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The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
FAMOUS STOLEN PICTURES.
La GiOcOnda Theft Recalls that of
Two GaInsbOroughs.

Two GaInsbOrouGhs.
From the London NJ A p
The recent theft of what Parisians con-
slider to be the worlds most famous pic
ture-Vincrs masterpiece. La Gioconda, -
from the Lourve-naturally recalls the
theft of Gainsborough's Duchess OF
Devonshire," and its romantic recovery
twenty-five years later. Messrs. Agnew
had bought the picture for 1000 guineas
in 1876, and IL had not been exhibited
more than a week in their Bond street
galleries when the attendant, entering
the room one morning. found that the
picture was gone. 1t had been cut out
OF IT'S frame and carried away
Rewards were offered and every effort
made to trace the thieC. but without sue
cess: and it was not until 1901 that in
formation was received by Messrs Agnew
that the stolen duchess" was in Amer
lea. and would be handed cSer for 5000
provided no questions were asked" One
of the partners in the firm went over to
America, and after arrangements had
been made, returned with the picture
which 1t was thought had long since been
destroyed.
Another priceless oil painting by Gains
borough was stolen by burglars from a
house in Kensington in November, 1906,
and was not recovered for eighteen
months, when it was then found by the
police under the door step of an empty
house in Victoria Park. Another picture
robbery. which in its time created a tre-
mendous sensation. was the theft of the
Murillo from the cathedral at Seville. 1t
turned up in New York some time after,
and was bought for $50 and returned to
the Spanish authorities by Mr.. William
Schaus, who refused to touch a penny of
the G2,COO reward that had been offered.
A miniature by Plimer was unscrewed
from the walls of the National Portrait
Gallery in broad daylight and has never
heen heard of: while in July, 1905,
Franz Halls, valued at G10OOO. was stolen
from the Antwerp Museum, and has not
yet been recovered.
In 1907. Van Dycks Raising of the
Cross" estimated to be worth from s2O,
600 to 10000. was stolen from its frame
in Courtrai Church, in Belgium. 1t was
Unexpectedly recovered six weeks after,
however. Then there was Mlllet's ''Shep-
herd and Flock" valued at $4,000, which
was cut from its frame in a museum at
San Francisco some fifteen months ago
by a young artist. who. on arrest, said
that he only wanted to copy it." Sidney
Cooper's Monarch of the Meadows was
stolen from a house some years ago by
decorators, one Of whom, by writing Of
fering to restore the picture for E500 to
its owner, enabled the police to track the
thieves. -.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
Keeping Hands Of.

President Taft announces that he will
not mention reciprocity in his speeches
until after September Fl, upon which
day the Canadian election is to be held
At the same time, Senator Gore issues
( statement from MS home in Oklahoma
denying that he has been asked by Sir
Wilfrid Lauricr % assist in the CAM
pagn. Premier Laurier." he says,
would not invite any person from the
United States to take part in a local
campaign, and II would be the limit OF
impropricty for me to accept such an
invitation"
This is as it should be- Canada kept
hands off while we were struggling with
the question of reciprocity on this side
of the border. and wants no American
interference now Her statesmen are
perfectly able to present the numerous
phases of the question to the Canadian
people. and the latter have enough wis
dom and patriotism to reach a decision
without foreign advice
No matter how the election may go,
the United States cannot afford to in
terfere directly or indirectly in the con-
test. President Taft acts with wise dis
cretion, and Senator Gore has assumed
the only attitude consistent with fair
dealing and honesty toward the Cana
dian people
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
Editor The Washington Herald:

Editor The Washington Herald:
/ The article in this mornings issue Oi
your esteemed paper. entitled Board oi
Censors for Washington Shows Is Urged.
prompts me to say something in regard
to the movement started by the Ameri-
can Federation OF Catholic Societies fol
| the uplift of the stage, and locally agi'
tated by the Aloysius Truth Society.
! With all due respect to their sincerity
and earnestness OF purpose. no one who
is seriously interested in the stage OF
who has made a study OF the drama can
read their prOnunciamento without an
lndulgent smile. They are actuated by
the very best of motives-a desire to
elevate the moral tone of the stage,
Yet one seriously questions the intellec-
tual qualifications of those who are IA
thering the movement for such a task
One can but shudder at the thought of
what would be the ultimate fate of one
of the greatest OF arts were it intrust-
ed to the hands OF parties so manifestly
blind to the true aim and purpose of
the drama and so lacking in intellectual
discrimination. In the same sentence
they mention The Girl from Rector's''
and THE Easiest Way as types of
plays they propose to exert their infiu-
ence TO suppress. One is at a loss for
words to fittingly express his disgust for
the former. Everything should be done
to discourage the production of plays in
its category.
But THE Easiest Way" Suppress plays
Of this character? In the first place, repu-
table critics in this country have pro-
nounced 1t, technically and otherwise,
one of the finest plays ever written by
an American. The story It tells Is GER
tainly not a pretty one. But no one can
deny its power. 1t deals with a condi-
ton which is likely to confront any un-
sophisticated girl who goes to a great
city to make her own way. How few
girls starting out from a small town for
a metropolis have any adequate con-
ception of the pitfalls that beset their
path?
To me THE Easiest Way makes a
tremendous plea for strength Of charac-
ter-for the cultivation Of those finer in
stincts which more firmly intrench the
higher self-a plea for the wedding out
OF superficial emotions and the develop
ment OF those Of deeper and more en-
during character. No thinking mother
could leave the playhouse after seeing
The Easiest Way without feeling more
deeply her responsibility for her daugh-
ter's welfare.
The dramatist who takes h6 art seri-
ously strives TO put dynamic power into
each play he builds. He has no particular
desire 20 please, nor. by means Of rlbald
wit and maudlin sentiment. 20 lui men and
women into a false sense of security Ills
passion IL 60 20 accurately and power.
fully reproduce life that letharHic wills
shall he roused-roused % see life clearly
rneither optlminticaily nor peasimiHti-
Caily-withoui the nllares % New
ThouHhtef ~ ths miaanihropy % =
ilehonenhauf absolutely aa q ls We
MAJ hHow q pefsua f1r . ufsiime asd
Isst never have = glimpse % be seuL
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY.
BY A. w! MACY.
A DUMPING GROUND FOR
JAILBIRDS.

A DUMPING GROUND FOR
JAILBIRDS.
Prior to the Revolution. Eng
land used the American colonies
as a dumping ground for her un-
desirable citizens. 1t is estimat-
ed that between 1717 and 1775
not less than $4,000 convicts, OF
all kinds and Of both sexes, were
taken from the jails Of Great
Britain and Ireland and trans
ported to the American colonies,
where they were condemned to
hard labor and hired out to the
settlers. The Maryland colony
suffered most from the affiiction,
10000 or, more of the jaIlbirds
being sent there. Some of them,
however. had been convicted OF
slight ofrenses, and were easily
transformed into good citizens
of the New World. At one time
DR. Franklin demonstrated with
the British government against
the practice of sending their
conviots over here. The minis
ters urged that II was absolutely
necessary. Then" Franklin re-
piled, would not the same rea-
soning Justify us in sending all
our rattlesnakes to England?
Copyright. 1911. by Joseph B. BowleAl
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
YACHT MAYFLOWER SUNK.
Americas Cup Defender, Used ns
Sponge Fisher, Is Destroyed.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The NIayfower, Americas cup de-
fender against Galatea, afterward
raced as a schooner and then sold and
used as a sponge fisher at Tarpon
Springs, Fla, for the last seven years
under the name of Madeline. has been
condemned and sunk in Tampa Bay.
Lieut. William HEM challenged for
the cup with GaIatea soon after the
Genesta-Puritan race in 1886. Nand in Oc-
tober the challenge was accepted. AS the
Galatea was believed to be faster than
the Genesta, it was found necessary to
build a faster boat than the Puritan
for the defense OF the cup. Gen. Charles
]. Paine placed an order with the de-
signer of the Puritan to build a larger
and more powerful boat. The May
flower was the result.
At the outset the Mayhower was not
as great a success as had been the Puri-
tan. But by constant work, under the
direct supervision of Gen. Paine, she
gradually found herself.
The first cup race was sailed on the
inside course on September 7, and the
Mayfiower won by twelve minutes two
seconds. The second race was a failure.
but two days later the Mayfiower won
by twenty-nine minutes nine seconds,
over a course OF twenty miles to leeward
and return from the Scotland lghtship.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
Modern Magazine Heroine.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hortensia Green lived two lives. AT
times she was good and lovable and COM
monplace. At other times she spoke
jeeringly of the conventionalities and
smoked cigarettes.
Hortensia fell IN love with man of
the world who had been a bartender. To
her. in her cigarette moods, he seemed
the ideal of black-mustached beauty. In
addition to this he jeered at the things
at which she jeered.
In early life he had married a stage
dancer, who supported him out OF her
meager pittance This gave him con-
temptdous opinion of the sex-in which
Hortensia cheerfully shared.
Later on, after twenty-seven dreary
chapters, the heroine finds that cigarettes
disagree with her and returns to her bet
ter self and John Butterbeans. who Is
good and true and dolefully tiresome.
They call this sort of thing realism
and claim that the public hungers for It.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
THE CENSORSHIP OF PLAYS

lmetaphorically speaking, unless by chance
some day we happen to see him under
the stress Of great emotion. The earnest
| dramatIst is interested in souls with
weak wills, and he places them in un-
happy conditions which are the direct
outcome of their weaknesses and puts
them under emotional stress that his
audience may see into the center Of their
being. He has a deep, fervent hope that
he may be instrumental in making
crippled wills well and strong 1t takes
strong medicine to do this. The dramat-
list uses eI.- as a painter does black, to
emphasize the good, the right, the noble.
the true.
1t is unfortunate that those who have
undertaken to safeguard the morals OF
communities in present and past ages
have dealt only with the obvious in what
they regarded as fragrant violations of
the moral code, or influences which
seemed to them to have a deleterious
effect upon character. They have. in
the majority Of cases, been zealots-never
analyists-and society has suffered in
consequence.
Conditions, however, are somewhat
better than they were a few centuries
atist, has recently been elected to the
French Academy. This is the highest
honor France can pay to a man of let
ters. He was elected to it because he
has been telling the truth about social
conditions in France. He fayed the
hypocrisy, the false stapdards, and the
vices that threatened to undermine the
French social fabric. They Stunned him
at first, but have finally seen the light.
''Brieuxs is right they say. "OId
standards must co. Some of Brieux's
plays would have a decidedly healthrll
influence upon mortality in this country,
but Puritanism will keep then-eut. 1t
will take a hundred years to shake off
our prudery and see a Brieux play in
English.
II we are to have a censorship COM
mittee, let US have one made up Of men
and women who are students OF the
drama. Or II IL would be too much OF
a concession, let the dramatist of the
play in question be allowed a hearing.
Let him plead his case Or, still better,
get the opinions OF such men as Brander
Matthews, George Pierce Baker, Walter
Pritchard Eaton. AdOlph Klauber. and
James ODOnnell Bennett on the merits
of the play. They are men who have n
profound understanding Of the drama. and
their opinions would be worth somethins.
Let US have no star chamber proceed
ing. IN which the fate OF the play is laft
In the hands of persons VINO have little
sympathy with dramatic art and who
ERNEST howard cULBERTsoN.
n sirust nufthucsi
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
Morocco.

Very opportune is the report which
Consul General Blake has forwarded
from Tangier upon the commerce and
industries of Morocco. This country
has recently come into prominence
through the effort of Germany to OBJ
tain a foothold, and its destiny is now
being decided through negotiations be-
tween that country and France Com
paratively little is known here, however,
concerning the natural and other re-
sources of the country. so that the in
formation which Mr. Blake submits has
an instructive value.
First of all, the figures showing the
imports and exports of Morocco indi-
cate why Germany should manifest such
a keen desire to extend its commercial
relations with the sultanate. For in
stance, the imports into Morocco from
France and England during the year
1910 amounted to $4,6oS.ooo from the
latter and $4,467,ooo from the former
country. Germany, however, only Sc
cured trade to the value of SI,375.ooo,
In the matter of exports, England took
$I,9o3ooo, France bought $I.655,ooo, and
Germany $I,835.ooo. Nearly nine-tenths
of the Moroccan trade is with these
three countries. An analysis of these
figures plainly reveals German interest,
and also shows why France and Great
Britain are linked together in whatever
disposition may be made of the Moroc-
can territory. For, after all. the strug-
gle of the world to-day is for trade,
and back of diplomatic movements lies
the effort to obtain commercial suprem-
acy.
As for Morocco itself. it may be
said that it is still in the rudimentary
stages of both economic and commercial
development. Only foreign capital is
available for improvement, and although
in the coastal regions some progress
has been made, the vast rich interior
remains unexploited, with a large sec
tion actually unexplored In the in
terror there is still lack of security for
both life and property. The population is
estimated at from 100000 to 100000
inhabitants, embracing territory which
N area is comparable to the State of
Texas. While 65 per cent of the soil
- tillable, only about 10 per cent is sub
lected TO even the rudest kind of cul-
tGation. Its agricultural resources,
however, are undcniablc, while there are
rich mineral deposits Of copper, iron.
lead, antimony, sulphur, gold. silver,
and petroleum
The wisdom Of the Germans in Sc
lrcting the port oi Agadir as the focus
oi their operations is shown by the fact
that the province oi Sus. IN which
Asadir is located. extends along the
Atlaniir coasi ior more than am miles
and Oumpfises a series of fertile plains
and mountains covered Wih olive
aIoyss alHunds, and various kinds IL
Eums. With fieh mineral deposits, sspe.
riallY ouppsf A one time ne trade
q Asadif was hiahly in,pnnam. and
1unsi,,es ~ iynrY, anld dust. oslgieh
lesllitIt A. hfuuahi lfum lhs kahsfa
sna lhs uppgF ssseHal ouauiTy When
hsssfts polliisal sonildslaliona, sbou
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
Old Age.

Senator Depew, dapper and CHEEKY,
steps down the gangplank OF tho Baltic.
after his 'sieen,h trip to Europe. and,
with the weigh, Of seventy eight years
resting lightly upon his still rugged
shoulders Lord Halsbufy. who fought
the popular onslaught upon the House
OF Lords until he faced defeat, s aill
visufuus a siahiy.siS, "uncle Joe"
Cannon travels around the country, play,
rnlt slls up hall ne Highl With . COO.
Esnlal crowd. and loFmis that he has
PISSED lhs ssvsHl, .lilh mllsaons
Aiss az. whal s sati Ceftalniy 4
j, noi maitef u teafa ssse zee men
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
TRAMP WITH AN IDEAL.
He Had to Beg to Get 1t, but He
Finally Succeeded.

Finally Succeeded.
From the New York Sun.
''Tramps that 1 have met have asked
me to buy nearly everything for them
from a drink to a ticket to Europe" said
the gray-headed man, but not until this
morning was I asked to buy a book. The
literary beggar stood at my elbow out
side a Fulton street secondhand book
store. He was pretty ragged and pretty
dirty. but he had a mind above dirt and
rags. On the table before US lay THE
Crime Of Sylvestre Bonnard'' in French.
oh. AnatOIe France said my tramp
with a kind of gasp. Buy 1t for me,
mister, won't your
I was not in a mood for comforting
favors. l shook my head. My tramp
picked up the book. They were a good
match. one as ragged and soiled as the
other. He read a passage.
"'Oh. the dear old innocent he said.
Buy It for me, mister, won't you? Only
ten cents.
II did not know Sylvestre Bonnard
and did not know French, but I did
know that that mans particular need on
earth just then was the book, and I
bought it"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
THE RIGHT TO ROOT.

Enth usiasm Should Not Be VindIc-
tive Rejoicing Over VanGuIshed.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
A baseball fan having sued the Phila-
delphia Baseball Club for s., 900 damages
for ejectment from the grounds because
OF his manner OF roofing for the home
team has evoked ponderous pronounce
ments that we may soon have judicial
definition of what constitutes legal root
Ing. Nothing of the sort. The issue will
probably be much simpler and more
familiar, whether the elected fan was
guilty not Of excessive roofing but Of
mont by order OF the umpire was not for
roofing for. the home team.- but for al
legged opprobriOus remarks yelled at the
visiting Chicago team.
Now, while the courts cannot cir
cumscribe the ardor o: the fans, and no
lover of the game would wish them to-
they can define the line between roofing
and riot Indictment. Every allowance
must be made for the enthusiasm of an
excited fan. but that excitement and
enthusiasm should be kept in bounds
that will not lead any to mistake vi
tuperation OF the visitors for roofing for
the home CLUB. The Philadelphia fan
who has thus brought the matter before
the courts may really be unwittingly
doing a public service by inviting
judicial decision that will remind the
excessively exurberant that there is
clear line of demarcation between doing
ones duty for the home team and dis
orderly conduct.
It's all right to root. but abuse OF
the visiting players should follow abuse
OF the umpire into limbo. Enthusiasm
over victory that spends itself in vim
dictive rejoicing over the vanquished is
neither sportsmanlike nor decent
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
City Gasoline Drunk.
From Worlds Work.

From Worlds Work.
Detroit. up to ten years ago. was a
model city as regards housing conditions.
When IL became the center OF the auto
mobile Industry. however, IL forgot
everything hut automobiles. 1t opened
the city gates 20 thousands Of employees
without making any special provision
for them. In three years its popula-
ton increased 6s per cent
We are gasoline drunk" confessed
one Detrolter. We have got the auto
mobile business. hut we are getting with
it more people than We can care for
properly. We have got to slow up and
begin to md rom Cor these people 20
live ~ they ought % live IN Detroit"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

building in Brooklyn as a place for box
ing exhibitions. A lot of people wiR
then pay to go in who couldn't have
been paid to go there before.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
wanted Regular Work.

Prom SucCess Magazine.
A farm hand had worked in the field
from dawn till darkness, doing the
chores by lantern light. I'm going to
Quit he said TO the farmer at the
end Of the month. You promised me
steady job"
Well. haven't you got one?' was the
cstonished reply.
NO" said the man, there are three
of four hours every night that ] don't
have anything 90 do and fool my time
away SieepinE."
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
ALWAYS SOMETHING.

n :.
Z About this time - -
An autumn rhyme
Is not beyond all reason. y
The bards wax gay,
But others say
There is no perfect season.
The poets bawl
In praise of fall,
But there are some objectors.
'Tis golden fall,
The quail now call,
But so do bill collectors.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

When Mr.. Bryan is through catechising
the Democratic aspirants for the Presi-
dency, and the insurgents have finished
catechising President Taft. somebody
ought to announce who has won the
Sunday school prize
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
Msaar DO Lsa,s lhe stase.

frm ne Dsirat Fsss iress
what did sho say when the iudae
Hranied her a divorce. but forbade heF 20
marry ln thls state again
she asked the ludse 90 make her has'
hana provide hsf With uafeisnu 81.
rsnsea."
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

In Georgia some people are going to
court to learn whether alcohol is an in
toXiCating beverage. Usually, people find
that out at another kind of bar.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

A New York man proposed to a French
lady by wireless and was accepted by
cable. Most proposals are by wireless,
but aCCeptances are usually on the spot
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

If any one Of the governors can do
half of what he proposes he will qualify
for the Presidency.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

Lima Cavalieri, having failed to get
her marriage settlement, is naturally sus-
picious about that offer Of $4,000 for a
divorce.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

A blue ribbon Connecticut cow is said
to get drunk every year on sour apples
She should don the white ribbon.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

Aviator Ward was bewiIdered by trying
to follow the railway tracks. We didn't
know he proposed to cross the continent
by rail-
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

The temperature around Mount Etna
has made the recent summer there seem
like a blizzard.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

The report that Mr.. Carnegie intends
founding a periodical to expose war
plans of nations. If true. is the best evil
dence that he is determined to die poor.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

man who could make love to another
mans wife in a Ferris wheel must be
something of a rounder.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

The news from Cumberland, Md, is
that the labor meet ends. What we
want to know is how best to labor to
make ends meet
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

The legislative probe into the municipal
affairs OF Philadelphia is said to have
discovered graft. Well. what are they
probing for?
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
tiaag 60 nelIsve.

frlm me h..iun ftansTiIf.
Tho Medical Journal remarks Tits
death pat . step. fof the time helms a.
he Investigations. This aoes not strain
efsdulltI,
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

Secretary MacVeagh says the country
is pausing to take breath, but that doesn't
include the politicians.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

The magazines max come by freight,
but the subscriptions must go by mail, in
advance, as heretofore.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

The conference of governors is gallant
enough not to argue with DR.. Anna Shaw
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
THO wa.hIls,sa HssaIa TAapEsd.

ninus ne washiuEssa Hssan
Pursuant 20 the artion of the High
Tent. ! have the honor lo thank you Tor
the caurteoua Fecoanitlan of eur order
duflna the convention held thia week IN
WashinFten tAnEa u TruWN
h.lA tei .susiaIb ia.lHganluut oNla q
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

II the corn crop is short, so will the
farmers be-
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

The Presidents o. K. of DR. Wiley
will give some officials in the Agricultural
Department pure food for thought.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

New Orleans may have to construct
dikes to restrain molasses.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

Big guns were greeting big guns when
the governors were visiting Sandy Hook.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
Encouraging the

Encouraging the Duke.
Il cannot live without you"
"oh, duke say not so''
I cannot live on air."
Yes, you can, duke. Be an aviator.
Some Of them make very large sums,
I'm told"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

Also, Il IL the open season on Mount
EtnR, with a vengeance.