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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-08
FOR CIVIL PENSIONS
Secretary Macveagk Urges
Retirement With Pay.
NO PLAN Is PREFERRED
Suggested Increase in Tax on Bank
Circulation
TO AID LOW PRICED BONDS
Retrenchment the Keynote in the
Secretary's Estimates in His
Annual Report.
TO AID LOW PRICED BON1

Secretary MacVeagh of the Treasury
Department in his annual report made
public today strongly indorses the pro-
posed retiring pension for government
employees.
ANY inquiry into the efficiency of ad-
ministration very soon involves a con-
sideration of policy of civil service
retiring PENSIONS he says. And 1t
seems to me that the conclusion is I'M
avoidabe that a really sufficient service
is out of the question without a method
Of honorably and justly retiring persons
whose efficiency.is seriously impaired. 1t
is quite true that the older clerks of the
service are no more likely than the young
er clerks to be inefficient. Indeed, their
experience and their settled relations to
the service could easily compensate for
the lack OF some other personal equip
ment. But Just as there are instances
where the younger clerks should be dis
cipined or dismissed, there are many
cases of the older clerks where, in justice
to both themselves and the service, they
ought to be honorably relieved
The service is blocked in many in
stances by the unwillingneSS OF the OFF,
Gals in charge to throw out of place
worthy men and women who have given
the best of their lives to the work of
the government So that. in a very i'm
perfect and wholly unsatisfactory man
ner. practically pension system is and
long has been In operation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-08
Customs Service Frauds.

Secretary MacVeagh, discussing the re-
Mobilization of the customs service in
progress as a result of the extensive
frauds discovered at the port of New
York. says:
1T is clear that the influence of local
politics and politicians upon the customs
has promoted that laxity and low tone
which prepare and furnish an inviting
soil for dishonesty and fraud. Unless the
customs service can be released from the
payment of political debts and exactions
IL will be impossible to have an honest
service for any length of time"
He says that the work Of reorganization
Is mot complete, not nearly complete, "
but predicts that the necessary prosecu-
tions being made will lead in the end tc
the establishment of an administration
government of great nation.
Currency Reform.
Touching briefly on the subject Of bank
ing and currency reform Secretary Mac
yeagh says: 1--WE must have at least
the beginning of permanent system. At
present we have neither an adjustable
currency nor trustworthy surplus re-
serves, two absolutely essential features
of any banking system upon which the
finances and the commerce of this great
nation can secure rest To secure these
essentials-to speak of no others-the
looked for reform must deal with funda-
mentals."
MIR. MacEeaghs only reference to the
new corporation tax is a paragraph de-
signed to clear up the question as to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-08
News Briefs.

Miss Addie May Beall and Eldridge
Smith both of Monrovia, Md, were mar
ried in Frederick, Md.
Mrs. Irene Hoffecker, wife of William
Hoffecker and daughter Of the late CASA
way Brashears of Woodville district, Md,
died in this city after an illness of three
days of peritonitis. The body was taken
to Mount Airy, Md, an dthe funeral took
place from Prospect Church
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-08
Would Benefit Service.

while / have spoken only of the effect
upon the service itself of the lack of a
system of retiring pensions. there are. as
every one knows, other claims upon the
government to establish this policy.
hope that the Congress will take up and
consider favorably one of the various
forms of law that are proposed.
This subject has been before the coun-
try and before the government for a
long while; and If the policy were to be
adopted. at this time 1t would undoubt-
eddy give a strong impulse to that i'm
provement of every branch of the serv-
Ice which is now so much desired by the
people and which is matter of so much
interest to the Congress and to the ad-
ministration. In expressing my opinion
In favor of the retiring allowance 1 pur-
posely avoid the expression at this time
OF a preference of any particular plan
or system
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-08
Unique Among Nations.

The United States is the only ma
ton that has no general legal retiring
pension for the employees of It's civil
service. We have this unique position
in the world, along with a reputation
for great wealth and for otherwise lib
era1 expenditures. The entire civilized
recognition Of pensions or retiring al,
iowances; and while the United States
is SO far behind the rest of the world
in civil pensions, 1t has by far the larg-
est pension list among the nations.
The war and navy pensions are a rec
ognized part of our policy: and in the civil
service pensions have been extended to
the judiciary. And though as govern
ment we have halted at general retiring
allowance for civil employees, the great
universities of our country and the great
corporations have been taking immense
steps along this very line: and the fed
eral government Is becoming more and
more isolated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-08

New equipment for fighting fire at Oak
land, Md. consisting of two hose reels
and LOO feet of hose, has been received.
Two fire stations will be established. one
on the hill and the other In the business
section of the town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-08

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Fevcrs. stops Discharges Of the nose. takes
away all aches and pains caused by colds. II
cures Grip and obstinate Coughs and prevents
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Have you stiR or swollen joints. no matter
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Rheumatism Remedy and see how quickly you
will be cured.
If you have any kidney or bladder trouble get
Munyon's Kidney Remedy.
Munyon's Vitalizer makes weak men strong
and restores lost powers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-08
Issuance of Two Per Cents.

Declaring that the government has not.
and never has had, a per cent borrow
ing power. Mr.. MacVeagh says 1t pos
sibly would have been better never to
have issued = per cent bonds or bonds at
any rate below the government borrow
ing power in the open market. He says
that as a basis for circulation they have
no elasticity; that they are practically all
held by the banks as basis Of circula-
ton. and that the banks would suffer SO
heavy a loss in an attempt to dispose Of
them that the influence OF the situation Is
consequently decidedly against the retire.
ment of circulation.
The issuance of 3-per-cent bonds at
IL, says Mr.. MacVeagh, would not
change in any way the net interest result
of its transactions with the banks. Then
again. 1t would provide bonds which in
vestors would want and which would
have broad and wholesome market, aid
ing materially III increasing the elasticity
OF the currency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-08
Increasing Tax OIL Circulation.

Probably the most important recon-
mendation made by the Secretary is that
the tax on bank circulation secured by
United States bonds hereafter deposited
bearing interest higher than . per cent
shall be increased in exact proportion to
the increase in the rate of interest above
. per cent He advises continuance OF the
rate of one-half of 1 per cent for circu-
lation based on 2 per cent bonds.
The Secretary says that IL the Panama
bonds authorized by the law of August 5,
1909, should be issued at 3 per cent they
would have much better circulation
privilege than the outstanding per
cents, the tax being only 1 per cent Mr..
MacVeagh would make the tax OH them
IL per cent: otherwise the already low
market value of the , per cents would
unduly decline.
At the same time. Mr.. MacVeagh says
it is desirable to complete the legislation
respecting the new Panama bonds to
make them available SO as to begin the
settlement of the indebtedness to the
general fund of the Treasury of the
Pananla canal. He Suggested that II the
sale of any OF those bonds should pro-
duce more cash than the Treasury bal
ance needs, some of the per cents
might be bought in the market for the
sinking fund. thus keeping the market
price of the latter class above par.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-08

THE BON MARCf1E, 3 4=3 4 Seventh ST.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1909-01-05

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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1909-01-05
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The San Francisco call., 1909-02-28

Then I got s12 a week. I asked
the manager, Rudolph Aaronsdn. il
there wasn't some mistake. He said.
I guess you can sing s12 worth a
week Alma Vary was playing the
captain in 'Erminie, but got nervous
prostration over a line. Let's see II /
can remember II. 1t started this way:
"A serious imposition has been prac-
ticed upon you'-thats all recall now,
but, anyway. 1t was full OF .thes.' 1t
was a long line and the recurred so
often that 1t sounded like stutter or
lisp and she fell down one night and
then the part was given to me. Is it
q small role? I should say not Jessie
Bartlett Davis was the captain in Will
sons revival of the piece and came to
this city in the part"
Names of plays forgotten In the
quick revolution of theatrical seasons
trooped into the interview Maude
Wilson, who was once a star and is
now the wife of a millionaire and the
mother OF five children; Ollie Arch
mere, who married a wealthy Buffalo
merchant and is now Mrs. Morgan;
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-28

hate to do It. That itself is some fun
n.y." isn't ft? Presumably they are
willing to endure the shock that their
modesty sustains by concentration OF
mind on the box office. II they don't
like the plays they can count the money
l fear the virtus-is largely assumed out
OF Difference to growing public opin-
ION against salacious stun on the stage
II the managers are IN earnest abous
the matter. the problem Is solved. As
long as unclean copy is printed IT win
be read by the prurient; as long as
unclean plays find managers TO produce
them there will be persons TO buy the
tickets The dirtier the show the more
tickets are sold. is the way the matter
stands. There can be no question about
IT. When THE Queen OF the Moulin
Rouge" was condemned by the press.
pulpit and public in New York as unht
for presentation a swarm OF play goers
attacked the box Office with such vehe-
mence that ticket spectators raised
their prices and crowds paid triple tbs
regular prices to see the exhibition.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-28

Charley Reed. our own comedian; Will
MullaIy; Johnny Russell. who married
poor Amelia Glover, who subsequently
married a propertynan in New York
and is now an old woman before her
time; Kitty Reed, the prettiest girl in
San Francisco; May Yohe of unsavory
memory, and a lot or other merry play
ers of other days. were among those
numbered.
II was engaged ITO Johnny Russell
myself. once" said Miss Kirby. But
I turned him down and then he married
Amelia Clover
There was no spite in the statement.
only a mere recounting of facts.
@ @ @ o
<f(HORUS girls now and chorus
girls then are two different spe-
cies." asserted Miss Kirby. do
you remember Josie Sadler, or can you
recall the time when Marie Cahill wore
tights and carried a phony spear?
George Denning was another, and here
am 1 still another criorus girl. When
they ask me how I carry my age so
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-28

captain. came out here in The City
Directory which was written by the
company mainly. though the book was
done by John McNally. then a newspz-
perman in Boston He is with Klaw
and Erlanger now. We also played
Boys and Girls. which he wrote. too
There was a cast in that. company
which included May and Flo Irwin. /
Martinetti, George Marion, Otis Harlan
When a Brass Monkey was brought
out here / came along. playing Hope
Then l was the French maid in "A Trip
to Chinatown I played Flirt IN "A
Brass Monkey with Harry ConnorS for
three long years. was with George
FortesQue in The Circus Girl and GOT
notices next 10 Marie Doro in length
and quality.
Then. 10 tell you the truth. rested.
didn't know whether 7 had retired
or not, but was afraid that / had. The
pretty girls who could trip around
and sing a little song were hlIing the
positions and a veteran like me got no
chance Meantime, I should tell you
had been with Lillian Russell in Amer
/ lean Beauty, and that's where 7 wore
my first blonde wig. We came out to
San Francisco. and one night Paul
Steindorff. who was the musical AZ
rector; Miss Russell and her sister.
Suzanne Westford the finest little
slow game Of poker. They discussed
me. and Miss Russell asked why
didn't wear a blonde wig. I told her
sister, Suzanne. that il was because
l was afraid Miss Lillian wouldn't like
1t. Go ahead said Suzanne. At the
show the next night LII made me up
herself. If I say II myself. made q
hit The wig I wear in The Red Mil.
Is the one she gave me.
But she didn't have any reason 70
be Jealous, anyway.
After this enforced rest was for
going into character comedienne parts,
and that's what / wanted this year,
but there wasn't any such role In The
Red Mill. so I have the second woman's
part You see. woman has to sing
a little. dance = little, and act a little
TO hold my job down. and all OF the
present day crop OF musical comedy
players can't do these three stunts.
But next year I'm going to get a
character cOmedtenne role II IL is con
veniently hanging around. and then
I'll be good for 10 years more on the
stage"
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-28

music teacher is a reproduction tonight
of what 1t was last night. Maybe a
line is left out here in the drawing. or
q shadow put in there. but the picture
does not differ save in the fact that
some nights; the artist labors under the
spell OF a finer spirit and draws a bit
better than on some other occasion.
Now that's precisely why many
actors who are funny of the stage are
not so funny on, Their gifts of humor
are entirely spontaneous and they lack
the power of observation to determine
wherein the fun Of their seasonabIe
wit lies. When they are put to it to do
a comedy stunt deliberately they, be-
/ ing robbed OF the sense of spontaneity,
are witless and tiresome. So, I should
say that one of the most difficult tasks
Of the artist is TO make that which is
the result of work appear to be the
outcome OF play-the play OF fancy, or
humor, or wit. or the play Of the brush
or the pen.
/ saw some moving pictures of the
life OF Edgar Allan Poe once. If you
overlook moving pictures you miss
lot OF fun. This subject appealed to
the popular notion of what 1 was Just
talking about Poe arrived in his
small and poverty stricken apartments.
His wife lay sick in her bed. lacking
food and medicine. She appealed to
the poet to do something, and save her
life BE is in despair and rubs his
hands helplessly through his shock of
long hair. Suddenly he glances up
above the door. There sits a raven.
not on any palhd bust of PalIas, but
just sitting down on the door casing
Poe grabs UP some paper and feverishly
writes. In jiffy he has dashed off the
first verse OF The Raven Then fol-
low the other lines OF the immortal
song OF remorse and he rushes out to
sell the poem for money to buy med
icine and bread. It is all done in five
minutes, That's the popular notion of
how great things are accomplished.
Funny, isn't 1t, in view of Poe's own
story OF how poetic thought germi-
mates and grows and expands; how II is
watered and pruned and tended through
q long period Of loving labor.
Whatever is worth while in any part
OF arts province is not the result of
moment but. the result of reflection.
Even comedian should take his work
seriously, but he should be careful to
wipe away all the finger marks from
his drawing and all the perspiration
from his product. and so present 1t
CLEAN and. bright as though it indeed
had just happened"
9 g o 8
T. RANK MOULAN is here with his
| wife, Maude Lillian Berri, who
is. in a very important sense. a
product of San Francisco She is not
playing at present, but is resting for
next season, when it is possible that
she and her husband will resume
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-28

edy star, who is. Bertha in "The Red
MIL was whether she was not one
of the original company which had
produced "Erminie" in Boston a few
years ago. 1 had carefully chosen the
phrase "a few years ago." and re-
leased my conscience from blame be-
cause time is relative matter. A
minute is long time when you are
having a tooth pulled, but a century
IS only a brief tick of the geological
clock
Don't you know. sir" she proceeded
with spirit and smile on the thresh-
old of her thought, that 'Erminie was
produced 23 years ago?"
Sadie Kirby in those fair days was
the plumpest. prettiest little chorus
girl in all Boston. Just how old she
was may not be known, though she
assured me solemnly that she was not
more than 13 years in this vale of tears
and tights when she stepped on the
stage for the first time in her young
life.
For four weeks" she said, II was
extra girl In the chorus at 81 a week.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-28

well-Tm not old yet. but I am for
chorus girl-and how I can still sing
and dance and make up; tell 'em. be-
cause / cut the wine suppers and the
after theater fun The chorus girls
OF the other days went home with their
sandwiches in a paper bag and a bottle
OF beer under their arms. That's how
they got along and made stars out OF
themselves When I see the way that
some OF them carry on now. say: For
heavens sake. how do you do IL? Not
that any Of the girls in this company
behave that way. for they don't Look
at 'em. and you'll believe me that they
are good girls.
@ 6 8 o
<<n Ut to get back to Erminie, see
ins you're bound to rattle skele-
ling. who eloped to marry a coachman.
played Marie for awhile. Then they
kidnapped her or she quit. and Marie
Jansen did the part. 1 understudied
her. and got q chance to play the role
once in awhile After that I was the