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ner and holding down park bench. and.
in my misery, I said to myself. Gee,
wish I could go to sleep and forget
everything. Then it jumped into my
thing?' No sooner thought than acted
upon. l gave myself up with that gnome
narrative about having lost my identity,
and, as you know, / got by with it, 1t
astonished me that | did manage to slip
it over On all Of the renowned old medical
gentlemen, but. of course. I was glad that
1 was up to the part. But 1 came near
laughing myself to death, inwardly, of
cour e, every time they had me on a
platform to illustrate a lecture. It was
boys. but, as I say, was up against
it and had to play any win-out chance
that presented itself. Suppose we bite
into quart of hiss-juice, what dye say?'
He had married very wealthy and
very lovely widow from Wisconsin, the
wife of deceased lumber king up that
way. about six months before, and he
was on everlasting velvet. I met his wife
about her hu'band's Philadelphia ad-
venture and laughed gayly over it.
This experience gave me an idea.
suggested to the Sunday editor that one
of the younger members of the staff-one
of the cubs, in fact-Inake the attempt,
for writing purposes, of course, to get
away with the loss of memory idea in
New York. Il didn't banker for the as
signment myself for a few years before
Id played foolish in order to become in
generated in d New York insane asylum;
and / didn't want any more of those dis
NAL experiences.) The suggestion was
acted upon. The cub gave himself up to
the New York police as a full-f1edged loss
of memory case. and he beat it some
thing easy. They yanked him down to
Bellevue, and he was .soemnly examined
by slews and RATS of brain specialists,
and they all hummed and buzzed learned
n % <.c
thing, when the brain sharps were sharp
ening their quilts to write about his
marvellous case. the young fellow sud
denly told 'em that he'd been hoaxing
cm, and the speed he had to make in
order to dodge the boots as he went ay
way from Bellevue has not, I think, been
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mentary upon the condition of the theateI
In New York when such a dull, tiresome.
futile play can run N that peculiar City
Tor two nights running, much less for
three months'-and SO on and so on.
We'll, OH the whole, think that this is
rather a good thing. 1t will stop the
commercialized managers and producers
from sending out interiors productions.
When they KNOW, as they are rapidly be-
ginning to learn, to their cost, that the
theatergoers of the prov noes, as they
York, simply will not tolerate the miser-
able efforts Of the dregs of the profess
sion, will not endure the shabby investi-
ture which they give. for what they call
cleanup to their No. or their NO.
or their No. II companies, they will stop
sending such rag-tag productions into the
Provinces They'll stop throwing away
their money in that particular manner
The other cities demand the best. and
if they don't get the best they decline
to give up their money. And they are
il they don't get the best they decline
promptly and out of hand, just what is
the best. This, think is largely owing
to the fact that nearly all of the other
cities now have such perfectly excellent
summer stock companies OF their own
Often I make little incognito trips away
from New York in the summer to see
the performances Of these summer stock
companies. and 1 am amazed at the ex-
cellence of Their productions. New York
no longer, then is the arbiter. 1t re-
minds me of how power fell away from
Rome But it is a good thing, and it will
react to the benefit Of the American
DRAMA never doubt that"
CLARENCE L. CULLEN.
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breaking loose.

breaking loose And Whenever anybody
hands him a rap in a public speech he is
never happy until he can get up in public
and do some rapping himself.
All of which leads up TO the fact that
Mr. Cannon's speeches are invariably of
the impromptu sort. Once upon a time
back i'll 1896 at the republican national
convention-he read a speech and was
disguised with it. He never repeated the
performance until just the other day in
Kansas City. His friends persuaded him
this time.
Here" they said, OF something of this
sort, folks have been pounding you lately
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Excuse me- he remarked as l stood
in the doorway making frantic motions.
I'll be with you in a moment And then
he turned to the turkey man. remarking.
My friend. your story has touched me
deeply. l do these little things every
now and then, but without any hope of
reward. / haven't got but so with me,
but take that and God bless you When
l eat your turkey l will think of you
and your gratitude. Repay the money
when you can"
And" said the business man with a
chuckle, the turkey distributor hasn't
been back since
Il got off for five said business man
number two, with a Sheepish grin-but
it was three days before Christmas of
last year. That man must be getting to
work early this tine"
The turkey distributor had better rot
get his dates mixed and fall across these
philanthropists this year. They'll hang
him.
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saying runs at the Waldorf-Astoria. He
was playing billiards with no less an
individual than John w. Gates. He looked
like about three-quarters Of all the money
in captivity. After he'd put his cue away
and Mr. Gates had taken his departure
tackled the young man as to his little
whirl in Philadelphia, as a lost-memory
case, three years before. He remembered
my interviews with him, and he grinned
most cheerfully.
Pretty soft, wasn't it? he said to me.
"Uh-huh, pretty soft. You see. l was
bu'sted beyond all redemption when l hit
Phillie that time, and l had to do some
thing or somebody. Had no place to eat
or sleep, and was up against it for
fair. Then that little old scheme popped
into my head. I was carving the ban
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Washington fortnight or so ago with a
lost strayed or stolen memory; the chap,
you'll recall, who couldn't remember his
name or number and all that sort OF as
tonishing thing. ! haven't followed the
thing up, and so I don't know what the
outcome of his case in Washington was or
Is. / was rather keen, l remember. to as
certain whether he'd be discovered to be
a faker; but forgot to keep line on the
incident
The point is however. that I've met up
with quite a lot of these maybe-ap hasla
cases during the past fifteen years or SO,
always In the performance of newspaper
work. and all of them, without single
exception, eventually proved to be fake
cases pure and simple. The people who
were claiming the loss of memory in the
cases l mention simply were looking for
board and keep to tide them over little
spells of adversely, or they were banker
ing for notoriety.
About a dozen years ago, when was
doing writing for the theological Sunday
supplement department of one of New
YorkS yalleriSh newspapers, IT came my
10 look into one of these loss of memory
cases.
\ very agreeable. pleasant-spoken
young fellow of twenty-five or so had
turned up at Philadelphia police sta
ton with the yarn that he didn't know
who he was, where he came from, or
how he came from there, any more than
a snow bird. All he remembered. he
said, was what had been happening to
him for two days. For those two days
land nights he had been occupied
mainly in sitting down on park bench
in Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia
wondering who the dickens he could be.
He hadn't been able to solve the riddle.
and so he'd decided, he said to ask the
as it were, and aid him in finding his
mess and hammock number.
He was quite well dressed. was this
pleasant-spoken young fellow. and his
straight at folks, and there seemed no
reason on earth to suppose that he was
taking. AS a matter of fact. nobody
did entertain any such a suspicion.
The police folks riff1ed all OF the cir
culars they had on file as to missing
IMAM didn't correspond to the descrip-
lions in any of them. He couldn't give
them the slightest clue as to where he
was from. And SO he was sent to the
fat of the land, while scientific gentle
men assembled around him quite fire.
quently and piled him with questions;
and subjected him to all of the tests.
the tests of the medical gentlemen
Was the easiest, not to say the cutest
thing this young man did. They tried
every which way to snag him; to sur
prise him into admissions: to work the
association of ideas" scheme on him
10 make him reveal himself involun-
tarily, as it were: but they couldn't
make anything out of him whatever.
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Owls that? | for
got to kiss you?"
said Mr.. Grump,
after hanging his
hat up on coming
in from the office.
"Oh, bother. There
then. l wonder
how many years
you'll be expecting
me to keep up the
lollygagging bust
pecs anybnwo Oh
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little thing 1 do. 1t seems to me that
my whole existence has come to be one
continuous performance squaring-ur
gag with my spouse. There, now. Don't
shake yourself to pieces. Everything
all right. Rents paid. and you're not
going to be turned into the sleety street
with shaky music on the side. I'll send
you up a dozen or two more best sellers
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out Of a nut factory, and, of course,
you've got to keep up with the parade.
Sure.
What makes you look 50 pale, any
how? 1 hope you get enough to eat
the telephone SO handy for ordering ?
How's that? You're not feeling we'll?
Well. that's too bad. of course: but if
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UGUSTUS THOMAS

UGUSTJS THOMAS
recently produced a
play called ''The
Harvest Moon 1t
deals with Mr..
Thomas fad of the
past few years, the
power Of mental
suggestion. In one
part Of the play the
leading character,
a person with a
handsome suite of
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HEN Speaker Cam
non has anything
on his mind that
posters him he is
never happy until
he gets it off. He
is not much of q
dissembler in his
personal relations
with men in public
life. He n ev e r
nurses a crouch
very long without
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We been wanting
to sift in a word or
two anent aphasia
in this correspond
ence. Il knew a
C ulti v a ted man
once who always
called it "aSpasia,"
but that doesn't
m a t t e IA I read
quite a lot about
that young man
who turned up in
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VICTOR MURDOCKS reiterated decla-
ration that Speaker Cannon will an
nounce voluntarily his unwillinsness
again to be a candidate for the speaker
ship paints in the mind a real pastoral.
Uncle Joe. Iron Duke of Illinois, SCARED
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I'm asking you, is that your idea?
oh it isn't, Ell? Well, you want to for
get all that rot about chivalry and stuff
that you absorb from the cerise-backed
best sellers. Those imbecile books tell
you that a man with a roll of fat on
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THE regular line Of Christmas gratis
have come to town and this year
are even a little ahead Of time. Here it
is only the 4th of December, and yet the
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APHASIA CASES ARE TOO NUMEROUS

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
NEW YORK, December 5, ~
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equaled or even approached by any hu-
man being since.
I've been kind O skeptical as to these
aphasia cases ever since. I'm the rank
est kind of a Missourian whenever / hear
or read of a case in which somebody or
other has completely forgotten all about
himself. You'll notice that nobody with
a bank roll that requires large, heavy
rubber band to keep it in shape, ever
falls victim to that particular kind of
aphasia.
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chap who gets Helen for a wife nearl
always grabs prize for himself
The Washington herald., 1909-02-02

Berlin. Feb. IA duel with pistols was
fought to-day near Frankfost-on-the-
Main by Baron Won Oertzen, an infantry
captain. and Lieut. Won Stuckrad. OF the
Reserves The latter vas killed.
The two were formerly close friends
until Lieut. vcr stuolrsd. during Capt
von Oertzen's absence at the maneuvers
some tine ago. eloped with the Iatyers
wife.
The parents Of the baroness traced the
couple 70 New York, and vainly tried to
persuade their daughter 10 return.
Capt Won Oertzen subsequently obtained
a divorce. but this had hardly been
granted when Lieut.. voa stuckrad guar
relied with the woman, whom he forsook
leaving her in America and returned 10
Ereuznach. where MS father. a retired
general. Is now burgcmaster
Capt. Won Oertzen thereupon chal-
lenged him, After the duel Won Oertzen
surrendered himself 70 his superiors.
Probably the only penalty imposed on
him VIII he a formal reprimand.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-02
SAFE GAS AND CHEAPER GAS.
URGENT DUTY OF CONGRESS.

VIII congress- IN the lace OF a report made BY government
expeexpers disinteested save as to the public welfare
say 6y nonacon that the people OF Washington shall con-
te TO use dangerously poisonous gas lighting and heat
ing purposes because corporation exper-experts whose
selfish interests involved in the water gas businesscome
forward and testify that change would entail expense upon
monopoly that has made many millions out of the Washing
ton consumer
VIII Congress disregard the report of the disinerested
government experts and ignore the urgent recommendations
for legislation made by the President of the United States the
Department Of Justice and the Commissioners of the District
OF Columbia and thus assume responsibility for situation that
daily mpers the lives of 10000 gas conumers-becaue # is
going TO cost the monopoly something to substitute compara-
tvely safe gas for a dangerously unsafe gas?
VIII Congress heed the one-sded testimony of these cor
poraton experts who say that coal gas is more expensive than
water gas when the Georgetown asght Company controlled
BY the Washington Gasght Company IS TO-DAY making and
distributing coal gas good profit at 81 per thousand cubic
feet and when testimony before Congressional committees at
former hearings BY gas officials themselves shows that the cost
OF distributing gas greater in Georgetown than in Wash
ington?
Congress duty itself and duty to the people Of
Washington adjust this gas situation at the present session
Its duty compel the substitution of gas for unsafe gas
and to reduce the rate to figure corresponding with that fixed
by other cities and sustained by the highest courts
The House has acted price and on the question of
capitalization. The Senate should concur at once-with
amendment that viii insure safe gas supply at the earliest
possible date Such legislation will be fair to the consumer and
fair to the gas company and viii safeguard the public welfare
It is net muddled situation unless Congress chooses 70
allow be mudded By gas corporation experts and aAvo
Gates whose business II mudde it. and who are dcno
their best that end.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-02
EICHTY-CENT GAS WINS.

EiEhty-cent gas advocates wen
decided victory IN the Supreme
Court OF the United states yes
terday, when the application OF
the Consolidated Gas Company Of
New York for Il rehesri1E was
denied.
The application fer the rehear-
inE yvn- aIed en- the ground that
the decree Of the ecart was in
consistent with sOn,e OF the cone
illusions set cut In the opinion.
IL - said the mandate Of the
court viii be issued without fur
ther delay prescribing the meth
cd for the repayment Of rebates
80 the Consumers who have been
PAYING 81 fer gas while the ccnl-
paRy was Sighting the suit. The
maBdate - due on or before
Thursday, and IL Is not thought
there Is way open for the gas
company 90 postpone further the
decESIen Of the court
The Washington herald., 1909-02-02
HEN CoNVICTS WOMAN.
Nice, Freshly Laid Egg in "Blind
Tiger" Room Satisfies Judge.

Atlanta, Feb. lon evidence furnished
by a hen. Mrs Fannie Smith was to-day
convicted Of running a "blind tiger" and
fined s2oo. Detectives have been watch
ing the Smith woman. but failed to trap
her until Sunday. They searched her
house with the exception Of one room. but
found no LIQUOR.
The woman alleged the room not
searched was occupied by a Iodger not At
home. The detectives entered and in a
closet found liquor. Mrs. Smith pro
tested that the whisky must belong to
her iodger-
While the woman and the detectives
were arguing a hen came out OF a closet
in The room eaekIng- The detectives in
vestigated and found q nest containing
eggs. one freshly laid
Recorder Broyles held that the pres
ence OF the hen and the nest in the closet
Of the room which the woman alleged
was that Of a boar6er proved that the
woman knew she whisky was there He
fined her 2O0.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-02
GROUNDING AND WEATHER.

BHiiken, God Of things as they ought
10 be. VIII hare % take a back sat 10
day His place Eiu b us1rped hy Brer
SroudboS champion Of Things IS they
might b, weather prognossizto-. and
time-worn prophet
Not for long VII his majesty Ground
hcg he IN power. however. fer sfter creep
Ing from his baucw and vsiulr OF other
wise tTyinz 70 discern his shadow. he VII
rsfire for feE EsekS' more sleep
Us said by historians that r The zro,nd-
hog sees his shadow at Hoon, on February .
there VIII BE- SIX weeks mcro q ooid
weather. On the contrarg. should the skv
Be ovsr caSt and the shadow b. missing.
an early spring vii be The one best be1.
WeshingsonianS who have had their ears.
noses toes. and other PORTIONS of their
snatories nirped by old King Winter IN
the past two 6r three DAYS VIII b slsd To
see the ero'IndhoS rout The Old gentleman
who controls the frast and biting winds
Bets oD the shadcw PROPOSITION are at
variance, fer Bre'r G-oan6hoz IS an IN
certain performer and is listed as a ss5-to-I
shot StiIl. thsrs are Z good nary rsai
sports vino believe in playing the long shots
on q percentage basis They are hooinz for
sunshine At nccn to-day and have hops &
esshing.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-02
ASK sTEPHEESON's EXPENSES.
wisconsin Legislators Want Figures
OF Recent Campaign

Madison. Wis. Feb L-Tense indeed Is
the Senatorial situation, as there IS a
feeling on both sides that the ballot Of
tomorrow is 10 be decisive as regards an
By the joint legislative con-
vention Of Isaac Stephenson for the Sen
atoriaI toga- Unless Stephenson is elect
ed Tuesday, it seems certain he viii have
10 await the result OF the probe OF his
expenses.
1t does not seem likely that there viii
be a majority. So far none OF the doubt
ful members who are here have given
any reason to think that they
viii return TO the Stephenson column.
The opponents Of NJ Stephenson claim
that there will be even more changes. and
that they are row assured OF enough
votes TO prevent his election upon joint
ballot until after there IS . legislative
The Washington herald., 1909-02-02
TAFT TO SHORTEN VISIT.
Notifies Committee He Must Leave
New Orleans February II.

New Orleans. Feb. IA cablegrsm from
President-elect TTaft 10 the committee OF
New Orleans citizens arranging for his
reception here. says he viii arrive on
The morning Of February Z, and II viii be
imperative for him 10 leave on the morn
ing OF February I2
This is a day earlier than original ar
rangements- He is evidently planning 20
make a record run from Colon TO the
head OF the Passes on the cruiser North
Carolina for while passenger ships usual
" consume six days on the trip. Air. Taft
VIII leave Colon February s. arriving or
South Pass IN the afternoon Of February
II, consuming little more than three days
in the run.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-02
HELD FOR BABYs DEATH.
aid 70 Have Resented Nother-in-
Inrr,s Afte.tinns IN rt.ils

Said 20 Have Resented gsother-fn-
laws Affections to ChiIG.
Huntington. V. Va. Feb. 1-Becsu use
his rIother-in-law held MS baby. George
A Matheriy IS charged with carrying
out his threa1 by committing infanticids.
The child died several days axe under
suspicious circumstances 4 coroner :
jury investigated and decided il vas
murdered at the hands Of its father.
II was buried the same day it died.
1ne father objected when Mrs. VIII
Via. a neighbor. wanted % call a physi-
clan during its Illness. Al autopsy
shows its back Has broken Several
DAYS before the child's death. II is said.
Eeighbors claim TO have heard AIatherly
tel his wife that Il she ever allowed
her mother. Mrs Meadows, TO fondle
the child. he woul5 XIII It.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-02
HOUSE PASSES AMENDMENT.
Prohibition Measure Vow Goes to
West Virginia Senate.

rEeCilA 70 me nte3lllEIll hcEail-
Charleston W Va. Feb. Thirteen
members alone stood cut 70 the last
against the submission OF the pronIbi-
ton amendment to-day in tie final vote
upon TIE passage of the resolution in
the house Of delegates. while the measure
mustered in its favor sixty-tWo votes or
four more than the necessary two
thirds Of the membership Of that BODY.
IN q silence tense with expectation.
and something OF uncertainty. with mem
bers hemmed in on ell sides by a cloud
OF witnesses. many Of wEom wore the
white ribbon Of temperance. the vote
which was 70 determine the fate Of
prohibition in the horse was taken.
On the passage OF the resolution those
voting in the affirmative were StriekIing.
Asbury. Avis. Ball, Bates. Bell Bran
mer, Brosius. Campbell. Coicord. Daniels.
Dennis. DevoIl. Dufield. Flesher. Giike-
son. Godbey. Good. GoOdno. Hager. Hall.
Hairless. Hawley. Henry. HinkIey. Ice (of
BARBOUR. lee (of Marion). Kearfoot.
Keister, Kelly,of Mason; keIIy.of Roane:
Kingsley. Kirk. Lee - Putnam: Lee. of
Writ: Liller. Lilly. Lusk, Matheny. Moore.
McCrum. Mcdowell, Paxton, Polling. Rib
lett, Robinson, OF Caben; Robinson. Of
Ritchie; RCppenthol. Smith, of Roane;
SmOot. Symns. Talbot, Teagsrden. Thay-
er. Vesch. Vossier, Warder. Waugh.
Weir, Wildman. Williams. and Tost
IN the negative were Bente Bracklsnd,
Buchwaid. Cuppett, Ellis. EpllnE. Ger
mer. Hearne. Parsons. Seibert. Simpkins,
Smith, Of Cabell. and Strother.
Absent. and not voting: Cornell. Daley.
Finley. Hart. Hays. Hinzman. MILAN.
Murphy. Nugent. Ryan. and FIckeison.
When the vote was announced BY the
speaker, members and spectators sp-
plauded.
The senate and house clsshed to-day
when the house refused TO concur in the
substitute resolution which passed the
senate Friday creating a new commit
tee 10 investigate the penitentiary.