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The Washington times., 1906-08-18
BOYS IN GREEN UNIFORM
ENLISTED AS SERVANTS

LONDON. Aug. 18.-A battalion of
page boys, captained by a motherIy
cook, is the latest solution Of the serv-
ant problem
The battalion Is being organized by a
lady, who described her idea yesterday.
Il propose to start an agency Of small
page boys who will take situations in
companies under the charge of a re
spOnsible elderly woman, who win act
as cook -hOusemaid" f" she said.
For the small householder two boys
and the cook viii be sufficient; for the
large mansion ten boys and the cook
Orphans only will be employed. They
will be trained in the agency. and only
a small wage viii be asked. This will
be regulated by the work done and the
time taken TO do IL.
THE uniform Will be dark green. with
silver buttons, and the cook viii wear
q dark green linen dress 20 correspond
There win be a kitchen boy q
drawing room boy a dining room boy,
and each VIII be trained for his respec-
tive work 30
The Washington times., 1906-08-18
MAY SUNSHINE FALL ON YOU.

whate'er Of i'll the years for me may
OF darkest cloud or damp and chilly
Winds bleak in winter and in autumn
May sunshine fall on you.
Though Ger the road tits doomed my
feet must go
Where brambles are and thorns the
path bestrew.
May Fate with an unstlnted hand be-
Her sweetest flowers OF you.
Though pleasures cup my lips may
never press
And disappointment all my hopes pur-
sue,
May peace and health and every hap
Diness
Fall lavishly on you.
If toll and labor are to be my lot.
Each morning bring burden that is
new
Though I by wealth and leisure am for
got
May both be showered on you.
But II the curious should ask II ere
ia had a friend whom ] had found
untrue
I'd ask your heart. and 'twould be my
despair
To find unfaith in you.
-.---., Thomas Z. Porter.
The Washington times., 1906-08-18
BURGLAR
WORKED DOUBLE SHIFT
Man Of Education and Family Was Ac-
countant by Day and RObber
az Night

LONDON, Aug 1S-The double life Of
a man who was an accountant by day
and a burglar by night was described at
the Clerkenwell sessions. Henry Lewis.
who described himself as a clerk. plead
ed guilty 20 having committed three
burglaries and was sentenced 10 two
years hard labor
Detective Sergeant BurreIl said that up
20 two years ago Lewis was an account
ant in constant and good employment.
but at night he did a 7ourishing bust
ness as a burglar He had received a
college education. and his father. who
was a man of good position. had no
knowledge of his double life He lived
entirely alone, and conducted his burg
laries without assistance.
Two years ago. however. he was
caught and sentenced to a years i'm
prisOnment, After his release he gave
up his business as an accountant and
devoted himself 10 the more lucrative
profession OF burglary He made a spe-
cialty OF valuable plate and Jewels.
which he paWned
The detectives said that he had given
Information 20 the police which led to
the recovery Of a large quantity Of
stolen prOnerty.
The Washington times., 1906-08-18
New Stock Boom.

With all the world rolling in pros
perity and the United States lead
ing the procession; with everything
now assuring that right on top Of
the pile is to be heaped the greatest
crop the continent has ever harvest
ed, to be sold for more money than
any other crop ever brought: with
the inundation of gold still pouring
it's magic, vitalizing stream, in ever
increasing volume, into the worlds
mints; with the great Orient at last
fairly awakened to the new light
of western civilization and girding
itself to join the march of real
progress; with all these. and end
less other symptoms, who snail say
TO what lengths this boom of ours
may yet go?
1t seemed "a few months ago as
if stock prices were at the top
notch. Yet today the pressure of
dammed-up surpluses re-enforced by
augmented earnings is breaking the
limitations OF established dividend
rates, and it is suddenly become the
fashion for the transportation and
Industrial corporations to give their
shareholders generous slices. Some
of them are doing it frankly and
directly; others, by process of in
but it all comes to the same end.
The owners of securities are at last
to come into returns somewhat COM
mensurate with the real earnings.
Union Pacific common on a 10 per
cent basis, Southern Pacific paying
its first dividend, Northwestern
doubling its capital, Norfolk and
Western practically doing the same,
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CROWDS Of CRIPPLES
SEEK LOURDES SHRINE
Genuine Water From Sacred Spring Is
Dispensed by Priests at GIotto
in Brooklyn.

NEW YORK, Aug IS-About 5000
persons. all afflicted jourueyed yester-
day afternoon 10 the shrine of Our Lady
of LOuTdes, Broadway and Aberdeen
street, Brooklyn, IN the hope Of being
relieved. In the great crowd were the
lame and the sick and some almost dy-
ing, All kinds of diseases-cauCer, con-
sumption, rheumatism and asthma-had
their victims there. and men. women
and children with limbs dislocated or
broken prayed long and drank the water
from the famous shrine of France.
Two thousand quarts Of this miracu-
lous water was sent TO the Fathers of
Mercy, who have charge Of the Brook
lyn shrine, sealed and stamped as a
guarantee that # was the pure and un-
diluted water Of L.oUrdes. Some visited
the shrine from towns as far west as
Tyrone. Pa. and New York State towns
as far as Albany.
The pilgrimage 10 the shrine began at
$50 from the church. Father POrCile,
the rector, was in charge. The shrine
stands in q grotto in the church grounds.
and is a reproduction Of the French
shrine. Here the pilgrims knelt, or sat,
as their afiiictiOn would allow them, and
prayed for hours Father POTCile
preached a sermon. blessed each of the
afflicted and then distributed about two
ounces OF the water 70 every one -hO
applied. After tlat there was Dene-
dicuon.
In the evening there was another pill
grimage TO the shrine. Many OF the af-
ficted camped on the grounds from noon
yesterday until almost le clock last
night Next Sunday there VIII be
another pilgrimage 10 the shrine
No persons were reported as being
healed
The Washington times., 1906-08-18
Chat With Sweetheart
An Expensive Talk
More Than Eighteen Dollars the Telephone
Bill for a BlisSfuI Conversation, Then Man
Found Purse Too Thin for Tariff.

pockets for the necessary greenbacks.
which apparently were missing. I'm
sorry he explained, hut I haven Z
that much with me-"
Perhaps you left it I'm the cafe" his
friend suggested.
The telephone boy. however. objected
streuuOusly TO the caller going in search
OF his missing Wad. so the latter ap-
Ica4td 10 Manager Barney 10 cash "a
check. AIR. Barney explained, however,
that the cashier was unable 90 cash -
check ot that amount, and 10 was sug-
gested that q messenger be sent 10 the
mans hotel Tor the money.
The call was made at $3.50 o'clock, but
IL was ID before the swlft-footed mes
seEEeT returned 20 the hotel where the
man had been forced 10 remain as a
sort of hostage pending the settlement
with the telephone agent for his little
converse tlOU.
Pm glad that boy didn't have to go
20 Omaha be remarked, as he sauu-
tered oGt Ct the hotel with his friend
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eyes to blaze like live Goals. There was
no mlataElnS the fact that she was
angry. The omino9s calm with which
she turned 10 TaTb0tr1m only Increased
The feeling OF impending danger.
Mr.. TarbOttom. she Declared i7 low
t'tt5r tones l1 this lTuet Did you get
a license 10 marry Inc-ME2F
IatDotiom was trembling and he could
p u trust his voice 10 make reply. but
ne backed or "a few steps. and nodded
Lls head solemuiy- Then the storm
broke
With a Wild cry Of rege. Miss Marden
spFang az him and dealt him atingiug
blow win her extended right hand.
Lively Doings, These.
you old f0OIt' screamed the outraged
lady. "You Jhump. thumpg tottering
old idiot (thump. thuup. tbumpD How
dare you Ghumpy do such q thing
dhump), when you know ] wouldn't
have you If you bad a muli0n Ghumpl
thumpJ dollars? lWhaCk, BaugD Liar!
tDmgy Chump, (crdckD Dod0, GhumpD
I'll teach you 20 make love lJIumpJ 10
a woman who Hates YOU. tWAaeEi
Whack, WhackD"
The last whack vas delivered with q
thTce-Icgged stool, and IarDOJtom, who
had edged around toward the back door,
,Tarbottom and his second wife
boarded with me- and i took care OF her
in her last illness.
Since her DEATH" said Miss Marsden,
''the old man has been c0uTtiuE me and
proposing so often UuaL - has come 10
be a standing joke IN Iny family Early
this week / went down 20 Atlantic city
for a short visit, and IN writing 20 my
sister 1 said, just in fun. Tell TaTDot-
tom 10 get out the marriage license. so
that there may be no delay when 7
return "
That's what you didr' shouted Tar
bottom, sticking his head in al the back
door
Now that IL has gone so far. I don't
know what ] shall do. He has money
enough TO make @ wife c0mforta abIe-and
4 don't know
THAT the Way 10 look at it," said
Tarbott0m taking heart AT her mood
and walking boldly into the hau.
IL sounds promising 4or TarDottom,
too.
The Washington times., 1906-08-18
Up From the Ranks.

In this day of campaigns in the
Philippines and a navy which is TO
be a world-power for peace, the
ruling of the Secretary OF War on
promotions from the ranks the
other day does not attract much no.
tiee. That is unfortunate, because
if once IL were understood the peo-
pie of this country would have con
siderably more interest in their
military organization and a great
deal more pride.
The General staff, it appears, had
gone over recent preliminary ex-
animation taken by enlisted men as
candidates for commissions. Under
the law, graduates from West Point
must first he made officers. Wien
they have been assigned, the en-
listed men of grit enough TO prepare
themselves must be given a chance.
If that list is exhausted and vacan-
cies still remain, then appointments
are To be made from civil life.
West Point will fill this year sew
enty-eight positions, leaving forty
eight open to the men who carry
rifles. y first examination disclosed
thirty-five sergeants, corporals, and
priyates as fitted for the second test
which is regularly imposed. The
General Staff proposed that only
eighteen of those thirty-five should
be regarded as eligible. BY its de-
cision the other appointments were
10 be made from outside the army.
That was where Secretary Taft
came i'm. He had read the law and
he could not see any provision which
warranted the department in ex-
Guiding the remaining seventeen
eigibles among the enlisted men.
So he asked his judge advocate gcu-
eral for an opinion. That officer
agreed with the Secretary. And
now the whole roster of thirtv-fye
who passed the preliminary test are
enrolled for the final examination.
Whatever the basis for the action
Of the General Staff-and it is in
conceivable they took such a posi-
tion without some good ground
the country win find great satisfac-
tion that it was oyerruled by the
Superior Court. The gulf between
army officers and the men under
their command is not wide in Amer
lea. If the people are consulted it
viii never be any wider than the
most necessary discipline requires.
They would have the enlisted man
with sand enough to fight for shoul-
der straps given every chance. It
was their viii, understood by Con-
gress, which led TO the enactment
of the law involved. The more that
law is read in the light Of a sincere
desire TO advance the private sol
der the better satisfied the country
win be.
The Washington times., 1906-08-18

PHILADELPHIA Aug lS.-A resident
Of Omaha visiting in this city spent a
delicious fifteen minutes last evening
talking 20 his haucee iu the Western city
over the long distance wire from the
Hotel Bellcvue-Stratford. and then found
10 his dismay that his roll did not con-
taip the $50 necessary To pay the
charges Of the call.
IT took some time 90 get the c0uuec-
uou with Omaha. bur finally tho man
disappeared into che telephone booth,
and emerged fifteen minutes later. per-
spring freely. but with "a happy smile
on his face. How muchg' he asked
the attendant remarking 90 a friend
that the little talk was wor. D a million.
Eighteen dollars and seventy-hvs
cents said the phone boy,
Eighteen" he flushed with annoy
auce and hunted hopelessly through his
The Washington times., 1906-08-18
WOuLd-Be Bridegroom
Whipped by Sweetheart
Man Took Out Marriage License Without
WOman's COnsent-When She Heard II
She ThraShed Him a la Sullivan.

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 18.-Although
he was BIT pTecipitate. perhaps, in get
ting out the marriage license, Thomas
TarbOttOm may win his third wife after
all. But Il cost hica a thrashing at the
hands Of the woman he would make his
bride-a regular Amaz0n-who dld the
job in Fegular Sullivan fashion.
The afternoon papers announced that
Thomas Tarbottom, sixty-one years Old.
a carpenter, of 1909 Race street had
taken out a license to wed Miss Rather
Inc Marsden, forty-one years old, Of the
same address; that Tarbottom had bSen
married twice before, his first wife hav-
ing died seven years ago, and his second
two months ago.
TarbOttOm Was There.
A reporter was sent 70 get a few de-
tails about the approaching wedding, and
Mr. TaFbOttom himself answered the
bell He called Miss Marsden. She Is a
buxom woman, well upholstered. but
quick and active. in spite of the fact.
and Of a buslness-lfIe appearance.
You wish. 10 see me. young man2'
she asked. blandly.
The reporter replied that he had come
TO inquire about her wedding Miss
Marsden's eyes and mouth vied with
one another 10 see which could open the
widest
My wedding!' she exclaimed. why,
you must have made a mistake in the
No one here intends 70 be mar
ried that 7 know Of We had a funeral
here "a couple of months ago Mr.. Tar
bottom wife. here. was buried, but
have heard no talk OF a marriage"
The reporter consulted his clippings,
and taen he showed one or them 10 Miss
Marsden The heading on u was,
Twice a WldOwer. He Weds again
Il was a short article, rot more than
five or six lines of type, but it took
Miss Marsdeu fully q minute 10 grasp
IT'S meaning First she flushed bert-rea,
then she turned pale, then her mouth
began 10 settle into firm lines and her
The Washington times., 1906-08-18
AUTO ACCIDENT
DETAILS RELATED

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
The following are the facts regarding
the automobile accident which happened
on the Atlantic City Boulevard. involv-
ing John K. Heyl. lie Roy Marks, and
Mr. Thomas. Of this city.
Mr.. Marks was driving his car, which
is provided with gas lamps Mr.. Thomas
was driving another car. which had
only oil lamps. Mr.. Heyl was a pas
senger in Mr.. Thomas car. The boule-
ward mentioned is approximately eighty
feet wide. but at the creek, three miles
out of Atlantic city. there is a bridge
only twenty feet wide. having wooden
approaching abutments thus narrow
ing the roadway very sharply 10 the
width of the bridge Mr.. Thomas was
trailing Mr.. Marks car in order to
have the benefit Of the gas lamps, and
when the bridge was reached Mr.. Marks
crossed safely. but on account Of the
sharp narrowing of the roadway at this
point Mr.. Thomas did not have op-
portunity 10 follow Mr.. Marks tracks.
and his car struck the wooden abutJ
ment. throwing Mr.. Heyl out. Mr..
Marks Immediately took Mr., Heyl in
his car to the Atlantic City Hospital,
where it was found he mad broken MS
collarbone dislOcated his shoulder and
slightly mashed his left hand. He was
not internally injured. and will be NOV
ed 20 Galen Hail on Friday, where he
will rest for a few days before return
ing to Washington.
Mr.. Thomas and Mr.. Marks were not
injured. Mr. Marks. as stated, having
safely crossed the bridge
This same spot was the scene Ce an
automobile accident last week, when the
chauffeur was Killed. showing con-
that the narrowing of the road
way is entirely at fault. and not the
autOmObilists.
ROBERT B. CAVERLY.
Washington. August, 10.
The Washington times., 1906-08-18
CATS FOLLOW BODY
OF MASTER TO MORGUE
Devotion Of Pet Felines to Their Friend.
a Drowned Hermit, Strikingly
Shown.

AKRON, ONO, Aug. Is.-Charles
Larsh, for thirty years a hermit in Cop
ley township, was drowned this after
noon in White Pond With a neighbor
ne was fishing and ran his boat up to
what he thought vas the landing. He
attempted TO step out when the boat
ran into a los and threw him into the
water.
After searching several hours the
neighbors pulled the body out Of the
water. Two cats that lived with Larsh
for years sat beside the bed While
Undertaken Parks was laying out the
body. They followed the ambulance into
the city and into the moFgue.
After several attempts the cats got
into the morsue and took posts beside
the body of Aheir dead master Why
LlTsE lived as a herTnit is not known
Many Efforts have been made In vain to
penetrate his secret.
The Washington times., 1906-08-18
FIYE-YEAR OLD BOY
TRAVELS 5000 MILES

DETROIT. Mich. aug. H.-Over land
and sea a distance or 6,O00 miles came
little Robert Wallace. aged five years,
from Glasgow. Scotland, in search Of
his father and mother Robert arrived
in Detroit Thursday, and was held here
temporarily because the officials az
Quebec. where he landed, had failed
to provide him with a passport. He
walked into the immigration office with
all the self-assurauce in the world He
did not understand what was meant by
passports and such things, but he did
want to know why the officials held
him here.
Chicago. was telegraphed 10. and an
swered that he would meet the boy
The lad was then allowed 10 proceed to
his destination.
The Washington times., 1906-08-18
y IN THE CIRCLE OF SOCIETY y
Sir Chentung at Chautauqua,
To Deliver an Address Today
During His Absence From Washington for the
Summer His Secretaries Are Adopting the
Capitals Custom of Long Walks.

a year in Europe. Thy have just re-
turned from Mt Gretna. Pa.
J. Thllman Hendrick is spending a
month at the Poland Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alpheus II. Snow have
returned TO their home, on Massachu-
setts avenue, for a short stay after two
months or autOmObillng ana yachting
along the coast of New England. Mr..
Snow spent two months previously in
Europe, and returned only IN time 20
join Mrs Snow for the auto trip IN the
North.
Mrs. Rich Dickinson. who has been I'll
for the last eight months. is spending
July and August in Ocean Grove. y. j.
She was improving until she was caught
IN panic In an auditorium about the
middle OF July and was seriously IN
Jured. Mrs. Dickinson wiz not be able
To be moved from ocean Grove rOr
some weeks yet but IS on the road TO
recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. s. Pollock have taken
an interesting party for few days sail
on the Potomac and down the bay.
Among them are Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson,
Dr. and Mrs. Wright. and Mr.. and Mrs
Johnston, OF Baltimore.
Wilbur Underwood is al Oakland, Md,
until September l.
Mrs. William Peck. Miss Peck, and
Paul Peck have returned from a few
weeks visit at Atlantic CITY.
F. H. Jockey IS paying a two weeks.
visit at his home in stanton, Va
WoodviIle Latham has returned 10
Washington from New York. havinE
been called there by yhe sudden death
Of his son. Otway Latham, on Friday OF
last week.
The Washington times., 1906-08-18
Next Governor, Next President.

The governOrship of New York is
the fayorite stepping-stone to the
Presidency. The road most ire
quently travelled to the White House
is via Albany. And just now there
is a most interesting reversion to
the view that 'as goes New York,
so goes the nation"
But how shall New York 90?
That's the question; as difficult 10
answer as that other question of
how the nation shall go two years
heLce.
New York is casting about in the
effort 10 decide what it shall do by
way of discharging its immense re-
sponsibility TO the country. There
is no doubt that its responsibility is
great. For New York's develop
ments this year win 60 far toward
shaping the course of national poll
ties for years to come. But. torn
by factions in both parties. facing a
rising tide of Independence that
battles all calculations Of the organi-
zation politicians, the Empire Stale
knows not where it stands. nor in
which direction it is turning. The
whole gamut of possibilities from
Hearst TO Higgins, from Jerome to
Woodruff, from ultra radicalism to
extreme conservatism, is presented.
No man dare guess what viii be the
harvest.
"The next governor of New York
viii be a Democrat. The next gov
ernor of New York viii be the next
President of the United States"
Thus the New York sun oracuIarly
declared itself some time ago. For
the latter of the two statements il
is suspected. in the light of recent
developments, there is more proba-
bility Of verlfcatiou than for the
former. Hearst or jerome might
quite couceiyably be the next gov
ernor of New York, but it is not
easy to believe either or them could
wrest the Democratic nomination
from Mr.. Bryan.
On the other hand, if the next
governor of New York should be a
Republican, he would have an excel
lent y chance of being President.
There is one Republican who could
be elected governor of New York
this year We don't think there is
more than one. We do think this
one can defeat anybody the Demo
Gratis nominate whether they have
one nominee or two. If this unique
Republican should be nominated and
elected. he would from the dav of
his election be the Empire States
candidate for the Rpublican Presi-
dental nomination. lie would have
the delegation of that State in the
next national convention. He would
carry the State in November, 1908.
He would carry IT. we believe.
against any man the opposition
could name. And he would be the
next President
1T should hardly be necessary to
say that this one Republican is
Charles L. Hughes.
The Washington times., 1906-08-18
SUCCESSFUL OPERATION
RELIEVES Mr.. MORRIS

William Morris, of 1912 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast, employed al the
Washington navy yard. has been seri-
ouslv in at Providence Hospital An
operation for appendicitis was success
fully performed by DIT. Mitchell, OF
Johns Hopkins University, and he Will
be home with his family on sunday.
The Washington times., 1906-08-18
HAS HAND SEVERELY CUT
AT GOVERNMENT TERY

While handling glass Henry II. Day,
an cmpIoye Of the Government Printing
Office, yesterday cut his right hand Sc
verely. Day lost considerable blood.
He was given prompt medical attention
by Inspector Manning.
The Office of medical inspector vas
created about six months ago, and Dr.
Manning placed in charge. In that time
700 cases Of accidents and sudden illness
have been treated by him.
The Washington times., 1906-08-18

Sir Chentuns Liang-Cheng IS expected
20 arrive at Chautauqua, n. Y, today
to deliver an address. During the min
ister's absence al Amherst. Mass.
whero he Is spending the summer, his
secretaries. headed by Chow Tszchi,
FIRST secretary, are adopting the Wash.
lngton custom Of walking. and are seen
n their Oriental costumes wandering
about the more secluded streets or on
the highway 10 Chevy Chase. each
carrying "a small cane. and all talking,
laughing, and fully enjoying the pass
ing Incidents. They are frequenters Of
the Zoo, and also make repeated visits
to all Of the public buildings now open.
Miss CorInne Douglas Robinson. niece
of the President, is now the guest OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II. Henderson as
their camp In the Adirondacis.
Potter Palmer. jr.. Of Chicago, arrived
at Newport yesterday. and viii be en-
tertained considerably while there.
Among The people who left Washing.
ton for Bethany Beach. Delaware. this
week. were Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert
Thompson and Miss Ethel Minor. Mr..
Van Arsdale and Mrs. Johns left the
city today for that resort
Mrs William II. McKnew. accom-
panied by her daughter Edna and her
son Donald, also her sister. Miss Susie
McKuew, viii sail on the White star
line from New York August "a, TO spend