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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-06-14

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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-06-14

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Aviso--Cambio de itinerario
lTlNERARIO VIGOR DESDE Ell MAYO 1905
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
STRANGE STORIES
Of CHINESE WALL
Legend Says 1t Was Built in
a Day and Ruined by
Woman's Scream.

Before resuming our journey I asked
the governor of the inn about the Long
Wall. He made answer thus:
'Chin Shih Hwang compelled the peo-
pie to build it. He walked his horse
and examined the boundary. Afterward
there was the husband of the Meng
Chang woman. Because he was build
ing the wall he was compelled to die in
it. The Meng Chang woman, weeping
for her husband, moved heaven and
earth. The ten thousand Ii long wall,
with one cry, was wept down"
In this village, untouched by civiIiza-
ton, ignorant of the camera, where A
photograph Of a beautiful young lady
affrightened the beholders, many inter
esting legends about the wall were
gathered. IN brief some of them are
as follows;
Chin, borne triumphantly across the
empire on his horse of cloud, stamped
thrice every Ii. and on each crushed
spot sprang up a tower. Chin was a
broken, bad man. The wall was erected
in one day, being $1,000 Ii long. 1t was
ruined when one woman gave a scream,
and it collapsed from the sea 10 Tibet
There were eighteen suns when Chin
built; the men were kept working so
long that grass had time to grow in
the dust which lodged on their heads
The men worked so long that they fell
asleep and woke up patriarchs.
Chin had mammoth shoyels that threw
up a Ii of wall at a scoop; the men
were twelve feet tall and broad in pro-
portion; nowadays men are small and
could not build the wall. A god looked
down from heaven and saw the people
being thrown into the wall for not do
ing the work, so he came down and
gave a thread 10 the Workmen, who put
il round their wrists to fncrease
strength When the King found out
he took this magic thread and plated il
into lash for a whip. With the magic
whip he could remove mountains or
make the Yellow river stop.
Not far away we halted at a hamlet
OF four houses, known as the wiser
Cave Ravine.
Here again we gathered a choice col
lection of local legends, showing many
variants on a few themes Of cruelty, love,
and magic. One is that the line OF the
wall was marked out not by Chin, but
by Chln's white magic horse. A saddle
was tied to its tail, and il was allowed
10 wander freely. Whittier il strayed,
the architect followed and pegged out
the line for the builders. And to this
day stand the abandoned forty Ii of
wall to prove the stOry.-W Z. Cell, ia
Harper's Magazine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
BUSINESS MEN TALK
AUTO PARADE PLANS
FURTHER NEW DETAILS
FOR FLORAL PARADE

At a meeting Of the hoard NJ
directors of the Chamber of Com-
meree TO be held this afternoon
decision probably viii be reached
regarding the kind of trophy 10 \.
given by the Chamber for IN.
automobile floral parade to he be,a
under the auspices of the orxaniz.-
ton Thursday, September 30.
Another trophy was pledged tb,.
morning, the donor being the firm
of Sanders & Stayman. This COM
pletes a list OF ten first prizes aud
more than twenty second prizes.
Commissioners EIaefarIand md
Commissioners Vest viii attend the
meeting of the committee ON nr.
engagements to be held in the wash
iHgtOn Automobile Club house To-
night.
Entry blanks may be had upon
application 10 4. b. Spence, chair
Biaa of the committee on entries
AID classes, the Washington
Chamber of Commerce, and The
Washington Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
SEEKING THE SEARCHERS FOR
THE POLE.

There are two chances that the Stars
and Stripes may by this time have
been planted at the North Pole. One
is involved in the work of the Peary
party; the other in the unique little
expedition of Dr. Frederick Cook, of
Brooklyn. Both parties are in the far
North, and neither has been heard from
for months.
Captain Peary hoped, if the weather
conditions were good, to be able to
make his dash this summer; and it is
well known by those who yere closest
10 his confidence that he eknt away
convinced that he had the secret of the
great task, and, given even reasonably
favorable conditions, would get to the
pole. He was prepared to remain for
three years in the North. if necessary,
in order to accomplish his purpose. But
he made preparations for so long a stay
only because he wanted the chance of
three seasons, from which to pick out
one good one. With the worlds record
of farthest north already in MS pos
session, he was sure he could gain the
goal Of so many ambitious adventures
II only he got fair chance
Dr. Cook had been with Peary, and
had a considerable experience in the
North. He had his own theory about
the way to do it, and did not agree
with Peary; so he set out with two or
three companions, determined to make a
party of Eskimos and dogs, and make the
dash with them. Both Peary and Cook
may have persisted in their efforts be-
fore this; one or both of them may have
reached the pole The best meteorologi-
cal and maritime observations have led
10 the conclusion that the season now
ending has been on the whole favor
able one for a dash. But it is admitted
that observations in other parts of the
world, relating to general conditions,
are of small value in determining those
likely to be prevalent in the immediate
polar region
The little schooner Jeanne has Just
sailed from St. Johns to the far
North 10 take supplies Tor both Peary
and Cook, and to bring home either or
both parties, if they are ready to come
and need any help. 1t viii require about
two weeks to go up to Etah, the gate
way to the polar seas; and by six
weeks the world may know whether
either Of the American parties has ac-
complished its object.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
LEGIT innate PLACE
FOR TIRED MAN
Wouldn't Be So Weary If
Wife Gave More Heed
To Him.

The tired man has legitimate place
in a woman's mind, because if wives
mothers, daughters and 'swi-mo-dau-si-
ans" generally would give a little more
heed to him. he sometimes wouldn't be
quite so tired.
When the tired man comes home at
night, it doesn't rest him TO hear how
the maid threw out three pints of sour
milk which she should have put into
pancakes
The wise, very wise little woman just
keeps still, and lets him read the pink
edition; ana then just listens while ne
tells her exactly how to settle the street
car question IN ten minutes.
One wise. very wise Cleveland woman
decided that there should be no vacation
days for her this summer, because her
tired husband could not share them So
she sent the children away all at once
instead Of in relays; and fixed I'D the
porch with all the comforts OF the
smoking den; and took care that there
was no company evenings unless he
asked for il, and never spoke Of going
anywhere unless he suggested It: and
cooked herself all of the things he liked
so much that first year.
And at the end of two weeks the man
was we'll rested.-CleVeland Press.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
sIJNFLOWER PHILOSOPHY.

The pie and the whipping are never d.
vided equally
Most traditions appear to be nothing
more than common lies which have
grown long gray boards.
We often think an old man should
have Whiskers. II he has Whiskers be
doesn't look so gaunt about the face.
III "a man and his wife We're absolutely
frank and honest with each other. how
long would they live together
Taking II all through, q man gets pun
ished oftener for putting all his eggs ln
one basket than for any other mistake
he makes,
When a girl rolls her nightie in q
bundle and goes over 10 a neighbours 10
sleep, IL means that before morning she
will have told the neighbours girl ,.U
that ever happened at h0me.-Atchison
(kanl Globe
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
GUESSING
OVER BILL PUZZLE

This is the popular puzzle over the
State just now: A banker going home
to dinner saw a SO bin on the curb
stone. He picked it up, noted the
number and went home to dinner.
While at home his wife remarked that
the butcher had sent a bin amounting
to so. The only money he had was
the bill he had found, which he gave
to her and she paid the butcher.
The butcher paid IL 10 a farmer for
a calf. the farmer TO the merchant, who
in turn paid il TO a washerWoman, and
she owing the banker a note Of SO,
went TO the bank and paid the note.
The banker recognized the bill as the
one ne had found, and which 10 that
time had paid so worth of debt. On
careful examination he discovered that
the bill was counterfeit. Now what
was lost I'm the transaction and by
whom kansas City Journal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
GOOD WORK Or THE SAGE
FOUNDATION.

The Russell Sage Foundation is do
ing 4 great work in the betteEment of
living and social conditions by institut-
ing investigations into the primary
causes Of conditions it desires to i'm
prove. It gives little 70 charity direct
", but goes on the theory that the best
and wisest philanthropy consists in
showing how people can help them
selves.
The latest undertaking win be to ac-
quire and develop a piece of suburban
property into model region of cheap,
attractive, and desirable homes for the
poor.
Tt is proposed to demonstrate in a
practical commercial way that mod
erate-price suburban homes may be
had without resorting TO cheap, tawdry
and meretricious methods; that full
appreciation can be given to the
esthetic; that the highest talent in
landscape architecture, the best archi-
tectural talent and the best super
vision can be had. all combining to give
the kind of treatment which is now re-
served Tor places where the rich live
and that development of land properly
located, along these lines viii pay com
mercially- BY this method the Sage
Foundation hopes to improve the
esthetie features of suburban develop.
nieat.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
PETER THE GREATS THIRST

There Is preserved in the Bodlstan IL
brars, oxford. an innkeeper's bill for
braasSszst eaten in England by Peter the
Great - Russia. The Car and his
twinzy companions managed 10 dispose
Of half a sheep. a quarter Of lamb, ter
punets. twelve chickens. three quarts
Of brandy, six quarts of mulled wine,
seved dozen Of eggs, with salad In pro-
portion.
Peter was always a hard drinker. He
t,ould drink a pint Of brandy AMI a bot
tie of sherry for his morning draught:
after dinner he managed eight bottles
of sack and SO to the playhouse" But
his favorite drink was hot pepper and
brandy.-NeW York Sun.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
PREACHER ADVISES
THEATER-GOING

Sunday school picnics ought TO be
abolished, according TO g. F. Williams
rector Of the Church Of the Ascension,
Of lakewood, Cleveland, Ohio.
ssInstead Of taking a crowd Of chill
dren. packing them into stufIy trains
shaking them up for 50 or 100 miles,
landing them at a park at which they
eat rich and unhealthful meals, and
then bringing home half asleep after
having lost one or more by drowning,
We talFa them to the theater once eaCn
wear" saws Mr.. Williams. II believe lu
sending chiIdren-auG grown folks, too
TO the theater, provided that the shows
are of the right SOFT. Every sunday
morning / announce from the pulpit The
names of the good plays III town, and
advise my parishioners TO attend.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
MONDAY JOY DAY
FOR THE COLLECTOR

why do you always call on Mondays
TO collect your bill?" asked a Harlem
housewife Of her milkman as he was
making change.
Because Monday is wash day gen
crally-eXCept when il Tains-and I am
more likely TO find my customers at
home than later in the week. he am
sWered
To-day isn't wash day with me, I'm
sorry to say" she remarked Il Just
hate to see it rain ike this on Monday,
mo, ma am he replied with a smile,
"the ha der il rains on Monday the bet
ter IL suits me No, I don't leave my
milk cans open, if that's what you were
starting 70 say A rainy day like this
keeps all the women folks at home and
1 can find EN- IN when I call. If il was
fair weather there would be sure to be
some Of EN- out and I'd have to call
again for my money."-New York Press.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
FARMER GIVES SON
ADVICE BY LETTER

The following was sent by a country
man to his son IN college not many
years ago.
MY Dear Son-I write TO send you
two pair of old brooches, that you may
have a new coat made OF them. Also
some new socks, which your mother
knit by cutting down some Of mine.
Your mother sends you SO without my
knowledge, and, for fear you will not
spend II wisely, 7 have kept back half
and only send five. Your mother and /
are well, except your sister Annie has
cot the measles, which we think would
spread among other girls, If Tom had
not had them before, and he is the
only one left I hope you are well and
will do honor to my teachings. If you
do not YOU are an ass, and your mother
and myself are your affectionate par
ents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
Capital Tales

A S SOON as the or Iel war over tar
~ in is over, Senator Hale viii
catch the first train for Maine,
and will spend 10 : rest Of the sum-
mer there. lie is fehd Of the Maine
Woods and would rather pc, In his time
there than jaunting about the country.
to the famous resorts. or traipsing
around Europe
lie has beautiful place at Ellsworth,
back from the seashore, not far from
High Point. 1t contains about a thou
sand acres OF timber land, forested with
the virgin forests Of Maine, than which
nothing could be more attractive. A
small stream borders it, and Senator
Hale, when there, is as near content as
the average human being can be. In
spite of his advanced years-he is new
past seventy-th Hale has
endured the stress and strain Of the
meetings OF the conference committee
and the long wranglings over schedules
and other tariff questions. remarkably
well.
It is not generally appreciated that
Senator Hale is one Of the abiest law
yers OF the Senate. Those who have
hlAoHh MN culy III us ldleA years Aliiith
Of him, not as a lawyer but as a leg
islator and as the head of the Republi-
can organization in the Senate. They
think of him as exercising a sort of
schoolmasteTship over a large class OF
younger Senators, whom he at times
feels called upon to lecture on the way
IN which they ought 10 60
But as a matter OF fact Mr.. Ifale in
MS younger days acquired a reputation
as one Of the ablest lawyers who ever
appeared before a jury in the Pine Tree
State. He began the practice Of law
when twenty years old, was for nine
successive years county attorney of
Hancock county and after he entered
the House, which was in the Forty
first Congress, he continued the practice
of law with great success. He was noted
for his ability in the examination OF
witnesses and for the complete pre-
P3redness with which he went before
the court in the trial of any case Ia
which he was concerned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
SLOW
BESIDE TELEPATHY

Wireless biography is a fact we
have it now, and just beyond that is
telepathy," said DR.. John Wesley Hill
at the Metropolitan Temple.
Not long ago I met man. a friend
Of mine. with whom ] talked. He said
to me, Think of a name and I thought
of my mothers maiden name, and, like
a flash, he wrote It upon card That
is telepathy, and that Is coming. We
viii have it, but it viii not come as a
devils sideshOw presided over by a
medium. It viii come under the guild
ance of Divine Providence.
The wireless telegraph will yet De
slow beside the lightningiike inter
change Of thought-telepathy. We are
coming to a new era Of the intellectual
SUPREMACY Of man. New York Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
Assures Another -.

a scale as it was originally intended IL
should be.
Assures Another Prize.
Another trophy was assured this
morning. when Chairman Cans received
a letter from Percy Foster. general
manager Of Sanders & stayman, stating
that that firm would be more than glad
to donate prize. Mr.. Foster requested
that the committee inform him what
kind of trophy it desires. If a cup
should be decided upon this viii make
nine trophies of this kind, IL all, 50
far pledged, in addition to the trophy
to be awarded BY the chamber, what
ever that may be. Outside Of these
awards. which viii come within the
class Of first prizes, more than twenty
second prizes have been offered and
VIII be donated to cars winning second
places.
Chairman Cans received letters this
morning from Commissioner MacfarIand
ana Commissioner West, saying that
they expected TO attend the meeting OF
the committee tonight A large atten-
dance Is expected. The members OF the
committee wiz meet at the Chamber OF
Commerce and be transported from
there TO the clubhouse in automobiles
Arrangements have been made 20
set the committee away from the Cham
Der Of Commerce promptly at T.30
O'Clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
PEEvISH BRIDEGROOM.

Even the English language empha-
sizes the insignihcance or a man at his
own wedding. said the prospective
bridegroom, disconsoIateIy. There isn't
an independent word to designate
him. He is merely called the groom OF
the bride, as If he were just about on
a level with the bridesmaids and a little
below the maid Of honor. Best man. of
course, means the bridegroom's best
man, but the phrase itself tends TO ex-
alt this individual at the expense Of his
superior. Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
MEN HAVE HATLESS
CLUB IN OMAHA

Omaha has a Hatless cub Two
hundred baId-headed men, discouraged
after using barrels Of patent hair ''re-
storers" and scalp -invigorators, have
organized and agreed to get back TO
nature and go hatless, in the hope that
air and sunshine VIII do for their shiny
pates what nostrums have failed to do
Menlbe are pledged either 10 90 with
out hats OF TO wear head coverings with
the crown cut out
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
Senator Hale's Face
Rivals Old Sol.

Senator Hale of Maine goes stripping
about the Capitol these days as happy
as a boy. He usually looks solemn
and gloomy, but now his countenance
is lighted up, and when any person
ventures to speak TO him he is even
clipper I'm his reply.
It is all due TO print paper and
wood pulp.
When the Maine statesman thinks
how he succeeded in getting those Maine
products past the tariff gantlet with
the tariff rates so little damaged as they
were. he has to chuCkle to himself.
Priutpaper was reduced by sos a ton,
TO be sure. but it might have been
worse. and as for wood pulp. the Sena-
tor thinks it possible that reciprocal
provision may be found valuable.
The end Of the special session will be
a great relief to steamship agents. Since
the latter part of June they have been
busy booking Senators and Representa-
tives for passage 10 Europe and then
having to arrange sailing dates for them
all over again A number of members
have been reserving staterOOms a week
or so ahead and then canceling the
reservations for tho J. st six weeks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
What Becomes
Of All the Eulogies?

What becomes Of the euIogies which
are spoken over the members of the
House and Senate who pass to their
reward?
It is traditional that nothing spoken
in the Capitol is given so little attention
as an eulogy. The are printed in the
Record. of course and then published
in bound form for the use on friends
and relatives. But that is not all
IL appears there Is another use for
them. Members of the House and SEN
ate, more especially of the House, ap-
preciate the fact their constituents like
to peruse the publications of Uncle Sam
If document comes out Of the Agri-
cultural Department on the horse. one
may be sure that every veterinarian III
the 'steenth district will have il, and so
viii every horse raiser.
And so, If fine volume OF eulogies
comes Ou,, the chances are il viii find
its way into the hands OF the preachers.
While the eUlogies spoken in the Senate
and House are given little attention,
they are frequently masterpieces and
can sometimes be perused with benefit
by the good men who are called on 10
ofticiate at the funerals of members OF
their f1Ocks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
MARINE BAND CONCERT AT
THE CAPITOL :
THIS AFTERNOON AVb O'CLOCK
William H. Santelmann, Leader.
PROGRAM

March" Soldiers Blood won Blon
Overture 'Robespierre ........ Litolff
(a) Idyl. ''Narcissus" .Eevin
(b) Intermezzo, "Anona" Mckinley
Invitation to the Valse"
Weber-W siugartne
Grand Fantasia" Rigoletto" o.. Verdi
'Steerman's Sons" and Sailors
Chorus from THE Flying
Dutchman" A..............W Wagner
Galop-' Rltle. of the Hussars"
Santelmann
The star-Sp9lgled Banner"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
Crane and Lodge
Given Some Excitement

Two excited and distressed Sen
ators, when the ruction over the
leather and shoe schedule Joker
broke out in the Senate Monday after
noon and threatened to defeat the tariff
bill for a little while, were Senators
Winthrop Murray Crane and Henry
Cabot Lodge. Just within sight OF a
tariff law that means much to New
England, they feared for few hours
that everything would be undOne
Senator Crane is usually an optimistic
person, but when the conferees met
and he was called in he looked as cheer
ful as a thunder cloud. When some Of
the newspaper men asked him if he was
bent on another job OF paciication, he
wasn't able even TO smile.
Senator Lodge was just as gloomy.
since then they have got over it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04

Senators Hale and Aldrich will doubt
less take immediate steps to have a
commission in lunacy look after the
case of Governor Johnson. They will
find. however, that his symptoms are
awfully common.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04

wedding music. and played an apIropri-
ate program throughout the evening.
The brides were gOWned alike in white
messailre satin and lace and carried
bridal bouquets Of Bride roses and lilies
Of the valley
a large reception followed the Cere-
monies and later Mr. ard Mrs Soper
ana MT and Mrs. Horten left for bridal
trips TO New York. Upon their return
Mr. and Mrs. SOper viii reside at 81
Nlcnols avenue, and Mr. and Mrs. HoT-
ten at ola Nichols avenue, Anacostia.
-
Ruppenthal-Crowell.
The marriage Of Miss Lillian r. Rup-
penthal, daughter of Samuel Ruppen-
thai, of Berkeley Springs, W. Va, and
the Rev. Charles H. Crowell. Of Staun-
ton, Va, took place last evening at
S o'clock in the parsonage Of the
United Brethren Church. the pastor,
the Rev. Charles e. Fultz. performing
the ceremony in the presence OF a small
company of relatives and friends
The bride wore a dainty gown of
White hatlste and lace and "a white pic
ture hat trimmed with plumes. She was
attended By Miss MARGARET Murphy and
Miss Mary Murphy, who wore dainty
trOcks of pale pink null.
Immediately after the ceremony the
Rev. and Mrs Crowell left Washington
for a Northern bridal trip aud after
september I, VIII be at hoile az Lacy
Springs, Va, where the Rev. Mr..
Crowell has recently accepted a pas
tOratc.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04

Seems as If pretending to be a king
must be rather a good business. The
viii of the late pretender to the Spanish
throne leaves 100000 to one beneficiary,
which suggests that it must be a power
Sui sight more fun to pretend to be
King OF spain than to be the real one.
in times like these.