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Railroads.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

n. B.-FollowiRg schedule hgures published
only as information. and are not guaranteed.
100 Il A--Danville and way stations
TBS A. M.-HarrisonbCIg and way stations.
800 A M--Sleepers AID coaches 10 Atlanta
and New Orleans. Dining car.
81 90 A M.-Sleepers and coaches 20 Co
Iumbia. Savannah and jacksonville Dining
car.
$50 p. M-SleepeTs and coaches 20 Atlanta
and Columbus Ga Sunset Route Tourist
Sleeper to san Francisco Sri-weekly.
T4.Jl p M--HarrisonbuTg and way stations
As =. M.-CnarlOtteSvllle. WarrentOn. aud
way stations
fS:IS p M.-SOuthern's Palm Limited solid
Pullman 20 Aiken. Augusta. Savannah. Jack
Eonvile. and ST Augustine Sleeper BIZ
weekly 70 Charleston Dining car.
g 80 p. M.-Sleepers and coaches 10 Char
lotte. Columbia. and Augusta SleepsEH week
days 10 P.nehurst- Dining
'lOI5 p. M.-Sleepers ana coaches Cvia
LynChburg and Bristol 10 Chattanooga. Mem
phis and New Orleans. Dining car.
'Il:OO P M--New York and New Orleans
Limited Solid Pullman 70 AsheviIle. At
ianta. Birmingham. and New Orleans. Din
Ing car. Club and Observation cars.
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For Rent-StoreS.

SMALL GROCERY STORE. with trade, six
rooms. water In house. yard alc0ve. also
fine shop for light manufacturing. $40. open.
Address BOX 3. Times ofice. mhIT-5t
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Wanted-Su5urban.

WANTED-At once good suburban home.
near Washington. prefer 20 deal direct with
owners viii pay all cash submit fun par
tCulars- Address r. NJ CHAPLIN. 209 Com
monwealth ave. Chestnur Hin. Mass.
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IN MOUNT PLEASANT.

Cheap at S3,95o. Two
stories and cellar. six rooms
and bath. furnace heat. lot
- by $50; southern cN-
pOsure, public alley in the
rear; firSt-class surround
inES.
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Suburban Property.

FOR LEASE-By the yecr. Broom resi-
deuce. furnished or u0fu ~nishcd with mod
rrn improvements. the residence I now oc-
cupy. with certain reservations. opposite Bat
lie Cemetery. on BriKhtwpod ave. Call.
GALEk r. GREEN, Warder building. 9th
and r sts. mhl6-2r
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For Exchange.

WANTED-To trade Is lots in PittshurE. %
minutes from city pOstDfiCe. for washington
property; valuation. $500 Address BOX 655.
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Proposals.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR United
States Patent Ohicc, Washington. y. c.,
March 13. 1871 Sealed proposals On Cuadru-
plicate) viii be received At this office until
o'clock p. m. Monday. April -. 1891. and
VIII be opened immediately thereafter, Tor
producing during the fiscal year ending June
80. leOS. by the ph0tOithographic or other pro-
cess. copies OF drawings Of the weekly issues
OF patents. designs. and registered trade
marks. for the reproduction Of exhausted
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for producing copies Of drawings on a re-
duced scale for the library edition OF patents.
Specifications and specimens. with forms q
proposal. viii he furnished on application 20
the chief Clerk Of Jhc Patent OTicc. Au
bidders are invited 20 be present NJ the open
Ing r. l. ALLEN. COMMISSIONS. Ar-
proved: JAMES RUDOLPH GARFIELD.
Secretary. rahis-aui.l5
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
c March T. 1891. Sealed proposals On quad
rupncateJ will be received at this Onc, until
; O'Clock p M money, apr. =, .yo.' AM
producing in the City Of washington. Dis
trict Of Columbia, during thl tseal year end
ing June 20. 1908. copies Of Ora Uinss Of pend
Ing applications and patents, and OF foreign
patents papers. and exhibits by photographic
~ other 5rocess Specifications and s-,acl-
mems with forms OF proposal. VIII Ice FUR
uished on application 70 tho Chief clerk Of
the Patent Ohice. All bidders ure inlitei 90
be present at the opening ~. J. ALLEN.
commissioner. Approved. JAMES RUDOLPH
GARFIELD. secretary. l1lle-1pl'
TPrAs1-ny DEPARTMENT. Omce % tae
Supervising Architect. Washington. j. g..
March O. l9O7.-Sealed proposals Vii er re
ceived AZ this Office until OCl-OCN T. y
on THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL, 1894. and
then opened for repairs 20 the east front or
the L. S Treasury Building. Washington.
y. c. in accordance WIN specincti5eH. i.,,
copies OF which may be had AZ this oiice
AZ the discretion Of the supervising architect.
J. H EDWARDS. Assistant Secretary
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A COZY HOME.

a new house, facing south.
I'm one Of the most select
resident sections Of the city;
south Of S street. As pretty
As can be. modern, bright
and cheerful. Tiled bath,
porcelain tub. cabinet man
tells. furnace heat, wide Gov
erred front porch, beautiful
decorations; hardwood finish
throughout. lou 1SN5p 20 Il
wide alley. only $500.
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Wanted-FarmS.

wANTED-To rent a small fam near the
st. NV. rnhlS-7t
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A WELL LOCATED HOUSE.

No. 2221 18th street. Six
rooms and hatu. cellar, FUR
mace heat. IT is seldom one
finds such large rooms in a
luw-priccd house. GOOd-Sizcd
back yard, wide parking.
Price reduced 10 $500. 4
good investment; a cheap
home.
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Cleaning and Dyeing.

PHILIP LEDERER. l241 II ST. Ne: Phone
East 1893. Satisfactory work guaranteed
Our wagon calls for and delivers work all
over the city. mhi-30t
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A CHEAP CORNER.

$4,000 will buy a compare
lively new corner mouse on
5th street norr2wesy; eight
rooms; renting for $24 a
month. The house alone
would cost -lOrc 10 build.
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Most select and attractive
- moderate priced hotel on
the beach. accommodations. service and Cui-
sine excel any IN town az similar prices
Capacity 900. All modern CCnvC1icsces.
Booklet. II. =. DYNES.
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For Rent-OmCes.

ONE large and one small Office room. second
hooE. LOS + st NV ruhl--~t
1920 NEW YORK AVE NVV--FIrst and soc
ond floor rooms, suitable Tor real estate.
dentists. etc: SO and $50. situation un-
surpassed.
KARRICK * NETCALF.
mhi7-St 1920 New Norl. ave.
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THE LOWEST PRICED HOUSE
IN BLOOMINGDALE.

$3.50. south Of u street;
two stories and cellar. six
rooms and tiled bath: good
sized lot TO public alley.
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FOR SALE
A BUILDER WILL ELL

HOW TO BE YOUR OWN LANDLORD on
500 10 500 cash and so 10 $50 monthly. FoE
full particulars drop postal. Telephone. OF
cali tor Illustrated plat. etc. OF 'Conneco'
cut Avenue Terrace"
FULTON r. GORDON.
Suburban Realty Operator.
ROBERT Z. HEATER. Manager.
Colorado Building. Tel. Main 52A
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For Renf-Apartments.

II.AT OF FOUR ROOMS. with heat gas.
and bath foT light houseseeulrg- rent. $500.
sas fcr cooking. Cali aft-- pm. Pa s,h
s. mn-.-.l
so FOR APARTMENT. o SaatJu uw.. n
rented from owner. G.. i. DEWEY. cl2 New
Jersey ave. NV. uIII-3t
BACHELOR APARTMENTS. furnished or
unfurnished. two rooms and hath. cIT up
SENECA CT = 81. NV. fa2-tt
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FOR SALE-Tenement house. located near
Georgetown market rented so as 70 net
per cent on amount asked AppiE on prem
ises 1867 Potomac St. or Office OF = j.
BLOCK. 600 + st. NV mhl'-'t
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For Sale or Exchange.
Lots.

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-Iot % zee;
front on Irwin st. between 18th and IIth.
Columbia Heights. for equity in house.
OWNER. 1914 II 81. NV. mhl7-5t
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Steamboats,.
NORFOLK AND WASHINGTON
STEAMBOAT COMPANY.

Every day IN the year from foot OF Tth
Ut. for Fort Monroe. Norfolk Newport
News, anC all points south. by the Su-
- perb powerful steel palace steamers
- newport News Norfolk and
- washington"
Ly Washington s 30 pm Lv- Portsmouth 3 pm
Iv. Alexandria. Z 90 pm Iv. Norfolk ..-.6 pm
Ar TT Monroe. Z 90 am Lv. Ft. MOnroe...7 pm
Ar Norfolk. am Ar. Alexandra $50 am
Ar Portsmouth,. 500 am Ar washinEton...7 am
- sBThrough connection made at Nor
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- Steamship Co. for New York. and Mer-
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DIR. FISK ELGIN

Expert IN the treatment of private diseases.
chronic and acute Both sexes All ccnsulta-
tions confidential. Medicine furnished Prices
moderate Hours. 20 1. 5 70 6. ID 8
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For Sale-hOuSes.
FOR SALE.
SPECIAL BARGAINS.
LOW PRICED HOUSE.

Sc, 100, renting Tor S25
month. A siX-rOOm brick,
west OF 14tE street on a let
tered street. six rooms and
bath An exceptionally fine
location for low-priced
house.
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EASY PAYMENTS.

a new house west OF 18th
street, south or . street.
Two stories, six lovely
rooms, tiled bath, cabinet
InautclS; red pressed brick
front. alley I'm the rear. $500
cash. balance small monthly
payments S3,4oo-
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Wanted-Honey.

MONEY WANTED-STO00 for FIVE years At
6c~ on 1850 acres Virginia estate; buildings
cost $4,000: 500 on suburban house: viii pay
6T5i 500 in District. Will pay So. ID. 9
REALTY BROKERS. 6l7 18th st. ROOM q.
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HOTEL NEW ENGLAND

South Carolina ave. and the Beach. nelr
piers and atTrHctionE. large. sunny rooms
private baths elevator sun parlor. Capacity
$50. Table and service superior. Special
spring terms. BRYAN & WILLIAMS.
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For Saie-LotS.

For SALE-Cheap. four nice lots on 81.
Sc between I4th and 18th sts- i. =. Pc
TERESON. 1913 II ST. ne mhl6-3t
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OPPORTUNITY SELDOM OFFERED-AIust
he sold: seven-rooa brick ana bath: 10th s..
NV. near NJ, and cigEt-.Jom and baJn. frame.
and stable: Ith ST. se.s near Pennsylvania
ave largo lot: particulars. NEW YORK
RlEAr. ESTATE BROKERS. Gil 7. nh15-2t
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For Rent-H0uses.

FOR RENT-On April Isl. 3-story brick;
1441 St uhis-St
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For Rent-Flats.

TOR RENT-Four-room u1fu-uishcl fat. .1
noor; heat and Ras. light housekeeping.
southern exposure; s. 1925 u 81. NV
luhlS-c.
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1913 @ ST. NW.-Ten rooms and bath; large
'front.' and rear yards; only SD.
KARRICR. & NiETCAT.T.
mhl7-3t 1920 New CTE Ave
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24

hour are obviated by the use Of Mothers
Friend. sit is worth its weight in gold,"
says many who have used it. SI.oo per
bottle at drug stores. Book containing
valuable information Of interest to all women,
be sent to any address free upon application
ARADFIELO REQULAToR CO., A6asGa,
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24

Archibald Sullivan has written a beau
tiful poem on this subject and the chill
dren all seem to love 1t.
/ wonder after ami dead what they win
think of me;
II they'll remember just how good or bad
1 used to be;
I'd hate to think that mother wept be-
side my silent grave,
Fearing that UP among the stars / never
could behave.
You see. she can't look after me. I'd be
So I'll ask God to send a note-t to mother
every day.
He'll send 1t right at dinner time,
Just as the clock is striking seven;
And God will write:
Your little girls the best We have
in heaven"
IT believe" says Miss Cheatham in con-
clusion. that the delight in these recitals
shown by the grown ups as well as the
little folks is a good sign. We have
enough OF the Ibsen atmosphere in real
life: for instance, the Thaw trial.
I'VE must have 1t. Where else Is there
TO go except into the Nowhere, out
of Here? We have traversed the Here to
it's limits. We can't go back. There is
only the one unexpected country left
the Land of Childhood"
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24

asked as to the couse of grief he said No
one cares for my alligator but Cozima,
Jesus and me-
'In an informal dinner given the other
night to Lord Charles Beresford lot OF
children stories were told and he repeated
one OF a little boy whose mother was ex-
peeting a house party. among them man
OF some distinction. She told him that he
must not pay any attention when he heard
the servants say My Lord but treat him
Just the same as he did the other gentle
men; that he was just a nice, simple man.
and hated TO have a fuss made over him.
The little boy wasn't even to stare at him.
He promised. and did very well until
one day at luncheon he saw the titled guest
trying to reach a little dish OF pickles
and gasped out, Mamma, God wants a
pickle.
AT the same time that the childish mind
thinks OF the deity as being very near, it
realizes in a subtle way the mysterious
afterlife and the guardianship there. They
look into the starlit realms of the firma-
ment at night and understand them better
than the older ones, who are trying to ex-
plain them.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24

1T il hard work and a mess Of detaIl.
she says. Il am studying all the time. even
when I am travelling
Il arrive at my hotel with my bag fat
with torn shreds OF paper on which / have
jotted down impressions. thoughts. anec-
dotes I have heard. little facts I notice
about children on the way. II Is not until
you reach point where people think YOU
do things offhand that you can rest a bit
II owe great deal Of this sense OF the
Importance OF detail 20 the DAILY training.
a hard school. as others have averred. but
a good one. When FIRST came 10 Mr.. DAILY
I was armed with many letters ~ intro
duction from friends who described me as
being second only TO Mary Anderson, and
! think they imagined that they showed
fine tact in placing her first. Mr. DAILY
looked at me rather grufHy and said:
Miss Cheatham. have you ever taken
any lessons in elOcution?
That was the weak point in my amor
and stammered a No
His face frightened I engage you.
he said right on.
When I speak OF detail refer to the
psychologist detail. l make no appeal by
childish dressing. but I am always study
ing the mental processes. may spend
hours on the question OF the child 3
thoughts when IL views the destruction of
beloved doll or the sentiment al the
sight OF mother dressed up and going 70
party a. the ehnds eyes close In sleep.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24

author Of which neither one Of us could
find:
met a little Gilman once,
Down where the lilies blow.
l asked him why he was small
And why he didn't grow.
He slightly frowned and with his eye
He looked me through and through.
I'm just as big for me- said he,
las you are big for you"
ut is curious fact that the people who
have written most charmingly about chill
dren have themselves been childless. Take
to dispute it's place in literature-Lewis Car
roll the childless, who had all children in
his family.
II love that story about him and the little
girl whom he had asked TO go and look
at some pictures with him. They had never
seen each other. and the request was made
through a mutual friend. She stood wait
ing patiently for him, and seeing lots OF
people, men and women, pass Finally he
came and without a seconds hesitation
she went up to him.
He aksod her how she knew him, and she
said: I knew just as soon as I saw you
that no one else could have written those
lovely things you wrote Wasn't that q
tribute to the child soul looking out Of the
grown up eyes?
"And the picture OF hiTn-in summertime
at the beach. with his pockets filled with
large pins to fasten up the little girls
skirts so they could go in wading-dear,
kindly, appreciative Lewis Carroll, who will
never die.
Take Robert Louis Stevenson. He was
childless, too, but when you see the chill
dren sitting on the edges Of their chairs
and swinging their little bodies to his
Marching Song you'd think he had had
a whole nursery OF them TO keep him busy,
Bring the comb and play upon II.
Marching here We come.
Willie cocks his highland bonnet.
Johnnie beats the drum.
Mary Jane commands the party,
Peter leads the rear,
Fleet in time, alert and hearty,
Each grenadier.
All in the most martial manner
Marching double quick.
While the napkin, like a banner,
Waves upon the stick.
Here's enough OF fame and pillage.
Great Commander Jane.
Now that we've been round the village,
Let's go home again.
IT think that one line. Peter leads the
rear shows the whole kindly. humorous
sensitive spirit OF Stevenson. He couldn't
bear 10 think OF Peter in such an unen-
viable position with all the rest OF them
so superior so he made him do something
never heard OF before. but which sounds
perfectly delightful Leading the rear,
"a strange thing about the Stevenson
child congs is that they do not take in tbs
recitals. They are not quite simple enough
As soon as you begin to make child thinl
too hard he loses interest.
They read all right In the nursery
where the question can be asked and an
swered, but for the professional recita
you must generally speaking. have IN
obvious. and that Il one Of the difnoultie.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24

KITTY CHEATHAM AND HER AUDI
that can only be overcome by continually
trying. Many a child song l have be-
lieved would be very popular has not taken
at all.
The Bogey Man. the most bromidian
in my list, never fails of applause and
goes on swimmingly TO a round of applause.
II was written by Claude Burton, editor
OF the London Evening News, for his own
little Riddles My accompanist, Miss Flora
Macdonald, who has the most wonderful
psychic way Of reading my interpretations
and adapting the accomplishments to them.
plays some fearsome chords in this that
would make curly hair straight and straight
hair stand on end.
The DOGGY man, his hair is blue, his eyes
are brilliant green:
His nails are quite the longest that any
ones ever seen;
His face is very fierce and grim
Then the accompaniment strikes some
awful notes, blood curdling. and you see the
little shoulders straighten and the chests
go back. while I go on and speak OF the
mother tucking the little boy away for the
night and taking the friendly candle.
1t isn't that really care, but then.
you see. he might-be-there' - Chordsl
Chords!! Chords!!!
at is too funny-the intense silence, the
gasp OF relief and then the reassuring smile
at each other, with little panicky under
current. Another charming one OF Burton's
IL:
If polar bears were on the stairs,
II tigers came 10 tea,
II fearsome bats and silver sprats
Came i'm TO call on me.
And giant snakes ate ali the cakes,
How happy 1 should be-
II leopards gay arrived to stay,
And brought the kangaroo,
II parrots red within my bed
Should put the cockatoo,
I'd laugh with glee because, you see,
just adore the ZOO.
There are two keys to the child nature
that one can always get a response from,
one is that accentuated in the just recited
poem, the love OF the animals and the ac-
ceptance Of the grotesque happenings In
their daily life as not being az all wonderful
and the other is the deeply religious senti-
ment that causes the child to realize the
unseen Presence as an intimate part of the
family life.
''In the child's thoughts the real world
and the unreal meet, there Is no obvious
line of demarcation as with us and when
they meet and play with a bear somewhere
on in that mysterious realm they are apt
TO mention II casually as having actually
taken place. In the same way they speak
of the Deity as a near relative. heard
two stories recently illustrating this:
zone was a remark made by a little boy
friend OF mine who was standing at the
window looking out into the park. Finally
he called his mother being much perturbed
az the little girl who was sitting out there
all alone with the Lord
Another little friend OF mine had a pet
alligator about as long as your hand. The
alligator was always getting lost and the
family got real peevish about II. when u
was lifted out OF the bathtub OF from be-
tween the sheets or discovered In some
unexpected nook.
'Cozima, the nurse. was the only one
who manifested any real interest in It's
Ultimate destiny. One day Little Friend
was discovered crying IN q corner. whsn
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24

"It Is not enough to reach the points
where you feel as the child does. but you
must make the child in that hard TO reach
land on the other side Of the footlights
feel It too. II is not u sign OF a great
actress, you know, 70 weep in emotional
parts; you must make other people weep.
Jerushy' may sound simple as l recite
It, but it is a simplicity that to acquire
took me into many nursery hospitals and
children's hearts. l always precede
Jerushy' with little explanation.
'Jerushy is the doll who was once very
beautiful. with wonderful clothes, exqui-
site hair and complexion, but the fate OF the
mortal fell upon her at last. and though
she was old and broken in spirit and
beauty stiil was she loved.
Gone from her cheeks the roses red
At last she even lost her head,
My poor Jerushy!
And now she wears china head gown
And though her body's very thin. her heart
l kiss the lips that once were red,
And when my evening prayers are said
She comes with me each night TO bed.
My dear Jerushy!
WAS there ever child that did not
love the lame worn doll the best?
My little sister, who is lame and has
really never grown up, is a great assistance
to me. Her life, necessarily Withdrawn to
a great extent from the active. has made
her singularly sensitive to impressions. She
loves children and has combination OF
their spiritual insight as well as the grown
up appreciation.
Whenever she writes she sends me a
little anecdote or some verses she has
come across. She suggested this cunning
little one:
Little sheep within the meadow,
/ have watched you every day,
Running up and down the hillside.
Like baby school at play.
Mother says the little blankets.
Under which ! love TO sleep,
Are a present 70 a good girl
From a lot OF little sheep.
But she says you are not really
Striped with pink and striped with blue
But there's stripes upon the blankets,
So they must have grown on YOU
Isn't that delightfulg l think there
never was child who didn't love those
little pink and blue lines on the soft wooden
blanket and wonder about them 20 him
self
''she also sent me another favorite that
vas published In ST. Nicholas and the
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24

Cheatham learned her repertoire. which In
cludes an the songs OF the cotton fields.
the baptisms. the marriage and funerals.
the merrymakings and the songs OF inti-
mate family grief.
She made her first appearance at the
house OF the Duchess Of Somerset with
artists like Eordica, Kubelk and Bispham,
and has since then entertained the various
royalties Of Europe as well as many Of the
distinguished artists. She spent one after
noon with a party Of grown up girls, among
them the young Queen Of Spain. then Prin-
cess Ena, and her cousin Beatrice OF SAKE
Coburg- Gotha. and she describes them as
among the most easily pleased and most
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24

Ihown in her dslineation of the chudren's
songs.
Theater-goers who used to see her with
the old DAILY company may find 1t difficult
TO think OF her in anything save the '1egiti-
mate" but circumstances seemed to lead
her easily and naturally to her new pro-
fession. crouching on@ evening over the
big open FIRE In friends sitting room. lost
10 her surroundings, she was In fancy back
In her southern home grooming the negro
melodies she used to sing. Then the in
spiration came TO her to go back to the
stage. from which she had been absent
eight years, and take advantage OF the
vogue for darby songs.
But she determined to sing the real ones,
not those doctored to suit the taste for
highly favored coon ditties. These songs