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The Washington times., 1905-11-19
The Pistol and the Knife.

The controversy that has ragged for
years over the relative values of the
revolver and knife has been resolved
in Washington IN favor OF the more
distinctiyely American weapon. 1t
is true the demonstrators were i'm
ported from Italy's sunny shores and
that he who pinned his faith TO the
stiletto is too much torn up just now
TO do much talking. For this double
reason an impartial critic will hold
final judgment IN suspense. There
may yet be something to say in favor
OF the knife.
AS a discourse upon the subject,
however. the nght was not without
its interest. The principals were
Pasquale RussonilIa and Pasquale
Mattio-if we may believe the police
reDorters-or at any rate something
to that effect. Save in their addition
OF a picturesque flavor to the narra-
tive the names are not important
They got IN a row over the popula-
tons of Rome and Washington. Rus
The Washington times., 1905-11-19

of the worlds history Doubts en-
compass, fears assail and the black
ness of the infinite mystery of all
things enshrouds every light save
that of hope That CLEANS dimly
through long vistas The soul shrinks
and trembles-then sends itself
through space in trustful dependence.
] was not ever thus. nor prayed that
Saouldst lead me on:
/ loved 10 choose and see my path' pu'
Lead Thou me on.
I loved the garisn day. anu spite Ol
Pride ruled my viii; remember not past
years
The pride of intellect, the strong
mans reliance upon his own intelli-
gence and his own will-these sup
port no longer. In sach simple faith
as children have, the weary feet fol-
low in the footsteps of the Father.
The song goes on:
SO long Thy power has biest me. sure IT
WIN lead me on:
Ger moor and fen, Ger crag and tor
Tene, till
The night is gone;
And with the morn the angel faces smile
Which / have loved long since ana lost
awhile.
Why say anything? He who can
not feel the sweet inspiration of 3
poem so beautiful, whose heart il
fails to fill and thrill. has become
either an incarnate intellect without
blood or feeling or else has drowned
the rarest attributes of his manhood
in the filth of the gutter
Church music is not designed to
teach dogmas. Its purpose is to In
spire religious emotion, and to glorify
God in the highest. When is this
double purpose ever better served
than when a congregation, in rapl
reverence and trust and hope, sends
out through space TO the mercy seat
the appeal of Newman's song.
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
ENGLIsH socIErY GIRL.

LONDON, Nov ia society girl here
IS reported 10 have said:
Il feel as II l could chew spikes. just
fancy another OF these hateful, forward
Americans has captured one OF our prize
saen.
She was referring. OF course. 10 the
engagement of Miss Eioise Breese TO
Lord wiHoughby de Fresby. So far no
date is yet fxed for the wedding. 1t
will probably come of this side OF
Christmas.
The bride-elect is prospective
peeress. as in the ordinary course OF
events she Will one day be Countess OF
Ancaster and mistress or TWO OF the
most magnificent seats in the Midland
counties. as well as a paiatisl place,
Drummsnd Castle. in Scotland.
Enterprising chsperons had, for very
considerable time past. regarded Lord
Willoue.hby as 8 confirmed bachelor. q
circumstance for which there was sure
~ good reason. considering he IS within
measurable distance Of his fortieth
birthday.
since he was eight and twenty, he can
not be said 10 take q particularly lively
interest in politics, though he certainly
does his duty to nis constituents in the
matter of attsndanceS at the house.
Like the typical Britlsher, he Is q Keen
sportsman. and his club friends have
plenty OF pleasant things TO say OF him
cannW soothe themselves with the balm
that the future earl is marrying for the
sake OF dollars. He can well afYord the
luxury OF marrying tor love.
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
A WISE PRINCE.

The American women cannot be Inn
proved upon--Prtnce Louis or Batten-
berg.
An. Louis. you have touched ths spot,
You've said the words We love TO
hear.
And every man. American,
That sentiment or yours win chssr.
You know the kind OF men We have:
What they have done shines like q
star;
And. Louis. shake-our women make
Our men the kind Of men they are.
YOU'D say the same about your own
Or those OK any other race;
And truly so. Tor all men know
That woman Is the scoop de grace.
We long have noted that you know
good thing when you see ft. and
We now extend TO yous as triend,
Our compliments-you understand.
Ours cannot be improved upon.
And yours as well, and others SO;
The fact - known from clod TO throne,
AS all mankind should learn to know,
Man sometimes. in his iordly way.
Imagines that he Is the boss;
That he can show Her how TO go.
And tries TO DO tat loss.
He thinks he'll teach her better things.
VIII lead her in y broader way
But, brethren. does he do It? say
No matter; let US skip that part.
We cant discuss 1t Pro or con;
She cannot be improved upon.
~. J. HAMPTON.
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
THE MEDIAToRS.

A Southern lad, he goes up North and
looks around awhile;
He a lot OF things that cause q
rather sneering smile
He nnds they don't know how to live,
are rather stin and cooI.
And holds the man prefsrrins It is
something OF a fool
For him. as soon as he can get ar
rsngements duly made.
Hell take a limited express and seek
ais nativs shade
But pretty soon he spies a pink COM
plexion,
So innocent. so charming and so
fresh.
And TO make the story short. brief
Entangles all his heart within a
mesh!
So he torbears 10 leave with eIpedi-
tion,
Decides at least to put 1t of till fall
Remarks TO friends the lands not So
demnltion
Bad at ALI
a Northern lad. he comes down South
In criticsllest wise;
He sees a lot or things that pain his
hhtp NAAtAAJ
He doesn't see the hurry sign on every
country fence.
And the wasted opportunities to him ap.
pear immense.
The people eat and talk too much. and
be is going back
To old associations in the town OF
hackensack.
But pretty soon he spies a pair OF
ankles,
Mon dieu! A pair of ankles soon he
spiesi
And each objection made no lonEer
raEkles,
Particularly when he sees the eyesl
So he decides TO stay a little longer.
Begins TO Ike the customs better far
And so-What need Is there TO put II
stronger?-
There you are,
New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Washington times., 1905-11-19

friend was Maybe Mr. Nichols
could tell
The showing is bad enough with
out any further disclosures. 1t
makes Mr. Bryan's anathema against
corporate interests seem a moderate
appraisement 1t gives a sinister
look, indeed, in the light of the con-
tributions these men have made to
the cause with o>her peoples money!
and their delicacy in refusing TO ae-
cept any remittances labeled sal
airy" or earnings, or interest" OF
loans" or yellow dog funds" to
the demonstration these same public
benefactors engineered in 1896 in be-
half of honest money"
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
UNION OF UNIONS.

BERLIN. Nov. ia dispatch re-
ceived here today from St. Petersburg
contains the following statements made
today by q prominent St Petersburg
member OF the greatest labor 0rganizs-
tion in Russis-the Union OF Unions
1T Is true there was rumor in ST.
Petersburg yesterday that martial law
would be proclaimed today. II such
regime had been inaugurated il would
have meant bloodshed
How Count Witte can be foolish
enough to take such steps in Poland Is
unexpIainable The unions have nothing
directly 10 do with the strike.
Count Witte cannot bsckslIds. He
dsres not. The Union OF Unions would
have him out forthwith. There are plenty
of men with Just as much brains ready
TO replace him.
The railway strike is really a protest
OF the workmen against the massacre OF
sailors. The demand for an eight-hour
day is secondary.
We hold the government fast owing
to the financial situation II has TO pay
Japan Immediately for the maintsnancs
Of prisoners of weF 129. 600 coo rubles.
Then 1900. 900 ruhIes must be paid next
month 10 Germany for the last short
loan"
sems efforts were made today by .
few OF the strikers to make the tie-us
more general Delegations OF strikers
visited the banks and larger business
houses and called on the clerks to en-
gage in a strike TO. be maintained fOr
three days.
The agitators met little success. Many
OF the delegates were arrested
The democratic union OF constitution
slis1s the majority OF whose members
ars liberals, win hold q meeting -
night TO discuss the present situation
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
" Lead, Kindly Light. .

From out of the West. where
Trigg fourished and other exponents
Of the bizarre in literature seem to
md a congenial habitat, comes Liter
airy Sensations latest offspring. 1t
is fostered this time by the Rev.
W. a Patterson, OF PriEceton. Ind
apd had its birth at a gathering Of
Presbyterian clergymen. It is an
attack upon Cardinal Newman's great
song Of the human soul, Lead
Kindly Light"
So far as it is possible to under
stand the grounds of Mr.. Patterson s
criticism. as It has filtered through
newspaper columns, he objects 20
the song %he. used as a church
hymn in the worship Of God He
says II may mean anything that
any man chooses TO make it mean,
be he Christian. Pantheist or Budd-
hist. There should be
a view of God in his character as re-
vealed TO us-in his holiness. justice
goodness and truth. :"
Lead. Kindly Light. amid the encir-
cling gloom.
Lead Thou me on
The night IS dark and am far from
home.
Lead Thou Tne on.
Keep Thou my feet-I 90 not ask TO see
Z he distant scene one step enough Tor
Human souls. that think and feel
have voiced this appeal for the
diyins guidance through centuries
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
Graft as a Luxury.

The money which has been worse than
wasted in Greene county politics during
the last thirty years would nave bulioeu
an east and west and north ana sodIl
standard gauge railroad through our
county. And, O. how much senslpiet
and helpfuler It would have been as Weii
as a direct aid 10 morality ana rehslVh
and also 10 society ana commerce.
So speaks the Times of Waynes-
burg. Pa
Think of the diction as you will,
you must surely be impressed by the
substance of this paragraph. After
all the concessions that common
sense demands as to that standard
gauge railway, there is still ground
for a great deal OF reflection in the
thought that the money grated by
politicians in a single year, not 10
say thirty years. would lave supplied
most of the communities affected
with mighty valuable public utilities.
In Cincinnati the stealing seems 10
have been conducted upon compare
lively d low scale. Extra park sup
erintendents and stenOgraphers do
net draw millions in salaries. Louis
vile and other boss-ridden cities of
about the same class have probably
been bled on about the same scale.
Yet, speeulatively, the aggregate Of
the money which has leaked through
these small orifices must mount high
in the millions.
Among the graft eenfers Of the
first magnitude. OF course. there is no
occasion for speculation. Mr.. Tweed,
Mr.. Croker. MIR Murphy. and their
friends have all gotten rich in
Gotham. One of their lieutenants, an
uncouth vulgarian who served as
chief of police, is a millionaire; and
it is not at all likely that his superior
officers let him lead the way. A sim
gle contract is said to have held
about SIC. O.00e.0eo of salt for the
faithful. Suppose this were a years
average haul q it would suffice TO
build half a dozen hospitals, pave a
whole section Of the city. and re-
deem a great portion of the eity's 5
wharves-now antiquated and insult
fieient-after the example of the
smaller cities of Antwerp. Southamp-
ton, and Birmingham.
Philadelphia is thought TO be the
loser in recent years by about $780,
100000 Of graft. In less than a year
Mayor Weaver is supposed to have
saved the municipality over $50, ,000,-
900. But suppose years stealing
amounted to only $4,000, ,000-the har-
vest garnered on the filtration beds.
Well, $6.0eO.000 viii build in country
like that about Philadelphia over
1000 miles OF macadam road. And
If the mind cares TO juggle with real
figures. like that 5000. .OO0, 900 estimate,
the Waynesburg Times standard
gauge railway-however overdrawn
for Greene county-does not seem at
all figure of speech for the whole
State.
These are sordid calculations, no
doubt. The chief reason for good
government must always be the prin-
ciple that kind Of government repre-
sents. But there is yet a deal of
conviction in such thoughts as this
from Waynesburg. Those people who
think It all right to jump their taxes
VIII probably be caught by them a
hundred years before their ears
could even hear call to good gov
eminent for principles sake, and a
thousand years before any such call
could move them to action. Graft
is not only wrong-it is the most ex-
pensiye luxury any community can
enjoy"
The Washington times., 1905-11-19

sonilla drew a stilet5o and Mattio a
revolver, and when the smoke and
blood of the resulting engagement
were cleared away both combatants
were found in bad condition. How
ever, the revolver had triumphed, for
while Russonillas wounds compel
led his removal to a hospital, Mattio
was able to go to Jail There he is
now, by the way.
We have always thought that the
germ of this ancient controversy was
concealed in story told of the late
Senator Vance OF North Carolina,
who, after the civil war. was deliv-
ering hands-across-the-lir speech
in Boston. In the midst of an i'm
passioned piece of defamation came
a voice from the gallery;
But, | say. Senator; before the
war started you were declaring that
one Southerner could whip ten
Yankees with cornstalk"
so | did" retorted the Senator. no
WHIT aDasned, and / repeat ft. The
trouble was the damned fellows
wouldn't fight that way"
There seems this trouble in the use
of the knife as compared with the
revolver. II the man holding the lat
ter weapon viii consent to use it only
as club or missile. the superiority
of the knife would be demonstrated
beyond cayii. Usually. though, he
insists upon shooting IT, Therein
the difficulty-and the danger
To which Signor Russonilla, now
groaning at the hospital, will bear
witness
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
saengerbund Concert.

The Washington Saegerbund has an
noulced its first public concert OF the
season for Sunday, November Is. az )
D. m. in the New National Theater. Fol-
lowing the usual custom. the male Choir
US OF sevsnt1-ive voices viii have the
assistance OF several well-known solo
lists and an orchestra OF forty musicians.
One OF the soloists is Miss Mary Car
son Kidd. soprano. OF New York. who
will make her debut 10 a Washington
audience. Miss Kidd IS an American
She possesses a brilliant soprano voice.
pure. flexible and well schooled. She
has recently returned from abroad
where she was heard IN . number Of
recitals IN Florence. Italy. and Bar8stA-
pie and Plymouth. England. with sgnal
success
Miss Marie Nichols. the young Boston
yioiinist. who is also engaged as solo
ist for this concert. has come rapidly
into prominence IN q short time. her
American debut having been made but
q fe~ seasons ago Miss Nichols. work
has received the 8armest praise this
season. comparisons between her Maud
Powell and Lady Halle having been
freely made.
An orchestra OF forty musicians under
the direction OF Henry Xsnder. musical
conductor OF the Saengerbund. viii con-
tribute TO the program. which promises
TO be- one OF the most interesting OF
many seasons.
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
HUMAN HUNGERs.

Hunger for food and drink, infancy,
Hunger for action, infancy.
Hunger for knowledge, infancy.
Hunger for eompanionship. six weeks.
Hunger for property. two years.
Hunger for self-aggrandizemsnt, five
years.
Hunger for beauty. two years.
Hunger for reasoning, seven years.
Hunger for worship. thirteen years
Hunger FOR righteousness, hfteen
years.
Prof Earl Barnes. In Lond3n Express.
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
nEspoKFN.

No, thank you said Miss De Muns
Il don't care TO meet any new young
men
NY" exclaimed Miss Gaddie; yours
select all OF q sudden"
Ne" replied Miss De Mure. gl2DeinG
dreamily AT her new ring I've merely
been selected all or q sudden. pills
delphia Ledger.
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
Miss Drew's Recital.

MISS Clara Drew has arranged to give
song recital next Tuesday evening IN
Ine drawing room OF the Rhode Island
She will be assisted BY Giss Uperatt.
talented pianist who has lately come 70
washington 10 make her home
Aiss Drew Is now widely known among
washington music lovers. She IS =
musician OF rare attainment aud gives
one the delightful pleasure OF listening to
ne" compositions. Her programs never
laii 10 include works which are rarely
heara here IN concert. and on Tuesday
she VIII give Alexander Won F1elitz's
song cycle, 'sSchon CEetieIn,s' a group OF
songs by the new English composer. JOS
eph Hoinrooke. and two numbers With
cello obiisato
Miss Cperaft Is 10 play Miss Drew's
IN plano numbers BY Hopekirk Rsfnhold
and MacDoTeil
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
Vincent d'Indy.

Vincent d'Indy, the distinguished
French composer and conductor, sailed
for New York from Cherbourg On
Wednesday lasF n. d'Indy will be ia
America about three weeks. d.-ring
which time he viii be occupied with
the Boston symphony Orchestra, which
he VII! conduct in eight OF It's concerts.
BE viii make his American debut in
Boston, on December ! ana 2. and She
following week he will accompany the
orehestra on its regular monthly trip.
appearing in Washington on Decem-
Der 3.
For these concerts NJ d Indy has ar
ranged two complete programs. On the
frat appear the names OF d'Incy. FauFs.
Franck and Dukss The composers
represented on the second are Chausson
Maynard. Frsnek. Debussy, d Indy. and
Ropertz
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
IN NEW YORK.

THAT was a terrible crime eommittas
yesterday"
.'It was so. Have the police made
any progress toward apprehending tbs
guilty parties?"
''Oh. yes. They've persuaded the news
papers to take the matter up. Louis
Vile Courier Journal
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
HIS GALLANT DEFENSE OF IT.

No. George: you needn't tell me an
beautiful. ] know better than thai
How can anybody be beautiful with =
nose like miner Look at the bridge 81
it2"
sweetheart It's pierless !'-Chicas0 TTs-
buns.
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
WILL 81 AZ HoME.

Mr. and Mrs Thomas Evans Greene.
tht latter formerly Miss Katie V. wa.
sen. viii be at home 20 their friends on
Thursday evenings during the season.
at their new home in the Plaza. WASH
inRfOn circle
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
A HINT FOR THE PRESIDENT.

TO T. r, President. SC: To promote
large families, shoes must be cheaper.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
MATTERS OF IRTE REST
TO ALL MUSIC LOVERS
ProEram &C MIDI street.

Mrs. Richard W Burkhart and the
Misses Bessie and Daisy Harrison viii
assist the choir OF the Ninth Street
Christian Church today. Mrs Burkhart
viii sing Turn Ye Even 70 HE With All
Your Heart by Hsri1er. at the morning
service. and the Misses Harrison viii
sing Schnecker's duet, LORD. With
Glowing Heart" during the evening
service.
The music wall be uuGer the direction
of Joseph Harrison, orEanist and choir
master
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
EXCLUDED.

Into the Charnel Hall OF Fame
The dead alone should go:
Then write not there the living name
OF Edgar Allan Poe.
-John y. Taob. IN London Academy.
The Washington times., 1905-11-19

As 3 general rule visiting foreigners
do not return. either On this aide Of the
water ,poF. for ths matter OF that. IA
The Washington times., 1905-11-19

Turkey is determined that if Russia
gets that rough-hOuse championship, it
viii not be without 4 very pretty con-
test.
The Washington times., 1905-11-19

The public is said TO have stood a
$Se. coo. 900 increase in the price of its
drugs. Maybe the drug manufacturers
had TO pay meat and coal bills like the
resi- Of IL
The Washington times., 1905-11-19

Mr.. Hearst's faith in the power OF the
ballot is on the Increase. He has 4OS
new reasons
The Washington times., 1905-11-19

Certain Senatorial jokes seem to have
been locked up in the House OF Mirth
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
SMART SET FORSAKES
TANBARK FOR FOYER
Horse Show of the Week Gone by Will Now Give Place
to Brilliant Opera Season at the Metropolitan

NEW YORK, Nov 1S.--After the
most brilliant and successful Horse
Show in the entire history OF the
series, which extends over a period of
nearly quarter OF a century. society
viii assemble IN force Monday night
at the Metropolitan for The opening Of
the opera season. Active as has been
the participation Of the fashionable set
in the equine exhibition at Madison
Square Garden. the show Monday night
in the row OF parterre boxes at the
opera will be much more representa-
tive Of our modish world than anything
seen last week. For whereas the boxes
at the Garden are auetioned of 70 the
highest bidder. and are often occupied
either By strangers from other citses. or
else by New Workers who. TO put It
mildly. have no social currency. the
parterre boxes al the opera are restrict
ed almost entirely 10 what the late and
lamented Ward McAllister was wont to
describe as the -Four Hundred" out
siders being quietly but effectively ex-
Guided.
Not merely pages, but volumes. could
be written about the maneuyers and in
trigues, extending something over a
number OF years. undertaken by social
aspirents for tre purpose Of securing
a box IN the parterre row at the opera.
Indeed. the actual price Of the box Is
but drop in the ocean compared TO
The fortunes devoted BY people toward
this end. And when ia the fulIness OF
time their efforts have been crowned
with success. and they have descended
from the grand tier boxes TO those on
The parterre row, they feel that the
money and trouble have not been
wasted, hat the object Of their life s
ambition HIS been attained, and that
they have secured foothold among the
elect.
The Washington times., 1905-11-19

It has been cold in Ohio right ever
since the election.
The Washington times., 1905-11-19

The two princes OF Battenberg have
been a great success in a social as well
as I'm q popular sense They certainly
contributed to the briliiancy OF the
Horse Show. and not only brought peo-
pie back TO town earlier than usuai, but
caused an immense amount Of entertain
ing. Dinners and luncheons in honor of
either one or the other. and sometimes
for both. have been the order OF the
day for considerably over a week. Mrs.
Astor, her beautiful daughter-in-law.
Mrs. Jack Astor: Mrs. John r. Drex-
ell. Mrs. Charlie Marshall. Mrs. Charles
B. Alexander. and quantities OF other
people have had them as their guests.
Mrs. Jack Astor and Mrs. Drexel be-
ing especially favored in this respect,
for while Mrs. Jack" carried or Prince
Louis to horse party at her place at
Rhinebeck- on -the-Hudson, and kept him
there from Wednesday 90 Friday, Mrs.
Drexel induced young Prince Alexander
TO stay at her new house. IN East SIX
ty-Eecond street. throughout the Horse
Show. This she accomplished through
the good offices OF Walter Townley.
first secretary of the English embassy
at Washington, and or Lady Susan
Townley, who were likewise her house
guests, with whom the young prince
stayed while at Washington. and to
whom he had been more especially re-
commended by his mother. the widowed
Princess Henry OF Battenberg.
As a general rule visiting foreigners