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QUEER TITLES.

Among the whimsical titles which appear on
the pages of national history few are more apper
emily frivolous than the Duke OF Marina ade. the
Count OF Lemonade and the Earl Of Brandy. They
are or were. however. real titles. bestowed by a
genuine monarch three OF his faVorites, and
that, too. during the last century.
In 1911 a revolution occurred in Hayti and
Christophe, a negro, declared himself emperor.
Through conspiracy and plot. his life often at
fempted. he retained power till 1920. preserving
10 the last the pageantry OF royal court and
creating a numerous nobility. Among them were
the three already mentioned, and the oddity OF
titles has suggested to many writers the frivo
lcusness Of the African character.
In fact, however, all three those Of
places the first two being originally plantations
but latterly towns of some Importance. This not
being generally known. misa prehenSiOn has
arisen with regard the titles themselves which,
however absurd were scarcely than Some
which bestowed in France and Germany dur
ing the Middle Ages.-Tit-B Bits
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rived at the monastery and told his p1ous de-
sign TO his superior. Some time afterWard all tie
ianas in red coaks conducted him in procession
70 his cavern and there walled him up with
all the po1np customary such occasions once
day he is furnished food through a little subter-
ranean canal One such religious man lived in TINS
way for sixty-nine years
Next to the religious fervor of the Tibetans
their artistic sense in architecture is remarkable
An example may in the "dzong. or gov
ernment house. built up on hill and so beauu-
fully set in the socket of rock that ii seems to be
all of a piece with ii and the natural crown OF the
cliff Like cathedrals of Europe these tenn
pies are CAV with colors. The mOrtuary chapel OF
the first Tarh Lima has facade in red, white and
black and a gilded roof which gives IT the char
acteristic Oriental richness Why do not our archl-
tects vary the monotony of Elzabethan and Colo
NAL effects by Asiatic ideas, such as the
gilded roof is question often asked
New-York tribune., 1908-08-09

Lawrence company. ane their lawyers notably
Levy Mayer.
When John " Gates wanted 70 gamble y
stocks he came 70 Wall Street. To sho" MS ''-
neighbors how easy it is TO make money VAsls
there is money ne goes home OccasloIlaliL ~
pays the barber SO for shave and scatters o'lHs
and quarters and half dollars among the Ooys :
the street On a recent visit he bought NoN.
farm and presented It TO E J. Baker an U-
friend. in return for q ride through the cO1I1!
Mr. Baker has the deed to the land Nheh Jun,
A Drake wished TO plunge on the turi ne No. -
10 New York. When Frederic W Upham "a'1
holiday after managing the Chicago arransr
ments end of the Republican National CohVe-'-s -
he and his wife came hither and registered al -
Plaza. So they come. all the time, nuhLNs -
business, or fame. or rest, or pleasure iO
find them in the shops at the amuseniell -. -
where the red lights shine everywhers sps
their money.
Meantime at home Chicagos corporation Co--' -
Edward J. Brundage. calls Chicago tne 80
cities and his fellow townsman. Judge Jonn ,
Newcomer. declares II is a SOdOm; its neA.'-' -,
missioner DR.. Evans. reports il the heaitnlest :.
and at the same moment his statiSticiah' II y -.
Clair Drake. gives these figures on dsa'- a.
Chicago. LIS: New York. LIS
Congressman George Z Foss tells MS 'a. -.
townsmen that Chicago is a naval eeh're. .-..s-.
gresham James r. Mann that il IS the Ns.,.a
Worlds music centre, Gustave Frohman. imp'.
from New York to boom. the Chicago stase' -
the town is destined become the pi'O' ~-,ssr ~
which the worlds chorus girls will dance - "a
says il is the financial centre. ano'ae1 -,
centre. and the Rev. j. c. Cutting says ,f,-.
Salt Lake City is the headquarters y = a,
monisrn- Then comes along Dr- FiiS -. .,,sr-
serts Chicago is the real metropolis hisii' ..sn
ward Clifton r. Woodbridge. famed fol Ss's..,ys
years as the "od sleuth" Of Chicago ee.- Soss
department out with a new Oo0N .,,--s
front page screams with black letters ,~ "a
Chicago the wickedest city in the WIZ ,,ro,
dofr hat TO Detective Woodbridge - 10
dispute his claim. As for the others We mar
quarrel: we merely can their attention 20 iaes
own actions. which prove that New AotN -,,.aa
forever will remain. however big and
Chicago may become. the mother city 0i A'-'s
the undisputed metropolis
New-York tribune., 1908-08-09
GO TO GOTHAM TO SHOP.

Thus ii appears that there are some things tnat
cannot be procured in the greatest or ChlcasoS
great stores But what will the Chicago AssOcla-
tion of Commerce. say when it learns mat the
wives and daughters of its members do not Ouy
the hest of what those same stores do o1er' ou'
come TO New York to do their shopping! Ihere
is Mrs Edward A Leicht, for example. She II
considered by many to be the best dressed woman ~
in Chicago. She thinks nothing OF paying sl'VVV
for a single gown. She does her purchasing III
New York Mrs J. g. Murphy likewise Is noted
for the elegance of her wardrobe Chicago does
not display styles and materials exclusive enough
to satisfy her taste. She comes TO New York 10
buv her gowns The same might be said OF hum
dreds of others. among them Mrs. Lawrence Reed
Mrs Hazel Martyr Trudeau. Mrs Albert n
Scherzer Mrs. William Candlish. Mrs Hayden b.
Harris Mrs. John Farson jr-, Mrs T. y Black
stone and Mrs. La Verne NOyes.
We see a big delegation Of the Chicago Asso-
citation of Commerce touring Indiana, Ohio. Michi-
gan and other states east of Illinois with loud
hurrah in an effort TO induce merchants TO pur-
chase their stocks in Chicago rather than in New
York as is their custom. The delegation. headed
bv John P. Mann returns home and reports that
Chicago will undoubtedly extend its trade in the
states we have covered" The association is so
New-York tribune., 1908-08-09
CH[CAGO'S PRIDE
TIRE PUNCTURED
THOTGHT IT HAD BECOME
REAL METROPOLIS.
Railroad Mm Uses the Nail
Windy City Merely a Stepping
Stone to Gotham.

(Isy a New Yorker Who Was Once Chicasoan)
There is gloom in Chicago. A plain, blunt bust
ness man has told the towns boomers that the
single city of Seattle bought goods worth $751;
9c5 from New York merchants last year. but only
a patry amount valued 100000 from Chica-
goans Eight to one in favor of New York. The
figures were staggering enough in themselves. but
the man who furnished them intensified his blow
by pointing that Chicago is a thousand miles
Seattle than is New York. If Father knick
erbocker able to accumulate such a trade bal
ance within Chcagos acknowledged sphere Of
influence" what must be- its merchants asked.
the gigantic total heaped up in his favor through
out the United States?
When the figures were submitted Chicagoans
New-York tribune., 1908-08-09

set to wailing BY this process OF introspectlon
they discovered disloyaty IN their camp. Ihe
common soldiers fought herocally enough TO win
the battle but leaders in high places simply
walked over their bodies to join the enemy W nat
matter the sacrifice of the man in the ranks IL
only by that sacrifice the generals could establish
their right to command in a mightier army under
a glorious standard?
In other words they reached the conclusion that
Chicago's own leading and women regard
their city as nothing but A stepping stone to a
greater goal: that the Western Q town may be a
goo6 enough place TO get start in. but the re-
suits worth striving for, whether 1t be in business
science art literature, social eminence, anuse-
ment or any ether desirable field, can be achieved
only by operating from New York City as base.
This founded not theories. but on actions
and was inevitable. Whatever they said Chi
cagoans themselves showed by their deeds that
New York was the apple of their eye
This the they argued. Lyman ]. Gage
doomed Chicago a mighty big place while he
First National Bank. He Became Secretary of the
Treasury and forgot his beloved Chicago. After
his official residence in the nations capital his
old neighbors offered him the sceptre Of money
king If he would return to his old home. But he
had seen a great light" Chicago lacked oppor-
tunIty He came to New York to live, like a
Forty-Niner home -journeying from California with
his belt full of gold Whatever else to be
gained after getting a start in Chicago ac-
durable only in the metropolis.
Mr Gage is only one of a galaxy that has set
its face to the rising E H. Gary. the Moore
brothers Paul Morton. John A. Drake. John w.
Gates T a. Shonts. P. A. Valentine Henry Siegel.
who married the widow Of P. D. Armour. jr-:
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JUMPING AT A CONCLUSION

In the nmiable way OF villagers. they were dis
cussing the matrimonial affairs Of a couple who.
Of Hymen burden ,'Tis all along, o these
M who had been much the fore The discus
sion They did not understand each other; they d
,obb,,, knowed each other for a o. seven
vesr" well that seems long enough" said an
interested lady listener. Long, emo! Bah; ye're
careful why my eoortship lasted a matter Q.
nIne1eer year" You certainly were careful, >"
epIeed The lady listener And did you find your
Dian successful when you married.? Ye jump 70
proncIusions'' said the old man. impatiently. II
understood her then. 80 didn't MARI" her,
Illustrated Bits
New-York tribune., 1908-08-09
MERELY A STEPPING STONE.

In addition TO giving the Windy City the title of
METROPOLIS the cultured Jewish educator, phi
lanthropist and humanitarian declared that the
New Yorker thinks America ends with the Hud-
son, and that all beyond is an appendix The
business mans figures proved not only that Father
Knickerbocker his eve across the Hudson
and sees things the backbones OF the Allie
ghenes and the Rockies. but that he strides forth
into the almost illinitahle West. makes friends
worth making and returns laden with the wealth
of mountain and valley and plain.
However, it not much their awakening
to the comparative nsignificance of their vaUnted
trade that rankled in the hearts of Chcago's
boomers They began to study themselves and
their neighbors and former neighbors, and were
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vo-. .ro ;. a,an., even ask to be buried in chi

York ard he didn't even ask 10 De ourieu ." I'm
caso near which he was born.
While these and many others whose nsiilcs iih
be mentioned were moving from Chicago 10 tniS
city the hapless ones who remained oeniho w0
scolding New Workers as being conceiteu
Chicago Daily Journal offered big prize ioi t"e
best answer TO the question. How can you zen
New York man. There was hood OF fep'
nnety-nfne out Of every hundred of whlch were
to this effect: "If you meet man VINO turns W
his nose at everything and everybody IN Chicas''
write him down New Yorker
Granting that the New Yorker is conceiteo'
doesn't he have n right to be? IL ne bears him.
self with an air superiority In the presence Oh
Chicagoans who is responsible? Is 1t not the 'hl-
cagoans themselves? Are they not eNerias'ihsS
fawning on New Workers? Observe 'the oeleIe
they pay TO everything New York approves Ciyus
Fitchs play Girls goes Chicago. and one eri'io
writes: ''It win be success here, am sure as Al
has been in New York The same critic quotes
Chicago society after the first performances
as saving Wasn't it dear?" and another as repiy-
ing yes sweet OF The Top o the World an
other critic writes "It is filed with roilicing fun
70 saw nothing of bevy OF Casino girls IL ran
for five months in New York
New York society woman tries Directoire
soun. straigb.wav Mrs Harold F. Mccormick
who is only a halfadopted Chicagoan' SINCE Pe
still purchases her clothes here wears one at an
afternoon function. and all of fashions danes IN
the Lake Michigan town cry Lovely! anu auoP
the mode New York conceives the ioea Oh Io"i
gardens the schcolhoUses or sto,y hcuIs IA ~
libraries: Immediately Chicago. although Il boasts
., ,+s one hundred square miles OF incorporated
territory and It's big ard little parks. builds rooi
gardens on its schoolhouses to reIeVe 'h7 NO
eested districts" and adopts the story hour pro-
sramme Fire inspectors of Gotham discover thlr- ~
ty-two school buildings unsafe in case or hre' Ci-
cagos school board at once orders an hVeStlSd''0l
into its own buildings to see If they are safe-aho
learns they are not. Thus they copy, out there.
not stopping to if thing is good or oad' Out
whether New York has II.
Chicago society hears some one IN the
"400' has adopted half hose as fad She runs "
a department store and asks for a pair w e nave
nome for ladies' saws Mrs E S. Denny. head or
the hosiery department. They never viii De
adopted here. for Chicago women have TO take tne
lake wind into consideration when buying theH
stockings"
New-York tribune., 1908-08-09

Frank A Vanderlip. Robert B. Armstrong. Trum-
bull White. Herbert S. Houston. the Rev. F. NJ
Stires Melville E. Stone, William Smith Mason
and George Grant Mason, Silent Smith, whose
millions the Masons inherited: George w Ogilvie
Alfred Henry Lewis-these few of the names
in that galaxy of ex-Chcagoans.
Probably no man wrote such powerful argu-
ments in favor of Chicago a rich field for in
vestment did Mr. Vanderlip-when he lived in
Chica go and earned his bread and by II
through being a journalistic authority
finance" With start made in Chicago and the
prestige of short official existence in Washing
give him entering wedge. Wall Street
alone attracted him. and he organized there not
in promising Chicago bank that aspired to pull
in tug-ofwar with the giants all around II for
American and European gold. and, besides sought
to control every penny that circulated in the Phil
ippine Islands. Mr. Vanderlip visits Chicago oc-
Casionally. but IT is not to invest capital: II is
rather to tell his old acquaintances what he has
learned in New York-how 10 do things"
New-York tribune., 1908-08-09
MAKE THEIR PILE-THEN NEW YORK

Mr.. Gary could manage a little thing like the IL
linois Steel Company from Chicago. but when II
came to helping run a billion dollar steel trust
and the world his field Chicago wasn't near
enough the centre of the EARTH although In seek
ing political and hobo conventions with everything
ranging between the extremes 1t always makes
centrality OF location its chief argument. The
Mssons Chicago boomers TIL the death of
silent Smith who also Chicagoan till he
fell into the millions Of George Smith. who got
his start in Chicago and then deserted the town
George ". Ogilvie, long president Of a company
that sold 00o Bibles and 25O coo dictionaries an
nually no sooner sold his business to publishing
company in Ohio than he announced that he and
his wife would pass the remainder of their days In
New York whose atmosphere they considered more
attractive in every way than that Of Chicago
where they had lived since pioneer days
There was Alfred Peats. too. once prominent In
Chicago. But he acquired the title OF the
wall paper king until after he settled in New
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Columbia Theater.

George VI. Cohan and Sam Harris have
embarked on a new sea. They have or
ganized a minstrel troupe and sent it on
ris Ministries are in the National capital
for Christmas week and gave their frs.
performance before a capacity audience
last evening in the Columbia Theater
Tile entertainment is unique in that il in
cludes minstrelsy. vaudeville. burlesque
and musical comedy, but old-tinle min
strelsy of the eVergreen-Or eVer-black va
riety-predominates Heading the com
pany is Honey Boy" George Evans. his
followers being numerous and accom-
plishcd.
Elaborate scenic equipment and lavish
consuming give the show a touch of gor-
seousness The opening setting-the stereo-
typed minstrel first parts announced as
I'm the Glade of the Orchids-a scene of
poetic beauty" Harry NJ. Morse is an in
;erlocuter of grace and dignity There is
a generous quota of comedians, with sew
eraI changes of end men. those who APP
pear in turn. being John King and Ernest
Tenpey Eddie Leonard and p. G. Gibson
and finally George Evans. the vocalists
of "A serious trend being headed by Frank
Norrell, the California tenor. and Matt
keefe. with yodel songs.
The scene changes, leaving Evans be-
fore a drop curtain giving a monologue
that caused continuous laughter. He
moves off to allow The presentation of "A
plantation scene. in connection with which
Eddie Leonard. the two Gordon boys
Walter Brazil and IA lot of others give
an exhibition of dancing far above the
ordinary Julian EltinSe. heretofore seen
In vaudeville. offers new limitations of
feminine characters, and concludes with
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

TWENTY FIRST AND n STREETS
THWEST-Franklin T. Sanner ct
ux TO 4Iellie A. Goodwin. lot .O6.
square 50; $40
HOLMEAD MANOR-Mclvin H.. Herri-
man ct uX. to John H. Johnson. lot 81.
block as; $40
EIGHTH STREET SOUTHEAST between
r. and q streets-Richard j. Wilson ct
al. to Louis Rosenberg. par. original
lot l., square $50: $40
II STREET NORTHWEST between Sd
and 18th streets-Mathias Nolte ct uX.
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NO. 1880 l. STREET SOUTHEASTERN
ward N Colbert ct uX 10 James E.
Campbell. lot "a square 1923 SO
CONNECTICUT AVENUE TERRACE
Fulton j.. Gordon ct uX. to Horace p.
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& STREET SOUTHWEST between 18th
and 18th streets-Wiliam W Davis ct
lots A. and 46. square 297: 5000
FIRST STREET SOUTHEAST between
I. and NJ streets-John T. Hickey to
John L. Brinkley, jr., and Samuel NJ.
Brinkley. lot IL, square north of 743
$40
SIXTEENTH AND G STREETS SOUTH
EAST-Clarence f. Hight ct ux to
Samuel T.. Mason lot u, square south
of 1901: $40.
ux. to Caroline s. McLanahan lots ot
and %, block :: $40.
NO. 4A FOURTH STREET NORTH
EAST-Junette Blackstone tn William
J. Garner. lot I3 square $50: $40.
GIRLS William " Miller e,
al, trustees. to Martha and Mabel L.
Scott, part; $40
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Academy.

If the government officials who are bent
on investigating the secret service should
go to see Sure Shot SAM playing at
the Academy this week. their ardor for
investigating Chief Wilkes men might
be cooled. For Sure Shot Sam is a
secret service man, and as such he strikes
terror to the hearts of the gazing of desper-
ate cOunterfeiters whose mountain home
In the heart of Tennessee is most
dangerous little spot for an outsider. A
gang of men who are absolutely without
conscience are chasing Sam while he
chases them. Besides a lavish display
Of ordinary revolver practice there is A
bright realistic dynamite explosion. AL
though there are some very good bits OF
comedy work In the show, most OF it is
given over to homicidal demonstration.
villainous looking counterfeiter that ever
stood in front Of the rogue's gallery
camera, but she despises her fathers I'M
lawful calling and when Sam appears
falls in love with him. The sheriff of
the county. who, in addition to enforcing
looking. is among the leading citizens at
the head Of the counterfeiting gang. He
wants to marry the heroine, whose name
is June, and if making love will not win
he, then all the methods known to viii
lains are at his disposal. But he has
effort to get the girl and to place Sam
six feet or more underground he runs
headlong into the trap set by the willy
secret service agent and the whole gang
is captured.
Alvah D. Sinnms as Sure Shot Sam won
the villainous sheriff. faced torrent of
Kisses every time he appeared. June
Hatwell, the heroine. was played very
well by Miss Nina Carleton.
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Chase's,

A decided innovation in vaudeville was
the appearance at Chase's Theater last
night of singer whose upper face was
heavily yelled and whose soprano voice is
of remarkable quality, volume and ap-
parent training. She is a woman of state
ly stage presence. but was noticeably
nervous until she had received an encore
that would have warmed the heart of r
veteran actress, following her rendition
of her first number-Rossinis Italian
aria. "Bel Raggio.' from "Semiramide. :"
Inc program announced the unidentified
and mysterious singer as 1.-The Lady of
the Green VEIL" sensation in song, a
mystery In music. a triumph in talent
The stage announcement of the woman in
incognito was simply "Who?" Tire iden-
tity of the vocalist was we'll hidden behind
the trebled folds of a green veil. and the
management of the house state that she
declines to divulge her name or station
to any one, even those who manage the
playhouse. In grand opera voice of the
finest quality she gave besides BEL Rag
g,o three ssn. other numbers1Gounod
mez" (''sing. Smile, slumber'D: the Eng
lish valse song. Spring" by Stern, and
a difficult Cuban love song.
After each rendition she was heartily
applauded. and at the close left the au-
dience still wondering-'Who?" Miss Bill
lie'' Blackburn. typical southern girl.
with the mellow accent Of Dixie. pre-
sented another Innovations collection of
southern character studies. concluding
with the old black NANNY Of the south
land before the war. A rural skit. "At
HensfOot Corner" by Mr.. and Mrs. Jim
mic Barry and company. gave some side
lights on country life in New York state.
and was productive OF much laughter and
some sober contemplation. Griff, a Lon
don clown. gave a clever presentation in
pantomime. epigram and stage novelty
and won much applause. RObertis ANNA I
actors was an entertaining feature, and
the Colbys, with their wee Mike and Nose
and dancing doll. impersonated by Lily
e. Colby, was a most meritorious number
The Bellclair brothers gave a remarkable
exhibition Of muscularity and agility of
the strong man. variety, and the mo-
ton pictures presented scenes in Ara
bian potteries
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New Lyceuul,

This weeks attraction at the New I-y-
ceum is ''The Colonial Bellies in a two
act musical comedy. Lady Wall Street. -
During the play Ed Lucas, the WEEK
known German comedian, appears as a
bogus. baron who plans to marry any
woman who possesses a large fortune
and his promiscuous love making lands
him in many difficulties. George w. Ban
dy, Washington boy. participates and
has one of the principal parts. He intro
duces the funny walks of different peo-
pie seen daily on the streets Miss Flor.
ence Fields supports Mr.. Bandy in his
act and the pair do some clever buck
dancing. Ed and Hazel Lucas. in "A Mud
dy Time which is comedy act. kept
the audience well pleased. The Texas
Steer Quartet rendered several of the lat
est songs. and the vaudeville portion Of
the program closed with Dehol!is and
Velora in comedy jugglers' act
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Gayety.

Clark's Runaway Girls Company
opened its engagement in Washington
yesterday at the Gayety before an audi
ence that filled the house. For pretty
girls and clever comedians the show is a
good one from start to finish.
Bert Wiggans and his juggling exhibit
ton with comicaI drawings were probably
the feature of the show. although the
Olio in which were the Livingston fam
lily and good trio of acrobats in even
ing dress. was good one and deserving
or favorable comment. Sidi gave n rather
remarkable exhibition of strength in han
ding cannon balls and wagon wheels.
Frances F'arr and IIottie Stone were given
applause for their dancing. while the -four
Franks We're seen in a good comedy act