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The Washington times., 1909-10-05
cAYKTY-The Behman Show.

Jark singers Great Behman Show.
tie attraction Al tine Gaycty Theater
this week. Dr. truly q musical affair.
There 81 hardly a let-up 70 tie tuneful-
ness from the rise OF the curtain until
ife fall Seldom does the ordinary run
~ burisEQUc shows furnish suoh 8
quantity ana variety OF high class and
pleasing music a. II the case In this
DrgduCfiOT.
TIE 51rlsttss, which comprise the
sreateT pert Of the bill, are rolBckinS
pieces u comedy. and include num-
Der - witty lines What may be
termed rne feature OF the performance
De- fEe singing mOuoloRue Of George
Armstrong, billed az Happy ChaDpie. -
Ftf sings and talks just aB his name
Suggesfs. Although his broad smile
vans applause. hla songs arc entertain
iHV FCT nearly Haf an hour no &C
ciDies f.e umeIight. zpinniug yarns
AMI Wsr.linP parpdief Among these
are fsagesfies ou Jungle Town. -
Don't 'faES t4e Home" u Wish / Had
4 lfH" au6 "Feautiful Eyes
Lon HaeleU carries or the hOnOrs as
the chief fuu-Wuker iu the burleaques.
CtErrr lu fHe male part % tho cast
who are g0ol afe VIII Kennedy, Will
fam " Day, Joe Barton, and VIC Cas-
more. THs women principals are Mol
III williams, Margaret King Lillian
TFefudoH. Florence and Pay Courtney,
and Hattie DIE.
The Washington times., 1909-10-05
CLEAN AND CATCHY
BILL At COLUMBIA
The Newlyweds and Their
Baby PleaseS First
Night Audience.

Something of a surprise was accorded
the audience at the Columbia, who went
TO see The Newlyweds and Their
Baby"
The dOings OF this wonderful infant
and his prototype, Major Knot Much
and the complications that follow are
thoroughly amusing, and the crowd that
filed the house laughed and kept on
laughing right 10 the end.
Just what made il a pleasure to sec
the performance is hard 10. decide, FOR
there is hardly a semblance Of a plot
and the humor I'm the lines is not notice
able. To offset this, however, there 81
James L. Roseu, OF Buster Brown fame
now the precocious infant, George +.
Murphy, whose rolling RS" are per
petual delight; Leo Hayes, proud
father, and a large cast that is uni
formly good Added 10 this are a few
catchy songs, a beautifully staged pro-
ductiOn and a chorus that can sing and
dance.
The tabloid plot is based on the kid
mapping Of the Newlywed baby and
the tangIe that followed, when Major
Knot Much. a midget seeking u avoid
capture b. the police. masquerades as
the infant BE leads those n merry
chase who are acquainted with the Sc
cret. He and his bear provide most Of
the fun.
Murphy and Brooks furnished with
lot OF German comedy, after the
Weber and Fields style. and Leo Hayes
scored his biggest hit I'm Mr.. Jigger,
introducing a Cohanesque dance in an
encore, that had to be repeated again
and again. B1e the real song hit was
saved for the last; and the strains OF
Cant You See I Love YOU" already
familiar to some, was hummed or whis-
tied by almost every one as the au-
dience was leaving the theater.
Possibly the most realistic touch to
this stage picture OF the cartoons so
familiar in the comic sections Of many
newspapers. with the exception OF the
baby himself. was Mrs. Newlvved This
role is taken by Olga Won Hatzveldt.
whose appearance as the proud mother
and the cooling lOvey-dovev wife.
would serve for the artists model
TEeeshOw is clean, though II IS non
seusical. The verdict Of the first-night-
ers seemed TO be unanimously favor
able.
The Washington times., 1909-10-05

There is also a love affair, which ends
as il should
The cast Of today does not suffer as
a whole by comparison with the original
one, in which Edwin Arden assumed
the leading role Many OF the first
night favorites OF a season ago have
been retained and received hearty vel
comes. John Sainpolis proves a worthy
Sommers' OF the navy, about whose
newly patented gun the whole drama
revOlves. j. +. Milteru stiu acts the
part Of Pinkney. manage OF the Durant
Steel Works, who for the love Of Dur
ants daughter seeks the lieutenant S
undoing. and who. in meiodrama proper,
would be called an excellent villain"
Acting Is Excellent.
Maize O'Brien. the breezy, iust-a-bit
slangy. true-to-life stenographer. is
played by Miss George Drew Mendum.
whose presence on the stage always
frightened UP things and made folks
forget the dark plot behind It all. Miss
Muriel Starr. demure, attractive In face
and figure. and .charningly endowed 10
assume the roe OF Frances Durant. did
excellent Work as the unassuming,
trustful woman in the case. Another
old favOrite was Frank Monroe, known
as Bradley, Of the Secret Service"
Upon Joseph Kaufman. playing Har-
ling. the wireless operator Of the rescu-
ing ship, and upon Lewis j. Cody.
known as Marsh, the draughtsnan OF
the Durant works, who exposes Pinknev
IN the final scene. fail -he two hea West
emotional roles. There is no criticism
20 be found with the work OF either
The Washington times., 1909-10-05
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Imperials."

A burlesque show below the Lyceum
standard IS given at that theater this
week.
Il sails under the title Of Williams
rmperiaIs." and embraces the slap stick
comedy so familiar 10 patrons Of bur
lesque. The performance opens with
an odd mixture Of songs and dances
entitled THE Imperials Abroad" This
serves 10 introduce the efforts Of
several comedians and one or two vocal
lists with fair voices. After struggling
along FOR half hour the burletta gives
aVyav 10 an clio OF vaudeville acts in
which Clara Raymond and Corenne De
Forest stand out as entertaining fea-
lures. 800
Others who appeared were Nloiet Hli-
son and Joe Dolan, in singing ana
dancing creation. They were followed
bv = number Of time-worn living pic
tIreg, and the Trish-American Trio, who
held the stage in songs and dances. The
dosing number. entitled "Ohice Hotel,
turned ont 70 be one Of those affairs In
which ancient comedy IL supposed TO
appeal ~ those in front
The Washington times., 1909-10-05
'|Nia Wireless" Again Well Acted;
Stage Effects It's DraU11g Gard

Via Wireless" which had its premier
here year ago, opened weeks en-
Gagement at the New National last
evening before an audience which.
though enthusiastic. was considerably
inferior in numbers TO what the play
deserved.
The production is n melOdrama How
ever, the fact that il is larishly tagged,
admirably acted, and not in any way
overdrawn, lifts Via Wireless" out OF
the melodramatic atmosphere.
The main appeal of this spectacular
Frederic Thompson offering has been
it's stage effects. Therefore. it was all
the more noticeable last night. especial
" to those who saw the play a season
ago. when the curtain rang down on
the second act without a reproduction
OF the great forging room scene that
helped TO give Via Wireless" its fame
as representing the near epitome Of in
genious stagecraft The elimination OF
the foundry scene leaves the one big
spectacle Of the play the laundering OF
the steamship Monaghan at-sea with its
accompanying thrilling exhibition OF
wireless telegraphy. II is unfortunate
that the play as originally produced
had TO be revised in any way.
Electrical Effects Brilliant.
Despite the curtailment of the forging
room reproduction, however, via Wire
less" is stin an Offering Of binding
electrical effects. handsome stage set
tings. and excellent acting.
The Washington times., 1909-10-05

Academy this week, pleased a large
audience OF first nighters.
: The authors, Charles r. Blahey and
James r. Carey, have made the love
OF q deacon and a university head for
his blue blood race horse the theme OF
an entertaining comedy. IL Is one OF
the best that has been presented at a
popuIar-priced theater here this season.
Because Of his fondness for fast horses
the deacon and university head Is eN-
communicated from the church and de-
DoBed as president of an educational in
Stitution He returns TO the ranks OF
ordinary laymen and devotes his time
10 his horse. The entertainment is en-
iovable and without the slightest ir-
reverence
Mr. Turner is supported by a capable
cast which develops every detail Of the
lines John J. Flanagan, as the suitor
III The deacon's daughter. gives one OF
the most natural pOrIrayals In the play.
The whole bin is 10 laugh.
The Washington times., 1909-10-05
AUTOlSTS CONVENE
IN FRENCH CAPITAL
Motor Car Laws in Various Coun-
tries May Be I'm
proved

PARIS. oct. 5.-A convention Of auto
mobUist at which every country If
Europe is represented met here today.
The object Of the meeting. which was
the result Of agitation among the
French automobiles. Is the forming OF
some plan whereby the present embar-
r3s sment 10 European touring may be
removed.
Tho particular difficulty 10 be over
come Is the widely differing laws gov
erninc autos in the various countries.
which have caused much trouble in the
past.
The Washington times., 1909-10-05
DOING DOUBLE DUTY

William Faversham is right now doing
double turn he has been playing In
Boston IN The World and His Wife" at
nIght' and during his daylight hours IS
a0lvely engaged In rehearsing Stephen
Phillips "Herod." which no MIN -
orce al the Lyric Theater New YORK
on D'Iober % This IS quite the biggesf
Undertaking that has come Faversbsrr.e
way. " =
The Washington times., 1909-10-05
PIDGEON RESIGNS.

Ed +. Pidseon. who has been the
general representative Of William Nor
ris, Incorporated, ever since the incep-
ton Of the corporation, and who has
also been at the helm of the publicity
department of the William Morris cir
cult for the past TWO years, has ten
deTed his resignation.
Fred Schader. formerly Of Washing
ton, AR. PidgeOn's assistant, resigned
one week ago.
The Washington times., 1909-10-05
AcADEMY-"The Sporting Deacon"

William n Turner. as THE Sporting
Deacon, in play ol that name al the
The Washington times., 1909-10-05

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The Washington times., 1909-10-05
Why Onyx" Hose Fit Best

Onyx Hose fit best because in greatest variety of sizes
child with small large feet slim or full limbs car
fitted accurately a can the medium form.
The Washington times., 1909-10-05

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Corsets.
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The Washington times., 1909-10-05

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The Washington times., 1909-10-05

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which is such a feature of the Fall
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Evening star., 1909-06-25
Chinese in New York.

From the New York World.
The amount of moral hystera excited
by the murder of Elsie Sigel is amazing
to contemplate. AS one police official has
expressed it, Its rather dangerous for
perfectly respectable Chinese to mind
their own business these days The
atrOcious crime is deplorable from what
ever point Of view. But 1t Is not neces-
sary in condemning it to lose all sense OF
proportion. 1t is in no sense "charac-
teristic.'' AS the Chinese charge daft
faires at Washington says. the Chinese
in this country have very rarely II at
all been known to commit murder against
an American"
The Chinese colony, varying in number
from 1900 to 5000. is in no way a
menace" to the city. 1t contains sew
eral eminent Chinese. together with rep
utable tradesmen and a working popula-
ton of humber origin who are indus
trtous and peaceable and who for the
most part keep to themselves. 1t Is the
Caucasians who seek them out, both for
religious instruction and for the exploit
tation of their vices. In the latter work
the whites have had a full share. But
except for its occasional tong-feud out
breaks, Chinatown is not a disorderly
quarter. It's occupants are not engags d
In Black Hand Outrages or in gang raids
The laws they are chiefly occupied in
breaking are the laws against gambling
and traffic In opium. Tie attitude of the
Chinese themselves toward this excep.
tional crime Is favorably shown In the
efforts of the Chinese authorities at
Washington and the Chinese Masons to
aid in bringing the perpetrator to justice
Evening star., 1909-06-25
Mems Summer Wearabaes
Underwear and Hosiery.

Mems Balbriggan, Sea Island
Cotton and Gauze Shirts, with
long and short sleeves: also Ath-
letic style; Drawers. in regular
and knee lengths. Gar
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Mems Ribbed Lisle Athletic
Shirts. sleeveless and with half
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Mems Checked Nainsook I'm
derwear; shirts coat style and
sleeveless; drawers in knee and
regular lengths.
Garment ......... soc & z5c
Mems French Balbriggan I'm
derwear; shirts with long and
half sleeves; drawers in regular
length; also shorts and stouts.
Garment .......zSc & ST. .OO
Mems Soisette Underwear, III
white and ecru; shirts coat style
and sleeveless; knee-length
drawers. Garment. .. S1 600
Main floor. st.
Evening star., 1909-06-25
The Downtown Thermometer.

When the weather bureau established
the ofncial kiosk on the avenue between
18th and 18th streets many people shook
their heads and declared that the temper
atures recorded by the thermometers at
that point would be sadly at variance
with the official records kept at head
quarters on M street. They pointed out
that the heat of the asphalt would affect
the instrument and bring the temperature
record up to an abnormal point and that
therefore the kiosk would be of no value.
Just as a matter of fact the kiosk rec
ords are more interesting and more ac-
curately represent the heat of the day
than the figures that are reported from
the weather bureau. The temperature
which Is recorded on the avenue between
18th and 14th streets Is that which Is felt
by the people who work down town. The
great majority of the Washingtonians
who are busy during the day want to
know how hot 1t has been. not on M street
near Rock creek, but down in the thick of
things where they are engaged. This may
be unscientific, but 1t Is human nature.
Little good Is ever done by a thermome-
ter. In fact, the mercury column has
often baleful effect upon sensitive peo-
pie. Many man feels worse after hear
Ing of hundred degrees than he did the
moment before. The same is true In win
ter. Tell man that the temperature Is
only 25 and he will walk outdoors feel
ing invigorated and calling the air a
splendid tonic. Assure him that the ther-
mometer has fallen to degrees below
zero and he will stick to the house and
insist that to go beyond the door is
suicidal.
AS long as THERMOMETERS are officially
recognized and publicly quoted there is
no harm In telling the public the truth, so
long as these records are absorbed in
moderation. If the imagination Is held
within reasonable restraint a truth-telling
thermometer is innocuous. Indeed, sum-
mer may be robbed of some of its ter
rors IL the downtown temperatures on
sizzling days are commonly quoted and
become familiar
Evening star., 1909-06-25
The Humorousness Of Things.

AAC II AOAOuoAAOSo Va AAAA6Ss
What we call a sense Of humor is a curl
Gus affair;
Some say it's rather common; some con-
slider it quite rare.
It's funny when somebody seats himself
upon a pin.
Provided it's somebody you're not inter
ested In.
It's funny when the gold brick man de-
ludes a trusting SOU!
And leaves his crops in pawn and puts
his family in a hole.
It's funny when small children eat green
fruit and cakes and pie
And suffer pain-though 1 could never
see exactly why.
It's laughable to see man in most things
brave and strong
Break down and seem quite helpless Nher
affections hopes go wrong.
It's funny when some man in whom the
public placed it's trust
Gets out and makes a silly splurge with
other peoples dust.
It's funny when you stand for hours as
on the cars you ride;
It's funny when big autos have explo-
sions or collide.
When you note the timely topic and the
gay satiric fling.
There's no doubt a sense of humor is q
very curious thing.
Evening star., 1909-06-25
Share the Outings.
rom the New Haven Register.

From the New Haven Register.
With the impending close OF school an6
the apparent arrival Of really hot weather
the outing season begins, or soon viii
begin, In earnest. Many whole families
get away for the summer, to country OIL
shore. More. who are obliged for one
reason or another to remain in the city
get modified degree OF the same effect
by taking frequent temporary outings
Again we must be reminded that these
two classes make. after all, only the
minority of the people. Those who need
the outings most, who have fewest Of the
comforts of life, would get hardly an op-
portunity 10 get out and relieve the strain
of hot weather unless they were helped
Especially do the children, who must
take what comes to them and suffer it
need such help.
Evening star., 1909-06-25

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Mems Silk Half Hose, gauze
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Evening star., 1909-06-25
The CORPORATION Tax.

How long will the corporation tax re-
main on the statute books?
The Presidents recommendation to
Congress was in obedience to condi-
ton, and not to his wishes. Had the
coast been clear he would have recon-
mended an income tax. He not only be-
lieves such tax constitutional, but In
comes a proper source of revenue. And
he wants the new tariff bill to make
ample provision for the support of the
government.
But he could not afford to ask Con-
gress to buck the Supreme Court. There
stood the adverse decision of the court
in the premises. and while Taft the law
ser differed with the court, Taft the
President bowed to the tribunal. The
only way around was by asking an ex-
preston at the polls for a change In
the Constitution. That the President
recommended, ard that Congress is ex-
pected to adopt.
We shall witness in the canvass of
the states on this subject what is called
a great effort. The proposition is COM
paratively new. Taxing incomes in a
time of peace attracted no particular at
tention when advanced by the popuists,
appearing. as the suggestion did, along
with a suggestion about governmental
loans to farmers on growing or har-
vested crops, and on fat cattle.
But when the democrats lifted the
proposition in 1894 and made it a feature
of their tariff revision of that year, the
country took serious notice; and since then
much discussion has played around tne
subject 1t has undoubtedly grown in
power and the friends of the PROPOSE
tion believe it will carry in the coming
contest.
If 1t does carry, shall we see its friends
move In Congress for substitution of
the income tax for the corporation tax?
1t would seem altogether likely. The
corporation tax is proposed as an emer-
gency measure in two senses. First the
Treasury deficit is considered, and then
the existing handicap of the Supreme
Court decision carried by the income tax.
Remove the handicap, and contest be-
tween the income tax and the corporation
tax should follow.
But there Is one other matter to be con-
sdered Suppose the customs features OF
the new law prove sufficient in them
selves to meet the governments require
ments. Suppose it turns out that the
corporation tax was not needed and can
be dispensed with. Should not the propo-
sition then be. not as to the substitution
of the income tax for the corporation tax,
but the simple repeal of the latter, leav-
ing the customs schedules TO take care
OF the revenues? A big Treasury sur
plus is not desirable; and the only
strength the corporation tax now pos
sesses is based upon the belief that, de-
spite the opinion and assurance OF Mr..
Aldrich, the schedules as revised would
not raise the money required.
Evening star., 1909-06-25

question Of placing articles which enter
into competition with trust-controlled
products on the free list was warmly
committee by a few votes after a siren
uous fight. but the plank in the demo-
cratic platform demanding the immediate
repeal Of the tariff on wood pulp, print
paper. lumber. timber and logs. and
that these articles be placed upon the
free list. was carried by vote practi-
| callv unanimous. and this was afterward
ratified by more than 1000 delegates in
convention assembled without dissent
ing vote"
| The more light thrown on the delibera-
/ tions at Denver the better Interest al
that time centered In the nomination. Mr.
Bryans triumph was assured in advance
but, to the end. there was much curl
osity as to how his opponents in the
convention would bend their necks to the
yoke The pubic's principal Information
about the platform was that Mr.. Bryan
had presided over the drafting, and that
the paper was largely the work Of his
| hands.
| 1t appears. however, from Mr.. Lamb S
statement that over certain features of
the tariff proposition strenuous divisions
occurred in committee. and close votes
were recorded. The Bryanites had to
| fight hard for what they got. But, later,
the convention put everything through
practically with unanimity.
1t Is of interest to inquire what would
have been the attitude Of Messrs Sim
| mons. Daniel and others IL Mr. Bryan
had won and a democratic House been
elected to support him? Mr.. Bryan would
have called Congress together to revise
the tariff. and have based his recommen-
dations on the Denver platform. Would
any democrats. either in the House or
Senate. have withstood him? II so, upon
what ground?
He would have quoted the party's lat
est creed in support Of his position, but
what would they have quoted? Would
they have answered that the platform
did not bind them as against the ma
terial interests of their constituents? That
they must serve the home folk first, plat
form or no platform?
Such a contest would have stirred Mr.
Bryan, who with a wealth of patronage
in his hands would have exercised great
power. Bucking national administra-
tion from within is difficult and perilous
business, as many able politicians at one
time or another have discovered. And
there is reason to believe that if Mr..
Bryan were now in the White House he
would be an exacting chief.