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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-06

AS a man wipeth a dish. wiping il
and turning il upside down" Those in
cideutal words. separated from their
context in holy writ have been used
by an Usage QOWa) housewife 70 crush
her reCalciIrant husband when he con-
tended that Wiping dishes was not
mans work. Ii is said that he meekly
accepted the quotation as a scriptural
command, and has since dried the family
crockery without protest II is seldom
that we would invoke the aid OF law
yers. holding that 1t is better TO bear
almost any Ills we may have than TO
fiv TO the unknown terrors OF legal in
volutions, but in this instance the Usage
man would seem 10 be justified in secur-
ing an Interpretation. To take refuge
IA q technicality were surely no worse
than 10 endure tyranny under one, and
the supreme court (where the case would
ultimately g0 might tell us exactly
what las a man Wipeth a dish" does
not mean. Then, by the process OF So
cratic reasoning, We would be able TO
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-06
Lyceum-"Alcazar Beauties"

The glittering Alcazar Beauties COM
pany should prove a tig drawing card
at the New Lyceum during the coming
week. Great attention has been given
10 the selection OF the cast and It is
said that the result proves 1t. James F.
Leonard heads the funmakers, closely
followed by Billie Hart. Others in the
cast include the two queens OF bur
lesque, Anna Yale and Clara Whitney;
McDevitt and Kelly, James and Davis,
and the Great Craine and company.
Musical and dancing numbers abound.
The two burlesques written and pro-
duced by Mr.. Leonard are Tim Sulli-
vans ChOwder" and Sullivan on Guard
at the Philippines"
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ALASKA'S NEW ISLAND.

Last March reports We're received that
a new volcanic island had been found IN
Boring sea Later, L. L. Bales, a we'll
known Alaskan hunter and trapper,
trapper, sailed close TO the island He
estimated its height at 800 feet and its
length at about three miles. Mr. Bales
Is quoted as saying:
The island has come from the depths
Of the sea since last spring. / hardly
credited the report when ! first heard Of
it. but went close TO il shortly afterWard
in a sailing schooner. There were
streams OF lava still running down into
the sea from the crater, or one OF the
craters. The sea is almost covered by
thousands OF dead fish They have been
killed by the heat from the lava.
Close 10 the island the sea almost
bOils, II is rugged and about 800 feet
high, or possibly a little more. The is
land is almost enVelOped in clouds OF
steam and smoke. 1t lies about fifty
miles west of Dutch Harbor, almost df-
rectly between The. BOgoslof islands,"
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Such Teaching Dooms
the American
Republic.

their being are not conscientious and
loving parents We have already an
insupp0rtable burden In the care. edu-
cation, and proper preparation for the
duties OF life OF the children Of GRIM
inals and the dissolute. How would IL
be possible 10 care for the hordes that
would be thrown upon the public were
her theories 10 be adODted7
IL Is well known that naught save the
laws OF the land influence many people
10 stay together and do their duty BY
their children, ana however incompati-
bel they may be IL Is lar better that
they should stay together and support
heir families than 10 be allowed 70
separate AZ win. remarry and bring into
the world other children 20 be dumped
upon the already over-burdened States
and communities.
II people ia the higher walks OF life
are ready to succumb TO such teaching
Of socialists and anarchists American
prosperity and American civilization
are doomed.
Let all law-abiding, Christian, patri-
otto citizens awaken 70 their individual
responsibility ia opposing all forms OF
socialism, anarchy, Lbertlnism, and ir-
religious propositions II they would that
our great nation should continue 20
lead in philanthropy. prosE Gritty ana
civilization.
MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN.
Copyright. 1871. by American-JOuruaI-E x-
aminer.J
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Acknowledgements jim"

one OF the most interesting and thor
oughly Western plays Of the season is
big Hearted JIM" which comes 10
the Academy tomorrow night. Big
Hearted Jim Is a Montana sheriff. lv-
ing in the town OF Medicine Lodge,
back in the SOS; a strong. fine person
ality. blum aud rough, but honest and
fearless His character is brought out
in a variety OF strong situations An
exceptionally talented company are seen
in a cleverly diversified group OF char
acters, and the story woven about them
never IOOsens its grip. The scenes are
typical OF the great West. Two OF the
acts are laid in a stOckade and bristle
with action, including threatened m
dian outbreak The entire play is as
full of rich humor as IL Is OF romance,
and Is said 10 be unusually well
STAGED.
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classes have standards of living which
in competition with those OF the Ameri-
can working classes tend TO lower
American standards and 10 supplant
white workers with brown workers on
grounds OF cheapness and servillty Of
the imported labor
Although considerable obscurlty ex-
lists as 10 whence in Asia the ances-
tors OF the japanese OF our day pro-
ceeded when they poured in upon the
aboriginal inhabitants OF the islands
now constituting Japan. the two most
eminent authorities, Rein and Baelz,
conclude the japanese are M0ngols.
The strongest objection 10 immigra-
ton OF the Chinese thus at once at
taches to the Japanese; the Monaghan
and the Caucasian cannot become one.
Many Americans are deceived by con-
sideratlOn OF manners. fancylng that
because the japanese readily initiate
Occidental manners, from personal garb
10 the building OF a baJJleship the
biological gulf between race and race
disappears.
All of 0ne Piece.
''Au the nations OF the West" says
Chamberlain, for twenty-eight years a
close student Of the japanese. have.
broadly speaking, a common past. a
common fund OF ideas, from which
everything that they have and every
thing that they are springs naturally
as part OF a correlated whole. Japan
stands beyond this pale. because her
past has been lived through under con-
dftfDns aIfoparber different 90
And finally after telling of the ef-
forts OF the japanese government 10
forward education along Western lines
OF thought. 1T is clear that no efforts
however arduous. can make the Euro
pelnizatiOn complete"
So the American teacher. Scherr after
some years OF intimate association with
the people OF Japan: The fact that God
hath determined the bounds Of our
habitati0us gets new meaning when one
has Travelled and observed in the Far
East Geographical barriers may, in
deed. be easily surmounted. as when the
steamship skins across the great gulf
that divides America from Asia. But
there are other bounds. other limits. that
are impossible. No American ever can
understand "a Japanese.
And, after fourteen years OF most sym
pathetic study OF the people of Japan,
Lafcadio Hearn set about the writing Of
a book in these words, after having
discovered that cannot understand the
japanese at all"
Is il 10 be wondered al. then, that
the Pacific coasts intimate experience
with the japanese all strongly confirm
ing these testimonies from the most
careful students Of Japan. the people
of that region proceed in accordance
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Maiestic-Al H. Wilson.

Al II. Wilson, the gOlden-voiced sing
CT and clever German dialect comedian
comes 10 the Majestic next week in
Sidney r. Ellis new play OF picturesque
Mr. Wilson is an actor Of undeniabls
ability, a me stage presence and 3
magnetic manner. he also possesses a
singing voice OF remarkable power and
sweetness which has gained him fame
Throughout the country. During the ac-
ton OF Metz in the Alps Mr.. Wilson
viii sing six new songs. A splendid
supporting company ana a beautiful and
complete scenic equipment mako this
interest.
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COlumbia-Wnghtson in Washington
College Of Music Concert.

Sydney Lloyd Wrightson. president
and director Of the Washington College
OF Music. viii make his only appearance
In song recital this season at the seventh
OF the Washington College of Music
concert series in the Columbia Theater
Friday afternoon. January II, at $50.
his program IS an interesting one, in
Guiding among other things q song cycle
entitled. Songs Of the Norseland," by
Hermann Lohr, which has only been pub
lished during the past thirty DAYS. Mr..
Wrightson viii be assisted by Miss Ada
blrch, one OF his best pupils, who has a
soprano voice of exceptional beant,-
Felix GarZiglia and Miss Arkey c.
Mott will assist also az the recital. hay
ing kindly consent to play the accom-
paniments.
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cOlumbia-Burton Holmes Tonight.

Burton Holmes. The popular lecturer
on travel. will heg2- . triple series OF
finely illustrated travu'csues at the Co
lumbia Theater tonight, the subject be-
ing Cairo. the Egypt OF Today" Mr..
Holmes is to give three parallel courses
al the Columbia Theater. the first course
TO be given on five successive Sunday
evenings at $50, and the second course.
which is TO be the exact duplicate OF
the first on five successive Monday
afternoons at $50 o'clock. Cairo"
therefore. will b. given tonight and
again tomorrow afternoon. The ma
terial for this lecture was obtained icy
Mr. Holmes at the very height OF the
social season last winter The prin-
cipal public ceremOntals, fetes, and pro-
cessiOns, as we'll as characteristics
sports made capital material for motion
pictures and M. Holmes has brought
with him an unsurpassed series. His
still pictures, finely colored. will show
the genuine Streets OF Cairo" while
numerous motion pictures will show the
ever-changing scenes I'm the streets and
by-Ways OF this most picturesque city
The third course by. Mr.. Holmes Is to
be given at the Columbia Theater on
Tuesday afternoons az 4:30, beginning
this week with Japan" as the subject
This will be the Japan OF the past rath-
er than Of the present. It win include
the finest illustrations OF three Of Mr.
Holmes former lectures on this same
delightful subject. with motion pictures
absolutely new, added to IT,
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An Ideal Bathroom

THE Importance OF having an at
tractive. comfortable and sapf-
i tary bathroom is being more and
more appreciated. and the eleve.
housekeeper cuTtails the expense OF
every room in the house rather than
that OF the bathroom.
A bathroom should. above all. be light
ana airy; every one must realize MS
Out how often do we fnd dark. stuff,.
bathrooms. even in the well-appointed
hOusesi
The ideal bathroom is tiled tbroupb-
out. and fitted with large. snowy nor
celaln tub, q porcelain wash basin a
shower bath and innumerable little fv-
ihss for soap. spOnges. and towels. bDt
SueA bathrooms do not fall 10 the LOT
OF many OF US. although model bath
rooms on a much smaller scale ara
within reach OF most OF US
TO those who live in the old bopsas
ana who do not wish TO replace the old
fashioned plumbing for the more mod
efn improvements, I would Ike 10 offer
Few suggestions as to how TO male
NE most Of what they already have.
Treatment of Walls.
We will first consider the vsus
"Hleh are probably either painted ma
peFed with a tiled paper or left in The
rough plaster. II paint has been psa5
ahother coat or two viii be all thar ia
needed: If paper was adopted il Will
probably be coming of the wall - a.
mas Deeh up any lelgth of time. as the
steam OF a bathroom does not nerr,tt
IpeI 70 remain long on the walls. as a
u'e' MS can either be repapered or II
e1n De scraped and painted, which
would be the most serviceable ana tha
cheapest IN the long run. II the Walls
nave been left in the rough master
pretty effect could be obtained nv, ba,,
ing them calcimined with a soft sbo5.
OF apple green, or else they copIa -,
stehciIed In paneled effects. with a s,,t,
aDle design OF little fishes or wafer lUjes
me noors OF an old bathroom, ara
invariably Of wood. ana these ara bost
I've Ieu Win hnoleum or cork Garnet
Oh TINS should be thrown 2 Wasbabla
ius. fortunately, there are sever,.t
sood bathroom rugs on the market 70
uay' lhe hand-woven rugs which ara
90 much IN vogue are much used for
bathrooms, and besides being dainty
ana artistic. are reversible ana wash
able WASH
The old-fashioned metal bath t,hs
need to be constantly enameled. This
can easily be done by the housewife
The old paint should first be removed
with a solution of caustic soda tben
the bathtub should have two coats Of
white paint and a third coat of white
enamel. Using white paint for the first
three coats Is cheaper than using three
coats Of the enamel.
II a curtain is needed, nothing is
nicer than the madras curtains solo
Tor han and bathroom windows. They
are made 70 lock like stained glass
and pretty touches of color can h.
introduced into the bathroom In this
way; besides they are not easily seen
through. and yet keep out very little
light. This madras has no dressing
and therefore is rot Effected by steam.
a bathroom should be cleaned each
day, the floor wiped and the basins
and fittings rubbed. A clean ana WELL
appointed bathroom is a luxury that
one never grows tired OF.
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than those embodied in domestic pur-
suits.
Her theories are calculated to do in
caleuiable mischief by the impressions
that she makes on the minds Of young
women who viii look up 10 her as one OF
the favored Of fortune and society
Some Of the extracts which have been
published in the newspapers are so in
delicate In suggestion ana so disgusting
that 1t Is to be hoped thai the book
may be doomed 10 short life.
II is not stated whether Mrs. Parsons
has children or not II she has, she
must have great confidence in the favor
Of fortune that the should never have
occasion TO experience the unhappy side
OF life. or she would have more solicit
tude for their happiness than to put into
their minds such total disregard Of the
sscrednesg OF the marriage VOWS. Their
fate might be as brilliant as hers, but
their children might be among the de-
serted should their husbands or wives
adopt her views and become Gisenchant-
ed with their companions
AS 10 the Children.
Imagine the condition OF the gener-
atoms yet unborn if the authors Of
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NatiOnal-JOhn Drew in "His House in
Order"

John Drew. after rolling up a great
triumph in Pineros masterpiece. His
House IN order" at the Empire Thea
ter. New York, comes 70 the National,
January i.
In this play Mr.. Drew and his lead
ing lazy, Margaret Ellington, thrill and
delight their admirers. Tor the princi-
pal roles OF the play are Hmned with
mastery disuucLness and strength By
the playwright ana the players have
this wonderful inspiration and unfail-
ing guidance in their work. To The
initial values Of the characters, Mr..
Drew and his leading lady add The st
tracJlVe and convincing qualities OF their
art. No woman. IL IS said. can fali 70
De held Dy The powerful analysis OF 4
WOmans nature which PinerO provides,
or can withhold sympathy from the re-
belltOus and prosecuted wife, who IS
prevented from Wreaklng z WOman's
revenge only by the happy timely per-
suasiOn OF her optimistic DrOther-in-isws
the part enacted By Ar. Drew. Besides
WOmans real victory Is entertaIningly
worked OUT and there isn't moment
IN the performance where the female
contingent Is not held IN the spell g
PinerO : remarkable knowledge o. thes
sex
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HERE'S CHEERFUL ADVICE
TO THE DEPARTING TRAVELLER

A number Of railway men were once
discussing the question OF accidents.
'''Che roads in Scotland" said one Of
ficial. FUSED 20 have bad name. indeed.
In respect 10 accidents. No one thought
OF embarking on a railway journey IN
less he had provided himself with an &c
cident policy of insurance.
1.-THE famous Dr. Norman Macleod
was once about TO set of on long
journey through the Scotch country.
Just as the train was pulling out the
clergyman's servant put his head
through the window and asked.
Has We taen an insurance ticket,
sirg"
I have replied the doctor.
" Then continued the servant write
ye'er name on IL and &c Il 70 me. They
haze an aWfu' habit O. Robin the
corpses on this line New York Tri-
bune.
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COlumbia-Marie Cahin in Marrying
Mary"

Marie Cahill. ia Marrying Mary
viii come 70 the Columbia Theater fer
one week commencing January IA direct
from her two months run at Days
TheaIer. New York. where she broke
ali the old records Tor business. Every
one who has seen Marrying Mary"
agrees that II is = better musical play
tnau Molly MoOushine, Ia which
Miss Cahll scored last season. Edwin
Milton RoyIe Is author OF both, ana the
music is by Sllvio Helm. The lyrics are
BY Benjamin HapgOOd Burt.
In Miss CahAls very strong support
ing company are such excellent play
eTs as William COurtleIgh, Eugene
CoWles. Roy AtWel. II. Guy Woodward.
George Backus, Mark smith, Charles
Judels, Annie Buckley and Gladys
Claire The famous long sklrLed
chorus" which Can really sing is also
with Miss CahilI- Her song hits this
season are Hes a Cousin OF Nine.
Mr.. Cupid, "COO-cOO (Jne fable OF the
dove" and "A HottentOL Love Song.
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Chase's-POlite Vaudeville.

For next week Chase's viii present
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner Crane, in Every
body's Up" Miss Toby Claude, the petite
English Coincidence. who was q hit ia
"Fantana' and The Chinese Honey
Moon Master Willie Eckstein, The
Boy Paderewsid; r. Seymour and
Mixer" PeUO the Great, an educated
ape; Chalk Saunders the carica-
tlrIst; Bandy and Wilson; ana the mo-
ton pictures OF The Adventures OF q
Detective. The seat sale opens tom0r-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-06
COST LONDON $4,000
TO ENTERTAIN KINGS

LONDON. Jan. What the city OF
London spends in entertaining foreign
monarchs has just been published in
official documents.
II cost s3I. 90 for the visit OF the
King Of Spain. 5000 for entertaining
the King OF Greece, while a modest
s. 900 suficed for the reception and
luncheon at the Guildhau for King
Haakon and Queen Maud at Norway.
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Majestic-Mayer's Sunday Concert.

The usual Mayer concert viii be given
al the Majestic Theater tonight. Sew
eral singers from the musical companies
in the city during the past week viii
contribute 70 the program. The usual
illustrated songs viii be presented. and
the feature MINIS FOR the motion pic
lures are What is Home Without a
Stepm0ther2' Scores From the Congo, 3"
The Vanderbilt Cup Race" with q
Circus ana The Magic Lamp"
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lntermarriage w OuId
Mean a Bad Hybrid
People.
Standards of Living En-
able Them to Under
mine Wages.
By EDWARD ]. LIVERNASH,
Former Representative in Congress
From California.

Ever since the Japanese population OF
California, oregon. and Nevada became
so considerable as 10 excite serious at
tentlon there has been in the States a
steadily rising tide OF opposition 10 un-
limited immigration from Japan, and
that the japanese are Directing 10 GER
tain regulations in San Francisco is
really nothing more Khan one symptom
Of a general determination on their part
TO combat with yig0r the general agita-
ton now under way in the Far West
for extending 20 their nationality the
exclusion policy now applied by America
10 the Chinese.
Most OF the printed matter being
placed before the people of the country
does not faithfully represent the prin-
cipal objections OF the Pacific coast 10
further immigration OF the japanese
labOring classes 10 the United States.
Take. Tor instance. this extract from an
article contributed by a gentleman seek
ing 10 give the impression Of sympathiz-
ing with ana understanding the crusade
OF the Japanese ard Korean Exclusion
League OF California:
1t is set forth By those who argue in
favor OF speedy action that the mass Of
japanese now coming are an unclean,
morally depraved mass, reskiug with
lUathsOme diseases, utterly unreliable as
servants OF labOrers. threatening, un-
less checked. 10 make the white pOpu-
lation TOT California; urban instead Of
rural by driving out orchard, farm and
ranch labor; 10 be feared no. because Of
superior skill-save in stealing American
ldeas-but because Of absolute unscrup-
uIOusness in private affairs and in busl-
ness life"
Californians' Objections.
Now. OF course. tlouGhtrIl Westcrners
10 not rest their case on any such foun-
dation. II i understand tie prevailing
opinion Of the Californians now urging
The adoption Of a statute excluding the
japanese lab0Tlng classes. IS based
on two thoughts:
First. That the japanese are a race
incapable Of assimilating with the white
Americans.
Second. That the japanese Iaboring
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Mrs. Parsons Theories
Calculated to Do
Mischief.

The most potent enemy OF woman
Is 70 be found among her own sex.
When one thinks OF the noble sacrifices
Of such women as Susan b. Anthony.
Mrs. Cady Stanton. Clara Barton, Mrs
Carrie Chapman Gait. and a host OF
ether self-saerihcing. grand women. who
have worked so long 10 secure privi-
leges, encouragement, and opportunities
Tor their own sex. one is at a loss 10
know why some OF the benehciaries or
their seir-sacrihCes and struggles for
women should deal such a blow as has
just been inflicted ty Mrs. Elsie Clews
Parsons. who. laboring under the hallu-
cinations sometimes caused by a little
learning, has advocated the most revolt
ing and Misunderstanding propositions
that have ever appeared IN the English
language. She upholds libertinism and
loose marriage ties ia her book, "The
Family" which she intended "as a text
book for use OF students in colleges, who
take up the subject Of marrige. the
family, and parenthood."
Women VIII Suffer.
She must know that this onslaught on
the sacredness Of the marriage tie and
the home will recoil upon women, and
that II VIII be claimed that women who
are INDUCED and who have every avenue
open TO them are unworthy and unequal
10 the proper use Of higher privileges
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Tailor is Fined for Sneezing.

tackled this form OF gross misdemeanor
ana arrested a master tailor who
sneezed hye times while crossing the
street with a party Of friends. The pO-
liceman declared that the tailor had
purposely created a disturbance and the
prisoner was hned three marks on the
spot The tailor declined 10 pay, and
subsequently a magistrate decided in his
favor. saying he thought the man had
not sneezed purposely. but because he
could not help H.
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Academy-Shepard's Moving Pictures.

shepard's moving pictures Will appear
al ths Academy tonight with an al new
program OF moving pictures and Illus
trated songs. Some things can be
painted, others illustrated. and a few
can be described, but none Of these
means can impart the knowledge and
impressions 50 clearly, fully. ana ac-
curately as do these moving pictures
Tom Moore will again appear in a
repertoire OF the latest song successes
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HE danger of sneezing loudly in
the public streets in Germany has
again been brought 10 general
notice. Some time ago a citizen
OF Mulhausen was arrested on a charge
OF gross misdemeanOr in rendering him
self a public nuisance, but managed TO
get of. as the medical evidence showed
that a polypus in the nose prevented
him from sneezing otherwise than loud
~.
The Goettingen police have now at