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The Washington times., 1905-09-26
Popular Songs.

81 care not who makes the people
laws, IL can make their songs" is
a sentence full OF deep wisdom. 1t
implies that the songs that hold the
popular fancy touch the feelings, the
experience, the imagination, the
hopes, and the ideals of the commu-
nifty.
Judged by this touchstone some of
the songs of the day would imply a
lack OF decency among us that is
appalling. But the touchstone is it
self to be used with great care. Songs
that, if popular over long periods,
would indicate a state of degeneracy
bordering on dissolution. are catchy
by reason of a humorous suggestion
they co2tain or because of the swing
Of their rhythm They are as ephe-
neral as they are frothy. They go
as suddenly as they come and the
people who sing them today will sing
something else tomorrow.
The songs by which a people are
to be judged are those that are cher
ished for generations, not those that
are forgotten i'll a few months or a
few years. America is rich in the
songs of the people who have entered
into her citizenship, and We are not
to be judged by the songs We try and
cast aside, but by those we have
adopted and made our own. We can
claim the best songs of all Europe
as we have received its best blood;
and we cannot only claim these songs
but they are actually ours In the
long run the good, old songs are more
popular than the bits Of doggerel
shouted so persistently on the streets
for a few months
The Washington times., 1905-09-26
R|VERDAlE RESIDENTS
FORM ASSOCIATION

A meeting of residents OF Riverdale
was held Monday evening, George II.
Sehorn presiding Invitations had been
sent to every resident OF Riverdale and
East Riverdale. II was decided TO
make the association permanent Sixty
names were enrolled for membership
The following were elected officers:
George H Sehorn, president; Dr. s. NJ
Mcmillan. vice president: VIM B. Sc
we're, secretary; G. E Bright. treas
urer 8. NJ. Mcmillan, z. A. Preston,
s. J. Meyer. VIM Wilson and c. e
Bright were appointed to draft q con-
stitution-
Some discussion relative to the selec-
ton Of school trustees for RiverdaIe
was indulged IN, the school commission
ers Of Prince George county having
intimated that they would appoint one
to represent Riverdale and two TO rep
resent Riverdale.
George H. Sehorn, c. W. Whaliey,
VIM B. Severe. H c. James. 8. J.
Meyer.
c. E. Bright and Claude Warren vera
appointed to appear before the school
commissioners at Marlboro today and
acquaint them with the action OF the
association
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SEASONED MAN NEEDED.
the Editor Of The washington Times:

To the Editor OF The washington Times:
Once in a while the papers of Wash
ington sound a keynote of common
sense that finds a responsive echo in
the public mind and heart
The Times is getting addicted to this
habit. more power to it. and / want to
be ono OF many who appreciate the
fact to express my satisfaction.
Your editorial on the Police Court
judgeship contest in Saturdays edition
was right to the point. and IL Is earnest
ly 10 be hoped that the appointing
power will have the pleasure OF reading
II before exercising its function in that
particular case.
There are two classes Of persons whose
rnisfortunes get them into Police Court
namely, the criminal classes and the
larger and more to be pitied class OF
unfCTtunates who. not through malice.
but from pure weakness or ignorance.
find themselves summonCS to the bar
of Justice
l have no choice for the tudgeship so
far as persons go. and l hav1 no wish
to reflect upon any candidate. but
feel that more wisdom and more com
mon sense are required In the selection
of n man TO I'LL the late Judge Scott S
vacancy than would be needed TO find
"a successor 10 the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court OF the United States.
Your editorial very succinctfy and very
clearly covers the case.
Police Court is a man OF common sense
and discrimination, a man who knows
something of crime and something of
the miseries of life which tempt those
who are not malicious TO transgress the
law and above ali man whose pietv
or whose temperament are not such as
TO lead him astray in the administra-
tion Of the kind Of justice required in
that forum.
A good man is not always a wise man.
and a wise man is not always a just
man: but as between the two let US
have the wise man. because his wisdom
will keep him straight at all times
which Is not likely TO be the case with
the good man, who condemns all wrong
doors alike because of their wrong
doing, whether there be extenuatinp
circumstances or not
A seasoned man OF probity and eX-
perieuce is what we need; not a Sunday
school superintendent or beardles,
youth. w. J. FLANAGAN.
Washington. d. c.. Sept ze. 1906.
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Teach Science of Business.
HUSBAND WAS FIFTY,
IDLE AND HOMELESS

Mrs Gertie Kendrick has filed a Pc
tition in the Supreme Court OF the Dis
trict, asking that her marriage with
Josiah Kendrick be annuulled on the
ground that she was induced to enter
into the contract by Misrepresentation
made, she says. by him to her.
First, the petition declares, her hus-
band represented himself as being
thirty-eight years old, when, IN fact,
at the time of the marriage he was fifty
years old, and she only eighteen years
old
Mrs. Kendrick also says that her
husband told her that he owned a home
and had a good job with the District
government When they returned to
Washington from their honeymoon. Mrs
Kendrick says, her husband informed
her that he had neither home nor posi-
ton. She Immediately left him, and
has since remained away from him.
Campbell Darlington IS named as her
counsel
The couple eloped to Alexandria and
were married IN 1902
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10000 Years.

Cyrus Townsend Brady, in spien-
did paper beautifully illustrated,
traces "One Thousand Years of Amer
ican History" in the October number
of Munsey's Magazine.
In accord with fact, philoSophic
truth, and the bend of his own train
ing, DR.. Brady follows the sea in
the development of this country; for
to him and to the world America Is
the United States.
DR.. Brady, to get the millennium OF
his title, reaches back to the vague
days of Bjorne Herjulfson and Lett
Ericsson, and stretches forward ninety
years into the more shadowy future.
He concludes:
There remain yet ninety years be-
fore We complete our first millen-
MUM. Based upon the past, whai
may we not expect these coming
decades to bring FORTH"
There speaks the very heart of the
inmost soul of this country We are
building for a glorious future and we
know it. We are alive to the delights
and the pleasures Of today; we are
not unmindful of an honorable past,
but our hearts and souls are pressing
forward to a grander future.
This country is far from saying:
Let us eat, drink, and be merry, for
tomorrow we die" 1t says plainly:
LET us eat and drink that we may
be strong, and being strong let Us
build for those who shall come after
US; let US in building for others be
merry withal that our heart fail US
not That is the spirit of America,
That is the secret spring of our
energy! That is the abundance OF
youth, that while it lasts, will purify
us of all the ills that assail our ne
tional existence,
In the light of our past, in the
more binding light of our present,
what may we expect of those coming
ninety years? What of the years tc
succeed the ninety?
Eternal vigilance is the secret Of
success for nations as for individuals,
and vigilance is the watchword of to-
day. Our progress has not been along
plain or beaten bath; it has been
over very rocky road bordered by
thorny hedges. Nor can we expect
to have an easy road to travel in the
future; what we can expect is that the
perseverance, the determination, the
will to succeed will abide with us
that no matter what stones may lie
In our national pathway our progress
will not materially be delayed
1t is in this view that the dis
closures of our faults. our corrup-
tions, our failures in civic and ma
tional righteousness are welcomed /;
for the first step toward cure is
knowledge of the ILL., We need moi
dread the future SO long as our fore
most public men work for the clean
illness of the present. or so long az
the country really looks forward.
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10l Eleventh street southeast, who have
been members Of that church for the
past thirty-hve years.
Among those who Will assist Mr. and
Mrs Rosenbaum are Rev. DR.. and Mrs.
Ferguson and Mr.. and Mrs. Baker. 4
number of out of town friends and
relatives viii be present, among them
Mr.. Rosenbaum, Of New Rochelle, N Y,
a son Of the couple, and Miss Clara Ell
lis. a granddaughter, from West Bor-
ough. Mass.
Mr.. Rosenbaum was born in Germany
February 1s 1928 and left his native
land 10 come to this country in 1883. He
settled in Maine, where he married Mrs.
Rosenbaum In 1863 he came to Wash
ington In 1878, at the taking OF the
The Washington times., 1905-09-26
Another Idol Shattered.

George Bernard Shaw has flashed
once too often. The emptiness of his
pan has been painfully revealed. He
is a sordid commercialist, after all
and he has himself betrayed the fact.
A New York librarian 1t was who
turned George Bernard's light on
George Bernard himself That Off
cial put George Bernard's books on
the restricted list, and then the
dramatist leaped into the air to bite
at the opportunity to address the
public in an open letter. This is how
he begins:
Nobody outside OF America IS likely to
be IN the least surprised. Comstockery
is the worlds standing joke at the ex-
to hear of such things. 1t confirms the
deep-seated conviction of the Old World
that America Is a provincial place. d
second-rate country-town civilization
after all.
That's not bad. 1t suggests Arms
and the Man. one of the best things
this dramatic Nietzsche ever wrote
He follows with an explanation that
he takes this matter seriously, no
matter how Europe may laugh, and
then he hurls this defiance across the
Atlantic:
have honor and humanity on my
side. wit in my head. skill in my hand.
and higher life for my aim Let those
who put me their restricted lists so
that they may read me themselves
while keeping their children in the dark.
acknowledge their allies, state their
qualifications. and avow their aims, If
they dare.
But the milk in the cocoanut is in
the last paragraph. 1t is the great
false step. Read il, IL you can, and
see how this literary Shylock has
been hiding himself In the cloak of
art:
Finally ! can promise the Comstockers
that startling as Man and Superman''
may appear 10 them, IL Is the merest
Sunday school tract compared with my
later play, Major Barbara. with which
they will presently be confronted
as one of that precious pafr-the
Duke of Bilgewater and the Lost
Doiphin-observed concerning an
other dramatic work of pure art:
Ladies and boys under sixteen not
admitted. II that doesn't fetch 'em,
l don't know Arkansaw." We used
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profession OF specialists had sprung IN
who were attempting TO solve these
problems; but no effort was being made
TO give business men the broader par-
specLive OF the specialist IL was tEera-
fore decided TO endsavor 10 supply th.x
deficiency. 1t was soon realized thar
the success Of the movement depended
upon securing men who could teach
business. This was most difficult
I'm q short time class of forty vyax
formed OF managers, superintendent
members of firms, secretaries. treas
urers, vice presidents and presidents.
Many who called 70 see the class in
operation before they delivered their
lectures. revised them before presenta-
ton because Of the high Character Of
the student body
general discussion followed Mr..
Colburn's address, the members ask
inc many questions and also making
suggestions
Dr.. Gates Toastmaster.
The dinner was presided over by DIR.
Merrill f. Gates. who acted as mas
ter of ceremonies A vote of thanks
was rendered Mr.. Colburn-
The following were present: G. F.
Nesbit, Charles r. Burr, s. E Kram-
er. ", G Sullivan. P. c, Clafin. Charles
r. Weller. W. A. Scott l. l. Pierce.
liam II. Baldwin. NJ. w. Baldwin. w.
H Kerr. a. B. Broune, Judge Peale.
Merrill r Gates. H CT. Jacobs, Miles
N Shand, h o. Hine. Charles R. Dean.
NJ e sullivan, j. W. Crawford. and
Judge Taylor.
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ninth census. he entered the employ
OF the Census Bureau, where he remain
ed until the taking OF the twelfth GEN.
SuS-
During the intervals between -censuseS.
Mr.. Rosenbaum was employed by the
dry goods firm Of Lansburgh Brothers.
Since he left their employ he has been
very successfully engaged IN the real
estate business
Mrs. Rosenbaum, who IS a native OF
Maine, was born there May 20, 1885.
Both she and her husband are in good
health, and give every indication Of
many more years of happy life.
All the friends of the couple are
most cordially invited to attend the
anniversary celebration.
The Washington times., 1905-09-26
FORAKER
HAS RETURNED
Joins Family at Sixteenth
Street Residence.
NEW HOME FOR M0RT0NS
Have Leased Dwelling Formerly 0ccu-
pied by the Secretary of State
and Mrs. Root.

Senator Foraker arrived in Washing
ton this morning He Joined Mrs
Foraker at their Sixteenth street resi-
dence. Mrs. Foraker will leave Wash
ington this evening, to join her daugh-
ters, Mrs. Wainwright and Miss Foraker,
IN New York, where they are spending
some time. Mrs. Foraker will return
TO Washington shortly, but only for a
few days. She Will not formally open
her house until the first of November.
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

TO think that George Bernard was
our twentieth century Don Quixote.
Now we know him as another Phineas
t. Barnum.
Thus do all our idols fall.
The Washington times., 1905-09-26
DiSbarment.

Last spring a committee was ap-
pointed by the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia to assist in the
purging of our local bar. The duties
of that committee will undoubtedly
soon bring forth fruit; for the vaca-
ton is over, they have abundant ma
terial to work upon, and there has
been time for mature deliberation.
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

The next time a man strikes you or
the street for the price of a meal see
If he manifests the symptoms of real
hunger. which the New York Sun de-
fines as "a contraction Of the muscularis
of either the pyloris, the stomach. the
duodenum or all together"
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

A man who served eighty-six years
as a Jackie is at the naval home near
Philadelphia 1t is easy to believe this
story is true-the veteran is an inyeter-
ate smoker, drinks four ounces OF whis-
ky a day, and always votes the Demo-
cratic ticket
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

Count Erbach-Erbach. of Erbach,
Germany, has married the daughter of
a washerwoman of Erbach. A family
council has been held and the count
has been sent TO Waybach-Wa bach.
His mistake lay in the fact that only
the daughters of American washerwo-
men are eligible to marry European no.
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

1t takes wit to anticipate the course
of history. Prof. Nathaniel Butler says
the era OF the self-made man is on the
wane. The professor prefers the trust
made man. 1t is unnecessary to add
that he belongs 10 the University OF Chi
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

The women of Pennsylvania are com
planning because they cannot get the
Legislature to pass a law for5idding the
use Of wings and feathers on their hats.
If they were as anxious for the reform
as they seem 10 be for the law they
would stop wearing the wings ana
feathers and short-circuit the opposi-
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

An engagement recently announced
in Baltimore and of special interest here
is that Of Miss Eleanor Howison and
Leslie Witherspoon. Miss Howison is
the daughter of the late Capt. J. w.
Howison and niece OF Rear Admiral
Howison.
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

1t is developing that the only features
Of the Chicago beauties which are to be
visible at the beauty show are not en-
tered in the competition.
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

1t may be the coal operators are so
GID to raise the price of coal because
they have already leased apartments for
the winter
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

Mrs Van Rensselaer, Cruger left
Washington yesterday for New York.
She will spend some time at a number
of house parties given by her friends
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

They have named a postoffice down in
Texas ''Damsite-" Texas didn't need
that excuse for profanity.
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

Senator and Mrs. Money. OF Missis-
sippi, have issued invitations for the
marriage Of their daughter. Miss Mabel
Clare Money, 10 DR.. William Whitney
Kitchen. of Canada. October 4. at 6
o'clock at the Church of the Covenant.
members OF the bridal party and family
TO be later entertained at the Westmin-
ster DR.. Kitchen will take his bride 10
Buffalo to live. Mrs. Martha Baird
Hall, wife of the illustrator, Will be
matron OF honor. Miss Money was her
maid OF honor several years ago.
Among the ushers will be H Pickett
McGruder, L. S. N, and Thomas Armat.
of this city. The bride-elect and DR.
Kitchen met at Palm Beach last winter,
and the wedding would have been cele-
brated at the Senator's charming home.
-'Fairhaven.' Mississippi, but for the
yellow fever epidemic.
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

The Rev. Roland Cotton Smith. rector
of ST. Johns Church. has returned to
Washington accompanied by his family.
after a summer spent at the home of
Mrs. Smiths mother, Mrs Otis, at
Nahant and Ipswich, Mass.
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

Representative and Mrs. Francis Bur-
ton Harrison have gone to Tuxedo for
the fall season. There is quite a large
colony there. which is increasing daily.
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

The ex-Secretary OF the Navy and Mrs.
Paul Morton have leased the residence
of Secretary OF State and Mrs. Root, at
Park avenue and Seventy-first street,
New York, for a period of years. The
residence Is five stories high and is
splecdidiy adapted TO entertaining
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

Mrs Joseph Stern. Of Norfolk. Va. is
here as the guest OF her sister, Mrs. L.
J. Brown. In a few days Mrs Stern
will visit her mother, Mrs Adler.
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

Miss Frances Newlands is spending
some time at the Marlborough, Atlantic
City.
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

Mrs. Julian James is visiting her sis
ter. Mrs. Mason. at Saugerties, N Y.
During her absence some rather extern
sive repairs and changes are being
made to her residence
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

The ''Utopians" have invitations out
for a Harvest Dance" TO be given to-
morrow evening. The affair promises to
be most enjoyable, and very unique. as
X Will be given in a barn at Takoma
Park. and the young PEOPLE will wear
country costumes.
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

Mrs. Felix Calm, Miss Carrye Calm
and Harry Calm, of Baltimore, spent
a few days here this week with Mr..
and Mrs. Max WeyI, OF r street.
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

Kennedy. S. 1. KimbaIl, NJ. A. New
myer, w. S. Partridge, c. H Russell.
F. d. Seifrert
The Washington times., 1905-09-26
WASHINGTON Y. NC, A.
EXCGLS IN EDUCATION
Mr.. Colburn, of New York Thinks Local Teaehino
Equipment Best He Has Ever Seen-Given Din
ner at Association Building.

There was an interesting gathering
Of directors, committeeman, and mem
bers of the Young Mems Christian As
scciation of this city. in the military
room of the association building last
evening ut n dinner in honor of Har-
rison S. Coiburn, educational director of
the West Side Y. VI. c. A OF New York
After the coffee Mr.. Colburn told Of
his work in the educational field. and
what the West Side Y. NJ. c. A. had
done toward building up special classes
for young men engaged in business and
professions who desired more education
Mr. COlburn paid a glowing tribute to
the teaching equipment of the Washing
ton association building, saying that il
was one of the best furnished he had
ever seen.
Mr. CoIburn displayed a number of
charts. showing the plans OF New York 8
educational work and needs He called
attention to the fact that the large en-
rollment of scholars in the public
schools OF New York was misleading, in
that the attendance did not come up to
the enrolment by several thousands.
Teach Science of Business.
Speaking OF the classes established by
the West Side Y NJ c. A and the
character of the work, Mr. Coiburn said
I'm the fall OF 1903 the idea was con-
ceived Of organizing a class for treat
ment of large business problems for
business men. 1t was noted that a new
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

The members of Wesley Chapel Church
will give reception tonight to ceIe-
brate the golden wedding anniversary
of Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Rosenbaum, of
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

Mrs. John II. Merriam. wife OF Pay
master Merriam. L. 8. A, has Joined
her mother Mrs Wallach, and her sis
ter, Miss Wallach, who are spending
the fall at Virginia Hot Springs.
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Wallace. son-in-
law and daughter OF Chief Justice Full
ler. who have been touring Europe in
their automobile all summer drove their
machine into London last week They
have since started for this country on
the Oceanic
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

Mrs. George Myers. who has been WIS.,
ittng friends in this city has returned
TO her home In Atlantic City.
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

Miss Horstman and her brother-in-law
and sister. Mr.. and Mrs. John Bolt. who
were married abroad September year
ago, have returned to their home. on
Rhode Island avenue, after q trip around
the world.
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

Mrs John b. Jackson sail today on the
KrOuprinz Wilhelm. North German
IJoyd line for Bremen.
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Jules Gutridge have
returned from a iour ,so or G me canadian
The Washington times., 1905-09-26

from WISH or several weeks to the
Eastern Shore of Maryland.
A pretty wedding took place Saturday
evening at the home or Mr.. and Mrs. H
G. Fisher. 3217 p street, Georgetown
The contracting parties were Miss yir
ginia NJ Black, OF Virginia, and Will
lam II. Baillie. of Houston. Tex, for
merly of Washington.
The ceremony was conducted by the
Rev. James H w Blake of Christ
Episcopal Church. Georgetown.
The bride was accompanied by her sis
| ter, Miss Lena Black. The best man
was Carl Willie.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs H J.
Fisher. Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Fisher.
Miss Jett. and Miss Matthews
Mr.. and Mrs. Black will spend part of
the winter in Washington before going
TO Texas
Invitations have been issued by Mr..
| and Mrs. John ID. Biddis for the we'd
| ding OF their daughter. Helen Ruth, to
Frank f. lexington, of this city The
ceremony Will take place In the Pres
| byterian Church in Milford. Pa. on
September 30. The young people will be
| at home in the Owasco. this city. after
November 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Roberts Yost an
nounce the marriage OF their daughter.
! Daisy Stuart. to George Perry Lowe
! the ceremony occurring on August in
/ Chicago.
Mrs. Benjamin Demuth. of Washing
| ton, arrived in Paris today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Wolf will return
TO the city on Friday.
Edward Settle, of Charles Town, w
! Va. the son Of the well known banker
| OF Cincinnati. who is visiting T. J. Nor
timer at S12 Twelfth street northwest,
win leave today for Yale College. TO
continue his studies.
Miss Marth. Chappelear. of 704 Sew
| spending several weeks at her old home
| near Charlotte Hall, Md.
! A pleasant evening was spent at the
residence OF Mr. and Mrs. George Bow
ersox, 2l6 Florida avenue northwest. the
\ occasion being the first anniversary OF
their marriage The parlor was beauti-
/ fuzzy decorated with holly and au-
tumn flowers. The evening was spent
| In vocal and instrumental music. Dane
! ing was indulged in until a late hour.
| after which the guests repaired TO
| the dining room, where a bountifui re-
past was served The couple were the
recipients OF many beautiful pres
Mrs. George Bowersox. Mr.. and Mrs
| H. Clarkson, Mrs. NJ. Clarkson. l..
BowersoX. and daughter. Mrs J. Ell
! ler. Mrs. q. Wech. Mrs Sullivan. Mrs
/ H. Cost, Mrs. r. Hauser, Mrs
! DahIer, Mrs. j. +. Smith, Misses Ethel
! and Eva Cost. Della Mollory Eva
Smith. and George Sonneman. Albert
crummit. John Boland. Albert OgIe
George Mollory. and Winfield Dunn