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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20
Carter DepLoreS Lack
Of Recruits for Army
General in His Annual Report, Says War De-
partment Is Unable TO Get New
Men as Fighters

Brig. Gen. William II. Carter. COM
handing the Department Of the Lakes.
with headquarters at Chicago. in his
annual report deplores the present dlf-
ficulty in obtaining recruits and shows
that the regulation work Of his depart
ment has been badly hampered by
greatly depicted organizations, brought
about through failures to re-enlist, de-
seTtions, and convictions by court-mar-
tial, as well as because Of the inability
OF the War Department to interest new
recruits.
The enlargement Of Fort Benjamin
Harrison. at indianapolis. for the pur-
pose OF establishing a remount station
IS recommended, and at the same time
ne offers a solution TO the problem OF
how 10 obtain good army horses, by
suggesting that the War Department
work with the department OF Agricul-
ture 10 produce a desirable breed,
which has become practically extinct
through the development Of steam, gas
olene, and electricity as a means OF
rural Iocomoton and accomplishing
farm work
Civil employment for honOrably dis
charged soldiers is recommended, as Is
also a general service corps; a liberal
increase in the army with higher pay
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20

some woman. did fine work on a traoezs.
Poult6n aid Dooley, in THE Tramp ard
tbs Tourist had a bicycle act that
showed their skill in riding bicycles. two
wheels, one wheel. wheels upside down,
and so on.
Prof Dubois educated babOon initial
Cd human beings with marvellous pre-
cision ami proved himself 70 he a good
comedy act
The American Comedy -Four gave
travesues on the latest song hits, and
were very drOIl in their make-ups as
women. A novel and beautiful act vas
that OF Grigolati's aerial ballet The
members OF the ballet are moved by
wires. bat TIE moving Is done so skill
fully and with such grace that the ef-
feet Is beautiful Near the end OF the
act flock o. pigeons. let loose ia the
gallery fiuttered down and alighted or
the arms and shoulders Of the pretty
members OF the ballet
HE vitagraph gave moving pictures
OF The ROy, the Bust and the Bath d"
Tbs theater has been remodeled and
thoroughly overhauled IN IT'S interior
DECORATIONS. making the playhouse a
handsome one.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20
OPENING BILL AT CHASE'S
DELIGHTS CAPACITY AUDIENCES

Caracitv audiences greeted the open
ing bill at Chase's TheateT at the matt
nee and evening performances yester-
day. ana the thousands who saw the
bin we're glad they went Suitably va
red and of 4 high class. the line OF
acts that opens thus vaudeville house to
tbe public Is one of the best seen in
washington for long time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Drew, III one
act sketch, called "Billys TOmbstOnes,
we're even funnier than people expected
them to be The plot Of the sketch is
ahclt Billy, the football hero, who has
lost four o his front teeth in a foot
hall game. The action occurs on board
ship, and when Billy, in the act OF
proposing TO his best girl. loses his
false teeth by being jostled by a waiter.
the fun gets fast and furious
Mr.. DFews comedy work Is of the
best. while Mrs, Drew, rs his sister
evoked peals Of laughter in her efforts
to find the lost teeth for her brother.
They are found at last. AMI Billy is
happy Miss sara Lewis, as Biily's
sweetheart, also does clever work.
Walter Daniels, in representations OF
noted actors in some of their strongest
scenes from famous plays. was exceed
incly clever. His imitation OF Wilton
Lackaye, as Svengah in 'Trilby, -
brought forth rounds Of applause.
In the line of athletics, Clara Bal
lerini, an aerial artistic, who is a hand
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20
Branding a Child for a Cent.

TRENTON. Aug. 17-Jonn Putseco, six
years old, was fined s. in central police
court here today for the theft OF a piece
of wood valued at about ! cent from
the Imperial Porcelain Company, this
city
These are remarkable tidings.
The details are easy to imagine.
The Imperial Porcelain Company
has been greatly annoyed by petty
thefts- Boys hanging about the
shops were the culprits. One Of
their number was caught red
handed. So the company, being
run as a business proposition and
unable to lose its property, and
the policeman, who must pro-
tect the company's property, and
the court, which must enforce the
law, have written this boy down a
criminal and sequestered 50 of the
pay earned by the lads father or
mother.
How wrong the whole proceeding
was!
No boy of six ought to have been
running loose about the cOmpany's
shops; the company ought to store
its material beyond reach. An of
tense by such a child should never
be heard in central pohce court,
or punished by fine. L ought to
have gone to a juvenile court, and
there studied mainly in the hope OF
developing the little culprit into
good citizenship.
But these are not the conditions
in Trenton, the capital city of New
Jersey. That proud community pro-
tects property, but not character.
It must needs drag a little boy to
the bar with the DRINKS, confirmed
thieves, burglars, and worse, and
stamp across his forehead:
"DeprsvedI"
For a piece Of wood vaIued at a
cent?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20

I'd marked down their checks and tina,
the bill for the four was cents short.
IT said: You know what the prices
arc here as we'll as I do. and / give
the two that had PIE 15-cent checks and
the man that had a large glass OF milk
with his ham and eggs a l6-cent check
And you know that is right
He said. Here's your money. Get
ont
But IL seems there was some little
question over time. In the days when
Macs efficiency was 20 much in evil
dcnce the boss gave her several Sun
days of. AS she put it:
You know there wasn't anything
doing there Sundays anyhow, and he
used 70 say to me, There's no use Of
your sitting around here Mae. Go and
enjoy yourself
When II came 20 the settlement Rich
man. though, withheld the sunday S
wages and the girl objected. Richman
gave her shove and she fell, knocking
eighteen plates on a table as she wen,
down. according 20 him. ard spreading
ruin and pie around.
Then Macs regulars took a hand and
got the proprietor bY the throat. mean
while threatening dire things.
50 the case got 10 JEFFERSON Market.
where Magistrate Harris advised the
girl 70 go upstairs and bling a civil
action for her waEes-w hich Mae
friends declared was 2 sh.tme and no
way 10 treat an assailant OF an honest
hard-wOrking girl.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20
"THE CHRISTIAN" FOR OPENING
OF RENOVATED MAJESTIC

The Majestic Thester. thoroughly rem
ovated and looking spic and span IN its
pleasing cOlOrs OF delicate pink AMI
green, opened the winter season last
night with The Christian" An ap-
preciativs audience filled the house and
seemed TO enjoy the entire performance.
which was an unusually long one.
The Christian" Is one OF those plays
full OF human interest situations from
the first act 20 the last II pOrtrays q
struggle between the church and the
maelstrom Of society life which offers
so many temptations 70 the unwary and
unsophistlcatcd.
Mss Kathryn PurneH. as Glory
Quayle. essayed g difficult role. one
ranging from the portrayal OF the IN
sophisticated country girl to that Of tho
life Of a successful music hall singer
IN London, with wealth but not happi-
ness and fame without contentment.
The details Of the part she worked out
with great cleverness that satisfied her
audience. She was especially good IN
her emotional parts.
The part of John Storm, the son OF q
lord who had renounced title and wealth
to enter the ministry, and who loves
Glory and finally rescues her from her
life In London, Is played by FRANK
MUnneI He has a pleasing voice and
uses 1t with telling effect throughout,
while his acting is OF a high order OF
merit.
" JET Murphy, Arthur J. PiCkeus,
and ROsalind Allin were all good, while
the three graces Of the music hall
Madeline Delma, Edna Hall Smith, an
Jennie Stanley gave realistic interprs-
tations Of their roles.
The Majestic stock company Is well
balanced ard when the members be-
come more familiar with each others
methods OF Interpretation their per
foruances viii be even more enjoyable
than that Of last night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20
Reform for ReViVaIS.

"Stop sensation methods in re-
vivals. Frown down the testimony
meetings. Stand for genuine evan
gelistic effort under discreet direc-
ton; but against all sensational and
spasmodic efforts to create an i'll
balanced emotionaGsm and mere
temporary devices for exciting en-
thusiasm.'
Such is the warning which Bishop
John II. Vincent is reported to have
urged upon a conference of fellow
Methodist Episcopal clergymen. 1t
is aimed true at the bulrs-eye. OF
course, it has aroused resentment.
OF course, it viii be answered, as
he has been answered. by the plea
that revivalism unrestricted is bet
ter than church life inactive and
Christianity anaemic. But the right
is with the bishop.
Who that has attended more than
one revival, more than one testi-
mony meeting, has not noted how
many more women speak than men?
Yet it is a manifest absurdity that
women, the normal, sweet, good
women, who participate in such ser
vices regularly should be as they
call themselves vile sinners" If
there are any such, they are 10 be
found outside the church rather
than in it, and among the men
rather than among the women.
And is not the climax of exaggera-
ton reached when a child of four
teen or fifteen years, a little girl
whose maidenly sweetness is known
10 all who hear her. when such a
convert" rises to say: Until the
light shone on my soul, il was black
with sin and shame?
The whole proceeding is PrePos-
ferrous. It is of a piece with the
favorite declaration OF the profess
sional evangelist that he was once
piclzpocket, or a town bum, or a
thief, or a confidence man. What if
he was? It is nothing TO be spoken
of, certainly not now, that his life
is changed, with snorting nOstrils
and a Tapping of ears. Instead, let
the evangelist who owes so much to
his religion seek TO protect it from
scoffers by speaking Of his sin with
true humility.
Two mistakes are here 10 be cor
rected in many churches. Bishop
Vincent's cry Of warning against
them should resound through every
State in the Union,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20
-Four ThedterS Please
Capacity Audiences;
Offerings of Merit

The members Of the Belasco stock
company seemed 20 enjoy The Mar
riage OF Kitty" fully as much as the
audience last night. when Miss Char
lotte Walker entered upon the last week
Of her summer engagement IN Washing
ton. At times the action OF the play
was mOmentarily stopped by the laugh
ter Of the "dramatis personae." This
fact, however, did not seem 10 mar ths
pleasure Of those in front, who gave
Mss Walker a hearty reception IN the
COsmo Gordon Lennox comedy.
The Marriage of Kitty Still bears
the earnarks OF having been adapted
from the French. The dialogue is ex-
Ceedingly clever, though bordering at
times on the Tisque, while the situations
are Of the SaTdOu school
Kitty is a young woman whose dowr. s
ninety-seven pounds tsterling) plenty or
good looks, and an unWiliingness 10
work. She decides that WifehO0d Is ner
particular calling, and she sets out 10 full
MI her destiny, Sir Reginald Belslze.
susceptible young nObieman OF wealth,
proves 70 b this destiny, though only
tentatively SO for year Beislze is
fascinated BY a Peruvian widow who
leads him a chase over the Continent.
while Kitty remains at home, having
been married TO Belsize on the day they
met IN order that the terms OF a viii
might be carried OuJ.
Belsize returns home and falls in love
with his wife. escaping from the widow
by bold coup d'etaL
Miss Walker. as Kitty, was the
sprightJy. unconventional and AT times
bold young woman who loves herself
first, but is willing 10 divide this affec-
ton with any good looking young man
who happens 10 happen along
There were moments IN the action OF
the play last night when Mss Walker
almost burlesQuej the part, but II did
not destroy the good humor OF the audi
pleased. why. let art go hang.
In the third act OF the comedy Miss
Walkers work was especially clever.
Her Kitty was the woman Of great
beauty. much cleverness, and infinite
coquetry.
Miss Alice Buffers work was admira-
bic. There was genuine comedy in her
Interpretation OF the role OF Nine. De
Semiano, and her hysteria scene con
vUlsed the audience Her own shreks
OF anger and cha grin were drowned In
the peals of laughter from the specta-
tors
Alfred Hudson, jr., made a capital
Sir Reginald Belsize, while Guy Coombs
returned TO the cast in the role Of John
Travers, solicitor, giving an artistic
representation.
Miss Elsie Rlzer was prepossessing as
R0saiie. a maid, while Nicholas Judeis
gave an interesting bit OF character
work as Norbury, manservant-
Miss Walkers final appearance In
stock work here this season viii be on
Saturday night
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20
SHE'S HERE. BUT

You come. a symphony Of grace
On tiptoe airy. hight,
All care you scatter into space
To make the world more bright
About this grand
Old breezy strand
AS swift the days take flight.
Spell-bound on rapture's golden wing
To fairyland away
We scar, although our spirit sings:
That rolls in glee,
You're here, you're here today.
Beside the sea
You're here. but viii you stay?"
Oh, viii you sweetly linger long
And mako our fancies Whiri
Unto the music Of your song
Whose every notes a pearl
Which matched cant be
IN any sea,
Oh summer servant girls-Puck.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20

together when the trouble came, and
the trouble came Monday.
She knew her regulars. too. and, as
she put Il;
when the four gentlemen from
around the corner-they are electricians
came I'm at noon Monday, 1 found that
one wanted ham and eggs, and two
wanted a fry, and another wanted
scrB mbled eggs.
The plain eggs. with coffee or a
small glass OF milk, you get for 10 cents.
Then two OF them wanted pie; that was
cents more, and I gave them checks
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20

Editor OF The Times:
I notice in your issue of last Satur-
day afternoon the statement, made by
DR.. H W. Wiley. chief chemist Of the
Agricultural Department, that Robert
Fulton was a Frenchman. His state
ment is as follows. Many people, how
ever. do not know that Fulton was q
Freshman. and endeavored to get the
French government interested in his in
venti0n OF the steamboat" etc.
Tor the information Of the public and
DR. Wiley, permit me TO say that Rob-
ert Fulton was not a Frenchman. He
was born Of Irish parents. at Little
Britain. Pa. in 1zsS. his father and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20
FALLS 1870 FEET TO DEATH;
CLIMBED TO SHOW AGILITY

BRADFORD. Pa. Aug. 2o.-Harry
Ryan climbed to the top of the spirc
on the county court house. and fell 100
feet 10 the ground, being instantly
killed
The man, IL is said, had been drink
ing, and went up to convince a friend
that he was a good climber.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20
Fulton a Frenchmdn?
His Parents We're Irish

mother having emigrated 10 this coun-
try from Kilkenny, Ireland, earlier in
the century.
He did not arrive IN France until 1874.
where he conducted experiments with
a submarine boat. In 1903 he had his
first successful trial on the Seine the
former ones all being failures.
He returned TO this country in 1906
and on August II. 1907, he conducted
the successful trial trip OF the Clermont
from New York 10 Albany His finan-
cial hacker in all his experiments was
Benjamin West, the son OF a member
OF the Friendly Sons OF St. Patrick, OF
Philad elphia.
EDITOR NATIONAL HIBERNIAN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20
BALLARD & LANHAM
IS FIRMS NEW NAME

The Atkinson & Ballard Company, in
corpOrated, real estate brokers, have
changed the title OF their firm to Bal
ard & Lanham, Incorporated. The
change OF name viii make no real
change in the personnel of the company.
as Mr.. Atkinson has not been actively
engaged In the business for two years
William II. Lanham is president Of the
new company, while William T. Ballard
becomes secretary treasurer. The offices
of the company viii be continued at 81
Thirteenth street northwest, in the Col
l1us-Guerry building.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20
MAE WAS Sc POPULAR
SHE GOT A DOLLAR TIP;
BUT THE BOSS FIRED HER
Coffee Costs Only Two Cents Cup in This
Restaurant, but the Waitress Was Attractive,
The Police Heard

NEW YORK, Aug. 20-Though the
fact may not be generally known, even
a restaurant that charges but cents
for its surprising coffee" may have its
regulars. They, as elsewhere insist
upon having certain tables, or, at least
show their dispIeasure IL any one usurps
their places at them. Incidentally, the
management and the waitreI ses get to
know the likes and dislikes of these fas-
tidiOus ones and could almost give their
orders before they have fairly settled
in their chairs.
II was this intimate knowledge that
made Mae Arbuckle so valuable an ad-
Junct to the "Richman Lunch Room. -
The regulars at her station approved Of
her and never strayed away TO the
tables Of other girls. no matter how
great their hurry. And why should
theyT She was not bad to look upon
herself. and, besides, she gave a certain
homelilIe air to these tables OF the
homeless. Furthermore, she was not
beyond meeting little advances IN gal
lantry fully half way and the facS gave
the seven tables Of her room section
almost touch OF romance
The "Richman Lunch Room is at fSi
Sixth avenue, or just above Twenty
ninth street. In front there is a long
counter with stools. where those very
much IN a hurry take liberties with their
digestions. Back Of this there are sew
eral rows of tables. where those who
take their dining more seriously are
wont TO sit. II was here that Mae
Arhuchle was stationed.
Enter Three Regulars.
She had been there nearly seven weeks,
although. as she explained. she had only
taken the place tin she could yet on
her feet" She had got on her feet TO
the extent of having more regulars At
her station than all the other girls put
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20
Good Bill at Lyceum.

This weeks bill at the Lyceum Is IN
usually good. The Americans" present
the laughabIe burletta. Mixed Pickles"
IN two acts The audience was good
and showed its appreciation at every
stage Of the performance.
Clarence Wilbur and Wilbur Dobbs.
the principal comedians. showed UP well
and made 8 decided hit Mile Mozelle.
Frances I.aTour, and Male LaTour de-
serve much praise for their clever
dancing and singing. The OliO was made
no of sketches OF very good quality, the
LaTour sisters, Mozelle in sensational
dancing stunt and the Wood brothers
were among the best.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20
GAS EXPL0DES IN MINE;
TWO W0RKMEN INJURED

PITTSBURG. Aug. 2O-An explosion
Of gas. in a shaft Of the Hicks mines,
near Freeport, injured two Of the miners
and sent more than a score Of work
men scurrying 10 the mouth of the
mines, The night shift had Just gone
on when the explosion occurred.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20
SUSPECT HELD
FOR ALEXANDRIA
Negro Accused of Stealing
$500 Arrested in Balti-
more.
Thought That Governor
Swanson Will Appoint
Thornton to Judge
ship.
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.

~-e--Nf ~ ~ ~
The police authorities OF this city
received a telegram tJday from Mar
Farnan, OF Baltimore, stating that Rich
ard Washington, alias Richard Pines,
cOlored, had been arrested and request
cd the Alexandra police TO come for
him. Pines is wanted on a warrant
sworn out by William Roberts, who al
loges that May IS, 1897, Pines stole 500
from him.
Immediately after the robbery Pines
left Alexandria and lbs since been a
fugitive from justice. A policeman will
be sent to Baltimore to bring Pines here
for trial.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20

II it is true that Mark Twain has
been suggested for the Nobel literary
prize and rejected, he will probably
console himself as would Puddin head
Wilson by saying:
IT'S better not TO want 80 much than
10 want so many things you can't Sc"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20

Dresden automobilists are out with a
suggestion that speed law judges shall
first take a course in "bubbllng." II
any OF them meet the Kaiser on the
road they'll have to raise the limit on
all Corners.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20

pressed with The valuation put upon
timber, he Immediately ordered an in
quir- into the question
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20

Prof. Goodwin Smith shoots a few
volts into the antl-government-own
ship party by suggesting that the teleg-
raph strike puts the whole body Of
voters in wireless appreciation Of the
need for lines governmentally operated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20

for Is cents each The man with ham
and eggs wanted a large glass of milk.
instead OF the small one that went with
his order, so that made a cent more.
gave him a check Tor sixteen cents.
They got to joliying me a bit, and l
told them I'D Only taken this place 10
set on my feet and was going 10 leave
soon.
Then one Of them said, We'll. Mae,
we haven't treated you very wei. so
they put in a quarter apiece and gave
a dollar tip"
But the sight % that tip was too much,
1t seems, IN a restaurant-where coffee
costs but cents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20
al TrOvatOre" at National.

The Aborn SUMMER Opera Company
opened its last week Of the season at
the National Theater last evening with
VerdTs II TrOvatore-" The opera, for
the most part, was fairly well sung. but
the only acting worthy the name was
that of Miss Edith Bradford, who had
the part Of Azucena. Her dramatic
work stood out prominently.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20

Lock out you don't let any OF the
headlines about Prince William being
busy down at Jamestown lead you to
think the unparalleled Emperor Bill is
paying US an unexpected visit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20

If the Building Inspector gets all the
men he wants and the Superintendent
OF Bridges gets all he wants. maybe
the new Connecticut avenue bridge
mieht be finished within the year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20

Dfr. Taft seems TO have worked the
hit and run game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20

According 10 the number OF Japs
found sketching American forts, the
whole nation must have turned art
studCnt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20

Let not the health Of ths District
interfere with anybody's campaign for
Congress.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20

The Taft speech: "suu at the old
stand
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20

Campaign cries will not now be the
only ones heard in New York's execu-
tive mansion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-20

Guggenhein, or Guggenheimer. the in
terview viewed with alarm just the
same.