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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
STEVENSON STATUE
MEETS APPROVAL

The Stevenson Memorial Statue Com
mission has accepted the model OF the
statue to be dedicated to General Stew
eDson in this city, which was designed
by J. Massey Rhind. Of New York The
model was viewed and approved by the
commission in the office Of Colonel
Bromwell. Superintendent OF Public
Buildings and Grounds.
The model calls for a shaft thirty
feet high, of Triangular shape. with a
group Of figures on either side repre-
senting the cardinal principles Of the
Grand Army of the Republic-fraternity.
loyalty. charity.
Funds for he statue were raised by
the Grand Army, which viii dedicate
iU 10 Gen Benjamin +. Stevenson,
founder of the c. A r. Congress ap-
propriated $4,000 for the pedestal. 1t
VIII be erected in the circular park at
the intersection Of Louisiana avenue,
Seventh and G streets, opposite the
pedestrian statue of General Hancock.
The statue commission appointed by
Congress was composed OF Senator Vet
more and Representative Mccullough,
chairman Of the Senate and House lii
brary Committee. Secretary Of War VII
liam II. Taft; Thomas r. Hopkins. sec
rotary treasurer of the G. A r. Memo
rial Committee. Colonel BrOmweu, Su-
perintendent of Public Buildings and
Grounds. executive officer, and Frank
W. Carpenter, private secretary TO Sec
rotary Taft, secretary OF the commits
sion.
J. Massey Rhind was designated 10
design the statue by the q. A. r. Me-
mortal Committee. Congress specified,
however. that the design must be ap-
proved by the statue commission.
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Fight Against Monopoly

II is an interesting story which
is told on another page of The
Times today, about the echo, in New
Jersey, of The Times efforts in be-
half of fair treatment for Washing
ton by its Gas Monopoly.
1t may well be doubted if there
is a State in which the public serv-
ice interests have a more effective
grip than in New Jersey. The eff
fort to thro,= off the yoke has been
afoot for some years, but It's ae-
complishments have been local, tenn
pOrary, and lot highly effective,
aside from the fact that Senator
Dryden was retired after a deter
mined fight-an achievement alto
gether creditable, and on which the
State deserved all the congratula-
tions it received.
Oddly enough, the effort of The
Washington Times to help Washing
ton has served to place in the hands
of the New jersey progressives the
ammunition with which to make
their fight. The Times, in the be-
ginning of its campaign, engaged
Bol. John MacVicar, secretary of
the American League of Municipal
ties, and one of the country's ac-
knowledged experts in municipal
service and control, to look care
fully into conditions here. Mr.. Mac
Vicar furnished a vast array of
facts about the reasonable cost and
the reasona bic price of gas, and
proved beyond question that Wash
ington pays altogether too much for
It's gas.
These facts. published in The
Times, were taken up by the New
ark Evening News, an independent
paper, and one of the strongest in
New Jersey, and exploited in that
State, with the result that the pub
lies eyes were opened to things
never before realized. Accurate,
expert, statistical information
about the cost Of making and deliv-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
Axe You a whitmaniae7

Literature about Walt Whitman CON
tlnues 10 multiply" writes Don Mar
quis IN Uncle Remus' Magazine for
March. I'm no less than siv diefersr-
periodicals. We have run across the trail
Of the Whitman discussion within the
last few months. And euriousIv enough
nearly everything that is written sbour
MIN contains examples Of the most in
temperate assertion, one party maxine
MN a god O1f-hand and the other deT7,t.
ing MN even the right 20 be called q
poet People who wouldn't ordinarily
vuaILeI ABOUT anything except money
OF I5elilslon seem 70 get very much ex-
as TO Whitman.
ana yet II would be very stranga
tlliig II any mans writings were an Of
suSh uniform excellence that ha di5
not occasionally strike one as. heinz, AMI
obscure, verbose or ridiculous. He msy,
% al mat once IN while and stiU h.
great original But II YOU ten a e-a1,TT-
Inc Whitmaniac that Won fbini- F-si-
uIu considerable slOshiug around he
tween the sublime and the Ridiculous
anu lIlaI you like some Of mis- things and
Cdi stand others even when Won -
HHdt ne Is aiming at. that Whftmanfse
:. 80 - aish t"ay set you down as one
~ : small and rlDald soul It viii sadGen
liHi 70 lose friend, but Won and rbs-
whitman wOrshiper have come tn The
parting Of the ways. '-'0
Two men may differ CONCERNING,
I1ehFy James ana each still be .yiIIID9-
20 acknowledge that the other il r7aS
ana hTothers but 70 disagree aI1oT-+
w nltfnan Is a more serious matter. Tbe
oHly safe Plan 70 pursue il you are cor
him." ' S-i ISdu
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In the Real Garden of Allah"

Some time since. a traveller roaming
about over the East with her camera
made the discovery that the Ben Mora
of Robert Hichen's wonderful novel,
The Garden of Allah" is an actual
o ace. Biskra is its real name. easily
snund on the map. and the photographs
II the new illustrated edition. published
ny Stokes. New York, illustrate the
very phrases OF the book.
And now there comes from an author
ltative source the statement that the
story itself is the faithful narrative of
people still living Boris Androvsky did
fee from his Trappist ClOister. seeking
fCrgetfulness in the desert and find
ing not a restored faith, not a new
idea, but Domini Enhlden, a beautiful
English woman, like himself a seeker
for peace But, unlike the fugitive
Trappist, she still chung with all her
constant, unquestioning soul to the
rigid tenets Of her creed. These two
met as strangers, out there In the des-
ert the mad allurement of which Mr.
Hichens pictures so cOnvincingly; and
they loved and were married all as the
story describes
Before the first ecstasy Of their lonely
honeymoon had died away, the in
evitable discovery came. Boris grew
FESTIVE beneath the prods of his con
science, a Wayfaring French officer add
ed to his uneasiness 'bY cunninglv dis
corning In him renegade & onk: and
Dominf, yeaTning only TO shaiS the sor-
row she felt gnawing at her husbands
heart, learned his secret. In the desert
she first loved him. and in the desert
he confessed his sin; a sin so great
in their faith, that the mere Thought
Of their marriage was Itself biasphemy.
Between them, they saw but one nos
sible course; he should return 10 the
monastery.
Here the action of Mr.. Hichens' novel
ends leaving DOmini in Count An
teoni's garden, consoling her lonely
hours with the little boy. whose ia
Their. igorant OF his birth, sits again
telling beads IN the clOister near Tunis
IT is very interesting TO learn now
what has actually happened IN the sub
sequent life OF the two central char
acters:
"One day" says our informant. news
came TO the reinstated monk that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
ARMOUR SUCCEEDS FISH
AS DIRECTOR Of |. c.

CHICAGO, Feb. 29.-J. ogden Armour,
president Of Armour & Co, viii be
elected a director Of the Illinois Cen
trial on Monday when the delayed stock
holders meeting is held. He will succeed
Stuyvesant Fish, who has given up the
fight against f. II. Hartman in conse-
quence of Judge Balrs decision allowing
Hartman 10 vote the stock held by the
Union Pacific Railroad Company
John J. Mitchell. president of the I'LL
nois Trust and Savings Bank, was slated
for the place now held by Mr. Fish
but to the suggestion that he accept a
place on the Illinois Central directorate
he has replied that he is reaching a
time of life when he does not care 70
add new responsibilities to those he has
already.
Mr.. Armour will be elected to the
place, as IL has been decided by Mr.
Hartman that it should so to resident
of Chicago and a citizen OF Illinois.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
CHINESE EDUCATION.

There are no free schools in China.
and e there were they would have no
pupils The poor people educate their
own sons and daughters. and it does
not take them long. When a hoy can
count up to ten, tell the difference be-
tween kinds of money and can catch
FISH or snare a duck he is thought TO
have all the education needed When
q girl can sew and wash dishes and
tell the time OF day by the clock she
rIust ask for no more.
II one were to ask one thousand
common Cinnamon what other conn
tries comprised the world the answer
would be hat China was the who'll
show.-Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
Baroness Sister
KnO1VS Nothing of
Her Whereabouts

Mystery stn. surrounds the wherea-
bouts. the identity and the strange ca
reer Of the Baroness Won Orendorf, pa
trOness Of Giacia Gala, Notwithstanding
the fact that a sister Of the baroness
has been located IN this city and the
baroness herself maintains a residence
here
At her residence the housekeeper who
has been left in charge was uon-cOm-
initial aga ntoday. She only would
say tat the baroness and her son both
were out or to wn. and had left no word
would re.urS.
A sister % the baroucss-and she SAYS
she IS the only one-keeps a boarding
house IN the northeastern section OF
the city. She enphaticGNy protested
at neT name being DRAGGED into thu
matter. and was almost equally az non
commlttat as 10 the baroness IS the
latter's house servants She prOfesSed
10 know little about her.
have nothing 10 do with this az
talr, she said. What do / kOWn about
the Roy murder or what does my sister
know either as 20 tEat2 or the Urhara-
aDouts OF the baroness I know nothing
! infer that she and her son are In some
virginia retreat weber they will remain
until the baroness sees lit 10 return nm
IoNsiLt0f IS Jne only niece the baroness
mas. am her only sister / know moth
ing OF her connection with rhe C,a1Is
case and the sensational stories mil
lished about her
I'm fact 7 know but little aboUt nv
sister, / am busy with making a liz.
ing ior myself. The baroness had paid
considerable attention no s0rieTy- So,
that IS no reason + should now deDy
her being my sister. Yes. we are raj
ians- AS 10 her husband. his career y,
hers, ! shall have nothing whatever n
say ~
Although the baroness sister ds7 ma,
so state IL is 20 be inferred that tie tvTs
nave known less Of one another's AFFAIR,
since the be rOness became SO devote
TO society ard its eXactiug duties
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
Pastor Asks Kiss
Of Pretty Member;
Resignation Forced

SYRACUSE, y. Y, Feb. 29.-Because
he asked Miss Viola Hays. sixteen years
old, for kiss the Rev. z. Warren
Saphore, rector Of All Saints Episcopal
Church, has been forced TO resign.
The girl told her parents about the
rector's affrOnt. with the result that
they have been making il warm for the
pastor. He says that he was only iOk-
ing with the girl and simply asked her
II she was in the habit of kissing her
escorts. 1t is expected that the trouble
VIII divide the church. The RESIGNATION
is in the hands OF the yestry, and has
not been accepted.
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90 words for de stOEy TelIer.

con Unbending over a Novel" the
title Of an article in the current AGA
denny, which Is based on The Secret
AGENT Of Joseph Conrad. is $ critics
plea for more novels with the quality
of a simple tale" this having been the
authors ingenious Characterization Of
his much discussed book.
"NIr Conrad explains the Academy
writer. in defining a simple tale, docs
the telling and you do the thinking.
The vast relief Of it, To Unoend over
this kind OF book exactly represents
what q large class Of readers want 20
do; and their gratitude TO any author
who gives them a story which neither
Irrltates them by its absurdities nor
hyDnoUzes them by its lofty aims or
psychological subtleties, is deep. At
fectlonate regard and much money await
the skillfuI novelist who is not above
meeting the demands Of those who want
10 Unbend over 2 simple tale
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
MOTHER AND BABES DIE
WHEN DWELLING BURNS

PrTTsBURG, Feb. 29.-FOur persons,
a woman and three children, persisted
early this morning when fire destroyed
two-story frame house occupied by
John Kalmowska, at BIO Breton ave
nue..
The dead are Mrs. Kalmowska and
her three children. All were suf-
located by the smoke before having a
chance to escape.
Several men were playing cards on
the first floor of the building. which is
used as a store, before the flames
broke out.
A dozen other occupants Of the Kali
nlowska house and an adjoining dwell
ling narrowly escaped death by fleeing
in their night clothes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
Sir oliver Lodge a spiritualist.

Sir Oliver Lodge. scientist. and au-
thor Of The Substance Of Faith" the
publication Of which no later than last
spring was attended with so many ex-
pressions OF treasured belief in the
continuity Of life after death. on the
part Of his readers, has become q pFo-
nOunced convert to spiritualism. The
distinguished scholar believes, however
that his new views do not controvert
those he has already voiced, but carry
them 10 a logical fulnllment. THE Sub
stance OF Faith" having been published
by the Harpers on both sides OF the
water. this sequel to IL has astonished
America almost as much as the con
tinent. where for a quarter OF q cen
fury Sir Oliver Lodges name in the
line of scientific thought has been pre-
eminent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
VIII You Speak for the Poor2

S up a Sunday morning collection
chdrens Sunday help suffering
little children destitute
Your Christian Society Epworth League Young
Peoples o a
labor union should
Your frateTnal order is naturally interested charity
belong these organization help
helpful community to
lieve, bertend, upbuild the needy.
Address the
caed Charities Citizens Relief Association
vention of Consumption
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
Debutante's Remarkable Feat
In Mazes Of Giddy Waltz
Startling Facts and Unique Features Set Forth
in Pleasing Form to Be Found in
TomorroW's Times

There is nothing in the word like a
big. comfortable armchair in a we'll
heated room on clustering Sunday
afternoon and evening in March. How
nice IL t. to sit very much negligee'
smoking Il Havana perfecto. or MUNICH
ing chocolate creams, unmindful OF the
bowling wind and deeply engrossed IN
d Sunday newspaper. That's what many
people call real bliss. Without the Sun
day newspaper it would be like a course
dinner without the dessert. and it is
this very dessert that the Sunday Ed
itor Of the Times is concerned about
To be entertaining. the Sunday read
ing must be bright, snappy, thrilling and
engrossing. and this is exactly what is
claimed for the magazine section OF to-
morrow's Times. 1t contains ten scin-
tilatting pages. each handsomely illus
trated. s0...e OF them in gorgeous col
ors. and Il is a safe bet that once
picked I'D IL WIN no, be laid down until
It has been CLEANED from the first col
umn of the first psge TO the last col
umn of the last page.
The Art of Dancing.
Dancing is an art that IS practically
as old as the world. 1t was the mode
OF entertaining great kings and rulers
far back in the dark ages 1t is Just
as popular today as it was then, but
how little the average person knows
Of the statistics concerning IL. have
YOU ever stopped 10 think how far you
would dance during one waltz or
two-step il you had danced n a straight
line instead Of around the room? Then
have you ever multiplied that by the
number Of dances IN one evening and
the result by the number OF dances you
attended during given season. me
answer viii appall you.
The magazine ection OF The Times to-
morrow will tell you al about it, and il
will also give you a faint idea OF the
prep lration that is made every year for
tiE season of penitence. known as Lent.
Have you ever wondered where the fish
YOU eat comes from, or the eggs and
milk? Then think Of the new styles for
the Faster gowns and bonnets- These
cannot be got out IN a day two days.
week. or a month. Many months or
preparation are necessary, ana this sub
iect forms an interesting p1ge IN to
morrow's magazine section.
Famous Cathedral Crumbling.
Tae famous cathedral Of Cologne is
rapidly crumbling 10 dust. 1t has stood
many years. but at last succumbs to
time. the destroyer OF all things, both
animate and inanimate. This has set
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
LABOR LEADERS
SEE PRESIDENT

The President was in conference this
afternoon with Commissioner NELL and
several labUr leaders, and It is under
stood that differences between the vari-
GUS railroads and their employees or the
subject of wage reduction was under
discussion.
Those who saw the President were
W. S. Stone, grand chief of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers; +. W.
Hurley. and +. ". Burgess, assistant
chiefs of the order and Commissioners
NeiH The conference lasted an hour
Both Commissioner NELL and Mr.. Stone
declined to discuss IL as its conclusion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
Athletics and Shoulder Straps.

They have a muss in the National
Guard of New York. At the bottom
of it is athletics. Certain general
officers have concluded that holders
of commissions should not jump
hurdles or vault over a bar, or steal
second base in contests with the en-
listed men. So they are enforcing a
promise made TO the examining
board by a certain Lieut.. Harry
Hillman, worlds hurdle champion
at 22O yards (ndoors), 800 yards
and 440 understanding to the
Athletic Almanac-not TO comPa le
with enlisted men if he should be
made an officer.
Of course, if HiIlman made such
promise he should either keep it or
resign. But he should never have
made any such pledge or been asked
to do so.
The only distinction which should
exist in American military organi-
cations between officers and their
men is that which separates the
boss from his "hands" outside the
army. Abroad the gulf is one OF
the signs OF caste. The nobility
supplied the officers; the peasantry
supplied the men. But here all
ranks supply all classes. There are
young ladies, indeed, who make it a
proverb that in the militia the
incest men are all private soldiers.
Whether they are right or wrong,
the only distinctions which should
be drawn according 10 shoulder
straps among us Americans are
those which are required for disci-
pline and results. And in case of
doubt, an American viii do well not
to press the distinction.
Athletic contests might by that
reasoning be freely permitted be-
tween the two classes. They are in
most militia bodies, and sometimes
even in the regular service. But
the reasoning outlined has a special
aspect when il comes to competitive
athletics.
All military organizations need
men Of strong physique and proven
endurance. Voluntary and spirited
preparations for matches viii do
more TO develop such bodies than a
deal of heavy marching. The more
of that preparation an army can
get the more fighting it can do. So
that, to the Washington judgment,
about the last thing the National
Guard Of New York ought TO sup
press among its officers and men
until there is a clear showing of
hindered discipline-is a healthful
spirit of athletic rivalry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
TIE 4cat and the canary's" Author.

I5rgaret Cameron, who has just pub
lished through the Harpers her first
DO D. bearing the piquant title, 1.-The Cat
ar d the Canary in private life is Mrs.
Hsurison c. Lewis. Although now a
resident OF New York, she is one Of the
many writer's who have spent most OF
their life on the Pacific coast, especially
IN California.
The special literary province Of Mrs
Lewis from the first has been the funny
situation IN the short story which has
a delightful social environment, and tn
PRODUCES agreeable men and women or
the sort most commonly met with Mrs.
Lewis did not begin TO write for pub
LEGATION until she had arrived at young
wOmanhood. when her sparkling stories
soon became known . the magazines,
and appear now from time 20 time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29

PEOPLE to thinking and the question is
oiten asked; ''Will Washington pub
lie buildings crumble away too, and how
soony' This subject is of vital interest
e. every man, woman, and child in the
country, ana you must not fail 10 read
Baron Tal1ahira, the new ambassador
from Japan. and WI Ting-fang, minis
ter from China, have just arrived from
the Orient, and with their coming the
talk of yellow peril fades away as
the dew before the morning sun. The
Times tells you why. one of the bright
est features OF the magazine section is
the weekly interview with "A dramatic
star Ihis-week IL Is with Ethel Barry
more, the idol Of all theatergoers. and,
OF course, everybody wants 10 read what
she has TO say. Not only this, but ev-
eryone should see the drawing OF herself
that she made expressly for The Times
Sunday magazine.
Money Made Of Poison?
Would you refuse to take Uncle Sans
long green if you knew positively that
the ink is deadly poison? Some say it is
and others disagree. The Sunday Times
presents the facts IN the case of one
employee Of the Treasury Department,
who suffered the loss Of an eye by rub
bling it Immediately after she had han
On one OF the inside color nages are
grouped fOuT intensely interesting stOr-
les. Each one is Illustrated in colOrs
ana tell or 2 princess who, although
alive, was dead, how Cupid laughed at
an irate parents objection and subse-
quent Injunction a mans contest of his
fathers estate to prove that he is y
white man after many years life with
Indians, and novel reunion Of hddlers.
Honestly, now, doesn't all this sound in-
teresting and inviting2
England's Titled Laundress.
On another page you will find a vivid
description Of titled Englishwoman
who conducts a hat store and laundry.
and who is working out two great phil
anthropic schemes for the poor young
men Of Greac Britain. on this same
page you viii find the pictures OF two
beauties IN the international contest.
Everybody f. Interested in this con-
test Nova Scotia and Sweden have
botu made their choices and The Sunday
Times reprOduces the photographs I'm
the magazine section tomorrow, Be
sure and see them and see how they
compare FSith Miss Frey. Americas
beauty, or even with our own EOla
Rice.
Then there's the page or fashions for
women. Volumes could be written about
the magazine supplement for tomorrow.
but 10 suffiCCs 10 say that the issue OF
out by The Sunday Times, and that is
saying great deal II is truly a very
broad assertion. but .he proof OF the
pudding IS IN the e ing. so get The
Tines tomorrow morning and see II Il
isn't true
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
EDISON IS RECOVERING;
HAD COMFORTABLE NIGHT

NEW YORK, Feb 29.-Attendants AZ
the Manhattan Eve. Ear and ,Ttro.t
Hospital announced today that Thomas
A. Edison passed a most cOnfortabIs
night. rested well, and seems now on
the nigh road to recovery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
A LITTLE REVISION OF BURNS.

A ither folk are fu' o. faults
And O. their morals I've ma dou'ts-
o. wad some power the giftie gle them
To see themselves as / can see themt
Success Magazine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-29
TO THINK OF 1T

And now they've even brought The
Last Rose Of Summer" into fl! Just
listen:
1.-THE last jug of Bourbon
Left standing alone;
All the colonies that tapped It
Are faded and gone.
No ghost Of a cocktail,
No old friends I'm view
To reflect back, Drink heartyr
Here's JOokin' at you. f"
Atlanta Constitution.
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permit the immediate construction OF the
big new navy she is going 10 have.
Thus IS some other naval power de-
prived of a prospective entertainment.