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The Washington times., 1906-04-14
A Practical Joke sidetracked.

The concluding chapter Of Gelett Bur
CESS novel "A Little Sister Of Destiny"
published by Houghton, MIfhin & Co.
on April II, contains an account Of the
New York and Arcadia Railroad"
which is reminiscent Of an unsuccess-
ful practical joke at the expense Of the
postoffice authorities IN New York last
year. Mr. Burgess and MS whiiom coz
iaDorator. VIII Irwin. Of the Sun, 10th
enthusiastic Californimaniacs, diverted
their leisure hours with a toy railroad
which they named the san Francisco
and Arcadia"
A company was duly organized. and
stock was sold by the promoters at >
cents. Per share Several prominent
writers and publishers invested. II was
planned finally TO circularize the com
pany's friends. who we're requested to
SEND N their subscriptions On a certain
daT. Thee ity editor Of one Of the New
ork dailies was then to Tip off, the
Secret Service agents. who We're expeC.t-
ed 70 bite, and to investigate the sus-
pected 'get-rich-quick'' scheme being
worked by the Caiifornians At the
raid, they were 70 be shown the IS +.
d A r. r." in operation
A Federal courts reporter is supposed
TO have given the plot away. At any
rate, good joke failed 10 come or
though stock in the IS. +. & a" Is
sslH sold-at a premium.
The Washington times., 1906-04-14
THE COMING OF THE DAFFoD1Ls

Awake, awakel for the springtime's
sake.
The lark is high in the spacious sky,
The gorse is ablaze, and the woodland
sprays
Are as crimson as August heather.
The buds they unfurl, and mavis and
merle
Are singing duets together.
-'The rivulets run. first one by one,
Then meet in the swirling river.
And in out-peeping roots the Sun-god
shoots
The shafts OF his golden CULVER.
The thrush never stops in the hazel
copSe,
Till with music the world seems ring
And the milkmaid hale, as she swings
her pail.
Comes out from the dairy singing.
''The madcap lambs round their staider
Are skipping as. one time. they did;
And, proud of the cheat. will the cuckoo
repeat
Soon the tale OF the nest invaded
The swain and his sweet in the love
lanes meet
And fondie and face each other,
TIL he folds her charms in his world
wide arms,
With kisses that blind and smother =
Then the daffodils came, afiame, ahame.
In orchard and garth. and cover;
And out April leapt, and first smiled.
then wept,
And longed for her Mayday lover
Alfred Austin, Poet Laureate of
Of England, in the Independent
Ashford. Kent. England.
The Washington times., 1906-04-14
Sale of the Burnett Library.

Catalogues have reached Washington
announcing the sale at the rocms OF the
Aferwin-Clayton Sales Company IN New
York city, beginning April IS. OF the
library Of rare and autographed books
collected by the late Dr. Swan NJ. Bur
nett, OF this city About i 500 volumes
are named. and the sale is expected 70
last about five days.
DR.. Burnett, as the catalogue well
says. was the purest type Of a collector.
He delegated the purchasing of his
treasures 10 no one He preferred the
byways to the highways of the book
mart. and as those who knew his lib
rary know well, rescued from the obliv-
ion Of some old book store in Edinburgh,
or stall in Paris. or the dark recesses
Of some dingy store in The South, books
of rarity and value which might easily
never have come TO light save for his
keen scent
The library was especially noted fol
its early American issues. EIzevirs, and
the productions of recently established
art presses such as the Kelmscot, Vale
and Daniels presses. Many OF tn.
volumes are autographed and nearly al
have the extra interest of clippings and
notes which net only contribute to theil
interest as books, but give them a dis
tinct quality personal 20 their eollec
tor
The Washington times., 1906-04-14
&C. B. Lancaster'sn First Long Story.

Instead of waiting until autumn. as
was originally intended. Doubleday,
Page & CO. have already brought out
c. B. Lancaster's novel ''The Spur
Considerable interest attaches 10 this
book because ii is the first long story
by the author Of the group Of virile
New Zealand tales entitled Sons of
Men, which caused many discriminat-
ing critics 20 hail Lancaster as new
Kipling." These were stories OF the
New Zealand sheep herders, and de-
veloped new ground IN fiction
THE Spur has the same background
The hero Is a yoang New Zealand sheep
shearer. who Is a literary genius. He
sells his future to a man Tor the Op-
Dortunity TO prove himself. The scene
shifts for a lime 10 Samoa. where
SeVerne. the hero, is war correspond
ent. and where his love story begins
and ends The man 70 whom the hero
sells himself proves a villain II is
a story OF unusual dramatic power,
and fulfiis the promise of Sons OF
Men
The mystery which still surrounds the
Identity OF &c. B. Lancaster lends arr
other interest 10 The Spur" II was
at first believed that the author was
woman, and this fact was widely cir
culated- But recently Doubleday. Page
* Co received a letter frJm Andrew
Melrose, the English publisher OF Ian
casters books. who said: ~ he fact is,
] do not know @. B. Lancaster myself.
and 1 am no more persuaded that she is
woman than you are. ] may tell YOU
tnat my representative in Australia
who covers Australia and New Zealand
three times year, has failed to meet
anybody who knows her. Lancaster
mas steadily declined to give photo
Sraphs or personal information
The Washington times., 1906-04-14
As to EgertOn Castle

Egerton Castle. author Of IF Youth
But Knew" was born in London in 1888
He was educated al the Universities Of
Paris and Glasgow and al Trinity Col
lege, Cambridge. went through Sand
hurst, rose to be captain Of the ROYAL
Engineer Militia, and later prosecuted
extensive studies in submarine mining
For ten years he was on the star OF
the Saturday Review. since which time
ne mas been editor Of the Liverpool
Mercury His lifelong devotion 10
workmanship. which found express
sion in his first book. Schools and
Masters Of Fence" savers the atmos-
phere of his novels most OF which have
their scenes laic in Europe in days be
fore the disappearance Of the code
duello.
a rendering into French Of Robert
Louis Stevenson's Prince Otto'' first
called attention TO Mr.. Castles gifts;
and he took his place as one of the
most delightful and enjoyable of modern
noXeLsts with the appearance in 1895 Of
The Pride of Jennico" Young April
and The Bath Comedy followed soon
after. Some of his best books have been
written as is If Youth But Knew -
with his wife. Agnes Castle His re-
creations, aside from fencing. include
rifle and pistol shooting. cycling and
rambling in country scenery and old
towns
The Washington times., 1906-04-14

Government who initiates or has the
execution Of Government work is
hereby directed to request the board
to consider and report its opinion
concerning the artistic merit of plans
for public structures, and for the
opening, modification, or embellish-
ment of any rablic space within the
District" But reporting an opinion
is at best only a matter of advice.
Strong-minded officials can go on just
as before. In the face of that advice
we can still have monuments erected
which are the wonder of the civilized
world, still have half a dozen differ
ent styles of architecture in one park,
still have duplicates of the postoffice
building.
Yet the public taste is growing, and
with it the power of public opinion in
such matters as the adornment of the
Capital. 1t is beyond question that
the people of the nation hope to make
Washington their finest city. 1t is
equally beyond question that prac-
tically every member of Congress
shares that hope and is ready to help
fulfill it. If this commission can be
provided. and it consists of sensible
men. and their recommendations are
practical. it is the Judgment of The
Times that disregard of its advice will
evoke condemnation from these i'm
pressive sOurces-from the people of
Washington; from the people of the
whole nation; and from the two
houses Of Congress in whose hands
the future of the American Capital
rests.
The Washington times., 1906-04-14
The Irrepressible Samantha Again.

Samantha. the irrepreSsibIe. and
Josiah Allen. her good spouse. are al II
again. Josiah Allen would insist upon
borrowing an automobile, and naturally
II led TO all kinds OF trouble. But tho
automobile was not the sum total of his
troubles. His beloved and erstwhiIe
practicai samantha took 70 believing II
ghosts and the communication 5et1ee1
bodies IN this world aad spirits In tho
next Poor Josiah has his hands full
and his head full when h tries to com
bat her various convictions. Tariett.
HOlley tells ali about these things and
much more IN her new book. s'Sefnanth,,
VS. Josiah. or a Borrowed Automobile
and What Came OF It" The book is TO
be published in May By Fink & Wag-
nails Co.
The Washington times., 1906-04-14
IN THE BOOK WORLD

or the Aborigines Protection Society
ne spoke OF the wellnigh unbelievable
scenes that he had himself witnessed.
ana urged that the government take
serious measures 10 put an end 20 the
INFAMOUS traffic. Amid great excite
menI formal resolution was passed,
protesting against the continued toler-
liz OI these mOnstrous abuses
Mr. NeyinsOn went to Africa at the
request OF the Harpers. and his account
2I g lhe conditions. published In Harper s
Hagazlne. has greatly stirred public
opinion IN America as well As in Eng
idnd- England, however. is most vital
~ concerned for in 1880 she paid 20
Portugal ID sum OF SI5. 600 600 10 stop
her slave-tr4 De. whiIA Of lste years by
the Berlin 81 Brussels acts. Portugal
was further bOCnd 10 assist her in rut-
ting down the slaye-trade in the Congo
Basin and Central Africa genera Nv.
The United States is also a Marty 70
the Berlin treaty of 1895
The Nevinson account. TO which he
has added considerable new material
viii be published as a book by the aar-
pers later in the spring
The Washington times., 1906-04-14
PEOPLE WHO EAT CLAY.

Clay eaters are found in the West
Indies. Honduras. and some of the
regions round the Orinoco. The habit
is contracted at as early an age as
twelve years. Clay eaters suffer from
chronic dyspepsia and emaciation. but
In spite of the pain and weakness they
cannot do without the clay any more
than the confirmed drunkard can do
without his alcohol The clay general
ly eaten is whitish -ray, sometimes
yellowish-pink- There appears to be
lime in ii. and also the remains of
minute organisms. 1t is sometimes
eaten baked and sometimes raw.
A confirmed clay eater will take four
nFe, or even six pounds a day Water
is drunk with IL. At length the habI,
seems TO give an aversion not only 10
other kinds of food, but also to aIco-
hollc drinks. As soon as this stage Is
reached the eating Of CLAW inyarfa bIy
causes death.-Chicago News
The Washington times., 1906-04-14
THE POSTAGE STAMP TONGUE,

"A number of ailments. some OF
them extremely dangerous, are COM
prised under the general head of post
age stamp tongue" said a physician.
Postage stamp tongue. in a word. is
any disorder contracted from the licking
of postage stamps
Three or four persons a week vfsi;
me with postage stamp tongues. They
have a throat trouble, or a skin dis
ease, or a pulmonary complaint, brought
on by the reckless habit of stamp lick
ing.
"A stamp should never be licked, as
its gummed surface is always squirnline
and pulsating with germs. If any lick
ing is 10 be done, let IL be applied to
the right-hand upper corner of the en-.
velope, where the stamp goes, for there
the germs are apt to be sparser.
ITO be safe, though, the tongue should
never be applied to either envelope OF
stamp. A damp sponge should be used
in the tongues stead"
The Washington times., 1906-04-14
From Stephen Phillips, Nero

Acte's description OF Poppaea Is n
good example Of Stephen Phillips poet
ieai expression in his new play. Nero. -
just issued by the Macmillan Company:
A woman without pity. beautiful.
She makes the earth We tread on false.
the heaven
merest mist. a vspor Yet her face
Is as the face Of a child uplifted. pure
But plead with lightning rather than
those eyes,
Or earthquake rather than that gentle
bosom
Rising and falling near thy heart. Her
voice
Comes running on the ear as a rivuIet;
Yet II you harken, you shall hear be-
hind
The breaking OF a sea whose waves are
souls
That break upon a human-crying beach.
Ever she smileth, yet hath never smiled
And in her lovely laughter is no jOy.
Yet hath none fairer strayed into the
world
Or wandered in more witchery through
the air
Since she VINO drew tie dreaming keels
of Greece
After her over the Ionian foam
The Washington times., 1906-04-14
A Measure Much Needed.

A measure which looks toward the
correction of a serious weakness in
the consideration of plans fer de-
veloping the Capital has been intro
duced in Congress under the title of
"A Bill Providing for the OrganiZa-
ton of a National Advisory Board on
Civic Art" If Ii shall be made law
as 1t ought TO be and that soon-it
will create a board of five members,
selected by the President, and paid
generally $500 each. Briefly, their
duties will be to help prevent the
erection of any more monumental
monstrocities, the selection of any
more designs for public buildings out
of all harmony with buildings already
standing, the renovation with acid,
into piles of separate building stones.
of exteriors harmonized by time, and
the adjustment to a proper interre-
lation of the development of the
parks, buildings, street extensions,
and water front.
Washington has suffered greatly for
the lack Of such a body. Only the
broad excellence of the L'Enfant plan
has saved the city from general topo-
graphical confusion and a chaos of
ornament. For fifty years the Capital
was allowed to rot, like so much
swamp weed in the fall. For the next
fifty years it was allowed to grow
almost wild, like so much pennyroyal
on river bank. Now it is hampered
by several distinct authorities, none
of whom are ready to accept the
guidance of anyone else, and all of
whom are working, with the best Of
intentions, along diverging lines.
Adjusting this in the future will be
no light task. What with the parks
under control of the War Department,
each of the public buildings under
control of its chief clerk or superin-
tendent, the geological gardens under
control of the Smithsonian, and the
streets under control of the District
Commissioners, a great deal of tact
will be needed not to produce more
friction in lieu of more harmony The
bill provides that ''any officer of the
The Washington times., 1906-04-14
Rev. Dr.. Williams on Factory Labor.

Right Rev. Richard = Williams.
.archdeacOn of Washington. has written
the following letter 10 the editor Of
the Living Church:
I beg leave to call the attention OF
every reader of your paper to a book
recently published by Macmillan. en-
titled The Bitter Cry OF the Children
written by John Spargo. We are all
more or less familiar with certain ef-
forts made lately TO decrease child
labor in the South, especially in the
cotton mills Chapter " OF this book
covers the entire field Of such labor,
and makes ones blood boil with indig-
nation at the facts disclosed II would
be a splendid thing for any person OF
means who IS alive TO the dangers OF
our civilization 10 buy and circulate
broadcast copies OF this book. We
are right in urging the cause of mis-
SiOns all over the earth But, sir, can
We go to the heather with clean hands
when in our own land such crimes as
are here described are perpetrated by
men who profess and call themselves
ChTiStianST VIII you not use some OF
that influence which the press always
exercises to advertise this exposure OF
one of the most outrageous OffenseS
against decency and national honor?'
The Washington times., 1906-04-14
The Author of ain Sun or Shade"

Louise Morgan Sill. who has just pub
lished volume of poems entitled IN
Sun or Shade" is a daughter of the
late Major General Morgan l. Smith.
trusted fellow soldier and intimate
friend of General Sherman
Mrs. sill was born in Honolulu, II.
l.. and came to Washington to live
when a child She was married there
to George Imbrie Sill. of Albany, y. Y.
End spent the first few years after her
marriage in Central America. where
Mr.. Sill had railroad interests. For a
number of years Mrs Sill has made
her home in New York She is not only
a frequent contributor of poetry 10 cur
rent periodicals, but is also connected
in an editorial capacity with the pub
fishing house of Harper & Brothers.
The Washington times., 1906-04-14
;. IN THE CIRCLE OF SOCIETY~
YOUNGER ROOSEVELTS
ARE DISAPPOINTED
Expected to Spend Easter Pine Knot But President
Can't Go Because of Appointment to De-
liver Address in This City.

President and Mrs. Roosevelt had
n ade plans TO spend Easter at their
country place, Pine Knot, near Rapidan,
Va. but on account OF promise by the
President to speak In this city today.
they had 10 abandon the trip, much 10
the dissatisfaction of the younger mem
bers of the family who love the rough
outing in the primitive country place
which they have already learned to love.
Mrs. Bull. wife of Lieut.. Henry T.
Bull, has gone to Philadelphia for a
visit OF ten days, after which she will
join the lieutenant az Annapolis, where
part OF the Thirteenth Cavalry has
been ordered for target practice.
The Hon. Ronald Lindsay. Of the Brit
ish embassy. has leased the Field villa
at Len0X for the season.
The marriage OF Miss Lulu Mae Goche-
nour and DR.. c. c. Fletcher will take
The Washington times., 1906-04-14
A Good Portrait of Lee.

pany has issued an etched portrait Of
Gen. Robert Z. Lee, which has value
not only as a speaking likeness OF the
great Confederate commander. but is
also noticeable as good art The picture
from which the etcher worked is IA
miliar 10 all admirers Of Lee and he
has done his work so well that a. a
little distance the result is as soft and
atmospheric as the best portraitu~e in
cOlors. As for the likeness. il is enough
10 quote Miss Mary Custis Lee, who
says:
.'It Is the most perfectly satisfactory
likeness of my father that I have ever
seen"
The Washington times., 1906-04-14
HALF YEAR OF MARITAL
HAPPINESS ENOUGH FOR HER

Seven months of the kind of marital
happiness which she got, Mrs. Rose a
Davis says was enough and plenty for
her so she has begun suit in the local
courts against Seymore F. Davis for
limited divorce. In her petition. which
was filed by Attorney G. Langdon
Whftford. she says her husband nevsr
supported her properly and also that
he has been unfaithful TO her.
Mrs. Davis says she was married TO
the defendant August 80. last, and
names a correspondent in the proceed
ings.
The Washington times., 1906-04-14
REV. LE0NIDAS E. C0YLE
LAID TO REST IN OAK HI

Funeral services for the Rev. Leoniaas
z. Coyle, VINO died Thursday morning at
the home of his sisters, Misses Emily
and Cornelia Coyle, 1760 n street north
west, were held from the home at II
O'Clock this morning. Interment was in
Oak Hill Cemetery.
DIR. Coyle. who came here from New
Jersey 20 visit his sisters several weeks
ago. was a native of Washington, hav-
ing been born here sixty-Six years ago.
He was son OF the late Leonidas Coyle,
at one time one of the citys leading
merchants He is survived by his
widow and seven children.
The Washington times., 1906-04-14
The New statesman's Year Book.

The new edition OF The Statesman's s
Year Book" viii be considerably in
creased in size. One OF the principal
changes is the addition OF more than 15O
pages to the section devoted to the
United States, containing a detailed ac-
count OF each State Of the Union on the
same plan as that followed in dealing
with other States OF the world
This has been done partly 10 satisfy
suggestions which have been received
from the United States, and partly be-
cause il is considered that these com
ponent parts of the country are at
least as important as the component
PARTS of the German empire. The Mac
milan Company announce the volume
for immediate issue
The Washington times., 1906-04-14
Swinburne's Tragedies.

The collected Library Edition Of the
Tragedies Of Algernon Charles Swim
burne is shortly TO be issued in this
country by the Harpers. The set will
contain fi-e crown octave volumes,
bound uniform with the complete poeti-
cal works issued by the same house a
year or so ago. There will also be an
edition de luxe. limited TO i4S numbered
sets. 1t viii be rev,slled that the de luxe
edition of Swinburne's Poems was
completely sold out. and many OF the
sets resold at a premium, within a
month after publication.
The Washington times., 1906-04-14

Baroness Won Sternburg. wife of the
German Ambassador, left Washington
this morning for New York, where she
will join her husband. who went
over TO that city yesterday. They will
remain there until Easter Mon@zy when
they will return to town. The middle
of the week, the Ambassador and Baron
ess Won Sternburg, and Miss Langham
Will go TO Pittsburg, In a private car,
where they will be entertained.
The Washington times., 1906-04-14

Mr. Marlatt. who is engaged to Miss
Mackay-Smith. has cards out for a
cherry blossom fete," to take place on
Monday afternoon. Mr.. Marlatt has a
large cherry tree on his grounds. and II
is a custom OF his TO give tea every
spring, when the tree Is in blossom
The Washington times., 1906-04-14

Mrs. Philander Knox. wife OF the
Senator from Pennsylvania. has returned
from a visit 10 Pittsburg, and with other
members of her family. will spend Eas-
ter at their country place at Valley
Forge.
The Washington times., 1906-04-14
Expedition at Night.

He had barely got this regiment or
ganized when ne led an expedition at
night into a Filipino stronghold near San
Fernando, got through the pickets and
into the center Of the town unobserved
and routed the Filipinos with heavy loss
at daybreak- This was the beginning of
a series OF brilliant exploits by his regi-
ment His work in the Philippines as
head of the information division and
chief OF scouts. and as commander of
the Thirty-sixth, was so effective that
when President Roosevelt def1ed the rule
OF seniority and promoted him TO brig
a dier over hundreds of other officers In
1901, there was no serious objection 10
his confirmation. In the maneuvers at
Manassas Il was General Bells army
that came off with first honors, and as
head of the United States Infantry and
Cavalry School, Signal School and Stan
College. at Fort LeaYenworth, General
Bell has made an excellent record
President Roosevelt has many ideas of
his own as to the preparedness or the
army for active service in the field.
Among these are the plans for practice
marches, training in craftsmanship.
practical maneuvering of regular troops
and guardsmen encamped IN brigade
posts and the like. General Bell IS fully
in sympathy with these ideas and fully
fitted to carry them into practice in the
most effective way.
lieutenant General Bates went on the
retired list on his own application TO
make room for the promotion 10 the
grade of lieutenant general. or Major
General Henry G. Corbin, because OF
the short time General Corbin VIII have
TO serve before his statutory retire
ment He will not become chief OF staff.
That most important assignment goes
to Brigadier General Bell.
The Washington times., 1906-04-14
England Asked to Put Down Slave
Traffic.

Henry W. Nevinson. who has lately
returned TO England from his secret
expedition into Central Africa TO in
vestigate the shocking conditions OF
the slave-tFade still carried on in Por-
tuguese territory. made an eloquent sd-
dress before the recent annual meeting