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The Newtown bee., 1907-11-22
Redding.
SHOOTING SONG BIRDS EXPEN-
 SIVE.

SHOOTING SONG BIRDS EXPEN-
 SIVE.
 Robert Durgy, game protector, brought an Italian, Lianti Nazzoreno, caught with gun shooting without li- cense. Judge Nickerson, who on enquiring into the facts found he was shooting robins and other birds. These parties are out nearly every day and Sundays shooting anything in sight. Fine and costs were paid when he found Bridgeport workhouse was be- fore him, amounting to $34.41. The boys must be careful as there is a large batch of complaints under this head against them.
 TRAGIC DEATH OF PROF UNDER
 WOOD. The death of Prof Underwood, which occurred at his home, Saturday, cast a gloom over the whole community. MT Underwood was greatly loved and re- spected by every one.
 Miss Kittie Barnum spent Sunday with Mrs John Beers.
 Miss Lou Carson spent Sunday with her aunt, Mrs Edgar Crofutt.
 The presiding elder, MT Adams, gave
The Newtown bee., 1907-11-22

George and Harry Waterbury, Mrs c. Hurlburt, Miss Myra Burritt, Miss Alma Fanton attended the meeting of the National Grange in Hartford, last week.
 Joseph Lockwood has returned to Pittsheld, Mass, after two months visit with relatives here and in Wilton.
 Miss Sadie Sturges was in New Ha- ven on Saturday attending the football game.
 Joel Godfrey has returned home from the Norwalk hospital where he under went a serious operation three weeks ago.
 Rev Dighton Moses and family are now settled in the Congregational par sonage.
 Miss Lillie Carver has returned from visit in Bridgeport.
 Edward Meachen of Bridgeport was the guest, last week, of Harry Wilcox.
 George Adams entertained his cou- sin. Sidney Adams, of Bridgeport, for a few days, last week.
 Mr and Mrs John Fitch entertained
The Newtown bee., 1907-11-22
Easton.
GRANGE ENTHUSIA SIM.

The meeting of the Grange held Mo- vember 12, was largely attended. Wis., itors were entertained from Monroe, Newtown and Weston. Ten candidates received the fourth degree. A most in- teresting lecturers program was en- joyed and bountiful supper served. The next meeting will be held Novem- Der 26. The following committee will have charge: Mrs H. w. Osborne, Mrs Clarence Andrews, J. A. Sherwood and Howard Silliman.
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH MO-
 TIES.
 Rev Fred L. Hall of Yale occupied the pulpit at the Congregational
The Newtown bee., 1907-11-22

church, last Sunday. Benjamin Tur- ney led the Endeavor meeting in the evening.
The Washington times., 1907-02-03
COlumbia-"The Spoilers

THE Spoilers" which, under the
management OF Daniel Frohman, is TO
be seen at the Columbia during the
coming week. Is an American play;
its scenes are laid in Alaska
The story is already familiar TO
hundreds Of thousands Of readers who
have been reading the novel Of the
same name during the past year, for the
play IS dramatization by Rex Beach.
the author OF the novel. and James
Macarthur.
The action takes place during the
chaotic epoch OF transition which fol-
lowed the Laws arrival, and the events
depicted are historical. being founded
upon EPISODES arising from the crime
OF 1900 perhaps the boldest and most
amazing conspiracy Of modern American
politics. Back OF the story Of the plav
lies this gigantic plot 10 juggIe the
laws debauch the judiciary and loot
the mines OF Nome. which involved the
aid OF certain men high in politics. in
an attempt to corrupt the United States
Senate
The exposure Of this notorious political
job stirred up intense animus on the
part or the cOnspiratOrs. many Of whom
are still IN power. and frantic efforts
were made 10 prevent its serial pub
LEGATION. Steps were taken TO entoin
the magazines from circulation through
out the Northwest Libel suits were
started and every obstacle devised by
desperation thrown in its way. After
its appearance. however. the story was
seized by certain political reform as
sociatiors and distributed broadcast
throughout the home districts OF those
implicated. II was translated into
Swedish and Norwegian, and a half
million copies given away. arousing such
feeling as 70 become a political issue
in the Dakotas and endangering Mr..
Beach's safety.
Through this story Of gold and greed
IS woven the love of Roy GIenister and
Helen Chester. Roy Glenister originally
man of education and refinement, has
harked back to the elements through
his contact with the wilderness. With
Joe DeXtTy. one OF the raciest and most
original characters ever drawn. he owns
The Midas, one OF the richest of Alas
kan gold mines. Their mine is taken
from them and they are finally gOaded
TO form Vigilantes among their fellow
sufferers, and defy the injustice OF the
law" But he is in love with Helen
Chester. and all her affiliations are
with that law" Love regenerates him,
and 4roadens her. II brings about
The Translation, of a Savage"
The company is a good one; the play
has been carefully staged; the produc-
ton should be of more than passing in
terest.
The Washington times., 1907-02-03
ARTISY,A 2 !!

son. for many years an active member
of the camera club. a large number OF
motion pictures viii also add TO the at
traction OF the evenings entertainment.
The prospectus for the sixteenth an
nual exhibition of the camera club has
been published. and IS now being dis
tributed among the camera workers OF
the city. This exhibition is 10 be held in
the Hemicycle Of the CoTcOran Gallery
Of Art from March % 10 April s Only
such photographs as have never been
publicly exhibited in this city VIII be
considered as eligible. In all cases the
negatives from which the prints are
made must be the work OF the exhibitor.
All pictures must be suitably framed.
but unframed pictures may be submitted
with the understanding that il accepted
by the jury OF selection they viii be
suitably framed within the time fixed
by She committee.
In the absence Of any statement in
the prospectus concerning the intent OF
the committee to make the exhibition
different from those which have for
many years been held in the HemlcycIe.
and. from the fact that the same Jury
Of selection has again been requested TO
select the work of this exhibition. IL is
reasonable 10 conclude that the art.
rather than the technical excellence of
photography will determine the selec-
lions of the jury. The jury. Richard n
Brooke. James Henry Moser, T. c.
Messer, Harold I. Macdonald. and Miss
Mathilde Muaden. have. by their sym
patEy in the higher aims Of photog-
raphg. been OF invaluable assistance in
The Efforts put forth by the Camera
Club TO raise the standard Of work ac-
cepted for exhibition purposes. The ex-
EibitiOn committee consists - w -
Peabody. J. W. l. Dillman, Charles
Wtnterburn, Frank NJ. BOteler, and Miss
Kate ). Curry.
The Washington times., 1907-02-03

The attractive exhibition of pictures
at the temporary quarters OF the Ma
tionEl Gallery has been enhanced in in
terest by the addition OF the loan col
lection OF Lucius TuCkeTman. whose
connection with art interests as one OF
the directors Of the Metropolitan Mu-
scum OF Art in New York, before his
removal 10 this city, gave him an op-
pOrtuuity 10 form decided opinions con-
corning the value of art works and 70
select for himself such examples of the
different schools Of art as appealed TO
his individual taste.
The collection as a whole is small.
numbering some twenty frames, and of
these but few are OF a large or even
medium size. Considering the pictures
as a collection, as an exponent of the
ideas Of the owner upon matters Of
art, one finds that the school OF i'm
pressionism had failed TO attract his
interest 10 the point OF adding examples
OF this school 10 his collection. or the
pictures exhibited the only one painted
in any sense broadly Is a picture Of two
wind-sWept trees, whose place in
landscape OF little Importance is rather
too much centralized. This picture.
painted by Culame, IS hardly of sufii-
cient Importance to give it place among
the painters whose broad work seems TO
be in vogue al present
The strong appeal of beauty Of sub
ject and OF mastery technique 10 this
collector are everywhere apparent.
Prominent among the exhibited pictures
& Early Morning" a portrait group Of
a mother and two children, by Bou-
guereau. This is in the best style of
this master Of technique and fatterer
Of the Charms of women.
OF equal technical interest, but ap-
pealing 10 another class, is the Pre-
pairing for the Masquerades, by J. c.
VIbert
The largest canvass OF this exhibit
ton is a landscape with figures, the
work OF Adrien Boreau. II is probable
that OF all the works in this collection
this viii appeal In the greatest measure
10 the popular taste.
Among other pictures in this collec-
ton may be found an interior of a re-
fectory with the monks at their meal.
by Zamacois; a stiH life study, by Des-
gore; a charming little mountain land
scape, by +. =. Church. a small picture
OF peasants and cattle. by r. Yer
bOeckhOven; an oriental street scene. by
T. L. Weeks; a painting Of the plaza
OF San Marco. Venice. by Guard:
woodland scene. by W. 7. Richards. and
a genre. waiting for the Stage" by L.
g. WoOdville.
The Washington times., 1907-02-03
The Professional Restorer.

The duties Of that very necessary. per-
son in the art world-the professional
restorer Of old and damaged pictures
often disclose the extreme phases of
credulity found in people who are at
tracted by the seeming culture Of an
art education, or by the fascination for
collecting all kinds OF antique and curl
Gus things which at times seems 10 de-
velop into an almost communicable cpl
demic. In the pursuit of antiques and
cuTiOs. queer places such as pawn shops
and storage rooms. are visited, and bat
few secondhand stores where any print.
engraving. or picture in battered
frame is to be found, are sighted in
the craze for collecting with which some
seem TO be affected. Frequently the
sensational story Of the discovery OF
some valuable canvas. by Titan. OF a
Raphael only lends a new impetus to
the craze. and in the fevered imagina-
ton every picture which has become
dimmed by years so that its real con-
ditiOn is not recognizable, becomes TO
its possessor a work Of some OF the re-
nowned odd masters" and the aid OF
the restOrer is sought to repair the bat
tered canvas and renew the gliding of
the frame. 1t is true that sometimes in
the shops of dealers in secondhand ar
ucles, and in pawn shops, pictures of
considerable merit are found. and the
trained collector readily recognizes such
as are worth the buying, but the pawn
shop and the secondhand dealer has
also become the clearing house for all
of the bad art. whether in reproduction
or in originals, and the dav of the at
tractive chrome is so far away in the
dim past that many Of the people with
but little knowledge and less experience,
The Washington times., 1907-02-03

not only shelter. but food. clothes and
fuel Countless times these women. who
in youth hed homes Of refinement and
luxury, now are found in atIIcs. pen
niless. alone, with scarcely a warm
garment-nOt TO mention the utter lack
OF even the semblance of a stove to
warm them. Ii Is for these and the
uumberless unexpected cases that aid is
given and needed. and il is a great
comfort To the Southern Relief So
ciety 10 know that by generous patron
age the proceeds of the Sau are such
as 20 enable them 10 share their funds
with tbs veterans. thereby helping these
brave men to aid and relieve the calls
they receive.
The systematic business methods en-
ployed in rendering speedy relief have
shown the societv the necessity OF this
good work here in the National Capital;
and the knowledge that the public is
interested and ever ready 10 help is felt
with grateful and sincere appreciation
By the members who labor for this most
worthy cause.
MAMIE RANDOLPH HETE.
President Southern Relief Society"
The Washington times., 1907-02-03
CAPITAL Camera Club

The members Of the Capital Camera
Club have on hand al present a num-
Der OF interesting events OF more than
usual interest 10 the users Of the camera
as we'll as to the general public. The
first selection OF prints. arranged By the
Photographic Society OF Baltimore. has
been received at the club rooms. and
plans for their inspection and criticism
will soon be arranged. The pictures
collected by the local members as their
contribution 20 the American Print In
terchange. have been sent 10 Pittsburg,
Pa, and after an exhibition in that city
will be forwarded TO other clubs having
membership In the interchange.
on Wednesday. February 8, at p.
m. one OF the illustrated lectures be-
longing to the entertainment commit
tees work wiz be given at the Congre-
gational Church. Tsajh and G streets.
The lantern slides for this lecture were
prepared and arranged by z, B. Thomp-
The Washington times., 1907-02-03
IN OKLAHOMA.

That truth is stranger than fiction Is
a saying so ancient that II is seldom
quoted any more, but it happily fits the
following incident In RenfrOw, Okla,
recently an old man having bean found
dead In bed with his skull crushed in,
corOner's jury was impaneled TO as
certain the cause of his DEATH one OF
the witnesses testified that he had seen
the crime committed and two of the
three perpetrators were present at the
cOroner's jury. The third man named
oa being arrested confessed to the muir
Ger. and the two jurors subsequently
crime. We have IL on the word of Law
Notes that this incident Is not eXag-
gerated. For sheer audacity and cool
ness the action of the RenfrOWites COM
pares favorably with the recent exploits
of the German shoemaker who posed as
q captain OF Observation-Disclosures
Express.
The Washington times., 1907-02-03
MAMMOTH MUSCLES
NOT STRENGTH SIGN
British Naval Surgeon Decries the
Present Day Physical Culture
Craze.

LONDON, Feb. Muscular develop
ment is not real strength according 70
a remarkable essay by Stan Surgeon +.
Gaskell r. n, issued as an appendix
TO the official report on the health of the
royal navy for 1905. Stan Surgeon
Gaskeu denounees IN no measured terms
the present craze for physical culture
in so far as it aims at the development Of
great muscles. The strong man" is
often constitutionally weak and has his
heart strained by unnatural exercises.
Moreover, he offers very poor resistance
10 the inrOads OF disease. His huge
muscles. artifcially developed. are quite
useless for any practical labor.
stan Surgeon Gaskell having men
toned the physical Gu ture system in
troduced by Eugene sandow. Mr.. San
dow has replied TO his statements In An
interview with a reporter.
"A man who is really physically it,"
said the famous strong man, with
every one of his organs and muscles In
perfect order would not suffer any III
effects from the strain enIailed in any
branch Of athletics. But another man
who has not brought himself into per-
feet condition on scientific lines often
does himself very great harm by violent
eXerUons.
The number Of broken down athletes
is becoming daily greater. for an in
creased number OF young men go in for
violent exercises when their unit con-
dition viii not stand the strain.
Large muscles do not mean much.
II Is quality, not quantity. which should
be aimed at II the two are combined
so much the better"
The Washington times., 1907-02-03
NEWS AND STAGE CHAT

lena. In 'Rigoletto," and Azucena in
II Trovator-." Other singers Of ma
tiOnal reputation who viii be heard in
the casts OF Carmen and "Rigoletto'
are Winfred Con. baritone. who has
just closed his season with the Ma
dame Butterfly company. and Tom
Greene" tenor. who has sung in all the
principal cities OF the United states in
grand opera roles. "Rigoletto" will
serve 20 bring out Madame Helene
Mold. late of the Metropolitan Opera,
the Manteln oaera Company, and the
Castle Square.
She Will also be heard as L.eonora IN
III Trovatore." a role In which she
has been most successful, having re-
placed Madame MOI diea .ast season at
the Metropolitan. Mr.. Winfred Con Is
considered one Of the foremost baritones
In America, and has been with Ar.
Savage for the past six years One of
Mr. Cons greatest successes last sea
son was RigolettO. and something good
may always be expected OF him In this
role. The male DJrus Is also feature
OF this opera. and the one To be heard
this week has reached a high degree Of
excellence. Mr.. Irwin Myers. OF New
York, who will sing Count al Luna IN
''TTOvatore." - said TO possess d Verdi
baritone. which he uses with great
skill Ford Lanning Of Ohio. who has
made a great success IN character parts.
will make his debut in this city. as Cas-
pard. in Chimes Of NOrmandie." J. J.
Jaxon. who has been stage manager for
Henry W. Savage, Alice Nelson, and
many other large opera companies in
this country and Europe, has charge Of
these productions. and has been in the
city the past week attending TO the de-
tails Of costumes. scenery, etc. AT or
chestra OF twenty-five musicians has
been engaged from Baltimore and Wash
ington. and a chorus OF sixty trai2ed
voices Will assist ia bringing these per
formances 10 a high standard. The
minor roles have all been assigned with
great care 10 singers OF merit
The Washington times., 1907-02-03
EXPOSING rae East ser.

The fast woman in society in France
comprises herself because she falls IN
der the spell Of passion; the fast woman
in society IN New York, on the other
hand. compromises herself to pay for
her bonnets and gowns In this com
parisOn the French fast woman has
much the advantage of the American
fast woman. They are both essentially
vulgar. judged from the strictly social
point Of view, The men and women OF
the fast set always forces the note.
They overeat. Overdrink. oVerdress and
oveTact their parts. They are 10 people
IN really civilized society what sensa-
tiOnal journalism is to high-elass news
paper work They represent the ''yel-
low ia morals, dress. manners and style
OF life. IL is a mistake to treat them
too seriously. Irony, ridicule, and sar-
casm are the only weapons that touch
them.-OutloOk.
The Washington times., 1907-02-03

have rescued from secondhand stores
some OF the reproductions known as
"chromOs' Of the works of famous
painters. and. because the frames were
old and the prints discolored and dim
med by age and neglect. have imagined
that the works We're originals. and have
even gone TO the trouble of having them
restored. believing m the genuineness OF
the purchase.
Many are the queer experiences which
come 10 the studio OF restorer OF
paintings AT times IN the process of
cleaning it Is found that portions OF the
dress have been added by a later artist.
and In the restoring a much earlier cos
,Ime is revealed. At other times II Be-
found that d seemingly mediocre work
has been painted over the canvas used
by some artist OF greater note, and the
discovered portrait is Of higher quality
than the picture on the surface OF the
canvas.
It is by no means uncommon 10 find
upon restoring some very old picture
which is held as an heirloom in a fam
ily with long line OF ancestry that the
original was al best but poorly exc
cuted, and is probably a picture upon
which the ancestor placed no value. and
possibly intended al some time 10 de-
stroy. To have the collar. or the beard
fade away in the work OF restoring is
not unusual. The owner undoubtedly
felt that il was necessary 10 keep up
with the changes OF fashion, and not
ceiling able 20 sit FOR a new portrait as
fashions changed. secured the services
of some willing artist who made changes
as suggested. and the discovery Of the
earlier portrait is brought about by the
craftsmanship of the restorer.
The Washington times., 1907-02-03
HOW KING LEOPOLD
COMMITTEES DEATH SENTEFCES

King Leopold, according 10 a foreign
exchange, never allows death sentences
10 be carried out in Belgium. He COM
mutes them 10 Imprisonment for life out
OF hlial piety in memory Of a wish Of
his mother But there IS no provision
in the law by which sentences may be
cOmmuted. These sentences are. there
fore. carried out, but in a curious man
ner.
A scaffOld is erected on the Grand
place OF Brussels, where in the old days
Counts EgmOnt and Horne were eX-
ecuted and on the day a sentence should
be carried out, the public eXecuuOner.
escorted by the police. repairs TO the
place. of execution. There he waits in
vain for tie criminal TO be turned over
10 him by TIE prison authorities. After
a certain length Of tiEle the jaileF ap-
ears and imparts 10 the eXecutiOner
the intelligence that the criminal has
escaped.
The executioner. therefore. posts on
the scaffold the judgment Of the court
ordering the execution, together with
description and notice Of reward for the
arrest Of the prisoner, who at tlaat
monnent begins his life period OF penal
servitude.
The Washington times., 1907-02-03
Majestic-"our Friend Fritz"

The new comedy melOdrama, our
Friend Fritz" which makes its intro
duction 10 the patrons OF the Majestic
Theater, week Of February II, was
written by Langdon Mccormick. and Is
said to be just the kind OF a play 10 suit
its star, Joe Hortiz. Introduced in the
plav is a shadow dance. which is said
10 be very much out OF the ordinary.
Ii is advertised as THE Dance OF the
Devils Shadow" The second act %
the play is an old mill scene, which
must have taken much time and brains
70 plan out. IN this scene one sees all
sorts Of creatures moving and flying
about. such as owls, bats. mice. and
rats.
The Washington times., 1907-02-03
Chase's-Polite Vaudeville.

The polite vaudeville ornament at
Chase's this week will be studded with
such stars as Katie Barry, John T. Kelly
and company, the Wesley troupe, Bysrs
and Hermann, Hawthorne and Burt,
the Three Hickman's. Charlotte Ravens
croft, and the sensational motion pie
lures, a Thrilling Tale Of the West a"
Katie Barry is the incarnation Of
brightness. vivaclty. and Wit. The roe
OF the English SLAYER" the despised
waif from the streets. was originated
by her in "The Chinese Honeymoon"
and Il has taken its place in the i'm
mortal gallery % perfect stage types
Her last hit was in Mile. Salhe. which
was saved By her fine and enlivsning
work John T. Kelly. the famous Irish
comedian who helped make the fortune
Of the Weber and Fields music hall or
ganization, will be seen Ia "A Game
OF Con-" which was written for him by
Herbert Hall WinslCw. The Wesley
troupe are said 10 be an extraordinary
juggling quartet Byers and Hermann
will offer comic pantomine features that
cannot be beaten as a fun maker. The
remaining numbers are all high grade
contributions.