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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-30
As to ROgues' Galleries.

As long as men can DO arrested
on serious charges without even the
empty formality of indictment by a
grand jury, there is abundant
ground for the following from the
Chicago Chronicles:
The bill passed by the Legislature
forbdding sthe police to photograph
prisoners for the rogues' gallery ex-
cept after conviction is merely an in
dorsement Of the right of an accused
person to Re held innocent until he IS
proved guilty. While II was dealing
with the subject the Legislature might
very well have gone on and penaliZel
the sweatbox system. which is another
Invasion CT constitutional rights. Such
reforms come slowly. however Perhaps
the next Legislature will 90 what thu
present one has passed over.
Every man with ginger in his
makeup must condemn the practice
of including his neighbor in a
"Rogues' Gallery" and chasing him
with criminals until he is proven of
that class. But the objection TO the
"Rogues' Gallery" goes further than
that. As an institution for police
uses it is of doubtful value. Photo
graphs do not help much, unless
they be lately taken, and the ac-
cused is in such hurry that he can
not change The cut of his hair.
Identifcations are best made
according 70 unehanging character
istics. The Bertillon system of meas
uremcnts is a half success. The fin
gerprint system-as in use in Scot
land Yard and other live European
agencies--is an entire success.
Neither needs any Photographing of
the prisoner.
INSTRUMENTATION police activi-
ties are not only hampered by the
use Of a poor system Of identified
ton, but also by a failure to CO.
operate. The National Bureau of
dentification-of which our Wash
ington Chief of Police is the enter
prising head-is organized to en-
courage the bureaus of the several
cities to act together. By its opera
tons sufficiently telling details of a
criminal convicted and imprisoned
here can be kept on file in the offices
of related bureaus all over the coun-
try. If the man shall then bear him
self lawfully, so much the better;
no one knows of the entry opposite
his name, and his picture is not on
view anywhere. If he does not, and
is arrested elsewhere the court has
the advantage of his record in fixing
his punishment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-30
The Peace in New York.

The reports that the factions in
New York city's Democracy are get
ting together and patching up their
differences, are of the very greatest
significance. If Murphy, Mcclellan,
the Sullivans, and all the elements
in the city are TO unite once more
and present o solid front TO the
enemy, they may be able to mini
mize the power of the Independence
League, and at the same time to in
crease greatly the chance of Demo-
cratic control of the State at the
next election.
New York Republicans are getting
farther apart. 1t seems impossible
that they will become united firmly
enough to make them stick togeth-
er. Among them are too many men
of big interests and influence who
would be quite willing to see the
party distraught and divided, rather
than to see it united, strong, agrees
sive-and dominated by the ideals
OF Hughes and Hearst.
There's the rub. A united party
is highly desirable, when everybody
can agree which way IL shall travel.
But New York is the very storm
center of the nation. New York is
at swords points with itself. 1t is
the headquarters of the great re-
dictionary forces-and it has twice
voted for Hearstism. It is the home
of Harriman-and Hearst.
But a peace between Tammany and
the Mcclellan administration means
that Democracy win spend the next
year seeking harmony and under
standing, while Republicanism will
spend that year further dividing it,
self into warning. factions, and ac-
centuating the bitterness of their
warfare. The Republican managers
viii do well to take due heed of the
developments at Tammany Hall and
the city hall.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-30
Getting So Mixed Up.

If our girls are losing their nerve
1T is not to be wondered at.
The American maiden NAV well
be disturbed when a stable com
munity out West thinks it necessary
to come to her rescue with a law to
make bachelors propose. In mere
mans experience the average girl of
his acquaintance can make him pro-
pose whenever and as often as she
pleases- He has nothing to do with
il. He just eats out of her hand.
And now TO have some obtuse, OBJ
fuscated, myopic legislature enact a
law TO take all the spice out of the
game may well upset the sex.
Then, here in Washington, came
the looking-glass incident at the
Government Printing Office. To be
sure that is local episode only. But
the effect of it has travelled far. No
woman worthy to wear a new black
sailor or pass charitable Judgment on
the latest portraits of the snippy lit
tie mink that has just upset the Grim
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-30
GINGERBREAD MAN" NOT NEW
BUT GOOD OF ITS SORT

Another new musical comedy was dis
closed last night on the stage OF the
Columbia Theater when THE Ginger
bread Man" was presented locally for
the first time. The piece has been seen
elsewhere, and has met with a certain
measure OF success Musically, II Is
quite interesting. having been composed
by A. Baldwin Sloane Frederick Ran
ken provided the book and lyrics.
Some Of the entertainment, which
might, have proved novel was so init
mately suggestive OF Babes IN Toy
land" that Il detracted from the new
ness OF the production 10 a great ex-
tent. There were the same little
nursery characters, the same bold. bad
man wTeaking vengeance on the fairy
folk. and the same little automaton doll
business that was so great feature in
the Babes in Toyland-'
Eddie Roadway. who should be billed
as little liEhtfOCt," Gus Weinberg. who
VIII always look out for himself. and
Ross Snow, the veriest fairy that ever
fCrried. had the burden OF comedy in
last nights performance. The only
fault that one plight find IS that none
OF them has suficient 70 do 20 please
those in front. Redway ia an excellent
dancer. and gave several exhibitions Of
his talent Redway plays the Ginger
UTeaN Man. ana mas catchy entrance
song entitled John Dough" Gus Vein
berg is cast for an oldtime comic opera
king. but fortunately is able 20 make
the role very funny. He had the song
hit of the play N cold Ramese." to
which he was obliged 20 supply verses
until his collection ran out
Rose Snow played the role OF the
fairy queen, and he was about as funny
as a fairy queen could possibly be. VIII
liam Sellery, who played the bold. bad
man, Machavalius Fudge. was appar-
entity suffering with a cold and was IN
able TO sing.
The women in the company are not
particularly good. Mae Phelps plays
Jack Horner and Grace Belmont IS his
sweetheart, Maize Bon Bon.
THE Gingerbread Man" Is prettily
staged and has a good singing chorus.
Frank Robb. musical director. has the
company IN hand. but would materially
improve the effect If the orchestra were
a little less prominent, particularly In
the solo score.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-30
TUESDAY. APRIL 30, 1901.
A Smoke Abatement Society.
smoke doesn't pay.

Smoke doesn't pay.
Washington was one of the first
cities to realize this. London will
be one OF the last. But, in view of
the desire on the part of certain
District. tradesmen to have the anti
smoke law repealed, there is special
local significance in the fact that
London is turning against smoke at
any time.
For in London over 1,0OO,0O0 per-
sons are engaged in manufacturing;
in Washington there are not $4,000.
The value of London's shipments
last year was/over $1,000, 900, 900; the
value of all our manufacturing pro-
ducts, including those made by the
Government, is less than S4S,0O0.OO
a Smoke Abatement Society" has
begun the campaign in the British
capital. In an organization whose
very name rings of old England, it
is not surprising that work was be-
gun with two addresses-One by Sir
FREDERICK IreYeS, the other by the
Bishop of London. The great sur
geon contends that smoke and SCOT
have turned the Lonuoner's lungs
from the healthful pink of child
hood into a dirty blue. The bishop
denounces smoke as a fatal and
unnecessary nuisance"
Poor fuel combustion will prob
ably vie with the fog in London for
many years to come. But Sir Fred
erick Treves and the bishop. in the
name of their Smoke Abatement
Society have pointed the way of
progress. 1t lies in the direction of
less smoke, not more; and we of
Washington must not forget it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-30
KATHRYN PURNELL PLEASES;
SUPPORT GOOD IN ROANOKE

Kathryn PuTnell ard her company
more than made good yesterday at the
Majestic in Roanoke" a melodrama OF
the South. by Hal Reid. Naturally, Miss
Purnell took the hono-s in the semi
emotional role Of Roanoke Peyton. a
blind girl. She plays the part quietly
and couviacingly. so that one forgets
how really melOdramatic the offering is
Her support is excellent. Indeed, the
company is seen 70 rather Setter ad-
vantage than in some of the previous
productions. w. S. James does some
excellent character work as Ezekiel
Morse Edmund Abbey, as Tom Bailey,
and JEFF w. Murphy. as Wilfred Forest.
also came in for praise. Clarence Chase
makes the r.nst OF his opportunities as
Joe Peyton and Ed. S. Alien. well known
IN Washington, gives Eood account Of
himself in small part. Miss Bick and
Miss Halford do their work Icceptably.
and Nick Judel and Florence Hill make
distinct hits in 'darkey' paryS.
The bill is in marked contrast to those
that have preceded II. but seems to be
even better adapted to the company. and
the two audiences YESTERDAYS went home
we'll pleased.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-30
.BONAPARTE CRITIGISES
JUSTICE DEPART hENT

BALTIMORE. Md. April 3O.-Attor-
ney General Bonaparte. in an address
at the Womans College upon the
history and workings Of the Depart
ment of Justice. declared that, in his
opinion, there was more of the spoils
system left IN the Department of Jus
tice than in any other department of
the Government.
In the Department of Justice it has
been held that legal and special and con-
fidential positions did not come under
the civil service" the Attorney General
said. land a very considerable number
of appointments have been made not by
civil service rule.
'One result of this system" continued
Mr. Bonaparte, is that there is by no
means so good a spirit OF discipline as
In the Navy Department. In the short
time 1 have been at the head Of the
Department Of Justice I have found
more cases for punishment and more
causes for removals than in the whole
time when l was connected with the
Navy Department
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-30

Noah's Ark made port at washington
last night end will remain for week 1T
the New National. The spring has been
sc backward that We were almost for
getting that the silly season vas at
hand, but MEANS Ark certainly
brought il hOmeward Perhaps il is
natural that a play with such a title
should be reminiscent, for while there
may be. as Bulger sang last night,
Lots Of Things That Noah Didn't
Know the world has had tire to learn
most of them and forget some of them
since Noah's day. They are all-nearly
all-in Clare Runners new musical
comedy.
To be fair there are also in the en-
tertainment at the National some good
music. considerable real fun. as good
looking a chorus as ever came to town.
and some pretty costumes and good
stage effects. 1t Is a pleasure TO get
these last while they are new and
fresh before the wear and tear Of the
season is painfully evident in them.
1t gives Bulger a chance to be-just
Bulger. And Bulger is always funny.
He has two topical songs. the one al
ready mentioned and "Reincernation. -
which, while they are not startingiy
original, arc sure TO make a hit II
gives Sallie Fisher, OF "Dearie' fame, a
chance to sing a couple Of rather pretty
songs and to lcoiE decidedly more than
rather pretty. At gives Mazda Snyder
some good sOuo'ette opportunities which
she seizes with both hands-and feet
her most elective song, Where Did
You Get Your CHapeauX pa palma bic
imitation OF AnnL Held-is neither so
good nor so bad rs Anna would make IT,
IL brings back to Washington Stanley
Forde, .'chesty as ever" with his BARI
tone voice as big as his big body and
gives him chance TO use IT, particular
~ In My Castle In the Air''-one OF the
hits OF the evening.
The first act is-well, it pretty bad.
The second is little better. The music
Is perhaps above the average Of alleged
musical comedy but the show as a
whole Is thin-the sort one describes al
ways with a qualifying rather" The
company is entirely equal 20 the de-
mands made on II, and would be II they
were considerably greater than they are.
And. after all IL is almost worth the
price of admission TO hear the JUNCTION
Harry BulgeT puts into his "S-t-u-n-gi'
even II one feels a little bit that way
oneself. NJ. Med.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-30
PASTOR ENFORCED LAW,
STONED BY HIS FLOCK

SYRACUSE, y. Y, April 30.-Rev. c.
A. Fulton. Of the First Baptist Church,
and Attorney L. w. Dygert were
mobbed by a crowd Of 200 men and
boys in North Salina street and roughly
handled. The two men have been con-
Quoting a campaign fer several weeks
In an effort TO keep saloons closed on
Sunday. BY making trips about the
city from midnight Saturday until Mon
day morning and lodging complaints
with the chief Of polict and district at
torney, they have caused the arrest Of
many saioonkeepers and have made It
difficult for saloonmen to obtain bonds
from surety companies
Although Syracuse has been practical
~ a dry" city on Sundays since the
campaign commenced, the two men
nave not ceased in their vigilance.
They have been attacked and threat
ened on several occasions and today
were made targets for stones and other
missiles. Dygert was struck on the
head and DR.. Fulton was badly bruised
about the head and face.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-30
HOPPER, WITH GOOD COMPANY,
WARMLY WELCOMED IN WANG

Wang. DeWolf Hopper, and Marguerite
Clark proved so strong a combination Of
attractions at the Belasco last night
that the house had scarcely a vacant
seat. And the combination made good.
The evening proved 10 be an old-time
Hopper comic opera one.
Mr.. Hopper has seldom been seen to
better advantage than he is in his re-
vival Of Wang. last night he was ap-
parently at his best He was happy and
exuberant, composing an additional verse
TO his topical song Not satisfied with
this the audience insisted on his recit-
ing Casey at the Bat" even after he
had given a fairly new curtain speech
between the acts
Marguerite Clark makes a Matasa in
every way satisfying. She is improving
rapidly, both as 70 acting and voice-as
to lOoks-well, there never was much
room. She does "a pretty girl I'm a
fashion of her own, not at all cOnven-
uOnal. but nevertheless acceptable. Ma
bel WILDER and Florence Martin, as Gil
lette and Marie, were so decidedly husky
that one readily believed Hopper's state
ment that several members OF the com
pany were suffering with severe colds.
In IN second act John Hendricks. as
Prince Panopin. sings My Land" in
such a way as 70 make every one hope
for more of the same kind He not
only possesses a good voice. and knows
how TO use 1t, but is clever as an actor
William Danforth, as Col Robert Fra
casse; Guy Bartlett, as Pepat; and Ada
Deaves, as LaNeuve Frimousse, are
good comedians, and are well cast.
One Of the new features introduced
was the addition of several verses to the
duet of Wang and the widow in the
firsI act, IF You Love Me" These
Illustrate Parsifal and Saiome loves,
and make a decided hit
The costumes are new and fresh. The
chorus is good in voice, dancing. and
appearance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-30
DAVIS AND FANNY RICE
FEATURES AT cHASES

Two clever acts. Fanny Rice in her
mechanical mimicry. and Edward Davis
and company IN The Unmasking." lift
the bin at Chase's out Of the ordinary
this week, and the two easily share the
headline honors Of the week M Davis
has surrounded himself with a fairly
competent company of five and his
sketch has all the earmarls OF
Shakespearean tragedy. Il opens With
a greenroOm scene. and closes with a
realistic sword battle between Rich
mond and Richard Ill Mr.. Davis
whose figure and presence are command
ing, Is a most capable actor. and Il was
his splendid work that saved the sketch
from detertOrating into a commonplace
one-act melodrama.
jolly Fanny Rice. as she is billed in
PRODUCES something Of a novelty, and u
does not take her long to win the favor
Of the audience. In a medium-siZed pic
ture frame with an electric light border.
small bodies Of persons are shown with
her head surmOunting them. and made
up to represent various weli-knoWn char
acters- The whole eject Is TO remind
one Of newspaper caricature. Her bur
lesque of President Roosevelt and his
"Dee-light-ed' was unusually clever.
Donat Bedini opens the bill in a sort
Of an acrobatic act with a Clminutivc
comedy dog. The latter is very clever
for n canine The Onlaw Trio perform
a slack wire act that has nothing out Of
the ordinary &c recommend il. The
Otto brothers MAKE a vigorous attempt
TO amuse in German dialect nonsense,
as do Chris Bruno and Mabel Russell IN
an alleged comedy silit, The Insurance
Agent" Bruno and Russell are all
right. but the same can hardly be sad
for the sketch.
Kemp's Tales Of the Wilds gives the
audience q number Of interesting pic
lures Of the Arizona desert and can
yOns. To those who have never seen
ha NJ n vii 70 rafn q int
esting, particularly those Of the snake
dance.
The Vitagraph, with interesting mo-
ton pictures, closes the bill.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-30
As to Free Speech.

\ socialist member of the douma
took the liberty of telling some
plain truths about the Russian army,
with the result that he almost
started a rough house, drove the
ministers from the chamber, and
precipitated a renewal of threats to
dissolve the body.
NJ. Zuraboff il was and in his ad-
dress he denounced the army and
declared that it never wins any VIC
tories except against the Russian
people; it is always beaten when it
engages in foreign war. The min
listers demanded that the offending
speaker be suspended, but the votes
couldn't be mustered to take this
action. The presiding officer admin
istered a rebule and ordered the
speaker suspended from right to the
floor; but this didn't satisfy the
ministry.
These Russian administrators
plainly have much TO learn about
free speech and its workings They
might well come over and listen to
a political brainstorm in the Con-
gress of the United States and dis
cover that almost anything can be
said on the floor in discussion with
out causing any real trouble, if
you're just used to it. They say
things every day in the House Of
Representatives that would start
riot in half the parliaments in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-30
SPRING MAGIC.

From the brown and briary hedges,
From the cleaning. silvery sedges-
BIeached by many wintry moon;
From the sodden. trOdden grasses
Something whispers as IL passes,
Spring Is coming, coming soon"
Coming not IN this pale seeming,
But with all her colors streaming,
Her wild music In the air;
She will wreathe the tangled eyway,
Flush with light the common highway,
Spill her magic everywhere
Idle fancies sternly banished,
Dreams and visions long, long, vanished
Stir the soul to sweet unrest.
In an oubliette sinks Duty.
While an old unforgotten Beauty
Lures US on her ancient quest.
Ada Foster Murray
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inal jurisdiction of Gotham viii fail
TO sympathize with her Washington
sisters, who are ali expected 10 use
single glass. Most of them have
mirror over their desk, another
near the hook where they hang their
simple little mid-season working
hat (''My dear, it didn't cost a cent
more than Sl2 and the clerk told
me-i"), use the one in the elevator,
when they ride down 10 the ground
floor, and peer sidewise into the
plateglass windows of the stores
when they go out to lunch. Vanity I?
Never in the world. 1t is an un-
selfish desire to please the men.
So none of us gasped when we
read the news from little old New
York the other day. The victim was
an American by the name of Lucia
di Caperio. She had been assailed.
When she got into court she told
the judge, with all proper fearful
ness, that she had been slapped in
the face by a discerning but overen-
thusiastic fellow boarder, one
Joseph Adinolfi, the smart piece!
Then followed this examination:
Did he or did he not lag hands on
your asked Magistrate Walch, who
was about TO discharge Adinolf
oh he 5ust kissed me on the neck, %
she said. without malice
kissed YOU on the neck" repeated
the magistrate. Did you Jump"
Then he added. $500 bail for trial for
assault"
Mrs di Cuperio was surprised, and
Adinolh's friends hurried out for bail.
For our part we are not a bit
surprised, the poor woman didn't
know the difference between a kiss
and a slap. Things are getting so
mixed up these days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-30
CENTURY eIRLs An LYcEuM.

The New Century Girls" are at the
Lyceum this week. pat while they
strive to please" they are not girls
up to the I.yceum's standard. Mitchell
and Pritzkow. Hays and Winchen, Bar
rett and Belle, Crawford and Manning,
and Miss Nellie Sylvester evidently
made good With the audiences The
chorus is fairly good looking and sings
and dances with enthusiasm. There are
several good acts in the olio, but on
the whole the show seemed to rather
lack interest though. The performances
were well attended.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-30

world, and incite to revolution in
several. But instead of riot and
revolution. everybody just laughs.
Nothing like free speech to eman-
cipate people from the fearful mis-
take of taking themselves too seri-
ously.