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Evening star., 1909-03-04
SALARIES IN VAUDEVILLE.
In No Other Line Is Pay for Equal
Ability Higher.
From the Theater Magazine

rom the lheathr Magazine.
In no other line of work is the pay
higher than ii is in vaudeville. Lillian
Russell and Elsie Janis are both reported
ed to have received $1,000 week during
brief engagements. and there are per-
haps dozen persons who never appe ar
for less than third of the sum and
who have all the work they desire. These
salaries are. of course, paid only to the
highest class of artists, but there are
plenty of people who make 5000 or $500
a week and who have very little open
time. A good sketch, cleverly presented.
is often worth 500 or 5000 week and
song and dance people frequently make
from $50 to 500 apiece out of their acts.
Strangely enough, acrobats. who require
years of practice to perfect their feats,
are among the poorest paid people in the
profession. a very fair two-people aero
batic turn can be secured for 500, and
even the best ones rarely cost the man
agement over $500. Girl acts which re-
quire the services of half dozen or
more shapely females, who can both sing
and dance, are usually put on by some of
the big producers like Joe Hart or Jesse
Lasky. who pay all expenses connected
with them and figure TO make good
profit. Such acts, If successful, often net
their producers from $1,000 to $4,000 a
season; the girls VINO play in them re-
ceiving from $40 to $50 week
A good sketch is veritable gold mine
to it's owner. w. II. Murphy and Blanche
Nichols have been presenting their
screaming farce, From Uncle Tom to
Zaza." for nearly five years, and it is
still as successful as ever. and there are
a number of sketches now being played
which are still older. Acrobatic and jug
Cling turns remain practically the same
year after year. although new stunts oc-
casionally replace the old ones. The au-
dience little guesses the amount of time
and patience which it requires to get a
trick of this class into shape for pre-
senration, to say nothing of the danger
involved. The Piroscoffis. who do a Won
derful Juggling act with plates. practiced
II daily for six years before they were
ready to show il to the public. Think of
1t. Six years Of constant practice TO pre-
sent trick which takes hardly half a
minute to present and w-.-ch Is only a
single incident of their performance.
Evening star., 1909-03-04
The Future of Man.
From the Toledo Blade


The old theologians were gloomy in the
contemplation of the future of mankind.
They could not see much in the days
ahead except unhappiness and pain.
mournful il magnificently beautiful
words of Job or whether in the times
there was a poison Of hopelessness, none
of us may more than guess
The scientific people have been doing a
great amount of studying of the face OF
the globe In recent years, experimenting.
turning over ancient dust heaps and
cleaning up cave debris. The total age
of the world is somewhere in the neigh
borhood of 12.OOO.Oo0 years. a few mil
lion either way, of course, being no mat
ter over which any spectacled professors
would come to blows. The human race
began to accomplish things for itself
which may be counted of value about
1900 years back The best il has done
is within the last 200 years.
So man is but an infant in his life's
history His great work. his achieve
ments, his glory and his grandeur are
ahead of him The golden age is not
buried in some distant past. but is a
heritage into which he has not yet come.
These views of the scientific world hard
ly agree with those who find all that is
good. all that is attractive to them in
the records of the Greeks and the Ro-
mans There is warfare between the two
schools OF thought. For you it is per-
mitted to take up with either party, or
accept them beth, as occasion and mood
Evening star., 1909-03-04
LIFE AFTER DEATH.
Parts of the Body Are Alive After
Respiration Ceases.
From McClure'S

From Mcclure
To the unscientfic citizen it is something
of a surprise to learn that large parts of
the body are alive and useful after the
phenomenon popularity known as death
has taken place. Few of us suspect. for
example, that our kidneys and hearts.
after we have died ourselves. can in most
cases be rususcitated, and that if by some
surgical miracle they could be trans
planted into another body. they would
quickly resume their functions. This.
however, is a we'll demonstrated medical
fact. The human heart has been removed
from the body more than thirty hours
after death and made to beat again. DR..
Carrel himself has taken the heart from
orc dog and inserted 1T in the neck of
another, connecting the aorta with the
carotid artery of the new heart. and the
vcna cava with its jugular vein. In a
few moments the live dog had two hearts
rythmically beating, one recording pulse
of 81 and the other 100.
Science has yet framed no precise def
inition of death. The human body teens
and quvers with life, only a small part
of which becomes part of individual
consciousness. The healthy man hardly
realizes the numerous and complex activi-
ties of his internal organs. The all
millions Of mcro-organisins, the activities
of which only occasionally Influence our
daily life. Bodily tissue everywhere is
constantly breaking down and constantly
building up; and yet ii is only in the last
few years that even science has begun 10
understand the beautiful chemical reac-
tions Involved in the process.
Evening star., 1909-03-04
HOTELS. RESTAURANTS G. CAFES
w here to Dine.
airy tale classicS nf cnillhnnd-

fairy tale classics of childhood.
"AS a matter of course we have 10
teach our pupils. hoys and girls alike. IN
tell time Their busy parents have not
taken the pains to show them how. Quite
reeularlT~we find children even up To six
years old who can't read clock face.
Sometimes the home affairs take a
Numerous shane One little girl alwdl s
dropped her reading book in the snow and
mud till We told her that she ought TO
get her m lmma to cover X.
We'll. I'll see what ! can do. an
swered this world-wearN tot of seven,
but | warn you beforehand 'twon't do
any good. Mammals never at home and
Susan ther mothers maidD says she has all
size can DO mchdng mammals clothes
without picking UP after me-.
''IloWeNer. there's one thing I'd like 10
add finished the play instructor 10 The
neglected children of the rich. land that
is that these mothers I've told ycu about
aren't either cluD women or .suffragists
but are in almost every case bridge
whist fiendS. Any one who thinks / eX-
aggerate the situation can lend her serv-
ices in my school for a week and see for
herself
Evening star., 1909-03-04
PLAN OUTDOOR MEET.
Georgetown Preps to Hold Set OF
Games in May.

Urged on by the success which attended
last Saturdays triangular contests, the
Georgetown Props are planning on hold
ing a big outdoor invitation fnter-scho-
astic meet some time in May. The Ia
ciities at hand for running off such an
affair are the best in the south, and, as
there would be no expenses outside OF the
cost of prizes, there is little doubt but
that the event will take place. Georgetown
Field, with it's track of quarter of a
mile. and excellent seating arrangements,
affords advantages which cannot be over
estimated. while the proximity of Ryan
gymnasium insures suitable accomoda-
tions for the entrants.
Just what schools will be asked to take
part has not as yet been decided. but it
is likely that all the local high and prep
schools. along with Episcopal of AleXan-
dria, Jacob Tome of Port Deposit, and
Woodberry Forest of Orange, Va, will
make up the list. This will make about a
dozen teams competing for the point
trophy, and individually the entrants Will
be the best of the scholastic ranks OF
Dixie.
About twenty events will be on the pro-
gram, comprising the customary dashes,
runs, jumps. weight-throwing and relays,
and In addition to these there will be a
special cross-country run. which Will
probably be pulled off in the morning.
the silver trophy for the team scoring the
most points, medals will also be given TO
the men getting placed in the different
races and contests. Also banners viii be
provided for the lucky quartet to get the
relay honors.
The relay races promise TO be pretty
classy, if the plan proposed for carrying
them out is adopted Not only will the
outdoor championship of Virginia and
Maryland and of the District of Columbia
he settled. but also the supremacy in the
south. Preliminary classification will put
the three schools of Virginia and Maryland
in one race, while two divisions will be
made of the local institutions, the high
schools comprising one and the prep
schools the other These three races will
be run off early in the afternoon. and
later on, as q curtain-dropper. the Victors
III each section will scrap 1T out for the
big title this side OF the Mason and Dixon
line.
The meet. If successfully carried
through, will be one of the biggest things
for schoolboys ever held in Washington
and should not only be great boom TO
local athletes, but should also bring great
credit 10 the school that got it up.
Evening star., 1909-03-04
LOOKING AFTER DETAILS.
List of Officials for Georgetown
Games

That the Blue and Gray indoor meet.
which is to come off Saturday night in
Convention Hall. will be successfully car
ried on is assured from the list of Of
iicials made public this morning. Man
ager CorCoran has shown great sagacity
in the selection OF those on whom a great
deal will depend in the running off of the
different and varied events without trou-
BILE delay. With such competent and
experienced men IN charge there is alb
solutely doubt but that the George
tcwn games this year will surpass in
every way not only all previous affairs of
the kind held in Washington but all in
door meets held in the east this win
ter.
The athletes that will compete are most
ly in the city already. and reports from
their leaders say that all are prepar red
for the contests Comprising as they
do the best college and club stars of the
country, it can be taken as certain
that the class of the events Will be
Superlative.
Most of the officials are also in town
They are. for the greater part. men
who were once runners themselves, and
who know the game inside out. Their
extensive experiences in meets OF diff
ferent kinds have preDared them thor
oughly for the respective positions which
they Will hold and their complete under
standing of the difficulties sure to arise
when so many athletes come together in
sures that all obstacles which may bot
up will be speedily removed
The three leading officials are the same
AS last year. Mike Thompson of George
town. the most widely known Of foot bal
ers, the greatest qiIarteI-mii"r eyer seer
i'm a Blue and Gray uniform and still
holder Of a number of l. G. \. ~ A. A.
records, has been slated TO do the start
Evening star., 1909-03-04
"NIG" PERRINE TO
JOIN THE OUTLAWS

KANSAS CITY. Mo. March 4-It looks
though john Grover Perrine is going
TO cast his fortunes and sterling right
arm with the outlaws. At present John
Grover is standing on his constitutional
rights but nevertheless he received
transportation Yesterday from Danny
Shay. owner of the Stockton, Cal. team.
and at late hour last night i; was said
that Mig was very busy collecting his
extra collars. a few days ago John
Grover showed "a telegram from Shay
which read as follows:
"WilI give you $500. Answer and l
will wire you transportation.
The clever little infielder evidently an
swered that the amount was satisfactory,
as the railroad ticket arrived yesterday.
Quite a delegation of Kansas Cityans
will play on the Stockton team the COM
ing season. Others who received trans
portation yesterday from Shay were
Lew Armstrong. Dusty" Miller and
Johnny Farrell
Perrine said last night that he had re-
'ceived q contract from Tebeau hut he
intInated that he wasn't at all satisfied
with it's contents. Mig" would like TO
break his life contract with Tebeau and
he knows that the only chance he has ~
get away is to go to the outlaws.
Evening star., 1909-03-04
HORSEMEN GETTING BUSY AT THE BENNIflG TRACK.
WEATHER AND TRACK CONDITIONS GOOD UNTIL TODAY.

the gun in the little Pennsylvania town
of Paradise Valley, ninety miles from
Philadelphia.
The gun is now the property of George
Halterman. carpenter at Omaha. Nep
For the old rusty firearm the PLAYERS
Club a theatrical organization OF New
York city. has offered $500. which Hal
terman declines with thanks.
The story of Jefferson and the gun is
best told by the Omaha carpenter. WHO
was we'll acquainted with the veritable
Rip he lore he entered theatrlcai ME
jefferson was known throughout Paradise
Valley a shiftless sort of fellow and
fond of fishing and hunting. one day
he drifted into the village blacksmith
shop conducted by Francis Keller to chat
with the smithy.
IF l could raise $40 I would go to New
jefferson. the dreamer, AS they discussed
RIP Van Winkle.' which both were fond
OF reading jefferson had been out In the
woods acting it out and thought 1t
would make a good play. and 1t htted MS
life thus far to t-bone.
The man of iron muscles agreed to let
the dreamer have $40. and took the gun
as part security. jefferson hustled away
to New York. and upon his return paid
back the $40 and requested Keller TO keep
the gun until he called for it.
Time passed. Jefferson made hit with
his play. and he was soon hoatlng IN
prosperity. When he returned to visit
the little valley again he gave the gun
to Keller who in turn gave it To Halter
man, his son-in-law. remarking that II he
ever needed a gun he thought he could
purchase one.
Citizens of Monroe county. Pa. have
subscribed money for a suitable monu-
ment to the memory of Jefferson. and
have engaged Macmonnies the sculptor.
to chisel the likeness of the great actor
i'm the character of Rip Van Wrinkle. \
number OF Jeffersons cur.os are being
placed in the museum in Central Park.
and Halterman intends placing the rusty
gun therein.
Evening star., 1909-03-04

ing. Ben Oshues of the Boston Athletic
, Association will he clerk of the course
Among the timers the name of Charies
j. DieeeS is seen. He is the man VINO
snapped the watch on Arthur Duffy Whe!l
the latter brought fame to himself ana
glory to Georgetown by breaking the
worlds record for the lou-yard dash.
making the distance in the still unbeateh
time of . pa seconds. Dr. ID. T.. Wlbef.
chairman of the local registration com
mttee of the y. y L., VIII also hoid
one }f the watches.
The officials have been cat down to the
lowest possible number. so that there
Will he one the floor not strictly
needed for the speedy carrying on of the
program. This will be a great boon 10
the spectators as they will not have their
view obstructed in the least. since the
men sele f"d Viii be scattered over the
whole hall and no congresatins in one
place will be allowed The presence or
a lot of unnecessary men holding non
orary positions has been topic of much
adverse criticism in Washington meets of
the past. and hence Manager Corcoran
has taken great pains to eliminate all
jobs that could be cut out without inter
fering with the uninterrupted procedure
of the contests.
Evening star., 1909-03-04
STRIKE AND SPARE STANDING
MEXICAN SOUTHPAW
STRIKES A SNAG

CLEVELAND, Ohio. March frank
Andrada, the Mexican southpaw signed
by Cleveland. seems to have an off day
now and then. just the same as pitchers
who are not touted as phenoms. Pitch
Ing for the McCormicks of Los Angeles
against San Diego last Sunday, he ran
into a huge snag. losing his game by the
score OF Is to ). He was touched up for
fourteen hits. including three doubles and
home run; issued three passes. had one
wild pitch one error and hit one batsman
San Diego had practically big league
team agains. the Mexican. Perring of the
Maps. Autry and Oaks of the Reds: Jesse
Stovall of Louisville. Bennett, formerly
of the Cardinals. and Hugh Kellacky, the
well known Cleveland player. kellaekey
distinguished himself with home run
and two doubles while Perring made two
singles.
Evening star., 1909-03-04
Princeton Freshmen Unable to Get
to City in Time.

The basket ball battle scheduled for
Yesterday afternoon between the fresh
man teams of Georgetown and Princeton
was Cancelled by the latter yesterday
morning on account of not being able to
reach this city I'm time. The cause of the
deiay In getting here. as given by the
New Jerseyites, was the lateness of the
special train which carried the Princeton
students here for Inauguration. Although
the Hilltoppers were greatly disappointed,
they realized that the cancellation was
unavoidable, and Immediately set about
TO arrange Il game with their rivals for
later in the week Whether their efforts
meet with success or not remains to be
seen, but it is hardly thought that they
Will. as the Orange and Black lads have
made other engagements, which will be
given precedence over the Blue and GRAY
In case like this.
Evening star., 1909-03-04
RICH CHILDREN, TOO.
Declared by Kindergarten Teacher
to Need Missionary Effort.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Talk about the need for play instruct
ors in the Fairgrounds for the children Of
the poor,'' said the leader OF a fashion
able kindergarten. Il tell you. there's a
real need for play instructors for the
children of the wealthy You sometimes
read in tract literature about the neg
lected children of the rich, but | never
believed II until / took up work here IN
this extremely exclusive kindergarten.
"Only the other day little fellow was
brought to us and all our teachers took
turns in repeating nursery rhymes To nm
the whole day without finding "A single
thing he knew. That small boy had never
heard in all his life of Mother Goose
or Jack the Giant Killer or any of the
Evening star., 1909-03-04
A Home Trader,
From L,ppinCott's.


A surgeon in a western town. engageu
to perform an operation of minor. charac-
ter upon a somewhat unsorhisticated pa
tient. asked him if he were willing to
have only local anesthetic.
Sure" replied the other: II believe in
patronizinS home industry whenever YOU
can.
And he meant it.
Evening star., 1909-03-04
FRIENDS OUTPLAY
WASHINGTON SCHOOL

The crack midget basket ball teams
Quakers won by a score of 25 to IA.
played yesterday afternoon. and the
quakers won by a score of % to IA
The Quakers were too fast for their
opponents.
The playing of Miller and Paul was
the feature of the match
Beech and Lockwood We're the stars
for the losers. Meek and Minshall play
ed good game.
fine-llp and summary
Evening star., 1909-03-04
Strike and Spare Standing.
Boxing in Tennessee.

NASHVILLE. Tenn. March 4.-The
first boxing bout under the new Ten
nessee law will take place here tomor-
row night under the auspices Of the Ten
nessee Athletic Club, recently chartered
The contestants will be Billy Kerr Of
New York and Eddie Jones, said to be
Atlantas best at his weight. The limit
are 14O-pounders and will go the limit
allowed by the new law, eight rounds of
three minutes each, with six-ounce gloves.
Evening star., 1909-03-04
Britain and Aviation.

7
When serious-minded men see i'm the
new navigation immense possibilities
new commercial Developments, and reNo.
dictionary Influences in and peace.
British Indifference To aviation becomes
almost d tragedy.
Evening star., 1909-03-04
Joseph Jefferson's Gun.

7 rom Cne BOStOh IIOte.
1t was an old rusty shotgun that gave
Joseph Jefferson, actor his real start in
life and brought out RIP Van Wrinkle"
one of Americas greatest modern dramas
F0rty-five years ago Jefferson owned
Evening star., 1909-03-04
and summary:
GAME CANCELLED.

Goals-raul 81. Miller tSl, Meek (2) Lockwood
Beech i5i. MinshaIl 90. Referee-Alr Baker
Timer-Mr. Kibbey. Time of halves-l5 minutes
Evening star., 1909-03-04
NEW WORKERS BEAT
CORCORAN CADETS

The game Of basket ball between the
Corcoran Cadets and the Minneapolis five
scheduled for last night was called off. and
the cadets met Company e of the New
York National Guard instead. The visitors
won the poorly played game. score being
81 to 81.
The New Workers were the superior of
the two teams.
i,a- nd
Evening star., 1909-03-04

The horsemen al Beuning are begin
ming 10 give their charges quite a bit of
lively action on fine days. and the old
track looks very encouraging for early
racing.
The conditions We're perfect Tuesday
morning and the horses were out in
droves with dust flying on the track
Thomas Hitchcock. jr., w. {. Eustis
p. NJ. Burch and many others We're out
to take d look over the stables.
1t is natural that Fayette should be
one of the attractions al Bennins on ac-
count of his good showing with his
stable companion Sir Martin and other
clever three-year-olds last season Just
now Fayette could not he improved on
for condition and appearance. and he
moves as though he will be hard one
10 beat in sake events later on.
Fayette Going Well.
Tuesday morning Fayette galloped
half mile going notiCeably well. AT the
same time d string of maiden three-year-
olds from the Madden barn was sent
along AT a good pace
In the morning the -Near-olds in the
string salIoped along al a stlh pace GO
ing quarters i'll about thirty seconds.
AS usual the rdllblTuS nave pHt w t"'
of this string singled out. There Is a
Star Shoot colt that is fine mover and
the sister To Fayette is much admired
F. Peters was out with the Paul Raj
ney horses.
DE Mund moves and looks fine. and he
appears To have spreau great "edi
since last fall
Stargowan has grown and furnished
into a very large horse.
I. s. Martin is in fine fettle. and ought
ha
spring.
There are two two-year-olds in the
string The brother to RoSeben. has
grown a great deal and Is EalioplnS
along nicely. The two-year-oid by water
cress is Il very big horse for his age
The Chelsea Stable.
The Chelsea stable horses were out in
force and Simple Honours especially
moved like he could he ready soon
enough for some fast racing
The Wrestler looks better than he ever
did in his life. and should be hard to
beat this spring in his class
Connaught Ranger has grown and is
Al for strong work whenever wanted
Aster dor shows some lmprovemetho EN-
since arriving from New York, and the
smart little filly Taboo is good and Will
be ready To race at PimliCo-
The two-year-olds are galloping along,
moving quarters III ABOUT thlrtE Secoiius
through the stretch.
Ironsides Has Improved.
With Il generally good bill of health
among the fiat racers here II is pleasing
to report also that j. w. Colts string
Of jumpers has wintered as well as might
have been asked
Thistledale has improved more than
any horse to be seen here. and ought to
be hard one to beat in the steeplechase
events
Ironsdes is another that should give a
good account of himself this season. 1t
is the first time this horse has had any
flesh on him since he has been Jumping.
Trainer DAILY .also has a number Of green
jumrers that have been doing nicely.
William Garth is expected up from the
farm In Virginia about March 10.
There is talk of a ten-day meeting at
Benning around among the horsemen. but
there appears TO be nothing definite about
Evening star., 1909-03-04
DOUBLE VICTORY
FOR Y. M. C.. A.

Securing a double victory, the y. NJ. e..
4, basket ball team defeated two Balti-
more quints, the first game the score
standing IS to Is and the second 46 to 90.
The first game was with the Orioles
West Branch Association and the second
game was with the Belvideres, Maryland
state champions.
Neither of the Baltimore teams was
dangerous at any stage of the game and
the Washington aggregation was strong,
especially in goal shooting, last night.
Colley. Jones. Croghan and Hubbard
played a Slar game. and Peters and : Z.
SchuernolZ for the Belvideres and Disney
for the West Branch were the hardest
workers for Baltimore.
Tomorrow night the Washington reSIj-
lars will play the 1st Regiment, Minnesota
National Guard. team. in the association S
gym.
Jine-Tp AMI Summary.
Evening star., 1909-03-04
Base Ball Bill Passes.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, March 4.-By
greater majority than the original bill
the new Brolley BILL to permit Sunday
base ball. passed the house Tuesday. The
vote was So to 30
Evening star., 1909-03-04
stN HAf
identified.
From Punch

From Punch.
james, as | passed the servants hall
today l saw you kiss one of the
maids"
Yes, my lady-when would that have
been. my LADY,
A About O'Clock.
oh yes. my lady-that would have
been Jane my lady"
Evening star., 1909-03-04
Catcher Schmidt Quits.

FORT SMITH, Ark, March 4.--CharIes
Schmidt. catcher of the Detroit American