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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-31

This condition IS changing. however:
American buyers are beginning 10 look
about at home. And one OF them. Charles
l. Freer or Detroit. has prepared for the
verdict Of the future by purchasing what
ever he could get hold OF from the hand OF
Whistler Dewing. Tryon, and few other
Americans Of rarest quality. with the gen
erous intention Of presenting finally to the
nation the best work OF its finest masters.
But for Mr.. Freer Whistler would have
lived and died and never a museum in his
own country would be able 10 show the
world representative collection OF his
work
Mr.. Freer showed at the ST. Louis expo
sition roomful Of treasures which con-
WINGED me that the collection they came
from may be the most charming In Amer
lea. Indeed. Il should be the most alluring
to us. being expressive Of our own life. OF
modern life, a subject much more interest
ing than the life OF Dutch burghers OF the
seventeenth century But however intl-
mate and subtle the appeal OF these paint
ers. they are outranked in solidity Of gen
ius and in present value by the older mas
tiers who have been tried and proved by
time
The most valuable private collections in
America, probably. are those Of John c.
Johnston and p. A. &. widAnsr in Phila-
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HE extent TO which the press Of today is a fac
tor in world politics, yes, one might say die
tator OF war and peace was seen in the address
which Sir Edward Grey, secretary of foreigo
affairs in England. made before the congress
Of journalists which was held in London re-
Gently.
In his address Sir Edward appealed TO the
press of the world through their representatives
present at the congress 10 work hand in hand
with the diplomats Of their countries for world
peace. The address most emphatically pointed
out the mutual influences Of diplomacy and
the press and scorned those diplomats who
Would look uDOn the editorial uttprancps Of
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BY BARRETT Monroe.

The coming OF THE Glider set the
fashion; American miuonaires began 10
open their eyes and their purses The price
OF old masters OF the first importance "
began that steady progress upward from
$4,000 which Is said 70 have been asked
by Shaus for THE Glider" TO the half
million or so which Charles p. Taft is said
TO have paid the other day for a Rembrandt
not more famous And the end IS not yet.
In fact, this is only the beginning.
The old Dutch school is the favorite
among American collectors. either because
its sturdy realism appeals TO Us more than
Latin sumptuousness. or because Dutch
pictures have been more ia the market.
Italy retaining her treasures by laws for
bidding their export. We have few impor-
tant examples OF Italian masters in this
country, and probably still fewer OF Span-
ISL. The Barblzon school was our favorite
before the procession Of old Dutchsuen be
gan, and It is still a close second. while the
English school OF eighteenth century por-
trait painters has been led in for a third
during the last decade by certain enthusl-
estic collectors. OF whom perhaps the first
and most ardent was Hall Mccormick Of
Chicago
Modern Hollanders. too. have special pat
rons. though perhaps their pictures are
more scattered through the general pic
ture buying public than gathered together
In collections The general public buys
also but far too spar!ngly and grudgingly,
American pictures OF our generation and
the last. but the number Of collectors who
have specialized IN favor Of our own art
is absurdly out Of proportion TO It's excel
lence
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the only way 7 knew-;he only way nv
fathers knew. by self-tortUre, by trying
blndly 10 pierce your careless heart with
pain. And all the while you-O. as I Law
there anc listened 20 you. I realized Il fo-
the first tine-you had risen IN one hour 10
wholly new existence. which flooded the
present and the future with brightness. res.
and reached back into our past. and made
OF it-made OF al OF it-something &c
cherish. You have taken the good cut Of
your life and grown strong. have taken
the evil and Grown weak. weak unto death
Teach me 10 I've as you do,
So. With a few more words which reveal
each 20 the other. and bring mutual forSive-
ness, the play ends
Perhaps Mr. Moody did not mean 20 20 50
far as 70 insinuate that happiness in mar
riage depends less upon ones companion
IN that estate than upon ones attitude
toward lie Yet Il he did mean that hs
was quite justified Happiness does. in
deed lie within. and 20 take the good from
life is 70 grow strong. Dwelling upon the
detrimental elements OF lie IN general or OF
marriage in particular. can bring nothing
but Encouragement and disarrangemeut.
Mr.. Moody's play has sometimes been
called melodrama- At the outset. II seems
as II the word might he justified: but as
the play progresses the stirring and FOR
mldable Incident which lays the play open
20 such an arraignmenJ sinks into insIg-
nifcance between the conflict OF these two
souls, who look az each other across a
chasm OF differing convictions.
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delphia, and % J. P!erpon, Morgan. Henry
C.. Frick. Mrs. H. O. Hayemeyer. and
former Senator ". a. Clark IN New York.
And the collection Of Charles p. Taft OF
Cincinnati, II not already ranking with
these. will soon be In their class All OF
these collections. except MT Tafrs were
represented in the Huds0n-FuIton show.
Messrs Morgan. Johnston, and Widener
each sending from twelve TO fifteen pic
lures
Plerpont Morgan is probably the most
catholic in his tastes Of all collectors. liv-
Ing or dead Everything is caught IN his
net from an embroidered cope TO Nelas-
quez. from an Aldine 20 an autograph. He
has enough treasures En- New York 90 stock
museum and library yet there is a
houseful IA London and others scattered
over Europe. The removal Of the duty on
works Of art over twenty years old may
have the effect Of concentrating his coUec-
lions In New York.
Mr. Johnston IS a Philadelphia lawyer,
who began early 10 buy pictures and has
been quietly improving and increasing his
collection for years. His Dutch on mas
ters are OF suDerlatiye excellence, but he
does not limit his purchases to that school
The other Phlladelphian in the list Mr.
Widener. mas both old and modern masters
OF various schools in his palace on the hill,
not 20 speak Of priceless tapestries and fur
niture vases. and other objects. This col
lection IS TO be presented to the city OF
Philadelphia in memory OF the late Mrs
Wldener.
Former Senator Clark OF Montana also
shows catholic taste in the adornment Of
his Fifth avenue mansion. He buys old
masters and everything else. and once he
dared sit for his portrait to that merciless
realist. Besna-d.
The late II. o. Havemeyer. financial mag
nate that he was was also good violnist.
and, like Morgan n man OF marvelousIy
accurate connoisseu rshIp. He placed his
eight Rembrandts. two or three other
Dutch pictures. and his great Holbein in
his library, but in the gallery beyond he
arranged fine examples Of various schools,
including gorgeous Greco Of some Span
ish ecclesiastic in red.
The Frlcll collection includes Dutchmen.
Barblzon painters and others more mod
ern; also the Phipps and Byers collections
in PitJsburg and that Of George A. Hearn
In New York. Mr.. Taft began modestIy
only a few years ago. but Of late he mas
secured fine pairs OF portraits by Rem
brandt Halls. and Van Dyck-each OF
man and wife, besides his latest staggering
purchase Of the Pourtalis Rembrandt al
ready mentioned.
The new Walters gallery in Baltimore
contains one of the finest oriental couec-
lections in the world, which 1t would be i'm
possible 10 duplicate today at any price;
also a roomful OF Italian printives and
many Barbizop p{ctures and Others NJ e-ro,+
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carry their maternal and wy duties successfully through
Of education and enlightenment these subjects.
Educators unanimously preparation girl
her future duties be made her primary
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with Indifference amounting disdan the
Of these utterances dieantes.
The estimate the power by Grey
not only but broadly democratic The press
Of today both The and the public olnon
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The new Walters gallery in Baltimore
contains one Of the finest oriental coHec-
lections in the world. which II would be inn
possible 10 duplicate today at any price;
also roomful OF Italian primitives and
many Barbizon pictures and others Of great
value
James ]. Hill has a wonderful Barbizon
collection In his mansions in New York and
St Paul Another famous aksemhlarA of
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"Cbe Great Divide" from literary UIew.

r. lILLIAM VAUGHAN MOODY'S
IA I celebrated play THE GREAT
Wv DIVIDE" appears for the FIRST
time in book form. through the
agency OF the Macmillan press. 1t
is a privilege to read a. leisure. and 70 ex-
anime in detail a play which. when pre-
scented upon the boards. sweeps the audi
tor along in a whirlwind or emotion, blind
ing him 70 the deeper intention OF the play.
Il would seem as II MT Moody's especial
effort had been IN the direction OF contrast
ing the natural instincts OF man with that
form OF coavendonality which may best be
described as Puritanism
The story OF 4" The Great Divide Is SO
well known that It seems superfuous to re-
count II, yet in order TO make clear the
OF what has been said above. a
hasty retell.ng Of the story OF the play is
essential. Ruth Jordan. an eastern girl,
remains alone Tor one night, owing 20
peculiar combination OF circumstances.
upon her mothers ranch IN southern ArI-
IONA. Her solitude is broken IN upon by
three drunken cowboys. two OF whom are
utterly base.
They regard her as their quarry and
throw dice Tor her in a scene OF tremendous
and almost revolving power. But for des-
perate inspiration. she had been obliged to
accept the most abject fate but this IN
spiration leads her TO propose TO Stephen
Client, in whose face she discerns some in
dication Of intelligence and humanity. that
II he win protect her she VIII marry him.
He meets her proposal with satisfaction.
drives the other men away. and Ruth
leaves her home, her sheltered life, her
happy, modest. and serene girlhood and
goes away with the man whose name she
has but just learned, and whom she regards
as a marauder.
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The triumph OF nature. with its Impulse.
It's health. its essential sanity and right
ness. over the cryptic formulas Of conven-
ton and Puritanism. marks the meaning
Q; the play. At least. SO Il seems TO tire
present reader Yet, because II is a great
drama. It may mean that 10 one. and quite
another thing 70 anOther-bUt meaning this
or meaning that, Il must make inevitably.
an lndeible impression upon any one inter-
ested IN the vitality and evolution OF the
American drama
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washouts and floods. while the
winter months will be marked by
heavy SHOWS. mild to severe cold
weather. There is grave danger
of much high water over the plllo
Valley and Tennessee, Pennsylva
MIA, Indiana and kentucky.
18th to l9th Between these
dates cold to snow.
18th to 22nd Between these
dates occasional snow and ram,
growing milder.
10Th to 26th Between ,h.sr
dates unsettled weather.
2Sth to 3lst-Betwecn these
dates storm. wind, rain or colder
weather.
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Geographical Distinctions

Inhabitants Of the Isle Of Wight
speak Of going TO England" when
they leave their own fragment Of the
kingdom. 4 patriotic Cornishman also
goes to England" when he crosses
the lamar. Similarly inhabitants OF
Abe Balkan peninsula talk OF going 10
Europe when they leave their own
GOrner OF the continent-in curious
contrast win the people OF Great Brit
Sin, who regard themselves AZ both OF
and in Europe" and il is only the
continent" that they visit. There is
an old story of = Scottish minister
who prayed for a blessing upon the
Inhabitants Of Great and Little Cum
brae Islands in The Firth Of clyde
and The adjacent isiRdS of Great Brit.
ain and ireland" Massachusetts PEG
pie speak OF going down east" wher
ghey start for the Maine coast.
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Following is a list Of days Conu-
N Courts are held in counties near
Mt. Sterling:
Bath, Owingsville, ID Monday.
Bourbon. Paris. lst Monday.
Clark, Winchester, 4th Mondas.
Fayette, Lexington, ID Monda. ;.
Fleming, FIemingsburg 4thI
Monday.
Harrison, Cynthiana-4th Mon
day.
Madison, Richmond, lst MOI
daY.
Montgomery, Mt. Sterling. Bird
Monday.
Nicholas, Carlisle. 2nd Mondar.
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HurIS Baby Frrm Train.

just AS the Central City accom-
mediation train on the Illinois Cen
trail railroad, was entering a tunnel
mile below West Point. Wednes-
day, woman, supposed to be
from Louisville. threw her two
weeks old baby from "a window of
the day coach. killing it almost
instantly.
The act was witnessed by the
tunnel Waterman. and his assist
ant. who were standing by the
side of the track. They did not
get good look at the woman. rs
she was whisked into the tunnel
almost before her child had struck
the ground. 1t is thought that
she had intended to throw the
child into the tunnel, but had mis-
calculated the speed at which the
train was running, causing it To
drop outside.
Mullen says that he was watch
ing the train, and that just as the
engine was entering the tunnel,
something whlzled by his head
and fell into a gully at the side of
the track. He caught "A glimpse
of the agOnized face of the mother
as she hurled her little one to
death. She was lowering the win
dow when the train disappeared.
Running to the ditch where the
bundle had fallen, the Waterman
was Mortified to discover that it
contained "a baby. The clothing
had been disarranged in its flight
through the air, and its head had
struck "A boulder. The child was
gasping for breath and making
piteOuS little means.
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s%SKED MUCH IN SHORT PRAYER.
Remarkable Invocation Of Scotch
Minister, Reported by Magazine.

30 Lord we approach thee this
n1ornin' in the attitude o prayer and
likewise O. complaint When We cam
sac the Ian O. Canady We expected rae
On a Ian flown wi milk and honey,
But instead o that We foun a lam
Deopled wi ungodly Irish o Lord, in
any great mercy, drive them tae the
nttermost PARTS o. Canady. max
chem hewers O wood and drawers O.
7Tatter; gle them nae emoluments: gle
chem nae place O. abode; n'er max
them magistrates or rulers among thy
people
But IL We hae any favors 70 bestow,
Dr any guild Ian tae gle ava, gle il
fac thine ain. thy peculiar people. The
scots. Max them members o parlia-
ment an magistrates an rulers among
thy people An as for the Irish TAX
them by the heels an shak' them over
she mouth o hell but dinna let them
"a in, and a the glory shall be thine.
amen. Success Magazine.
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Don't Take The Risk.

When YOU have bad cough or
cold do not let it drag along until
it becomes chronic bronchitis, or
develops into an attack of pneumo-
MIA, but give 1t the attention it,
deserves and get rid of it. Take
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
you are sure of prompt relief.
From Il small beginning the sale
and use of this preparation has eX-
tended to all parts of the United
States and to many foreign coun-
tries. Its many remarkable cures
of coughs and COLDS have won for
it this wide reputation and extern
sive use. Sold by X. III. White
q Co. 26 At
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gxssoN FOR SOUVENIR FiENp
Captains Remarkable Action Designed
ito Avoid Scandal

ION the slow and cheap ships" said
a pnrser, the souvenir thiCf does no
EARN; but on famous liner like the
Rnritsnia, where records are broken
sand tip-top prices abound, the amount
Of stuff that disappears is shocking. y.
only things with the boats name
On go-champague glasses, inkwelis,
curling longs, buttonhooke and so
corth. And what are We to do abou'
e.?
we had an American peerless aboard
East voyage. The day We reached New
York a stewardess came 10 me and
said.
oh, Mr.. Meet. ] just seen Lady
Blanks cabin trunk, and she's taken
two Of our finest silver inkvells.
Here was quandary. Ell? The cap
fain was called in. and he settled the
matter in the unsatisfactory way such
Shings are usually settled
We must teach Lady Blank a les
z1on.' he growled. AT the same time
scandal must be avoided He thought
moment. then said 10 the stew
ardness: Take one of the inkwellg
and leave the other. That1l show
aeri'"
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TIE LEXINGTON HFRAi D
FOR 1909.

The Lexington Herald announces its
annual bargain offer of $500 per year to
mail subscribers who pay for wear in
advance before January Il. This applies
only to mail subscribers who are not in
arrears All subscribers who are in ar
roars may secure this reduced rate by
paying up to January I, 1909, and paving
$500 in advance for the next year. New
subscribers may receive the paper nv
mail OH payment of $500 in advance.
These rates do not apply TO carrier deliy-
cry in any of the towns in Central Ken
lucky, but only to subscribers vino, re-
ceive their paper through the mails
Subscribers will get on Monday uorn-
ing an agricultural weekly with news of
the day. The regular subscribers 80 the
daily will receive the Blue Grass Farmer
edition.
The Blue Grass Farmer edition will be
sent for 81 90 and the Sunday Herald for
81. 50 year.
;he lexington Herald Co., Inc.
Lexington. Ny.
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STOPS ANY ITCHING.
D0dH'S Ointment Cures Eczema
and Itching Piles. Mt. Stcr-
ling People Recommend

One application of Doan's Oint-
ment stops any itching. Short
treatment cures eczema, itching
piles, salt rheum-any skin crup-
ton or skin itching. 1t is the
cheapest remedy to use, because 50
little of it is required to bring re-
lief and cure. Here is Mt. Ster-
ling testimony to prove 1t:
Mrs. Enoch Bruton, living at %
Harrison Ave, Mt. Sterling, KY,
says: "Doan's Ointment has been
used in my family for over 5 X
years and | have never obtained a
remedy that is its equal. 1t
quickly cures burns and cuts and
is excellent for skin eruptions. |
have recommended it to many of
my friends after using it myself.
and they all say that they would
not be without it. | first learned
OF Doan's Ointment through a ties
timonial and was so much Impress
ed that procured box at +. G..
Duerson's drug store. The results
we're 50 satisfactory that Go II, I
hesitate to advise persons 10 need
of remedy of this kind to give
Doan's Ointment trial"
For sale by all dealers Price
30 cents. Foster-Nlilburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents for
the United States.
Remember the name Doan's-
and take no other. 26-2t
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MarSh'S Forecast for January.

The weather prOgnostlcator W.
w. Marsh, says Of 1909:
The year 1909 will be IA very
prosperous year in the commercial
line, prosperity prevailing over
the entire country. The year will
be free from wars. The storms
during the year will be disastrous
both on land and water in the
United States and foreign coun-
tries, causing destruction on the
Atlantic ocean and coasts, Great
Lakes and Lake regions. Cyclic
mic storms, heavy rains, during
spring and summer months over
the States west of the Mississippi
river. with floods in the Western
streams. Billiards. and heavy
SHOWS during the winter season,
causing suffering to stock and i'm
peding traffic, especially over Kan
sas. Heavy storms and tOrrential
rain will occur over the Ohio Val
ley during the spring and summer
months, causing damage to crops,
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Rreakfastirc with Whistler.

There was foreign painter who
Ssed 10 breakfast at Chelsea, and when
Mr. Carr asked him If he had been
Shere lately he replied: "Oh, no; not
nov so much. He ask me q leetle
~hile ago to breakfast, and 20. MY
sab fare, two shilling arr q crown.
arrive, very nice. Goldfish in bowl,
very pretty. But breakfast-one egg.
sns toast--no more! Oh. NO. Ny CAB
@nTe, two shillings. arr q essvn- Pr
~ - nors!"-Loaden TsssszaDA
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SALARY F!XEDAT SIS, 900
travelling Expenses Also Will Be
Paid By Organization.

The committee appointed by the
District Board of the Burley To-
/ bacco Society at Winchester To iiX
/ the salaries of the officers made
their report and fixed salaries as
| follows:
Clarence LeBus. president.
$4,000 salary and travelling eXpen-
ses.
Members Of the executive board,
81, 900 each annual salary and tray
cling expenses.
Members of the district board,
$500 annual salary and expenses.
The report in circulation to the
effect that President LeBus had
demanded a salary of $4,000 "A
year was denied by the members
Of the board. They say Mr.. lie
Bus made no request for any
given amount.
The fixing of the salaries and
the formulating of a pledge for
the pooling of the 1909 crop are
said to have been all the business
transacted by the board other than
the regular routine.
TIE pledge for the pooling of
the 1909 crop and the conditions
attached was not given out for
publication. a. it will have 20 be
submitted To the Union Tobacco
Society January y, at Louisville,
when the larger society meets in
regular session, before it is finally
adopted.
The next meetingo the District
Board will be held in Winchester
January p. at which the pledge
regarding the pooling of the 1909
crop will be definitely decided on.
1t was said by "A number Of the
members Of the board that the
pledge for the pooling Of the crop
for the present year differed very
little from that OF the pledge of
The pool iust closed.
The Indications are now that an
enormous crop will be raised this
year. it was supposed for a time
that the society would restrict the
acreage for the present year, but
it is said that the pledge for 1909
will in no way provide for limit
on the amount to be grown.
Reports from the members Of
the board from the different coun-
ties in the society show that the
society will control nearly all of
the LARGE crop Of 1909. Since the
success of the pool has been dem
onStratcd it is believed there will
be less opposition to the pool than
there was the past year,
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If leprOsy is discovered among
the men who conduct or work in
Chinese laundries, can the whole
Chinese laundry business be closed
up That is IA question which is
apitating the citizens Of Patterson,
y. j. RcceNtly a physician dag
nosed II disease of n young man in
that city as "a case Of leprosy. On
investigation he found that the
young man had been accustomed
to have his laundry done at IA Chi
nese place. and n further investiga-
ton discovered that the owner of
the Joint and one of the wOrkmen
were in an advanced stage of the
dreaded disease of leprosy. At
once he came to the conclusion
that the young man had contracted
the disease by having these Chi
nese handle his clothing. The
finding caused the physician to re-
port the case to the board of
health, and they started an inves-
tigation. Citizens who heard of
the case demanded that the place
be closed at once, as well as all
other Chinese wash houses in the
city. Can this be done National
Laundry journal.