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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-03
State Normal Social News.
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rsnecial to The Times Dispatch.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL FARM-
MILE. VA. November s;---Dn ,ha W. IN an-
larv societies. which have Just passed
] through the most exciting period ai
the sessions work the first election OF
new members. The Cunningham Is very
proud of the following recent acces-
sions: Misses Susie shelton. Phoebe
Rr,irh. Lucy Strother, Mabel Woodson.
Lillian Woodson. Leila Hatcher, Bet
tie Wright. Ruth kizer Carrie hun
Alice Csrandy, Virginia Bennett Pattie
Many. sudie Davis.
The Argus is highly gratifieti over
the e -rtance Of the II, aoilowinE: MISS
sadler, blanche Kicks. Pattia Epes.
Grace Kendall. Rerrie Bruce. Carrie
Lee Jordan. Leona Jordan, Florence
Clayton. EVELYN Hammer. Cora Brook
Ing. Julia Paulett, Winnie Parsons,
AcriI
The Cunningham Society recently
gave delightful reception In honor
of the Argus Society. The evening
began with n novel hook contest car
ried out by "A series of tableau. Fol-
lowing this. the trials of new girl
crushed by both literary societies.
and her difficulty in choosing between
Sfhem. were clearly and amusingly rep
resented by a shadow-plaN. DIR. Elmer
u. Jones and Mr.. j. C. Nation added
5tS the pleasure of the evening by
several mandolin and guitar duets.
The prize for the book contest was
presented by MIR. Bidgood to Miss
Ruth Read president of the Argus,
after which delightful refreshments
Were served in the faculty room. The
shostesses of this happy occasion were
Misses Clair Burton, president OF the
Cunningham, and her fellow-o officers,
Misses Bessie Sampson, Writ Davidson.
Martha Bianton, Vernie Blankenship,
Virginia Nelson and Grace Beale.
Aunt Mehitable's Scientific Expert
ments," a Halloween play, was given
by many schoolgirls on frolic bent in
the auditorium at 10 o'clock, Thursday
evening.
An immense audience enjoyed the
weird performance.
The first surprise holiday of the ses-
sion was announced at Chapel Friday
morning and created an enthusiasm
that lasted all day, eNpending Itself
in basketball. tennis. dancing, country
h wallis aud every form of pleasure that
could be devised.
The Argus Literary Society gave an
interesting Halloween program in the
auditorium Friday afternoon Novem-
her LIST, at . o'clock, as follows: Hal
lowe'en, Lucy Robins; piano solo, Pro-
Z Terror August Schemmel; tableauN. by
A the society: reading. Hattie paulett;
prophecy, Mary Lou Tucker.
MT Kari Jansen, q Swedish imper-
4 senator, gave an enjoyable progra m
FEni selections in costume, Friday eve
B ninE, November LIST, under the auspices
I tHr Students Athletic Associations
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Skinquarter Social News.

Special toThe Times Dispatch
sElNQUARrER. VA. November a.
friends near Norfolk and Jamestown,
Mrs. Helen Sims Webb. who has
been very i'll, is Slightly improved.
Nh Naaman Graves has been visit
ing. his cousin. j. II. Sims, Jr,
Mrs. j. +. Taylor. wife of the late
J. IT, Taylor Is visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
st. George Abrams.
Miss Eta Goodn visited Miss Gene-
We've Rudd last wednesday, afternoon.
Mr.. w. II. Rudd, of the Medical COLI
lege; is expected home Sunday.
Miss Ethel and Mr.. Beattie Wilkin-
relatives near here.
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,ft.cial visit to tho rarmvlllc Chapter mex.

Official visit to tho rarmylle Chapter next
Monday night.
Mrs. j. S. strole and little child. of Luray;
Va, are expected tn arrive here next Mon
day to join Mr. Strcle. who has taken up
his residence In Farmvlllc. being connected
with the drug store of Dr. ". Il. Anderson.
DIR. w. Il. Anderson has added to his
stables very fine stallion. Sporting Guy.
purchased of e. T. Chick. This horse is
sale to be the best animal raised in this
section since the day of Duke of Wellington.
raised by II. b. Johns, of Buckingham. and
afterwards owned by DR.. Anderson. Sport
Ing Guy was raised by Horace Anderson OF
Cumberland. His sire is Red Guy, 2l05s
by Guy Moore by Guy Wilkes, and she by
George Wilkes. Dan Edna Wilkes. 2:22A;
sne by Red Wilkes
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Powl1atan Social News.
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Special to The Times Dlspntch.l
POWHATAN, VA, November 2.-Afsses
Blanche and Ada Clements and Rev. Author
Dawson visited Mrs H.. G. Burton this week.
Miss Linda linibbs is visiting Miss Mamie
REYNOLDS OF this place.
Miss Marion Shepherd, who has been Wis.
sitns friends In the village. has returned to
her huine In Goochland. s,E
Mrs. p, +. Atkinson. who has been visit
ing her daughter In Norfolk. has returned
to her home in this place.
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Williamsburg Social News.

Especial TO The Times Dispatch
WILLIAMSBURG. VA November g.
Tourists are coming in larger numbers NOW
than heretofore. and tho town seems To be
ketiing lis share Of the exposition visitors.
An average of about seventy-five guests
t.gister At The hotels daily, securing car
ssiases for the trip 10 Jamestown Island
III a o delightful germans were given hero
the week ono by the young ladies of the
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fc rated near tho top. When the bag is flat
the perforatons will form two holes adapted
to receive loop ofSstring having the ends
tied. Whensthe bag is filed the string forms
a handle BY which the bag can be carried
The length of the string forming the handle
is suffclent to permit the bag to be fully
opened for the Insertion or removal OF tbe
contents. The Mag is. OF course, reinforced
and strengthened ut the perforations for ths
PURPOSE OF preventing tearing Of the sides on
TBS bag by the flexible handle. 1t wilf+bu
obvious that ono person could readily carry
a dozen such bags filed with articles with
ORC hand, whereas With the ordinary bag tht
carrying capacity would be limited.
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I PAPER BAG WITH HANDLE

,rw elye Bags Can 10 Carried With One
Hand
In the near future the ,lp-to-date grocer,
baker, etc. viii be hnnding goods to his
customers In n novel paper bag, the recent
Invention OF n missouri man, This bag IL
similar In shape and size to the usual paper
sbng except that the Sides and the bottom
art folduble, The sides Of the bag arc per-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-08-31

of the greatest favorites, and her art
was admired by the entire country.
but when the ambition to make more
money seized this mother of family
big enough to delight President Roose-
welt, and sent her out in comic opera,
public appreciation somewhat chang
ed. Schumann-Heink could still sing,
but her English in the speaking sec
lions OF her operas was enough to
make the judicious grieve.
Critics and public were polite as be-
fitted the reputation of the foremost
contralto of the world, but they nevers
'waF1netasIr;'~a and "i IN spite Of her great
reputation, the singer quit the operate
boards after two seasons and returned
to her proper field of serious singing.
where she could use her own tongue
and escape the perplexities of English.
FRITZ Scheff, one of the most charm
Ing of singers and actresses, has not
had the success to which her great
abilities entitle her, and undoubtedly
1t is the accent that interferes. Ameri-
can and English singers who have not
1.-THE of her brains or voice, go along
and make huge hits because they can
speak English dialogue with a flash
and clearness that is impossible to the
Austrian.
Georgiene Won Januschowsky had
the same experience when she left the
Germania and tried to make good in
light opera sung in English.
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Improvement at the Capital.

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The old Seventeenth street canal OF
malodorous memory" remark sone OF
the Oldest inhab itants sofs WASH ton.
will soon be thing of the pest. Un.
der the systematic march of improve.
ments inaugurated by COL Bromweu
and Maj. Crosby, the army engineers
having dual jurisdiction over Potomac
park, the canal is being filled up and
causeway built across it's mouth.
The canal is about half mile in length
and runs from a point near the inter
section of Seventeenth and B streets
in southwesterly direction to the
river. In the old days it was an inn.
portant auxiliary to the sewer system
Of the District, but It Is no longer used
for that OF any other useful purpose.
Although ugly in itself, being covered
with slime, its shores are lined with
beautiful willow trees, which will prob.
ably be utilized in the permanent i'm
provement of the reclaimed area. One
of the objects Of filing up the canal
is to permit the construction of a
macadamized driveway along the en-.
tire river front from the west side Of
the inlet to the tidal basin to the ex.
treme western end of Potomac park at
Twenty-sixth street, near the old oh.
servatory grounds. Persons who have
not visited this section Of the re.
claimed area Of the old Potomac fats
can scarcely realize how completely.
transformed it has been into a beauti.
ful park, with driveways, foctpaths,
gardens and splendid trees"
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is the institution of a constitutional
form of government due.

is the institution of a constitutional
form of government due.
He founded the present Seiyukai or
constitutional party, and although now
out of active politics is still the most
influential of all politicians, the only
man who can fairly claim a division of
his honor with him being Marshal Mar
quis Yamagata.
If Ito is first of the elder statesmen
in the eyes of the world, Yamagata is
very close second in the eyes of Jap
an. AS Ito may in a sense be regarded
Japan's Jefferson, so Yamagata may
be pictured combination Of Won
Moltke and Bismarck. Yamagata is
both soldier and statesman.
Inouye, Mutsukata. Oyama-these
three, with Ito and Yamagata, make
up the Genro.
These five men, with the emperor at
their head, form the real directing
force of this empire. They are getting
old now-all of them When these
have gone there will be no elder
statesmen. What, then, of Japan?
The question can be asked without
necessarily joining with the pessimists
who predict that when the present en-
peror and his old associates pass away
things will go.to smash. AS a matter
OF fact, there ARE SO many able men
among the younger statesmen safe
men as well as brilliant. But will a
new emperor have the wisdom to rely
upon his councillors, and will it be pos
sible for him to find such advisors as
those who helped Mutsu-Hito keep the
right path?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-08-31
JAPAN'S FAMOUS
ELDER STATESMEN
Wise Old "Piots' Who Steer the Ship of State-7he
FiDe SERVANTS of the Genro

In searching for the causes of the re-
markable progress Japan has made,
especially her uplift from the mediae-
val past to the front rank Of modern
nations, and all within the short period
of forty years-it is impossible to over
estimate the great services rendered
by the handful of really great men
who have throughout the entire period
of development ruled this nation from
the top.
What, is often askeds is to become of
Japan when her elder Statesmen pass
away? Il
Speaking broadly, the affairs of this
country are still in the hands Of the
men who began the great work of ma
tional reformation at the time of the
overthrow of the Shogunate and the.
restoration of real imperial power to
the mikado. In the Intervening forty
years the great majority of the men
who took active part in Japan's great
revolution have passed away, but those
who to-day stand as the representa-
tives of those statesmen and warriors
exercise ust as great an inuence as
when the young emperor first turned
to them and their fellows for the guild
ance which he voluntarily pledged
himself to follow. ~
Indeed, instead of Diminishing with
the passing years, which have brought
many developments and changes in
the externals of government, the in
duence of these elder statesmen has
grown steadily greater as every crisis
has demonstrated the wisdom of their
council and as their association with
the emperor has grown more and more
personal. .
Under the constitutional form of
government full opportunity is given
for the play of politics, for party strife
and personal aspirations, but above
and beyond this strife, on a higher
plane, the emperor and his chosen
counselors of the Genro, sit, calm and
serene, to render final decision in any
issue involving grave national policy,
whether this be internal or interna-
tional in character
Japan knows 20 such Office as elder
statesmen, yet all Japan reveres these
elder statesmen and bows to the wis
dom of their decisions, which find ex-
preston in the imperial will. The ma
tional generation of the emperor as d.
rect descendant of deifed ancestors
does not ttevent universal tribute to
the elder statesmen as the embodi-
ment of all that is wise and good.
1t is perhaps natural that, viewing
the record of the last forty years, and
recognizing the, part these men have
played in the creation of the new Jap
an, foreign observers should give to
these elder statesmen the entire cred
it for the transformation But the
tendency Of, such generalization is to
lose sight Of one to whom, it seems to
me, first credit should be given. This
is the emperor himself -
> 1t is not at all, remarkable that the
boy prince who at fifteen found him
self not the mere figurehead which so
many of his ancestors had been, but
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-08-31

intrusted with the full powers and re-
sponsibilities of absolutism, should
have turned to others for advice and
counsel; but to have retained these
counselors during all the years of his
rule, to have been guided by their wis
dom, is in itself an evidence of real
greatness in a man around whom have
been thrown all the temptations to
which monarchs fall heir.
Of the personality and mental at
ta1nments of His Imperial Majesty
Mutsu-Hito, few Japanese are qualified
to speak, and these do not No son of
Japan looks upon the emperor as a
mere man. In this democratic age the
peculiarly reverential attitude of all
Japanese toward the head of their ma
ton may be sneered at and condemned
as a relic Of the past, but there is no
gainsaying the existence of this rever-
ence. AS all the old court formalities
are still preserved in their medieval
strictness, it is doubtful is ever mem
bers of the imperial family know very
much about the personality of him to
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-08-31
BERLIN POSTAL TUBES.

Connect the Central Office With the
Principal Stations.
The Berlin postal authorities are
revolutionizing the conveyance Of let
tiers and parcels.
The idea on which they are expert.
menting, says the Chicago Tribune. is
to have an underground tube with a
large enough circumference to admit
man in stopping posture. These
tubes are to connect the central post
office with the principal stations and
with the district Offices.
Two sets Of rails are built in this
tube or tunnel, one over the other:
not side by side. The upper set 4of
rails is supported on the sides of the
tube thus practically dividing it in
twoa Small carriages inning on two
wheels, are automat fca1ly driven BY
electricity along these rails.
No locomotive is used nor is there
any attendant with the carriage. AS
many as six of these carriages can
be run together for conveying letters
and parcels from the arrival station
to the central postofice and thence
to the various districts, or vice versa.
BY this means letters can be deliy-
cred in any part of the city in less
than fourth of the time formerly re-
quired. So far the scheme is not
beyond the experimental stages, but
it promises to be success and to.
Danish from the streets the mail van.
with all its poetry and romance.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-08-31
THE ACTRESS AND HER ACCENT
Success for foreigner American Stage Depends on
Her Ability to Speak Pure English

Success for the foreign actress who
essays to play in English in the Unit
ed States hinges entirely on the out
come OF her battle with her accent.
In comic opera, in tragedy, in the
polite drama of evening clothes or in
comedy, the public demands to under
stand what Is being said, and no
genius can reconcile them to actor or
actress who speaks in sounds that
none can make out.
The great tragic geniuses, like Bern
hardt or Duse, have not needed tomas
ter the English. Their great fame
:. saved themss The diyina Sarah could.
play in French, and the public that
knew nothing of the tongue either pre-
tended to, or frankly admitting it's ig-
norance, applauded and protested to
get sufficient satisfaction out of the
pantomime of the most notable per-
former of her day. In lesser degreed
the same was true of Duse, though she
could expect still smaller clientele.
as Italian is much less known than
French.
But actresses who fall only a trifle
short of the altitude of these eminent
tragediennes have learned that the
open sesame to success in Uncle Sans
realm is to study the tongue of the
country, hence there is frightening
line of actresses and singers, who come
here ignorant of English, and study in
order to act and sing in it.
Only lately Mesdames Kalich and
Nazimova joined the number.
Of all the actresses who mastered
English after first acting here in a
foreign tongue, none equalled the sue
cess Of Helena Modjeska.
This superb woman, a Pole, first
acted here in her native tongue, but
found that her achievements in this
country were hopelessly barred while
she spoke a language that only one
person. in thousand understood.
With remarkable industry she ap-
piled herself to study of English.
and soon mastered it so thoroughly
that she not only succeeded, but rank
ed for long time as the foremost
actress of the day.
fanny JanauSchek, an actress of
mighty tragic power, who was for
long time Modjeska's greatest rival,
was not a German, though her early
acting in the United States was done
in the tongue of the Fatherland.
She was Bohemian, and there is a
world of difference between the two.
Janauscheck never became as com.
plete mistress of English as Nodes
ka, but she spoke it well enough to
earn great reputation when her
powers were in their full But in later
years, after She had gone back some,
the new public that had grown up
since the first triumphs of the noted
MARY Stuart and Meg Merrilles,"
declined to accept an actress who
talked English with an accent. She
descended to the cheapest ofsmelodra-
matte roles, was for long an object of
charity and died in poverty. ~"
Hortense Rhea spoke almost unintel-
igible English, and was never able to
gain permanent public recognition.
d What has been true of actresses has
also applied to singers.
On the grand opera stage, and sing
ing in German, the celebrated contral-
to, Madame Schumann-Heink was one
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-08-31

whose will they all bow. Probably Of
all the people of this nation only the
eldes statesmen have had the real op-
'portunity to Judge his capacity as a
man.
First and foremost of these stands
Marquis Ito. If to one man there be-
longs greater credit for creation of
New Japan than to any of the others,
it is to this truly great statesman. Ger
tainly to him, more than to any other
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-08-31
Markings Of the Palate.

Markings Of the Palate.
DR.. Paul Prayer, an army surgeon
in Vienna, recommends that prisoners
should be identified by the shape Of
their palates. He says that the sys-
TEN would be much more exact than
that Of finger prints He has taken
thousands of molds of the interior of
the human mouth, but has SO far failed
to find two which even slightly resem-
BILE each other. He says that though
the teeth change with time, the mark
ings Of the palate remain unchanged
through. life.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-08-31
Wants Snakes Protected.

Wants Snakes Protected.
At meeting of the Melon Growers
Association It was decided to adopt
resolutions for the preservation Of all
snakes Of the chicken and spreadhead
variety in the melon belt, and the
sense OF the meeting was that the in.
crease OF the reptiles should be vel
coined.
The. chicken and the spreadhead
snakes are the natural enemies of the
field mice. and destroy scores Of them
each day.
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Just a TIP.

Tonight will be the night of my
life, old man, am going to propose to
Katharine"
THAT 50? Parlor going to be dark?"
ooh, yes"
Better strike light
why ?"
Because negatives are always de.
veloped in a dark room"
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Madame Ristori, was not able to SUI
coed in English.
There is no royal road to success on
the American stage for the foreign
actress. Hard work is the prescrip-
ton, and mastery of English the goal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-08-31
To Observe Sea Gardens.

y O0SSIvV 0Sd 0dTOSnS,
A glass tower resting on the bot
tom of the ocean thirty feet below
the surface and extending up into the
open air is to be built at Long Beach.
Cal. The shaft will be constructed all
most entirely Of heavy plate glass with
a glass room twelve feet square at the
bottom reached by an elevator. This
will give visitors an opportunity to OBJ
serve the wonderful sea gardens.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-08-31
Fans for Italian .LeuisIators-

Fans for Italian Legislators.
In accordance with established tradi.
ton the Italian parliamentary report
ers have presented Signor Marcora.
president OF the chamber Of deputies.
with large and handsome white Jan.
anese fan covered with journalistic
designs and autographs.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-08-31
Ought to BE Satisfied

Ought to Be Satisfied. y
II declare, john" exclaimed Mrs.
Cabs. II don't believe you are listen.
ing to a word / say!"
well, I'm letting you do all the
talking" rejoined her husband. What
more do you want Chicago News.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-08-31

Chasing dirty linen up and down a
washboard is hard on wedding rings.
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An Impression.
The street car companies report
that they carried several millions more
passengers last year than ever be-
fore.'
Yes, and it seems to me they car.
ried them in smaller number of
cars. Brooklyn Life.
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The One Best Bet.

The One Best. Bet.
What's that sign over at the Bump
kins house dinner 12 to II"
That's the odds on your getting out
alive. - Cornell Widow.
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Just Between Women.
Ella-l have seen twenty-five sum-
mers.
stella-I wish was as nearsighted
as you are.-Illnstrated Bits.
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Too Heavy.

TOO Heavy.
But my good fellow" said the d.
vine, "did you ever take bath?"
"No, sir" the tramp answered,
humbly. II never took nothin' big
germ teaspoon"