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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
GOOD ENGLISH NEEDED
TO SUCCEED ON
STAGE

Does art pay? Not IN the theater
in America. says Henrietta Crosman.
The people here want amusement
and they are unable TO derive enjoy
meut and instruction from the same
source" says Miss Crosman in a re-
cent interview. In America the pto-
pie look upon the theater as they would
upon a circus. II is a place 10 go ana
be amused. II is not taken seriously
and the player here who takes his au-
dience seriously is sure Of disappoinC-
ment. / do not say this IN a spirit of
disappo myself: / have over
come hat, and I am trying 20 meet
conditions as they are. BY this 1 do not
mean 10 say that I am debasing my
art but l appreciate the fact that II
We are to help the people out OF their
slough of despOnd' we must do IL
gradually, and cannot hope 10 have
them. by one leap, reach a higher
plane.
For one thing. it is a very easy
MATER 10 nave pure English spoken in
out theaters. but il is more often bad
EN- lish that we hear The managers
and producers are mostly responsible
for this, and it is because they don't
kn5w what is good English.
we might also have good diction
even if We cannot have good plays.
There IS no excuse for ignorance in the
theater. Good English and dictiOn
would not revOIuJiOnize things. but they
would be a step in the right direction,
and the great mass of theatergOers
would receive, uuknOwingly, a benefit
And that is the only way by which we
can raise our standard, the people must
take their instruction sugar-coated with
entertainment. They must not know
they are taking IL.
Then after awhile when they get
more used 20 il, We can take of, little
by little, the sugar, until they are able
10 take it without making o face. in
fact, enjoy it. But that is when they
become thinkers and derive enjoyment
from thought. a long and tedious evo-
luton and one not TO be accomplished
in a day or a year in this hustling coun-
try of ours.
First OF all. let us have good Eng
fish in the theater, which we do not
always have n many frst-class com
panies, because the head Of it is in
cononetent. Then when we get that. We
will be ready for another step. and we
viii find that the public IS ready TO step
with us
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will be a special comp imentary benefit
performance for Clarence J. Harris,
treasurer Of the Belasco, and his two
assistants, Charles L. Pryor and Steve
T.. Cochran. The advance sale of seats
for the benefit has been unusually large
and this trio Of popular box office men
viii doubtless have the qualification Of
seeing the theater hlled with their
friends on that occasion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
TROCADEROS AT GAYETY.

The Trocaderos. said to be bigger. bet
ter. and brighter than ever, viii be at
the Gayety this week. The Trocaderos
presents this season two new and funny
burlesques entitled college Boys" and
Down on the Panama" The clio Will
include a number OF vaudeville acts.
anC among them are: Belmont and
Brennan. who present a character
sketch: the AlvaTetts Trio. comedy aero
bats; the Worlds Comedy Four and
Wilson, Aft and Mabel, VIII present a
singing and dancing speciality.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
MAKE ICE ON STAGE

a short-size iee-making plant VIII be
In operation all this week at Chase 8
icing a surface at every performance
for Isabel Butler and Edward Bassett
the skating champions, who win give
realistic exhibition OF real frozen
water. The attraction IS the most
novel devised this season
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FADS OF STAGE STARS.

John D. Williams. who IS the source
Of most Of the information concerning
Charles Frohman's stars. says the fav-
orIte recreatious of the stage celebrities
are. Maude Adams work; John Drew,
horseback riding, baseball: Ethel Bar
garden farming. Billie Burke, walking.
motoring; William Collier. golf; Fran
els wilson reading. writing: William
H Crane smoking, telling funny
stories. William Gillette. avoiding news
paper interviews
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
EDMUND BREESE'S PLANS.

Edmund Breese. the original John
Burkett Ryder Of ''The Lion and the
Mouse" viii go to his summer home in
St. John, New Brunswick. Mr.. Breese
is an enthusiastic fisherman. and is a
member Of all the leading clubs in the
New Brunswick region.
Gertrude Coghlan. who has success
fully played the part of Shirley Ross
more for more than 1000 times. viii go
20 her farm at Fortune Bridge, Prince
Edward Island. for the summer, and de-
vote much Of her time to fly fishing for
sea trout, q pastime Of which she is
very fond.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
INNOCENT MAIDS.

Something new and refreshing is
promised In the burlesque line at the
New Lyceum Theater when THE limo
cent Maids" make their initial bow here
this season. The attraction is said to
be absolutely new and celebrating IN
its entirety. Two musical comedy play
lets will be presented in addition TO an
Olio of vaudeville acts, all calculated TO
furnish amusement and entertainment.
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PICTURES
AT THE MAJESTIC

Another program viii be given by the
Cameraphone or talking picture ma
chine during the coming week at the
Majestic Theater- The bill embraces The
Haunted House, a talking act said TO be
funny, Moore and Watson in their late
song hits. a bunch of pretty girls as
they appear singing Ethel Levy's Vir-
ginia song. Jewett and Wilson ana the
Novelty Quartet. in popular songs Of the
dav
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
ROSE STAHL GOING ABROAD.

Rose Stahl, whose season closes on
May 30, after an engagement Of ninety
four consecutive weeks in James Forbes
comedy. The Chorus Lady" will leave
for Europe the following week, 10 be
gone until September ] next
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Caste" to Be Given Friday
for the Box Office
Staff.

The performance Of Guy Standing and
the BeIasco Theater Stock Company IN
Robertson's comedy OF class distinctions
Caste" on Friday night OF this week
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AT THEATERS
Continued from Second Page1

ing and interesting novelty. The globe
act Of Nelson and GOetz, Holmes and
Buchanan in vocal numbers, Three
Rosebuds In their madcap dance, and
Warren and Brockway in a musical
comedy sketch are others on the bill.
At the ballroom an orchestra Of merit
will furnish music for the lovers Of
dancing There are other attractions.
TO numerous to specify. This after
noon and evening Sunday there VIII
be a grand sacred concert by an orches-
TIA OF fifty pieces conducted by Richard
L. Weaver.
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/ "A correspondent Of the New York
Herald vouches Cor the truth of the
following .'true ghost story" The cor
respondents brother was one of eleven
men missing after the ire which de-
stroyed the wall paper factory Of NJ.
H. Birge & ScHs in Buffalo. Remains
of what appeared to be eleven corpses
were taker from the ruins, all so char
red or disdgured as to be unrecogniza-
BILE. The remains were all inferred In
Dne grave in Holy Cross cemetery.
That was in December.
! "On the night of March 81" the
aeraId's correspondent says, 81 re-
iired at 10 o'clock. In spirit ] had felt
rery close to my brother that entire
evening, so lay awake, thinking and
repeating over and over significant
little verse he had written on the fly
leaf of much used book Of mine:
tshould frowning fate e'er grasp my hand
And lead me far from thee.
Oft call to mind when last we met
I And fondly think Of me.
'I was aroused by sounds of trio
king water, which seemed so close and
loud that put both hands to my ears
TO shut out a peculiar drip. drip. drip.
then discovered that the disturbance
was caused by unfelt tears that had
poured over my cheeks, had filed the
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have cured the stol>cf, according to the
belief in the stokehole. but it didn't,
and Bob had to turn into his bunk
for keeps" Reports Of the mans i'll
ness never got any further than the
engine room until the eighth day, when
the wiseacres of the fire room thought
it might be well to send for DR.. Orr.
One hasty examination Of the help
less stoker was sufficient for a dagno-
sis, and within ten minutes DR.. Orr
had the young Scotchman on a table
in the stecrage hospital aft. He sent
for DR.. Torok, the physician sent
aboard all passenger steamers leaving
Triest and Fiume by the Hungarian
government. He asked him to assist
In the operation. DR.. Torok thought 1t
desperate undertaking In such
heavy sea. but consented and attended
to the duties usually assigned to
trained nurse. DR.. Orr's assistant ad-
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been taken to the morgue. where we
followed. After the first wild grief
had subsided we called in an under
taker and were about 10 make arrange
ments for the burial when two women.
mothers of victims of the fire, rushed
in and upset our plans for the time
being. After looking the body over
one stoutly maintained the body was
that Of her son, who was Of about the
same age as my brother. Arguments
and remnants of clothing which we
produced in evidence Of our claims
were unavailing. She was positive In
her belief, My poor mother was on
the verge Of collapse when. the coroner
told her he could not allow our under
taker TO interfere until identity was
proved beyond Il doubt.
"Crushed and disappointed, we were
about to leave when close to my ear
there came sharply whispered why
don't you tell them about my teeth!
Instantly there flashed across my mind
something | had entirely forgotten. A
few days before his death my brother
called my attention to second row OF
teeth that had made their appearance
in the left upper jaw. quickly turn
cd to the coroner and told him, describ-
ing the teeth and their position as re-
lnembered them He and the under
talier at once proceeded to find out If
the peculiar proof was present. They
opened the jaws. and there. just US
described them. was the inner row of
teeth. We buried him in the plot with
the other victims, for his name. with
theirs. was inscribed on the handsome
brownstonc monument.
SHOULD you ever have occasion to
visit Holy Cross cemetery please ask
an attendant to direct you to the Birge
fire monument and read the inscrlp,
tion thereon, reading downward. When
you reach the ninth name on its east
ern face kindly pause a moment, for
that name pcrpetuates the memory OF
one who came back from the great un-
known"
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Came Back From Spirit Land.
True Ghost SoryMan Killed In Buffalo Fire Appeared to Ills
Brother and Told Him Where to Find His Body,
!, Which Had Been Buried In Debris.

81 went down early in the morning
and proceeded at once to tell my moth
er what L had seen and heard. She
was much affected and brokenly cried:
"'God is good He may be alive; he
may come back again. can never feel
that he is among those followed to
the grave
"One member of the family remark.
ed, That was very vivid dream
Il asserted that 1t was no dream.
"Iy mother grew very restless and
called in neighbor. to whom she re-
peated what had told. The woman
turned on me and gave vent to her
doubts. Nevertheless she left shortly
after and spread the story Of my
queer dream about the neighbor-
hood.
at 10 o'clock that morning, few
hours after had seen my brother and
while. the story told was still being
discussed. workmen engaged in remov-
ing the bricks and debris came upon a
body lying on the stone walk of the
Perry street side of the ruined factory.
Among the curious that gathered
around the body was n next door
neighbor of ours, who recognized the
body as that of my brother and has
tened to notify my mother. We hur-
ried to the scene, but the body had
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hollows OF my ears and overfiowed
in little streams that soaked the pillow
around my head and neck.
81 sat upright and looked around.
Every object in the room was plainly
tliscernible In the flood Of mellow
moonlight that poured in through
partly open. uncurtained window near
the head of nny bed. looked at the
clock. The time was quarter of p.
I wiped the moisture away, turned the
pillow over. lay back and was about
TO close my eyes when saw the door
open and close behind my brother. AS
he came toward me called his name
and was about to spring from the bed
when he raised his right hand with a
gesture that caused me to lean back.
In manner and dress he looked just as
when last saw him, but the eyes
were dull anG hollow, and the facial
expression was one Of extreme sad
ness. He spoke my name in perfect
3y natural voice and said:
".Tell mother am coming back to-
morrow. Tell her not to worry any
more about me. I am all right. They
left me there on the sidewalk all win
ter, and I look bad. but don't be
afraid; there is nothing to fear. l will
mot trouble you again. Goodby!
Before could utter word he had
tpassed through the door, which did
not seem to open as when he entered
fhe room.
"With a wil,iiy beating heart l arose
from the beG and staggered to the
door. It was locked and bolted as I
aad left il on retiring. Weak from eN-
icitement-I was not afraid sank into
chair and remained until the painful
tthrobbing Of my heart and temples
,passed over. I decided not to disturb
ANY member Of the family, and so
spent the remainder of the night pac-
ing the floor from door to window,
watching the full March moon serenely
sail down the western sky and count
ding the lonely hours chimed by the
clock in nearby church steeple.
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Kings Classrnate In Pigpera.
Man Who Went to Oxford University With Edward VII. Dies
Pauper at Merose, Mass.

VII. Of England. was member OF bis
class at Trinity. where be himself
sang in the choir and often appeared
in solos to which the young prince was
listener.
He did not complete his course at
Trinity, he told the women, because
of trouble he got into with the school
authorities. but he later studied at q
German university, whittier he was
sent by his father, who at that time
lived in Liverpool, and it was there
that he finished his education. While
he was in Germany his father married
second wife. When he returned to
his home he and his stepmother had
violent quarrel. His father, interfered
and took his wife's part, fact that so
enraged the son that he raised his
hand to his parent and struck blow
which felled him.
For that act, he often said. he never
forgave himself. He turned from his
fathers house, and, going at once to the
docks, he took passage to America.
He never afterward heard from either
his father or his stepm mother.
That was twenty-siX years ago, and
when he arrived in :. Is country he
tried his hand at various occupations,
finally becoming sign painter.
When he lived at the home of Mrs.
Lynd in Dorchester he appeared like
any other workingman, except that
! when those in the house came to know
him they learned that his education
was far beyond that possessed by
many workers He knew the best lit
erature and could quote Virgil by the
hour. He read books in Greek. In
German, In French and in Italian. He
was well posted on politics both in this
country and in Europe and knew the
history Of most public men.
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the steamer got into the trough Of the
sea, as it was the shock and jar Of
plunging into head seas while under
way that made the operation partlcu-
larly hazardous. Dr. Orr did not have
to explain much to Captain Irvine, for
the latter stopped the steamer ut once.
The surgeon worked cautiously, cut
ting into the abdominal region between
lurches. and within tllirty-fve minutes
after the Pannonla had stopped her
commander got word that the opera
ton was over and Bob Law would pull
through. The operation was the talk
of the steamer when the PannOnla
docked The only man not wrought ur
to concert pitch over it was DR.. Orr.
He said the operation was performed
under annoying circumstances, but
apart from that he did not see any,
thing unusual about 1t. Bob Law
thought it was great job.
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Loses His Appendix at Sea.
Cnard Liner Pannona Stops and Rolls In Awful Storm While Ships
Surgeons Operate on Stoker Desperately
III and Save His Life.

ministered the anaesthetic, and within
one hour after he stretched out on the
operating table Bob Law was able to
understand what the doctors meant
when they Informed him that his YER
inform appendix was probably float
ing in the Atlantic mile or two away.
When the patient was well under the
influence of the ether, DR.. Orr found
it almost impossible to make an Incl
sion. The Pannonia plunging into
heavy head seas and lurching under
the stress Of sudden blasts Of the gale
made it almost impossible for him to
stand on his feet.
Although braced and strapped to
keep it from rolling. the big stoker's
body slipped on the operating table.
In desperation DR.. Orr sent word to
Captain Irvine, asking him to bring
the Pannonia to dead stop for an
hour or two until he could perform
the operation, which is considered a
delicate one even under best condi-
tions. 1t was explained by the doctor
that he would run fewer chances If
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Once a classmate of King Edward
at Oxford, Charles Frederick Powell.
known as 1.-THE Melrose hermit" man
Of education and refinement. who,
made tramp through renorse for
blow he struck his father. has been
Identified at the Melrose (Mass.) hospi-
tai. where be died pauper. Identifi-
cation was made by Mrs. Barbara
Lynd of Dorchester. with whom he
boarded up to two years ago.
He was taken to the hospital from a
piggery, where he was found III among
swine. Pneumonia had him in Its grip.
and from 1t he never rallied. In life
he loathed children. and when one Of
them approached the cave in which he
dwelt in Middlesex fells he growled
and so contorted his features that he
spread terror among all those of the
neighborhood. Yet but for a child he
would have died among the hogs, for
one of them while passing. heard his
groans and called assistance.
No man was better known by sight
to the residents of that section Of Mel
rose than 1.-The hermit" He was not.
howeter, known by name to any Of
them. When he died the hospital au-
thorities were obliged to do considera-
bic investigating before they learned
who he was.
FIis life story, which he has told in
fragments to Mrs. Lynd and to Mrs.
George Beckford Of Melrose. was as
strange as anything found in fiction.
According to what he told them. he
was born in Plymouth. England, fifty
seven years ago and in his early life
was surrounded by every comfort and
luxury. He was sent to school until he
reached manhood, when he matricu-
lated at Trinity college. Oxford. The
Prince of Wales, now King Edward
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While S53 passengers on the Cunard
liner Pannonia were praying for deliv-
erance from one of the worst gales the
Atlantic has ever known stoller was
operated on for appendicitis. He was
able to sit out on the deck when the
steamer docked at New York. 1t was
one Of those cases where the ships
surgeon had to act quickly and use all
his skill to save a mans life, giving
little or no heed to the possibility Of
the scalpel's slipping when the steamer
lurched under the blow Of 4 comber.
Bob Law was the patient. He is a
husky Scotchman about twenty-eight
years old.
The Pannonia had just cleared Gil
braltar when Bob complained Of pains
In the right side Of his abdomen. He
took from a fellow stoker glass or
two of "the mixture that never failed"
and admitted he felt wee bit better.
But three days later the pain returned,
and the chief engineer took from the
medicine chest big dose of "black
draft" and gave 1t to Bob. That should
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The agonizing itching and burning
Of the skin, as in eczema; the frightful
scaling, as in psoriasis; the loss OF hair
head: the facial Disagreement, as in acne
all demand remedies of extraordinary
virtues to successfully cope with them.
That Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills
are such stands proven by testimonials
Of remarkable cures when many rem
edies and even physicians have failed.
One set is often sufficient to cure.
c,lra Ointment 15Oc.) 10 Heal the Skin. and Cuti.
cura Resolvent (50c.) Tor in the form OF Chocolate
Coated Pills. 25c per vial Of COY to Purify the Blood
Sold throughout the world. Potter Drug d Chem
Corp. Sole Props. Boston. Mass.
pg-Mailed Free. Cutcura Book on Skin Diseases
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tense Sunerer. Il WllOIt WlllCel Pdosou
without once having on shoes, my
ankles and nearly from the knees to the
toes being covered with virulent sores. l
tried practitioners, specialists, dermatol-
ogists, etc., to no purpose. My daughter.
in-law reminded me of having prescribed
Cuticura for my grandson more than
twenty years ago. ] at once procured
the Cuticura Remedies and found inn
mediate improvement and final cure,
till to-day. though well along in years.
/ am as though I had never had that
disease. I am we'll known in the vicin-
ity Of Louisville and Cincinnati, and all
this could be verified by witnesses.
M. w. LaRue, s45 Seventh St., Louis
vile, KY, April % and May IA, 1907"
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Sea. Gulls Attack LinemarA.
EIectrcan on Lofty Perch Desperately Battles With Hundreds
of Winged Warriors.

! John Nixson, lineman for the Seattle
IWash.) Electric company met with an
unusual adventure while stringing a
cable. Perched in his airy isolation, he
was discovered by a sen gull, who
seemed to consider NixsOn so far from
ground an intruder on the rights Of
ae feathered tribe. The gull screamed
and called others Of his tribe to his
assistance. One followed another until
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TWO REMARKABLE {
CURES OF ECZEMA
Over Twenty-three Years Ago Baby
had Severe Attack-Years Later
Grandfather Suffered Torments
with the Disease Sores
Developed from Knees to Toes.
BOTH OWE COMPLETE
RECOVERY TO CUTICURA
"In 1884 my grandson, babe, had
an attack Of eczema, and after trying


extent Of heavy
bills and an in
crease Of the dis
ease and suffering,
I recommended Gu
ticura and in a few
weeks the child was
well. He is to-day
q strong man and
' q b S o. u t 9 ! y free
from the disease.
A few years ago l
contracted eczema,
and became an in
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a hundred or more Of the birds had
gathered and made an attack on the
man, who was completely at their
mercy for time. They swooped down
upon him with their wings and tried
to find a vulnerable place to pick at
him. 1t was not until the lineman got
one end Of the rope free that he was
able to beat the birds Off and get back
TO earth alive