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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-10
A Take-In.

Copyright 1909. by Estelle kaudero
ENATOR s. A. ETTELSON Of Chi
- cago Is the father of bill to brand
married men with some Distinguishing
mark or title; for the senator's statistics
show that many married men masquerade
as bachelors in vacation time.
"My statistics, said Senator Etteison
to a Star reporter. snow a CLAIMANT need
for a. brand. Married women are suf-
ficiently branded by the Mrs" and the
wedding ring; but the difficulty is to nno
a good brand for married men.
''Tley do need it. though! Some OF
them are as unprincipled as the jatlbirds
Harvey Flynt used to tell about.
"Flynt was a Lanca shire mill hand. He
did a month in Jail, and on his return
home a friend meets him and says:
".Hello, Harve! Awe ne'er seen thee
many long day How are tina going
on?'
ooh. fair Awe been doing month
down at Preston. tina knows
How did tina like it?'
"'Oh, not so WELL
'How's that?'
".Well. the very first day there. some
body calls out in next cell, What has
tina for tina dinner?''
LAW sung out, bread an waters ALL
"'He says, AWE ham and eggs heer.
Pass tina bread through hole in wall.
Aw'll gle thee a dip in
well?
".Well what's tina think: Aw neer
got ma bread back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-10

In an old trunk or box, hundreds OF pro-
grams Of those early days at Albaugh's,
and some of these rainy Sundays I'm 60
ing to paw them over and have bunch
of recollections for myself
The other day / heard some young
folks talking as If the summer comic
opera business were a comparatively new
thing in this mans town. Well. I guess
not! More than twenty years ago, at AL
baush's. there were several memorable
seasons OF comic opera, and of a mighty
superior brand at that. l reckon you're
not old enough to remember JEANNE
winston. who played male parts in the
comic opera company at Albaugh's at that
time? Well, she was a woman Of superb
figure. and though she wasn't strong as
to the singing end of it, the town went
crazy over her. Never was an actress Of
any degree or kind who had such sleWS
and slathers of friends in Washington as
JEANNE Winston had at that time. and
can close my eyes and see her doing the
Fra Diavolo' thing yet as nobody else
ever could do that engaging bandit. Some
body was telling me not long ago that
JEANNE Winston is now living q sort of
secluded life in Washington, but I don't
know whether that's true or not. I know
that she went away from here and was
of impressionable folks disconsolate She
used to sing opposite clever woman
named Louise Balfe, who died most mser-
ably in New York a few years later They
sang all Of the rafting old comic opera
favorites, which contained sure-enough
music Of the sort you never by any chance
hear nowadays-'The Chimes of Norman
dy,' The Mascotte.' 'Olivette,' La Peri
chole.' Daughter of the Regiment and all
that sort Of thing. and I've never seen a
comic opera company to compare with
Washington's stock comic opera COM
pany at Albaugh's during those few
summer seasons. which, maybe you'll
say is another indication that I'm get
ting fogyish. Prof. Bernays. the leader
of the defunct Georgetown orchestra-a
the orchestra at Albaugh's for while,
but he died prematurely after having done
more to spread a feeling for good m-sic
in Washington than any man who came
before or after him, except. perhaps, Regi-
maid de koven.'
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to be exact-he has been moping and
grievinS and melancholy. He wouldn't
have anything to do with anybody, and
such of his friends as tried TO pat him
on the head and secure his confidence
were harked at for Their pains. Bob
was not himself.
But just yesterday he came out Of his
trance. Half dozen OF his friends were
standing in group in the House press
gallery. chatting of this and that and
the other thing. when Bob blew along
that way and stopped. One OF the men.
observing signs of almost human interest
struggling to get through the gloom of
Mr. Gates countenance. mace some
frivolous remark and somebody else fol-
lowed 1t up with comment on the
weather. But Mr.. Gates did not reply.
He just looked at every body in turn, then
shook his head and spread out his arms
helplessly and remarked. with almost a
sob in his voice, "Oh. gentlemen. gentle
men: amt the good old democratic party
been shot to hi"
And then he moved along. He is still
unhappy. but his friends think he will
fully have recovered sufficiently 10 stand
the shock by the next time the democratic
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=. -, sysA
violating the keepto the right rule Of
the road.
AS the Two Pigheads approached
each other. it could be seen by an
earnest and close student of facial ex-
pressions that both of them were
squaring their jaws and hardening
their Souls for conflict. Pighead No. 1
manifestly was saying to himself
Now / wonder if that skinny slob
thinks for hul1y minute that I'm GO
ing to abandon my right to this coping
and turn out of the way for him.
Pighead No. just as obviously was
saying to himself. That fat stiff is one
OF these keep-to-the-righ idiots. and
can see that he thinks he's going 10
bully me into turning out for him.
Well. watch muh, that's ALL
Yep, their respective facial express
sions told, just as plainly as words.
that these were the things they were
respectively thinking.
And SO they bore right down upon
each other and met.
Pighead No fairly Rugged the cop
ing as they came together. So did Pig.
head No. .. When they were only about
three feet apart Pighead No. 1. the
fat one, inflated his cheeks, breathed
hard ominously, and waited for Pig
head No. to turn out. Pishead No.
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its insurgent Furnishings.


The letter. which is under date Of
December J. 1880, reads as follows:
This is Che fourth day spent by the
members Of Congress in vain efforts
to organize the House of Representa-
tives. In the course of this day. how
ever. Mr.. Adams addressed the body.
giving them the title of fellow-citizens
and members elect of the Twenty sixth
Congress. calling upon the body to set
aside the clerk and appoint a modera~
tor. which was done by electing him to
that station. Perhaps some will eX-
cuse the clerk for committing the out
rage, because the party required 1t OF
him. but he has been severely punished
if he possesses any sensiblities. He
made out the roll according to his own
arbitrary will and then decided that he
could entertain no motion 10 amend that
roll, nor proceed in business without the
unanimous consent of all present Thus.
when the state of New Jersey was called
lie declined 10 call any but Mr.. Randolph.
\ discussion. of course. arose and rarl-
Gus propositions were sent to the chair.
hut because some one objected there could
be no vote. In this ridiculous state have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-10

Pigheed NO. | was Tat and dumpy.
Pigheau No. = was lean and cadaverous.
Pighead No. 1, on blithe recent aft
ernoon, was sauntering in front Of the
White House. going east, right smack-dab
against the coping.
You will observe that. inasmuch as he
was going east, he had a right to the
coping on the keep-to-the-right principle.
Pighead No. =, walking in front Of
the White House at the same time, but
going west toward Georgetown. was
keeping right smack dab against the
coping. too.
YOU Will perceive that he had no right
to the coping. because he was thereby
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-10

African hunting articles in the magazines
and papers, you rap in there. That 8
why Cousin Flora got mixed up in all
this menagerie business i'm your dreams.
Say. little wan breakfast, YOU know.
Coffee. Eats. Me to hike. DO you get
me-"
She begins to sort of glide ont of bed.
and YOU are hopeful that the moving
about necessary 10 her getting her duds
on will sort of drive the dream stuff out
of her mind. Nix again.
Next thing l knew she goes right
on as she slowly begins to sift into her
garments. there was cousin standing
right on top of a 14th street pay-as-yo1-
enter car-on top of it, mi ind you-and
she wore green satin dress cut crino-
line fashion. like the women wore In the
pictures taken in war times. and, my.
how that green satin puny-wuny Sklrt
did flap and rattle In the strong breeze,
and everybody on 18th street was turn
ing around and laughing. but there
Cousin Flora stood. looking as II she
was going to make speech. you know.
with her arms flying around and all
that. and tho most humOrouSly serious
expression. on her face. and when the
car got opposite Thomas Circle. why. 1t
gave a sudden lurch in going around the
curve there. and Cousin Flora tu.nbled
off her perch. and I turned my head
away sos not to see her fall on her
head. but she hit the pavement right
on her feet, and then she walked right
up to the statue of Gen. Thomas and
shook her fist at it in the most threat
enng way ever, and ] wondered II she
had become suffragette or something
and then she suddenly spread out her
green satin crinoline skirt with her
hands and flew right up into the air. and
she disappeared in the direction of Chevy
Chase, and then the whole scene changed
and saw her playing golf out at Chevy
Chase with President Taft and
Then YOU beat it down the stairs to
the waiting breakfast in about four
bounces. and when she. joins you pres
entity she looks slightly grievcd over
your bad manners in running away be-
fore she'd finished the dream-and then
she tells YOU the rest of it.
CLARENCE l.. CULLEN.
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that play OF Browning's. The Blot on the
'Scutcheon,' giving it an immensely ex-
pensive investiture. but that. too proved
to be dead one. and it never mana sed
TO get by. | wonder if anybody who saw
barrett at Albaugiis doing the noble
play. Francesca da Rimini' with Louis
James In the cast as the jester and Marie
Wainwright Francesca and Fred Nose
ly IS Paolo-I wonder If anybody who
saw that splendid performance can ever
forget it?
We'll. | always associate AlbauGh's in
my mind. too, with the first time l ever
saw Mrs. Cleveland, when she was
young and beautiful woman.
Very early in the career of Albaush' $
Grand Opera House the American Grand
Opera Company. that ambitious but too
previous attempt. by Jeanette Thurber to
inculcate liking for grand opera in this
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We been since Monday. TO us there APP
peared no doubt as to the design 10 conn.,
pei US TO withdraw from the contest and
allow the managers and cOntrivers OF the
difficulty to organize the House 10
morrow our case will be decided upon
the prima facie evidence of right To
seats in the first instance, and prooao
the House will be organized by electinG
a Speaker We may be interrupted by
the case of Naylor and Ingersoi. but as
We have arrived to the point where ques-
;ions may be decided by vote l DO not
apprehend much difficulty. The galleries
have been crowded and the utmost de-
corum observed. with the exception OF
little outburst by clapping when Mr.
Adams was conducted 10 the chair
OBERT NJ. GATES of "the south.
n sah." who usually travels under
the more familiar title OF Bob. and
who is newspaper man with bells on.
is inconsolable these days. For the past
week or so-ever since the vote on the
tariff bill rule in the House last Monday,
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The Difficulty.

MRS. STUYvEsANT FISH is an anti
4VA suffragette. She has joined the anti
suffragette organization. the National
League for the Civic Education Of W'om-
en-. At luncheon the other day she
said:
1T isn't possible for women to do the
same work as men, day in and day out. in
good weather and in foul. For instance,
what woman could be a postman, out in
all kinds OF weather and at all hours,
walking miles daily
She smiled.
a woman postman would compa re
with a male one as the beggar compared
with the millionaire.
you've got no grounds to envy me.
said the millionaire to the beggar I've
got just as many troubles as you have
NO doubt yer right. boss said the
beggar. humbly. But the difficulty with
me is. l amt got nothin' else. +"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-10
DAINTY ANNUAL KNOWN
AS THE WISHBONE FLOWER

THIS is the popular name Of the
dainty annual known to botanists
as torenia fourniori and which is
growing to be a general favorite with
discriminating gardeners. 1t is espe-
cially well adapted for beds, hanging
baskets or borders.
The seed is very small, so should be
carefully handled by the amateur. Sow
the seed in pans or boxes in April, pre-
pairing the soil carefully and watering
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-10

You her dreams on a Sunday morning.
when you've got all the time on earth,
nor on a holiday morning. when there's
nothing else for you to do but TO dawdle
around the place and listen patiently 10
whatever she elects 10 pull on you.
Nope She is bound, resolved and de-
termined upon telling YOU her dreams n
circuitous. labyrinthine detail on the
morning when you're about twenty min
utes behind your ofiice-reaching schedule
and when every minutes hustlinS counts.
And she begins at the beginning-that is
TO say, if there IS anything that can be
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country-the American Grand Opera Com
pany say. played an engagement at Al
baush's. Two of the operas then given
were nobly done, AS / we'll remember
The Huguenots' and Aida Yes, and
Emma Juch did Senta in Wagner's Fly
ing Dutchman' during the same engage
ment. I think. with accompanying scenes
Of great enthusiasm ON the part of the
audience Well, 1t was at one of these
performances of the American Opera
Company that first saw Mrs. Cleveland
II was not long after her marriage to
the President. ! was galleryite i'm those
days and / waited on the 18th street side
for her TO come out with Mr.. Cleveland.
/ can see her now. coming down the
10Th street steps on the arm of her hus-
band. with the arc lights flashing the
radiance from the diamond star which
she wore in her front hair. She was
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ashes. guano and sheen manure are all
good fertilizers for the lawn.
II the ground Is nal.. ally wet and
nttle sour. an application of air-slaked
lime is good to spread ON at the rate of
1orty-1ifty pounds per square rod This
should be done few days before the
ground is to be planted. In the planting
ground it is best to dig much larger
holes than are necessary for the spread
Of the roots and use only black soil
around the roots. This gives the plants a
chance to get good start in the best
soil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-10

it thoroughly before planting Let the
moisture dry out somewhat on the sur
face, then sow the seed thinly on top,
covering slightly with very fine soil or
sand.
When the young plants are large
enough to handle. transplant them into
shallow boxes containing soil consisting
OF rotted sod leaf mold and sand. From
the boxes they are transferred into small
pots and planted out about six inches
apart the latter part Of May.
The amateur who does not wish to
take the trouble to raise the seedlings
a florist. BY this method the risk OF
losing the young plants through mis-
takes in handling is avoided.
The plants are dainty little things and
flower all summer. The flowers are blue
and white, the latter being a distinct va
riety. They should be given a sunny
place in the bed or border. where they
will not be crowded by taller plants.
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lined CIOSe-tO-nature tCIldencIcs. NUIISt-
uuently. when. the other morning. | was
walking along the edge OF Macpherson
Square with Walter Fahv. the child re-
porter. who conceals the poetic disposition
Of Florida meath the untroUbied exterior
III New England. | nearly dropped dead
10 see Mr. Mann puking around in the
grass with a cane in NEST aimless. time
killing fashion.
All said Walter that proves my
theory. Every man has two sides-even
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-10

AID a little train of
thinks when I read
the other day of
the death OF the
elde Albaush,"
said a Washing
tonian, who Is
kitlng along toward
middie-aee. 1.-THE
younger generation
Of Wasllingtonian
theatergoers hard
" remember at all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-10
HIS one Is about

HIS one Is about
two pig-headed
It's true, too, as
a lot of stories
about pig-headed
persons are. (The
full truth about
pig-headed persons
of both sexes never
has been told,
when it comes to
that.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-10
A Difference.

From the Catholic Standard and Times.
rs it really true" asked Miss Chellus.
that you're engaged to Mr.. Richley:"
''It u.s. calmly replied Miss Butte.
My" exclaimed Miss Chellus; "he was
great CATCH
II beg your pardon retoTted the other
haughtily. catcher"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-10

AMES r. MANN
OF Illinois. the
great objector of
the House of Rep
resentatives, has a
square-hewn frame
a IL d businesslike
whiSkers. So far
as | know. he has
never been ac-
cused of conceal
ing on his person
any sharply de-
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only girl then. with a pretty girlish
face, splendid skin and remarkably
sweet expression of countenance.
Yes. and I often saw Fritz Emmett at
Albaugh's. Who OF the younger genera
ton Of theatergoers even remembers so
much as the name Of Joe Emmett? And
yet he was perhaps the most attractive
and magnetic man who ever appeared in
the lighter sort OF pieces on the Ameri-
can stage. I never hear a lullaby sung
that don't think Of Fritz Emmett and
his guitar. which shows that, after all.
maybe I'm getting to be an old fogy
Even the chirping of the sparroWs outside
my window sometimes gets me to think
ing of joe Emmett and his wonderful
Cuckoo Song
Emma Abbott also appeared at AL
baugh's. and always got great reception
there. I've got, hidden away somewhere
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T certainly is queer
tile queerest thing
aVaF

ever
But she just will
tell you those long,
involved, intricate,
meanin gless, con-
voluted dreams on
the morning when
you're in the big.
Sest hurry, won't
sllcn
She doesn't tell
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beat it away from here pretty soon,
why
"Of course" she rambles on. pulling a
hunk of her back hair around in front OF
her and beginning TO braid it. dreams
don't always come out true; and they
don't always go by contraries, either, as
the saying is, but then my dreams about
Cousin Flora were so vivid like that it
certainly would be awful If anything had
happened to her, now wouldn't it? But
j haven't even begun to tell you all of
the crazy-waZy things l dreamt about
her. The gorilla couldn't have hurt her
very much, for the next time ! saw
Cousin Flora. why. she had her own
face, but the body of one of those hideous
penguins-"
you've been reading too many Of those
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countenance on the child reporter.
Why replied Walter with his sweet
est smile. looking for little wild flowers,
the first little wild flowers of spring
Mr.. Mann snorted and blew through his
nose. Also I think he paved the earth.
wild flowers roared he, wild flowers
be ID. l was taking a short cut
across that internal park and dropped a
quarter out of my pocket. ! was trying
to find 1t.
And very shortly thereafter. sad and
we parted company with the
Honorab BILE Jim r. Mann.
!: ::
D REPRESENTATIVE HENRY =.
N LOUDENSLAGER of the first
New Jersey district. who has served
sixteen years in the lower branch Of
the national legislature. came across.
lust the other day. letter written b.
one of his predecessors. Charles {.
Stratton. to a constituent. one Mir. Car
penter. Indicating that even way back
Wonder in the dim aud distant the
House was having its rules rows and
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