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The Washington times., 1910-11-03

In the case Of the trial OF football. the
burden of proof seems to be on the &C
cuSed.
The Washington times., 1910-11-03

a New York merchant placed an ad.
in the classified columns for an &C
cOUntant recently The position Maid
$500 per annum- He received forty
four letters and twenJy-ssCen personal
calls and vet did not get a man. out
Of the seventy-one applications more
than . per cent knew absolutely moth
ing Of accounts, and all the rest were
either old men with the word failure
stamped in every line Of their faces. or
else BOYS who were Just out OF school
looking for their first job. Il was a
perfect demonstration Of the fact that
no man may hope TO make a success
today without he specialiZes- No mat
ter what man knOUS-if he knows IL
well there are a Gozen places. open for
him 4 is the fellow who is Just look
ing for amy kind Of a job that is always
out OF work one Of the moSt promi-
nent fraternal organizations opened an
employment agency in a large city.
They requested members of the organi-
cation to come to them when they want
ed help and promised to get positions
for the members Of the organization
who were out Of work The whole
scheme was an absolute failure be
cause the men who called on the or
ganizatiOn for assistance in finding en-
ployment in s. per cent Of the cases
were men who were willing to do any
thing TO earn a living but when ques-
toned none Of them had a trade or =
profession Of any sort They had been
job holders all their lives Is YOU are
bringing up a boy have him specialize
on some one thing and ne viii never
be q work hunter
The Washington times., 1910-11-03
Andrew and ImOgene

<(N ELL said ImOgene, Commissioner Judson
Wv has instituted reward of merit system in the engineer
department glad of that, for I think all promotions
should be made in this The heads recommend
The Washington times., 1910-11-03

DR. Mary OMauey, Of the medical
staff of the Government Hospital for
the Insane, has returned TO the insti-
tuition from Buffalo, y. Y.
The Washington times., 1910-11-03
nASONS TO DANCE
N ANACOSTIA HALL
WASHINGTON TINES BUREAU.

invitations have been issued bv
-niIS'coStla Chapter, No. y, Royal Arch
-1aSoAs' Tor an entertainment and
ulilee IN the Anacostia Masonic Hall
CoIEeF OF and Fourteenth streets.
Der 3. 1i14
The organization is abou4 70 H..
It's official year and in a T0ss S7,-s = - -
eH teTJainment viii be in recognifion
OF the success that has attenSe5 ~
events during the year. us
The Washington times., 1910-11-03

Miss Grace Ross. of the office force
OF st. Elizabeth's Asylum, who has
been i'll In Baltimore for several
months, has recovered, and is once
more at the institution.
The Washington times., 1910-11-03

How in the world IS New York going
10 be able to wind up the campaign
without T R.2
The Washington times., 1910-11-03

The proper way IS 10 get a blank
form Tor them TO I'll out when they
come 10 work for you Let them give
their Iull name home address, nearest
or KIN who is TO be notified IN case
OK an accident. who IS dependent on
them for support, and the former place
OF employment Leave on the card q
plank place for memoranda OF your
own In this blank place serious CON
plants, good recommendation given
oy customers, and, in fact. any in
formation Of value 10 you IN your fu-
ture dealings with the man II you
have fve employees or five thousand
the time and energy is well spent. for
you never know when you are going
10 need the information. and when
you do need il is too late 20 get it
The Washington times., 1910-11-03

Life is safer for the mere pedestrian
in New York since the strike. anyway.
The Washington times., 1910-11-03

Evidently Secretary Wilson believes
that what New York needs is 4 nice,
big dose Of agricultural optimism
The Washington times., 1910-11-03

The Barney statue having Keen taken
indoors, we may all Join in thanksgiving
for this much-needed moisture.
The Washington times., 1910-11-03

II enough multi-imllionaires take up
aviation, the problem OF our idle rich
NAV become less serious.
The Washington times., 1910-11-03
OCTOBER CIRCULATION.
nufIN

Total FOR the mOnth-......,.....-... Us. s1-
Daily average FOR the month. 5,4la
The Washington times., 1910-11-03

The following members Of the police
force IN AnaCOstia have been granted
portion Of their annual leave: PO-
licemen J. NJ Horton. G. w Kramer
J. L. elliott, and Z. NJ Brooks.
The Washington times., 1910-11-03

The teachers Of the Garden Menor-
ial Presbyterian Sunday School have
organized themselves into a training
school, in order TO take m a 80
years course to properly 1T them for
the work they have in view win
the children Of the school. Meetino-s
viii be held monthly for the present.
and standard textbooks on the sub
Ject IN hand have been provided. The
leader in the course of instruc+io1
VIII be the Rev George NJ. Cummings.
the pastor of Garden Church.
The new AnacOstia police station
on Nichols avenue, near Morris road
has been provided with a suitable
sign FOR the information of the pub
lie indicating the official character Of
the building and its proper designa-
ton. The sign has been placed on
the front of the station. General
changes in the plumbing fixtures are
being made at the station, and for the
convenience OF the mounted force at
tached TO this precinct there has been
built an addition to the stable.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20
dope"

Nv yELI. now. Hold fast; you're going a
M Take de soil your listeners and I'll light me
" torch Parade whole grow up time before
When I was in prime-no 1t amt a song-n
Chicago about 16 worries ago, always frtin
wild de stage. But the stage never dealt me wink
And dis time work hard hold chair
in de feedn' cabin home.
One day family stole softly wild de
paner it merry gabmeet concluded
dat little Archie-meaning me-was about old enough
to slide cunning lunch handle. dash cutely
from de old homestead and job onto himself. To
let out de said at they pinned me on to de
John Morris of Chicago, big printing
in de ruling department at which shaved hard
but always had mind stage De foreman
warned six seven times that dancing or trying
to annoy de whistle slaves on me floor each hour
wouldn't find swelling of de pay bag giveup
night. And it didn't 1 spoiled two jobs trying to
remember that dashed from some platform
in de many people town
The great fellow, hadn't laughed
Brodie jumped de Brooklyn bridge. One of
folded up foremen that looked like AM don't add
in de morning tattetale. He hadn't been to theater
since General Lee give his carving knife, and at
dat time his brother paid his trip Cute hey? Well
for revenge. One day dashng sbill poster
good looking tell sheet. which Hyde
Specially company-now don't say where was Dr. Jekyh
would dash boldly into city and put daring
stunts Olympic theater a merry evening in
June Then the bug fever stole softly to me brain
patch and de ticker of de old heart worked
overtime and when 1 stole softly pillows in
mornings de MountebaPks arrived. / began to oil
de first part L will not forth de long path
that leads to de print shop. Nay! nay! bold foreman
hike de Hyde Speciality company where
favrites will hold visiting day that may for
catching them their stunts 1 started for work
o'clock in de of de day with lunch pinned
securely under me
trick hang It'll theater
opened 1:3O middle part of day
going work l hung around, did the old gag
looking in window wishing stunt til finally 1 got
line after hiding lunch--inside-and behold
in front awaiting de stagites. That show
merry peaches Archie, all to de olives, pink
panses that's all l oh, how envied
fellows. Then said l. to meself, TIL there
yet if 1 have gun" and then 1 strolled fer
home. Arriving at home mudder threw her
camping hut in miXup. every
body excited. Why would think it night
l couldn't get it through thinker what it about,
u ak your earmufs off get dis While 1 had
huggng chair in de playhouse the entire
the building where / had worked had blown
afternoon de who worked where
would been chained had left suddenly for
unknown Now de pointf I had stayed working
ewould have been blown
Now de papers blow up.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20
Bert Translates Himself
STRAIGHT

. HAD always had a disposition for the stage. 1t was
| me- say, but at rate it was not to
ignored stifed About 16 years ago--it was IN
Chicago went to work for Leonard, who was Lillian
RussePs father. I used to one of his Gordon
presses, learning to be printer My people
got the Job for me- They thought had earning
capacity Father was wealthy, On the contrary,
he was poor every little bit helped in those
days. I had been given the regulation poor mans
but not much of it as could easily
used; STILL enough to help me over the morning
papers latest best seller"
equipment of learning went to work
for Leonard, but soon had chance to better myself
was offered job printing of John Morris
company and was put to work on paper ruihs
machine.
was not a complete Sometimes 1 forgot
the paper pens that stripping it, and
the foreman observed that l more interested In
working steps in dancing or in whisting new
tune than in attending to business At such times
given understand that there would be recko-
ing day the pay checks were passed around and
there always was, They used to charge me- aomewha.
unfeengly l should say. for the paper which had
ruled and which was ruined by my lnaten
ton. Art and commerce used to mnsle IN my pay
envelope Art was represented by bills for destroyed
materials and commerce in the small remainder that
left for work
The bilIboards announced my interested gaze the
coming Hyde speciality company That was some
thing which of course, must see. They opened at
matinee and the place Olympic theater. |
didn't O tell the family of my plans, but on
the morning of the eventful day / my lunch
usual in my basket and started ostenslby Tor
the shop but in reality the water front where
ided the forenoon in anticipation of the after
that coming. forgot 10 llihh dpout
the lob and ate my sandwich noon with peaceful
and undisturbed conscience At o'clock sharp was
at the the theaer and waited at the portals
like suppliant heavens gates everything comes
to an end and so did my waiting At 1870 L was high
in the gallery a level with my spirits
The show was great, and enjoyed it hugely Then
l started home. little after the usual houf
when arrived at the family entrance. rang my
in.
AS soon as my mother me she shrieked and
threw herself into my crying and sobbing and
calling me NV precious boy" My brothers crowded
around and wrung my hands and there was more
emotion exhibited than there was before
or will he again I couldn't understand it. Had they
all gone mad?
How did you get out?" mother sobbed
Get out of where?" ! asked
out of'the shop, of course said she
Then 1 found out.
There had a explosion at the Morris
nanvs establishment. A boiler had been able
contain had ripped with fatal results
to many in the place serious results ALL Ny
most of duty was the of the building. Within
so feet of where must have been standing,
had l been at work, boy escaped with his
life
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

only thing I know against the place.
was born there, too, and in my make
up L flatter myself that I'm the home
liest man in vaudeville. What makes
that fact the more discouraging is be-
cause 1 wear no makeup. All DO to
become Hogan is to put a little
mustache under my nose and comb my
knotted and combined locks out
straight so that they describe a bru-
nette line across my brow about an
eighth of an inch over my eyebrows.
Then l squint my eyes when / come on
the stage and am Hogan, the Bowery
bar tender"
1t was all true. l never saw a man
who could so quickly change himself
from propriety to disreputabili An
inch or two of black mustache pasted
on the upper lip. the plastering of a
few hairs down over the forehead and
the squirting eyes made of Leslie a
different looking person-one in whose
company you would take small delight
in dark alley late at night.
You know I'm a good deal like Sir
Henry Irving" said Leslie.
l admitted that 1 didn't know it.
We'll. am" he maintained. "As an
actor we mix in this fact Irving's
real name wasn't Irving. you know,
and my name. Bert Leslie, isn't my
real name either. Both of us went
before the authorities and had our
names changed. Irving's real name
was Henry Brodrib. OF course that
was no kind of name for an actor
to blazon. My real name was William
Albert Johnston. That's a terrible
title for a comedian to negotiate If
Henry Irving could change his name,
why couldn't 1? So 1 did, and con-
gress gave me the right to sign checks
with the signature Bert Leslie I had
more trouble getting the banks to
stand for the name than the legisla-
ture, by the way. Anyhow, soon after
i started after the bauble fame ! had
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

my name changed. On the chase after
fortunes smiles 1 used to fall down
with unhappy frequency. Then I'd go
home to get something to eat That
is. I'd go home if Dubuque was within
walking distance. My irreverant
brothers would then heap upon me
such abuse as brothers alone know
how 20 pile on proud relative. They
would say to my long suffering mother
at the breakfast table: Pass the eggs
to Booth
But my reason for changing my
name was good, at that. William AL
bert Johnston sounds like a lawyers
tag, not like a comedians. How
could 1 get by with such a label in
a slang sketch? 1t couldn't be done
But my brothers certainly did guy
me good when I'd wander back to the
old hearth for meal and a bed. They
particularly loved to call me Booth
because / was so different, 1 suppose
tt\IO. do not get any mash notes
IN at ALL" continued Leslie. when
1 played last season in Froh-
mans production of Fluffy Ruff1es'
with Hattie Williams, used to get an
occasional tender letter. But no more
No lady would write to Hogan, and if
got letter I'd feel certain that /
wasn't living up to my character on
the stage. It's JUNCTION to my ears
to listen to the ladies discuss me after
the show when they are on the way
to their cars or taxis. Isn't he the
vulgar thing?' is one of their sweetest
compliments. or Did you hear him say
Jump on pickle and be wart"?'
That proves that Dickens was right
when he said the blame of some was
the praise of more discerning ones
No. ladies don't like me as Hogan in
Society," They think I'm rude and un-
couth and big and slangy and vulgar.
am, on the stage, and yet they come
to hear my act and hear my slang and
so their blame is dear to me and most
righteous as well.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

gle the native tongue. he was quite
harmless personally. Resssured on
this point. / followed the lead and
knocked modestly at Bert Leslie's
dressing room. standing meantime on
guard
had visions of a lowbrow, with
.hair pIastered close TO his eyes and
Visage that looked as il Pacific street
had started it and then made it up:
what would happen TO me ] could only
conjecture, but the issues of Journalism
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

originated in New York. Long before
1 started on the road with the sketch
II travelled on to tank towns and viii
lagos, and when l said it it was old
and worn out. That's the trouble with
inventing slang. You've got to keep
it up all the time You can never
stop, and the frame of mind that the
effort gets the victim in is not partic-
uIarly conducive to proper habits of
speech. The hardest thing 1 do is to
keep my English undefled.'
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

The speaker was not corpulent but tall.
He parted his hair six inches above the
bridge of the nose. and his eyes twin
killed. cordially.
sit down." said he.
We did.
Mr.. Leslie had an appointment said
I, beginning to doubt.
Leslie is my name said he
To prove it. and ] hope / may say this
without offense to the gentiest reader,
he pointed to his trousers. which. as
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

I ESLIE told me a story of his early
beginnings on the theatrical stage.
- He told it in straightaway and
most excellent English asked him
if he could put the story into slang
on the spot.
Sure said he. Got your pad or
paper?"
The two versions OF the story are
presented herewith. side By side. and
are submitted as an example of what
the metaphor of the streets will do to
the language which Shakespeare
graced when handled by an artist in
slang
Leslie reeled off the slang as from
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

take one into many places and against
strange and weird experiences. This
would be one of them. I told myself,
looking around to see if the artist was
near by to give me moral support.
Come in said a gentle voice.
I pushed the door open cautiously.
Leslie had not yet arrived, ! thought.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

ssC AN FRANCISCO is the greatest
slang town in the country. have
TO be careful in my manipulation
of English here, for fear that I may
make the stuff too easily remembered.
An expression that catches on as. let
us say, beat it, will be repeated in
the barrooms. barber shops and on the
street corners, the newsboys will pick
it up and in three days it's current
English on the street, and the people
who go to the playhouse to hear my
slang will declare; That's all old
stuff. Get under the sink with the
rest of the pipes was a line that /
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

an inner consciousness. He did not
stop to think for figure, but only
paused when 1 begged him to trans
late.
Slang" said he. lis habit of mind.
1t is good when it has imagination
back of it and suggestiveness in it's
phrases. 1t is bad when it is merely
vulgar.
In which respect slang must be like
English-good when there's ina gina
tion back of il, and bad when it is
merely vulgar.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

they said that it wouldn't be
necessary at all Any one could
visit Bert Leslie in his dressing
room, and there was no need OF
an escort The tough man at
1He Orpheum would not bite nor tear
q caller limb from limb. Whatever he
did To English. however he might man
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

Hogan. he wears "in society" They
were checked trousers with a broad
band Of black braid running down the
seam. If those trousers were not mill
tarv, exactly. they were at least mill
tant and noisy
When he transferred himself from the
stage to his real clothes, there was lit
tie left of Hogan. Bert Leslie beamed
and said, do you know me?"
.Ive been invited out to dinner" said
Bert. ito meet some home friends
When they find out that I'm coming
there's a scramble. l have been told
that the ladies have demonstrated and
said. IF that impossible person comes
to dinner I'll not be there. He's liable
to hit somebody over the head with
niece of French bread
before fntimated, there is nothing
Astartling about Lesiie's normal ap-
pearance He is man of some
education, uses excellent English. if
may be permitted to judge, and swears
not at all He says his gift of slang
is due to ina gination. He thinks it
out carefully and then springs" it as
though it were spontaneous.
Slang" said he, 'is nothing but
metaphor Slang is what has made the
language grow. The vulgarity of to-
,lay. If it contains a germ of suggest
iveness, is the classic English of to-
morrow. Shakepeare's Hamlet was
crammed with slang expressions. Now
Hamlet is classic. Our word 'assas-
sim was once a slang expression, and
eaters of hasheesh, the followers of
the old man of the mountain stamped
the word on our language. The word
'cablegram' is another slang expression
without justification in etymology,
and"
/ gasped.
''Where were you educated?" ] asked.
q hate to tell you," said Leslie. ut
was in Dubuque. Ia. and that's the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-02

Frank La Vigne of Wausau is in
the city this week visiting friends
and relatives. He is at the home CT
A. Marceau.
! The Peoples Musical Society Con
cert Company of Milwaukee are com
ing here Monday evening, June 9Th.
under the auspices of entertainment
committee of the East Side Ladies
Aid Society of the Congregational
church
Mrs. c. W. Carhart left Wednesday
for Wausau where she will visit
friends for a few days.
T. R. Allen left for his home at
Oshkosh ON Wednesday after few
weeks visit at the home of his son
Attorney Allen, on Sth avenue.
Lawrence Nash left Wednesday eve
ming for southern points on business.
Johnson T. Beasley, with the Amer
lean Seeding Co. of Chicago, was
here to attend the wedding of Mrs.
Sadie A. Tutthii1, and while here
was the guest of Mrs. J. D. Witter.
Tom Kelly, Richard KIow and AL
ber+ Bailey of Babcock were in the
city Thursday on business
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-02
WE SAW THE COMET.

About o'clock p. IN. on Wednes
day, May 25th we secured our first
glimpse of the little wanderer named
by the astronomers as Halley's
Comet. When We saw it We were in
company with Ex-senator H. c.. WHIP
perman and Assemblyman George P.
Hambrecht and they can both vouch
for the fact. We don't believe eth
er one of these mem had any hypnot-
ic influence over us, to make us see
double, and we were all standing
on the east end of the wagon bridge
in this city and all of us being tenn
perance men and sober, our friends
cannot charge us with being in any
condition when men see double, and
therefore we affirm again that we
are sure that we have seen the COM
ct We admit it was a very limo
cent looking thing, dim and dull
looking, not much larger, if any, than
large star, with a gradually flaring
tail of a milky way appearance. We
are promised that the tail and comet
will appear larger as the season pro-
crosses and when it gets below the
western horizon the tail will be of
sufficient ZENITH to reach to the east
ern horizon, and will appear reddish
in color and much more conspicu-
Gus than it now appears. This was
our first sight of the comet tho
We have been up nights at all hours
looking for it, Now we feel better.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-02
NElTZEL---GELLERMAN
WEDDING

Miss Emma Neitzel of Grand
Rapids and VIM Gellerman of Ken
ner were united in the holy bonds of
wedlock at the German Lutheran
church, east side, at 2 O'Clock, We'd
nesday, June list, Rev. H. Mack Of
ficiating. The bride was dressed in
white briliantine and carried bou-
quet of yellow roses. The groom was
dressed in conventional black The
two bridesmaids, Miss Mamie Gel
hermann and Miss Anna Sowaske were
both dressed in white and carried bolj
quets of pink carnations. VIM. Neitz
ell and Arthur Reimen acted as
groomsmen. The wedding supper was
served at the home of the brides
parents. Dancing was INDUCED in I'M
I'll late at night. Thursday morning
the young couple left for Wausau for
a short visit. When they return they
will go to housekeeping on a farm at
Kellner, which has been prepared for
their reception.