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The Washington times., 1906-12-26

Ross StFasbUrgeT. of Baltimore. stopped
- Washington for Il few days last
week on his way TO Richmond.
The Washington times., 1906-12-26

Mr. and Mrs. r. Corning Abel. of
MOrristowu. y. j.. announce the en-
gagement OF their daughter. Miss Jose
phine Brooks Abel. 10 George Russell
Wales. OF the Civil Service Commission.
Mr. Wales time is divided between
Washington and Vermont.
The Washington times., 1906-12-26

S. Burnstines, Of New Haven, has re-
turned home after a stay Of several
weeks in the city.
The Washington times., 1906-12-26

Mrs. G. Hartman, who has been vis-
fung her mother Mrs. ]. Jackson has
returned TO her home in Baltimore
The Washington times., 1906-12-26
HmuSementS.
Excursions.

GREAT FALLS OF THE POTOMAC
Do Not Fail TO Visit
Equal in beauty 20 Niagara Na~rFe,.~.
scenery Huge -Iihfs Great gorge zrlf ,a-(5-5-'
Secure your excursion dates for next seaso,1
-5 cents round "Trip. Take G. F. 4 q u n -
cars at s6th and n sts dag1 -
The Washington times., 1906-12-26

Mrs. Russell Reeves is entertaining al
a large tea this afternoon TO present
her daughter, Miss Sessions, TO society.
The Washington times., 1906-12-26

Miss Katherine Jennings will be the
guest OF honor at a dinner dance this
evening. OF Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cleve-
land Perkins.
The Washington times., 1906-12-26

Nathan Frank has gone to visit his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Frank, in
Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1906-12-26

Mrs. Joseph Abel and son have re-
turned to their home after spending sew
eral weeks In Pittsburg with the for
mers father, Henry Adler.
The Washington times., 1906-12-26

Mrs. Gerson Nordlinger. of Florence
Court. entertained the Whist Club this
afternoon.
The Washington times., 1906-12-26
ASSS's!.'S!..sI '!.'!.. s Iii.

Daily MaJiuees. sc, Evenings 25c and 5gc.
IgThe Only Theater Never Raising Prices
at the Holiday Matinees. Every Seat 25c.
Mammoth Niue-act Feature BIZ.
WILL CRESSY and BLANCHE DAYNE.
In Their Greatest Popular Comedy Success
VOLTA. The Worlds Master Electric Wizard.
Presenting Astonishing Electrical Phenomena.
DAVE LEWIS. FOSTER & FOSTER.
COOK & MADISON. McPhee & IIilI. Mile
NiCtoria's Dogs. MuTTy X. Kill. a Mid
winter Nights Dream" motion pictures
NEW YEAR WEEK-JOSEPH HARTS
TEN CRICKETS' PRODUCTION. Quig-
ley Bros. Metropolis Quartette. sc. Buy
Seats Now
The Washington times., 1906-12-26

The OctagOn Pleasure Club will have
4 dance at Rauscher's this evening
The Washington times., 1906-12-26

Miss Rita Baer. of Thirty-second
street. entertained at luncheon Christ
mas Day, in honor of out-of-town
guests.
The Washington times., 1906-12-26

Mrs Isla J. Barkley. Of North Caro-
lima, and John w. White, OF Maryland,
were married yesterday at noon in the
home Of the brides brother and sister
ln-law, NiT and Mrs. OthO G. BarlzIey.
The Rev. Weston BruneT. pastor of the
Fifth Baptist Church, Oniciated. Only a
few friends and relatives were present
Nj anG Mrs. White Will travel in the
North.
The Washington times., 1906-12-26

Miss Ethel Hill. OF Philadelphia. is the
guest of Miss Edna Kingsman. at her
home on E8st Capitol street. Miss
Kingsman is making Her debut this af-
tcTnOOn az a tea given by her mother.
They are assisted by their house guest
and Mrs. Bristol Mrs. Laura Adams and
Miss Edna Smith. The tea will De fol-
lowed by an evening party, when num-
ber of other young people viii join the
receiving party.
The Washington times., 1906-12-26

Mrs. B. Frank and daughter. Beulab
OF Philadelphia. are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. isadore Eppstein. at the Ell
berOn, lsl0 Columbia road
The Washington times., 1906-12-26

When Miss Pauline Morton becomes
Mrs, J. Hopkins Smith in New York
city, her attendants will include two
Washington bellies, Miss Mathilde
Townsend, and Miss Katherine Elkins
Miss Polly seems TO cling TO Washing
ton life. for she spends about a third
of her time in the Capital.
The Washington times., 1906-12-26

Miss Laura Mitchell. of birmingham.
Ala, is the guest of Mrs. a. W. star
ratt at III5 5 street
The Washington times., 1906-12-26

The Council OF Jewish Women have
arranged carnival 10 be given at Ma
tionai Rifles Armorv tomorrow. The af-
IernOOn hours will be devoted To the
little ones, who viii indulge in dane
ing and other features arranged for the
occasion; and during the evening the
grown-up folks viii spend social time
until midnight.
The Washington times., 1906-12-26

The charge d'afaires of the Spanish
Luis Pastor, who has been 81
The Washington times., 1906-12-26


Cabinet members wives are already
arranging for the list OF women who
will assist them at their reception on
New Year Day. Secretary and Mrs
Root will give their annual diplomatic
breakfast on that day. when a number
OF Out-of-town guests Will be with them.
The Cuban minister and Nine. Que
sada entertained a large company Of
yesterday afternoon. One of the large
parlOrs of the Raleigh Hotel. where the
minister and his family are staying, was
devoted 10 the children. They did not
follow the usual custom of having q
tree. but instead had music for dancing
In addition 10 the dancing the children
enjoyed a Christmas dinner with indi-
Vtdual ices IN forms of Santa Claus and
candies with Cuban and American col
Ors. The guests were Miss Mia Hen
gelmuller, daughter OF the Austrian am
bassadOr; the son and two daughters of
the ambassador from Brazil, the daugh-
ters OF the minister from Ecuador,
Master Dominica de Obaldid, jr., son of
the minister from Panama; Master
ChaTmOnt son OF the secretary OF the
Brazilian embassy: the twin daughters
OF Colonel and Mrs. Russell with their
elder sister Miss Bessie Sessions: the
Merriam, Eleanor Reyburn, Marguerite
Perrin. Mary McCauley, Edith Oracle,
Sophie Johnston, Gladys Hinckiey, Mary
Irwin, Sidney Gore. Adelaide Hebb
Mary Davidson, Mary Denham. Mary
Webb, Margaret Smith, Elsie JeWeIt,
Pauline LuCkett, Marguerite Barbour.
and Charlotte Pettus; Masters Hamilton
Warner. Francis Hutchins, and Joe
Humphrey.
The Washington times., 1906-12-26

Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish gave a dinner
last night for number IF guests, In
cluding Mrs NJ Orme Wilson and Lady
Stafford. Christmas decorations adorned
the table, in the center of which was a
large white tree made To look as il il
We're covered with ice and at the cor
ners OF the table were small Christmas
trees.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-10
MAY SPLIT THE PARTY.

The Memphis Commercial Appeal
wonders whether the great rate rebate
is not likely to split the republican
party, just as the financial issue split
the democracy. 1t calls attention to
the situation where 1.-The leading cham
piOns of the cause of gold as well as
the most forceful advocates of the free
coinage of silver We're democrats.
While Reed, Mckinley, Harrison and
others We're trying to effect some sort
of a compromise, Cleveland, Carlisle,
Cochran and others were openly advo-
eating the gold standard, and Bryan,
Bland, Turpie and others were spread
ing the gospel of free silver" Every
one knows the result.
The Commercial Appeal thinks it has
found parallel in the division of the
republican majority in the senate on
the rate bill and anticipates-or it
might be better to say hopes-for the
disintegration of the republican party
on the issue.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-10
ore Last Request.

The steamer was nearing the compile
ton of very rough passage, and
most Of the passengers were silent, sad
and thoughtful. Only one gay and
sprightly individual looked as though
an earthquake hadn't suddenly swal-
lowed up his every friend and all his
worldly goods.
Look here" he said, dancing nimbly
about, I'm all right. If you chaps
just brace up and be cheerful you'll
feel all right
He did hornpipe and jig, and one
Of his fellow passengers raised his
head long enough to say:
George, will you do me great IA
vor-a very great favor-possibly the
last favor l shall ever ask of you?"
"Why. certainly, old man! What can
get for you?"
Nothing. I simply beg of you to stop
dancing. 1t shakes the ship too much. -
Sphere.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-10
MARKETS AND MISERY.

Markets and Misery is the striking
title of an article by Upton Sinclair
published in the April number Of the
North American Review. Arguing
from a frankly socialistic point of view,
Mr.. Sinclair holds the rivalry among
the nations for commercial expansion
responsible for much of the existing
poverty and distress. He contends that
foreign trade is not absolutely neces-
sary to any nation, and that the So
called surplus" of products, of the
field and of the factory would be put
to far better use if they We're applied
to supply the necessities of starving
and ill-clad people at home than they
are when sent abroad for the benefit of
Cinnamon and other foreigners. Re-
ferring to the theory that the possibili-
ties of the soil are strictly limited,
and that population always stays just
within the starvation limit, Mr. Sin
clair says:
How astonished you will be to be
told that it is simply one of the most
stupid and Supplying decisions that
ever was believed and propagated
among men; that the limits of the pro-
ductive possibilities of the soil have not
only not been attained, but are, so far
as science can now see, absolutely I'M
attainable; that not only could England
support with ease her own population
on her own soil, and not only could
Belgium do it, but any most crowded
portion of the world could do it, and
do it once again, and yet once again,
and do it with two or three hours work
a day with a small portion of its popu-
lation! That England could now sup
port, not merely her thirty three mil
lion inhabitants, but seventl-five and
perhaps a hundred million. And that
the United States could now support a
billion and a quarter of people, or
just about the entire population of this
planet! And that this could be done
year after year, and without any pos
sibility of the exhaustion of the soil!
And all this is not any theory of
closet speculator or a Utopian dreamer,
but by methods that are used year af-
ter year by thousands and tens of thou
sands of men who are making fortunes
by it in all portions of the world-in
the market-gardens of Paris and Lon
don. of Belgium. Holland and the island
of Jersey. the truck farms of Florida
and Minnesota, and of Norfolk, Vir-
ginia,''
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-10
Popcorn.


Inc average consumption Of popcorn
Ior the last five years has been about
ooo carloads for the United States. A
great many people ask me what be-
comes OF all the corn that Is grown
mere, and when l tell them that 1t is all
popped and consumed they will hardly
ueneve me. A great many people have
tne idea 1t is manufactured into some
KIND OF breakfast food or used as an
aouiteration Of -four. This is not So
IN the first place. popcorn il too e1-
pennve to admit Of its being used for
this purpose.
All through the mountain regions
mere are little towns that are quite
'Aree consumers Of popcorn. In the
SCUM tnere Is but very little corn
srown' and this is another very good
market. The largest consumers Of
popcorn are the New England states.
PROBABLY three-fourths of all the pop
corn grown is consumed east of the
aississippi river, although there is
naruly town In the United States of
10000 population but will consume one
70 tnree carloads year.-Report of the
Kansas Board Of Agriculture.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-10

President Eliot, of Harvard, opposes
dividends of stock because 1t is secret
device to increase the profits of the
stockholders. A substantial objection to
the payment of dividends in stock is
that in the case of public service cor
porations it increases the capital upon
which returns may be claimed without
at the same time increasing the eff
cheney of the service 1t ought to be
impossible for public service corpora
lions to increase capital stock without
selling it outright and putting the
proceeds into the equipment of the
plant.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-10

When visiting the Chicago univer-
sity last week Prince TSai put the en-
barrassing question thus: But this
Mr.. Rockefeller. where did he receive
in so short a time the. emoluments
which enable him to be the father OF
this. so great an institution? And
why is the wealth not to the learned
and those who teach the valuable les
sons?" This is just the question that
the background.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-10
Professor X. V. Willard, of Washlng-

Professor X V. Willard, of Washlng-
ION hack from study of hieroglyph-
;os in Egypt states that the ancient
Egyptians taught that men are the
descendants of angels cast out of heaV-
ON some years ago. That these angels
are prisoners in mortal poules' u oe
all redeemed after few cycles of earth
.x;stence in which they get the chance
70 learn to behave properly in heaven.
THAT this world is really hell. Many
neonle when things are not going
+be;r wav. have surmised the latter.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-10

..Tuttle" is now looking out fol
things in the senate. If you wish to
know about futile" write to eX-
Senator Chandler, of New Hampshire
Chandler lost his seat in the senate
because he would not do the bidding
of the Boston & Maine railroad. fof
wears he had been a consistent advo-
cate of fair play in transportation. HIS
os;tion was not helpful to the special
privileges enjoyed by the Boston
Maine and futile discharged him
from the senate.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-10
RESCUED THE VICTIM.


Exciting Experience Of Aut0mobll-
lists ut . Jain Temple.
A thrilling story of how the side slip
ping Of a motor car nearly resulted in
man being roasted alive is told by
Ernest Esdale. The incident occurred
in Duhlia, village on the road from
Delhi to Bombay. The car was being
driven slowly past Jain temple.
amid the whooping Of natives and the
beating of tomtOms.
AT the temple entrance" writes
aIr. Esdale. ''stood two priests, regard
ing us with no friendly visage. Bang
ana our back tire has burst; deep
rut in the road has caught the wheel
too. In moment we swerve round
ana, horror. smash right into the tenn
pie door! Alas, we have committed
sacrilege and of the worst kind.
I'VE set to work to repair the tire
and just as we have finished a heart
rendlng. ear piercing shrek rings out
from the temple Enclosure. We rush
IN, brushing aside two juvenile priests.
VINO try to stop our progress. A crowd
or white rObed priests stand between
lis and the inner sanctuary. But the
three Of us are old football players; the
priests are down like ninepins.
we tear the curtain aside and stand
.or moment rooted with horror.
Ihere Oh rude altar our poor native
iS 1Iv
awe. Only seconds pause to take
IN the situation. and with a rush we
are on them
Selling the uplifted knife from the
nearest fanatic, we cut the leather
Strings and lift the fainting sacrifice
from the altar. Then we beat the
priests Off. regain our car and ride
away amid shower of missiles."-
Motoring Illustrated.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-10

rb.sa are the days when people
should be careful to breathe pure air
.nd TO yentilate their houses at nlsnt'
o,,.n If the coal man is getting their
money. DR.. oliver Wendeil HoiHes'
sneaking of pure air, once wrate;
"uave we forgot what is told IN one Oh
the books published under our o"i'
sanction. that simple measure OF ven
ti,ation had saved more imam siA'eeii
..,,d ob;,dren's lives in single
bosnital? How long would IL nave
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-10
Ole Red and
6O6ne Roses
(Original.l

lOriginaLl
At the Ackermans' ball I wore a red
rose in my hair. Reginald Keen had
been long waiting for my reply to q
very important question, and had al
last promised it him. We were both to
attend the ball, and 1 had agreed to
give him his answer there by signal
If the word was Yes" l would wear
a white rose in my hair; if it was 'No,''
red one. l was not able after this
promise to make up my mind any more
than before AID thought it better that
l should signal No" / would still be
on the safe side. and 1 had no fear of
his giving up the chase.
On the evening Of the ball, while
walking through a broad hall between
suits of rooms, 1 caught sight Of my
figure-as 1 supposed-in a mirror. At
any rate. g,r' the counterpart Of my
self was moving toward me. At first
sight 1 supposed our costumes were
identical because our dresses were both
Of a gauzy white material But what
astonished me was that in her hair she
wore a white rose. I was not aware
that she was not my reflected image
until she turned and assembled a stair
case.
She was with an escort; I had just
left mine. 1 followed her to the ball
room, and, desiring to see more of her
unobserved, went up into little bal
cony where 1 could look down on the
dancers. 1 watched her for some time
and saw many of my friends nod to
her To most Of them she returned a
surprised stare. She appeared to be Of
merry disposition, for she finally got
to laughing with her escort because SO
many people whom she did not know
bowed to her. Finally saw Reginald
at the other end Of the room and kept
my eye on him till he met her. When
he first saw her he started. Then. see
ing the white rose In her hair, he hur-
ried forward and literally forced her
attendant to retire.
The girl by this time seemed ready to
permit strangers to approach her, and
she took his arm as If she had long
known him. He bent over her and
whispered something in her ear. There
was surprise, a blush, then a merry
twinkle in her eye. She must have
known that she had been mistaken for
another and was evidently ready for
an escapade-in other words, to play
Juliet to Regina!d's Romeo.
l watched them from the balcony
while they danced several numbers to-
gether. but sat most of the time in a
window seat. l could see that the girl
occasionally surprised Reginald by
something she said. She was doubtless
betraying herself, but she laughed at
him and played the lover so well that
she always drove away his wonder and
escaped the pits she had fallen into.
a'.y4sli.jsiuNK1EE
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-10
A Monument For Johns HOPKINS

Baltimore. which received in the
Johns Hopkins university and the
Johns Hopkins hospital and in other
forms $10.O0OO0O from it's famous phi
lanthrOpist, is to erect memorial in
his honor. The institutions named are
his greatest memorial. but the city.
feels that it must itself do something
to show its appreciation Of one whose
citizenship and services so greatly bene-
fitted. The form the memorial will
take has not yet been decided and
probably will not be until the entire
sum needed for the purpose is raised.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-10

Governor Pennypacker, of Pennsyl-
vania, has just vetoed the resolution
providing for the investigation Of the
affairs Of certain prosperous railroads,
and has declined to call the legislature
together for the enactment of 2-cent
fare passenger rate. In a few short
months a heroic marble image of the
late Matthew Stanley Quay will look
down upon the visitors to the rotunda
of the state capitol at Harrisburg.
Carl Bitter, a New York sculptor, has
been commissioned to do the work,
and he has chosen for his model pho
tograph taken shortly before Senator
Quay's death. The photograph shows
Quay in his favorite sitting position
90 mighty Matthew, thou art living
yet; thy spirit walks abroad
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-10
WOODROW WILSON FOR PRESI-
DENT.

In an article in the April number Of
| the North American Review entitled,
Whom Will the Democrats Next NOM
mate for President?" "A Jeffersonian
Democrat supports the suggestion re-
Gently made by Mr. George Harvey that
the democratic party shoull select
Woodrow Wilson as their candidate for
the chief magistracy in 1908. The
writer intimates that it will be much
easier for the democrats to frame an
issue on which to appeal to the people
than for the republicans, inasmuch as
the latter appear to be hopelessly di-
vided on the cardinal questions Of tar
iff revision and the regulation of corpo-
rations engaged in Interstate COM
merce. This initial advantage, how
ever, will be Of little avail without a
strong candidate Where should a can
didate be sought? "a JeffersOnian
Democrat" gices reasons for his con-
tention that his party should select
a southern man for their leader in the
next presidential campaign, laying en-
phasis on the argument that the union
between the north and the south can
never be complete until citizen of the
south takes official possession of the
White House. There is an abundance
of presidential timber among southern
statesmen, but the writer doubts if
among the men of that class there is
the intimate and comprehensive ac-
quaintance with the views, wishes and
interests of all sections of the republic
which is to be desired in a national
executive. But in choosing presiden-
tial nominees the parties have not con-
fined themselves to the legislative
arena; they have also taken their con-
didates from the army and the judi
ciary, and "a Jeffersonian Democrat"
recalls the fact that university presi-
among our most efficient statesmen
and diplomatists. OF Woodrow Wilson,
he says:
1.-The country needs relief from the
strenuous and histrionic methods of
federal administration now exemplified
in the White House. 1t needs a man
who is a genuine history scholar, and
who has cOnclusivey proved himself to
be a competent executive. 1t needs
a statesman of breadth, depth and ex-
ceptional sagacity; an idealist, who, at
the same time, shall be exceptionally
sane. 1t needs a man who, although
stepped in Jeffersonian teachings, can
be trusted at a given crisis to ask, not
what jefferson did a century ago, but
what jefferson would do now. 1t needs
a man whose nomination would be
recognition of the south, which the
south nobly deserves, whose election
would be decisive proof of the full
restoration of the union. Such, un-
questionably, is the man whom the
country urgently requires, by whatev-
err political party he may chance to be
brought forward. Such a man is Wood
row Wilson of New Jersey We add
that he is a democrat, and of course
riff-revisionist. In word, he meets
all the exigencies of the OCCASION