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The Washington herald., 1909-04-07
FOOTLIGHT FLASHES.

Negotiations are now under way look
Ing u the engagemen. a Nina Nordiz for
Wagnerisn roles al the Metropolitan Opera House
next season
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fox. r.. the latter
vel known as FRITZ Schrf are spending the Faster
holidays al the New Homestead Hotel. Virginia
Hot Springs.
The Messrs. ShubeTt announce that
they have booked The Beauty Spot" by joseph
Herbert and Regnal De Koyen. as the spring aad
sumner musical att7cion at Lew Fields Herald
Square Theater.
The Messrs. Shubert announce that
among their forthcoming productions Is a comedy
ADAPTED from the German BY Ferdinand Gctssohalk.
The piece win be produced IL English under the
title Of the Europeans
Vesta Tilley's appearance in New York
this week. after an absence Of three ycaTs. was
marked with great success. The welcome not
| only !ncluded applause and encores. but flowers
enough to fn automobile.
AnnabeIe Whitford. who win be re-
membercd as the Gibson bathing girl in ''Folies
l a. 1907 which Grated a furure here last season
i the creator Of the Fair Nell B-nkley girl which
/ is one Of the features Of ths 'Follies Of lsOs"
/ Lima Abarbanen and George DamereI.
the original Sonia and Prince DanilO q the frxt
run q 90 nights Of The Merry Widow In Chi
cago viii head the cast when the Niennese opera
returns 10 the Colonial Thcater. Chicago. after
! Messrs. Shubert and Anderson have
suggested 70 the engineering department q the city
/ of New York that a STATEN In the NcAdoO tln-
mel be located under the HiDpodr0me The man
azement wishes an entrance and exit leading di-
rectly from the playhouse 70 the subway.
THE Mascot" was revived at Atlantic
CITY. with RAYMOND Hitchcock and Flora Zabele.
on Monday night Others il the cast are Estelle
Wenthworth. Edgar Acheson Ely, and Edward n.
Favor The New YORK ofening viii be at the
/ New Amsterdam Theater next Monday night
/ ". A. Brady has announced that he
urop,ses N make a revival Of The School fos
scandal this spring with an "an-Star" east. in
gliding Of course Grnce George. who viii be
seen as Lady Tcazle Robert Mantell as SIR Peter
and Cyril Scott as Charles Surface. are among the
possibilities
Madame X the sensational French
play which Henry W. Savage WI produce IN
America next season, has restored Sime- Jane Had
iag 70 the position she once held in Paris as the
most popular French actress. The Bison play
may have its first American performance IN Chi
caso next September
! A city man visiting small town saw
scme q George Eliot's works displayed in the
WINDOW Of a local stationery and book store. and
I entering inquired they had 'Middlsmafch. %
"No, we haven't thet." replied the clerk, but
we hcT' lots q others WIN victor Hsroert's
March q the TOYS Red Fez' by Hearn. or John
W. Brattcn's TEDDY Bear's Picnic Co as Venf'
In wonderful contrast 70 Scthsrn's
scholarly portrayal Of the tragic Hamlet and HIS
mastery inpersonGtion Of the intsnse Richclieu
! is his appearance a. the sids-whisSersd Msping
skipping Lord Dundreau- Auditors who soc Soth-
ems Hamlet one night and Dundrcsry the next
ind & dialcult to believe that & . the sans actor
who PLAYS both rol=a
The Washington herald., 1909-04-07
"The Automobile Drcan >,

Jack Norworth. whose varsity suits
and songs are listed among the hits OF
the 'Follies OF 1875" one night last
week encountered a nocturnal experience
which he has been confidingly whisper
ing 10 his friends. According % the
Norworih version he was speeding in his
automobile when he noticed two officers
IN hot pursuit. He put on fun power
and rushed through the winding roads.
Tlght INTO a big ditch. To escape the
mlnlons OF the law he covered hts ma
chine with dirt and finished the Job Just
as they passed. After they had gone. he
began 10 look FOR the spot and hOundered
aimlessiy in the darkness. when suddenly
he stumbled over a log and-woke up.
thereby adding the latest fad 10 meta
physical phenomena-"the automobile
dream"
The Washington herald., 1909-04-07

THE BELASCO.
The Witching Hour ....--.-..-.....At 215 and SIS
modern mel0drama by Augustus Thomas
based on various psychological IiIenumena-
Well written and eXceilcntly acted b. John
Mason and capable COMPANY
THE COLUMBIA.
The Fortune Hunter Al SIS
Winchell Smiths crisp and up-t0-date eoIh-
cdy. Swift IN action made only Tor the plr-
pase q producing laughs. Cast headed By
Thomas ". Ross and Mary Ryan
THE NATIONAL.
The Cali Of the North .-.-.........At 2I5 and SIS
Romantic play Of the Hudson Bay country
dramatized by George Broadhurst from Con
jurors House" by Stewart Edward White
Robert Edeson as Ned Trrnt. the hcro.
CHASE'S
vaudeville 2.l5 and s.l5
'Cir7mstantial EFidcnoc a strong one
act play. with opportunity FOR strong acting
Christmas On Blackwels Island" and other
Welhked acts
THE ACADEMY.
The COWBOY Girl. Al SIS
wild Western melOdnma. favored with
music and comedy.
THE GAYETY
SuIlesque 2:I5 and SIS
THE LYCEUM
@saa Al Z.i5 and *
The Washington herald., 1909-04-07
BANQUET BY AN ALUMNI.
Association 10 Hold Affair
at Chevy Chase Club.

Members OF the Columbia University
alumni association are making elaborate
preparations for their annual banquet.
which will be given in the Chevy Chase
club on April 70.
Word has been received from New York
that President Butler has designated
Prof. Franklin H Giddings 10 represent
the university. PrOfs. c. F. Chand-
ler NJ l. Pupin. Franz BOGUS and Z. +.
Nichols have accepted invitations to at
tend the gathering of Washington gradu-
ates.
Among those who will be present are
DR.. Marcus Benjamin. president OF the
association; s. s. Laws, William r. Hill
yer. J. NJ. Gitterman. and DR.. A. X.
Fisher. vice presidents; George Oakley
Totten. secretary; William Waller, treas
urer, and about forty members OF the
association who are residents Of Wash
ington. During their stay in this city
the guests Will be extended the privileges
Of the University Club.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-07
A Growing Business.

From Harrcr's Weekly.
Years ago q Northern visitor was walk
ing along the streets Of Jacksonville when
he espied a small darkey in the sun brush
ing flies OF himself
well. Rastus." the visitor said pausing
10 address the youth. do you manage 70
keep busy these days2'
yes. sub returned the boy
VERY busy Queried the vilstor. IN al
unbelieving tone OF voice.
yes. sub returned the boy
AT II now Erinned the visitor.
yes. sub said the boy.
What is your misunderstanding hies2"
asked the visitor.
NO. sub. my business is 5es' CROWN,
sun
The Washington herald., 1909-04-07
TO HONOR COL. WALKER.
G. A. r. Commander VIII Be Given
a JeEeIed Badge Tonight.

Col John s Walker. commander CT
the Department Of the Potomac. Grand
Army OF the Republic. will be presented
with 8 gold jeweled badge this evening
az an open meeting OF Lincoln Post No
3. 70 be held, with appropriate cere-
monies. at C. A. r Hail. 1n2 Pennsyl-
van!a avenue
The meeting. which IS 20 show the ap-
probation OF his comrades FOR the work
done by Col walker IN the last year
will be attended by Department Com
manGer Edwin II. Holbrook and staff
Mrs Mary Dow president OF the POJO-
mac Woman's Relief Corps; Col Benja-
min F. Chase, president Of the eXecu-
tive committee OF the Army and Navy
Union: Department Commando g. f
Rausch. OF the United Spanish War Vet
Grams. and members OF the different pa
triotic organizations OF the District
The Washington herald., 1909-04-07
MUSINGS.
The Optfmfsf.

At peace. all fear dispelled he climbs 70 gaze
Gut on old Oceans face, and sees therein
Apt ng1lne o. the known and unknown Life
Ana feeling knows. and knows because be feela
Though loog delayed. at length the best must BE-
feT him. foT saint and sinner. you snd me;
And sire n this. not earthquake shock
Nor ocean storm. nor flight Of time
Nor life nor fate. nor death. nor hell
Nor human PASSIONS tide with raging swell
Shall fright OF fsht or shock him from his rock
The Pessimist.
AL is not best nor ever well, he sayp.
1oT rock IS bare, and sharp and hard % climb.
tour ocean cold. and old. and gray and dead
This life phantom, and if next there be.
us even worse In It's uncertainty
Sc, sport q fate. and sport u PASSIONS tide
Victim, not victor he. earthbOund distrlsting GOD
The tide 0erTnasters and effaces him.
And turns him to the clay that held him fast.
The Philosopher.
Know that the world and life. ard old e-av time
The untTsTeled space and death. and heaven. and
hell
Are what you make them in your in1nost thought.
Look through the rOse-tint glass and rose appears:
WITH gray. o. green. OF blue. vaussheS
All things and thoughts win borrow tints and shades
From what they filter through; YOU make your bell
Your heaven as vel. else none exists for YOU.
The Absolute.
Ye notes, ye srecks. that seem to dance and aont.
That talk Of time and SPACE and death I'd Hfe
And even dare to deem yourselves immortal.
Ye are but tiuts. and shades, and fiber shrels
OF warp and vOof in the great work weave
Your time and space. far-reac4ling plan and fight
or thoughts that skim the stagnanf pod Of death.
Or. rising seem 10 wave their WundrUus wings
Along the milky way, sTe but the play
OF atoms as they pass from change 20 change
Ye may not comprehend the smallest point
In all that work. but know that you and yours
Are Ne and Mine. not more nor less than /
Am thee and thine-the fo-ce q soul and soul
OF forces. souTue Of cause ana ca-sss Of sources-
So vain your Questicnines; I an. ard ys
From age to age. through al yvsr iDcaraaticns,
Move On lines akin 70 logsrithmic curves.
Near. nearer. aud noTe Uesr toward Ne the Deity.
A P. BROWN.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-07
senator MeLaurin,. Moo Here-

senator HeLaurin's Niece Here.
Miss Kate MeLaurin, appearing here
this week as the French half-breed.
Julie Bagneau, in the support OF Robert
Edeson. is a niece Of United States Sena-
tor MeLaurin. OF Mississippi Miss Ne
Laurin was born in Yazoo City. the birth
place OF Senator Clarke. OF Arkansas.
and Of John Sharp Williams. 10 whom
she is related by marriage Her ances-
tors are Of an old and distinguished fami-
~ among them Gen. Winfield Scott and
Aaron Brown. a member OF Buchanan's
Cabinet. afterward governor OF Tennes-
see.
Miss MeLaurin is a Daughter OF the
Coniederacy, and with her mother. are
the only women who attend a camp IRE
OF the New York Confederate Veterans.
In addition 10 being a successful actress
IN The Call OF the North" Miss Nc
Laurin is well-knOwn writer Tor mag
azlnes- Her stories and playlets are IA
miliar 10 the readers OF the Smart Set
and Munsey's.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-07
ReEinaId's Reason.

Frou the New IoTk Thnes.
The father of Reginald is very much
opposed 10 nicSnames, and when he heard
MS offspring refer 20 another boy as Billy
the stern parent demonstrated
Why do you call your little playmate
Biily2" demanded the father OF Reginald.
~ aU surely must know that Billy is not
rs proper name
Yes. sir replied Reginald His right
name is BIZ. but we call him Billy fo-
eft,rf %
The Washington herald., 1909-04-07
Navy Orders.

Ths foio<ing orders have been isSued:
Iierf. CommEnder " 5. WHIrrED. Grtachsd
duty KsarzrEe 70 home.
Lieut. C. p. Burt. detached Pznsher 70 duty n
fitting cut New York and duty sszioz engi-
resr cnacer o. ressei when couuraissioled
EnsiCn s A. TAFF1NDER. WHEN 6iscAzryed
treatment United States SaTol Medical School
Hospital Washington. d. C.. 70 hone.
Ensizn C. TAYLOR. detached Ksrtucky 20 hone
End granted leave.
Ensszn =. A. WOLL5SON. detched Ke1tucky 70
hor1e ard granted Rave
Surgeon G. PTCKREII4 detached duty Bureau q
Medicins and Su-ecys nav D-pEs1ent. 20
6uI. 10 co1necLiou ettinz ous Solsae
The Washington herald., 1909-04-07
In the Far MeEt-

From the Baltimore American.
Native Maiden-This IS such a rude
place for you.
NewcOmer-Why so?
Native Maiden-Because you are such a
civil engineer.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-07
PRESIDENT GREETS
JAPAN'S OFFICIALS
Expresses Hope for Success
of Tokyo Exposition.
SLOAN TO GOVERN ARIZONA

George L. Young, of Prescott, Ia
Selected as Secretary Of the Ter
Alabama Judgeship Vacancy with
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Urged.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-07
VIRTUE IN CONFINEMENT.
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The members have
preponderance of suggestions for the future
favor of ~Conentment7 yourselves am clad
to announce for the AprilI4
IL seems obvious very embodiment Of
con % % II hope aud love are attributed
striving among theraseve, fer r,c,r T h are each and all
consider our duty
Dr. Charles H Pnrkhur't said tOday-
lot make" candidacy for better
spencer says.
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H. T. Miles. another protectionist who
has stood for revision downward. comes
TO terms even more specific He saws
that in the line Of manufacturing IN
which he IS engaged all the duty neces-
sary is Is per cent. % per cent at the ont
side, yet the Dinghy law gives IS per
cent He declares that under this the
Dingley law permits. II Il does not. in
deed. invite. combination 10 increase the
home price by 20 per cent, and thereby
treble or quadruple the profits. He holds
that his own concern could have added
nearly S50O0oO to its profits had It taken
rull advantage of the situation offered.
The late John Sherman. author Of the
Sherman antitrust law, was one Of those
who declared that whenever Industrial
combinations controlled the home market
the tariff on the articles they controlled
ought 70 be taken of. The Iowa idea. d"
expressed in a State convention platform
drawn by tho late Senator Allison. took
the same ground, fsvoring a reduction OF
tariff duties where they afforded shelter
70 mOnOpOiies.
Representative De Almond, Of Missouri.
has a plan to prevent the trusts from
taking any advantage OF the shelter he
thinks they enjoy at the hands of pro
lection. He would apply the pure-food
label principle 10 trust-made articles. re-
uulring each article so made to be la
beled il a way showing that fact. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-04

THE NEXT NUMBER
A Good Magazine
BIG JUNGLE WARRIORS AT BAY, the fascinating
Edgar Beecher Bronsons exciting experiences the
s the mghest wild beasts will be continued Sun
In big game hunting
the the graphic pictures supplemented
remarkable photographs OF impossible think of
Theodore Roosevelt who hunting that section and hav
hope good luck attended Mr. Bronson; but the chief
OF articles in themselves
THE LITTLEST BOY. by T. w. Hanshew that really
thing good story told with the skill highly with
exquisite style 1t has wisdom
kind of tale you feel which you
SHORTY'S BIG FOURTH. Never does Sewe1 Ford permit
opportunity Shorty taking
of This particularly lively He had planned
home and celebrate fitting but invitation interviewed and
Sadie wanted to Tell en- Shorty we'd rather
home delighted
imagined feelings distinguished nearly spoiled
that house Shorty until he arranged surprise the
very surprise person Shorty
himself shorys knak getting the people
all the money in the world
A GENTLE KNIGHT OF OLD BRANDENBURG. The
Charles Major has running
but weeks stament is splendid that shout
about it. The story reaches its Climax it's really splendid,
action and The extraordinary Magrave schwed
shows how big and fine he really and why he the hero of the
the had only this namen distinguish feels
would be worth while Probably Mr. Major has
anything admirable
SOMNAMBULISM That consciousness
mighty and interesting This article by
Richard Moore popular scientific Nothing
familiar than stories about people who walk their Sleep
thoroughly authenticated
scientific investigators have accepted Mr. Moore cites these and they
wonderful enough
AN AMEpIc RARv ARROAD One certain that +be
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21
What is Going on in the Stage World Briefly Told

control OF the dramatic page OF the Chi
cago Tribune to become Sunday editor Of
that sheet. Burns Mantle wrote thusly con-
corning Miss Barrymore:
1t Is easy enough to twit our promi-
nent actresses for marrying not wisely, but
mother-in-law class. 1t has been worked
and overworked until 1t has lost Its tang,
though the point oftt we shall nave with
Therefore we W something to Ethel
Barrymore for replacing II with her W
original engagement joke. She has disap-
enlivened the spirits of the press and given
the 'in a vein of humor" chaps something
to work for. Maude Adams did what she
could as a promoter of the engagement ru-
NOR, but she was unfortunate In one re-
speCt. People insisted on engaging her to
Charles Frohman and no other. OCCASION
ally they switched to Richard Harding
Davis, but not for long.
Miss Ethel, however, has been consistent,
She has become engaged whenever she was
In the mood, and she has broken her en-
gagements when the mood changed. once
so the story goes, during the Laurence Irv-
ing episode. she cabled her father, the
q~uick-witted Maurice Barrymore, a definite
announcement reading;
Dear father Am engaged to Laurence
Irving"
Dear father cabled back. putting all his
sentiment, and perhaps all tho money he
thought necessary, in the one WORD!
Congratulations"
A few weeks later there came another
cablegram. 1t read;
Dear father: Have broken engagement
to Laurence Irving"
And again the one word was flashed UNI
der the waves to the Lyceum theater In
London.
Congratulations"
1t has remained for the alert Mr.. Ham
mond of the Post, however, TO add a new
gem to the collection Of ante-marriage
quips as they relate to the attractive niece
OF the Drews.
According TO his report a group of Miss
Ethel's Chicago friends were disc vssing her
reported engagement to young Mr., Colt OF
Massachusetts at a luncheon.
ID you really believe she will marry
him2" asked one.
ut is possible" replied another; but II
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21
ETHEL AND HER ENGAGEMENTS

Miss Barrymore Was at Least Con-
sistent in Her FfckleneAs.
When Miss Ethel Barrymore slipped away
from her company last Sunday and, by viz
tue Of several church dispensations, re-
turned with a husband, much congratula-
tory approval was heard throughout the
land, The story of her engagement has
been bruited abroad, and, like that Of
many another in her profession and stu
alton, was discounted as being a bit of ad-
vertising, possibly; at any rate, Ethel had
been engaged so often that a waiting pub.
lie adopted something Of a Missouri atti-
tude. 1t has been shown, already, yet, and
glad Of It. Just before he gave up his
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21

Through his second marriage he had
thirteen more, He was nothing II not con-
~sistently musical, for he had children by
the score" PAch was a very devout and
God-fearing man, he was very Industrious,
indefatigably so, and In addition to his
wonderful fruits in the field OF compost
ton, he was known to have been able to
engrave on copper, and he invented a
musical Instrument between a viola and a
violoncello, and also a piano with catgut
strings.
To enumerate the works and discuss the
genius Of this great man would be entirely
beyond the limits Of this column for many
moons, but this brief notice is simply
taken of the birthday of the master, in c
spirit Of respect.
For those who are obliged to keep work
ing in spite of handicaps and for those who
are trying to keep the light burning there
is much food for reflection in the fact that
when Bach was doing his best work he
begged the authorities at Leipzig to allow
him three voices to each Tart, so that he
could always rely upon having two on
each. Think of It! Asking for twelve
voices only, to sing his 300 cantatas. Surely
there could be twelve Bach singers in
Omaha, The writer stands ready to form
a Bach choir.
9
The approaching visit of the Russian
Symphony orchestra of New York under
the baton of Mr.. Modest Altschuler, and in
connection with the Ben Greet players is
creating much attention, and musical peo-
pie are taking a great interest in the pro-
d%uction, or rather presentation of "A Mid
summer Nights Dream by Mr.. Greet and
his players. The music to this Shakes
perean play was written by Mendelssohn
expressly at the request of the king of
Prussia, and was performed on the stage
Of the Neue Palais New Palace at Pots
dam on October II. 1s43. But the Overture
was written as far back as 1S06-the score
Is signed, Berlin. August 6, 1Sa6-and it
should be remembered that Mendelssohn
was then only II years and 8 months old.
Prof. DIR. Macfarren, who stood at the
head of the profession, wrote in the Phil
harmonic program book concerning it as
follows: mo one piece OF music contains
50 many points OF harmony and orchestra
ton that had never been written before.
and yet none of them have the air of ex-
pertinent. but seem all to have been writ
ten with certainty OF their success"
The celebrated writer and musical lexico-
grapher. Sir George Grove. says of this
wonderful overture: 1.-THE airy fairy light
ness and the peculiar youthful grace, are
not less remarkable than the strength OF
construction and solidity OF workmanship
which rnderlio and SUPPORT them, Not the
least singular thing about 1t is the exact
manner in which 1t is found to fit into the
music for the whole play when that music
was composed seventeen years later. The
motives Of the overture all turn out to
have their native places in the drama"
.
The overture was first presented in public
a. stettin. IN ls21. nc later In London. on