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The House and Its Inhabitants.

\ tragedy could have happened to no
other prominent resident of Lanceboro
concerning whom So little was known
and, therefore. So much guessed as old
John Altenburg. About ter years before
he had appeared unheralded aud bought
for cash the old jefferson place, which
had been in the market for several years
But. diiapidated it was, he did little
TO that extent. habitabe Then. when
all Lanceboro had settled it that he was
a crotchety, penurious old bachelor. a
wife appeared. yet so little a wife was
she tina, she had no part even in the
hiring of he deaf old woman. who still
remained the one servant in the house.
AT tAat time Aitenburg seemed a map
of about sixty. while his wife would have
been rated as at least fifteen years
younger. had ii not been for her bag
gard. wearied face, which sorrow more
than years, seemed TO have marked.
Ii was not long before the gossipirc.
watching village found out that however
little of wifehood was implied in the
manner in which the household was SCI
household life itself Altenburc was
known 10 occupy the rooms nearest the
kitchen extension. while those beyond the
Sreat CHIMNEY and the entryuay We're
occupied by Mrs. Altenburg. 1t was re-
ported that they met only at mealrima
and when. on winter evenings before th..
early bedtime. they sat together in tne
kitchen 10 save the cost OF fires in the
main part OF the house. Ii was also said
that they seldom spoke to each other
and that the wife seemed to live in CON
slant fear OF her husband
few women. moved by friendly SYM
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In the Upper Chamber.

Although the aWkwar,fness of the sltua-
zion appealed strona.. TO Grilnbleshaw. 1T
was clear that there was but one thiag
possible to do. a condition that macs
tremendously for simplicity An injured
man. possibly a dead one. was in the
room before him: the opposite room was
locked: there was no light 10 be had
short of the kitchen. to reach which he
must descend the stairs and cross the
hall and the room where the secretary
stood. Something awaited him at the
foot of the stairs. which the silence that
followed the rafting AT the door only
made the more terrifying.
Cautiously. step by step. be descended
the winding stairs. At each step he Stop
ped and listened his terror of uncer-
tainty being so great 10 make him
almost wish to catch some sound To tell
him that something living shared the
darkness with him. He reached the last
step. He stopped. and out of the black
ness came that strange perception of
human presence which is neither of hear
ing nor of sight. II was covering al the
farther end of the hall. near the bolted
door. and he knew its position SO ex-
actly to be certain that lie could
walk over and put his hand on 1t. In
stead of doing so, he walked past i. en-
tered the room with the secretary and
blity that he should grapple in the dark
with this unseen thing did not appeal to
him.
The fire was blazing brightly I'm the
kitchen fireplace. and was as a breath Of
life to a man sick almost unto death.
The boy Barber. was not there, and tie
opened outer door showed the way he
had fed. Grimbleshaw relighted his can
die. found two more and supply Of
matches. and by a strong exercise of viii
power forced himself TO return 10 the
upper room.
AS he crossed the room adjoining the
kitchen his eye fell on the telephone. and
II came to him as revelation that here
was means in summoning assistance
which would at least be companionship
Pressing his finger against the connection
knob he gave the handle half dozen
quick turns. There came only the dead
burr OF the handle as he whired it
around. He seized the receiver and
placed IL to his ear. There was not even
a buzz OF life. II was if dead. too
he shuddered at the comparison that
flashed into his mind
Instantly the meaning of his new de-
velopnlent came to him. The house was
absolutely isolated from every living con-
nection Yet less than hour before he
had held talk with ii and had been sum
moned through this very Instrument. now
dumb and dead. That the instrument
had been purposely disabled admitted OF
no question He failed of courage. de-
sire. to carry the thought to its logical
conclusion.
For the space Of breath he was di-
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Chase's New Decorations.

George T. Thompson, chief of Chase 8
stage and scenic staff, who designed and
supervised the decorative scheme of the
theater, modestly admits he has sur
passed all past efforts in this line, and
the beauty of the whole new scheme Of
color gives ample confirmation. 1t has
taken every day of tie three months
that will have elapsed when Chase's
opens Monday week, August % to com
plete the design.
Under the direction of Mr.. Thompson.
large staff of artists, painters,
decorators and theater beauty doctors
Went to work at the close OF the season
last May. and they have accomplished
more than was ever done before for the
theater during its annual period Of
renovation. 1t is claimed more money
has been expended. more labor employed.
more area covered. more convenences
added and more decorative beauty gained
than ever before in chaSe'S history.
The dominant color scheme is the
dainty Napoleonir renaissance style Of
translucent green, ethereal ivory and
purplish red. emphasized by the golden
acanthGs leaf border and the golden
wreathed laurel frezes, surmounted by
gilded Hours de lis.
In the vista afforded by the lobby and
the dra wing room floor. opening upon
the main entrance. ieaiher-colored an
tIque oak dado follows the side walls.
aBoye ii Is Il field OF green, studded with
gilded medallions. festooned together and
suspended from the ivory -colored frieze
by gilded plastic relief designs
la the drawing room n--. grsaa
Wilton carpet harmouizes srtisticallv
with the walls and ceiling, which have
been frescoed afreSh.
In the auditorium tie gorgeous taste
of the orient seems TO have been con
suited in adjoining the boxes from floor
TO ceiling and the arch from stage
apron above the grand canopy border
Ivory, red and gold form a combination
fairly dazzling.
The interior Of the boxes are in rich
red. with Napoleonic plastic relief
decorations festooning the walls TIE
marble pillars IN the apertures are
eleamingly white. y dainty contrast is
afforded by the green velvet drapings,
with golden bands their borders
The ladies' retiring room is elegantly
attired in imported French paper green
burlap and mosaic floor. with great
French mirrors In Handkerchief gilt in
crusted frames. Not a spot in the the
alter has been neglected and several
coats Of paint have been applied for
h&gienic as well as ornamental reasons.
Narnish shows its reflections on all
SIDES
New scenery will give fresh charm 10
-hase's big stage. a Louis Nv practical
interior scene being one of Mr.. Thomp-
sons noteworthy canvas creations this
summer. 1t is believed Chase's, in its
TWELFTH season, is more beautiful than
IN all the seasons that have vanished.
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Belasco's PLAYS and Plans.

David Belasco is credited in a recent
interview with saying, Il shall not pro-
duce any plays by foreign authors. nor
feature any foleign-born stars this year.
All shall he American and represent tie
features of our teeming and aleidoscopc
national spirit
Mr.. Belasco also said he had written
an American play of his own and would
begin rehearsng special company i'm il
soon.
1t is promised Blanche Bates will appear
in d new play. as well as in Twelfth
Night" and AS You Like It." as soon
as she completes her tour in The Fight
ing Hope" and that David Warfeld will
play The Music Master until spring.
when he will have new play. Mr.. Belas-
co also proposes he shall appear in THE
Merchant of Venice to the production
of which Mr.. Beiascn has given copsid-
cradle thought. "Warfields rendering OF
.Shyleck' will be simple as that of his
Music Master. sa!o Mr.. Belasoo The
stage setting will also be simple. The
day of the ornate and ford productions
of Shakespeare has passed"
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II-Continued.

The boy clearly kept on through the
room below, but Grimbleshaw could hear
the unknown fumbling at the knob of
the front door. This recalled him to him
self. and he sprang to the stairs under
an impulse to seize the fugitive. Even
as he felt his foot on the first step he
realized the supreme folly of such an
act On this he retraced his steps. NOV
ing instinctiyely on tiptoe. and found his
candlestick and also ohiis. In srop.ng
for them his hand touched two or three
wet. sticky spots. which he knew to be
blood
Then he suddenly remembered that Phil
had not given him the matches. and he
had no means of gaining light short of
the kitchen. The noise below had ceased.
but whether because the fugitive had un-
locked the door and escaped, or because
he was lying in wait for him to come
down, he had no means of finding ont
sl0i - the event. The ques ion opened
up most unpleasant possibilities.
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vided in purpose between advance or re-
treat, and only the sense of professional
duty to the injured man upstairs was
powerful enough to turn the scale. The
fact that ne had been summoned might
be interpreted as indicating that the man
who best knew the extent of the injuries
did not think the other past help and was
not disposed to prevent help being given.
That being the case his course was plain.
In any event, ii was his duty to know.
and anything less thau knowledge was
clearly dereliction.
When lie again opened the dDor into the
entryway the same cold. icy blast. as for
merly. struck him and nearly extin-
guished his light The outer door, which
he had bolted. again stood opeit and the
ha was empty. In the very conner. how
ever, where some subtle sense had told
him that something. or somebody. cow
cred. lay in rumpled heap sheet of
white cotton. Above was the ominous
blackness of the stairway and upper hall.
which might conceal any terEoI-creating
shape.
This time he did not lock or even close
the door. He had less fear for what
might he without than for that within
and there was something tssuring in
knowledge of an open way OF retreat
more direct than through the kitchen.
Before going upstairs IoWey er he tried
the door of tho lower room and on
reaching the upper hallway tried the sec
oud door Each was fastened. as before
Then ne passed into ne farther room
giving quick glance Il ousit 10 detect, if
possible. any further intrtidcr
Like the rooms below. lit was sparsely
furnished. but the create bureau was of
maI!o-Iny. was s.:sc <-:ic ::'Ir- poster
hs had noticed before. On this was
stret ched the form of powerful man.
who by appearance was close on 10 sew
enty years of age He was clothed in an
ordinary suit of coarse material, but the
clothing had been looSened at the throat.
An ugly cut. gaping and bloody extended
along tie left side Of the head, and IHe
PHYSICIANS trained eye saw that at one
point the skull was crushed in lie
recognized the man for John Altenburg,
usually spoken OF as "old John Alien
burg. the owner Of the house and farm
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and a voice that is declared to be one
of the best meZzo-sopranos outside Of
grand opera.
A new musical comedy to be produced
| In Chicago is called THE Fantastic
World
Among the new pieces to be produced
this season by the Shuberts is The Per-
sian Princess
Lottie Williams is 10 go into vaudeville.
She has sketch by Edmund Day, au-
thor OF The Round Up"
One of tie most Industrious of play
wrights is Hartley Manners. He is writ
ing five dramas and one musical comedy.
The Shuberts Will produce all of his
works.
rs Matrimony Failure?' David
Belasco's new play. is to open the middle
of the month at Atlantic City. 1t is said
the cast is composed. with one exception.
of married people, and that one exception
is engaged.
ADMIRERS OF the wonderful work of
little Helen Brown in "A Royal Family"
and Prince Chap viii! be delighted to
near that the little miss returns to the
cast with the Columbia Players tomorrow
night as Patch In "A Poor Relation
The Spain Of Today will be the sub
ject OF one of the new lectures Fred Nib
10 will add 10 his Travel Ia ks for the
coming season.
Lyman III. Howe's Travel Festival
which opens at the Columbia rheater to-
night. in addition to being the talk of
New York as the greatest of the hippo
drome shows. is turning people away at
Ford's Theater. Baltimore and the Gar
rick III Philadelphia.
Another Washington girl. who has sue
ceeded on the stage will be found in
the cast of "a Poor Relation tomor-
row night She is vioette kimball a
handsome girl who began her stage career
with the old Berger Stock Company at
the Lafayette Theater.
Cohan and Harris minstrels open their
New York engagement tomorrow night
with what Is announced as the greatest
minstrel show ever organized There Is
a new afterpiece fresh from the pen of
George Cohan and a bewildering array
of novelties of every character.
Fred G. Berger. manager of the Column
bia Theater. will leave the city in the
course Of a few days for "a flying business
trip To several points in Michigan and
New York state.
Al. H. Wilson and his manager Sid
ney r. Els who have been making a
tour of lrelanH during the summer. have
returned to New York and are rehearsing
Metz in Ire and. the play in which Mr.
Wilson will be seen this season.
E.ffie Darling. who has a wide acquaint-
ance in this. her home city and who VII
be remembered a member Of the
Luckett Stock Company. has signed for
the leading part in The Final Settle
ment' now rehearsing in New York Miss
Darling spent the summer vacation at
her home in this city and her bungalow
in the Blue Ridge and left for New York
last Sunday. Last season Miss Darling
played the leading womanS role in The
Devil and other new plays in stock
Billie Burke is to resume her tour i'm
Love Watches in Des Moines early
next month.
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They Sailed Yesterday.

The many friends and admirers of Julia
Dean and her talented husband. Orme
Caldara will be interested to know that
they sailed yesterday for London. and will
spend two weeks in the English capital.
with perhaps side excursions, and two
weeks in Paris. They are both pretty
well worn out with their long and exact
ing season and hope hy the sea voyage
and change o. scene to win back their
strength for their winters campaign All
Washington wishes them bon voyage and
a safe return
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tract for five months, during which time
she will appear in Romeo and Juliet ;"
Carmen" 'Favorita. Louise" "Caval-
leria Rusticana, Faust Marion.
Bohemian Girl .Lohengrin' and
'.Werther." There will also be special
performance OF Massenets "Grisildis.'
The director of the latter opera was re-
Gently appointed with the condition that
he should secure Nine Holtznan Wey
mouth.
musical American. who recently heard
this gifted young lady. says that as an
artist she unites a voice of great beauty
and compass with admirable delin ion
of character and highly individual inter-
probation of many different herones her
repertoire including more than a dozen
operas. She. sings with APPARENTLY equal
grace and ease in English, French, Ger
man and Italian.
The fact that Nine. Hoffman Wey
mouth is achieving fame and fortune is
not due alone to real talent and
charming personality. Exceptional health
and steadfast resolve to succeed have
carried her through nearly eight years
of hard work in her chosen profession
and her friends feel she richly deserves
the enviable reputation she has gained
Her mother. Mrs. William +. Hoffman
of Washington plans to 10 n her at Con-
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Washington Girl in Grand Opera

Nine. Hoffman Weymouth, formerly
Miss Florence Lee Hoffman IF this
city. is filling ten-week engagement as
prima donna at the theater in Pogues les
Faux, a popular watering place III SOUTH
ern France. Thence she goes, in Octo-
Der, to Constantinope, under a con-
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stantinople during October and remain
with her until April or May. when they
expect to return home together.
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ans. She is a Chicago girl with beauty
and a voice that is declared to be one
of the best mezzo-sopranos outside of
grand opera
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15

j. f. Dodson is compiling history of
theatrical art
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Harry Lauder will come to this country
for a season of thirty or forty weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15

Juliet I.ange has been engaged for the
prima donna role of "Lo. the musical
comedy by .. Henry and Franklin p. Ad-
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A new musical comedy to be produced
In Chicago is called THE Fantastic
World
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15

Charles Cherry. the English actor, will
begin his season early in August in The
Bachelor which was first produced at
the Maxine Elliott Theater last spring
CLYDE Fitch, who wrote the comedy is
under contract to deliver another play
for the same actor
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Among the new pieces to be produced
sian Princess
The Detroit times., 1909-06-21
His Patient Whipping Boy
the Cad for the Great dch Not Whmpng
and Feels Compensated.

IF the senator from Wisconsin,
says Smoot. will turn TO the volume
OF hearings taken by the ways and
means committee and turn 10 page
2,476. volume q, he will find that Mr.
New England Manufacturer appeared
before the committee with crepe on
his hat. and showed that New Eng
land manufacturers We're headed TO
ward the poorhouse.'
But" demands LaFolletre. what is
the cost OF making wooden nutmeg
in Austrian"
Il have not the figures before mC
at the present moment. stammers
Smoot; but no doubt the figures are
available"
But" again shrieks LaFollette
what is the difference in cost Of
production?'
Yes" says Smoot, the business in
terests OF the country. suffering a
they are by this tariff debate 10 the
extent OF ten million Tor is it billion? p
dollars day, make IL undesirable thai
the senator from Wisconsin interpos.
objections 70 a simple al valorem suci
as we have prepared In this schedule
Now the beet sugar growers OF Utah
Idaho. Colorado and Nevada
The Detroit times., 1909-06-21
JUST A COMPARISON

Mr.. J. ]. Jefrries. young man OF
Los Angeles. refuses TO work is min
uteS--6 rounds-at the game OF box
ing. at Pittsburg. for less than $4,000.
Mr. Jefries is among the very best in
his field OF effort in all the world and
perhaps $22222 per minute. or SOL.
9s9.6S0 per year of 800 working days
of eight hours each would be a fair
annual salary for him.
In his corner" during the minute
rest between rounds. Mr. Jenrios viii
have an assistant who will hold a
towel and sponge 10 apply 10 Mr..
Jeffries person as need nav be This
is not position requiring much i'm
tellectual strain. yet II will pay some
$40 per minute. or at the rate OF sl44.-
900 annually.
Favorable comment has recently
been made all over California by the
fact that the salary OF BENJAMIN Ede
Wheeler, president OF the State uni
yersity OF the great state OF Califor-
MIA, has been raised 10 $4,000 year.
There are no eight-hour days In Mr.
Wheeler's fate; they are mostly IS.
There are nearer 365 days. hours. 9
minutes and 96 seconds than 300 days
in Mr. Wheeler's working year But
call II eight hours per day. 300 days
The Detroit times., 1909-06-21

Reed Smoot, senator from Utah, has
the honor 10 be whipping boy 10
Senator Nelson w Aldrich
The custom of having a whipping
boy has thus been revived.
The whipping boy. 1t will be rernem-
bered, was a boy OF common extrSc'
ton who was brought up as compan'
ion 10 the prince OF the royal blood,
and took his whippings for him. That
Is the way Aldrich takes his legisla
| tive Negotiations.
: Aldrich is in charge OF tariff legisla-
! ton. The tariff bill is framed up and
reported 10 the senate by the commit
tee on finance. or that committee
Aidrich is chairman. He is the man
10 answer questions. Thus the theory.
But the practice is quite different.
Suppose LaFollette has the floor Il
demand" cries he, the information
on which the committee on finance
based his SCHEDULED What. in this in
stance. is the difference in cost OF pro-
duCtion at home and abroad 2"
Who takes the floor? Aldrich? Oh,
no II is Smoot who comes humbly
from behind the desk on the back row
and. In gentle tones. begins defense
OF the committee bill
The Detroit times., 1909-06-21

A freezing glance from Aldrich
causes Smoot 10 shrivel up.
Didn't | tell you not 20 do any IN
necessary talk?" growls Aldrich
So Smoot quits, and LaFollette lays
IL on.
The chairman OF the committee on
finance does not seem 10 have any IN
formation on the subject OF this sched-
ule He disregards the whole ques'
ton OF difference in cost OF production
az home and abroad He seems 10 1oT-
get that there are any people In the
country who are not makers OF WOOD
en- nutmegS He acts like nincom'
poop"
But II is Reed Smoot who Is on MS
feet taking the licking.
The official designation OF Smoot IS
lieutenant floor manager"
It has long been understood tna'
There is a compact between the he
publican national committee ana the
Mormon church-an arrangement
which dates from the time when Perry
Heath went for Hanna 70 salt Lake
civ and engineered the deal. Smoot
comes 10 the senate representing the
Orranized political power OF the MOT
mon church. AS a secular power TINS
"a enormous. 1t Is equivalent 10 a
railroad system or almost 20 an or
ganlzation like Standard OIL. II Is
vast wealth and controls a
vast number OF votes.
Smoot stands and takes his whip
oings with patient fidelity or course
/ n IS not without compensation, Tor
/ think of the honor. for instance.
The Detroit times., 1909-06-21

per year, and we find that Mr.. Whee-
lers salary Is about cents per min
ute
Mr. Wheeler has spent probably 40
years equipping himself for earning
the eight cents per minute.
There are assistants In Mr.. Whee-
icrs corner" professors who have
given their whole lives In preparation
for their positions. and the pay for
these positions ranges from two cents
TO as high as five cents per minute.
There is food for thought In the
comparative figures we have given
above. II is difficult to see how wa
can avoid the conclusion that intel
ligent America prizes much more
highly skill to knock the brains out
az man than skill To knock brains
into one Just think about this when
YOU grow ugly over social or govern
mental injustiees that Cypress. Would
YOU rather pay 81 To see a prize fight,
or 81 toward the salary OF men TO
whom you entrust the early. most crit.
ical period of your sons career? Upon
your ability and will to choose right
in such alternatives depend pretty
much all the issues about which there
is so much grooming. grunting, growl.
ing and clarifying.