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The Washington bee., 1910-09-24
A WHISTLER DINNER.
Sealing Wax Played an Important |
Part at the Banquet.

Sealing Wax Played an important
Part at the Banquet.
In the Pencils Life Of James Mac
Neil Whistler is the story Of a din
ner given by the eccentric artist In
which he was assisted by Mr.. Luke
Ionides, who describes the banquet;
Il remember calling one early after
noon, when Jimmy was busy putting
things straight He asked me II had
any money. told him I had Il
shillings. He said that was enough.
We went out together, and he bought
three chairs at two and sixpence each
and three bottles of clRret at eighteen
pence each and three sticks Of sealing
wax OF different colorg at twOpence
each. On our return he sealed the top
Of each bottle with a different coiored
wax. He then told me he expected &
possible buyer to dinner and two Otner
friends. When we had taken our seats
at the table he very sOIemnly told the
maid to go down and bring up a bottle
Of wine, one Of those with the red seal
The maid could hardly suppress a grin,
but / alone saw ii. Then, after the
meat, he told her TO fetch bottle with
the blue seal, and with dessert the one
with the yellow seal was brought, and
all were drunk in perfect innocence
and delight He sold his picture, and
he said he was sure the sealing wax
had done it"
The Washington bee., 1910-09-24
BETTER THAN GUN
WHEN SNUFF PROVED VALUABLE
WEAPON OF DEFENSE.
British Army officer Is Lucky In Be-
Ing Able to Relate Story Of Az
most Fatal Adventure In
india.

Perhaps no mans life was ever
saved to him by a more curious cir
Cumstance than that attending the ex-
perience of a captain Of the Bengal
lancers. He had been on a visit to a
civilian friend in Rajputana and went
out for a walk In the country about
sunset.
After going four OF five miles he
found himself in a narrow path on
the side of a steep hill. The path
was a mere ledge in the rock, with a
deep chasm on one side and a wall
of solid rock on the other. 1t was
not a pleasant place in which to
come face to face with a big tiger;
but that was just what happened to
the captain.
1t was too late to withdraw, so he
determined to brave it out. The ami
it continued for a few moments to
lick itself into full wakefulness. The
captain stood still, with his eyes fixed
on the beast Presently the tiger
took a few steps forward and made a
dash at him. Luckily it's teeth seized
him by the flap of the coat, just over
the breast, so that he was not hurt
by the blow.
Then the captain had a chance to
appreciate the feelings of a mouse
when it is shaken by a cat. The IT,
ger shook him till his senses left
fhlu, DorboDo II mos oc vvoJI Fbo1v .JIJ
IIeave him, for the beast held him over
the deep chasm and a fall would
have been as fatal as the animals
onslaught
When the captain recovered con-
seriousness, a few minutes later, he
found himself lying fat on his back,
with his feet dangling over the preci-
pice. He opened his eyes, only to see
the sky above him. He dared not
move, for the tiger might be close at
his elbow. So he shut his eyes and
remained mOtiOnless.
Then he thought he heard a strange
noise at a little distance, a sound as
Of somebody sneezing. His first
thought was that some one had come
to the rescue and beaten the tiger of,
but this was proved to be wrong by
low, disagreeable, tigerish growIs
mingled with the sneezing.
He turned slowly. He could hardly
believe his eyes. There was the tiger
sinking off with his tail between his
legs and sneezing violently as he
went, his face distorted by most pite-
Gus grimaces.
The truth then dawned upon the SOL
der. In shaking him the tiger had
caused his snuffbOx to fly open out Of
his waistcoat pocket and had received
the contents full in the face.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-24
Albanian FRIENDSHIPS.

There is no country in the world
where friendship is deeper or more
lasting than in Albania. Every man,
almost without exception, has a friend
who will stand by him in all circum-
stances, and against a legion of enc
mics. II need be. The usual form of
cementing a frienship is for the two
men to cut their arms and mix the
blood. taking an oath at the same
time that nothing but death shall
break the bonds. Instances are COM
mon where a man has suffered death
at the hands Of the Turks rather than
betray his friend.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-24
MORE MONEY RACE PROGRESS.

If eoored people groom themselves dainty destroy psrpa
shine from the face and
discoveries for improving the skin and dressing the hair they
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The Chemical Wonder Company of New York is
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and insure the health the hair and scalp so postpaid
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We give advice free about hair, skin and se~ip.
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The Washington bee., 1910-09-24
NannInnn's RfhIA.

An Italian journalist has the copy OF
the Bible which Napoleon used during
his compulsory soiourn In the Isle Of
Elba. 1t is a copy Of a cheap popular
edition, illustrated with rough wood
cuts, with the initial N and the i'm
perial crown stamped upon it's back.
A number OF texts are underlined, and
the inference is that the exiled en-
peror searched the Scriptures for pas
sageS appropriate to his misfortune
and his hopes. II will smite the shep-
herd, and the sheep shall be scattered, {"
Is perhaps the most significant OF them.
The Bible was discovered in the sane
tuary of the Madonna del Monte, In
Elba.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-24
Strategy.

Rodrick-Gfeat Scott! Has BIlkins
lost his mind?
Van Albert don't think so. WHIT
Rodrick-Just look at the nfumtna-
ton in his house. He has had every
gas Jet burning all day long.
Van Albert-Oh, that's just q little
scheme Bilkins has to increase his gas
bill this month. His wife is coming
back tomorrow, and he told her he
had been remaining at home and read
ing every night since she went away
II she looked at the gas bill and found
it to be only 80 cents, he would be
cornered for an ChAsAeo
NewE
The Washington bee., 1910-09-24
The First Aviator,


Was Harold, the last of the Saxon
Kings, our first aviator? This is a
point seriously maintained by ancient
biographers of the Saxon king, who
peTtshed in the battle of Hastings.
In the course of an article in the
Windsor Magazine a writer recalls a
tradition which cannot, of course, be
either disputed or disprOved today.
but was of sufficient interest to be
retOld even by the poet Milton in his
History Of the AnglO-SaxOns," where
the poet-histOrian says: Harold was,
In his youth, strangely aspiring, had
made and fitted wings to his hands
and feet; with these on the top of a
tower, spread out to gather air, he
flew more than a furlOng; but the
wind being too high, came fiuttering
down, to the manning of all his limbs;
yet so conceited of his art, that he
attributed the cause of his fall to the
want OF a tail, as birds have, which
he forgot to make to his hinder parts.
This story, though seeming otherwise
too light in the midst of a sad nara
don, yet for the strangeness thereof,
| thought worthy enough the placing" ."
The Washington bee., 1910-09-24
States of Australia

The states comprising the common
wealth Of Australia are: New South
Wales, Queensland, Tasmania. South
Australia, Victoria, West Australia.
and the territory of Papua, formerly
known as British New Guinea. The
capital of the commonwealth of Aus
trana Is as yet without being, although
a site for the future capital has been
chosen in the Yass-Canberra district
In New South Wales. At the present
time the parliament sits at Melbourne.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-24
DOM

There are many colored families
who are living in crowded houses
on small plots of land in towns or
cities who want real freedom and
real opportunity for themselves and
for their children. 1t is very difficult
to rear children in a crowded town
or city. The place to rear children
is in the country.
In Macon County, Alabama, the
colored people have a rare and ex-
ceptional opportunity. This is the
county in which The Tuskegee Nor
NAL and Industrial Institute is To-
Gated. There is plenty of good land
for sale on easy terms. There is a
good schooihouse, and the school
term lasting from seven to eight
months in every part of the county.
The white people in Macon County
are of the very best class. There is
no disorder or racial trouble. We
advise colored people who are now
living in crowded towns or cities,
in the North or in the South, and es-
pecially those who have children to
raise to come to Macon County and
buy home where they can get plen-
ty of land to cultivate and rear their
families in the county free from the
temptations of the cities and towns.
For further information write or
see:
Clinton ]. Galloway. Real Estate
ETFF EyTyyFFE
The Washington bee., 1910-09-24
Sent Vipers to Supposed Rival.

A wealthy Italian count and his
wife recently visited Paris, where by
chance they met the daughter of an
old family friend. After a while ma
dame the countess became jealous Of
the counts little attentions to the
young lady, and she conceived a dia-
bOlical plan to revenge herself on the
girl she considered her rival. The
count arranged to give their young
friend a pearl necklace, and the coun-
tess seized this opportunity for her own
nefarious end. She obtained a couple
of vipers in a state of tOTpidity, and
placed them in a handsome box bear
ing the counts crest. This danger
Gus parcel was dispatched with a note
to the unsuspecting girl. The gift
reached her while she was still in bed.
Scarcely had she undone the covering
than she let it fall with a cry, and half
dead with fright took refuge under
the bedclOthes. The warmth had
aroused the reptiles, and with raised
heads they lay on the bed kissing ON
inOusly. But for the promptitude Of a
male servant, who dispatched them
with a whip, the vengeful gift would
doubtless have resulted as its author
intended it should.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-24
The Great Treading Down the Little

C
Five hundred years ago John Ball,
looking out over England, tells us that
he saw the great treading down the
little, the strong beating down the
weak, and cruel men fearing not, and
kind men daring not, and wise men
caring not" and then with his heart
burning within him, he cries aloud,
and the saints in heaven forbearing,
and yet bidding me not to forbear."
If We compare our time with his, we
will admit that although the great still
tread down the little, and the strong
beat down the weak, that the cruel
are at last becoming afraid of public
opinion, that kind men are more dar-
ing in their schemes of alienation
than they used to be and wise men
are more solicitous.-Jane Adams at
the Conference of Charities and Cor
rection.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-24
EkarnaI EifnsA

Il see a retired knockabout cOms-
dian is going to buy title and hAzeA
coat Of arms"
HAS he decided on anythtng7"
u think he Is considering two ssaD-
sticks crossed over a ssltzer dphon"-
PitBburg Post
The Washington bee., 1910-09-24
The Poor Shea

ME. Fooiish-Why are sheep the moS<
dfssipated animalsi Mr. Siny-Be-
cause they gambol all their lives, spend
most of their time on the turf, many Of
them are blaekiegs, and an ars nescsd
In the endl
The Washington bee., 1910-09-24

The fourteenth annual meeting of
the Hampton Negro Conference will
take place at Hampton Institute, Va,
July 18th and I4th.
The twenty-hfth anniversary ser
vices of the establishment of the Sal
vation Army in this city were held in
he various churches last Sunday.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-24
ThouuhtfuI Mover

Take this sofa on the first load
and leave it on the sidewalk"
What fOr?"
so that any neighbors who wish
to watch US move In may have COM
Portable seats. louisville Courier.
Journal.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-24

The President has signed several
proclamations eliminating nearly half
a million acres of land from the ma
tional forests, adding a little more
than 100000 acres to the reserves.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-24
Richa~ ~dsOn's Pure Drug Store

3I6 "A Street. S. w.
lust received large assignment Of fresh drugs and large
collection very fine toilet preparations Easter goods and many
se articles lust the thing you desire for Easter offering
Richardson's Old Reliable Pure Drug Store
316 ~ Street S. w.
and 14h and RStreets, N. w.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-24

Endesyor to DO thy duty and thou
WIT know thy eapaeity.-Goeths.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-24

st Afro-AmErlCaB NccOmmoa.
tIo8 ~ RI, 'rsFTlCt
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-31
Found Editors HeartIess

She wrote much verse as well and it
was the difficulty she met in her efforts
TO place theserverses that first discour-
aged her. A number of them had been
published in the west and had been ex-
tensively copied. but the editors here
seemed Indifferent to them. She took
this so much to heart that some time
ago she told one of her friends that she
was nearly at the end of her resources
In her black silk handbag were found
three letters, bearing the date of Au-
gust IS. They were addressed Dear
est Blanche" Dearest sister and
Mother dear"
1T is really deplorable that a girl
can not get along honorably in New
York ran the letter to her mother
In some things I might have succeed
ed had ] conceded ito the wishes OF
men (?), cultured CD, usually moneyed
but minus morals
A typewriter manuscript called
"Thessalia" was found and under it, IL
her own handwriting, was scrawled:.
my pet story, which l want buried
with me. / wish ] could take books
as companions into the unknown world
with me-
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-31
Airs of Distinction

Vera Fitch came to the Astor direct
ly from the theater apparently. She
wore a pink net shawl over her head,
a white opera cloak and a dainty blue
silk frock, which set off her slender
figure to fine advantage. The air of
distinction with which she carried her
self attracted attention to her imme-
diately upon herLappearance at the
hotel.
At the Flower hospital she said she
had found the struggle to be respect
able and honest in New York harder
than she had supposed possible, and
that since she was. not equal to it she
wanted to die in peace.
When her mother visited the hospital
the whole story of the girls ambition
and disappointment was revealed She
had come to New York to win a place
for her writing. She had already writ
ten an excellent thesis on English liter
ature and had started a text on English
history which members of the faculty
at Columbia considered quite remark
2
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-31
"TIPO" FREE PROPERTY,
ACCORDING TO RULING
Supreme Court Holds That It's
Not Exclusive Word

The attempt of the Italian Swiss
colony. a corporation of this city, to
obtain exclusive right to the word
"Tipo" in describing wine was pre-
vented by a supreme court decision
yesterday which dissolved an injunc-
t1on granted in Los Angeles against
the Italian vineyard company of that
county.
The Italian-Swiss colony declared
that its "Tipe Chiantf' wines were so
well known that "Tipo" had come to
be associated with its products. 1t
also declared that the word had been
registered as its trademark
In giving the Los Angeles company
the right to use the word in describ-
ing its wines the supreme court held
that "Tipo" was-an ordinary Italian
adjective, properly descriptive of
a type" or kind of wine, and as such
could not be reserved as trademark
justices Angelloti, Henshaw and Lori
gan, while asserting in that view, dis
sented in the general opinion, holding
that the Injunction should stand in
order to prevent fraud and unfair COM
petition.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-31
Old Notions Disappearing

Another distinguished lawyer, who
practices often before the supreme
court and therefore did not wish to
be quoted, maintained that though the
two cases are different both Gompers
and Roosevelt were within their rights
for the criticism was not made in open
court in either case. He contends that
a judge was much to be criticised as
any other public official and said:
Freedom of opinion must not be in
terfered with even by so august a body
as the supreme court. The old notion
that courts are sacredly immune from
criticism will not be tolerated by lib
erty and speech loving people
Colonel Roosevelt, it is learned, has
other sensational speeches pending, not
the. least interesting of which is one
on the tariff. He will come out fiat
footedly in favor of the same kind OF
schedule by schedule, revision tariff
as. has been proposed by President
Taft.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-31
MRS. j. E. LAIRD WANTS
$3.50 MONTHLY ALIMONY
Wife of Capitalist Also Asks for
Divorce Costs

divorce and $3.50 a month alimony
were asked yesterday by Mrs. Julia E.
Laird in action against Daniel
Laird, a capitalist, who formerly lived
in San Luis Obispo, but now resides
here. He is possessed of $4,000 ac-
cording to the complaint, and there is
in addition $3.50 of community prop
erty. Besides alimony, Mrs Laird asks
sl0O costs and $500 for her attorneys s
fees. The divorce is sought on the
ground Of desertion. They were mar
ried in June, 1891, and Mrs. Laird
charges her husband abandoned her in
June. 1906. In the latter part of that
month, and also IN March, 1907, and
June, 1908, she besought him to re-
turn to her, she says, but he spurned
her attempts to bring about a recon
ciliation.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-31
CLEARING Of
TITLES MAKES
PURCHASE SAFE
Mayor Declares Costly Etiga-
tiOn Was Reason for Pre-
viOus Opposition
Mccarthy Reiterates Statement
That Garfield Hetch Hetchy
Grant Is Worthless

grants to the city an easement under
the law and that such would be sufi-
cient to tie the hands of the govern
ment
in speaking Of his letter of yesterday,
Mayor Mccarthy took occasion to en-
phasize the fact that he had made no
attack on Hetch Hetchy. His critl-
cism had been directed to the PROPOSE
tiOn as il stands between the munich
pality and the interior department. As
for his change in attitude since the
bond election of last year, this he eX-
plains by reference to the litigation in
which the corporation has been en-
gagged in Strengthening out its land IT,
ties.
PURCHASE SAFE NOW
I believe that the Spring Valley
wa ter company now has something to
sell which the people of the city can
buy with safety" said he. Il 90 not
know how acceptable my figures are
TO the company but I have not con-
suited the stock holders about that
In fact I have had no consultations
with the company or any of its Off
GERS prior to my communication to the
board
Il So convinced that the Hetch
Hetehy grant is worthless and entirely
as l.
The source is all right, but the propo-
sition as it stands between the people
Of this community and Washington is
TOO unsatisfactory. We have no title
in the land, and while we have a permit
il can be revoked.
MY opposition to the bonds last
year was based on the fact that the
company was in court with a mass of
litigation regarding its titles. / know
-s--H ~
condition of affairs it, so fought the
proposition Since that time the COM
pany has settled these suits and can
give the city a clear, clean, fee simple
grant to all is holdings, without liti-
cation or clouded titles.
HELLMAN RETECENT
/ w. HellmanJr., vice president OF
the Union trust company and director
of the Spring Valley, said yesterday
that he had no opinion regarding the
ACQUISITION by the city of the Spring
Valley. He said that he did not know
what the plans Of the city were, nor
had he heard it discussed by the direc-
tors
i represent only the bond holders
on the directorate of the Spring VAL
ley" he said. My position as a direc-
tor is merely to see that the interests
Of the bond holders are protected
have always maintained that il the
city required a municipal water system
and required il in a hurry, that the
Spring Valley was the most available.
HeIlman would not discuss the may
or's letter regarding the Garfield grant
aging that he was not familiar with
the grant
Former Mayor Taylor reiterated his
statesment of yesterday. He declares
shat the city has a permanent usufruc-
tory right and a valid easement into
the valley he does not dispute. That
the government would disturb a
municipal investment Of millions in a
water plant seems highly doubtful to
him and deliberately against public
policy
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-31
CAR AND CZARINA OF
RUSSIA VISIT GERMANY
Police Arrest Two Men on Sus=
piciOn as Anarchists

FRIEDBURG, Aug. 3O-Emperor
Nicholas and Empress Alexandra of
Russia arrived here this afterpoon.
They were accompanied into German
territory by suite of so persona.
Great crowds gathered in the streets
in hopes of. having a view of the Wis
itors. Theyswere not disappointed, for
the emperor and empress were driven
from the railway station to the castle
which they will occupy while here, in
an open automobile.
The Russian secret police have been
here for several days on the lookout
for anarchists and last night at Bad
Nauheim arrested a Russian named
Mandelberg. Shortly before the royal
party arrived today the police arrested
another man who was believed to be an
anarchist.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-31
ROOSEVELT'S talk
AROUSES LAWYERS
Washington Attorneys Discuss
Criticism Of Supreme Court
and Suggest Contempt
Continued From Page 1

=
American federation of labor. The cases
are not parallel, however, for Gompers
criticised the courts decision in his
own case, while Roosevelt's criticism
was sweeping, and he was not person
ally concerned in any decision it had
rendered.
Lawyers Uphold Roosevelt
The general opinion of the lawyers
was that Roosevelt was well within
his rights as 4 private citizen when he
made the criticism. They say that as
long as his speech did not deal with
cases under consideration there was no
contempt involved Members of con-
gress and even President Taft have
from time to time pointed out that the
supreme court sticks too close to
technicalities. President Taft has
made the direct criticism in one of his
speeches delivered here in Washington,
1t was due to his belief that states
men rather than mere lawyers should
compose the supreme court bench that
President Taft selected Governor
Hughes as associate justice. In line
with that conviction Hughes will be
made chief justice. The other places
on the bench will be filled with the
object of having acour in touch with
public sentiment on questions of the