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hurried to HodgenvilIe in the fastest
conveyance he could hire.
On reaching Hodgenville the New
York man asked that the auction be
held as early as possible, and he
bought the farm for $1,000 about a
quarter of an hour before the whisky
man arrived.
The restoration of the log cabin to
it's native state was a spectacle as i'm
posing as it's consignment to cellar
in New York was inglorious 1t was
placed on a special car and escorted
back to Kentucky by squad of Ken
lucky militiamen. At Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Harrisburg, Altoona, Pitts
burg, Columbus and indianapolis it
rested under military guard. Gov
errors and mayors met it at various
railroad stations and paid tribute to
the life that began within it's rough
timbers. When the special train on
which it rode crossed the Ohio river
from Indiana into Kentucky, it was
met at the Louisville station with mil
itary honors. Col Henry WattersOn
and Adlai E. Stevenson made the
chief speeches of welcome.
The cost of making a park of the
Lincoln farm, of erecting the mem
orial hall and of carr ying out other
plans is being met by popular sub
scriptions sent to Clarence H. Mac
kay, treasurer of the Liacoln Farm
association. Other officers of the as
ISOLATION are Joseph W. Folk. presi-
dent William H. Taft, Cardinal Glib
bons, Samuel L. Clemens, August Bel
mont and Lyman ]. Gage.
The movement to preserve the
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New York city he still finds way to
myiady's heart by going to her in a
DAINTY bit of pasteboard, tissue paper,
tinsel and paint, all tucked way in a
scented envelope. In Berlin he has re-
Gently found a new means of wound
ing his victims in the "cooing postals, /"
which are SO constructed that when
squeezed they will initiate the plain
tive note of dove. In more prOsaic
London cupid has abandoned the post
mau for the telephone, and the up-tO-
date London lover no longer sends his
sweetheart an ardent message by let
ter but recites it over the wire into
her very ear
Yet the most picturesque st. Valen-
tine day customs are not to be found
in the big cities, but in out-of-the-
way regions, where human nature re-
tains much Of its old-time simplicity.
In some of the rural villages of Eng
land, for example, the season is OBJ
served in much the same way as in
the time of Queen Elizabeth and many
a quaint superstition still survives.
In remote villages of Derbyshire the
custom still prevails or maidens look
ing out of their wiadOws in the early
morn of st. Valentines day to learn
who their lovers may be. Every girl
who wants to get married is supposed
to jump out of bed just at daybreak
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politics. Our neighbor closes the ar
gument: For" he concludes, as
Lincoln says" The minister in the
church speaks of patriotism. Lincoln
is there. The nation adopts this or
that policy; it is defended or con-
demned in terms of Lincoln and his
policy. The influence of the man is
with US always-not only on February
IL, but every Gay.
Yet it is wholesome that We should
remember days like this day. We live
so fast Great events crowd one upon
another. We are stated with wealth
of sensations. That which aroused
the burning interest of the nation yes
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AA y February II, 1909, the
A<V,M Kentucky farm where Abra.
MWTWka ham Lincoln was born,
WSSE<N will, If all goes well, be
w dedicated to the American
people as a national park.
Its 10 rocky acres in the heart of
the Blue Grass state have been pur-
chased, and an association has been
organized to restore it's many natural
beauties.
The log cabin in which the future
president was born was recently res
cued from a cellar at College Point,
Long Island, where it had been igno-
miniously dumped after travelling
about the country as a show. With
imposing ceremonies, it was carried
back to it's native soil, and restored
TO the very spot where tom" Lin
coin, the father, put its rough tim
bers together. On another part of the
farm, as an antithesis to the hut, and
as illustrative Of the height to
which the son attained from such a
humble origin, it is planned to erect
a memorial structure which will be
an exact reproduction of the White
House at the time Lincoln lived there.
Within its walls will be preserved all
the available historical treasures as
sociated with his name and fame
The date chosen for the dedication
Of the Lincoln farm is especially APP
propriate, for it marks the Tooth ami
1ersary of the birth of the martyred
president Prominent Americans from
the north, south, east and west are
expected to be present at the exer-
cises President Roosevelt has ac-
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censorious Middle Glasses.

Let those of the middle class who
are prone to criticise and condemn the
conduct of those above them set their
own house in order. Let them consid-
er the beam that is in their own
eye. For one scandal among the up.
per classes that receives full publicity
a score pass unnoticed in lower grades
of society.-Lord Haldon, writing in
the World and His Wife"
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The First Jap Railway Train.

The throttle of the first Japanese
railway train was pulled by an Amer
lean, Duncan Mcdonald, now a vet
eran in the employ of the Southern
Pacific. That was 35 years ago, says
the Railroad Mans Magazine, on the
occasion of the completion of the
narrow-gauge line from Yokohama to
Toxic, and Mcdonald had the honor
of drawing the present Mikado, then a
young man OF scarcely 90.
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the Pacific slope, where he has resided.
His Washington address is 1919 9th St.,
N. W., Washington, ID. @.
Washington, d. C.
Pernna Drug Co.. Columbus, Ohio.
Gentlemen: can cheerfuIIy recOuI-
mend Peruna as q very efficient REM
edy for coughs and colds.
Thomas Gale.
Hon C. Slemp, Congressman from
Virginia, writes: 81 have used your val
liable remedy, Peruna, with beneficial
results, and can unhesitatingly recon-
mend your remedy as an invigorating
tonic and an effective and permanent
cure for catarrh.
Man-a-lin the Ideal Laxative.
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scenes of the earliest years of Lin
coins life has revived unusual inter-
est in all the associations of his youth.
The graybeards of Hodgenville, the
hamlet which is situated about two
miles from the Lincoln farm, ever
since they were aroused by it's sale
at auction, have been telling many
story about Little Abe when a lad;
about Tom" his father, and Nancy,
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Spell of Beauty.

From whatever standpoint women
may be regarded, it is impossible to
ignore the supremacy of beauty.
which, both in life and fiction, eter-
cises power more potent than any
other human infuence.--OutloolZ
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TO LIVE IN MEMORY FOREVER
LincoIn's Birthday Brings to Mind
the Greatest of Our Great.

HE birthday or
of Abraham Lin
coin. But if one
day is his birth
day, the other
364 are his life
days and his in
fiuence days.
W. IA n m q :
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LincoIn's Own Epitaph.

Die when l may, l want it said of
me by those who know me best, that |
always plucked a thistle and planted
would grow.-Abraham Lincoln.
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cepted the invitation to make the

cepted the invitation to make the
principal address of the day.
Had the farm not been purchased
when it was for a national park, it
might even now have been the site
for a distillery Because of a spring
on the farm famous throughout Ken
lucky for the purity of it's waters, a
wealthy Louisville whisky manufac-
ti.rar had sought to buy the property
that he might advertise his product
i'll some such way as this:
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t aetiGS Of
the Little
Pa gap God

TOUGH the little pagan god
who nearly always ac-
companies st. Valentine
on February IA has the
+, same purpose wherever
he goes, yet he does not
everywhere employ the
same methods for it's &C
complishment. His tao
tics differ in different
places. He is as versatile
&c hn ic nnnr:nin,1r In
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LINCOLN RYE

Made from the PUREST MALT, i:
combined with THE crystal waters !:
of the famous LINCOLN SPRING, j:
which gushes out Of the rock with !:
in a few feet of the place where :.
Abraham Lincoln Was Born.
: Visit our distillery at Lincoln's ::
birthplace and ::
See and Taste for Yourself.
can genuine Lincoln whisky \
: shows portrait of Lincoln drinking !:
from the spring) !:
.............. .........
AS it happened, whisky helped de-
feat whisky. When it was publicly
announced that the long drawn-out
litigation in which the farms title
had become entangled was at last
ended. and that it would be sold at
auction on August Is, 1905, the Louis
vile distiller sent a representative
ito bid it in" no matter what the
figure The agent got as far as Eliza
bethtown KY some u miles from
HOdgenville, where the auction was to
take place, and, as it was Sunday
and the sale was to be held in the
afternoon of the following day, he
put up at a hotel and took things
easy" intending to drive over to
Hodgenville the next morning But
although the trains do not run in
that part of Kentucky on Sunday, the
bottles do, and the whisky man drank
long and often in the barroom. Here
he made the acquaintance of a young
man from New York, who had come
to buy the farm for its preservation
as a park. and who is now secretary
Of the Lincoln Farm association. On
learning the purpose of the man from
Louisville and noticing that the tide
was coming in" the New Yorker got
IN at daybreak the next morning and
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THOS. GALE, or ALASKA,
MEMBER OF US. CONGRESS-

Veg hnost'n on the Pacific Slope. His
NGSHimgton ADDRESS IS 1879 9th ST.,
". NJ, Washington, d. c.
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THE HUT IN WHICH LINCOLN
WAS BORN.

This log cabin was removed from
the Lincoln farm, in Kentucky, and
carried about the country for some
time by Snowman. Later it was
dumped ienominiousIy into cellar
in New York city, from which it
was rescued and restored to it's ma
tive state.
his mother. ABE" lived on the farm,
they say, until he was four and a
half years old, when, because of the
scant produce of its ITO acres. the
family was forced to move to a house
in the village, where tom" Lincoln
barely supported his family by work
ing at odd jobs as a carpenter There
they lived until the boy was nearly
ten, when the Lincolns moved to H.
diana.
The Washington times., 1908-03-08
MADAME DE LUSSAN
CLINGS TO "MASCOT

Mime. ZeHe De Iussan has gold
Iocket which the grand opera arUiste re-
CARDS as having the potency OF a mas
cot" she viii not voluntarily dispense
with il, and on the few occasions she
has mislaid il. she mas been inconsol-
able until it vas restored TO her. She
has never sung III public without IL. al
most invariably holding IL ia her right
hand when she sings. although 1t hangs
from a long gold chain running around
her neck. Next to the locket ia tie af-
fections of the grand opera artistic Is
the Victoria Cross with which she was
decorated for services TO art by tho
gracious English queen. Alexandra
noted AS the patron Of singers OF all
countries. Another of her marks OF
royal favor was given by the royal hand
OF the late King OF Portugal. who was
ASA estimated recently. In England Nine.
De I.ussan is called The Queens own, %
although she is an American and proud
Of IL
The Washington times., 1908-03-08
Typical Belasco Offering.

The WizardTy of David BelasCo, stage
craftsman, was never more in evidence
.ban in mis- production, The Rose of the
Rancho" seen at the Belasco Theater
last week. The play as a dramatic en-
tertaInmeut does not merit any critical
or analytical discussion, for the theme
is more or less hackneyed and the sit
uations are not developed with any spe-
cfal cIeverness or force. But as a
scenic production it probably surpasses
in harmony of color, richness of tone,
and briIIiancy Of setting anything which
even this master of the producing bust
ness has ever before offered the public
The stage pictures presented will live
as memories of optical delight Ions
after we have forgotten the play itself
It is 20 be hoped that in her mex
vehicle Frances Starr will be given &
better opportunity TO demonstrate hel
histrfonic ability. She makes charm
ingIy picturesque and sympathetic Jua
nita and she is gifted with a voice o
rare sweetness. She also has a piquanc!
Of manner and a most alluring stag
nrssence. but there is nothing MOVING
or gripDing about the part which -
enacts. Her work in The Music Mas
ter" showed that she was capable o
iuterpretinE with much feeling some
what complex feminine emotions, whicl
warrants one in wishing that when mex
She comes 70 Washington it will b
The Washington times., 1908-03-08
"OUR q. S. A. BOYS"
HEADLINERS AT CHASE'S

Chase's this week offers a military
surprise in Our L. 8 A. Boys.
with Chris Richards. as the add
ed attraction, and the balance OF the
program comprises Trixie Friganza.
tie OHvetti TroubadOurs. Harry Arm
strong. and William Clark, Henry Give
and company, W. s. Harvey's coined
iGns. and the splendid motion pictures
Of The Military Tournament at sa-
muir
our L. $ A. Boys" have spent
three years in Europe, and the
Notwithstanding foreigners hailed them
as a great attraction. They were billed
as special features at many Of the eS-
positions during that time, and had runs
OF many months duration at the princi-
pal music halls and theaters. Their
presentation is a tableauX militant In
which many of the picturesque ana
typicaI incidents occurring in times OF
peace and war are reproduced with
fidelity.
Chris Richards will he the extTaordi-
nary attraction. and this nimble star
OF dancing eccentriciues. 1t is promised
will prove an innovation The othei
| acts are largely comedy offerings
The Washington times., 1908-03-08
Olga MEMBERSHIPS ENGAGEMENT.

Olga Nethersoie's art reached its apo
gee some ten years ago, and since that
time the public has noted a very grad
ual decline. This decline may be pure
" relative, the public appreciating now,
as IL has never done before. a many
sided art. an art when is psychic as
well as physical. but the result is the
same. Miss NsthersOle.s work has not
now that universal appeal which made
her name one Of the guiding STAYS in
the theatrical armament a decade ago.
No one can charge her with having be-
come careless In her work She portrays
the Iachrymose heroine with all the de-
tail of her haIcyon days, and there IS
in her strong emotional scenes a sort
OF elemental force that must always
command attention. But there is not
10 be found in her work quality which
impresses and cOnvinces the auditors
subconscious self One grievous fault 70
be found with her acting is-a most un-
fortunate tendency TO essay each role
with great languor-
In Paul HerNieu's The Avn kening
Miss Nethersole evInced strong emo
tionaI powers for a few brief moments
| IN the second act, and her technique
was such as to deserve hearty CONNER
dalton. The same may be said Of her Il
/ PagliaccI'' but the best work Of her
weeks engagement at the National was
| seen in "Sapho" Friday evening. when,
/ in the role in which she achieved much
unpleasant notoriety some years ago,
| she enacted a difficult and unsympa-
thetic part with great force and con-
viction Her third act was remark
able piece Of emotional acting which
commanded the undivided attention OF
every person in the audience. but in
her Quieter moments there was sac
lcharine quantity and quality in he
Voice and manner which served to nul
iHfy the probable impression she created
lin her really notable passages. .-
.'Sapho" loses much Of it's dramatic
appeal on account of the absurdly Ions
supper scene in the third act. The di
ialogue of this portion of the play hai
neither wit nor reason to commend It
land could be eliminated without affect
ling the actor in any degree. and the an
ldience would thereby be released at n;5
instead of midnight.
The Washington times., 1908-03-08

A dramatic treat is promised the pa
irons OF the New NJ tiOnal when Flea
nor Robson, the dainty actress. and her
company Of players present the Ca
ifornia play, -'Salomy Jane at the
evening performances, and Israel Zang-
wills charming comedy, Nurse Mar
jCrie" at the Saturday matinee. Dur
ms last season at the Liberty Theater,
New York there was a decided approval
manifested at Paul Armstrong latest
effort On every hand there were lauda-
tory criticisms from both press ana pub
lie. and the big theater was crowded
continuously during the engagement 10
sec what has been described as the
greatest play vt written by an Amer
lean.
The story IS one that is based upon
ore of the same name. and il depicts
the life In California shortly after the
gold fever had abated. when the emf
grant population OF the East had set
tied down TO agricultural pursuits The
story Itself is just a tale of woman S
| love and mans faithfulness, with the
| necessary mOdicum of complications
worked in 30 give il consistency It is
| said TO be big and broad. and breathe
/ the spirit of the redWOOds; TO carry with
| il the atmos phere of truth, the purity
Of a good woman, the vengeful justice
! that existed in those days before tbs
/ law had crossed the divides. and IN,
necessity for strong women and pow
lerfuI men TO cope with the condition:
of a new country. Everyone who ha.
seen the play has expressed admira
ton for it, and the praise that hs.
beer bestowed upon Miss Robson il
| the name part has been remarkable.
At the Saturday matinee performanc,
only. Nurse Marjorie, % by Israel Fang
will. who provided Merely Mary Ann
1 for the same actress. will be the offer
ing. The character played by Mis-
! Robson is that of a nurse. of course
but a nurse slightly different from tn
familiar type, inasmuch as she ha
taken up the role. not for any motiy
of pIaywr. ght's necessity, but from tn
belief that il is a woman's duty 10 d.
work ia the world that Will be a bench
20 its people. The principal male char
tacter of the story is John Danbury, N
P. as played by II. 3. Warner. Tha
| OF Captain Danbury, his father is play
| ed by Z. NJ Holland. who has bee
especially engaged for the role.
Liebler < Co. have surrounded Mis-
Robson with group of players tina
/. includes such as George w Wilson
Ada Dwyer, Earl Brown, A. s LipmaT
Scott Cooper, and Thomas Graham,
The Washington times., 1908-03-08
KAS6oS f'Onr
tAaa16e EootiQ1ts

years at the Bijou Theater. New YORK
city, will be seen here in a repertoire 10
be seIec: I'd from the following plays, A
Dolls House" redda Gablers' ''Lhe
Master Builder" Confess Coquette,
and THE comet" Nine. Nazimova
will be accom- by the same cast
of players vhich were seen in ner sup
mort during her New York engagement.
Since the announcement of the title Of
James Forbes new play, The Travel
ing Salesman" I'm which Henry b. Har-
ris win present Thomas W. Ross at the
Columbia >'Theater, March 16, numerous
letters have been received at the offices
of Mr.. Harris from travelling statesmen
as 10 the prin pals of the plot, but the
plot is not to be divulged until the night
of the opening.
Beatrice Priest. a popular member OF
the Aborn Opera Company during their
summer season at the National Theater,
will be back in Washington, when The
| Follieg of 1907" come to this same thea
/ ter. Miss Priest viii again be a mem
Der. OF the ARorn forces this summer.
| Valerie Bergere was constantly under
the care of a throat specialist during hsI
! engagement at Chase's last week. Miss
| Bergere viii be compelled to go abroad
/ the coming summer for rest and change
OF climate if she is to appear In Amer
/! lea again next season.
Elsie Janis has added to her. repertoire
of limitations a ''take-ofr'' of Nile. Genes
Of The Soul kiss company. --------
The Washington times., 1908-03-08
MISS ANGLIN TO PLAY
20 WEEKS IN SYDNEY

Margaret Angliu Will next week COM
plete her experiment with her new play,
The Awakening OF Helena Rltcile'
and after a brief rest will resume hef
starring tour with Henry Miller IN Inc
Great Divide" Monday. March 81. Il
Nav % Miss Anglin will sail by the
Canadian Pacific Steamship Line from
Vancouver. British Columbia. aeeompah-
led by two friends. who are 10 be heI
guests. and by her secretary and two
maids. She will open in Sydaey June q
and after twenty weeks she will return
10 America and present The AWdheh'
ms, 81 Helena Richie" in New York.
The Washington times., 1908-03-08
NINE. SEMBRICH IN CONCERT
AT NATIONAL TUESDAY

Nine. Sembrich, VINO is 10 be heard
here March 10. is the last Of the school
of Bel CantO and Coioratura- In Berlin
they call Sembrich the Polish nightin-
gale. In Prague. the home OF Dvorak.
they call her Jenny Lind RedivIvus.'
Mr.. Krehbiel, the famous New York
critic OF the Tribune, after a perform
ance OF Lucia" wrote as follows:
Nine. Sembrich is a lovely singer
lovely Of person. Of address. Of voice:
and her artistic requirements in the
limited field in which DonizetUIs opera
called them into activity are OF the
highest rank. Her style is exquisite,
and IS plainly the outgrOwth Of a thor
oughly musical nature
Ia Mime. Sembrich one finds rare
artistic combination Of coloratura sing
ing and ability as an interpreter OF
Heder. Accustomed to the larger forms,
few have been successful with the frag-
lie song; but here Nine. SembTich has
won much praise from critics.
The widespread interest in evidence
since the announcement of the engage
ment was made pTesages warm Tecep-
ton for the singer.
Ellison van HOOse, the tenor, and Mr..
de Zadora. the Polish pianist, will be
the assisting artists, A program, con-
sisting Of operatic arias and songs in
French, German and English, win be
given,
The Washington times., 1908-03-08
Offerings at the Theaters
As Told by The Press Agents

thrown upon their own resources fol. a
livelihood. they make a resolution TO
so conduct themselves as TO be abso-
Iulely independent OF the masculine sex,
aLd in carrying out their campaign pro-
fees 10 be man-haters. one Of them is
by profession "a secretary. another an
uusu stor, while another is a stenog-
raIher.
During the action OF the play their
pronounced views as regards the other
sex involve them in all kinds of lu-
dIcrous complications The idea Of man
hating is kept up until the right Eel
low comes along in each case. and 2
tappv marriage follows. IN the lrst
act the young ladies are shown with
ont employment. In the second act they
obtain positions according TO their ca
Dacities while one Of them, being ad-
Tnjred by a theatrical manager, becomes
star over night At the end OF this
act. through their pronounced views
they are thrown out OF employment.
The men in the story are also pro-
lnounced in their antagOnism toward th5
onDosite sex. but they likewise lose
+befr aversion to the far sex when thesf
independent girls loom up. In tact
the play is a satire on womanly indie
aendeuce. handled in a comedy vein
The Messrs. ShubeTt have supplied
| Girls with cast which includes suci
u,svers as Laura Nelson Hall Amy
/ picard. Zelda Sears, Ruth Maychffe
IFanchon Campbell. Charles Cherry. Her
i,srt Standing. Leslie Kenyon. ant
otDers