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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28
KNOTTY PROBLEMS
IN RIDING TESTS
President and Taft Must
Unravel MiX-up Caused
BY Experts.

Conflict Of expert opinions as 10 what
kind Of man can ride a horse la.
brought about such O state OF confd-
sion and ridiculous dilemmas In the Eu-
ginecr Corps Of the army that the Pres
ident and Secretary Taft viii be com
PEELED 70 solve some knotty problems
when tic Secretary Of War returns
from the Philippines IN about three
weeks. All this results from the Presi-
dents riding test for the revolving
chair warr.ors-and POSSIBLY a little pull
by their friends.
Medical officers have exhibited a fond
ness for conflict Of opinions that would
do nonor to insanitary experts. For IN
stance. one board appointed to deter
mine the fitness OF officers 70 take the
test, decided that It would cost Col.
Charles l. I S. Davis. otherwise HuoE-n
in the army as Alphabet Da-is. his
life 70 take the hfteen-mile EaIlop- In
course Of time he was ordered mere from
Detroit, where he was IN charge u the
river and harbor Improvement Try as
hard as they could, II appears that the
medical officers Of the retirement board,
frequently spoken Of as the Davis IT,
tiremeEt board. could ind no physical
disabilities which would warrant his Be
ing retired
Too tat, as fat ss Taft. IS the charge
that the LAWS board has broLgh
against Col. William J. Marshall. 20
New York, in charge Of the Ambrose
channel work. in which commerce is sc
much interested The preliminary eK.
su.iniug board could find nothing thu
matter with Colonel Marshall, but Gen.
Fred Grant excused the big fellow from
the ride. out OF sympathy FOR the horse
that had been selected for the colonel
These cases and a number Of others
Will be taken up for final settlement
when Secretary Taft gets back Oficers
are scared in the Engineer Corps, and
a retirement Of half a dozen would
create havoc. To quart against being
let- in the lurch in some big improve
msnt, engineer officers are Being hustled
/ back 70 NFashins ,OU from the Philip
pines AMI held On leave here until a
can be seen WIO's who when Taft re-
turns.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28
TAFT TO PROLoNG STAY
IN CAPITAL OF RUSSIA

PETROPAvLOSK. Asiatic Russia,
Nov. 2s.-The train bearing Secretary Of
War Taft and his party over the trans
siberian railroad tIsin from VladivostoS
10 Moscow arrived here yesterday. All
the members Of the party are well and
the train is keeping 10 its schedule.
Secretary Taft has been requested
officially to spend one day more in St.
Petersburg, and this ne has agreed to
do. Consequently. he will leave Moscow
next Sunday night. instead of Monday
night. as at first planned
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28
Tutl Tut! Mr.. Shawl

George Bernard Shaw is never SO
brilliant as when writing on an un-
familiar subject. In his article on
What is a Good Rfan?" in one of
the current magazines he outdoes
himself on the sue iecS Of American
hypocrisy. He calls on Mr.. Roose-
welt to resign ana Mr.. Comstock to
take his place. He 1o,oribes Amer
leans as ''simplc England vii
layers" and asks. hat are we
Europeans to do with such a peo-
pic
1t is surprising to discover Mr..
Shaw in the act of calling for help.
Can he be losing faith in himself?
Is he downhearted?
We should think that mere graft
tude would dictate a pleasanter
note from the sanctum sanctorum
of the Shavian philosophy. Ameri-
cans were kind, even generous, to
his Caesar and Cleopatra" Yet
when the masterpiece was produced
in London this week one of the
critics cried out: ''What a vindica-
tion OF Shakespeare" Still another
gave it as his opinion that there
was mo moIc perfect example in
literature Of sheer, self-pleasing IT.
responsibility"
As for hypocrisy, one Of Mr..
Shaw's distiDg ished fellow-country-
men, Mr.. Fenly Arthur Jones, has
lately called on attention to the
fact that, like charity, it begins at
home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28
Hearings Which Are Not Trials.

Those who propose to change the
school law because it permits the
Board of Education to dismiss a
Superintendent who has become I'M
satisfactory 10 it will begin an ex-
tensivs revision of American prac-
tice. Thus, they viii have paved
the way to try accused policemen in
the courts and not before employ
ers as represented in trial boards;
to present members Of the bar for
trial by jury, not by the bench, in
disbarment proceedings; to do away
with contempt of court; and to
estop every member of every Con-
gressional committee from denounc-
ing any wrong he may come upon
in the field assigned to his commit
tee until after he has sat upon the
question as judge.
OF course, all this is impossible
So ought the complaint against the
pending proceedings before the
Board of Education be impossible.
What is being done there is entirely
regular. More than that, it is en-
tirely proper. Finally, it is accord
ing TO the only principle which
makes administration and discipline
reasonable possibilities in any sys-
tenn, whether it be the executive de-
partments, police force, a railroad
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28

Office, bank, or the public schools.
The courts have said most or all
of this. Two citations must suffice
here.
The first is that of the People ex
rel Weston VS.. Police Commission
ers, 123 n. Y. 512, wherein the court
of appeals of the State of New York
said, among other things:
This power to regulate the manner OF
procedure in the trial OF an accused
Inelnoer Is, IN the nature Of things. rea-
sonaple, ana strict conformity with the
MODES or procedure in courts of law is
not expected. and not essential The
proceedings are disciplinary I'm their ma
ture. For the maintenance of the polica
force IN the most efficient state possible.
especlai powers are conferred upon the
commissioners by the statute and great
Latitude Is allowed them in the exercise
OF those powers. The tenure of the
pohceman office must necessarily be
dependent upon his Implicit obedience
TO the disciplinary rules which his sIfr,a
riors establish, and though entitled To a
trial upon any charge involving subjec-
tons 10 punishment, that trial is Drac-
ucaliy simply an examination of the
matter, whereat the accused can be
~ $3.50 0iAN SelA NC AtdIQ IN QeIeDSe
and excuse. Such an examination is NOT
trial in court of law.
To the same effect is the iudg-
ment OF the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals, in the case of
Bradley VS.. Fisher, reported in Z
d. c., 80, wherein the court said:
The mistake Of the plaintiff is that he
regards the act of the court in dismiss
ing a member Of the bar for mis-
conduct as a criminal or quasi-criminal
proceeding. and the order as a personal
punishment. But it is not so regarded
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28
KILLED WOMAN IN JOKE,
SAYS ARRESTED SLAYER

CHARLOTTE, n. c.. Nov. 2S.-Amzi
Helms, arrested by Sheriff 1. w. Wal
lace and charged with the murder of
Ella Pryor at her home, twenty miles
distant from this city, has confessed
To Deputy Sheriff E. o. Johnson that he
fred the fatal shot Monday night. Upon
his arrival at. the house to call on the
girl he saw the gun leaning against the
house. left by a recent visitor. He says
he extracted one shell, and. thinking the
gun was empty, as 4 joke snapped the
trigger at a woman who appeared at
tie door
IIe says he thought he had killed Mrs.
Pryor, the girls mother, and. grief
stricken, wandered all night in the
woods.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28
ROBERT billiard HEADLINER
IN GAS A MAN SOwS" AT CHASE'S

Chase's bin next week will comprise
Robert billiard and company, George
Laurence and company, Grin, Hilbert
and Warren. George p. Watson and
Florence Little, Kramer and Bellclair,
Mabelle adams, and the motion pic
lures, "Going to Switzerland" AS a
Man Sows" will be presented by Mr.
Hilliard It contains one situation in
particular that is said fairly TO sweep
the audience of its feet. Clyde Fitch
the distinguished d-amatist, has turned
his attention TO the needs Of vaude-
vile. and Is The author OF Miss Nc
Cobb, Manicurist.' which viii be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28
1,000,0O0,000 UNSAVED,
DECLARES EVAN GELIST

NEW ORLEANS. La, Nov. 2S.-Tho
Rev H II. Ostram, of Athens, Ca,
representing the Laymen's Missionary
movement Of the Presbyterian Church,
Is using startling figures in his addresses
to develop interest in the foreign mis-
sionary work. All told. he SAYS, there
remains about 1000. 10000 to be evan
geliZSd. This number is made up OF
Mohammedans, Budhists, and Roman
and Greek Catholics. outside of the
United States. An effort is being made
to raise Sl.o0O,0OO TO push this work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28

all sizes. from the small vanity bag.
with powder puff and mirror, 70 the
large carriage bags. that are big enough
u hold a weeks necessities. They are
IN all feathers. including morocco. tan,
orchid, oigsKIn, alligator, and shark
The carriage clocks and cases for
brandy TASKS, medicine bottles and
toilet articles are often convenient.
Gloves. too. are always acceptable
gifts. II is said that the vogue OF the
long glove Is over and that folks are
buying short white gloves instead.
oomcthing nice for a man Is a shaving
set OF mirror, brush and mug, finished
II leaths' and nickel frames.
A dainty gift for a woman is Iewslry.
Jade is the new and popular fad IN this
department II is like the old-fashiOned
green .ade that our grandmothers wore
and comes in buckles, brooches. neck
faces. and hatpins. Jet is again popular
aEd there 10 new stone called the
lapis. It Is found in all ColOrs and Is
particularly pretty in belt buckles.
Fancy touches are popular In combs.
There are sets OF combs trimmed U-sth
cameo heads and fancy stones. The
prettiest combs are those OF carved shell
in the old Spanish pattern with fancy
barrettes to Taatch-
Anen LIleEe are opera bags GLuQQeQ
elastic belts, fans and solid silver purses
and card cases. Some Of the card cases
are adorned with beautiful mermaids,
which means that they are designed for
masculine taste
Dainty Linen.
In the linen department are hundreds
OF beautiful things The shops are max
ing a specially Of sets OF tab'ecloth and
napkins TO match. The tea cloths, lunch
, cloths and doyIies Of hand-embroidered
linen are exquisite. One shop exhibits
beautiful lunch cloths Of fIet lace and
embroidery set in squares and ccording
10 NEUROLOGICAL designs. The hundker-
chiefs, too, are pretuer than ever and
, are embroidered in initials and dainty
French designs For men there are
large colOred ones IN effective oettcrns
and women are also using the COlored
ones with tailored suits.
/ For the man himself Il is only reces-
sary to go into the mems depsr ment
and see there jackets. bedroom slippers
| ties, vests-whIch last, BY tlss 7fs.y are
| considered good form to give ones
gentleman friend;'' and even arlIIet'
in pastel shades to please the -somar
buyer. and IA reds and blues ard vel
\ lows the masculine shopper. The arm
let's are quite fascinating ant are don'
up In small boxes adorned with hOIly
/ and things
! Major Sylvester will detail extrs
! policemen 10 the shopping districts mex
/ week. showing that the early buying
| has made a necessary for additiona
! police protection and surveillance. FiftI
! or more policemen viii be detailed alOni
] Pennsylvania avenue. Seventh street. I
| street, Ninth street. Fourteenth street
4 G street and others on which large shop,
/ are located. Private detectives hav,
1 been employed by the storekeepers q
I watch for those OF the Iight-hagereS
| gen ny, and Central ONCE men VIII ais,
/ be instructed to keep a close watch OF
] the shops.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28
"The New Century Girls"

BurlesQue. full OF novelties, lively and
original music. humor that is mirth-
provoking and up to date: beautiful
girls. gorgeous costumes, magnificent
scenery, and general brightness are
promised at the New Lyceum when the
New Century Girls take possession Of
the stsge next week. The company
presents two funny burlesques-ssThe
Hotel Thespian" and a Thief IN the
Night" Between these twJ burlesoues
an olio is introduced.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28
BLANCHE BATES RETURNING
IN "GIRL OF GOLDEN WEST

Seats for the engagement OF Blanche
Bates in The Girl OF the Golden West
at the Be, ascc Theater next week. will
be placed on sale Thursday. This is the
third and last appearance here Of Miss
Bates in the great Belasco play Of '49.
Miss Bates and The Girl OF the Col
den West have just concluded a third
engagement in New York at the Belasco
Theater. From Washington Miss Bates
will 20 on a tour through the Middle
West that will take her as far south as
New Orleans, where she has not ap-
peared in several years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28
Rentz Stanley Company at Gayety.

The Rentz-Stanley Company comes to
the Gayety next week, presenting two
new musical extravaganzas; the OPEN
ing bErletta is entitled "A Days FroIic
at Atlantic City" The closing extrava-
ganza-''The Darlings of the Demon. -
musical satire on David Belasco's
great drama The Darling Of the Gods. -
Manager Abe Levitt has added San
some and Delhi, a European sensation,
in feats or trick balancing and equili-
bristic work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28
Burton Holmes on Paris.

Next sunday night and Monday after
noon at 1870 st the Columbia, Burton
Holmes will deliver his third travelogue
on the great cities Of Europe, this time
the sGbject being Paris, the Magnifi-
cent, the Paris OF architectural spIen-
dor. OF art and beauty, of fashion
and extravaganza. New illustrations
will reveal the Paris Of the present mo-
ment from the latest flights of fancy in
feminine attire to the recent success
full flights Of the dirigible war balloon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28

Brother, don't you worry, don't you
give away 20 care,
For the skies Will some day brighten.
anu BE smiling, blue and fair.
We've get TO know the shadows and
the thorns along the way,
And the sorrowS that come creeping
when the heart would like 10 play.
The rose must have its thorn, and every
nectar cup the gall,
The dreams you dreamed must fade,
and every cherished castle fall:
But as water finds Its level, so viii you
come to your own,
When the walls you reared have fallen,
and the fiimsy hopes have flown
The tides of life. so restless, they may
carry you afar,
And the ocean may be black with not a
light or guiding star;
The breakers may be angry ana the
waves break into foam,
But with courage you will make it
safely make the port OF homel
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28
"At Yale" at Academy.

"At Yale" at Academy.
The group, OF young collegians depicted
IN Jules Murray's new college play. AT
Yale" which comes TO the Academy
next week. is made up Of a personal
study Of types at that seat Of New
England learning. During the play
there are two real boats participating
in real race on the stage. while on the
banks Of the Sound and in the various
water craft that line the way are seen
the real enthusiastic crowds that throng
the races OF the varsity crews every
summer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28

played by Miss Gcorgis Laurence and
her support.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28

Tom Tagsart IS willing, he says, 70
take a chance on Bryan A few years
ago the whole Democracy took a
chance at French Lick.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28

Oklahoma violates all precedents by
not hopping into the breach with a
briar patch candidate
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28

Without any inclination to contribute
to the prevailing uncertainty we should
like to ask II there is not likely 10 be
a shortage in bankers If this suicide
business keeps up in New York;
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28

The bruce trial Is having the Dickens
OF a time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28

Santa Claus VIII soon break up that
boarding habit
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28

Congress IS taking a deep breath
preliminary 70 manufacturing a lot Of
cheap political capital that nobody can
bank.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28

1t is tine to pull Richard Oiney as
a Presidential candidate back from
oblivion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28

Confidence, not Profession. now az
pears as tile mother o. prosperity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28

We move to start the next balloon
race from Wall Street.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28

Carlos might give that Portuguese
revolution n course Of anti-fat
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-28
SONG OF COURAGE.

Taft and Santa W. soon be here:
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03

GEESE ALARMED THE TOWN.
Wild Fowl, Driven to Earth, Aston.
ished Sleepy Burehers.

One CT those peculiar freaks of the
elements that occur only at long inter.
walls took place the other night, causing
what many believed for a time was a
shower Of wild fowl, says a Lewiston
correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press. A steady snowstorm prevailed
during the day, followed late at night
by a heavy electrical storm. Amid
the heavy %downpour of rain there was
a drop of 20 degrees in temperature
and a large flock Of geese driven to
earth by the currents in the air and
attracted by the lights of the city
alighted In the streets or went hiss.
ing, quacking and cackling about as If
bedlam had broken loose.
Many of the residents who were
suddenly awakened by the unearthly
noise were driven almost to the verge
Of panic and are no longer sceptical
when they hear the story of the cack.
ling of geese awakening the sleeping
residents of Rome and saving the city.
The wildfowl were quietly swimming
about the little ponds in the adjacent
fields and on the bosom of the Juniata
river next morning.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
SPRING LAMBS AND PEAS.
Writer Devotes Some %Eloquence to
Subject G~astronomicaI.

When the poet spoke of ethereal
madness" he meant spring lamb and
peas. How well he knew them!
Lamb, the type of innocence, and the
pea, the first fruit of civilization, away
back OF the Aryan submits. The pea
grows nowhere in a wild state. 1t is
the product Of tender care and the
hearts so~licitude, and hence fitted for
gentle association, and all the quiet
moods OF nature, where no anger,
trouble, or tumult comes. When a
sharp wind arises or frost hurls a
menace from a clear night, spring
lamb and peas vanish, like a bird
that feels a prying breath upon its
nest. But when the shadows shorten
and the robin is abroad In the early
morning and the apple blossoms are
whitening the air, then appear the
lamb and peas, with a smiling saluta-
ton, Here we are-gather about u.s."
Don't we? Don't We taste the ethe-
real mildness? Don't we feast our
Imagination on the blue sky and the
daffodils?-Ohio State Journal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
Fighting with Ants.

The Indians Of the Mauritius dis.
pose Of termites, OF white ants, in this
manner: When they see their covered
way approaching a building, they drop
q train of syrup from this way to the
nearest nest of black ants. The first
ones that see the syrup follow it up
TIL they reach the termite passage.
They return to their nest, and in a
few hours a black army starts out for
the white ant stronghold. With great
fury they rush into the galleries, and
In a short time entirely destroy the
enemy, and each one, on its way
home, carries a dead termite, proba,
bly, to eat.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
ALL A DEAD LOSS
UNDERTAKES NEVER DID COL.
lEcT HIS BILL.
Incident That Drove Old Man Webb
Out of the 6usiness-Provided
Funeral for Man Very
Much Alive.

Eyes, sirs, gents, / ave been in
good many businesses in my lifetime
| ave" said Webb, the rubber in the
Turkish bathhouse, as he sighed rem
~iniscently. II was born in hold
H~england, many's the year ago, and
since that day l ave been a good
many things in my lifetime, / ave. !
ave beea a clerk in a gents furnish.
ing store, ave been a bartender, ]
ave been a waiter in a cheap-John
restaurant, and once / was a hunder.
taker.
Yes, gents" said Webb, as he
sighed again, Il ave been a hunder,
taker. And whilst l was hengaged in
that business | 'ad han hexperience
that | 'opes as won't 'appen to none
of you; for, gents, it cost me dear.
1t was on an hoccasion we'en | was
fred to bury a hepilectic of sc years.
Hold man Gormley e was; a rich hold
codger, and mean and stingy as hever
lived, and | ave seen many a mean
and stingy man in my time. There
was once a man as give me a five-cent
tip for serving i'm an heighty.fve cent
dinner, and, blarst me, the nickel 'ad
a ole in it. But hold man Gormley
died at last, and is 'eirs 'ad Ugh 'opes.
But they give i'm a decent funeral,
viii say that for EN-, and the money
as was spent for givin' i'm a good
send-off run well hup into the 'undreds.
They 'hordered the best | 'ad in the
shop, and | was ~hexpecting a right de-
cent profit on the ole.
Well, gents, right in the middle of
the ceremony, whilst the preacher was
reading solemn words from the Good
Book and whilst the 'eirs was all set
tin round tryin' to look has sad has
they could hunder the circumstances,
we card hinside the cofing a rippin',
snortin' sound. One Of the young lady
'eirs gives a scream, and the rest of
EN- had bugged out at the heyes, and
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
STUDENT MADE HIS POINT,
No Doubt the Policeman Understood
What He Meant.

W. H. Mallock, the well-known
English writer and political economist,
said at a dinner in New York, apropos
of a new definition of socialism: II
find that definition rather confusing.
1t reminds me of the young Oxford
students badinage with the police
man. Officer said the youth late one
night, I'd like to ask you a question
Very well, sir
docs the law permit me to call
you an ass?'
You move on the officer growled.
But stop a Bit continued the
youth. Does the law permit me to
call an ass a policeman
THE law don't say nothing about
that was the gruf reply.
Then said the youth, goodnight,
Mr.. Policeman"