem
dered with intense feeling. The violin
fell from the girls hands as she sang.
but no one appeared 10 notice il. Every
body was gazing 0Den-mOuthed at Miss
Afessendorp. who in turn looked a aud
sang 10 the face OF her dead master
in the picture.
The spell was broken by the owner Of
the studio. who quietly dropped a cur
tain over the picture. Miss Messendorp
instantly awoke. looked around her In
bewilderment and then tainted. She has
not been able to sing u note since she
saw the picture and probably never
VIII again.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

| opera, '<rieg i'm Frieden" CVVar During
Peace), will be first seen in Berlin.
The Messenger Boys Dream" new
play. will be produced by the 2. II. Sui
| Ivan Amusement Company in New
York early in the season.
Charles A. Taylor now touring the
Coast, Will he East in September to
produce his new play. Rich for a Day
In which Laurette Taylor viii play the
principal role.
Maxim GOrky has found time. in spite
of i'll health and political persecution,
10 write another play, which is said to
stand in vivid contrast TO his Mach
tasyl' CThe Night Refugee. It has lust
been completed. and competent German
critics 10 whom il has been read pro
nounCe IL a strong work. The action is
laid In literary, artistic and dramatic
surroundings. and the characters are
people or culture. The title is Die
Kinder der Some" Children of the
SUM.
Charming Ponock's dramatization of
In the Bishops Carriage" Will have lis
first production at Parsons Theater.
Hartford Monday, July 81. Edgar Sell
Wyn has been engaged for the part of
Latimer, and Julia Deane will Dlav
Nance. Other principal roles viii be
prayed by John Findlay. Clarence Han
dyside, Edward Breese, and Eva Vim
cent, members of Hunter & Bradford's
stock company. 1t is likely that the
same cast will be seen when the piece
goes on the road.
Charlotte Walker has been engaged
as leading lady for Robert Loraine's
company. that is to present Bernard
Shaws comedy, Man and Superman.
at the Hudson Theater, New York be
ginning September !.
Margaret Crawford has been engaged
by Henry W. Savage. for contraIto
roles in his English grand opera com
pany. Miss Crawford has had wide
experience both abroad and in this
country. She was for two years the
leading contralto of the Stadt Theater.
Halle, and sang in Wiesbaden and at
FranlIfort-on-th -the-Main. During last
season Miss Crawford was understudy
to Nine. Schumanu-IIeiuk and nrin-
cipal soloist during Walter Damrosch's
concert tour.
Forbes Robertson has abandoned the
idea of producing Diplomacy" at the
New Sea la Theatcr, and viii open in a
new play with Gertrude Elliott They
viii visit America later in the season.
Sir Henry Irving's plans. according TO
the latest London rumor. have been en-
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
ShaW'S New Plau
Reaches From Aurora BoreaEs to the
Southern Cross.

George Bernard Shaw says about
Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction, a
little one-act play from his pen which
was recently performed at charity
matinee in London:
1t contains many profound truths and
VIVID flashes OF Characterization touch
ing the police and public question. the
medlcal profession. the marriage ques-
tlon. the fashionable clothes question.
the craze for hne art, the influence of
dramatic critics on modern PLAYS the
probable character of the music sung in
heaven, the land question in towns. the
drink question: the mineral water cues
ton, the servant question. and the ques-
ton Of first aid to the poisoned.
This is. of course. much less than nv
usual allowance Of subjects. bat the Inn
ttatiOn 10 twelve minutes made il limos
sible for me to cover as much ground as
in my Court Theater pieces SfiU thera
IS much food for thought in the little
plav, and the more earnest section Of nv
disciples should make point Of seeing
il several times in succession at the P02
Uantc Gardens
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Continued from Second Page.)

Continued from Second Page
twice between that city and Portland,
Ore. Mr. Llackaye will appear in The
Pit" 'Trilby,' and The Pillars OF So
cicty-" In February he will return to
New York, opening his engagement in
his own dramatization Of Les Niser-
abIes"
For Robert ManteH Mr. Brady plans a
classic repertoire. He has already pro
vided Mr.. Manteu with productions of
Richard III "Richelieu," Hamlet. 90
ana 'Othelo." Early in October MI
Mantell win play Macbeth" following
it q month later with an elaborate pro-
duction of king Lear Besides his
Shakespearean productions he VIII put
on The Dagger and the Cross"
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
Answer to Last Weeks Puzzle
A Word Jurnbie

In thography Whistler found medium emnently fitted the
expression of his genius master of all the means known to
tie artist for permanently recording evidences his talents Whistler
happier his results than when mpeng great genius
on the lihograpEic stone.
will be noted that the number key the orma-
ton of the above sentence.
The word happen as published in this puzzle Sunday
typographical not affecting the solution puzzle itself All
the received contained the should have appeared
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
n Prizes
Keep on Trying

Every one in the Contest is hap
py this week.
Last weeks puzzle required work,
but there were few errors in the an
swers, and the majority are still on
the list.
Contestants who have progressed
thus far in the contest are feeling
more encouraged as each week finds
their names still on the list of eligi-
bleS.
Full of a fascination that puzzles
alone seem to hold, is it not?
So much so that even those who
have regretfully dropped out still
keep on solving the succeeding puz-
zles, enjoying the work thoroughly,
and joyful as ever when the result
turns out as it should.
Keep on trying.
The prizes are nearer than ever
now.
Do not forget that it is necessary
to comply with the rules of the Con
Test in order to keep on the list.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

Robbins. Mrs. W. c. 1895 U st. nv.
Rothwell, Miss Lille. IS eth st. ne.
seston, Miss c. C.. 2OO5 5th st. nw.
Smith. Miss z. N, $50 Mass. av. ne.
Spindle. Mrs. NJ. D., sS4 o st. nv.
Stephens. Mrs T. A, 709 18th ST. nv.
Van Norsdail. Miss cE.. Sc S 81. nv.
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Wilmington, Miss Margaret r.. u
Quincy nv.
wickware. Miss Margaret E.. P Q.
Dept
Williams. Mrs. clyde D.. IS Inc.
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n Prizes
The Contest
Read Carefully.

The preliminary (or qualifying contest
is over.
This is the ninth installment IN the
Final Contest.
One puzzle will now be printed each
Sunday. and the series viii be continued
until all the competitors except one have
failed 10 send in correct answers.
That one viii win the chief prize OF
$3.50
Those who stay next longest In the
competition viii win the other prizes In
their order.
Answers must reach the Puzzle Editor.
Washington Sunday Times. before
Thursday following the Sunday on which
the puzzles are printed, Only such
answers VIII be accepted on Thursday
as bear a Wednesday postmark. No
answers delivered by contestants at the
Office OF The Times can be accepted
later than Wednesday.
The correct answers to the puzzles viii
be printed on ths Sunday following. SO
that competitors can tell their stand
ing.
When a contestant sends in an IN
correct answer to puzzle or fails to
send IN any answer on time. her mama
viii be dropped from the list
A card catalogue Of contestants who
have qualified and whose answers are
still correct. IS kept.
Should competitors be tied for any
places the amount Of the highest prize
involved will be paid to each
Those answers which have been re-
ceived. unsigned, have been discarded,
as Il is impossible to Identify such an
swers when there are 80 many hundreds
OF contestants competing
If a contestant remembers after she has
thus mailed her answer that she omitted
signing her name to the slip will che
send in another similar answer before
the time limit Is up, and thus avoid The
disappointment Of having her name
dropped
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
S0theTn. the Joker.
Fine Illustration of Elders Love of Fun
at All Times.

One day the elder Sothern. who was a
famous practical joker, as we'll as an
actor, went with Mrs. Wood into an
ironmonger's shop and asked for Ma
caulay's History OF England"
We do not sell books, sir," said The
assistant, This is an fronmoneef' g
shop.
We'll. I'm not particular" said
sothern, pretending to be deaf. u don
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
Notes Of the Stage.

For next season Germany Is promised
three new operas-one by Siegfried
Wagner, which will be performed I'm
Ham burg, while "Salome.' by Richard
Strauss. Will see the light of day at
Dresden. Heinrich Reinhardt's comic
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

May, Miss Rosa A, 215S K NV.
Miller, Mrs. r. L, HyattsviiIe, Md.
Millward Mrs NJ. A. Hotel stratford
Moore. Mrs. c. A. 115 y. Y. ave NV.
Muicahy. Mrs. NJ A. % y st. NV.
II
Nelson, Miss Sarah NJ. 80 G ST ne.
P
Pratt, Mrs. F. E., 1112 E. Cap. st.
r
Ragan. Mrs Emma B.. Box 1S7. main
office.
Reed, Mrs. J. E, sol NJ st. NV.
Rice Mrs. J. a. I427 Sth st. NV.
Richardson, Mrs. Anna b, 132 10th ne
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Draper. Mrs. J. l.. 1ol5 Mass. ave. ne

Draper, Mrs. J. l.. 1Ol5 Mass. ave. ne.
z
Eby, Mrs. c. S. Z st. NV.
Elliott. Mrs. D. K. Winthrop heights
Everett. Miss Martha. $50 q st. ne.
F
Ferguson, Miss Helen IS c st. ne.
Foster, Miss Lena G., 2319 18th NV,
G
Gaynor. Mrs. ". c. 1924 18th my.
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Bryan, Mrs. Paul NJ. 1416 Kenesaw
ave. NV
Burgdorf. Miss Rosa, s19 18th NV.
Browne, Mrs. J. c.. 81 Randolph st.
Calvert. Mrs F. NJ. 3424 18th st. NV
Calvert, Mrs. Jennie G.. sos E Capitol
Campbell. Mrs. r. l., IS 9Th st ne
Colson, Mrs. J. NJ. 1873 B street Sc
Cook, Miss Birdie E., 1904 7th st. NV
Coyle, Mrs. Andrew NJ. 1924 18th NV
Cowell, Mrs. A T.. 1131 Yale st.
Collins. Mrs. T V. Stoddard
D
Doyle. Miss Beulah. 6S2 c ST ne
Drane, Hetley Mex, 2819 14th ST NV.
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List of EIigibIes

Complaints win be received by the
lowing the error or omission Nothing
can be done IN the case OF a contestant
whose name has been dropped from the
lists more than one week
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Z
Latham, Mrs. Ada c., AIS D ne.
Lerch, Mrs. Lena. Z3 Seventh St ne
Livingston. Miss Louise H, 2002 18th.
Lower, Florence. the Euclid
Lewis, Mrs Contee 1854 Princeton NV
NJ
McAllister. Mrs E. c. % n st. NV.
Mayer, Mrs. Edwin E.. 735 Dearborn
NY,
Marriott. Miss LuHe NJ, The Stratford
Hotel.
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H
Hazard, Mrs NJ. b. 2148 Pa. ave.
Hendrix, Miss J. b., 1913 Pa. ave. NV
Eilleary. Mrs. Kate. 1914 P st. NV.
Holt, Mrs Ella f, G2S St ne.
Johnston, Miss E. c.. 1920 Pa. ave. NV.
King, Miss India N. 81 VI street NV
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Adams. Mrs. R. D, II 4th st. Sc.
Allen, Miss JEANNE. 1910 5th st. ne.
Aver. Mrs. T. NJ. 170} eth St NV.
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tirely changed. His tour in this coun-
trX which was To have star ed at the
commencement of 1905, has been post
pOned till the autumn of that year. As
"a consequence OF this Teadjustment Of
ddtes he viii spend the whole of next
season il England.
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Bowers. Mrs. George c. 7o1 18th NV.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

opera, 'l\Jleg i'm Frieden' (War During
| Pedce1, viii be first seen in Berlin.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30

Forbes Robertson has abandoned the
idea of producing Diplomacy" at the
New Scala Theatcr, and will open In a
new play with Gertrude Elliott They
viii visit America later in the season.
Sir Henru IrA-inE.s Mans ancnraincr Il
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08
Victory and After.

Many a man. in a moment of fine enthusiasm, applauds Patrick Henry's Give me liberty or give me death. :" It is proper sentiment to entertain, but not easy to live up to.
 Most of us feel more like the Penn sylvania Dutchman, who told his wife to write an appropriate inscription on his knapsack, which she was packing, on the eve of his departure to join Washington's army in the revolution. The enthusiastic woman, dreaming of her hero coming home a general, at least wrote in good, round letters, Victory or Death"
 In a few moments her husband caught sight of It.
 "So goot. No goot.' he exclaimed, In great excitement. Take dat off, quick. Put on goot words, Victory, oder come back again"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08
THE INNER LIGHT.
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A famous lady who once reigned in Paris society was so plain when she was a girl that her mother one day said, after gazing at her for a long time with a distressed expression, My poor child, 1 fear 1t will be very hard for you to win love in this world indeed, even to make friends.'
 II was from that hour that the sue cess of this woman, known to the world as Madame De Circourt, dated. For a little time she took the matter sorely to heart. Then, humbly, but sweetly and untiringly, she began to be kind-kind to the pauper children of her native village, to the servants of her household. even the birds that hopped about the garden walks. Noth- ing so distressed her as not to be able to render a service.
 As the years wore on, her good will toward everyone made her the idol of the great city which was eventually her home. Although her complexion was sallow, her gray eyes small and sunken, yet she held in devotion to her some of the most noted men of her time. Her lifelong unselfshness and interest in others made her, 1t Is said, irresistible, and young and old forgot the plainness of her features in the loveliness of her life.
 Count Tolstoy was 50 plain az boy that his mother said to him:
 You know, Nikolinka, that no one will love you for your face, and there fore you must endeavor to be a good and sensible boy"
 Tolstoy said when he was an old man that all through his life these words had helped to keep him true to what is most worth while in human character.
 T knew when my mother spoke them" he said, that should without fail become a sensible boy"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

of things. but they are lovely, just the same.
 The three-qusrter length loose circu- lar coat, with enormous sleeves, is most admired for evening.
 Did you know you could get hand. embroidered China silk slip skirts for wear under sheer gowns?
 Dead roses were never so pretty as the arustically crumpled and withered brown roses on the new hats.
 The downward droop In the front of some girdles might be termed ex. agsersted, but for the most part it is kept within the bounds of modsra. ton.
 Fashion is lenient; the tall woman can have her redlngote, the little one her bolero, the stout one her plain skirt and the slender one her frock full gathered.
 The latest innovation of the dress maker Is a slightly draped effect across the top of the front skirt breadth just below the girdle and seeming to con- tinue that article.
 Small checks in blue and green. brown and blue, blue and black and green and black are made up into some of the Jauntiest spring suits. The ma. terial is mohair. panama cloth or silk.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08

rious versions of the affair with the account of an eyewitness, which he proves to have been The current story is that the President was wound ed by piece of shrapnel from the enc my's guns.
 AS matter of fact" says Captain English, "I do not think there wasany shrapnel fired at Las Gulsamas. Col onel Roosevelt was wounded in the first days fighting before Santiago July l, in the bomba rdment of the heights of Fl Paso. It was slight wound, on the arm near the wrist, and the reason I happen to know so much about 1t is that my own horse received slight cut on the shoulder from fragment of the same shell. The fright from the explosion caused my horse to rear and go over backward, falling on top of me"
 Captain English wa. badly injured by his horse falling on him.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-08
To Make Children Truthful.

The best means of encouraging truthfulness in children Is problem which taxes the judgment of the best among us. The road to truthfulness can only be found through mutual sympathy-a sympathy which enables the mother to know what demands she can and ought to make upon her childs obedience to her higher will, and which teaches the child uncomplainingly to accept her wishes as law. To win this trust, u mothers correction should never outrun her love. and she may we'll make 1t a golden maxim never to let the sun go down upon her wrath.
 If child once feels that the day has gone by with loss or lessening of the mothers love, the influence of the mother for good is dangerously weak ened; link is snapped in the chain of trutbfulness, ard precious idol Is In danger of being hopelessly sha attered.
 Undue harshness is one of those ire parable errors We are sure to regret; mothers should, therefore, temper their reproofs with love. The responsibilities of motherhood are indeed heavy, but they are not beyond their powers, and 1t is within a mothers scope to control. far more fully than she may be ready to acknowledge. the environments of her children. and to weld their charac- ters for good or evil.