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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
INDIAN SEPOYS
SALUTED THE CAT

In Poona, at the government house
for more than a qurter OF a century
every cat which passed out OF the front
door al dark was saluted by the sentry.
who presented arms to the terrified
pussy.
II seems that in 1885 Sir Robert Grant.
governor OF Bombay, died in the gov
eminent house. Poona, and on the even
ing Of the day OF his death a cat was
seen 10 leave the house by the front
uOOTs and TO walk up and down q mar
ucular path, precisely as the late gov
efnOr mad been used 10 do after sunset
Hlndu sentry observed and reported
thls 70 the Sepoys OF MS faith. and thew
Ialo the matter before a priest. who ex-
plained to them the mystery of the
'logna or The TRANSPORTATION OF souls
IN this cat he said, was reinear-
mated The soul Of the deceased Cover
nor Grant, and It should, therefore, be
treated with the military honOrs due to
his eXCellenCy."
AS, however, the original sentry could
not lGenIl1y the particular eat he had
seen on the evening of the day of Sir
Roberts death, Il was decided that
every cat which passed out OF the main
entrance after dark should be saluUed
as the aVatar OF his eXcellency Thus for.
over quarter Of a century every car
that passed out after sunset had milf
tary honDrs paid to #. not BY Hindu
sentinels only. but-such IS the infection
OF supersltion-by MahOmetan. native
Christian, and even Jewish soldiers
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
From Stadium to Stage.

Johnny Hayes, the Marathon cham
pion, will find himself in good company
wnen ne goes into vaudeville. Some
of the ultra critical British Observers
of things athletic may remark shat
the boys jump from the stadiun, 10
the stage is simply another proof Of
his unworthiness; but if they do the
friends of Hayes can take the liberty
of reminding the critics that the man
whom all London wished to Win-when
the bloomin' English runners had blown
up in the background showed himself
10 admiring English eyes in one of the
popular English concert halls. Dorando
Pietri knew when TO grip good for
tune by the collar. SO does little Johnny
Hayes.
The people who love good sport will
be glad 70 see Hayes His was a
famous victory. He made it so be-
cause he ran intelligently as well as
nluaiily. UnqusstionabIy he gave as
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
TREE ATTRIBUTES
LIKE THE ANIMALS
Breathe, Eat, Sleep, Grow, Die,
Like Higher
Species.

Trees, like animals. eat. sleep, grow,
and die. Every one knows this, yet
not every one is aware that trees tear
their clothes and have to mend them.
that they tostle one an other Ike rude
ering tne weak.
Disease besets them. Accidents break
their limbs. The varying weather
checks their growth or coaxes them TO
flourish.
Kin of the wOodchUck and the bear,
they put on warm coats in winter and
wait for spring. When the weather is
warm a tree goes to. sleep at shutdown
and in the morning. wakes again. A
cloudy sky makes the tree drowsy-
Rain puts it TO 5 fsep. So the only
DAYS of prosperity and tree activity are
the clear days.
In sIeep the leaves of many trees fold
zogether and droOp, The closing OF the
leaves checks the cooling process Of
evaDoration and maintains bodily heat
An young and tender foliage tends thus
10 curl up TO sleep when the weather IS
bad or night is in the sky. Older and
stiffer leaves 90 to sleep sitting up,
inst like grandfather in his armchair.
The breathing OF the tree is as neceS-
sarv as is the breathing of animals. All
life consists of a continuous building up
and tearine, down Of cells. The mate
rial for building new cells is made OF
food taken In and 6labOrated-made
over-hv intricate chemical processes
The oxygen in the air Is one Of the
chemical ingredients both in destroying
and building the cells Of animals ana
inhale carbon dioxide and exhale pure
flYrVgpu
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
With Lath and Plaster.

Fire-escapes are good. The only
trouble is there are not enough on our
school buildings.
Fire escapes are not worth . cents.
The only safety we have lies in school
buildings well constructed with fire
proof stairways.
No use to put those two opinions in
quotations marks. The officials of our
District government who have been in
terviewed on the inhammability of our
educational structures would repudiate
them altogether. Yet they represent
fairly enough the difference of opinion
which has arisen as to the means of
making safe the city's youngsters who
are in its charge exclusively six hours
each day, five days each week, nine
months each year.
But all hands agree, fortunately, on
this:
That the buildings are in vastly bet
ter condition than they have ever been,
and that the safety of our children is
by so much enhanced.
As a matter of fact, two conclusions
as to the security of school children
have settled themselves in the minds
of thoughtful citizens ever since tEa
Collingwood disaster. They are;
/. That fire escapes have value
chiefly for their moral effect.
,. That the only way TO make
schools really safe Is to. build them of
non-combustible materials to their
roofs.
Washington's graded and high school
buildings are by certain District au-
thorities compared very favorably"
with those of any other city. Without
proposing a general junket, it is yet in
order to suggest that those officials
take a trip. They can strike out from
the Union Station blindly. Wherever
they go they can't fail in time to run
into another city, and whatever other
city they enter they can't fail to see
school buildings vastly better than our
best.
That statement may sound reckless.
But it must be taken as so nearly true
in the most literal sense that the re-
Fiction on the Capital of the United
States amounts to national disgrace.
The thing we of the District have to
bear constantly il mind is this:
That while certain municipalities
NAV have occasional buildings as dis
creditable to them as are ours to the
whole country, Washington has the
stellar glory of being practically the
only large city in the Union which
keeps on building for its children with
lath and plaster.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
COLUMBIA.

After an absence from Washington OF
two seasons Al II Wilson. the German
dialect comedian. viii return next week
as the second attraction OF the Column
bia Theater under the new management.
where ne viii portray the character Of
Metz Won F'rieburg," ia ~ hen Oil
New York Was Dutch. The play is
said to be one of the best ever pro-
duced by Mr.. Wilson. II IS from the
pen OF Sidney r. Ellis. Mr.. Wilson Is
known To mauy OF his admirers as The
gUlden-VOiced singer" Conspicuous
among tho new songs that will be reu-
oered during the coming engagement
are several that have such charming
titles as The Old Chimney Conner
Helen" ''Auf Wiedersehen Frauuen,,"
Whispering Breezes." and Songs Of
the Camp
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
-Four Propositions.

!. That the ground south of Penn
Bylvania avenue and north of the Mall
must eventually be bought by the Ma
tional Government as sites for Ot6ce
buildings is manifest 10 everybody
in Congress and out.
.. That the purchase of this ground
will advantage every man, woman, and
child in the District of Columbia is
equally manifest.
But there is a third aspect of the
situation which has not been so gen
orally understood. 1t is this:
3. That the benefit of the purchase
can be FASTENED if the people of the
Capital. particularly the owners of the
property in question, are willing 70 CO.
operate.
Congress NAV some day buy all that
land at an exorbitant price. If so,
most of the present owners will not
be signers to the indentures. But if the
price asked is fair, OF if a procedure
can be adopted which viii impose a fair
price upon the owners, Congress may
reasonably be expected to further the
advance made in the appropriations for
the blocks between Fourteenth street,
Pennsylvania avenue, and the Mall.
This second alternative is slower than
the first. Good business judgment, in
the premises, therefore, urges this;
4. That those who own lots in the
triangle indicated give early and tang
ible evidence of their purpose 20 sell
their holdings at fair price.
1t would be unusual TO do this, per
hsps. But 1t would be sound sense.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
This Sane Campaign.

The whole country is to be eongratu-
lated on the sanity of the campaign,
and on the disposition of the people to
keep their heads with them. Nobody
is letting politics interfere with bust
ness. There is some little disposition
to hold back on new ventures till after
election; but nobody is making any
fool threats that unless the election re-
suits his way he will go out of bust
ness, or lock his factory, or anything
OF that kind
The climax of political agitation in
business was in 1896. In all probabil-
ity, aside from some tremendous ma
tional crisis which cannot now be fore
seen, there will never be another cam
paign in which politics and business
viii get so intimately mixed up. There
ought to be no more such. Half OF the
trouble in 1896 was mere hysteria, and
everybody now knows it. People this
year are holding themselves firm
against any effort to sweep them off
their feet or away from their moorings
TO sanity.
We are more than halfway through
the campaign. The factories are quiet
u opening up from day to day as the
certainty of solid prosperity is made
more certain by the continued satisfae-
tory character of crop reports, the high
prices of farm products, and the assur-
ance that nobody is going to get rat
tied about politics.
Not only has the money situation
taken care of itself, but it has done
so without resort to the emergency pro-
visions of the new currency act. No
body needs emergency currencyi there
Is more demand for loaning opportun-
ities than there is for the privilege to
borrow. The stress of crop-moving Is
really passed; that Is, provision has
been made for the movement; the bal
anccs have been floated off to the crop
country, and everything has quietly ad-
justed itself to the requirements of the
situation, without a ripple. Probably
If there had been no emergency cur
rency act, there would have been need
for it; anyhow, there has been no such
need, and the political campaign is
evidently to be marked by a regular
upward movement toward prosperity.
j is a new thing in national campaign
years, and it is a most welcome sign of
the times.
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neat and clean an exhibition of long
distance running as one would ask to
sees but the local spectators were not
prepared for it and so they didn't APP
preciate it. When you stop to think
that Dorando, as they call him, had
been bunking around London, indulg-
ing in as much spaghetti and tobacco
as his poor friends could accommo-
date him with, his performance may
well be called sensational But Hayes
performance was that of an artist.
lie won as the old> Greeks loved to win,
skillfully, gracefully,
And after Hayes has reaped all the
fruits OF his victory he ought TO retire
quietly A big head would soon make
his victory look small enough.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
BELASCO.

Edgar Selwyn. the young author and
actor. is the playwright who stands "a
sponsible for Father and Son." the
new comedy which Is 10 be seen here for
the first time at the Beiasco Theater
next week. According TO the story,
DOC" Filkins, the vet" has adopted
Billy, the son OF a woman now dead
whom he once loved Billy takes to
consorting with rough companions. The
upshOt OF this is that he Is arrested for
attempting to set FIRE to a factory, but
is saved from the consequences Of his
Tashness by the Doc" who learns that
the president Of the factory IS really
Billy's father. Despite the dramatic
quality OF the plot as outlined, the piece
is said TO be essentially a comedy. The
company includes William Norris, John
Wesley, George Staley. George DOTr,
Herbert COrrhelL Edward Chapman,
WadswOrth Harris. Dwight Allen. Mad
cline Louis, Alice Gale. Maggie Fielding,
George Lawrence. and Nine AfnscOe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
CHASE,S.

Chase's vaudeville and diverslties next
week win comprise Onaip. the HIndoo
mystery, Melville Stoltz's Players. Vio-
let Dale ard Company. the Three Sis
tiers Constantine. LOtta Gladstone. Van
Camp. oscar Lorraine. and The Van
ishing Tramp and For kate's Health, %
by the American vitagraph. Onaip is
said 10 be one Of the most amazing and
sensational ulusoTy novelty ever Wit
messed here. Violet Dale wiz provide
a musical comedy sketch in which she
makes up for FIVE different parts in
View OF the audience. The Three Sis
tiers Constantine were special features
of Fritzi Schen's mile MOdiste"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
Capital Not Afraid of the Future.

Figures printed by the journal of
Commerce Of New York showing the
amount of issues of securities of rail
roads and industrial concerns for the
past eight months are the most en-
couraging evidences yet presented, if
not of actual improvement of business
conditions, at least, of belief of those
in position TO know that good times
are not far off.
For the eight months the increase,
in the issue of securities OF all kinds
over the same period last year was
S9O.6S7 900, the total being Sl,O55,774,-
600 in round numbers, as compared
with S965,OS7,OOO for the same period
last year. In the month of August the
showing was still more gratifying The
total amount of securities issued in
August of this year was S6I ,OSO,OOO,
as compared with S3S,625 900 last year.
OF the securities this year only $780,
600 was stock, the remainder being
bonds and notes, while of railroad Sc
cmities issued in August of last year
S27 100000 was in stock. The increase
in bonds and notes this year over last
year was from S693,OOO.OOO to $3.50.
1000, while the decrease in stock
issued was from 100000 TO S265,-
100000, evidencing readiness on the
part of investors, as the Journal of
Commerce points out, to take interest
bearing securities, while regarding
stock issues with a cautious eve
1t was about this time last year
that the scarcity of money began 10
make itself felt and the warnings were
being issued to take in sail 1t is
distinct contrast that is now presented.
Not that there is any expectation that
viii reach the normal stage
during the Presidential campaign, but
we know there is plenty of idle capital,
and the success of the issue of rail
road and other securities gives promise
that capital is OILY waiting in a con
sentative way and tlat it is not afraid
of the future.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
National Opens
Next Monday
NATIONAL.

The New National Theater will begin
its regular season of l90S-09 next Mon
day night. when Raymond Hitchcock
viii appear at the head of a big COM
pany in '"rhe Merry o-Round.H
It was said that Hitchcock has made
one OF the greatest hits Of his career
in the role of Hen Stubbs. a country
pumpkin. who has Iongings for a life
in the metropolis and who departs from
his village for New York City to ex-
plot a new kind of breakfast food
The character Is somewhat different
from any in which the comedian has
yet appeared. Among the principals in
the support are lgnacio Martinetti well
and favOrably known as a delineator Of
fiery Latins. Bobby North, an exponent
OF a new type Of Hebrew character,
Cathryn Rowe Palmer. as a rough SOU
brettes Margaret Sawyer. soprano
prima donna, Mckay and CantweI. a
team OF Yaudeyillists; Jonathan Keefe.
Stella Maurys and Lillian Rice and
Angie Weimers, petite dancing duo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
Thirty Days Real Cam
paigning More Necessary
Than Desirable.
Times of the Anti-Pass Are
Hard on Political
Workers.

NEW YORK. Sept. 10.-Thirty days Of
real campaigning. every day Of 1t red
hot. is the motto of the political man
ayers at both headquarters. The Re
publican national committee doesn't ex-
pect to put out it's Official orators before
that time; possibly the last week in Sep
TENDER. but more likely the beginning
Of October Then the campaign viii be
waged in the form of determined
charge against the intrenchments OF
General Apathy, now regarded as we'll
nigh impregnable.
This apathy party is giving the Re
publcans more worry than the Demo-
Gratis. The latter rather look upon him
as their ally They know that they have
no means with which TO make real
fight TO arouse the voters, and they are
hoping that nothing will happen 10 stir
up the mOneyed interests To Hberality
toward the Republicans.
II We can just keep quiet enough to
prevent anybody getting scared. we may
win,' was the candid statement Of one
Democratic politician; but if we get
out with a band and scare these down
town fellows into giving Hitchcock a
lot Of money-then it's all over with US. %
prospects Are Slim.
1t IS generally understood that thus
Tar neither committee has much money
or prospects. AS soon as Chairman
Hitchcock got back from the West hs
disappeared. and was not seen at his
headquarters for the greater part Of a
'tay- Neither was he at his hotel. Re
port had it that he was in conference
with Treasurer Sheldon and William
Nelson Cromwell and other gentlemen
who are Immediately concerned with the
matter of raising funds.
In this connection, there was report
that some big interests which commonly
give up 10 the campaign treasurer had
postponed decision as TO their course
until after Labor Day. Just why is
not Known but the story goes that
they wanted 10 have certain SPECIFIC
assurances IS 10 what Mr.. Taft's poll
lcies would be, and also his methods
OF reinforcing those policies, before de-
cldlng how much they would give Mr.
Consequently. when e,n his first day
back IN New York the national chair
man promptly disappeared and was re-
ported IN conference with associates
III the campaign work, the report was
with more persistence than
ever that the real cris IS had come ia
the campaign and that The street
was about 20 get its 1lItlmatum from
Mr.. Taft ana the managers. and learn
whether il ought TO loosen"
Take Story Literally.
A story Of this kind Is taken in the
most literal way by people who are in
teresJed in New York politics. They
know nothing here by which TO judge
the probable outcome, except the re-
spective piles. 1t IS assumed that the
party which can pay the most can
get the decision; that's all. Wherefore
any narration touching on the financial
aspects of the contest gets most con-
sideTaUe listening.
There Is every reason indeed for the
belief that the ope-month campaign is
in a measure forced on both parties BY
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10

numerous rare plants and
flowers. many OF them i'm
ported from Spain, are still
growing in the garden.
After the close of hostil-
tiles between Spain and the
United States. the Spanish
government did not again
lease the property, and for
a long time the house was
occupied by former Repre-
sentative JOHN E. Reyburn
OF Pennsylvania. In 1906. the
property was sold to Stanley
Mccormick. of Illinois, OF
the weil-known family of
that name. who has since
made it his winter residence.
Mr.. Mccormick made ex-
tenslYss improvements in the
interior of the house, redec-
Grating many rooms and al
tering stairways. but the
house is still called the old
Spanish legation. no changes
having been made by the last
purchaser.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
LUNA PARK.

closing date Of the regular season at
Luna Park Next Sunday viii be the
last appearance Of the American Regi-
mental Band
The reopening dates WI be September
19 and 20. and % and q. The dancing
pavilion VIII be opened every evening
after September Is. and admission into
the park viii be free except Saturdays
and Sundays.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
GAYETY.

The attraction at the Gayety Theater
commencing Monday next will be the
OF Sam A Scribner's Big Show. The
performance begins with a satire in one
act entitled a Trip 10 Egypt" The
OliO which follows Is said to have
gram concludes with a one act bur
lesque entitled Electricity is Life"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
LYCEUM

"FoIlies OF the Day will be seen at
the New Lyceun Theater next. week
This is described as a political pano-
ramic musical show by Barney Gerard
National issues OF both the Democratic
and the Republican party are limited
at and at the end OF the first act the
election is over and the ballots are
counted and the next President is an
UOuDced
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10

OF the brides brother-in-Iaw and sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter King. The Rev.
Or. +. D. Power, pastor OF the Vermont
Christian Church Oflciated The cere-
m0ny was attended by a small party OF
relatives and friends.
Immediately after the ceremony Mr.
and Mrs. Iurnstell left Washington for
North Carolina, where they will spend
several weeks. The bride wore travel
ing suit or navy blue taffeta with a chic
nat or the same shade. Upon their re-
turn to Washington Mr. and Mrs. Turn
stelI VIII reside on Vermont avenue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
ACADEMY.

"Bunco In Arizona" a play OF Vest
ern life, by Miss Lillian Mortimer, tbs
author-actress, is the attraction at the
New Academy for the week Commenc-
ing Monday, September i. II deals with
events in the Southwest and IS said TO
abound In western romance, especially
or mining camp sections, where neck
tie parties, Jumping claims" and
Sailing claims" are rampant. Miss
Dallie Davis viii appear in the leading
role.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10
HER PART.

''Do you first try your jokes on your
wife?" we asked the professional hui
morist.
Always"
And II she laughs at them you know
they are all right"
NO. when she laughs at them know
they are all wrong. Exchange.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-10

A pretty wedding took place last even
ing a 80 o'clock in the home OF Mrs.
Henderson PresueH, 210T First street,
when her daughter. Miss Nellie Hender-
son Prehleli, became the wife Of Al
phoaso Eastwood Parker.
The house was tastefulIy decorated
with ferns, palms, and golden rod. the
brioe birthday flower The Rev J. NJ.
Gil, Sf the Rhode Island Avenue Meth
odist Church, was the officiating clergy
man.
Miss Presneu was attended by her sis
ter, Miss Edith Miller Presnen. as maid
of honor, and by four little flower girls.
Miss Dorothy kimbalI. niece of the
BRIDE Miss Helen Berger. Miss Olivia
Parker and the brides sister. Miss Theo-
dora Presnell
The maid Of honor wore a becoming
costume OF yellow cyrano and carried
yellow daisies The flower girls WOf6
dainty frOcks of white null, with huge
bows Of ribbon in their hair. and car
rico white china asters Little Miss
kimball wore pink hair ribbon and the
others were ali in white.
Miss PresnelIs bridal gown was Of
White meSSaline satin, made in semi
princess style, and trimmed with cream
lace. Her tulle veil was caught with d
corOnet Of orange blossoms, and the
bridal bouquet was a shower of Bride
roses and lilies of the valley lie Roy
w. Champion was the best man for Mr..
Parker.
Following the ceremony there was A
large reception for relatives and friends,
and later Mr.. and Mrs. Parker left for
a bridal trip 10 Boston by sea and other
Northern points OF interest. Mrs. Par
kerS EOlng-aWay gown was Of brown
pOnEee, with hat to match. Uaon their
return they VIII reside at the LanmoTe.