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In Peril for $1,000.

The Associated Charities are likely
to be crippled In all its spring and
summer work for the want of 1000
For some reason, possibly the mild
winter, tie contributions for its sup
port have been less this year than
formerly. less by a sum sufficient to
restrict seriously its activities in be-
half of the common good. That sum,
as already named, is only $4,000
The question for you to decide
you who read this editorial and count
yourself a good citizen-is whether
or not you are willing the work of
organized charity shall suffer the
coming spring aDd~ summer for the
want Of $4,000 If you are not will
ing it shall suffer. then it is your
duty to give according to your means
to raise the deficiency.
What the Associated Charities IS
doing ought To be known of all citi-
TO you who read
the newspapers. 1t is doing a great
deal bigger work than merely giving
first aid TO the suffering 1t is a
work in which you, as a good citizen,
ought TO take special interest. II is
building character among the very
poor and the very weak all over the
city. A thousand stories could be
told of men and women helped up
not TO continual residence at the
almshouse. but to continued self
support 1t has encouraged over 1900
very poor citizens who would prob
ably still be applicants for charity
otherwise TO make regular deposits
in the savings banks IL has lifted
up whole families TO positions of
personal, inherent self-respect, which
five years ago seemed hopeless. And
this is particularly the work which
must suffer unless you who read this
editorial are willing to prove your
citizen responsibility by giving to its
support
That is the only question about
this work which requires answer to-
day. Are you willing this making
of character shall lapse because you
are not doing your part? Your part
may be 800 or 81. But you ought
to do il. whatever il is.
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The "COrnfield LAWYER. .

simultaneously with the PROFOUND
ing of "A Query 10 the Senate" in
these columns on Friday, Senator
Tillman, who is pressing the rail
road rate bill forward TO final pass
age. asked Senator Spooner for his
legal opinion, as well as his judg-
ment, on the justice and good sense
of the policy" suggested by The
Times; namely, of giving the Inter
state Commerce Commission power,
on complaint of the shipper, to for
bid the raising of rate by the COM
mon carrier, pending a full inquiry
by the commission
AS the Senator from South Caro-
lima well expressed it. the point he
tried TO make was "shied around or
run over or hit out at by every law
yer" except Senator Knox. Senator
Tillman is persistent, and he will
obtain an expression of opinion. per-
haps a vote. on his proposition, if
it takes from now TO the end of
the session.
The rate bill is in good hands.
And yet its floor manager admits
that it is in charge Of a "cornfield
lawyer"
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GORKYS NEW PLAY
DECIDEDLY EARTHLY
His Children of the SUM- Is Distinguished for Its Sharp
Delineation of Character and Its Vivid
Russian Atmosphere.

BERLIN. March 26--Naxim GoTky>s
new play. The Children OF the SUM- is
distinguished for its sharp delineation
of character and its vivid Russian at
1t might prove a success even
on the American stage. for il avoids the
most dangerous subjects tabooed there,
and deals chiefly with respectable mid
dle-clasS Russians. who. however, are
singularIy frank and sincere The com
mon folk with their ignorance, inebrity
and harshness. form only the back
ground of the picture, whose general
effect is not oppressively gloomy
Some Characteristics.
Liza. the chief character. is never
quite normal TchepOurnoy. veterinary
surgeon. whose cynical speech hiGes his
unselhsh nature, loves her-
Conscious OF the mental malady that
a affects her. not realizing the strength of
her feelings for him, she rejects his
proposals He departs and, as Subse-
quentIy appears. commits suicide. After
he has gone Liza realizes that she loved
him. and impatiently awaits his return.
When she learns that he has taken his
life her tottering mind falls in the abyss
of madness.
Protosof, Liza : brother. a scientific
chemist. is a man of great simplicity
and sincerity Of character. He is fun of
ardent hope for mankind-"The Children
OF the Sun''-who, by chemistry's su-
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preme aid. are 10 overcome all ills and
eventually conquer death itself His ex-
peTiments absorb him. and ne negIects
his wife. EIeha, a singUlarly weIl-bal-
anced woman.
Melanya. rich widow. Tchepourroy's
sister. loves ProtosOf. Sire tells her
passion both TO Protosof and his wife
has IL not been said that all the char
acterS are frank2 Elena pitieS Melanya
and tries TO comfort her. Meantime
Nagln, an artist. falls IN love with Elena
and proposes that she should leave Pro
tosof for him. Nagin calmly explains
ms wishes 10 Elena. who. at first. gives
him no decided answer. and 70 PrOtosof.
who is aStOunded that any one should
imagine he does not adore Elena
Wins Him From Science.
Tue revelation explains to Protcsoc
Melanya's meaning which ne had been
slow TO understand. As gently as pos
sible he tells Melanya that he proposal
is unsuitable and unnecessary"
Elena. the serene and patient wife. wins
him from her only rival. Science and
all ends happily. save for poor Liza and
TchepOurnoy.
Gorky has typifed the brutality and
tiOnS for the people. that block the way
TO freedom in Russia. IN EgoV,
drunken blacksmith, who beats his
wife. and who. while PToJosof Is risking
his life by miniStering 10 those stricken
by cholera. leads a mob 70 attack the
heroic chemist for selling cholera
poison.
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PARADOX OF MI0-WINTER
IN PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY

LEWISBURG. Pa. March 26-Union
county's public roads just now are Civ
ing the travelling public much perplex-
ity
Roads running east and west are bare
and wheeled vehicles only can be used.
Roads running north and south are
covered with snow. and drifts are pass
able for sieds only.
Farmers are obliged TO choose their
conveyance according to the points OF
the compass, and winter and summer
outfits are seen side by side.
The temperature. according TO the Of
fetal thermometer at Bucknen Uni
versity. registered thirteen degrees be
low zero
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Need of Fire-Escapes
Strongly Defended
Denied That They Are UnsightIy and Their
Necessity For Saving of Life Used as Argu-
ment in Behalf of Their Construction.

its occupants that they otherwise would
not OF could not have2 Look over the
list Of fires in our fair cify I'm recent
years and note the number OF times
fiTe-escs pes have been used as A
means of eGresS while the interiors Of
the buildings were IN flames or so dense
with smoke that the wooden stairwsys
were either burned away OF could not
he located II was only recently a q FIRE
iu one Of oar downtown hotels that three
women were rescued by being brought
70 terra frnna by means Of q fire-escape.
The law does not sDecifs that a FIRE
escape shall he placed on the front or
building but il mav be placed on the
sides or the rear. which location may
be determined by the Inspector of FIRE
escapes. Even If placed on the front
or a building they arc IN many cases
painted 10 suit the color Of the buildings
anyone interested may prove 10 MS or
her satlsfac ctiOn by an inspection OF
those already in place on many build
inss IN this city.
Erroneous Contention
The contention that ten or fifteen
thousand will be required is erroneous.
Private residences will not be required
to have Them at all. and most Of the
hotels and apartment houses already
have them / viii venture TO assert that
in al not over 2.e90 escapes will be re-
quired. The cost OF a fire-escape is not
great and the iron shons OF this city
are fully prepared 70 build and erect
fas 7 have found out from careful in
ouiTyl all the drc-escs pes that MAJ be
needed 10 comply with the Law.
And * il not within the power OF the
Commissioners 10 extend the time limit
iu case it may be deemed advisable or
upon a proper disposition being shown
By owners 10 comply with the law
within a Te3sonable time2 Why all this
fuss a bcut the fire-eScspc iaw2 II is
passed and VIII no doubt be enforced. ir
il interests YOU obey the law. II il
does not pass il over
FRANK d. HANNAH.
Washington. d. c.. March y. 1906
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Western Musical Enthusiasm.

II is a pleasure TO perceive the
glowing enthusiasm of the Far West
in all of its products, whether of
climate. ranch. or art centers. Just
now a great wave of eagerness for
music seems TO have arisen, especial
Iy in California, and to read the re-
ports in the San Francisco papers
one would imagine that the populace
had gone tone-mad. We are told that
what is going on there will con-
vince the effete East that a new
musical era has dawned in the Golden
West" We are ready and willing TO
be convinced.
All this wild outburst has arisen
over the concerts given at the Greek
outdoor theater of the University of
California. What is going on is best
told in the words of a rhapsodical
Examiner man:
Why. tell the most imaginative New
Yorker that the day may come when
ar audience of seven thousand will
NiAAh INV AhdOlSDl
tsay), for q symphony. and he will tell
you 10 see specialist in mental dis
eases He will tell you that even if
Beethoven himself came To life 10 lead
his own Ninth SYMPHONY in New
York. and the management threw in a
resurrection OF Chopin fer an incidental
solo on the piano. you could not gather
seven thousand at the concert
Yet this incredible worlds record
breaking crowd seems to be a very
simple matter at Berkeley, where they
have no Beethoven. no Chopin-onIy
Musical Director Wolfe, the Bethlehem
Bach man. and some sixty-five or sew
enty good. hard working but by no
means distinguished. bandsmen. And
only four rehearsalsi
Softly, brother, softly Incredible"
and worlds record breaking are
large words; they need accurate
weighing. For instance, in Boston
nearly seven thousand people hear
each weeks concerts of the Sym
pbony Orchestra, twenty-four times
? year. Audiences appreciSbly larger
than the Berkeley outpouring have
attended concerts in halls in Phila-
delphia and New York Baltimore
and Washington do not assemble
seven thousand people because they
have no halls which will seat so
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MRS. GARRETT HOBART
HOSTESS AT LUNCHEON
EnterainS Several Friends Willard for Last Time Before
Leaving Washington for Her New Jersey Home on
Next Thursday.

Mrs. Garret \. Hobart was hostess
al a charming luncheon today. Her
guests were Mrs Holmes. Mrs Hale.
Mrs. Aleer. Mrs. Carter Mrs. Mac
VeaEh. Mrs. Pinchot. Mrs Schley. Mrs
Wallace. Mrs. Audenreid. Mrs. Butler.
Mrs. Hornblower. Mrs. Spalding. Mrs.
Gordon Cummings. Miss Clayton. Miss
Sheriff. Miss Thompson. Miss Sher-
man. Miss Sewers and Miss Briggs.
Mrs Hobart. who has been IN Wash
inston At the willard for the last two
months. viii go 20 New York on Thurs
dav for two weeks visit. after which
she will return 20 her home in Paterson.
y :.
The Misses Sedgeley. Of Massachusetts
avenue. have cards out FOR tea on
Thursday March %.
Mrs. Howell Carroll OF Baltimore.
who is spending the winter at Stoneleigh
Court. entertained at luncheon at Chevy
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WONDERFUL ARTIST,

/ know OF "A wonderful artist
Who works at his own wild will
And scatters in richest profusion
The gems OF his magical skill
Here are rivers proudly sweeping:
Here Orient sapphireS CLEAN;
Here are willows. gray and weeping,
Like a poets pictured dream.
Here are castles of regal SpiendOr
And many a sculptured fame:
Here are features, fond and tender.
Ali etched on my window pane.
What a marvellous fight OF fancy!
Wat delicate. rare design,
All. would. by some necromancy.
This elf's craft were minei
Nay I claim IL not. IN a measure?
AS J lay a-dream last night.
Nv life-hreath gave this treasure
For the Frost Kings fingers light,
e. y. Lyon. in Sunday Magazine.
The Washington times., 1906-03-26

the body in its natural shape. and not
mold ii into funny forms, according 10
the vagaries OF fashion.
In regard 10 the theorists who attack
boots and stockings. which are said 10
cramp the feet. deform the toes and
destroy the muscular activity Of the
arches and ankles. Mr.. Bigg writes:
There are two classes Of people IN the
British Islands who do habitually dis
card boots and stOCkings-One being the
fisher folk around the coasts and the
other the factory girls in some Of the
large Scottish cities.
Shoes Are Fine.
II commend the adult feet OF both
these classes 10 the inspection OF those
who draft their children into the
barefooted brigade. The truth is that
the feet Of those who have been IN
booted until they have reached adult
Ilfe are splayed and spread. large joint
ed. and very generally Geformed from
the ideal foot depicted by the greatest
painters or modelled by the greatest
scUlpIOrs-
The greatest power or the feet. Mr.
BigS declares, il attained by those who
wear boots.
The Washington times., 1906-03-26
READY RESPONSES TO
APPEAL MADE BY BISHOP
An Announcement Made That Debts
of Diocese Will Probably Be
Cleared by Easter.

Through a hearty corporation on the
part of ministers and laymen in the
diocese of Washington. Bishop Satter-
lee was in position 10 state last night
that before Easter. he felt confident.
the church debt Of the diocese would
be entirely removed. More than S50,oo0
in cash had been received last night,
and a like amount n pledges, 10 be
paid before Easter, vas registered
This collection is the outcome of an
appeal made by Bishop Satterlee about
the middle Of February. A fund was
started. which was called the Bishop
Of Washington Fund" and last nights
announcement was the proof of its ef-
fectiveness.
ST Thomas Church led in the amount
of The collections. and it was stated
yesterday that the two committees spe-
ciallv appointed by the Rev. G Ernest
Smith had collected $1,000 The debt
on the church is $50. coo and DR.. Smith
said he was confident that the contnbu-
tions in cash and pledges would reach
that amount before many weeks had
passed.
The Church of the Epiphany raised
s.. $50 OF the $4,000 necessary 10 clear its
debt. and DIR. MeKim expects to receive
the remainder before Easter. AT the
Pro-Cathedral Church of the Ascension
S.7O0 was collected, and many pledges
were made. TO be fulfilled by the pre-
scribed time.
1t was determined some weeks ago
that "A report on the bishops appeal
should be made during the ceremonies
attending the tenth anniversary of his
cOpSaQra tion and that Of tho Orc9 MIA
tion OF the diocese Both were com
memorated but the announcements of
the desired collections were not made
until yesterday.
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HOUSEWIVES" PROVIDED
FOR UNCLE SANS SOLDIERS

The War Department has decided to
furnish every soldier in the army with a
housewife This announcement.
though made with fun authority. need
cause TO flutter of JOY in the hearts of
the waiting army of spinsters. for the
housewife" is not the helpmeet and
partner that the bond OF matrimony
gives TO man. but only a part OF the
soldiers kit"
1t will not exceed four ounces in
weight and will contain aSSoCted but
tons thread. needles. safety pins ordi-
nary pins. and. if practicable. a pair
OF small scissors.
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Chase yesterday IN honor OF Mrs. Mary
Harrison Mckee Miss Mabel Merriam
daughter OF General Merriam. former
Director Of the Census was also among
the luncheon hostesses at the club yes
terday. Among her guests were the
Counselor OF the French Embassy and
Nine Dos POrtes de Ia FOsse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pierre Lorillard were
among the dinner hosts OF last night. as
were Mr. and Mrs. Perry Belmont.
The NOnpareil Euchre Club was en-
tcTtaIned Friday evening by one Of its
members. Mrs J. NJ Haas at her
home. 13o Florida avenue northwest.
The nrst prizes were won BY Mrs. Haas
and Mr. HeacOck Donald Brittle re-
ccived the consolation prize.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs. J.
NJ Haas. Mr- and Mrs. s. i. Heacock
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Bro3dbent. the Misses
Ferda Knots. s. Rollins. J. PetUitt. and
Mr.. Ennis. J. ID. Brittle. and C Bitten
bender. After supper the club ad-
jOurned TO meet with Miss Rollins.
April 8. At as o street northwest.
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WALKED FROM HOSPITAL
INTO EPlLEPTIC ATTACK

Less than half an hour after George
Barry. twenty-seven years old. of 81
Four-and-a-haf street northwest. left
the Emergency Hospital, where he was
treated for epilsptic fits, he was seized
by another at Thirteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest. He at
once returned TO the hospital
About 4:15 o'cIock yesterday afternoon
the young man fell in commissions at
Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania ave
nue. northwest. An ambulance took him
to the hospital After receiving treat
nent he left, but when he reached the
corner where ne had fallen before. ne
stopped and dropped on the sidewalk.
The Washington times., 1906-03-26
JUDGE C0UNSELS SPANKING
FOR YOUTHFUL LOVERS

La PLATA. Mo. March 26.-'This IL
lustrates the folly of children marry
ing" remarked Circuit Judge Shelton AT
the conclusion Of the divorce trial OF
Mrs. Binda Wares against Cleveland
Wares
They We're married in 1872. the bride
being seventeen and Wares nineteen
Mrs. Wares said her husband thought
more of Tscehorses than ne did OF her,
and that other women had written let
ters 10 him.
In refusing her a decree. the court
said.
The parents Of these young people
would have done them service If. after
their marriage, they had spanked them
well and made ts11s M together"
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A Hardship on the District.

BY the terms of an act approved
q week ago today, every building In
the District of Columbia which is
more than thirty feet high and is
used for any purpose save the home
of one family. must be provided
with fire-escapes No matter what
the construction, or to what cost
and pains the owner went 10 make
the structure fireproof, in the judg-
ment of the Building Inspector un-
der this law some one must under
take the extra expense of adding fire
escapes.
Not the owners alone ara con-
cerned. The act was made broad
enough to reach the tenants, too. II
reads: That it shall be the duty OF
the owner. lessee, occupant, or per-
son having possession. charge. OF
control of any building three or more
stories in height, or over thirty feet
in height" etc. If the owner is a
nonresident, therefore. or if he is
beyond the reach of the authorities
for any other reason, the tenant must
either build the fire-escapes or move
IL would be hard to conceive oi
legislation more absolute, harder
still 10 understand the course OF
reasoning which made it so. Fol
the bill in this form was not recon-
mended to Congress by anybody. The
Commissioners, with a purpose 10 eS.
tablish reasonable restrictions foI
the protection of tenants and neigh
boTs. proposed a bill which excepted
fireproof buildings and low build
ings supplied with two stairways
each three or more feet wide, and
separated from each other by a dis
tance of at least thirty feet" But
the two District committees elm
mated every exception and estab-
lished instead of the moderate law
desired by the District authorities
aNStie'tAOAo hiJiC CAdSbtho Ahdn dt
in force in any other Urge city in
the United States.
What is to be done? There is
only one thing TO be done. The law
must be amended. While IL remains
on the statute books it must be en-
forced, and if the first effort is made
to enforce il, the expense and dis
figuration involved in the erection
of fire-escapes must be accepted by
the owner or lessee of every build
ing in Washington with the excep-
tion of one-family houses alone.
Getting the act amended may not
be easy. But it can be done. if the
Board of Trade and Business Mems
Associations are wide awake and &c
at the task with energy. Their com
mittees ought TO be before the two
District Committees within the week
If they are. and they know their
case, and they are backed by the
citizens associations and the news
papers. it is not at all impossible
that Congress can be brought to see
the hardship it has imposed on the
District, and remove it yet this ses-
sion.
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Surgeon Defends Corset
And Calls 1t Beautifier
Attacks Craze of Dress Reform, Hits People
Known as Hatiess and Coatless Brigade.
RidiCuIeS Bare Feet

LONDON. March 26.-Modern attire
finds an expert defender In Heather
Bigg, F. r. g. s. Of Wimpole street.
who. in his latest book on the treatment
of spinal curvature, has several chap
tiers attacking those crazes familiar as
the hatiess and barefOOted brigades. the
auti-corset league and the patrons Of
the pneumonia blouse.
Are corsets detrimental 10 the health2
Mr. Bigg says no.
Women" he declares. of all dom
inant civilized races always viii wear
and with advantage always have worn
some form OF corset In those primi-
tive. aboriginal races in which the
women do not wear them. or. indeed
anything else beyond a row OF beads
they may as girls be perfect in form.
but later they. as a rule. become hideoUs
objects OF disagreement
CorSet's Work.
"A good corset should take very firm
hold around the hips and loins. Cor
sets are intended in their right and
proper use simply 20 stay and support
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TRAMP CONVERT NOW WANTS
TO PAY FOR STOLEN RIDES

INDIANAPOLIS. March 26.-Being
converted. as he SAYS. tramp i'm Den.
yer writes to c. c. Clark. general agent
Of the passenger department Of the Big
-Four railroad. that he wishes 10 pay for
rides he stole on the bumpers of freight
cars. He asks Mr.. Clark 10 advise him
concerning the best rates than can be
given
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VALE GRAND OPERA,
WELCOME TO RACES
Society Is Ready to Begin
Outdoor Diversion.
SMART SET IS COMING
Secretary and Mrs. Root Will Give Din
ner Party at Home This
Evening.

From grand opera to the races is but
a step in Washington, presenting a few
hours OF rest 10 the weary ones. All
the smart New Workers spending the
season in Washington VIII entertain
house guests during the Benning sea
son. A large party OF New York pco-
pie VIII arrive Thursday. to be guests
OF Mr. and Mrs. Perry Belmont
The Washington times., 1906-03-26

The David Glover KindleberSer re-
cital at Rauscher's. AT 1870 this after
noon. viii have as patronesses Baroness
Moncheur. Nine van Swiuderen. Mrs.
G. g. Glover, Mrs. Audenreid, Mrs. Ash
ton. Mrs. Dewey. Mrs. John r Mclean.
Mrs. Richard Townsend. Mrs. Glover,
and Mrs a 2. Barney.
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CRUEL AND UNUSUAL.

\ law forbidding betting on horses has
been annulled in Tennessee as uncon-
stitutional. the people Of the Common
wealth regarding II as i'm the ma ature of
cruel and unusual Observation-Disclosures
Daily News.
The Washington times., 1906-03-26
RIGHT DOESN'T GET LEFT.

The wise CRATER never lets his left
hand know whose pocket he has his
right hand in.-Judge.
The Washington times., 1906-03-26

Secretary OF State and Mrs Root Will
give dinner at their Sixteenth street
residence tonight
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To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
think that your article in Saturday,
paper on Fire Escapes ON Fronts OF
Buildings VIII Scrape OF Every Bit Of
Beauty. is little overdrawn
Looking at the picture Of the apart
ment house shown IN connection with
the article you win notice that the low
er platform is many feet above the
street level The regulations governing
the erection OF fire-escapes require that
no part Of escapes shall be less than
twelve feet from The ground. The lower
(oT street LADDER is so arranged that IL
is held up out Of reach by counter
balance iron weight which the weight
OF the human body viii bring down TO
the street when occasion requires.
IL anyone interested viii attempt 70
get into second story window without
the AID OF an additional ladder he viii
have a merry old time. IL Is far easier
for the so-called '-second-story worker
10 20 through the front door Of many
apartment houses. which doors are IN
many cases left open all night. than to
scale fire-escape as at present ar
ranged. 1t is true. however. that with
teen feet long a man could reach the
lower platform Of "A hre-escape, but in
these days of open apartment house
doors and lower windows 1t would be a
tyro. indeed. who would burden himself
with long ladder while bent on house
hroaEfno