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podrome. the Moulin Rouge and twenty
others. down to the small bottles.
AT the Theatre Antoine c'Sherlock
Ifolmes'D they have hit on a compromise
that Sarah Bernhardt and others are per-
fecting to the point of marking off an
epoch.
Ladies in hats or coiffures not ad-
mitted to the first seven rows of the or
chestra.'
1t leaves the orchestra open to all.
Those with hats or high top-knots cannot
| object to suffering with their victims:
while kind femininity lin hair" gets ITS
reward in seeing. Furthermore the big
hats not herded into the dress circle
and above.
Provision for the Hatless.
Rejane. in her theater c'Who Wins
Loses. usual Capus triangle). reserves
the first ten orchestra rows for ladies
not in hats"-but leaving the high Golf
fures open to make trouble.
Sarah Bernhardt's theater program be-
gins:
Ladies in hats not admitted to the or
chestra except at matinees!'
And Sarah goes on:
THE direction reserves the right equal
~, to refuse high coiffures in the or
chestra.
Either regulation would turn money
from the house a hundred times a night
but for the splendid Bernhardt cloak
room with its prinking annex. where six
trained hairdressers make il possible for
ladies to take off their hats or swiftly
lower their top-knots.
AT the Theatre Porte Saint Martin
Spectacular comic-opera. lie Chevalier
d Eon'D they have swiftly initiated Sa-
rah So. too. at the Gymnase C.Madame
Flirt'' comedy. and the Palais- Royal
c'Poudre aux Moineaux." lines vaude-
ville, They have spent thousands OF
francs fitting up hat-pantries and an
nexes with hairdreSscrs,
Let those upon the house-top not come
down.
Top-knot. come down,
\ new theatrical departure Marcel
waves gratis. Transformations in three
minutes. Cab-musses smoothed up while
you wait
STERLING HELLO
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ten dollars to the author. yet today tn.
original manuscript is valued az ten thou
sand dollars.
For a quarter of century after the
death of this master worker in letters
the enemies of Poe had the ear of the
world. The poet was scarcely cold in his
grave before Rufus w. Griswold had pub
lished his slanderous biography. which
reeked in every line with the hatred the
biographer bore the critic who had 50
ruthlessly exposed the literary weakness
of his Poets and Poetry of America"
Poe and Griswold were friends. but the
poet. as one of the most noted critics in
the world. could not stife his sense Of
honesty in commenting on his tGriswold' $,
work. He told what he though, about il
GrisWold had his revenge richly after
the death of the author Of the Raven.
for the close relations of the two men
having been known TO the world led ali
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these stories and responded with nun
dred others in rebuttal. showing the
mans affection the care he had for his
wife of how lie cooked her meals In her
illness. when poverty had brought them
near actual Starvation
Mrs { iemm showed that il was the
death of his wife that over brew Poe S
reason and became the direct cause OF
the fits of drunkenness that finally result
ed i'll his death.
Women who knew him spoke of the
peculiarly chivalric manner in which he
treated the sentler sex. and his man
friends told of his reserve aid modeSty
ard he unaffected humility as to his own
deserts writer.
Poe lived and died mystery to him
self. to his friends and to the world. His
life romance. his death tragedy
and his fame immortal. Never before has
so much genius been allied to such
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misery. The most interesting and pic
turesque figure in American literature his
strange and romantic life possessing an
incredible fascination for these who have
sought to follow it from the time the
poet began his wandernss as "A writer,
1t is no wonder that the approaching cen
tenary has been the occasion for reviving
a renewed life for the Poe cult
Those who go back to investigate find
that, after leaving Boston, Poe was adopt
ed by Mr.. John Allan of Richmond, Va.
which accounts for the fact that. though
northerner born. he always had such
close understanding of the south and
sympathy for it.
How He Left West Point.
In 1929 when he was twenty is found
his name for the first time on the hyleat
of volume of poems. ..Al Aaraaf'
'Tamerlane,' etc. The University of
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| Thirty dollars. at the galleries." is the
cheapest strict economy pay The
Galleries : ready made ones run to S.yo-
The beginning price of the great modistes.
Buy the form and pumes yourself; they
will cost SD.
A woman could not get hers in an ON
nibus. | saw her give ii up and take an
open cab. The sweeping hrim was tilted
front and hid her face. Above it started
from a mammoth ornament in blue and
gold three vast brown plures and two in
''old blue. branching. curvins. nesting.
rearing.
Another woman scared three tired men
from the platform Of street car She
had eight Of the richest ostrich piumes |
ever saw. There was no room for the
men and the plumes.
At the Chatelet Theater Spectacular
fairy three high rollers in the third row.
orchestra, had only men and empty seats
before them. Good they said. well
see" But in sailed three new hats. es-
corted by a son or brother of nineteen.
please ask your ladies to remove their
very large hats" they asked the young
escort Silence. Fifteen minutes.
But ladies, we see nothing for your
hats: No notice Nine minutes
Monsieur your ladies' hats conceal the
whole stage from u.s. The youth
blushed celestial rose. but did not peep
So ended the first act
High Rollers Get Angry.
Three furious high rollers sought the
police commissary. always present (by
himself secretary in all theaters. He
could do nothing for them.
But the law OF 1863 says: None may
remain with hat on when the curtain
rises. Does not none apply to women
they demanded.
Yes replied the commissary; but
that law was replaced by the one of 1888:
1t is forbidden to trouble the representa- :
ton or TO prevent spectators from seeing
or hearing the advertised spectacle in any
manner To this end managers may
specify certain parts of the house where
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man is one of the most famed chapters OF
his life. He worshiped this brilliant wom-
an. and her loyalty to him is proved by
the vigor with which, after his death. she
fastened to reply to every one Of the
ISLANDERS directed against his memory.
Almost alone for long time she bore
the burden of battle against the de-
tractors of Poe, and her work is now
bearing fruit in the changed attitude OF
The public mind TO him.
Baltimore. In whose streets Poe was
found insensible I'm October 1919. was
first to publicly honor his memory, and q
statue erected there in 1875 was the first
memorial to his memory
Other honors are certain to be the out
growth of the centenary for the United
States. having finally found its great
poet. will now proceed to make atone
ment
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Virginia had been his alma mater; then
he went to West Point, but the move was
ii mistake, and after spending few
months there he asked his guardian to
permit him to resign. The latter peremp-
iorily refusing. Poe took his own means
of ending regime that had become pain
full 10 him. and by nesecting all his stud
les finally got himself into such disgrace
that he was cashiered
Thrown on his own resources. he took
up literature as a means of a livelihood
and wrote in rapid succession his wonder
full stories of mystery. of which Marie
Roget" the Murders of the Rue
Morgue." The Gold Bug BLACK Cat.
Pit ard the Pendulum especially aston
isIed the world In New York he con-
tributed TO the New York Quarterly Re
view a series OF searching criticisms. then
he went to Philadelphia TO assume charge
of the Gentleman's Magazine.
His romance with Sarah Helen Whit
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1t was not until many friends or roe
IN lie. many OF those who knew his true
life in many of the places mentioned by
Griswold as scenes of incredible deDauch-
cry, began their campaign to clear his
memory that the world saw the posi-
bilitN that it had done the greatest OF
American literary geniuses tragic lnJus-
tice
Enemies said that he starved and beat
his wife in order To hasten her death.
50 that by studying her panSs he might
get material fer eXdc. description. YET
hey mother Mrs. GLENN. who lived with
tile rair during their married life and
VINO knew how deeply the poet loved her.
bore indignant witness to the SANDER OF
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Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star
PARIS. May s. 1905
n NOTED Paris duelist has not had
~ his wife inside theater for
- weeks. I'm scared of brawling
4 with some party who can't meet
me- he says frankly
boxing broker, one of my friends
won't take his wife for the opposite rea-
son Il don't want to run against a duel
sharp"
And both add: MY wife has ore OF
those new hats,
Are the gigantic hats of women raising
riots in American playhouses? In Paris
1t IS like paying $50 to have trouble to
buy the hat and escort it to a show
Big red tomatoes on the latest. I've
seen hat with three parrots-squa viking
red and green ones. roses as big as cab
. oages. pompons the size of babies heads
aigrettes foot high. spread like fans.
II takes double handfuIs of plums, cher
rles and love apples. topped with fifty
sprigs OF lilies of the valley or an iron
load of corn flowers. filled in with
punched yards of broad ribbon. to set off
the immense forms, OF weird shape
Above ALL however. that which will
hold most ostrich plumes is the hat every
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Dare Not Take Their
Wives to Theaters for Fear
OF Getting Into Duels or
Having to Pay $50 to Get
Out OF Trouble-Womens
Hats Raise Riots in the PLAY
houses of Paris-Climax of
Gigantic Headwear Forces
Managers to Expensive Com
promises.
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the wearing of hats is forbidden to la
dies. Only. tho management of the
Chatelet has made no such specificat ion.
asked.
Yes: wear your hats if Won desire,
since the manager has not forbidden them
in orchestra or elsewhere"
They planned TO do better. Our hats
are too small" they grinned Four min
uteS in Il cab fetched them beside the
Central Markets, where loafed many a
"fOrt'-those porters who wear white felt
hats with immense brims. as cuShion-like
projections to their necks and backs
We hire three of you to sit in front
seats at the Chatelet." they told them.
In Paris no one is surprised AT anything.
The forts went gladly. Mind, wear
your big hats al! the time said the
rollers. Behold your tickets. Now. good
luck and courage"
Hats Off Those Men"
As the curtain rose therefore the la
dies of tie vast hats found three decent
market porters in vaSter hats directly
before them. hiding all their view
1t was the turn of the ladies to beg hats
of. The forts" sat immoble Murmurs
Hats off those men" NO keep your
hats on. Its an.outrage.' They have
as much right AS women" "Where is
the conmissaryo' "Chapeau, chapeau'"
Kisses, protests. Men rose in, their
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The papers We're full of II.
The iip-bat war was on
Audience Supplies the Comedy.

Since then the theaters Of Paris have
come to mean now pastime. lvelier than
a stage performance You can get quick
action any moment. Thus correctly:
Thousand pardons, monsieur: all my
excuses. but madame's hat completely
hides the stage Monsieur. the stage
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~ the occasion of his centenary,
January 10 of next year
Americans will do tardy JUS
~ tice to the memory of the
loftiest and most poetical
genius the new world has yet produced
Edgar Allan Poe
Misunderstood during all his unhap-
Ply life. slandered after his death by
jealous contemporary. the matchless
poet. author of the Raven, is To be
treated one hundred years after his
birth To spontaneous honor at the hands
of the countrymcn whose letters he
glorined
The celebration of the hundredth am
niversary of Poe's birth has been a
.avorite project of the literary for sew
cral years. II was not without research
that the actual date WAS determined
Poes own statements. which in matters
of this kind prone 10 be inexact.
are responsible for the confusion. When
he entered West Yoint he gave his birth
inaccurately 70 as 10 come under the age
limit But the researches Of Prof Wood
berry have shown 10 certainty that the
date is January L.. 1>oa. a paragraph in
a Boston paper of one month later prov
ing II beyond a question.
Commemorative Exercises Planned.
Boston. Philadelphia. Baltimore and
New York, the four cities in which Poe
did most OF his literary work will all
see commemorative exercises held. and in
The T. University of Virginia. whose most
famed student Poe is. noted giants of
literature will sound the praises OF the
greatest American poet
In all the injustice done to men Of
genius the case of Poe is perhaps without
Il parallel. His gifts were undoubtedly
his curse, for he never realized anything
from them but Woe The frightful imasi-
nation that enabled him To write stories
of horror that have never been eaualed
was trouble enough for any one man, but
ordinarily they would have brought CON
ISOLATION in he admiration of his fellow
men. and financial rewards that would
have enabled the writer and his wife to
live In comfort.
Passing Rich on $40 Per.
When at the very summit of his glory.
editor of the leading American maya
zine. his salary was only ten dollars a
week. a stipend at which many d stenog-
rapher would today scornfully turn up
the nose. The Raven" one OF the most
celebrated of all poems. brought only
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Great Injustice Done Him.

- believe that what Griswold said Ct Pc
must ~ necessity be correct.
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L"HlppopRonE

hair pulling. stamping on his corns and
the necktie clutch. with all the neighbors
buttinS in and six policemen, with swords.
humping down the aisle.
II has gone so far that the managers
are at last making the expensive sacri-
flee OF barring part of the house ac
cordinS to the law of 1893. In Paris.
where the choice of a theater is so often
i mere caprice of the last moment. such
surprises always turn away big n ney
Also portions of the house are crowded
others left part vacant. In word the
managers have hated to bar anything.
At the Theatre Francois. the rule now
is: Ladies not admitted to the orcheS-
ira in hats or cOiffureS. And what hap
pens? Many orchestra STATS are left I'M
sold: and the big hats and elaborate top
knots without hats are all crowded to
that single show-place. the dress circle
and aboNe-Where they still Wrangle,
The Opera Comque has compromised
on: Ladies in hats not admitted to or
chestra or dress circle" But as I have
said. these awful hats require an awful
couture a foundation-hair piled fluffy on
rats and false switches. with frizettes on
pins jabbed everywhere. In the orches-
ira they hide the stage almost like a big
hat. whence murmurS. tension. discOn-
tent. with ushers running. whispering. ex-
planning. men and women alike shifting
their seats and explosions at the end of
the first act.
Where Perfection Reigns
Only at the Grand Opera do you find
perfection among the state-aided play
houses At the Grand Opera, by long
usage and strict supervision. women sit
in decent -smoothed hair all over the
house. except the top gallery. 1t is only
recently they have been allowed to sit
in the orchestra at all,
The Odeon State. Theater experiment
place for serious new piecesD has no regu-
lati Hero still in full riot I
is the same at the Gait -Lyrique- toid
operas like .'Mignon"D: the Vaudeville
paul Bourget piece against divorce): the
Varieties t'The King who revisits Paris
very risky. is it AlfonsoD: the Chatelet
tspectacular); the Neuveautes c"Amuse
Amelia,'-the limit and bought for
America: the Athenee I'The Jolleyer'-
another limit piece bought for America:
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is also hidden from me and mine by hats
of other ladies'" Yes. but one wrong
cannot right another" Monsieur, ] hold
M self judge of my wrongful acts" And
responsible for them? with meanngo
But certainly, monsieur Rises and
'UrnS)
Solemn. slow and ceremonious exchange
If cards. Both stand. His back is to the
stage For twenty seats around every
one turns. rises. rubb"rs toward YOU in
admiring awe. 1t is magnificent French
moment. "A DUEL" runs the murmur.
Women shudder but they cast not.
admiring glances on you as YOU quit your
Seat-to change 1t for another. You vii!
mot force your opponent of tomorrow TO
take his lady TO another seat. Look
from your new place. She has her hat
off now. You have done good-at small
cost If your card Tor hiss be false. kept
for such moments. Otherwise count up:
Two taXi-autOS. IS. surgeon, $50, prac-
tice, counsels, rent OF swords or pistols
and pay of custodian. $50; lunch tself.
surgeon and secondS-after dueD. S24
total. So. But you have the satisfact ION
that the other party must add to his
total the price of the hat.
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Police Take a Hand.

When the alteration passes incorrect !
1t may be with any variations. from con
tinued guying-"Shell remove ii shortly
she IS trying to remember where she put
her f:zzes."-to ear twisting throttlinS
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lENouLM RouGE
What the Hats Cost.

Paris woman wants. 1t is the hat: th'
others fancieS.
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places; women also. The piece went on.
forgotten. The audience divided sympa-
thy. \ crowd surged round the forts
the high rollers and the ladies' The
nneteen-year- escort got, his nose
pulled. 4 high roller got his head
punched. Men clutched at each other 5
necktieS-ViOlent. dangerous. Women
went into mysteries. The police cleared
out the forts" the three ladies and the
three high rollers. 1t was the first of
lie big-hat theater riots of Paris
The papers were fun of il.
The big-hat war was on.
Next night in twenty Paris playhouses
men behind big hats put their hats on;
women without big hats cried out
against big hats. Men alone defended
big hats. when the face was pretty.
Other men alone attacked men with big
hated women. Balcony and galleries
took sides. They scuffled in hundred
miX-ups. Shame! Where is French gal
'antry," Shame, Where is French lady
SCOd,'
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the occasion of his centenary,
January 10 of next wear.
Americans will do tardy jus
tice to the memory Of the
loftiest and most roe,ical
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-16
ParSeVaL Flyer Wrecked;
Motor Rod Breaks In Air

BERLIN, Sept. 16.-FoIIowing it sue
cessfUI cruise Of yesterday. when il
sGiled for eleven and a quarter hours.
the ParsevaI dirigibis airship was
wrecked today while en- route 10 Pots
dam. WHERE Emperor William and the
Empress were- 10 inspect it.
The motor rod broke, ripping a hole
in the balloon The balloon collapsed
and alighted on the roof Of a villa near
Grunewald forest, between Berlin and
Potsdam.
While the descent was rapid the bal
loon retained enough gas to prevent the
machine from being crushed against the
roof
There were four passengers in the air
ship. Major PaTSeVal. the inventor. Cap
tain kehler. 2 chauffeur. and q me
chanic. They escaped with q few minor
scratches and bruises and were rescued
from the roof by means of ladders.
The Emperor and Empress and a gOr-
ReouS suite awaited the airship near
the palace. They were becoming greatly
impatient at the ncnarrival Of tho Par
seVal when a telegram was received
telling Of the accident. They irl,mcIlate-
" returned to the palace and the En-
perOr seDt message Of sympathy to
Major PaTseVal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-16
CAR FEARS PLAGUE,
ORDERS CREMATION
Appearance of Cholera Near
TSarkOe-Selo Shows Spread
of Disease.

ST. PETERSBURG, via EydtlCuhnen,
Sept I6.-The appearances Of Asiatic
cholera among the population surround
ing Tsarkoe-Selo Cthe Cars palaceJ
brought an official order today. presUm-
ably emanating from the Car himself
that hencefOrth the bodies Of cholera
victims shall be cremated instead o.
hurled
This action is taken in the hope that
the danger Of contagion spreading will
be minimized. So many new cases of
cholera are developing that hospitals all
or-er the country have been forced 10 turn
cut ordinary patients TO make room for
those afflicted with the dread disease
The prisoners in all jails are being tenn
porarily removed 10 police stations for
safe keeping while the prisons are un-
dergonIg a thorough disinfecting.
The NHicial reports of the health de-
partn,-At show but one-fourth Of the
cases. 1t IS generally admitted that
there are at least 1.O01 cases in the
capital, while some Of the estimates
are as high as 4.CU0. Many victims have
been stricken on the streets and several
cases Of deaths occurring on the streets
before they could be rushed TO the hos
pitais. are reported.
Thousands OF persons are leaving the
city. the exodus being heavy among
the well 10 do people.
Lieutenant AbI1mOff, a Cossack SOL
der OF the Life Guards is dead OF chol-
era. his case revealing the fact that The
plague has reached army circles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-16
F. TAYLOR
DIES IN STREET
Civil Engineer Lives Only a
Few Minutes After De-
posting Money.

Daniel F. Taylor. a civ engineer
having Offices at 1928 New York avenue.
dropped dead while walking up Tenth
street. near q. shortly after / o'clock
this afternoon
Passersby noticed that Mr.. Taylor
staggered slightly as he passed them.
and 4 cigar. which he held in ais mouth,
dropped 10 the ground. A moment later
he reeled backward and fell WI en-
R. r Doyle and W c Simpson. who
were passing, reached him, Taylor Fas
dead.
The police were notified, and an exam
nation of the mans effects was made.
In his pockets were found two bank
books, a large sum OF money and other
valuable papers. one OF the bank books,
Of the Washington Loan and Trust
Company. indicated that he had made a
deposit a few minutes before.
Mr.. Taylor was about forty years old.
He was well known IN engineering cir
cIes. and had maintained Offices here a
number of years. The body was re-
mOved TO the mOrgue Al o'clock,
per3ing disposition by the Coroner