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The Washington times., 1906-01-27
A Dying Race

Pathos and tragedy were inter
mingled day or so ago in the simple,
broken utterance of Chief Hump, of
the Sioux tribe of Indians, as he bade
good-by TO the President: Il will tell
my people that l have seen the great
white father and that he took me
by the hand" for Hump is the last
of the old chiefs of a dying race.
Like Phoenician. Greek. Roman,
Aztec. the Indian will one day be ex-
tinct Once he was the sole pos
SCISSOR of a continent He fished in
its streams. hunted on its mountains,
pitched his camps in its plains with
none TO say him nay. He was un-
conventional and uncOncerned in this
glad. free life with the woods filled
with vension, the lake with fish,
bison on the plain, the war paint
ever ready. and a smoke constantly
curling up from his wigwam.
He was monarch of all he surveyed,
OF his right there was none to dispute
until the white man came.
He found himself being pushed
back. He protested with more than
one bloody scalp and with many a
burning log house. But it was of
no use. He found his land taken
from him. The game began to go.
There was less fish. less bison. With
eyes downcast and heart saddened
he yielded TO that irresistible force
that pushed him back and back and
back and was never satisfied. He
found himself penned up in reserva-
tons, his people dropping one by
one; their spirits broken, their hearts
disconsolate.
And so he has given up. Where he
once owned a continent; now he is
lucky to have a copper kettle. Then
he was independent; now he lives on
the bounty of the Government. Once
Iordly ehieftain; now he is a craven
suppliant indifferent TO all save fire
and food and shelter. Then he roam
ed the earth; now he is roped in like
cattle.
Nature never meant him for civil
lization. He belongs to a dead age
that he has outliVed The follies of
the white man, an idle life, race ANAL
gamation. and sundry other things
are rapidly sending him to the grave
Of his fathers. Only a few more
years and lhe Indian. like the bison,
will go, another race extinct-to fur
nish more bones for our museums.
The Washington times., 1906-01-27
Disappointed Bosses.

Robert Davis and Sam Dickinson. the
rival machine leaders Of jersey City.
thought that Mayor Mark Fagan's mar
r.age last fall might tend 20 estrange
him from the rank and file Of the vot-
ers who had elected him over the heads
Of the two organize lOns.
But The event has proved the contrary.
Everyone knows how they focked 10
the mayor s. New Year reception, and
how Pagan gave the women pennies IN
seal pocket books. and the men roses.
His marriage they say has brought him
closer 10 the people Than ever. and ne
is with them as much as ever
Il would be hard for one who has
read Lincoln Steffens' Pagan in the
January McClure's. 10 imagine the
gentle mayor sighting a great public
TRUST even for his newly assumed do
rnasIin auf les
The Washington times., 1906-01-27
The Philosophy Of Fashion.

Moffat. Yard < Co. announce the
early publication of Eleanor Hoyt
Rrainerd's IN Vanity Fair" This
UNIQUE book is planned to tell for the
first time the inside story" Of the
origin and exploitation of fashions in
women's dress, a field in which the
author has become the recognized au-
thority The book is in no sense only
a fashion book, for the fashions are
really the outgrowth of a combination
Of social phenomena of an extraordi-
nary kind Their story Is said 70 be
an absorbing, even an astonishing, re-
velation of human nature; and vanity,
extravaga frivolity, shrewdness,
and enterprise are seldom studied
against so fascinating a background
The Washington times., 1906-01-27
ALL HAIL THE MoTHER-IN-LAwl

(The japanese is taught to regard his
mother-in-law as much as his own
mOtheT)
Who was it helped me win my bride,
When / was downcast took my side,
And never has been known to chide?
My mother-in-law-
Who was the first to praise, the last
To blame, or call me wild and fast
Or ask too much about my pasI2
My mOther-in-iaw.
Who soothed my hancee's papa,
When he was coarse, and shouted
BAH
And was polite TO my mamma?
My mother-in-law.
Who never called me silly. vain,
Idle. effeminate. inane.
Or talked of -bridge-champag gnef
Ny mother-in-law.
And now that We are wed, and May
Snuhs and annoys me night and day,
Who helps in keeping her al bay2
My mOtheT-in-laW.
London Globe.
The Washington times., 1906-01-27
What the Naval Academy Needs.

The attitude of influential mem
bers OF the House Committee on
Naval Affairs, expressed with some
freedom, is that il would be a grave
mistake to permit the wholesale dis
missal of midshipmen as a result of
the present inquiry into hezing.
While the members of that committee
are civilians. it is known that their
Judgment in this matter conforms
precisely with that of the alumni of
the Academy who now hold high
rank in the service Further than
this. it is extremely likely the whole
body OF citizens who know condi-
tions at Annapolis has come 10 the
same conclusion.
This for two reasons. First, the
present control of the Academy is
too involved, by law and regulation,
too numbered with courts-martial, for
the proper maintenance of discipline
Second, haZing and the code" have
been too long recognized as features
of the life at the Academy to punish
with all severity boys who have
merely fallen into line with the ira
ditioDs of the institution as accepted
even by the faculty
Admiral Sands and other officers
of the institution are known to favor
as a means TO stop hazing and abolish
the code not the heaviest penalties
which the Navy Department will ap-
prove, but such an adjustment of the
rules and regulations as will give
the eOmmandant of the Academy the
authority which vests in similar Of
ficials at other schools. That would
be the direct course. and its directness
would involve the supersession of
long couTts-martial over the esca-
pades of young boys. with their in
terminable hearing of testimony and
inevitable uncertainty of punishment
But not even this kind of control
viii bring the Academy round if it
is not accompanied by a genuine de-
sire on the part of the faculty that
hszing shall be eliminated and the
code abolished. Without this il is
useless to dismiss the present Offend
ers and worse than useless to attempt
the prevention OF similar offenses
in he future
The Washington times., 1906-01-27
Our First Diplomat.

Real diplomats are rare products IN
the United States. Bi~sne, Choate, nay
these three are almost the only mod
ern statesmen entitled to the disuhc-
tion of this appellatiOn, The two hun
S,eattG enniversary IF the birth of our
81 world citizen, Benjamin Franklin,
occtlpied this monIn. All interesting ac-
CONT of fFranklin and the French IN
trie1lers bv Mary Caroline Crawford,
aapears in Appleton's Booklovers' Mag
azi- for February. The writer draw
a ,-.vid picture which ends with the
meeting of Franklin and Voltaire at a
session of the Academy Of Sciences in
177S. The two venerable sages sat close
together on the platform, and shook
hands.
II faut s'embrasser a la Francaise, -
shouted the crowd.
$50 Franklin and Vo'taire fell into
"A others arms and kissed after the
Continental fasnIJn Anu the cry inn
eu.ate.y sp-e u throughout EUrore:
That IL vas charming to see Scion
- So hOcits embrace.
The Washington times., 1906-01-27
Thee Editions for Australia.

The popularity of American fiction IN
Australia is undoubtedly on the in
crease An English periodical indeed.
has calculated that at least three
fourrhs Of the Canadian editions of pop
ular novels are imported from America.
and only one-fourth from England II
is certainly true that nowadays a typl-
cal. live. American story is sure 10 ma
the Australian market awaiting II on
publication
The most recent. and perhaps the most
notable example. is that Of Booth Tark-
ingtou's Conquest Of Canaan The
first Australian edition. ordered on pub
lication. was practically sold out before
the arrival OF the volumes, and sec
ond was also exhausted The HaTpers
are now preparing third large edition
- be sent with all possible dispatch
The Washington times., 1906-01-27
Whistler and Symphonies" "

WhistIer's early days, as We have
seen. were passed in an atmosphere
of music, and apart from the master
full craving of erratic genius for nov
city. and his appreciation, on reaching
manhood and looking forth on the world,
of the value of new processes in sys-
tematic self-advertising. IL was there
fore not unnatural that he should use
musical terminology in giving titles 10
the output of his work in graphic art.
Why should he not speak of that work
as symphonies or harnonies in white.
in green. inc blue, in gray. or what not
Why should the word arrangement
be confined to musical notes? Is not
what is perhaps his masterpiece, ms
mothers portrait really and truly, as
children saw an arrangement. IN
black and gray?-A. J. Bloor in the Feb
ruary Critic.
The Washington times., 1906-01-27
The Town of Ade.

George Ade, who writes his publishers
that before long thereH be another
book 10 follow In Babel" has had
geographical hon0rs conferred upon
him. A town. a railroad station, and
p0stoffice have been named after him.
Future maps of Newton county. IND
will show the name of "Ade, six miles
north OF Kentiaud on the Indian Harbor
railroad. George AIDE has been putting
the fortune his wit has earned him
into good. solid American land, ana
near the location of This. new Town
ovV-,s A large and fiourishing farm.
Tn, name was given 70 the station
by Vice President Brown, OF The. New
York Central. who Is great admlrer
Of Ade. As soon as Ne round this town
us IN ne formed near the great hu-
mo~ist's property he issued orders that 1t
should be named after him.
The Washington times., 1906-01-27
Flashlights in the Jungle.

DR.. { q. Schilings. the author or
-Flas shlights in the Jungle. is an emit
nent German naturalist sportsman
photographer. who made four trips 10
Equatorial Africa before he was able TO
: cure the remarkable photographs OF
y,fId animals in their native haunts
which appear in his book To do this
he was compelled 10 perfect pewerf3l
fashHght process that would not impair
his camera. He braYed disease ana had
many thrilling escapes from death in
close encounters with lions, elephants
and rhinOCerOses.
Dr.. SchiHings is the only man 10
secure successful photographs OF lions
and Houesses in the jungle On the
fourth and most successful expedition
his caravan included ia assistants. ser
wants and carriers. His work. which
has Eeen done at his own expense, mas
permanently enriched natural science.
The Washington times., 1906-01-27
A Satisfactory Conclusion.

The conclusion Of All for the Love
Of a Lady" by Eleanor Mccartney
Lane, the author of Nancy Stair in
the February number OF Appleton 5
Booklovers Magazine. cannot fail to
satisfy seutimeutalists romauticists,
reaIists, and the rest Of the reading
public with or without theories. The
hero acts as heroes should, and kills
his rival in a duel fought in the court
room where the heroine is being tried
as a witch The beautiful lady is con-
sumed with devotion instead of at the
stake. and the good. kindly old lawyer
comes in for his need Of praise and re-
ward. The illustrations are most at
traCtiVe.
The Washington times., 1906-01-27

OF Mrs. Bromwell, who is still i'll. Mrs.
Rogers His guests were Attorney
Genera Moody. the Belgian Minister and
Baroness MOncheur. Mrs. COwles, Mr..
Strale, Gen. and Mrs Bates. Dr. and
Mrs. MagTuder. Mr.. and Mrs Peyton
Russell, and Mrs, Edward McCauley,
Miss Patten. Mrs. Mathews and Mr..
Rennie OF the British Embassy.
James O'Maley and Miss Gertie Smith
were married Thursday night al the
home of the bride, PIP East Capitol
street, by the Rev. f. B. Bagby, Of the
Ninth Street Christian Church. About
hundred guests were present. and
after she ceremony a wedding supper
was served.
Miss Marion DAN was hostess yesterday
at luncheon in honor Of Miss Carolyn
Briggs, whose engagement TO Garret
Hobart, Jr.. has recently been an
nounced- Miss DalTs guests were Miss
White. Miss RidgeIy. Miss Sewers, Mrs.
William Hill, Miss AdOla Greely. Miss
Katherine Williams. Miss Pauline Ma
gruder. and Miss Frances Williams.
Mrs, Whitelaw Reid and Miss Jean
Reid VIII be among the passengers on
the Minnetonka, OF the Atlantic Trans
port Line, sailing today for London.
Miss Durand entertained a theater par
" last night. having with her Miss Mar
Ion Oliver, her house guests, Miss Ever
lid Duran and Miss Grogan, OF New
York. Captain Lee Captain Harding
Mr. Howard. Lieutenant Sheridan, and
Mr.. Rowan. Mrs. Bulmer chaperoned
the party.
Mrs. AIger invited 10 meet Mrs. Garret
A. Hobart at luncheon today Mrs Fair
banks, Mrs. Taft, Lady Durand. Mrs
Brown. Mrs. Hale Mrs. Spooner, Mrs.
Foraker. Mrs. Burrows Mrs Dryden.
Mrs Newberry, Mrs. Chaffee, Miss Ca
row. Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Draper Mrs
Mathews, Mrs. Glover. Mrs. Wilmer, and
Mrs. John 5. NewbeTry, OF Detroit.
The Washington times., 1906-01-27

Almond. Representative and Mrs VII
liam \. Jones. Representative and Mrs.
Henry A. Coorer. Representative and
Mrs. Charles Curtis. Representative and
Mrs George Edmund Foss. RepTesen-
taJiTe and Mrs. EbeneZer j. Hill, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Theobold often,
Representative and Mrs William NJ
Howard Representative and Mrs. Mich
ael r. DTisCOll, Representative and Mrs.
Charles :. Scott, Representative AristO
A Riley, Representative and Mrs.
George \. Loud, Representative Swager
+. Shcrley, Mrs. Sherley, Representative
Newton ". Gilbert. Representative and
Mrs. Duncan +. Mckinley. Representa-
tive William Il. Mckinlay. Representa-
tive Bourke Cochran, William +. Rey-
York; Fred r. Warren. Roger h. Wet
more. Fred W. Carpenter. Mr.. and
Mrs W. r, PedigO. Burr Mcintosh,
Brig Gen. and Mrs. Tasker II, Bliss.
SON of Manila; Capt. and Mrs. William
Kelley, Jr-, West Point; Mr.. ard Mrs.
James a. Leroy. Durango. Mex; r,
CIough Anderson. Cincinnati; Thomas
cago; Charles Clark. Hartford, Conn;
Miss Clark Hartford, Conn; Ward +.
Copley, Detroit; Prof. Archibald c.
Coolidge Cambridge Mass: Miss Mig
Stuyvesant Fish, jr.. New York; Fran
els W. Frost. New York; Mr.. and Mrs.
Emile Godchaux. New Orleans; Col.
James d. Hill. New Orleans; Richard
r. Hobart, Cambridge. Mass: Allen g.
Hoyt. New York: Charles r. Jones, Kan
sas City; William J Johnson, New York;
Jake Schmidlapp, circinnau: Miss
Schmidlapp Cincinnati; Prof Arthur y.
Wood. Groton, Mass; Harry F. Wood.
Cincinnati; Lafe Young, Des Moines,
Iowa
Mrs. Samuel L. Mattingly and Miss
~
ternOon Miss Mattingly wore golden
brown over pale blue and a pale blue
Oriental-embroidered jacket. Mrs. Basil
Gordon and Miss Loring presided at the
tea table. Assisting. was a number Of
Miss Mattingly's friends.
Mrs Wa er FarweI, of Chicago, is
visiting Miss Mattingly.
Miss Hoehling is entertaining at the
home of her father, A. A. Hoehling.
174s Q street She will introduce Miss
Darlington at tea January 81.
Mrs. William F. Hancock is visiting
her sister, Mrs. George +. Marye, at the
latter's residence in y street
Mrs. NJ c. Saunders and children. of
Norfolk. have returned TO their home in
that city, after a Visit to Mrs Rodey
of Mrs. Saunders, at 1921 Corcoran
street.
The Brazilian Ambassador and Nine.
Nabuco have issued invitations for a
dinner in honor of Secretary Of Stale
and Mrs. Root on February Is the
event to take the place of the dinner of
January ., which was postponed on
account of the sinking OF the cruiser
Aquidalean.
The French Ambassador and Mime.
Jusserand will entertain a dinner party
January 30.
Col Bromwell entertained at dinner
last night, having TO assist him in place
The Washington times., 1906-01-27
VOODOO DANCE
IN DEEP SWAMP
Ceremony Still Exists in
Georgia and Florida.
AGED PRIESTESS PRESIDEs
Weird Scenes Enacted When the Wor-
shippers of the African Gods
Collect.

ATLANTA, Ga. Jan. in certain
parts OF the South yoodoO supersutions
still exist and lead, especially at Christ
mas. 10 quaint rites that have a marked
suggestion Of savagcry.
One Of these cercnOniaIs may be Wit
messed IN the swamp and forest lands Of
Florida and Georgia. Is is apparently
pahlomimic representation Of human
resistance 10 death or Of deaths attack
upon q community This is especially
Christmas vOodOo ceremony.
II takes place in the cabin mat con-
talns the largest rooms. as All the coll
oTed people IN the community are gem
orally on hand as witnesses.
The spectators seat themselves around
the side walls. leaving an open space
for the performers in the center OF the
room.
All but one OF the performers remain
in the kitchen until ready for their eu-
trance AT the wall opposite the kitchen
door a small table is placed and there
an elderly woman, the mistress Of GER
emonies. seats herself
Loud Raps Startle Company.
solemnly she begins b<ating time on
the table with her small sticks, while
the other negroes in the room sing dole
ful hymns In the midst OF this three
loud raps sound on the Kitchen door.
The singing abruptly ceases. and the
audience manifests signs of terror The
raDs sound again. followed by the noise
Of a scufiie.
Then the presiding priestess arises,
takes a lighted pine knot from the FIRE
and starts a slow. whirling dance.
chanting some weird Incarnation.
The kitchen door IS burst open and
three men with blankets around their
shoulders enter. As the dancing priest
ess moves toward them, waving her
torch and chanting her prayer OF hymn,
they sink before her 20 the a0or.
The melancholy drouing and the dance
go on, but are again. interrupted by
raps. This time a single man enters,
having d black sack over his head and
carrying a long bone In his hand.
All in Terror Of Death.
This entrance causes genuine conster-
nation. All In the room seem frenzied
with fear and hud1le together along the
walls. This Is deata himself. and should
he touch any of those prescnx with the
bone that unfortunate person would die
before the next Christmas
As a general thing. however. the man
impersonating deata IS kind-hearted.
and manages 10 trip and fail before he
reaches any OF the Spectators. Instant
ly the presiding genius springs 10 her
table, begins a vigorous tattoo Of tri-
umph and the entire company breaks
into q wild hallelujah chorus.
The power of death thus broken, the
impersonator removes the black sack
from his head and the assemblage
plunges into a kind or prayer and ex-
perience meeting. in which chants and
voodoo dances have their place.
The Washington times., 1906-01-27

Invitations for the wedding Of Miss
Roosevelt and Representative Nicholas
Longwcrth were sent out by special car
Tier from the White House at noon yes
terday, the custom being one OF the old
est OF the Executive Mansion not 10
stamp or mail the invitations TO be de-
hvered in Washington. The invitation
Is eXceedinly simple in form. Of the size
ordinarily issued for such purposes. ana
Is only distinguished from other conven-
tional invitations by the White House
crest in raised white AT the top, and
The Washington times., 1906-01-27
How Easy to Be Famous.

A number Of the friends of RAJ
Stannard Baker who is exposing III
McClure's the dishonest methods Of
some OF the railroads and shippers,
we're awakened some time after mid
night the other day by queries from a
morning newspaper as to his where
abouts.
1t developed that a man had been ar
rested in Montana who had been pos
ing as the writer. Mr.. Baker was To-
Gated at his home. Agricultural College.
Michigan. He said he thought that this
must be the same man who a year or
two ago, assumed his name. then. on
the appearance of My Friend Pros
pero," turned TO more esthetic fields,
and introduced himself as Henry Har-
land.
The Washington times., 1906-01-27
The Birthplace of Henry Harland.

Those who are writing biographies of
the late Henry Harland will probably
fall into the common error and state
that his birthplace was St Petersburg.
Such is the information given in Who's
Who. but Mr.. Harland himself is the
authority for the statement that ii is
Inaccurate.
Mr. Harland was born, as Who's Who
states, in 1861 but tho question of the
place is complicated by the fact that
Mr.. Harland himself disa grees with the
records. Before "A court OF law Mr..
HaFland would have had to confess
that he was born in prosaie Brooklyn,
The Washington times., 1906-01-27
More Light.

debated topic of the Federal regulation
Of railroad freight rates have already
been published. and Little, Brown <
Co. who brought out Judge Walter c.
Moves American Railroad Rates an
nounce another by Prof. Frank Parsons
On the same subject FOR early publica-
zion OF those already issued The out
took tNew York; says,
we know of no book which will
give the lay reader so clear ana 50
authoritative a statement Of the funda-
mental legal principles which must gov
cru i'm the determination of the regu-
lation Of railway rates as Judge Noyes'
NnII-nE -
The Washington times., 1906-01-27
Who Is 0. Pr

Considerable interest has been aroused
N the Identity OF 20. p. whose strik-
ing articles on The Life Insurance
Machine IN The Worlds Work" have
attracted wide attention. His intimate
knowledge of the whole insurance busi-
ness, combined with an ability TO write
"a somewhat unusual combination have
given his articles much value The in
formation given out about him Is this
That he has never been connected with
any insurance company and that ne has
been a student OF Insurance for twenty
years, and that he lives in New York
The Washington times., 1906-01-27

on the flap Of the inside envelope, an
obiong one. which. in turn, is fitted in
larger envelope bearing in the left
hand upper corner White House" in
raised white letters
The invitations are limited 10 the i'm
mediate family connections. a small Of
fetal list, and the intimate personal
friends OF Miss Roosevelt and Mr. Long
worth.
Both Miss Roosevelt and AF. Long
worth dined with Secretary Taft last
night.
The Washington times., 1906-01-27
CONGRESSMAN BARTHOLDT
TO ADDRESS MISSOURlANS

Congressman Richard Bartholdt, of
Missouri, will this evening deliver a. lee
ture before the Missouri Society IN
Pythian Temple. Mr. Bartholdt will
take as his subject Law and Order in
International Relations" He is espe-
cially well qualified TO speak on this
subject, as he was former president of
the Interparliamentary Union on Inter-
national Arbitration
An. interesting musical program will
be given under the dmireotion of Mrs
Richard w. Burkhart
The Washington times., 1906-01-27
IN THE BOOK WORLD

bLf otherwise would never admit it, He
alS ays claimed as the place Of his ma
tiVlty, Norwich. Conn. which town he
Gallsd the rose, not only of New Eng
lano put OF the world" He would ex-
pam tais disagreement with the records
Dy saying that he was born in Brooklyn
only by accident not by rights. consul
u ion or authority.
The Washington times., 1906-01-27
DIDN'T PAY FOR PAPER
AND ROBBED THE NEWSlE

ALTOONA. Jan. 27.-James Rogue,
aged fourteen, a newsboy, was deIiv-
ering a LOCAL peper on the outskirts of
the city a night or so ago when he was
accosted BY a bbily-dressed man.
Here. boy, gimme a paper" the man
said While the lad was slipping the
paper from under his arm the man
seized him. riiied his pockets. found 5
cents, which he took, and, snatching
the paper, fled down an alley.
The Washington times., 1906-01-27
EMBASSY OBSERVES
KAISER'S BIRTHDAY
Bunting Freely Displayed
for Holiday.
STAG DINNER THIS EVENING
Germans viii Come From New York
and Tatherland's Flags Will
Decorate Table.

The German flag floats at fun mast
over the embassy today in honor Of the
kaiser's birthday. and tonight it will
be celebrated IN fitting manner by big
stag dinner party, at which the anbas-
sador will preside All of the embassy
stan viii be present and they will be
Joined 10y a number of notable Germans
from New York. AT the table and all
over the embassy, German colors will
predominant. The Kaiser's portrait will
be draped with German flags.
The Washington times., 1906-01-27

That Il should come 10 this, Many
people found it hard TO believe all that
was said about Richard McCurdy during
the insurance Investigations. but now be
has been convicted of writing poem.
1t is called "Bacillian Romance" and is
dedicated 10 sanitary association. We
can believe anything about him now.
The Washington times., 1906-01-27

Il is believed that Grover Cleveland
would be willing to lend his copy of
Eads and Fancies" TO a forgetful
neighbor