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band how he likes her hat till it's
too late t kick"
The men have theory it was not
the sight Of herself that brought
Lovely Woman to her senses about
these Merry Widow" contraptions'
1t vas the sight of the other wom-
an. When even that gawkish crea-
tlre got one, then there could be no
doubting that Merry Widow hats
we're not only cheap but common
So down they went and out, and the
mushroom came up. 1t will stay up
for month or so-until every poor
man in towr has handed out the
money he meant to spend on new
fishing tackle-and then it will meet
its Waterloo.
Before some other new-fangled
bonnet? Never in the world. Before
some unassuming little woman that
comes out on the hotel piazza and is
Immediately surrounded by the men.
What kind of a hat will she have
on? Fie, gentle reader, tie! She VIII
come ont bareheaded.
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The Merry Widow Down and Out

The unpretending mushroom has
put the Merry Widow in the
shade. It is a proposition as perPleN-
ing as the conflict between the neb-
ular and planetesimal hypothesis
70 tell how so large a thing has
been eclipsed by one so much small
er, but it is done The Merry
Widow" is down and out.
Mere Man expected this from the
first. What his pretty sisters need
IS not to be hidden, but to be
framed. The woman folks would not
see II. of course. And after they put
the new hat on they couldn't see
that or anything else, except the
headgear. But the men saw it. and
for once they knew more about
woman's hats than she knew her
self.
Then the Juror when the thing
came home, In the first place there
was a dent in the box that showed
] EltdilN llt bpA Att DiAl u NN+ -1A'' 80
eel against the handle-bars. Every
body did hope the hat wasn't IN
iured. It wasn't If it had been a
dainty little toque or a simple sail
or it would have been bumped full
of holes, but a Merry Widow
could travel steerage to Korea
where they have been wearing them
for ten centuries-and not show a
scratch.
The whole family was called to
admire when the thing was balanced
| in place. isn't it a little large, my
dear?" asked grandmother. "Oh, no!
| Why it isn't extreme at all" And
/ Mere Man stood by like a craven
his tongue failing to utter the
thoughts that arose in him. If he
knew that genial philosopher who
speaks through the indianapolis
News. he probably recalled that Abe
| Martin said
/ "A woman never asks her hus
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-29
Smart" But Not Good Sense.

What the people want and intend
to obtain as TO campaign contribu-
tions is this:
Legislation in plain English, I'M
hampered by coupling 10 any other
subject, requiring the several PoIiti-
cal parties 10 publish the names Of
contributors and the amounts con-
tributed. together with such restric-
lions as viii make it unlawful to
accept contributions from corpora
tiOns.
What the people do not want is
this:
Further cheapening of the fran
chise, whether TO require Southern
States TO throw open their polls TO
a corruptible vote or otherwise.
What the people viii not accept is
this:
A story that by coupling the cam
paign contributions project with
one to reduce the representation Of
Southern States in Congress, the
Republican party has met its obliga-
tons
Because the Republican party is
in absolute control of the Govern
ment, it can legislate as it chooses
TO prevent corruption at the polls,
and its refusal 10 legislate wisely 10
that end is a plain and unmistakable
failure 10 meet its duty to the PEG;
pie. "Hazing" the Democrats over
the Northumberland of the negro
may be smart" but it is not good
sense.
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Miss Katherine Clabaugh left Wash
iEgtOn this morning Ter Philadelphia,
where she will be the maid OF honor
at the marriage Of her cousin, Miss
Ellen Hewson, 10 Walter douglas, jr-.
Monday. June ]. Ia ST.. Stephens Epis-
Copal Church.
T. $. Thropp, son Of Hr. and Mrs.
Joseph +. Thropp. OF Washington and
Philadelphia, viii be the best man. and
the others in the bridal party VIII be
Of Philadelphia
Miss CIabaugl and Miss HeWson were
debutantes OF a year go and Miss Hew-
son has frequently visited Miss Ga
baugh in hex washington home, and is
well known here.
Miss CIabaugh viii remain i'm Phiia-
deIpHla until after the wedding and will
attend a number of the festivities
which have been planned in honor Of
the bridal party Later she viii return
10 Washington and early ia June Will
go with her parents Chief Justice OF
the District Supreme Court and Airs
II. n ClabauCh, % the Blue Ridge
mountains for the summer.
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FRIDAY. MAY g. 1908.
A Big Difference.

As the President of France took
his constitutional around York
House the other day, as guest of
the King Of England, was it possible
for him to escape the reflection that
a hundred years ago Napoleon was
the plague of Europe and the
dearest enemy of the English?
In 1905 the little Corsican seemed
about 10 become another Alexander,
and all Europe was trembling at the
mention of his name. Now the head
of the French nation crosses the
British channel in one of his own
warships and is welcomed by the
thunders of a British feet and the
plaudits of the London pOpulace.
The King and Queen of a friendly
nation decorate their home witt La
France roses and toasts are drunk
TO the long life and prosperity OF
the two peoples once mortal rivals.
Conceivably, a hundred years ago
Napoleon, sage as were his thoughts,
could not have forecast such a
neighborly event. Yet the friend
ship of England and France is a
welI-estabHshed fact, though the
progress of events which now cul-
inmates in this happy meeting of
King and President, imperialist and
republican, has been barely per
ceptible.
Peace makes her Roadway more
subtly as well as more slowly than
war, but with vastly more surety
Competition, rivalry, even jealousy
may remain, and probably viii, but
Fthe unreasoning violence that leads
to war is gradually passing away.
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.CHLOROFORM RHINO
TO FIX HIS EYES
Big Animal AbsOrbs StupendOus
Dose of Anesthetic Before
Operation for Cataract.

NEW YORK, May 29-Mogul. the
tTO-year-0ld rhiuOcerOs that was i'm
ported into the Bronx 100 from India
about a year ago, underwent an opera
ton for cataract yesterday. Half a
dozen keepers roped him and threw him
on a bed Of fresh grass. and the sur
ge0ns got TO work.
When IL came 20 the application OF
anesthetics, the operators found that
MoguI didn't answer to the spraying OF
the chloroform up his nOstTils any more
than II fl We're so much fog. Finally
they made some c0ruuCOpias and poured
the stuff into him. Even then 81 took a
pound and three-quarters Of chloro-urm
and half a pound Of ether 10 down him.
That is about three and a half times as
much as they have 10 use on a full
grown horse.
The operation Itself. which was per
formed by Dr. George Van Mater, pro-
fessor of ophthalmoIogy at the New
York American Veterinary College. OF
BROOKLYN. included the making of q
T IucisiCn 70 divide the anterior capsule
OF the crystalline lens and so allow the
milky matter to escape into the anterior
chamber OF the eye. The least mac
Curacy Of inCisiOn would have released
the aqueous humOr and brought on t)ta
blindness by causing "A hemorThagc II
the viterOus chamber. MOgul had cat
araCIs IN both eyes and the needing
took about half an hour
Ia about four weeks when the milky
matter released by the T inc!sion is alb
s0rbed. 10 is expected that MOgul vii
be possessed OF perfect vision.
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of power and influence. Second only
to her admirable ability has been
the valuable force of her example.
Mrs. Howe has played many and
admirable parts, She might have
been content to write the great war
song of the North; but her spirit
was too broad and too ardent ever
to be limited in that fashion. So we
find her entering her ninetieth year
still grazing and stimulating our
public life with her charming pres
ence and mellow philosophy.
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BRISTOL GETS POST
IN SOUTH AMERICA
Distant Assignment of New
Bishop Was Not Unex-
pected by Friends.

BALTIMORE. May 2s.-The assign
ment OF Bishop Frank n. Bristol 10
Buenos Ayres did not come wholly as
surprise 10 the general conference OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church al its
convention here
Il is usually the custom for the newly
elected bishops 10 be assigned 20 dis
tant or less desirable posts and give
those who have served a longer term
the more popular districts. The epis-
cOpacy committee brought in its report
yesterday containing the assignments
OF newly elected bishops and transfers
OF others already ia charge Of various
reside noes. The assignments or new
bishops D. as follows,
Boston. Mass.-JOhu W Hamilton.
Eueuos Ayres-FTauk ". Bristol.
Buffalo, y. I.-JOun W Perry.
Chattanooga, Teun.-Wiliam f. An
deTsOu.
Cincinnati, Ohio-David II. Moore.
ChIcagO-William +. Mcdowell
Denver COl.-EenTy ~ Warren.
Foo Chow. ChIHa-W. s. Lewis.
New Orleans, La.-ThOWas 3. Neelys
New Nork-Dauiel A G0odseI-
Oklahoma CiJy-Wuliam A. Quayle-
Omqha-J0hn l. Nuelseu.
Pekin, China IS. BashfOrd.
| Dhia-Luther B. Wilson.
81. Paul. MinH.-RObeTt Mcintyre
| St. Louis, MO.-Henry Speilmyer.
| San FrancisCO-EdWin Il. Hughes.
| Washington, D. Carl Cranston-
! Zurich. STANDARDIZATION Burt
| Portland. Orc. W Smith.
! The changes IN residences are as fol-
! lows: Bishop Nicely. from Bucnos
/ AyTcs South America, TO New Orleans
| To Boston; Bishop GoOdseu, from Bos-
| ten 10 New York Bishop LutheT B..
! Wilson, from Chattanooga 70 Philadel-
phia.
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Mrs. Howe.

The New England Women's Club
celebrated, last Wednesday, the
eighty-ninth birthday of its dis
tinguished president, Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe, and the fortieth ami
versary Of it's own foundation, an
event which may be said 10 mark
the beginning of Mrs. Howe's highly
serviceable public life. For surely the
service that this accomplished wom-
an has done for humanity in general
and for wOmanhoOd in particular
must sanction the broadening of
public life" to include the activi-
ties of the true feminine philan-
thropist. The narrow, popular sig
nifcance of the term gives too much
TO the politician and too little, or
nothing at all, to the philosophical
woman.
From the fruitful history of the
New England Women's CLUB the
public career of Mrs. Howe is in
separable. The successes Of the or
ganization have been largely linked
with hers. She was one of the
speakers at the first public meeting
of the club. held at old Chickering
Hall, forty years ago next Satur-
dav; she played an active part in
the passage of the first woman suf-
frage act, which opened the ranks
Of school boards TO women; and she
did much, and still does much, TO at
tract 70 the seryiceable life women
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FARCE PLAY ENDS
WHEN HEN CACKLES

VINELAND, y J.. May "a hsn's
tuneful. lay broke up the production of
a farce comedy which the ladies' Of the
Wausholm Club were ore -entiug
'Biddy" came on as part Of the be-
longings Of Aunt Sarah. from the coun-
try, and just as a solemn part in The
play was reached she began 10 Cackle
Justify.
The audience roared. while the actors
tried 10 smother the hen with a shawl
but The infection was too much. and
soon the actors and audience laughed
until the s0ngster was removed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-29
Jusserands Entertain.

The French Ambassador and Nine.
Jussrrand entertained at dinner last
evening and had as their guests the
Secretary of state. Elihu Root: the
Minister from Colombia and Nine.
Cortes. Robert Bacon, Assistant Score
tary Of State; the American Minister
to Venezuela and Mrs. w. w Russell.
Countess de BuissereJ. the Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury and Mrs.
Beekman Winthrop. Mrs Nicholas Fish,
Mile. du CIeUx. Colonel BTOmWeN VI.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-29
White House Callers

Senator Ankeny OF washington.
Speaker Cannon.
REPRESENTATIVE John Sharp Williams Of
Mississippi.
CawIey of New York
Mcdonald of Texas.
Butler OF Pennsylvania,
Fassett Of New York.
SulZer OF New York.
Bennett of New York
Ellis Of Oregon.
Hawley of Oregon
Underwood of Alabama
Paul Morton, of New York
The Cabinet met at II o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-29
The Form, Not the Substance.

The effort to present a history of
the Congress session which is about
to end, and TO catalogue its accom-
plishments and failures, viii be ut
terly useless, and it's conclusions
misleading, unless the substance as
well as the titles of new laws is
considered.
The session viii lay claim to vast
" more than has been done; and
the claim will be based on a sound
ing list of titles, representing legis-
lation passed. The Republicans will
make claim TO the distinction of
having passed an immense amount
of progressive legislation, and will
refute with the record the charge
that they have permitted this to be
a do-nothing session.
But the truth is that most Of the
progressive legislation passed is
cheap, tawdry makcshift. Instead
of being sterling ware it is plated,
and mighty thinly plated at thai. 1t
represents the very minimum that
could be granted in order to go
through the forms of Legislation,
and to make up a list of impressive
titles for campaign uses. Not in
many years, if ever, has the bust
ness of fake legislation" been car
ricd so far as this session.
There are two reasons why this
fake legislation" system ought TO
be rebuked by the country. and
discouraged for the future. One is
tat a sound rebuke right now
would show that the people are too
intelligent to be fooled in such
fashion. 1t would discourage eff
forts in future sessions TO bunco
the community,
Another reason why nickel-plated
legislation, palmed of on the coun-
trv as solid silver, ought to be eN-
Dosed. is that as soon as meaning
less and ineffective law is placed on
the statute books on a given sub
iect. it adds greatly to the difficulty
Of getting a better one. That is
why the labor organizations wisely
took the ground that they would
rather have no anti-injunctiou legis-
lation this year than to take what
was offered them. They would
rather wait a session or two, in the
hope of getting real relief, than to
take something now which would dc
them little good, but would always
be pleaded hereafter as the evidence
that nothing more was needed.
Somebody competent to do the
work ought, without inspiration
from any campaign treasury, TO
make an honest, straightforward
analysis of the legislative output OF
this session; to give credit where
c-edit is due; TO expose frauds anC
fakes and shams; to show the rot
tenness behind the varnish; Il
strip of thin veneers. That worl
should be done disinterestedly, and
lin the public interest alone. II
would prove the insincerity of Z
large part of the so-called accom-
Dlishment of the session, and would
reveal, If the records be worked on
in detail, that no party is entitled
TO all the blame or all the credit o
the session.
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IN THE HOUSE.

Under suspension Of the rules the House
considered bills for surveys of public
lands i'm the Western States.
Mr.. Sims Of Tennessee introduced a bill
to prohibit members OF Congress and
Government officials from owning any
stocks or bonds in Jhe public service
corporations Of the District.
The House is ready 10 adjourn when
ever the Sena,e announces II is ready
Tor such action.
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WHAT CONGRESS DID
IN THE SENATE.

The Senate met at Il O'Clock and al
most Immediately began consideration
Of the conference report on the cur
rency bill. with Senator La Toilette
aided By Senator CulbersOn. Demo
Crat. dlibusteTing against Il.
Senator BeyeTidge OF Indiana tried to
get a time fixed for consideration Of
the publicity bin, but Senator Bur
rows Of Michigan objected.
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ERICSSON TO REMAIN HERE.

CHICAGO May Getty Engineer
John Ericsson yesterday decided that he
is frretrievably an American and de
cIined by cablegram the offer of s oCk-
holm. Sweden. 10 accept the position OF
director Of public works
The cable which he sent IL reply was
as follows.
..The Hon. J. Gust Richert, Stock
holm. Sweden. Have concluded to re-
main in America, as I love the United
States. JOHN ERICSSON
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TIE CHICAGO IDEA.

Mrs. Lake Front: Here's a story N
the paper about a bridegroom who
tainted away during the ceremony
7ront's fourth venture. Probably IL
was the frst time the unfortunate feA-
low had been married. Exchange.
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Ever since the Postofce building was
COMPLETED there has been more or less
controversy as to the appropriateness OF
tie architectural scheme Some defect
beauty of design IN the three arches
which span the principal entrances 10
the building while others see nothing
but a crude cave-like entrance, utterly
devoid OF beauty. Some admire the
square granite tower which rises rather
suddenly from the massive structure,
and others think IL incongruous anu
out Of keeping with the whole.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-29

markable array OF articles sent
through the United States mails,
ranging from snakes to the famous dog
that travelled all over the United states
in tn, mail cars. You also can see the
hundr eds OF clerks in the Dead Letter
Once struggling with flegible hand
writings and missent mail thaU IS
enough to drive an ordinary mortal 10
a padded cell.
THE building itself is admirably
adapted for its purpose. The ground
and mezzanine floors are used for the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-29
CARR GIVEN HEARING.

Edward 3. carr, fgrty-five years Of
age wanted by the Washington police
FOR passing two alleged worthless checks
on local hotel, was given a hearing
yesterday in SunbuUy, Pa. and held
IN the sum OF 5000 for a further eX-
animation June S. Detective CUruwel
attended the hearing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-29

Iardac. Of France; his son-in-law and
daughter, whom ne is visiting. the Wis
count and NiscOuntess de MarteI. and
Niscuunt de ChambTun, OF the en-
bassy STAFF.
Mrs. Pearre. wife Of Representative
PeaTT1 Of Maryland, mas gone 10 their
country home near Cumberland, Md,
for tie summer. Representative PeaTre
viii close their apartment in the West
moreIaud and join his wife as soon as
Congress closes
DR. and Mrs. Chatard. Of Baltimore
and Washington. expected 20 have the
Rev DR. Hodges Of ST pauls Epls-
CJpaI Church. Baltimore, aP their guest
iog q few days, but lie was detained IN
Baltimore
Or. ana Mrs. Chatard will close their
Washington home on Rhode Island ave
hue ana Will go 10 the Virginia White
sulphur Springs late ia June
BENJAMIN 3. Noyes. OF Baltimore. and
his daughter. Miss Louisa Noyes, are
the quests of Mrs. :. William Lee IL
her home on Maryland avenue for sew
eTal days
Among those sailing tomorrow on the
steamship kOenigeu Lulse. Of the North
German Lloyd line from New York for
Genoa via Gibraltar and Naples, from
Washington are Mrs q. p Ashley, Miss
ReL-cCs Ashley, Miss FlOrsnce Brig
ham. Mrs. J. l.. Baum, Miss Elizabeth
Donaldson. Miss Charlotte Gardner, Miss
Autsiuctte Gardner, Miss Irene McINln-
Hey. Miss May Peabody, Miss Margaret
EleSinE-
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massive

THAT massive
building,
ladies and
gentlemen, is the
PostomCe building
II contains the City
Postomce and also
is the home Of the
Postomce Depart
ment. It is one OF
the newest Govern
ment buildings in
the city, having
been occupied only
ten years.
"A visit 10 the
building would well
repay you for your
trouble, for the
Dead Letter Office
exhibit there is one
of the most inter
esting sights to be
found anywhere in
the CITY. There
v-D1 will see q re-
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CAPTAIN and Mrs. SummeTln were
dinner hosts last evening IN honor o.
Miss Juliette Williams whose marriage
10 Joseph Letter viii take place june TO-
Miss Williams Will. doubtless, be uE-
attended nj her wedding which Is TO
be very quiet and witnessed only Dy
relatives. Her two younger sisters.
Dorothy and FTauCise. may be her
bridesmaids, but this has not been de
Cided uuon vet. one hundred and MY
have been asked TO the breakfast at
RauScneT'S.
Among the guests invited to meet Miss
Williams were Mr.. and Mrs Paul Pear
sail. General and Mrs. Johnson, DT. ana
Mrs Mitchell. Mrs. Roscoe c. Eulmerr
Miss Alice VaudergrIft. Miss Eleanor
Terry. CAPTAIN Logan. Jerome Bona
pa-te, and Preston Gibson.
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Seeing Washington With The Times Guide

done. During that
time other relative
~ Insignificant mu-
inequalities secured
ma gnihcent appro-
priations for post
Offices, while Wash
ingtOn was neglect
ed.
"The buildin g
which you see
before you cost
the Govern m e n I
S3.50O,O00. The site
alone cost 5000. 600.
It may surprise you
TO learn tina. al
though three-GUar-
tiers OF the mail
handled at the City
POstomce is OF an
official character,
brin gingin not a cent
Of revenue the Office
annually makes a
profit Of 10000.
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Baroness Delays EEAR

baroness .Tdkahira, wife Of the JaDa-
nese. ambassador. who was expected 20
return 10 this country about the middle
of June. sailing about May so, has
changed her plans somewhat and VIII
not sail until June 10.
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Miss Vandergrift Leaves.

Miss Alice Vandergrift left Washing
ton this morning for Annapolis, where
she will remain for June week Miss
Marion -yeuJze, daughter of Rear Ad-
there Wednesday, TO remain until Fri
day.
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CITY Postoffice, and the rest of the
building is occupied by the POstOfice
Department, with its numerous divi-
sions The growing wants of the de
partment, as the scope of It's work
broadens.- makes il apparent that il
will be only a matter of few years
when the department may crowd the
CITY Postoffice out.
''5The question Of establishing a build
ing to accommodate the City POstOhiCe
occupied the attention Of Congress for
.Veuty-fve years before anything was
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Miss Leutze viii go TO Chicago for the
convention. June IS. and at the close
of that Will go 10 Denver, where she
VIII be the guest or Mrs. B. +. TritCh
fO- the summer. and viii attend the
Democratic convention there in July
Mrs TritCh is we'll known in Washing
ton. where she spent last winter at the
Highlands.
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Gen. and Mrs J. Franklin Ben VIII
give mn their APARTMENTS at the High
lands Monday. and viii so 10 Fort
Nvpr. where they VIII take possession
of the house formerly. occupied by Gen
eraI and Mrs. Humphrey.