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The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
Cows That Never Drink.

The wild cow" of Arabia. in reality
an antelope, the Beatrix OTyx, is said
never to drink. which is probably cor
rect, for unless these animals can de-
scend the wells they can find no drink
ing water for ten months in the year.
There is no surface water, and rain
falls but precariOuSly during the win
ter. Only once during my journey did
| find pool of rainwater, caught in a
hollow rock. aud even this l should
have passed by without knowing of
its existence mad not my camels sniff
ed il from a distance and ObStinately
refused to be turned from going i'll
that direction. These antelope, how
ever, are provided by nature with q
curious food supply, especially design
ed as a thirst quencher. This is a
parasite which grows on the roots OF
the desert bushes and forms a long
spadix full of water and juice. The
antelope dig deep holes in the sand in
order to get at these.-Wide World
Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
Bulwer Lytton and His Chorus.

The Princess Won Racowitsa met
Bulwer Lytton in the Riviera toward
the end Of the fifties. He was then,
she says in her autobiography, past
his first youth; his fame was at its
zenith. He seemed to me antedilu-
Wan, with his long dyed curls and his
old fashioned dress. He dressed exact
ly in the fashion Of the twenties, with
long coats reaching to the ankles. knee
breeches and long cOIOred waistCGats.
Also he appeared always with young
lady who adOred him and who was
followed by a manservant carrying
a harp She sat at his feet and ap-
peared, as he did, in the costume of
1880, with long flowing curls, called
AnglaiSeS. He read aloud from his
own works, and in especially poetic
passages his Alice accompanied him
with arpeggios on the harp"
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
NEW JERSEY TEA.
Red Root, That Did Good Service In
Revolutionary Days.

Red Root, That Did Good Service In
Revolutionary Days.
You h0usekeepers Of today whose ia
vOrite brands of Orange Pekoe Eng
lish Breakfast, India and CeyIon, etc.
diffuse their fragrance over your tea
table would hardly suppose that tea.
or, rather, a fairly good substitute for
it, was once made from the leaves Of
one of our prettiest New Jersey wild
flowers. Yet so it was in the old tur-
bulent days of the American Revolu-
ton, when they had so much trouble
over the imported article and used
various beverages as substitutes for
that to which they had become accus-
toned.
New Jersey tea, or red root, as it is
also called. is a low growing shrub
with many branches. seldom over
three feet high. and is found from
Canada to Florida. growing usually in
dry wooded sections. It is very abun-
dant in New Jersey, for which it is
named. 1t blooms profusely in July
and is so snowy, with its many pan
icled white blossoms, as to be quite
worth a place in the gardens as an
ornamental shrub It has a dark red
root, with leaves dOwny beneath and
very much veined, by which it is easily
distinguished from the pure tea. An
infusion Of the leaves prepared in the
same manner as the genuine article
has somewhat the taste of ordinary
grades Of the tea of the orient, but is
not supposed to possess any Of its
stimulating pr0perties-EXchange
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
A Tree CIim binu Doc,

government official in Bavaria con
nected with the forestry department
has a wonderful dog, which is as clev-
er at climbing trees as a cat. If his
master fastens a handkerchief up in
the treetOps the animal viii Chamber
up after it in the nimblest way AMI
never fails TO bring it down. He was
taught by his mother, who was famous
as a tree climber. The clever animal
has won several medals by his ex-
traOrdinary talent and takes particular
delight in climbing silver birches, not
the easiest tree in the world to scale.
for the trunk is particularly smooth
and slippery.-Wide World Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
BROUGHT UP HOT WATER.
The Friction OF the Boat Made the
Ocean Almost Boil.


Ocean Almost Boil.
The steamship was speeding over
seas with a record breaking list of
passengers when one of the gay, young
and inquiring girls who are found Oh
every trip skipped up to the captain
and asked:
Captain, are we really going fast?
1t seems as if we were just crawling"
Fast" answered the captain gruff-
ly, ''Of course we're going fast. With
nothing to see but water and sky you
can't judge our speed, but, my dear
young lady, the friction of the boat is
so great it makes the water hot aft"
II don't believe it." giggIed the girl,
and the captain, with a great show of
Indignation, called for a rope and
bucket TO prove his words. These
brought, he slung the pail down aft Of
the vessel directly under the drainpipe
of the galley, where hot water runs
all day. and brought it up smoking, TO
the astOnishment of the awstruck girl
A long, lean Yankee who had been
watching the performance then came
forward and drawled, Say, cap, that
must make you change your course
mighty often"
Change my courseT' clustered the
captain. What would 1 change my
course for?n
We'll" said the Yankee slowly, $50
darn much friction as that must wear
the ocean out mighty quick. '-Phila-
delphia Times.
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Easily Explained,

''They have to admit in the old
world" said a New York theatrical
man, that we've got them beaten on
every count. Talk % them about the
matter and they can only quibble.
'''Oh. yes said an English banker
to me the other day. you've got a
great country. tine greatest country IL
the world. there's no denying that
'sThen he gave a nasty laugh.
"But look at your fires he said.
Your terrible fires are disgrace to
mankind
"'Oh. our fires said !, are due to
the friction caused by our rapid
growth
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
Spitefu!.

Yes" said the engaged girl, Dick
is very methodicaI. de gives me one
kiss when he comes and two when he
goes away"
That's always been his way, re-
turned her dearest friend. I've heard
lots Of girls comment on it,
Thus it happens that they cease to
speak to each other.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
Whsn tha Loss Was Felt.

Wife Ton returning home after a
long visit-Have you noticed that my
husband missed me much while | was
away, Mary? Maid-WeIl, mum, 1
didn't notice that he felt your absence
much at first, but this last day or two
he has certainly seemed very down
hearted, mum.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
Kindness to Animals.

What l believe in" said Mr. Eras-
tus Pinkly, lis kindness TO dumb ami
mails"
Yes" replied Miss Miami Brown
81 has hyuhed dat some folks kin lif
A chicken off de rOOs' so gentle an
tender dat he won't have his sleep
disturbed ska'sely none. Washington
Star.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
The Silver Lininu,

In life[ e[oubles will come which look
as if they would never pass away. The
night and the storm look as if they
would last forever, but the coming of
the calm and the morning cannot be
stayed.
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The Alternative.

Figg-My wife wants a new SILK
dress.
FOgg-Are you going to let her have
it?
Figg-Yes. It's a case Of silks or
sulks-BostOn Transcript.
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Eel In With the Arsument.

"The leading question, said the
colonel. .'is the financial one.
Right" replied the major, and /
was Just about to ask you to add 81
to that SO | borrowed from you yes
terday. y."-Uncle Remus Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
His Way of Doing.

Gould the cashier of that company
explain the muddle in the bOOks?"
He said he would clear it all up"
did he?"
mo, he didn't clear it up. He
cleared Out'-Baltimore American.
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He Promised.

Sutton-No. can't spare the money
very well, but I'll lend it to you if you
promise not to keep it too long. Gay
boy-IT undertake to spend every pen
ny of it before tom0rrOw.-Washing-
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Unreasonable.

Mrs. Sharpe (severely)-NOrah, I can
find only seven Of these plates. Where
are the other five? Cook Gn surprise)
Sure. mum. don't ye make no allow
ance for ordinary wear an tear?
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UndaHant.

Henderson-Ever net with any seri-
Gus accident while travelling? Hen
peck-Did 1? I met my wife while
travelling abroad,
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Fading the Fish.

Disguised Fisherman (emptying his
bait into the stream)--Hanged il I'll
wait on you any longer! Here, help
yourselves.-Life.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22

Trouble springs from idleness and
grievOus toll from needless ease
Franklin.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22

Sorrow is an evil with many feet
Simonides.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
Go to Xauder's

If you want pure wines and liquors
you should go to Xander's. It is tn
greatest wine house IN the country.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20

life of the city is never SO much appre-
ciated as it is after three months en-
forced abstinence from its wholesome,
1aughable, and liberal fare. The advance
sale. in operation all last week, to use
a colloquialism, proves that amusement
lovers ARE hungry for polite vaudeville. -
Never before mas there been such an
advance demand for seats for the in
augural week. Nevertheless, there will
be choice seats In plenty, as the ma
jority of the preliminary demand was for
early performances on Monday and
Tuesday free to accommodate the late
corners.
In celebration of the Inauguration of
the fourteenth season of polite vaude-
Vile, Manager De Witt determined to
present bill which will serve as a
standard for the future. For months
this programme has been in process Of
formation.
Foremost in the armament of stars Is
Taylor Holmes, who, after the immense
hit he made here in '.The Commuters
last season. needs no Introductory COM
mendation beyond the statement that as
vaudeville raconteur he is even more
delightful, original and witty than when
cast in a comic role. The extra added
foreign feature will be the worid-re-
nowned Guatenialan musical sensation,
the Marifnba Band, from the pugnacious
little republic, with its fascinating
marimba playing. The audience will
give itself up to unrestrained laughter, it
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20

Well, the deluge is now upon us. This
week two more purlieus of amusement
say ''Open Sesame" The Rialto, such as
it is, is perking up, and we can defy the
weather man to do his worst.
The perennial Chase's breaks the vaude-
willie drought with an excellent bill, top
Commuters, whose debut in the twice a
day. promises much. The New Lyceum
is getting into the whirl with THE Jolly
Girls and promises to make quick get
away from the barrier with a merry
gallop. ~
When one hunts for generallties or cpl
grams anent the Washington theaters he
must cover a pretty wide area. The
amusement industry has attained awe
inspiring proportions. There are no less
than three vaudeville houses in the Capt..
tai, one of which, the Casino, opened
with an excellent bill last week. AS to
the picture houses, their name is legion
and they are encroaching more and more
on the legitimate every year.
There is no sign of abatement in the
delectable game of purveying more and
more amusement to the city. This tend
ency is not local, but national There are
new theaters being built everywhere, in
many cases in excess of the demand.
The crop of new plays is larger than
ever, and, so far as New York is con-
cerned at least, the merry industry of
erecting new theaters overnight goes on
apace Where will it all end, this chronic
overproduction of drama and of play
houses, which has already driven some
managers to despair and others to bank
ruptcy:
Things have come to such a pass in
New York that many excellent plays
cesses go down IN abysmal failure. The
producing m1ll grinds out so huge
grist that only a small portion can re-
ceive attention from the public. Tho
speculative element in theatrical produc-
tion has increased vastly In the past
three years.
In New York it is a common occur
renee to invite the critics to four or five
openings on the same night The result
frequently is that an excellent little play
is reviewed by the fourth or fifth assist
ant critic, is given a scant paragraph or
two in the newspapers, and almost to-
tally escapes public notice. Unless it be
a sensational hit, it is doomed to speedy
failure. Such was the fate of at least
half a dozen plays on Broadway last sea-
son, including THE Seven Sisters and
"Mr. Preedy and the Countess"
This is the result of overproduction, the
Broadway counterpart of the Wall street
''undigested securities" There is no cur
tailment visible the coming season. With
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
NOTES OF THE STAGE

Liebler & Co. have announced the most
| important engagement so far made for
their theatrical year. This resulted from
the cabled acceptance by Lewis Waller
of the part of Boris Androvsky in 'The
Garden Of Allah" soon to be produced
for the first time in the world at the Gen.
tury formerly the New Theater. For
, the better part of year George c. Ty-
Ter, managing director of the firm, has
been casting about for the most suitable
actor to play the central male character
in the Robert Hichens drama. Two play
ers of worldwide reputation have been
under consideration, Forbes-Robertson
and Lewis Waller. Mr.. Waller has now
accepted.
Ian Maclaren, the English character
actor, will play the role of Charles Vis-
count Deeford, in "Disraeli,' which opens
at Wallack's, in New York. September IS.
Charles is intrusted with a political mis-
sion by Lord Beaconsfield George Ar
liss), and on his success or failure de-
pends his future.
Liebler & Co. have made an important
engagement for the company to support
H. B. Warner in alias Jimmy Valen-
tine when W. H. Turner was put under
contract 1Or tle rOle OF Dill avery, lne
old offender Mr.. Turner has to his credit
starring tours in David Harum," Faith
er and the Boys" and other plays calling
for special characterizations.
Emelie Melville will spend the winter
In California on her sons beautiful rose
ranch.
A wonderful motion picture Of the royal
family of Great Britain will be a feature
of the Lyman H. Howe diversion at the
Columbia tonight.
While in a secluded portion of Rock
Creek Park studying the part of Sir
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20

competition almost wolfish, the managers
are swapping up the work of all the ma
tive playwrights and are insistently de-
manding more Eugene Walter has at
least three plays to be produced in New
York this season; Edward Sheldon has
two; Charlotte Thompson and Rachel
Crothers have two; there is no telling
how many plays Winchell Smith. George
M. Cohan, A. e. Thomas, and Rupert
Hughes will write before next June rolls
around.
To meet the slackening attendance at
the New York theaters Lee Shubert pro-
poses a raise in prices He thinks orches-
ira seats ought to sell at $3.50. Such a
cure would be worse than the disease
The public is on the qui vive for tend
ency to lower theater prices and is ask
ing more for its money. Is ii little won-
der the average theatergoer now has the
show me" spirit and wants to know
that ''the show inside is worth seeing
before risking his money? The cost of
living is high and 81 is altogether too
much to pay for the doleful and doubtful
privilege of sitting through a near-hit in
drama
For the first time in several seasons
Bernard Shaw is again to have a play
produced on Broadway this fall. The
Shuberts will offer "Fanny's First Play"
a characteristic Shawian drama which
has met with considerable success in
London. Galsworthy's Justice is also
possibility. A reigning London success,
"Kismet," by Edward Knoblaugh, who
wrote THE Shulamite' for Lena Ashwell
and THE Cottage in the Air. for the
New Theater company, will be given un-
der Frohman auspices in New York, with
Otis Skinner in the stellar role 1t is so
long since this excellent actor has had a
worthy vehicle for his high talent that
''Kismet," it is devoutly to be wished,
will prove to be all that London has ap-
praised it.
The youthful and aggressive firm of
Werba & Luescher is going to send out no
less than four companies in 'The Spring
Maid this season. will continue to guide
the destinies of Nora Bayes and Jack
Norworth in Little Miss Fix-It," will
star Louis Mann in "Elevating a Hus-
band" and Clara Lipman in TT Depends
on the Woman" and will star Alice
Lloyd, George Marion, and Lillian Rus
sell in operettas yet to be announced.
,sss
After her conspicuous artistic success
in Mid Channel" the work of Miss Ethel
Barrymore in her new play, THE Wit
ness for the Defense" will be one Of the
focal points of interest the coming sea-
son. A. E. Anson, late of the New The
ater company, will be her leading man.
A NJ. J.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
Glen Echo Park.

Free concerts, moving pictures. and va
rious other amusements comprise the
chief features of to-day's offering at
Glen Echo Park. Music, always favor
ite diversion of the throngs that have
made Glen Echo a popular resort. is pro-
vided to-day by a combination band and
orchestra recruited from the musicians
of the United States Soldiers Home, and
under the dictatorship Of Conductor John
s. NJ. Zimmerman. Two concerts are
given afternoon and evening, starting at
2:30 and $50 o'clock and for to-day s
events an unusually inviting programme
has been prepared. The moving picture
exhibition starts. promptly at $50 o'clock
in the spacious open-air amphitheater
fronting the dancing pavilion.
Another of the innovations which have
been responsible for maintaining Glen
Echo's leadership among outdoor resorts
will be introduced tomorrow in the shape
of a free vaudeville show, which will be
continued throughout the work at 4
o'clock in the afternoons and at $50
o'clock in the evenings. A spectacular
feature has been secured in the Helix
visits, a pair of expert Swedish divers.
Olga Hellkvist, the feminine member OF
the team, is said to be the superior Of
Annette Kellerman in difficult aquatic
stunts. The Hellkvists will do their div
ing at Glen Echo from a lofty platform,
erected seventy-five feet above shallow
tank of water. In the evenings they will
conclude their performance with fire
diving
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
COLUMBIA PLAYERS RECORD
UNPRECEDENTEDIN CAPITAL
In Three Years Street Playhouse Has Been Closed
Only Three Weeks in Summer Time.

With the approaching end Of the third
season of the Columbia Players, under
the management Of Fred @. Berger and
the Messrs. Frank and oliver Metzerott.
public interest in that remarkable organ
ization seems to be on the increase.
On every hand expressions of regret are
heard that the institution is not to be made
a permanent taIl-the-year-rounde enterprise,
catering to that portion Of the amuse-
ment-seeking public that has come to place
its dependence IN a company that pre-
sents only established successes, free from
any possibility of suggestiveness, and at
prices that are within the reach of all
There remain but three weeks more Of
the summer season at the Columbia, when
the stock company will bring its unpre-
cedentedly successful. season to a close
to make way for the opening of the reg
ular season Of the house Monday evening,
September II, with one of those magnifi-
cent productions with which the name OF
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20

Arthur Hammerstein has become as fully
Identified as is that Of his father with
operate offerings.
The plays that will occupy the inter-
vening time before the opening of the
regular season are The Liars this week,
A Bachelors Romance next, and for
the final bill rousing good one, the
name of which Is yet to be announced. 1t
viii be further matter Of special delight
to Columbia patrons to know that the en-
tire company will remain to the end of
the season. several of the performers hav-
ing foregone excellent metropolitan open
ings In order to complete the season here.
With the completion OF the twenty-first
week Of the summer season, the Colum-
bia will have attained the unprecedented
record of three solid years OF successful
catering to the best element OF local the
tergoers with close down Of only two
weeks during the entire time, when neces-
sary improvements made that action i'm
peratiye
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20

Christopher Deering last Wednesday, A.
II. Van Buren was caught in, the rain
storm and .drenched to the skin before
he could obtain shelter.
Fred G. Berger was given a big re-
ception Friday night by the members
Of the Columbia Players on the occasion
OF his return from his vacation. spent
with his family in the Adirondacks.
Bob Howell. one of the best known
of the Columbia Theater employees, has
returned from fortnight's vacation at
Atlantic City.
Frank B. Metzerott, president of the
Columbia Theater Company. is planning
a vacation that win not begin until after
the close OF the summer stock.
Billy Montgomery and Florence Moore.
who will be in Chase's bill next week,
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20

There are more ups and downs coming
in future to Taylor Holmes. the former
star of 1.-THE Commuters" and Marriage
a la Carte who heads Chase's opening
bill this week. Judging from his own
story of his career, AIR Holmes has had
more than his share of the downs Of life.
In the first place. he was born In Newark,
N. J., and as If that was not enough to
start with, his parents moved him at
tender age to Chicago. Then he was CO.
creed into an education. About the time
his voice changed from sweet soprano
to a breezy wheezy, up and down, half
man, half-boy's tone, he fell in love with
the stage and resolved to be an actor.
His real troubles, especially at home, be-
gan then, for his austere parents on both
sides of the house were rigidly, frigidly
opposed to any such life.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
THE WEEKS PLAYBILLS,
CoIumbfa-ssThe Liars

A four-act comedy of English man
ners, one of the best of the John Drew
Empire Theater successes, entitled
THE LIARS" will be placed upon the
stage of the Columbia Theater to-
morrow night. where it will remain
the bill throughout the week. with
the usual Thursday and Saturday
matinees, with A. H. Van Buren head
ing the Columbia Players in the role
made famous in this country by Mr.
Drew.
This role is that of a soldierly phil
osOpher. Col. Sir Christopher Deering,
to whose resourcefulness and human
kindness the happy ending of the play
is attributable The Liars" is a four
act comedy by Henry Arthur Jones.
that gains it's name from the concerted
efforts of Lady Jessica Neapean and
her friends to avoid the threatened re-
suits of her indiscretions with Edward
Falkner by falsifying. Frances Nell
son has been cast as Lady Jessica.
Falkner is a social lion, a soldier who
has won the admiration of all England
by his courage in the suppression of
the slave trade in Central Africa He
is a woman hatef, and for this reason,
among others, the tickle Lady Jessica
regards him as most desirable prey.
Everett Butterfield will play Falkner,
and George w. Barber, Lady Jessica's
husband, Gilbert Neapean, whose lack
of attentiveness to his wife is largely
responsible for her seeking her hearts
desire elsewhere. There are comedy
scenes in the play that stand out in
marked relief from the main fabric.
The dialogue throughout is worthy
of Henry Arthur Jones, with whom
few contemporaries can compete in the
workmanlike construction of drama.
Being an English society piece, the
gowns worn by the ladies of the COM
pany will be particularly noteworthy.
In addition to those heretofore men
toned, the cast will include Carrie
Thatcher as Lady Rosamund Tatton,
Lady Jessica's sister; Jessie Glendin-
ming as Dolly Coke, her cousin; Emelie
Melville as Mrs. Crespin, Nina Melville
rs Beatrice Ebernoe, Frederick Forester
Rs George Neapean, Gilbert's brother;
Arthur Ritchie as Freddie Tatton, Lady
Rosamond's husband; Stanley James as
Archibald Coke, Dolly's husband; Will
lard Robertson as a waiter at the Star
and Garter; John NJ. Kline as Gadsby,
and Joseph Hazelton as the footman at
Cadogan Gardens.