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The Washington times., 1909-06-08
MUSIC. AND COMEDY
REIGN AT THEATERS
Are You a Mason ?" Finds
Favor With Columbia
Audience.
Company Scores in It's First
Departure to light
Comedy.

The jump from Prince Chap" of last
week u Are You a Mason?' which the
Columbia Players are Offering this week,
is a broad one, but the distance was
cleared with seemingly little effort and
the rollicking farce comedy was pre-
seated with a dash and swing that made
II one OF the most enjoyable productions
of the year. It was a case Of laugh
from start to finish and the good work
done by the members of the cast was
recognized, and at each curtain they
were forced to respond to several cur
tain calls
The plot IS built about the efforts Of
young married man and his sporty
fEther-in-law to pass themselves off as
Masons, their nights of the lodge
serving as a cloak for many shortcom-
ings. Neither knows that the other
is taking and the blur they are run
ming gives rise to many humorous stu
atom. The austere mOther-in-law.
With ner constant reminders to her hus-
band of a youthful indiscretion. the
complicated love affairs of Sthe two
daughters. and the appearance Of Farm
er Halton, anxious to be Mason, by
Heck" are all productive of laughs.
Performance Smooth.
The most pleasing feature Of the per-
Torrance was the smoothness with
which It was presented No particular
opportunity was given for star work,
but each role was well taken and the
play was carried through without a
hitch. Even the waits between acts
were cut short aud every excuse for
fault finding eliminated
One Of the cleverest parts was that
taken by William H. Conley. who. as
the retired farmer. got away with"
bit Of character work that brought
much laughter and liberal applause.
Thomas Chatterton took the role Of the
young husband, and what probably was
his best work this season. Alexander
Frank, as the father-in-law, was a typi-
cal old sport in real dread of his wife,
Ruth Blake
Miss Julia Dean. as the rather unso-
Frustrated young wife. was very charm
ing in role that gave her little Oppor-
tunity.
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SEBREE For BIG NAVY.

PORTLAND, Ore, June S,-Rear Ad-
miraI Uriel Sebree. commander of the
Pacific feet. favors a larger navy. I'VE
want ships" he said. we want more
Of them. We ought TO be building three
or four Dreadnoughts every year"
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MANY NEW FEATURES
SEEN AT LUNA PARK
Good Vaudeville and Music by
American Regimental Band
Make Hits.

With added outdoor attractions and
new vaudeville features, Luna Park be-
gan another week OF amusement last
night, the unusually large crowds being
enthusiastic in their praise
"a Trip to the Moon, combining an
aerial ride and an apparent visitation to
that body. was popular feature. In
the pavilion an interesting vaudeville
program consisted OF Burt James, in
songs and dances; Ida O'Day in songs;
Frifz's trained dogs, and Tom Wster'S
pianOlOgUe.
Weaver's American RegimeBtal Band
offered a diversified musical program
and made additional friends.
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OFFICERS ELECTED
BY MUSURGIA CLUB

Following the adoption or new con
stirution and the formation of plans for
the ensuing year. the Musurgia Club
elected its officers At the annual elective
meeting held last night
The officers were selected as follows;
Edgar Priest. president and musical d.
rector: Charles r. Bartlett, assistant
musical director: Joseph Matthew, vice
president: Arthur Pierce. treasurer; Os-
car W. Gardner, secretary; DIT n
Willis Pomeroy, business representative;
oliver A Phelps. counsel; Howard S
Burbank. librarian These officers and
Ed win CallOw form what Is known as
the board Of control of the club
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J. r. HILDEBRAND.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT" Combines Mu-
sic and Dancing

Arna Deck and her company of "ROl-
nclzers" opened at the Lyceum yester-
day with a creditable mixture OF farce,
music. and dancing. a sprightly chorus
helping out the production. Teddy
Burns and his dry humor caught the
crowd in the opening burlesque, which
closes with a ludicrous duel scene be-
tween Burns and Sam FendaH Miss
Deck received a number of encores on
her song hits. and Virginia Ware also
became a faVOrite William Patton.
Burt Jack, and Sid Graham. the other
principals, handled their parts we'll.
The OliO consists of a dancing turn by
two young men whose names are not
on the program, but who dance fairly
we'll. songs by sam Fendal and a
black-face farce by Gregg and Jack
Patton. The performance closes with a
behind-the-scenes burlesque on a vaude-
vile rehearsal in which all the mem
bers of the company do a turn.
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CORRIGAN SCORES
IN "KEEGAN'S PAL

CHICAGO, H., June S.-Emmett Cor
rigan made his stellar debut at Chicago
opera House tonight under the man
agement OF Joseph NJ. Gates in the new
American play. ''Keegan's Pal" by
paul Wilstach He PLAYED the role Of
a great New York criminal lawyer. VINO
in his youth was IN bad company and
the nal Of a skilled crook.
The play was . pronounced hit, and
he audience gave repeated curtain calls
after every act. After a summer run
here, Corrigan viii open in New York
IN September.
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DICKINSON TO GIVE
CADETS DIPLOMAS

Secretary Dickinson win present the
diplomas TO the graduates at West
Point this year.
The exercises are 10 take place Fri
dav. and the Secretary, accompanied by
Mai Gen j. Franklin Bel, chief OF
star. will leave Washington Thursday
evening. Judge Dickinson returned TO
washington Yesterday from Chicago,
where he attended a banquet given by
the Commercial Club Of that city.
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FROHMAN SECURES
PLAY "CHANTICLEER'

PARIS. June 8-Charles Frohman an
nOunces that he has secured Rostand's
'tChanticleer'' for America. He expects
the play to be a big sensation.
This IS the play which was being re-
hearsed By Coquelin Aine, the famous
French actor, at the time Of his death.
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Caldara Scores.

Another hit was made by Orme Cal
dara, whose work began when he ap-
pears disguised as the daughter of the
long dead Angelina, whose name has
been a nightmare TO the older Mason
for twenty years.
The entire play is replete with genuine
comedy and the excellent way I'm which
each part is handled was the excuse for
the roars OF laughter and the continued
applause given last night. IL one NAV
judge from its reception at the first per
Torrance and the real merit of the pIay
Are G0u MaSOn2 ?" will have as good
run as Prince Chap last week.
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100000 STRAP HANGERS.

CHICAGO. June SIN the first sup
Elemental report Of the subway bureau
there is included the census or the army
of strap-hanEers. The roll shows that
on an average day 1851 ChicagOans
cling 10 the straps in street railways
and elevated lines. or a total for a
year Of between 45.0o0,000 and 1900 900
passengers
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Net Bands. braided in soutache
and rat-taf braids. Per yard, or
Washable Emblems for sailor
and Peter Thompson Suits ooe
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AIDE Opera Finds Capable
Interpreters in Aborn
Company.
Whiffen Scores Individual
Hit as the Sultan
Sulu.

Mr.. HIRAM, of Sulu. fell of the wa
ter wagon again last night. He did not
appear in Police Court this morning.
things happen quicker than that in Sulu.
He was required to pay slimOny. one
half Of his income. TO eight wives. He
couldn't figure this out by simple Sulu
arithmetic so he plotted to rid himself
in the modern American way by mar
rying them off. For one of these Of
lenses he MS jailed and for the very
first namea misdemeanor he paid the
penalty with "R-E-M-O-R-S-E."
All Of which happened last evening at
the National Theater when the AbOrn
Company presented The Sultan OF
Sulu'' for the sixth week OF its summer
season. George AIDE wrote il. so the
story runs, and tried to read 1t TO
manager who, with more promputude
than politeness advised George TO hire
a nalI" George hired q theater instead
ana presented the first OF his long line
of musical comedy successes.
Marks Transition.
This musical comedy marks the trans
ition period very clearly between the
comic opera Of Robin Hood" and THE
Mikado" type to that style of musical
comedy Of which George Cohan IS the
chief apostle and AIDE has since become
a willing disciple But they all come in
a summer season, and, incidentally. the
revivals of the Aborn Company have a
distinct educational value because they
afford a chance 10 study at first hand
the evolution Of light opera.
A chief difficulty for the producers
must have been the revision OF the lines.
for AIDES slang was built on topics OF
the minute. But lines and topical songs
alike are strictly up-to-date- Bwana
Tumbo is in the Philippines, not in AT
RIGA, and references to tariff La Boil
lette. and Rockefeller show the hand OF
the rewrite man.
The musical grounds for presenting
The Sultan" are slight indeed. but the
Aborn company once more had the
chance 10 demonstrate that its members
can talk as we'll as sing Not much
OF the hUmor OF AIDES lines was lost
in the hands of these players and in
several instances the parts very nearly
approached those in the original COM
pany.
Whiffen Good Ki-Ram.
Thomas Written DID full Justice to the
role OF HIRAM. His facial expression
combined with a genuine ability for
comedy work brought laughs often. and
sometimes long. The remOrse Of the
cold gray dawn of the morning after"
found a sympathetic pOrtrayer- And
if the cocktail and constitution followed
the flag with marked consistency
through two acts the men in the audi
ence were not driven TO follow the flag
afterwards, for IL was very good
show
There was enough music TO afford
Miss FRITZ Won BUsing chances to sing.
and her singing has become a strong
feature OF the Aborn offerings Last
night she sang with Forrest HUH and
with Howard Chambers and alone. In
all she was in excellent voice.
A ~ nnF 1r4TA a aF1El in lea
Blanche Morrison, who was Henrietta
Budd. Miss Morrison managed TO win
favor despite the name.
The most difficult work this week falls
TO the chorus who have not so much
singing as heretofore. but considerabl
more dancing They have been well
trained.
J. r. HILDEBRAND.
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When We Long For Power.

Many a Christian of good average
standing really longs for spiritual
power-at times. When he hears it
said of certain rare individuals, as
was said recently Of a widely known
leader in the Kingdom, Mr.. -
lives his Christianity so remarkably
that you are always uplifted by 1t
when he is in your house." he thinks
he would rather have that power, 30
that people would talk that way
about him, than anything else In the
world. His desire is sincere, for the
moment, but it does not last long
enough. II it did, the longed-for
power would come. Blessed are
they that hunger and thirst after
righteousness, for they shall be
filed" But they must care more for
the power Of the Spirit than for any
thing else in their lives. Which
means that they must be willing to
pay the price that the Spirit demands
for complete entry into anyone's life.
And that is stern, rigid duty-doing
at every point; absolute surrender Of
self and all of self's interests; the
making of the Kingdom and its inter-
ests first and supreme in ones life.
If this seems too high a price to pay,
we need not wonder that our lives
lack the occasionally, languidly COW
eted Observation-Disclosures Times.
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any tall tree that stands upon fairly
level ground.
. Make a rough guess at the height
of the tree, and mark a point that
distance away, and on as near a level
with the foot of the tree as possible.
Accuracy depends largely upon this.
At the point selected set firmly up
right a rod of known height-for con-
venience call it seven feet above the
ground. The operator must nov OBJ
tain, If he does not already know it,
the height of his eyes above the
ground. For a man of five feet ten
and a half inches, let us say, this
measurement is likely to be five. feet
six inches-that is, four and a half
inches less than the height. But if a
tape is conveniently at hand it is bet
ter to make an Individual and accur-
ate measurement.
Now let the Surveyor" lie fat on
his back with his heels close against
the bottom of the pole. BY sight
ing" over the top Of it, he must bring
the top of the tree in direct line.
In order to do this it may be neces-
sary to make one or two experiments
by setting the pole forward or back
ward.
Care must be taken, however, not
to force the alignment by any stretch
ing or "scrouching" in order to bring
the eye in the desired plane.
When the proper point is found, as
indicated in the figure, the surveyor
will see that he has furnished himself
with the two similar triangles A B c
and A D E. The length Of the side
A B is known to be in this case five
feet and six inches; the side B G is
seven feet; the side A D is quickly
measured, and found to be, let us say,
sixty feet.
The geometry student will turn
naturally to the proposition about
similar triangles and their homolo-
gous sides when he reaches this point.
But for the general convenience the
simple arithmetical process is given.
Write out the proportion-or carry it
in your head if you cana B is to A
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officers of a sikh regiment IN India
we're annoyed by some native hang
Ing about their camp and "sniping"
them with a rifle. The colonel sent
for his orderly, a native soldier, and
said he wanted a squad to go over
the mountain that night and catch
the miscreant who was annoying
them. The orderly saluted and
begged to be allowed to act alone, as
surfing his colonel that he would soon
catch the culprit. The officer, admir-
ing his pluck, agreed, and the next
morning the soldier walked in with
the head of the sniper. The officers
were loud in their praise OF the SOL
dier's valor. "Oh, sirs, I had no diff
Guilty" he said. you see, I knew
his ways. He was my father. Chi
cago Daily News.
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"They Feared as They Entered Into
the Cloud"

Many of the greatest and most up
lifting experiences Of life approach
in the guise of fearsome clouds.
Whether any cloud shall be changed
into 1.-The Majestic Glory" depends
upon whether it shuts in or shuts out
Christ. If He be within it, the vision
splendid must soon burst forth to
show the Master more radiant, more
divine than before.
To those drawing consciously near
the close of their days this mount OF
the TRANSPORTATION has its lessons OF
exceeding grace. 1t is not a pleasant
thing to anybody to grow old. To
most men, despite all they say and
the jests they make, age comes as un-
expected and unheralded as a cloud
drifting across Hermon's heights.
From some source, invisible, there
GENES a sudden shadow and a dread
full chill. Something has shut out the
sun, slowed the beating of the heart.
Happy, thrice happy, that
disciple VINO sees the curtain shut
down behind him and life only to see
the veil thrown back which reveals
to him the Saviour glorious in the
light of immortality.-The Interior.
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D as B C is to D E. Putting this in
figures: 5k is to 60 as Z is to the
unknown quantity-the height of the
tree. Multiply A D (60) by B c Cd
and divide the result by A B (5k),
and the result is approximately 76
feet 4 inches, the desired measure OF
the tree.
With this formula firmly in mind
the surveyor may secure the same
result by a simpler method on the
same principle. Drive the pole into
the ground until the top is just at the
level of the eyes; then lie down and
sight" as before. Since the lines A.
B and C B thus secured are equal, the
lines A D and D E will also be equal,
and it is only necessary to measure
the line A D in order to obtain the
height of the tree. If the surveyor
knows the length of his step he can
pace the distance, and thus measure
the tall tree pretty accurately without
the use of foot rule, tape or anything
of the kind.-Youth's Companion.
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Faith Needs to BE Tested.

All the faith you have will be
tried. l can see you heaping it up,
How rich you are. What a pile OF
faith. Friend, you are almost per,
feet. Open the furnace door and put
the heap in. Do o shrink? See
how it shrivels. Is taers anything
left? Bring hither the magnlfyine
glass. Is this all that is left? Yes,
this Is all the remains Of the heap,
You say, II trusted in Cod Yes,
but you had a reason to cry, Lord,
help my unhelief.'
Brethren, we have not a 1.-THE OF
faith we think we have. But wheth-
er or not, all our faith must be test
ed. God builds no ships but what He
sends to sea.-Spurgeon.
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Fig. p. Now nail two boards, ten
inches by nine feet, to the sides, and
even with the top of the legs, letting
them project one inch at either end.
After this is done nail the boards on
the top. A strap of iron. six inches
by one inch by a quarter inch is
screwed to the first top board about
one inch from the end A Gig 81, to
brace boards against while planning
them. Now fasten a block six inches
by two inches by one inch ~perpendic-
ularly to the side board, and a mar
row strip nine feet long along the
bottom Of the same board. This is
used to keep a board in position
while planning the edge. If you
choose to have a wise in your work
bench it may be attached at the up
per corner.
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Lord" and hence church." From It
comes the Scotch "kirk," the Dutch
"kerk" and the German "kirche."
Some think it should be so rendered
in this epistle, and that this lady is
the Ephesian Church personified, her
sister the church where John was
holding services at the time, her chill
dren the sorely tempted Ephesian
converts.
If so, the significance simply broad
ems from the family home to the
church home. The lesson was and
remains appropriate to both. Neither
at the house nor in the church do we
need a new theology, nor additional
commandments. In both places we
need the Pentacostal spirit inspiring
US with, one accord to continue stead
fast in the temple; with gladness and
s%ingleness of heart breaking bread at
home" in church, in the house, on
the street constantly reiterating,
thoughtfully contemplating, logically
applying the duplex commandment Of
love.
Such a widowed saint as I have
imagined Cyria, when a boy I was
privileged to know. Her time, too,
was spent in helping others. One
day she stopped me on the street and
said: "My boy, do you remember
how Nero wished all the Romans had
one neck, that he might wiring It?
Well, I was just wishing that all the
Christians Of York had one neck. that
I might hug it," Her life, whether
worshiping at the temple or break
ing bread at home, approved her
words.
What a warning is Johns Look to
yourselves that we receive a full re-
ward" Religion is more than a
means for gaining heaven or escaping
hell. In neither place, any more than
upon earth, are rewards and punish
ments melted out with stupid and in
discriminate uniformity.
In the future life remorse will not
be localized. Some among the saved
barely squeeze through the gates,
others have an abundant entrance.
Inside, many are unadorned at all;
the crowns of others are plain cir
clets; some heads are wreathed with
stars. While rejoicing in their re-
demption will not multitudes regret
their empty-handedness?
To be first at school, in games,
among business men, is a lofty ambi-
ton. Loftiest of all ambitions Is to
be first in the kingdom of heaven; to
be richest where moth and rust cor
rupt not, where thieves break not
through, where industry has its full
reward. Such deposits in heavenly
vaults increase at compound interest
if we walk determinedly in the mar
row path, abhor falsities, work no
unworthy schemes, speak no unkind
words, are intolerant Of our own sins,
tolerant to other sinners, make tenn
Piles Of our homes and homes Of our
temples.
Browning puts in the dying mouth
Of it's leader the cause of that post
P~entacostal Joy at church and at
home:
For life with all it yields of joy and woe
And hope. and fear-belieye the aged
friend
Is Just our chance of the prize of learning
love,
How love might be, hath been indeed
and is.
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have the lifting done automatically,
yet this is what the attachment shown
here does. The hook is attached to
the case, or whatever the article may
be, a lever released, and presto, the
case is pulled upon the truck. The
chain moves in and out of a holder
containing compressed air. When
the lever is released the slack of the
chain is taken up, pulling the case
onto the truck. In addition. the
chain prevents the case from fitting
forward and falling off as the truck
is being wheeled along.
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Where r, HI, Davis Lived.

Don't you think you would like to
have this studio?" the caretaker
asked when he had duly exhibited it.
Richard Harding Davis lived on the
floor above"
No" said the artist, I'm afraid
Richards a Jonah. What was the
matter with him? Didn't he pay his
rent? This is the fifth studio I've
looked at this morning and he lived
either on the floor above or the floor
below of every blessed one of them?"
New York Times.
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Puts Forth His Men.

That He may make us missionary,
God is always giving us missionaries.
He puts forth His men and women,
and when the Church, in the midst
of which they emerge, looks upon
them with S~pirit-opened eyes, she
knows that in their appearing there
is uttered anew to her the Masters
commission. They challenge the
Church; they infect her with their
urgency. and by their succession
God persists in His will that the
world should be saTed.-Rev. Thorn
as Ye'es.
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How to Make a Work Bench.

The articles required to make a
good work bench are: Twelve feet Of
2x4 pine scantling, a few boards and
some nails. Cut the scantling into
four pieces, each three feet long.
Make a gain in the end of each six
inches long and one inch deep Gig.
-. Next get two boards, each two
and a half feet by six inches. and nail
them firmly into the gains. (See
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Hand Truck.

Among the ingenious devices re-
Gently patented is the novel attach
ment for hand trucks shown in the il
l~ustration below. With a truck
equipped with this device a nan can,
with practically no effort, raise a
heavy packing case, barrel or article
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THE HEIGHT OF THE TREE.

TO know how N may without in
struments-and with approximate &C.
curacy-obtain the height of trees,
buildings and similar lofty objects
which are inaccessible to measure
ment "by hand" is a bit of simple
knowledge that may sometimes be
of great value-and is always sure to
be amusing and instructive.
For purposes Of illustration take
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Stiff neck! Doesn't amount to much,
but mighty disagreeable. You've no idea
how quickly a little. Hamlins Wizard Oil
will lubricate the cords and make you
comfortable again.