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The Washington times., 1908-08-29
Three Object Lessons.

We are all alarmed at me feminiza
ton of our schools. We ali hoped that
when the miserably low pay of our
teachers was made fairly decent we
might keep the few men we have had
in our local system. Yet in the sum
mer now closing we have lost the fol-
lowing excellent men teachers:
Charles S. Clarke, director of inter-
mediate instruction, to Someryille.
Mass.
William " Black, supervising prin-
cipal, to Bloomington, III.
Gilbert Kelly, teacher in the Central
High School, to Aurora, III.
The first of these cities has a popu-
lation of 1913; the second 23,286; the
third, 24,l47. Yet they have been able
TO buy men teachers from Washing
ton. There's a reason.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29

r. T the southeast corner Of Four
"A teenth and i streets, ladies
\ and gentlemen. you see All
Souls Unitarian Church, the ehuFch
where William Howerd Taft, Repubh-
can candidate for President. worships.
If Mr.. Taft becomes the next Presi-
dent of the United States. the country
,-iH again see the executive family
divided in religious views as in the
Roosevelt case Both Mrs. Taft and
Mrs. Roosevelt are communicates OF 81.
Johns Episcopal Churcn. the President
vorships at the Dutch Reformed
church and AZ. Taft Is a regular az
tehdant at All Souls Unitarian Church.
when he is in Washington.
..The present edihce mas not oeen
bnilt much over twenty years, and be-
fore its erection the congregation wor-
shipped in the old Police Court build
ing or what aftsrward became the Po-
Ice Court IN Fifteenth street. betwee3
q and y streets northwest
The first church was erected IN Isl,
aud the church numbered among It's
members such iliustrious men as cal
houn, Daniel Webster. and Bulfnch.
The bell Of this church. which was af-
terward removed TO the new edifice ard
which stil calls tarey devotees 10 pray
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
City and Country Life.

Again the President extends a sym
pathetic hand TO the farmers. Il hope"
said he TO the audience attending the
dedication OF the public library at
Jordsnville, y. Y, Il hope in the course
of few decades TO see the farmers
bending their energies toward making
life in the country more interesting
and more attractive, and in educating
our people to understand how really
attractive our country life Is at pres
emit"
At present country life Is we'll an
derstood and we'll appreciated by
crowds of boarders and dodgers from
the city, and we might 90 80 far As
TO assert that the farmers have long
been bending their energies toward
making life in the country more inter
esting and attractive There are mort
bund hamlets. bur wherever there is
any progressive spirit at all YOU viii
tsHd the church. the library, the town
ball with It's accommodations for stroll
ing Thespians, the tavern with its
garage, the cottage with its prospectus
eulogizing the pure country air and
the excellent board
Even eoneedins the exceptions to
every rule. the farmer. instead OF be
ing made an object of sympathy, de
serves congratuiation Tor the progress
he has made, partly by means of his
own energy, partly through the co
operation of tie agents of public serv-
ice work, such as the telephone and the
trolley car, partly under the benefeent
attention Of wise Statesmen and shrewd
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
ADOWN The YEARS

Let US bark back to the Little old
Town.
Back where the sunshine drips dreamiiy
Splitting its gold where the blossoming
Bend and are kissed by each wander
ing breeze.
Let US again lift the old-fashioned latch
And at the gate welcome melodies
Lifting refrains that with happiness
voiced by our friends of the dim Long
Ago.
Mother is waiting 90 welcome us there.
Back where the perfume of, lilac and
AIingie their sweetness: where dreamily
Visions of days ere we wandered and
Tortuous paths which our footsteps led
Let US Sit down by the vino-oovered
And ponder and dream of those sweet
days OF gore
Let us 60 out where the river flows on.
Just as it did in our sweet childhood's
dawn.
In its reflection we may catch a CLEAN
OF the old days when we rOmped by
the stream
Just over yonder we view through the
mist,
Lush bIossonled fields which our bare
feet have kissed.
Come let us w nder and ponder anew
JOYS which fond Memory carries US TO-
Then let us so. as the Sun dips from
sight.
To the old home in the fading twilight
List 10 the songs that were suns long
ago,
Then as our eyelids droop YEARLY down.
And even's hush Gains the Little Old
Town.
With our head pillowed on desr moth
er's breast.
Drift to the aisies OF the I.reau and. at
Los Angeles Express.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29

e.. was casI by Paul Revere, ia 1871.
and stiH PEARS his name.
When In the old edtfice it was the
largest bell in Washington, and was
used 10 announce weddings, births,
deaths, al. well rs being a general FIRE
alarm IN the days before the big gong
was constructed near the corner of
Fourteenth and @ streets. the ringing
Of this hell 1T night meant fire, and
many citizen has been reused from
slumber by its tollinE
Ever since the bell was hrst placed
IN position il has joyously toiled IN the
election Of President. and when
through sickness or assassination
President hes passed away, the tolling
OF this bell has announced the passing.
The Rev. I. g. r Pierce, the pas
tor OF All Souls Unitarian Church. was
born in Providence, r. l., in 1865.
During the last few years the church
has become known as the church where
Secretary Taft TOrships. The Presi-
Dental candidate is = pew holder. Both
his father and mother we're or the Lni-
tartan Church. and his grandfather wis
Oae of the pioneers af that religion in
Connecticut. At Murray Bav. Canada,
" here Mr. Taft spent MS three months
vacation for sixteen years, he has been
en- ardent worker at the Union Chapel
of the Prebysterian and Episcopal
churches, and IL kenny interested in
tie welfare of tie nltIe church.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29

'' Addinston Bruce. whose Riddle Of
Personality was one OF the few signal
successes Of last spring. viii publish
this autumn, through Mofat Yard
4 Co. a book entitled Historic
Ghosts and Ghost Hunters" lt is said
70 be an extremely interesting cole elton
of the most celebrated ghost manifesta-
tons in history and as such would be
well worth while IT any time for its his
toric interest and value. But in these
days 1t acquires an additional Importance
IN view of the recent public awakening in
Psyohieal science, and OF the new light
which is being thrown upon manifesto
lions which. in earlier times, were, fail
ing scientific explanation, universally
assigned to supernatural causes.
Mr.. Bruce, who is. a well-knOWn in
yestigator of psychological phenomena.
and an accomplished historian OF the
various li'les of investigation which have
eliminated in the development or today.
Is said to hav- studied all the recorded
facts bearing upon each OF the celebrat-
ed ghost stories he relates, and follows
each carefully stated story with a care
fully considered modern explanation.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
Th. Civilization Of Ireland.

A volume Of studies in Irish history
bv Alice Stopford Green tMrs. j. r.
Green, is to be published next week
under the title THE Making Of Ireland
and It's Tudoing." II deals with a
Deriod Of Irish history from 1900 to 1e00,
which has until now been practically
Ignored. It has been generally taken
fo-. granted that after "A brief Outburst
of civilization and missionary enterprise
IN the sixth 10 the eighth centuries,
ireland for some unexplained cause re-
Iansed into barbaTism, without any in
tsInlI communications through her own
t-ackIess forests or any external con-
facf zvifr Europe. and without even the
primitive arts of building or OF tillage-
N is supposed that the country was
redeemed from this unfortunate condi-
ton by the Tudor wars. which iaid the
first foundations OF commercial enter
prise and education.
Mrs Green discusses from contempt
rarv records the condition OF Ireland
from the twelfth TO the sixteenth centu-
lies giving the evidences OF European
commerce and internal trade and manu-
fscfIres with special reference TO the
extensive manufacture and foreign
trada in linen and wooden goods. The
national education also is illustrated,
a57d "a cumulative picture of Irish civil
zation is thus built Up which explains
how if happened that this civilization
has been ignored denied. and finally
Forcottan These studies. therefore.
omen M a field of Irish history which
is practically new.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
Editing An Author May Do.

DR. Charles T. Horne. OF the College
Of the City of New York. the author
of The Technique of the Novel re-
Gently published through the Harpers,
has taken q prominent part 10 the work
of editing which OF recent years has
been a characteristic movement In this
country.
Iyr Iiorne's contributions have heen
notably ON history and art. He edited
the series ON great men and famous
women for which Theodore Roosevelt,
Cardinal Gibbons. Bishop Potter, Ed
ward FveAFtt Hale. etc- wrote each
sketch Of his fayorite hero Dr. Horne
vas also editor for the National Alumni
% the first edition OF Great Events ny
Ftrnous Historians" II was in the
course of the latter that he prepared
his outline history Of the world, the
simplicity and accuracy Of which have
added much to this writer reputation.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
His Accused Luck.

The intoxicated individual who. after
humping into the same tree thirteen
times, bemoaned the fact that he was
lost in an impeEetrable forest, is 10
greater disgrace TO modern civilization
than the hero of this story told in
Everybody's.
A citizen of Seattle who had looked
upon the wine when he was no longer
sure what color IL was, in the course
OF hIs journey home encountered "A tree
protected by an iron tTee-guard. Grasp
ing the bars. he cautiously felt his way
around it twice
Curse it, ne moaned. sinking TO the
ground in despair. Locked iui'
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
How Worry Kills.

How Worry Kills.
\ writer in the current Harpers
Weekly describes the physical derange-
ments caused by the Worry habit. That
worFy,' he writes, particularly over
matters OF condition and environment.
viii cause the most positive form of
Indigestion Is proved by a case recorded
in France For the purpose Of expert
ment several noted physicians arranged
with the authorities 10 use as "A subject
a man condemned 10 death. lie was
purposely allowed to hops, for commu-
tation OF sentence until three days be-
fore the official date set for the execu-
ton, when he was Informed that at the
end of that time he would be guii1o-
tined He had been always a healthy.
rugged, athletic man, a heavy eater
who had never known trouble with his
digestive organs or stomach disorders.
Before being told OF his fate, he ate
hearty meal OF various foods, OF which
note was made at the time. After
ward ZEE ate bot little and In decreasing
quantity as ms WOTry increased over
ms approaching execution. When exc
cuted the post-mortem examination dis
covered the food he had eaten tn es
days before still in his stomach and
undigested The organs were perfectly
normal from a pathological point OF
view. but the depressing, pTostFating
effect OF worry on the nerves affecting
the digestive organs had prevented the
stomach from exercising it's function Of
digestion
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
''Seraphica. "

Justin Hunuy Mccarthy. in whose
new Harper novel 'Seraphica the
painter Vatican is a character. has
found clever space there for q charac-
ierization of Watteau's women aud
men. The dainty Seraphica never
tired" says Mr.. Mccarthy, of admir-
ing those exquisite women, whose deli
cate righteousness was rendered more
allurtng and more mysterious i,v their
faint yet almost menacing suggestion OF
a supernatural chastity. She delighted
in the men. too. SO gallant so fOppish,
TOguish. so spiritual in their effrontery,
So whimsical in their desires, so living
SO loving, so dreamlilte. 50 altogether
tragic"
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
"A Royal Boss.

"England's Last Royal Political Boss
is what Edward PoITitt calls George III
i'm his study of the man Ia the June
Century. IL was George HIS control of
parliament, the writer argues and the
methods by which IL was obtained.
which called public attention 10 the
rotten character of the representative
system. and so was begun the movement
for parliamentary reform which Cul-
minated in 1892 in the sweeping changes
from which the beginnings OF modern
political England must be dated.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
BOY BITES SHERIFF;
MAKES HIS ESCAPE
Reading Youth Lacerates Captors
Thumb and Gets Away
for While.

READING. Pa. Aug 2s-WhiIe ~
the station prior 70 starting for Glen
Mills Reformatory today, tweIve-year-
old David Adkins, an incorrigible. ef-
fected his escape by biting Sheriff
Bradley - the thumb.
Adkins fled down the railroad snd
would have gotten away. had he noJ
been overhaUled and captured by an
other boy, who returned him 10 trs
sheriff
As reward The boy VINO effected tbe
capture was taken 70 Glen Mills ~
the sheriff as a deputy.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
ONE OF THE 900"
TELLS OF CRIMEA
William Whitney, of Franklin, Pa,
Was Member of The Light
Brigade.

FRANKLIN, Pa. Aug. z9.-In attend
ance at court here is William Whiting,
Of Cherrytree township. who was one
of the $50 who made the charge at Bala-
klava. in the Crimean War, famed in
Tennyson's Charge OF the Light Bri-
gade" Mr. Whiting is seventy years
I'D but is as straight as an arrow aud
mis- mind is exceptionally clear
I was sixteen years old at the time,
he told q reporter, "hsviaE been born in
England in 1888 II was bloody en-
counter. or the 500 engaged only Isl
were able TO report sfterWaTd, and many
OF them were injured. Ny only wound
was a saber cut on the left wrist, ard
I bear the scar. often think Of my
comrades who fell.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
A New Sphere of Thought.

n Is not often that scientific author
finds an entirely new field i'r his work.
Such. however. has been the good for
tune of ROT Edward A. Ross, Of the
University of Wisconsin, whose Social
Psychology" is the first book on this
subject I'm any language. IN these days
oF political conventions and appeals
to the people there is special timeliness
in much that Prof Ross has to say
about the mob mind, the psychology
of the crowd. and cOgnate tCplcs.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
From The Hague Conference.

Or, \. Pearee Higgins, deputy Whe-
well professor OF International law in
the University of Cambridge, is prepar-
ing for publication the conventions an
neXed 10 the hnaI act of the recent
Hague conference. together with the
o.her international conventions on the
laws of war. The work viii be published
by the Cambridge University Press.
BAT will not be issued until after the
publication OF the forthcoming blue
book, containing the reports of the plen-
aFv meetings Of the conference. and
those Of the various committees and
subcommittee.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29

Persons leaving the city for a
short or long period during the sum
mer may have The Times mailed
o them at the following rates;
Daily, 6 cents a week; daily ard
Sunday, II cents week. All raail
subscriptions are payable strictly in
advance.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
KIMBALL GOES WEST
to- A. R. MEETING
Police Judge Will Make Report to
Annual Encanpment on
"Wednesday.

Judge Ivory G. KlmbaH. Of the United
States branch OF the Police Court, will
leave tomorrow FOR Toledo, where he
win attend the annual encampmeut Of
the Grand Army Of the Republic Dur
ing his absence of two weeks Judge
Mills will act in his place
Judge Kimball is chairman of the ma
tionaI committee on legislation. and viii
deliver his report. probably next We'd
nesdaV
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
CEDARS ARE DYING.

Among other .Tees that are sad 10
be coming 10 an END are the cedsrs on
Rhode Island These picturesque trees
are dying fast. and no one seems -
know the reason. Nor does any ore
know how the cedar of Lebanon 6rst
found itself implanted u the soil OF that
little state -F-Schanga.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
WASTE OF TIME

I'm leave il to Dingbat if that ma
chine amt an aeroplsne."
'Dingbat will bear me out that it's a
helcopter.'
Don't leave IL TO me. gentlemen m
teruosed Dingbat What's the use of
fussing about an airship that won't ny
Exchange.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29

Theodore 2. Shonts announces that
the railroads will have. 10 be allowed
to raise rates, If they need the money,
or else there will be no prosperity re-
sumption. Mr.. Shonts is another OF
those CHEEKY people who believe the
public can buy back prosperity by tax
ing itself a little more for freight and
passenger rates. making the railroads
feel good, and thus securing their kindly
aid in restoring normal conditions AR
shonts and others with this plan ought
to forget it. The country VIII have none
of IT.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
Gossip of the Book World;
The AuthorS and Publishers

People, is TO have an opening perform
ance. as The Right of Way" ala, in
the authors native land. 1t viii be
presented for first night on Septem-
Der 2 in Toronto. Later 1t Hill come 20
New YORK. Meanwhile ''The WeaVers,
according 20 Sir Gnbert's publishers.
the Harpers, is wing with the most
recent books Of the season for the pub
lie favor
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
A VERY SHORT TIME.

Mrs. McCaIl-They haven't been keep
ing house very long, have they2
Mrs. Hiram Offen-Gracious. no Why,
she can recall the names Of all the ser
want girls they have had.-Exchsnge
The Washington times., 1908-08-29

With everybody building some sort of
aviation machine. our old friend the
horse viii be getting another scare
about the possibility that his finish ia
really coming
The Washington times., 1908-08-29

Sir Gilbert Parker Staged Again.
sir Gilbert Parker's new play, Pierre
of the Plains" or. rather, the play
made from the book, pierre and His
The Washington times., 1908-08-29

A man at Newport was sent to Jail
for ten days for speeding his auto. The
summer colony is all afuter about it.
but not so much a1utter as it might be
The discerning magistrate locked up the
chauffeur and turned loose the owner
of the machine.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29

The Democrats are going TO prosecute
corporations which give up money to
the Republican campaign fund. It
seems certain that the only safety foe
a corporation which is set on giving
money for politics. will lie in strict ad-
herence to the old rule Of giving to
both parties.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
OF MISS PATRICE EGAN
WILL BE SOLEMNIZED SEPT 10
Bride-Elect the Daughter of
American Minister TO
Denmark
Miss Ethyl De Koven Is
Spending the Season
ar Newport.

Gable dispatches from CopeuhaTea
announce that the marriage Of Riies
PatTice Egan. daughter Of the Americas
Minister 10 Denmark and MIS-. Maurice
Francis Egan. To Elmer Murphy. tor
merly 81 California, tut aow OF wash
ington, viii take place September Il.
The ceremony will be performed ia .Ls
Church Of ST. Ansgars. CoPenhage4.
and the Apostolic Vicar. Mgr Vaueuch,
VIII ofhciate.
Miss Carmel EgaH, sister of Miss
Egan, win be the maid Of honor. AMI
Miss Meethan. OF Brooklyn. viii be
bridesmaid. For his pest man. 81.
Murphy will have Alexander WeddeI.
OF Washington.
Following the ceremony q wedding
breakfast viii he served III the legation
LAT which the entire membership Of tie
Diplomatic Corps stationed tn Denmsra
viii be guests.
Mr. Murphy VII bring his bride g
Washington
Miss Ethyl De K0veu. daughter Of Ar.
and Mrs. Reginald De K0yen. is enjoy
ing all the beauties and gaveties OF
Newport this season Miss De K0VeH
made her debut here several wears ago
when her parents occupied the attrac-
tive Meigs mansion in y street
Nh and Mrs. De kOven are taking
conspicuous part in the social program
a. Newport. and viii not return 10 their
New York home until late in the fall
Senator Eugene Hale. OF Maine. re-
turned TO New York yesterday from
Europe. where he went as member OF
the National Monetary Commission &c
investigate monetary systems of the
Old World.
Mr.. and Mrs @. 3. Harrison and Miss
Helen Harrison, VINO are making q mo-
tor tour arrived in Nara gansett Pier
yesterday and are at the Mathewson-
Mrs. Max WeyI and daughters have
returned 10 their home on + street,
after spending the past two months AZ
the Cedars, BrookvIlle, Md.
Mr. and Mrs a. Baer and Miss Msudz
Bacr have returned from the Blue
Mountain House. Blue mountains, where
they spent several weeks.
Miss Rose Coleman has returned t.
neT home, after spending several months
lat Braddock Heights, Nd.
Mrs. IS j. Young and Hiss I.sous
Young have returned to their home
from Curtis Farm, FenWick road sd.
Sol Abbott and Samuel Richards have
iFAuIA4FA aA0tEl p ANais iltH Lt iEtE To ahtF
York. Atlantic City, and NisEaFl Falls
r. II. Nsumeyer Adolph Loehl, sam
uei NimmeFly, and Thomas Miller wer=
members OF o party who took an autu-
-mobiie trip TO Atlantic City, where the,
were guests st the Dunlop Hotel
Mrs. Z. C. WahI LEFT town yesterday
FOR trip - Norfolk, Va
Mrs. Jerome Franc and children. Reua
and Henry Franc, Of New York city.
have returned TO their home. afte.
spending several weeks here with rel
stives and at Ocean City. Nd.
William Maddigsn has returned To
town, after spending two weeks at tHe
Hotel Dunlop. Atlantic City.
Mr. and Mrs. A ~. Fishel have re-
turned from 3 three weeks stay id
New York city and Atlantic City.
Miss Flora Cans has returned from
Pen Mar, where she joined friends.
Miss Cora France and Herbert France
have returned from Baltimore, where
they were the guests of their aunt. Mrs
L. HeTtzberE.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29

There doesn't seem 70 be any ground
for serious doubt that those Australians
are really glad 10 be our cousins
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
Mrs. Swift Returns.


Mrs. Swift. wife OF Col Eben swift,
who spent the last month ar the Green-
brter White sulphur Springs with Mrs.
Darlington. wife of General Darlington.
has returned TO her ncne in Washing
ton
Noah Dawson. Of Clarkshurg. ~ Va.
and Miss Myrtle Louise Gilpin. Of this
city, were married yesterday in Oak
land. Md. the Rev. John H. Davis, Off
cistinK Mrs Dawson is daughter Of
Calvin Gilpin. VINO served in Maulsby 5
Battery during the civil war.
A E. L. Leckie has returned to mis-
home On Harvard street. from the
Thop- land Islands, where ne spent the
last week.
Speaker Cannon Is i'm New York fo'
q few days participating equally in the
political and amusement Whiri
senior Or. Don Luis Toledo Herrarto.
THE muster from Guatemala, Is spend
ing ecv1ral days IN New York at the
knicIlSs booker Hotel
The Washington times., 1908-08-29

Another calamity for the Democrats
consists in the fact that the frost
wasn't serious enough in the corn States
to constitute a calamity.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
Metcalfs Coming to Capital.

John Evans, of Girarj street, Is spend
ing several weeks at Sheffield Farm. Va.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29
TREASURY CLERK
BECOMES A BRIDE
Miss Chapman Surprises Friends
by Marriage TO New Yorker in
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Aug. q--ro
escape she fuss and bother Of 2 big
wedding. Joseph A. Warren, a prom
inent attorney Of New York. and Miss
Margaret B. Chapman, Of Washington.
d. c, were quietly married in this city
at noon today in the Hotel Walton
The Washington times., 1908-08-29

Miss Louise Brinker has gone 10 her
former home in west FONT Miss,
where she will be the guest of relatives.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29

Mefcaif left Oakland. Cal, where they
have spent the summer season, YES
terday for Washington Upon their re-
turn they viii visit the Eastern resorts.
The Washington times., 1908-08-29

Friends ia This city were much sur
prised 10 learn today OF the marriage
OF Miss Margaret & Chapman TO 10
seph a Warren, New York attorney.
The ceremony was performed n ths
Walton Hotel in Philadelphia
Miss Chapman was clerk ia he
Treasury Department. in the Office az
the Auditor Tor the war Department
A few days ago, she went away or
leave telling her friends that she was
going TO AsbUry Park to spend her va
cation She made no mention of her
INTENDED plunge into matrimony 10 am
of her friends, so far as can be
learned
Miss Chipman has been living in The
Burlington apartment, but where she
win make her future home is nor
known