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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-20

AAfE GossIPs tongue has
waggad more than once
regarding the manner in
which frauds and 5OlIers
have tricked exclusive So
ciety Fl Washington.
The presence OF the unknown and
unlimited guest. CARRIED as ''Mephis-
tophsles." at the Walsh masque ball
recently. and the appearance OF a
fashionable family's butler al the Con-
Greene recital az the Raleigh. a few
days later. when mistress and man
sat within few feet OF each other.
recalls some OF these instances
These. like the Walsh affair and the
GOn-Gresne episode. al the time upset
society, and were topics OF converse
ton IN the home. al the ball. theateT.
and club for many weeks.
The first or these occurrences, away
back In the eighties. is still wildly re-
membered by certain fashionable folk
who were present on the eventfui
night. the lapse OF time in succeeding
years having never quite ODscured the
recollection OF this surprise
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-20

here that the story lies. for the Stan
tords entertained lavishly and often.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04

pounds or more. The naighbors think
he have dropsy, but 1 knows he have
no dropsy, becos he'd bust eff he had
more inside him than he now have
He are without vitious habits or refer
enceS."
The widow of a man who shouldered
a musket in the Pennsylvania Reserves
wanted a pension and she was asked
if her husband was ever wounded.
"Oh, yes" was the answer, ''he re-
ceived an ak wound of the left foot"
Being asked to explain the circum-
stances surrounding the wounding of
her better half, she said he cut his
foot while splitting wood. 1t was not
during the war that this occurred, but
in 1899 at their home in PENNSYLVANIA.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04

side of life H. given as well as the
humorous.
WomanIike, she must add post
script. Here it is:
''P. S.-When my husband got home
from f1ghtin' the rebels l supported
him on my needle till he went and
died"
One Gioranna, a member of the we'll
known Garibaidi Guard, recited in his
application for pension that he was
"probed" by a rebel bayonet at the
Bull Run fight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04

The pension attorney wanted to know
what bearing this had on the pension
law, and the widow answered curtly:
well, Mr.. Smarty, the ak he cut
his foot with is the same one he
brought home from the war. 1t was
an army ak"
But there are stories of broken
hearts, assertions, double lives and
family troubles of all kinds. The sad
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04
IN HIS LAST HOURS.

| philadelphia Inquirer)
My dear" moaned the patient, as he
| tossed reStleSsly on his bed, its the doc
| tor I'm thinking of. What a bill his
will be-
Never mind, Joseph" said his wife.
| You know there's the insurance money. >
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04
Will Have to Eat His Hay.

Chicago NeWS.)
LaFollette, being a vegetarian, is said
to be the idol of vegetarian voters. PTesi-
dent Roosevelt, to win them back, may
have to eat hay as well as pitch it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04
A Possible Explanation.

NASHVILLE American)
Maybe Teddy is so quiet because ne is
helping Booker out with his summer
WhiteWashing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-09
Bonds for Waterways

The growth of the country has out run the growth of the railroads until today it is conceded even by the rail- roads that they cannot do the trans portation work that is offered them and that the situation is apt to be- come worse rather than better.
 All know this and this is why a powerful movement in favor of water ways development has sprung up Some are content to ask Congress to expend on the rivers and harbors $50,- 600 ,000 a year, but others say the har- bors should without delay be dredged, the rivers deepened and the water ways connected by canals. These works should, say some, be done at once and posterity should pay the bill. All who desire to have the work done quickly are favoring an issue of bonds to the amount of $5O0,0O0.000. This would have staggered the country 10
 
 years ago, but it does not now stagger anybody in a big and rich country.
 Representative Bartholdt of Mis- souri has introduced bill calling for a loan of 500,000000, and it is already known that it will command strong support. It may indeed become law. Under such bill the Mobile basin and the Tennessee river would be bene- fited probably to the extent of 40,O00,- 900, and the entire Alabama delega- tion will no doubt support the Bartholdt bill. The Coosa and the Alabama, the Warrior and the Tom bigbee, Mobile harbor and the Ten nessee river all need improvement, and $40,O00,000 would render them all navigable and serviceable, thereby adding to the country's transportation facilities and adding, too, to it's tax able values.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-09
Production of Gold In 1906

The final reports from the gold mines for the calendar year 1906 are at hand, and they show that this coun- try dug out of the earth gold to the value of $97,219,645, gain of s9,o5s,- 761 over the production of the pre-. vious year.
 This increase came from Alaska and Nevada, and it overcame the de- creases in Colorado, California, Mon tana, Alabama, South Dakota, Utah and Washington. Alaska, Nevada, Cal iifornia and Colorado do, in fact, fur nish 75 per cent of our gold production. Colorado is still first in the list, but she is closely pressed by Alaska. and Nevada is full of promise.
 Alabama does not cut much of a fig ure in the lists of gold-producing states. She produced last year 1205 ounces, valued at $24,921. This was less than her production in 1905 by $16,600. Georgia's production was in value $31,050, and North Carolina's $43,554. South Carolina is at present the most productive gold state in the south, for she produced last year 3S19 ounces worth $78,959.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-09
THE NEWSPAPER.

From the Outlook.
 During the past decade the story of action and achievement in many fields has been of unsurpassed interest; the whole race seems to be in motion, and in religion, politics, economies, social organization, science, and business the restlessness and the outgo of energy have been on a colossal scale.
 The newspapers of the period have printed a kind of serial story which for pathos, humor, tragedy, dramatic situation, contrast of character, vivid picturing of human conditions has made some of the most powerful fiction seem faint reflection of an almost blinding light. This story in which many minor plots have run together has been so expressing. not only in the vast variety of character it has brought to light, but in it's connectedness and its surprises, that a host of men and women look as eagerly for the morning newspaper as they once looked for an installment of fascinating serial story.
 To degree of which we are un- dNdie, lIS aualTS the whole world are now spread before us at q moment Of rapid and dramatic change; scenes are being shifted; old actors pass off and new actors come on the stage; yesterday the stage setting on the Rus sian, today it is Japanese, tomorrow it will be German or French.
 Nowhere has this story of real life been more dramatic, fuller of surprises, more commanding in it's interest, tn an in this country, where the newspapers are as interesting as the novels, and many of the novels have the timeliness and current interest of the newspaper.
 Sooner or later such a tide of vital ity will find it's way into literature; but for the immediate spending of its energy, the newspaper offers the most available channel. Sooner or later the permahent record will take the place of the vivid, partial, inartistic, but vital. report of the comedy and tragedy of life; but would it be surprising If 1t should appear that for the moment men are more interested in fact than in fiction in the serial story told by the newspaper than in that told by the novelist?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-09
Reqardinq Popular Music.

q read recently an editorial in a daily paper published in a Virginia city in which the writer criticized severely dis tinguished artist who gave a song recital there." remarked music lover. ''There was no fault to be found with the singers art, but great complaint was made because the vocalist sang only songs in German, Frnech or Italian words.
 'As rule famous singers interperse their programmes with popular pieces with English words, but with a few ex- captions the listener cannot hear the words distinctly. even if the language is understood. Some of the popular gems are Schuberts songs with German words. Were the words translated into English the rhythm would often be destroyed. In nearly every case the artists pre- fers to sing with the original text be- cause the song naturally goes best that way. Songs with English words, worthy of being placed on a recital programme, are limited in number and if the bills were made up with only such pieces, the audience would soon grow tired"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-09
LADY FLOOR WALKERS.
From the New York World.

TOI1l tnt NSW 1oTh w Oflu-
 Lady floor walkers are to be em- ployed in the large department stores of New York. One firm has already engaged 25 sedate and distinguishe ed- looking women to act in that capacity. That is the very latest phase in the equalizing of the fair sex down to the level of man. By and by they'll win their battle to become equal with men, and we won't have to look up to tn em any more. It will be sad blow to the salesgirls. Ever since they landed their places their weather eyes have been cast toward the floor walker. There he has stood, his brilliantine moustache defying time, his slender waist, and his hands that have toiled not save when he spent all day Sun day soaking them in skin food, crossed in majestic boise behind his concave back. Just imagine a woman taking his place. The idea is to impart a social taxation to your shopping. You are met by gracious being and made to feel as much at home as you would at the house of one of your friends, whose wife has "phony" deck that she uses at bridge. Like your card party hostess, the floor walker beams at you as she takes it from you. The lady floor walkers should all be quick ly married. Think of having wife who would walk the floor with a baby! It's as good as taking out insurance against loss of sleep There are lady doctors, lawyers, barbers, ushers, and now floor walkers. Next!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-09
THE PENNY ARCADE.
he Houston Post

From the f1OuStoip Iost'
 '.The penny arcade, affording as 1t does a cheap form of amusement, has proven one of the best investments possible, said R. D. Kirkpatrick of St. Louis, who represents large novelty house. and who was a guest yesterday at the Hotel Brazos. "h. s. Mills, who originated the idea of operating photographs and other appliances as a means of drawing the pennies from the masses, has amassed a fortune, and is still at 1t.
 At one of the Mills places, in Chicago, $2O, ,OO0 a year rent is paid, and added 10 this Is heavy expense of operation. But despite this, enough men, women and chil- dren put their little pennies in the slot to make the net profits about 5000 a month. Mills has recently invaded St. Louis, ex- pending $4S000 to furnish a place for which the monthly rental is S3.0OO. He is getting a net income of $60O0 a month.
 'The start by Mills was made about flrteen years ago with the phonosraph. and then followed the moving pictures. Then came weighing and hundred other automatic machines. The masses lind a delight in visiting these penny arcades, and they provide harmless, cheap en- tertainment."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-09
HoNEYMooNLEss OKLAHOMA.
the Washington Post.

From the WaSnlngton fost
 ''The honeymoon is about as scarce in Oklahoma as snowballs in August" said John T. Snyder of Oklahoma City, at the Raleigh last night. What caused him to select this particular subject for discus sion he did not explain, but, being re- quested to give his views on the most mo- mentous question before the public, Mir. Snyder decided the honeymoon question was worth while talking about. 'I do not mean to say" continued MT. Snyder, that our people never set married, for weddings are getting. of such common occurrence that the boys forget to sere- made the contracting parties. When one of our young couples gets married they do not spend month honeymooning, as is the custom in the east. They settle down to the routine of life with the one fortable and happy home, instead of 'spooning' around over tho country, at tracting the attention of everybody-look- ing sickeningly lovable, and calling each other all kinds of sweet little 'chestnuts. The new married may be found at work the next day following the nuptials. Per haps the bride will put out a big wash ing, while the other half will be found blowing corn and carrying water sim ultaneously. And this is not result of a lack of respect for the nuptial rela- tionship, but the opposite. The average benedict out our way is highly respectful of his marriage relations. No one is more cautious to recognize the rights and wishes of his wife. Always, upon leaving the house. he takes the precaution to kiss her good-by under penalty for failure of turning prematurely bald. or inviting some other calamity equally as undesira- ble This is evidence of his devotion: but the wife is no less attentive. and. on the whole, few of our married couples have ever found it necessary to dissolve part nership. But the period known as the honeymoon has dropped out. It is a dead letter, at least in my part of the state, and some of us older folk are mighty glad of It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-09

and William J. Bryan, and no doubt the banks can be induced to form a bank organization that would guaran- tee an emergency circulation.
 The only thing that stands out sure ly and clearly is that there will be a great deal of trouble in getting any bill through Congress, so conflicting are views and interests. The result will be a compromise. That is always the result that flows from wide divergences in opinions and plans, and a compromise is generally framed at the expense of effectiveness. A com promise calls as a rule for more legis- lation later on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-09

templating that which is of a remote period and is largely idealized. When if is generally recognized, as MT. Warfeld now recognizes it, that an actors fame may be as securely based on the in depreciation of the simple truth of his own day as in the illustration Of the poetry and romance of the past. there will be a strong inducement for men of literary power to undertake the writing of really great dramas.
 Nearness of the soil does not. neces- limitations. In the artistic sense it means nearness to the elementary fab ric of life. The American stage is more natural than the British stage. but less so than the continental In London, for example, dramatist ranging in the field of real life does not expect vogue unless lhe writes about the aristocracy. With the ex- ception of melodramas. England has few plays dealing with homely, simple characters exclusively. The continental dramatists find a welcome for artistic studies of character and environment, no matter what the subject may be. In this country many of the greatest suc- cesses have been made without intro- dueing any of the artificiality of fash ionable society. And even the purely bucolic drama, of which shore Acrcs' is a conspicuous example, has been notably successful when strongly writ ten and acted.
 The representative American play that Is, representative of dramatic pos abilities as well as of the life of the country-will not be a society drama. It need not be & rural exposition. It may be of the city, of the town, of the coast or of the interior, but it must be broadly human, dealing with char acters having the refinements of. good ness without much of the polish of cul- ture-characters of deep feeling, heroic fortitude and those other passions or virtues that make up the strong ele- mental man or woman, without the adornments of artificial conventions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-09
Tax Reform In Massachusetts

Personal property taxation is a scandal in all states. It evades it's proportion of the cost of government, and there is not a state in the union that is not, or has not been, perplexed by the problem. Personal property in the form of cattle and horses is easily listed, but when it takes the form of notes and stocks and bonds it becomes intangible, and as a rule it escapes taxation.
 Massachusetts is endeavoring to solve the problem by letting the gen. eral property tax remain what it is so far as realty and tangible personally are concerned, but on all forms of in- tangible property a rather small lex else" is to be laid--say, duty of s mills as against a tax six times great CT levied on realty and tangible per sonalty.
 The theory of the plan is based on the willingness of the citizen to pay a very small tax on personally provided he is sure his fellow capitalists are doing likewise. The average citizen is led into tax lodging by the plea or excuse that others are dodgers also, and in self-defense he must become a dodger, too. The hope in Massachu- setts is that the low excise plan will do'away with the evil of tax lodging, thus increasing the revenue of the state and raising it's moral tone.
 It is not proposed in Massachusetts to let local officials handle the pro- posed excise" The state will do that, and the state will then distribute the proceeds to the towns and counties from which they were derived. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, and the other states will no doubt watch the Massachusetts experiment with interest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-09
MISS BLOODGOOD'S CAREER

1 15, 1898, about six weeks after her debut. She retired from the stage for a brief
 period and then obtained another en- gagement-a speaking part-and soon de- veloped a stage manner that was quite
 individual.
 She appeared in many productions and
 in 1901 was given an important part with
 Amelia Bingham in ''The Climbers" The
 next season she supported Elsie De Wolf in "The Way of the World.'
 She was under the management of Charles Frohman when she married MT. Laimbeer, in May of 1902. The wedding ceremony was performed in St. Georges church by the Rev. Philemon F. Sturgis,
 one of the assistants of the Rev. Dr.
 Rainsford. Only half dozen of her friends were present at the wedding. MT. Laimbeer was then about 2s years old. He was graduated from Harvard in 1s96 He is a son of the late William E. Laimbeer. who was commissioner of charities and correction many years ago. Mrs. Laimbeer was always loyal to her friends and was ever ready to help those who were in trouble. In 1898 her former
 chum, Mrs Jack Wilmerding, was con- fined in Bloomingdale asylum. She had been placed there by relatives to cure her of dissipated habits.
 Mrs. Laimbeers position on the stage at that time was not in any way secure and her supply of money was not over abundant, but being convinced that the confinement of her former friend was urJust she started campaign which eventually resulted fin the release of Mrs. Wilmerding.
 In recent years Clara Bloodgood played
 in Man and Superman." "The Girl With the Green Eyes, "Ther Coronet of Duchess" and several other productions. Last January she was starred in Clyde
 Fitch's new play. ''The Truth,' which after brief run at the Criterion thea tre. was taken off. It was a failure. The
 Frohmans and Clyde Fitch then took
 "The Truth" to London, where with
 Marie Tempest in the title role, it was
 a tremendous success.
 Her failure and Miss Tempest's success worried Miss Bloodgood greatly Tor time. She went abroad last spring and returned here in August determined to retrieve her past failure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
Volume of Savings.


 ''The increase in savings deposits in this country in 1907 as compared with 1906, according to a report of the United States Comptroller of the Currency. amounts to $207, ,941 ,747'' said a citizen. 'rhe number of depositors with savings accounts at the time the report was made aggregate s,55Ss11, and the money to their credit totaled S3.s9O, O7ss45. As large as this showing is, the savings habit is yet in it's infancy. Millions of people with moderate incomes have laid aside a total equalin5 more than one and a half times the pub lie debt of the United States But mill lions more might have opened savings ac- counts and accumulated for the proverbial raniy day if they had tried. Saving is a habit, and nothing so stimulates that habit as the savings bank. With interest compounded every six months the sums deposited grow fast. and many a man and woman who began a few years ago to deposit savings regularly is now well on the road to independence, so far as money goes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-09
WHERE DO FAIRIES HIDE?

By Thomas Haynes Bayly. Oh! where do fairies hide their heads, When snow lies on the hills, When frost has spoiled their messy
 beds,
 And crystallized their rills? Beneath the moon they cannot trip In circles OCT the plain; And draughts of dew they cannot sip, Till green leaves come again. Perhaps in small blue diving bells They plunge beneath the waves, Inhabiting the wreathed shells
 That lie in coral caves. Perhaps in red Vesuvius
 Carousals they maintain; And cheer their little spirits thus,
 Till green leaves come again. When they return there will be mirth And music in the air. And fairy wings upon the earth,
 And mischief everywhere The maids, to keep the elves aloof. Will bar the doors in vain; No keyhole will be fairy-proof ~ When green leaves come again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-09
WAKEFIELD ON THE DRAMA

From the Kansas City Star.
 ' BELIEVE a great play with a great
 part is yet to be written-written \ in a modern way. I believe it will hold the element of simplicity as it's keynote, be simple in contraction, simple in movement, simple in story. and I believe that the man who can play such a part simply, with a perfect touch, with genuineness and truthful ness, will hold the secret of greatness within him.-From an interview with David Warfield.
 It is interesting to get such views from a man who Is identified with mod ern. simple plays, in which he has been conspicuously successful but who has in contemplation the performance of several Shakespearean roles, in which he might be failure. It does not nec- essarily follow, however, that an actor whose training has been almost wh oily in colloquial plays of the present time might not succeed in the poetic drama Of the past. Regardless of the actors training, the interpretatioh of the clas- SiSS must pc IHOueTnlZeu, as NIT. Wartield points out, in order to make them ac- eeptahle now, for the forms of ex- pression have undergone radical changes, Indeed, one reason why the popularity of the Shakespearean plays has not shown more endurance is the perversity of some of those who still present them in clinging to the tradi- tional style of acting.
 The interesting thing about MT. War fields observation is his belief that other things being equal. a fine play of the present time, modelled close to the soil, simply constructed and truth fully acted. is just as noble a creation and just as worthy the employment of genius as is poetic drama or tragedy set in the past and given the latitude of poetry and romance. Almost any reasoner will agree with the actor in this view, and also with the view that the modern play Is even more exacting than the classic, since the audience is vastly more intelligent critic in view ing that which is familiar than in con