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Oriental Cities OaU With ColoTs

the want OF all military spirit or ma
tionaI feeling, with a system which
marked down as victims every honest
character and useful intellect In the
Turkish state. with Germany exploiting
the commercial possibilities OF the fu-
ture. and at the same time working
only through the palace clique, which
made any true material development
impossible. Young Turkey recognized
that IL must strike now or never
For the moment Constantinople Is q
kind Of paradise Of the true Spencerian.
Each q is a law unto himself There
are b ~ any police. and there is
very little crime. save among the
warming rascality of Christian Galata.
The bazqars and the street shops are
packed with arms. the lower classes
nearly all carry arms and il is the
commences sight 30 see "A strapping CT
t.sen walking away from a store with
modern rife hanging over his Shout
CeTs. The astonishing fact is that the
.dohemmedan city rests under a kind
Of pact of honor to behave itself now
that the SOY system has crumbled. and
the new idea OF united Ottoman race,
civilized and equal in all It's component
parts, has been preached by the daring
propag g ndlsts whose doctrines have
converted the army and overrun the
empire
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IL Is entirely a matter Of taste as 10
whether an eFitaph should be dignihed
simple and brief. OF whether sincerity
will axe the place of those qualities.
The intelligent reader may judge for
himself which is to be preferred. Here
is the sincere one:
Though her life on earth was short,
Thourh she Travelled virtues way.
The Lords kind face in youth she
sought
she's found it now. fIurray"'
y x
Double Meaning
Three tornostones in row show sim
plicity. but without wishing 10 be iTrev-
erent o ne cannot help thinking that the
bereaved parents might have shown
more unwillingness to part with Charlie
and Hattie.
Darling Mabel has left us. So God
took our darling Charlie We gave Hat
tie back TO Thee
Poetic license is productive Of some
curious usages IF the Kings English,
but when spelling and puns are called In
20 help out. il seems to be going too far
Yet another inscription reads:
Sweet. lovely ba be! II sleeps Ia death,
It withered in tae bud,
Twas only scent TO show the earth
The farest works OF Gudr-
II the lines below were not on head
stone they might appear TO be vague or
To merely i-dicats a lady whose ad-
vanCed years and fading beauty had
ETieyed the poetic soul Of him VINO
composed the lines:
THE beauties of aer rising days
I marked with pure delight;
I saw those beauties raQe away
And painful was The sight.
Another sweet babe" apparently
grew when he got 20 heaven. for her
epitaph says:
''Sw eet babe no more. but seraph now
Pefore the throne behold her bow,
her soul enlarged to angel s size
Joins in the triumph Of TIE skies
And the last describes a man who evil
IDENTIFY wore himself out doing 0IheTs
sooc. tfat is to say, doing good to
others.
ION land or sea he found no rest.
But in blessing others he Was best
IT is not necess airy to wander far afield
in search for memorials of the dcfuuct
and in addition TO the inscriptions the
name of the tombstone maker IS neatly
ana ineonsuiCu0uSll carved ut the bot
tom OF each stone SO let him who Is
f1 search OF graves and worms and
enitaphs" remember that epitapbs, ike
charity. begins at home-prOvIded he
lives ia or near Rumford.-Frosjd enes
Journal
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SSzz22Ee

in Philadelphia and in New York. is
an ardent American and lives abroad
only because OF her health She is
the daughter of the well known Henry
Cohen, OF Philadelphia, her mother
being Mrs. Matilda Cohen, founder of
the famous committee OF thirteen
which arranged for the art exhibit at
the centennial. giving America her i'm
pulse toward the art future she IS
now striving to achieve.
Ntss Cohen herself is an honorary
member OF the New Century Club
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y 5YRHZHERME GoHEC

a studio as popular as that which he
occupied In other DAYS in London. His
large apartment is decorated in true
art fashion and this spring its boast
has been the splendid large canvas.
pictuTing a kind of Vanity Fair of
Life which was on exhibition al the
Exhibition in Milan. Mr. Rohlshovens
as the world knows, is fr5m Detroit.
the son of Frederick RohlshOven and
one OF the American-boTn sons Of
German parents who bring honor TO
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ANDERING about Ar Lee
u weeks studio il is elsy to
4 y conclude that He has
eu5ied and Travelled IN
Dresden. AT The famous Julian studio
81 Paris he won prizes and worked
under LefevTe and COTmon. He was.
Tor time. AT the Academy in Phila-
delphia. then studied in London and
ended liz nd. AT life in Munich. Lon
don huns one OF his pictures. the pOr-
trait of - .s-ant of Brittany, on the
line al the aea-eny. To perfect his
art Mr.. Levlcz wandered from land
to land living for a year in Morocco
and conserving with Arabs. q year
which has borne most excellent fruit
IN his raindEes and sketches Of that
country. charming in color and poetic
IN sentiment. Norway claimed him
also, as well as Holland. Germany,
France, and Italy.
in Snite Of his cosmopolitan expert
ence Air Levick believes America to
be the place Eor a boy TO grow up in
and thitheF he means TO go TO educate
his only son Though his versatility
express itself in water. pen pencil.
oil, ia etchings, lovely portraits Of
women in graceful gowns and poses,
Rauzy scarfs and picture hats he has
his owa favorite line Of work.
Once he viii tell you, "I took
voyage of many months going TO
Ame-icJ IN a sailing vessel to study
the sa Into these pictures he in
dica-ed two pictures of Venetian Wa
terz. "j have painted what the sea
has t8lI me never do NV work
with view 10 selling only I believe
THAT an artist must be true TO his
ideals and mine is 10 modify hard
Tesli~u by an Interpretation Of the
idea behind the canvas. Poetry IS
the highest Of the arts and poetry
should play its part in a picture"
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Smyrna Is Doorway.

1t is Smyrna rather than STEAMBOAT
which opens out to you the undehled
East Here are long strings Of muzzled
camels laden with grain from he iIi-
terror, and Flooding softly along, with a
donkey as leader, and a ragged travel
stained driver somewhere in the train.
There is a group of staggering AI0an-
ians, brOnzed and handsome, wearing
baggy white breeches, striped with
black. Knives and reviewers stick freely
out Of their broad red waist bands.
Those plump little chattering women are
Greeks from the mountains; the quieteT
ones. closely yelled. though their bro
caded robes often reveal the lines OF
the figure. are Turkish ladies'. buying
presents for the jollihcation during fes-
tive HdiTam.
Beneath all these trappings Of six
teenth century life, set in the vivid col
oring Of the East, the working OF the
new civilization is visible. The young
Turkish movement has come in til =
nick of time Had il been delayed for
another twenty years 1t might have ar
rived too late 10 save even the rem
nants of the empire of lfahomet the
COnuuerOT
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opera houGe. attempted 10 play the
same OF Yndlz Kiosk and its master.
His successors have their task before
them. The question whether they win
hold Turkey for progress depends on
their wisdom. on the alaPtability OF Is
lam to modern progress. and on their
ability to impress tine very diverse ele-
ments in the empire with the new idea
Of common patriotism based on liberty
and equslity.-LOndJn Chronicle.
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Freedom of Press

The press is free TO be anything but
reactionary and lingo. II Is. IN fact,
the most moderate in Europe II Issues
countless extra and special editions,
appearing in the form OF tinv Leaflets.
reaG az street corners 20 little groups
OF refOrmeTS. who few weeks ago
would never have dared to loiter mo-
ment in their tramp over the boards
and iron clamps Of Galata bridge. Such
are the orders OF the committee.
For il is the committee which really
whose constitution is unknown. and
whose her dduarters arei n distant pro
vincial town. The ministry has a good
head, and the aged kiamil. astute and
experienced, is respected. and possesses
genuine power. But 1t is with the COM
mittee that the real business OF reor-
-aT-izing the Turkish empire goes on.
Il Is they who have opened the prisons
and restored the exiles. and dispa tched
the best men in Turkey back to their
posts at the head or regiments and III
visions and public offices II is they
who sent the word round to the press
he peace with Austria and Bnr-
garia. II is they who have organized
the boycott of Austrian goods. which in
q few hours paraIyzed Austrian trade
with Turkey. II is they who stamped
firmly on TIE stealthily organized forces
OF reaction. and ulmasiSed the sham
mOilahE and softas who, IN this city of
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Nothing strikes a traveller on his first
visit 10 a svea- city Of The East more
than the contrast between lis street life
and that Il Ses-crE capital
III our a" estern cites are essentially
sc1 bre-cEeu Plris is lay only on &C
casiJss and in distrjcts- In the East
the c.lor-sens- is stil fun play, and
though by a freaS OF fashion Turkish
women usueily dress in black OF in vio-
le1. while with us they provide the only
relief Co the prevailing grays and
Hacks. their small round dark figures,
Il O testify obscured before The spIendor of
the lords IF creation. only make the
brightness of the general movement
more conspicuous.
What a respondent crowd is that
which claJters along the moldy planks
of Galata bridge. or winds I'm and out
Of the dim arcaGes Of the Smyrna ba-
zaars, lined with dark little eaverns OF
stores and workshops blazing with coli
or, which I'm their turn look Ike A
elorifed Lowther Arcade at Christmas
time, filed with fairy Sits and all sorts
Of delicious trumpery.
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also, OF the American Art Association
in Paris and has exhibited three times
IN the Salon. Al interesting bit OF
work is her design for medallion for
the Automobile Club OF Italy. 81,
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successful iu controlling chauffeurs
and protecting harmless pedestrians
as he Is lovely from an art standpoint.
On the opposite side % Ehe narrow
Via del Hardi Julius R0hishOven has
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American Next Door.

SIR Levick's neXt-dOOr netghb0r is
also an American, and from PhiIadel-
phia. the sculptures. Miss Katherine
NJ Cohen, well known by her bronze
Of Lincoln, her Dawn of Thought"
her Vision of Rabbi Der Ezra Ex-
pounding the Law" by her seal OF
Crate College. her portrait of Mrs.
Rohrer, her bust OF DR.. Thomson, OF
Philadelphia. whose daughter married
Julian Story, and that of General
Beaver in the Smith Memorial. Fair
mont Park
Like Mr.. I-evicl<. Miss Cohen was in
the Julian studio. studying later. how
ever. in America with ST Gaudens
and Macmouies. She has had studio
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A GOSSIP ACCOUNT.

II wonder why they never employ
women in banks. unused Large
1T il strange" replied Little They
would make successful tellers Illus
trSted Magazine
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Mensyla Then George de Forest
Brush spends part of his year in
Florence, having there both a villa
ar studio, The studio of Hiram
"a G-ay still be visited, and the
c. aidi, used for art exhibits,
IS 3a -.3rge of an American, Ms.
06CD. wife of the late Arthur Muir
ray Cobb, the artist.
TO 60 the American studios one
must seek the Via del Hardi that
deep. dark, narrow old street to
which the tourists flock in search
OF the house Of ROmola. It's houses
art really 0.t palaces, and their
fronts ale washed by the Arno,
over whose waters they often
project, fascinating little terraces
ami balconies commanding views
OF river, bridges, mountains, snow
capped and violet, Of dOmeS, bell
towers, and famous buildings, per-
haps unequaled in beauty in any
city in Europe. They are quite
honey-cOmbed by the studios of
the artists of all nations, VINO re-
joice in a good north light ard find
inspiration in picturesque surround
ingS.
If YOU mount the steps OF No. SO
you come TO the studios of Richard
Levick, of Philadelphia, like Benja-
min West a Quaker turned paint
er. Pass through the large draw
ing room with its huge open fire
place and artistic furniture and PIC
lures into the studio, rich in the
output Of a versatile and gifted
artist.
Early this spring there was much
to lie seen, for Mr.. Levick was just
ready for his exhibition which fol-
lowed in the Casa Guiii, in par
ticular, OF 4 collection Of most love
y etchings. mOnOtOHeS, and black
ar write drawings done by
process of his own and reproducing
much that is lovely architecturally
in Florence
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Movenent Of Self-Preservatic

Ii has therefore been above ali things
a movement of self-preservation Ab-
dull Hamid and his camariHa had
brought Turkey to the last gasp. With
the navy reduced to a handful OF hulks.
resting at theft anchorage on the Gold
en- Horn with the once powerful army
eufeebIed By corruption, idleness, and
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Christopher IS the patron OF al who
motor in that land. and this medallion
Is 20 be placed in each machine Of the
club for protection. II is 10 be hoped
that Miss Cohen's saint win be as
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THE WASHINCTON TINES MAGAZINE
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November %. 1908
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Looking Like Others

Rose Stahl. star of 1.-THE Chorus
Lady" James Forbes comedy, which is
10 be seen here for the first time at
the Columbia next Monday, has devel-
oped the art of looking like other people
to a pronounced and unusual degree.
In fact, she complains, good-naturedly,
that she poses so often as some one
else that she frequently finds difficulty
in looking like herself.
81 believe" says Miss Stahl, that If
for any powerful motive a clever We
man desired TO impersonate another
toward whom she had some physical
resemblance, she could so enter into the
pursuits. interests and mental state of
her model as 10 grow so like her
that the general public would be easily
deceived.
Bernhard is a delightful model to
copy. She is a. woman made-Rp Cf
emotions. intensely artistic. a woman
whose every pose is a picture and whose
strong personality dominates every
role she plays-every pose she takes. She
is the greatest teacher Of pose, passion
and repose, contradictory as these char
acteristics may sound.
It derive a great deal Of satisfaction
from being able to make myself look
like somebody else, and 1 devote .
great deal of time and energy IN this
direction. It is one of the very few
fads in which I permit myself to in
dulge''
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MAY IRWIN HEADLINER
AT CHASE'S THIS WEEK

At Chase's this week the big event
will be the first appearance in vaudeville
here of May Irwin, who will head an
program OF foreign and
American stars. including James Nein
and Edythe Chapman, Holden's Manu-
kins, Charles F. Semon, Juno Saline.
Schenk brothers, Barr and Evans. and
the motion pictures Under False Col
Ors."
May Twins success in polite vaude-
vile has exceeded her fondest homes.
Her personal triumph has been extraor-
binary, and her audiences simply re-
fuse TO let her conclude her performances
until she has exhausted her whole
repertoire. Miss Twins wonderfully
magnetic personality. her cheer-up jocu-
larity, and her irrepressible humor. are
fully evoked in vaudeville Her roper.
toiTe o. songs comprises many that have
been written by her and others that
have been dedicated to her use. Amons
them, and a great hit at that, is I'm
Afraid 10 Come Home in the Dark" Re
vivaIs Of former favorites will be made
by request.
James NELL and Edythe Chapman will
be the extraordinary attraction. The
will make their inaugural appearance
here in The Lady Across the Hall" a
snappy comedy by Julian Street. Hold
ems MannikinS are the added feature.
Charles F. Semon is another important
addition. Juno Salmo will be seen in
The Mephisto Moderne''
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Libbey Play at Academy.

Parted on Her Bridal Tour"
Gramatization OF Miss AIIddletou's
Lovers" by Laura Jean Libbey, viii
be this week. attraction at the New
Academy.
The story tells Of a young girl who.
after her uncle is murdered, marries
her cousin, the real murderer, because
of ner desire TO carry out her uncle's
wishes. After many hardships she at
last believes herself free from the man
whom she has married and welcomes with
open arms her true lover. But clouds
soon appear on the horizon, just as the
zenith of her hopes are TO be realized.
II Is on Christmas Eve, surrounded by
a beautiful home, her child, and a lie
voted husband, she learns that her first
husband is still alive. She leaves the
scene of her happiness. but in the last
act she once more sGrmOunts her diff
culties and sorrows and all ends happily.
Miss Katheryn Roth, young and
good-looking leading woman, has been
engaged by Charles +. Blaney for the
leading part
The scenery is said to especially ef-
fectiVe.
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ginning tomorrow night, when "The
Chorus Lady is TO be seen here for the
first time. Rose Stahl is the star OF
this successful attraction. and judging
by the reception she has received else
where, her portrayal OF the slangy. So
phisticated chorus girl is a most re-
freshing and impressive characterize.
ton.
The Chorus Lady" is by James
Forbes and is not a musical show as
the title might suggest. II is in four
acts, the first Of which is placed at the
home Of Patrick O'Brien, Patricia :
father and a trainer in charge of racing
stables. The cOnd, which has created
something Of a sensation, shows the
dressing room Of theater while MEN,
bers Of the chorus are making up for
an evening performance. The third act
takes place in the apartments Of Dick
Crawford a bachelor. and the fourth is
at the boarding house Of Patricia
O'Brien and her sister Nora. In the
first act Patricia has Just reached home
after the company with which she IS
playing, The Moonlight Maids" SUI
fers financial distress.
Well informed as TO the ways Of the
world and decidedly sophisticated. she
discovers that Dick Crawford, owner Of
a racing stable, is eNerting too strong
an influence over her young sister. and
she decides TO take the girl away with
her and secure her a position in the
chorus. In the dressing-room scene il
develops that the sister has been fol-
lowed by the man who has induced her
to accept money from him. and give in
return a note TO which she has forged
her fathers name.
Patricia learns of this and goes to
Crawf1rd's apartments, thinking she
viii fnd her sister there and hoping TO
be able to get The note from the wealthy
bachelor. Pat-icia's lover, Dan Mallory,
a trainer of race horses. follows her
there, and, jn one of the strongest
scenes OF the play, Patricia shoulders
all the suspicion attached 10 her being
found in Crawford's room in order 70
save the name Of her sister.
The production supplied by Mr.. Har-
ris Is an adequate one, and the company
includes, in addition TO Miss Stahl, the
following; Alice Leigh, Eva Dennison,
Bert Cotton, Thomas Mcguire, Francis
ByTne, Wilfred Lucas, Amy Lesser,
Claire Lane, Margaret Wheeler, Caro-
Ign Green. Amy Lee, Maude KnOwlton
and William Randall.
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Weeks Offerings at the Theaters

When SignOr Cont lifts his baton to
begin the performance Of la GiOCOn-
da," by the san Carlo Grand Opera
Company at the BelascO tomorrow
evening, a brilliant season of opera viii
be iuaUgurated.
The weeks repertoire opens with Pom
cbiellTs brilliant and meIodious opera,
Ia GiOcOnda." Nine Jane Noria, the
beautiful young dramatic soprano will
sing the title role The part of the
singing girl offers Nine. NOTia a boUn-
tituI chance for the display OF her
voice aud her effective and forcible act
ing Associated with her Will be SIgnor
Constantine, a Spanish tenor. who, Oy
his successful appearance in all the
capitals of Europe. hes won general
prestige as one of the greatest lyric
artists OF the contemporary stage. Nine
Maria ClaessenS, a meZZO-sOpTano late
ly returned from a successful tour
of South American capitals, and Nine.
Oltzka, cOntraiJO, who has sung in the
principal opera houses of Europe. and
who has been heard at the Metropolitan
Opera House under Mr.. Grau's manage
ment, will also be in the cast. Signor
Ramon Blanchard, baritone Of the Roy
al Opera Of Madrid, and Count SECURE
Ia, favOTite bassO at the same theater,
viii complete the list of principals in
the cast. Signor Cont is a leader Of
broad musicianship and complete au-
thcrity The curtain viii rise at 7:f5.
on tuesday evening VerdTS "RigO-
letto' viii be the bill. This event is
noteworthy in the appearance Of Victor
Maurel, one of the celebrated lyric art
lists of the generation. who returns to
Washington on his farewell American
tour The evening will be doubly pleas
urabla in the return of another favorite
IN the person Of Miss Alice Nielsen, the
beautiful little prima donna so foadly
remembered from her light opera days
Miss Nielsen is particularly well cast in
GIlda, the innocent, sweet, childish
daughter of Rigoletto, the jester. The
tenor will be Carlo DAM, a delightful
young lyric artist who has already been
heard during two seasons at the Net
ropOlitan Opera House, New York
DAMS singing of the Duke has elected
great praise in each city thus far Wis
tied by the company. For the Wednes-
day matinee a double bill Of "CavaIleria.
Rusticana' and Il PagliaccI' will be
given. In the first Nine Desana will
sing Santuzza, and DAM will he the
Turridu- In PagIiacci Mile. Bramonia,
a beautiful young Swiss soprano, will
impersonate the witChiDg Media, and
Senior Opezzo, a robust tenor, Will play
CaniO.
On Wednesday night takes place the
/ stellar engagement Of the week, Nine.
{ Lillian NordiCa Will play the role in
I Aida Any exploitation Of this great
artist is superhuous. Suffice it to say
| that the pristine brliIiance of her voice
I which made it one Of tle greatest or
gans in the world remains undimmed,
and that the marvellous powers Of ORA
matte expression have only grown tc
a wider scope Of possibilities with ma
| turer years. REadames will be suns by