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here to join them for few days before
going to their home on Long Island.
Lieut.. Col BENJAMIN Reeves Russell. q.
S. NJ. c., and Mrs. Russell, with their
children and Mrs RusselTs daughters,
the Misses Sessions, will spend the win
ter at San. Antonio, Tex.
Mrs. Gillett-H4n and her daughter, Miss
Gillett-Hlll, have returned to their home
21SS r street. for the winter where the
latter will be presented formally to So
ciety next month.
The marriage Of Miss Elsie Elizabeth
Lower, daughter Of Mr.. c. B. Lower, to
Mr. c. S. Pomeroy, of Vermont, will take
place on Wednesday afternoon, Novem-
Der Is, in st. Stephens Catholic Church,
at o'clock. Only the immediate rela-
tives will be present, and there will be
no attendants owing to illness in the
family. =.
The bridal party Of Miss Margaret
Easterday and Paymaster John s. Hig-
gins, U. S. N, who will be married on
November Is. will include Miss, Lucinda
Carpenter Pennebaker, maid Of honor;
Miss Mavina Herr, of Jersey City. and
Miss Helen Williams, OF this city, braides-
maids; Capt. Harry Lay. U. S. NJ. c.,
best man. and Paymaster John A. B.
Smith, jr., Frederick G. Payne, and Da-
vid NJ. Addison, all of the navy: Lieut..
Commander Luther NJ. Overstreet and
Lieut.. John Lee Pryor, of the navy, and
Lieut.. George w. Easterday, u S. A.,
brother OF the bride. The ceremony will
be performed in the evening in the West
Street Presbyterian Church, by Rev.
James T. Marshall, pastor, assisted by
Rev. Robert Leetch, of Far Rockaway,
Long Island. A small reception will fol-
low in the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George ]. Easterday, in
GEORGETOWN
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Boulevard to BE Fini.hed.

Members of the Automobile Club Of
Washington have been informed that the
right of way Of the unfinished Washing
ton-Baltimore boulevard between Belts
Vile and Contee has been obtained 1t is
understood work on this thoroughfare
will be resumed at an early date. This
stretch is about five miles long. and in
wet weather is almost impossible. When
1t is finished the forty-mile boulevard
connecting the two cities will be one Of
the finest roads in this section OF the
country.
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Miss Mabel Orem, $50 ID ct. sw.. 626
Miss A. BiegIer, 1924 e ut. se.. 3Is
Miss Lettie Hanback,, 214 18th 1T.
sW. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. II
Miss Maple Bauer. 262 AZ 1t. sw.
Miss Edna Danforth. Navy Yard.
Harry Redman, S21 7th st. sw.
Miss Virginia Price, 1892 Nichols
ave-, AnacostIa.
Mrs. VIM. Bailey, 11k 1 1T. sw.
DISTRICT NO. 8.
Loretta E. MInnis, Glen Echo,
ma. ........ ........... 06,112
Miss Alice NJ. CIeeves, Cedar ST.,
Mount Rainier, Md...... 35,72I
Enroll KanOde, Gaithersburg, Md. 3O,Ss1
Miss Ella r.. Hogan, Brunswick,
ND. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 232OO
Benz. F. Stewart, SeabrOOk, Md. 1,756
Miss Elizabeth Burgess, Hyatts-
Vile, Md. ............... 11,sss
Miss Marie A. BlundOn, RIverdaIe
Md. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 9,135
Howard barnes, Silver Spring,
Md. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 9,02S
Miss Marie b. Hill, Upper MarI-
bOro, Nd. ................... 1000
Miss Elsie Baldwin, Laurel,
Md. y $500
E. b. CulIey, EarIhaven, Takoma Park,
Md.
DISTRICT NO. 9.
J. w. May, r., King & Lee stsA
Alexandria, Va. III, ,6S3
Miss Elizabeth, Miller. stauntOn,
Va. .:.................. 73.2o3
Miss Christine Phillips, Warren
ton, Wa. ............. 23960
Miss Hattie G. RObey, HerndOn.
va SS,4SI
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lyn, Va. ......,............. 11,o77
Miss Mary Baker Fitzsimmons,
: 1SS e. Elizabeth 1T, Harrison
burg, Va. 6,4OO
Miss Mary b. Jones, CuIpeper, Va. 4s16
James w. Lyons, ClarendOn, Va. 2,O45
Miss Margaret Laycock, LeesburR,
va. .............. 9y014
Hunter Mack, ". p. l., Blaeks.
burg, Va. 0oo
NV. Leonard, Vienna, Va.. 50
Miss Beakriee willie, Vienna, Va.
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THEIR UNIFORMS O. Z.

Mail Carriers Garb Stands Inspec-
tIon Satisfactorily.
Three coats were found in a bad con-
dition and seven not up to the STANDARD
yesterday morning when Acting Post.
master Robinson and Superintedent OF
Carriers Matthews conducted the second
annual inspection of carriers winter
uniforms at the main office.
The 361 carriers who reported for In.
spection were formed in platoons In the
main delivery room on the first floor
and the two officials made a minute
inspection of coats, trousers, and caps
The carriers from the different substa.
tions also reported for inspection. The
officials expressed themselves as pleased
with the results.
The annual inspection Is an innovation
started last year by Postmaster Merritt
and has proved pleasing to the men and
officials alike.
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MRS. LoNGSTREET's TASK.
Widow of Confederate Hero an
Active COnservationist.

Active COnservationist.
Mrs. Helen Longstreet, widow OF Gen.
Longstreet, the Confederate hero, who Is
pOstmistress Of Gainesville, Ga, left
Washington yesterday for her home. Mrs.
Longstreet attended the PostTnasters'
Convention here, and has since been
visiting friends.
For several years Mrs. Dongstreet has
been conducting an active campaign for
the preservation of Tallulah Falls, which
is threatened with invasion by a power
company. Mrs. Longstreet has success
fully blocked several plans of the COM
pany, and says she Is convinced her fight
is won. She has interested the national
conservation workers in her plan for the
preservation Of the falls.
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HUNTING AVIATION CAMP.
Capt. Chandler Goes South to Pro-
cure Winter Quarters.

cure Winter auarterB.
Capt. Charles DeForest Chandler, COM
manding officer of the aviation school at
College Park, left last night to inspect
several sites for a suitable winter camp
for the aviation corps of the army, now
at College Park. His first stop will be
Camden, S. c., which is considered the
most suitable place. 1t is one of the pref
tiest resorts in the South, and the ground
is admirably adapted for the use Of the
flyers.
Capt. Chandler is accompanied by Col.
Anderson. of the Seaboard Air Line Rail-
way Company, who will assist in deter
mining a camp.
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Distinction Between Old and New subscription,
DISTRICT NO. /

Any one regularly receiving The Herald, eithers
by mail or carrier, on September 49, 1911 the date
that The Herald's World ToHF Contest opened, win
be considered old subscriber at any time during
the life Of the contest. New subscribers are those
who were not receiving The Herald on September
10, 1911. Candidates obviate a great deal of
work for the ONCE force by being careful to mark
on each subscription blank whether subscribers are
old or new.
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Woodward & Lothrop,
New York-WASHNGTON-Par.
Sale of Bedroom Furniture.
ODD PIECES OF THE FINEST DESIGNS
AT GREATLY LOWERED PRICES.

fufure that
II a iaprceh
70 Desers
and o furniture is
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CHIFFONIERS.

Swell front and colonial de-
signs, with oval or square plate
mirrors.
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REMEMB MBER!
remember!
Remember!

All counto
PRIZES
also TEN TOURS
clos o. he econes, December 16.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Henry MacNair, of New
York, and their young son returned there
yesterday afternoon, after several weeks
absence. Mrs. MacNair, who was form
erly Miss. Margaret Jones of this city,
made a visit to her brother, Mr. Frank
Norris Jones, the pianist, while Mr.
NacNair made a trip South, stopping
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The engagement Of Miss Lucy Lee Bris-
coe, daughter of Judge John P. Briscoe
of Prince Frederick County, Md, to En-.
sign Forney Moore Knox, u. S. N, has
been announced, the wedding to take
place in December.
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MOTION PICTURES
OF ALASKA TONIGHT

B. B.. Dobbs' world-famous motion
picturegraphs OF Alaska, the Land of
Up There" will be presented at the Co.
Iumbia Theater tonight. and should
prove one of the most entertaining Sun
day evening diversions OF the season.
The pictures displayed represent the re-
suit of ten years OF life and travel, por-
traying the marvellous scenes in the land
of the great white silence. Easily the
most timely of the feature films is that
of the Alaska coal party where, in
spired by the famous Boston tea party"
the Alaskans dumped into the sea thou
sands of tons OF coal, as an indication
of their displeasure at government pro-
crastination, which results in delay In
the opening up Of the Alaska coal fields,
and necessitates the Importation of
enormous quantities of coal into the
frozen North. Then there is wonderful
picture of a walrus hunt, taken by the
light of the midnight sun, 200 miles in
side the arctic circle; the mining meth
DDS resulting in a $4,000 cleanup of a
gold mine; a 900-mile trip along the
rugged Siberian coast on a trading
schooner; living pictures OF the Eskimo,
showing men, women, and children, and
their habits and customs; an ice pack
moving majestically from Bering Sea
into the Arctic Ocean; native seal hunt
ers; a United States mail dog team, and
the Eskimo driving their reindeer; a
polar bear hunt. and the exciting an
nual dog-team race OF 415 miles, from
Nome to Candle, over the snow-clad
mountains and return, for purse of
S12,0 ,000 and many other interesting sur
prises of arctic life
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WASHINGTONIAN WRITES A PLAY.


Another of washington's sons has
stepped into the field Of playwriting.
Algernon Tassin. who left Washington
several years ago to become professor
OF English in Columbia University, and
whose literary products have appeared
from time to time in the Bookman and
other magazines. has written a four-act
play entitled Rust. which has Just been
published in book form by the Broadway
Publishing Company.
Rust is modern society drama.
The scenes are laid IN and around a
Connecticut country club. and the char
acters are mainly OF the so-calied smart
set The central figure Is q young woman
whoee husband devotes himself to busi-
ness and fails to take his wife into his
confidence. she is the daughter Of bril-
liant business man. ana yearns TO be the
confldante and business helpmate OF her
husband. While playing at politics dur
ing the campaign fol the country club
officers. the wife becomes associated In
3 speculative business way with q real
estate promoter OF somewhat shady
methods. This association leads to Eeri-
Gus complications. which are ultimately
unkangled, bringing about closer union
ana deeper understanding between hus-
band and wife.
The comedy abounds IN bright Dialogue.
e7d while The touch OF the amateur
aEamatizt IS evident IN the halldins up
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COMING ATTRACTIONS.

The Columbia Players will return to
the field Of farce next Monday evening.
and present throughout the week on the
stage of the Columbia Theater one OF
the most delightful farcicaI offerings that
has graced the American stage in many
years, What Happened to Jones' The
play is in three acts. and is one of the
best concoctions of that = master farceur.
George H. Broadhurst whose royalties
from this play alone would have made
him a wealthy man. 1t was produced
originally in New York nearly fourteen
years ago, but to-day is regarded as one
or the brightest and best farces ever
written The staging and the costuming
VIII be exceptionally fine, in the coming
production, for which the scenic artist
Of the company, Stephen Golding, is now
at work with a score of assistants.
''The Private Secretary. the clever
farce comedy in which William Gillette
won his first great success, win be pre-
sented at the Belasco Theater next week
by the Vagabonds. THE Private Secre-
tary'' Is probably the best known and
most successful farce comedy produced
during the last thirty years, and immedi-
ately after its original production was
played in almost every civilized country
on the face OF the globe. The story Of
the play deals with the efforts Of blus-
tering uncle, Mr.. Cattermole. to make
his nephew. Douglas Cattermole, SOW his
wild oats while he is young. Old CATER
mole has never seen his nephew. and by
curious coincidence young minister is
mistaken for him. The uncle visits his
nephew, finds the clergyman. whom he
believes to be his nephew, and is so dis
gusted that he disowns him. The various
complications follow one another so fast
that 1t is almost impossible to keep up
with the brisk action Of the comedy. FL
nally. however. young Cattermole Is ex-
posed and the uncle learns to his delight
that his nephew Is Just the sort OF a
young scamp that he really wanted.
A novelty act has been engaged for
the Cosmos bill OF next week that sounds
especially inviting during the present
heated term. ''Enoch. the Man Fish"
This Is said not to be the Usual tank
act but a really remarkable exhibition
Of under water feats such as. cornet
playing, eating. smoking. drinking. par
ing an apple. revolving hoops. tricks.
juggling, and many others. Enoch holds
the worlds record for underwater en-
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THE WEEKS PLAYBILLS.

BelascO-AThe Merchant of Venice.H
The Belasco Theater stock company,
the vagabonds, will this week present
shakespeare's comedy. ''The Merchant OF
Venice" This will be the first time in
recent years that stock company has
presented a shakespcarean play in
washington. Yet it is no unusual thing
for stock company to offer one OF these
plays as one OF their weekly offerings.
The plays which are most popular with
stock audiences are Romeo and JGliet," /"
Twelfth Night" and .'The Merchant of
Venice" Much, OF course, depends upon
the director and the experience Of the
company. II acquainted with the read
ing of blank verse the production of these
plays is not such serious effort as one
might suppose. The furnishing of a
weekly production seems to offer no
terrors, either, for the stage director.
The Belasco company Is particularly
wei suited, in the way of performers, to
giveSa capable and pleasing Shakespear-
can comedy. Lionel Belmore, the stage
director, owing to his long experience
with Irving. has an intimate knowledge
of the business" of ''The Merchant Of
Venice" Mr.. Belasco has proved his
producer Of various kinds OF plays but
It has been in the presentation OF Shake
|kspeare that he has had his greatest ex-
perience. It is doubtful If there is a
play producer ON the English-speaking
stage, with the possible exception, of
course, of Sir Beerbohm Tree, of Lon
don, who has had such a varied knowl-
edge Of Shakespeare's plays as has Mr..
Belmore
Charles Hopkins, who viii appear as
Shylock. was a valued member OF Ben
Greet's Shakespearean company, and so
has had a very considerable experience
in the reading Of blank verse. Nearly
every member of the company has had
experience with first-class companies IN
Lionel Belmore. while stage manager
with Irving, enacted such roles as Dun
can, in Macbeth" Kent, in Lear" and
with Miss Terry he was the Iago to her
Desdemona. Fuller Mellish played i'm
portant Shakespearean roles with Edwin
Booth, Mary Anderson, Sir Henry Irving.
Beerbohm Tree, and Viola Allen. Shell
don Lewis was for two years a member
OF Augustfn Dsly's company and sup
ported Miss Ada Rehan in presenting a
number of the bards dramas. He also
appeared with Creston Clarke, appearing
as the Ghost as well as the King in
Hamlet" Osborne Searle impersonated
Paris in Romeo and Juliet" with Kyrle
Bellew and Mrs. James Brown Potter.
Mrs. Hopkins has appeared in most OF
the important Shakespearean heroines
when a member of Ben Greet's COM
pany. Percy Standing lately appeared
as Bassanio In THE Merchant of Venice
with the New Theater Company of
Buffalo. The cast is as follows:
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| CoIumbia-sAn American Widow"
Washington will have its first oppoF-
tunity to enjoy Kellett Chambers highly
entertaining contemporary comedy, AN
American Widow" tomorrow night at
the Columbia Theater. AS the widow OF
q doting old millionaire who found her
working girl and left her the possessor
of millions, Miss Frances Nelson viii
have the opportunity OF exercising to the
fullest her taste for magnificent dress
ing, and the gowns OF the other mem
bers OF the company viii be in thor
ough keeping with the pace set by the
leading woman.
Laughter is the keynote Of ''An Amer
lean widow Not laughter that is
teased out of an audience by cheap stage
tricks, but laughter that Is drawn out
spontaneously and naturally by situa-
tions and, speeches that are funny. The
whole action revolves around the widow.
who, on the day she abandons mourning,
is about to announce her engagement to
fortune-seeking Englishman, the Earl
OF Dexminster. At this moment sec
ond viii is discovered under the pro-
visions of which, in the event her Sec
ond husband Is other than an American,
she is to forfeit everything. and the
property Is to become the inheritance of
a nephew. Not willing to forego her
thoroughly American desire for title,
in moment Of inspiration she enters
into an agreement with a young man to
marry her. leave her on emerging from
the church. and IN due course OF time,
to permit her TO secure q divorce. AS
the VIII has no stipulations concerning
q third husband. she hopes thus to Sc
cure the fortune and the title
The nephew and his lawyer try to con-
vince her that such action viii be fraudu-
lent. but she is obdurate until she
awakens to the fact that the man she
has married Is e particularly fine eei-
low, and a genius After falling in love
with him she Is willing to forego- her
desire for title. and, in the Languages
Of the story book. they live happily ever
after
Everett Butterfield win be cast as the
Earl of Dexminsser and A. H Van
Bdren as the 6fable and obiiRing young
genius Jasper Mallory, part originally
played by Frederick Berry IN addition
tae cast VIII include arthur Richie, as
the japanese servant Charlie: Nina Mel
vile. as the ptIma donna, Nine Abalonl
whose studied italian accent Ia moments
Of excitement q lost II a broad xrl7h
brosue Emelle Melville. as the mother.
Mrs o'1eary: John AE Kline. as Al
pl1tus TutWIier: George ". Barber. he
Teddy Bacon, IN whose house near safe-
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25
..H4E2 !lIFiEs;;sMI1Ss.
llla5lIal!El lsaisE
Columbia" a Potent Name.

Stanley James, of the Columbia forces.
has become a philosopher. He has con-
vInced himself that nothing succeeds like
success, and that no evidence Of success
is quite so satisfying or convincing as the
tribute of imitation-unless that to be
found in a glowing box office statement.
backed by a fat bank account. Mr..
James is most democratic In his tastes
and habits, and may frequently be
found in the early evening sitting out on
the sidewalk on Twelfth street, just in
front of the stage entrance, enjoying the
evening breezes-and other things that
fiutter.
From the manner in which establish
ments are availing themselves OF the
mystic halo that carries success to the
name Columbia this section of the city
might well be termed the Columbia dis
trict''' he soliloquized. Without leav-
ing my chair 1 can count two Columbia
candy stores, two hotels that are In
course Of erection by the Columbia Hotel
Company, two Columbia barber shops,
two Columbia dairy lunchrooms. a Co
lumbia bank, a Columbia title company,
and host of other institutions, all OF
which are apparently prospering. Even
the dry goods stores and haberdashertes
are falling for the name, and there Is
hardly an establishment where one VIII
not find one or more attractive articles
prominently displayed with Columbia
sign attached to them. Between you and
me-" he concluded, Il have half q mind
to take advantage Of the absence OF
middle initial and make my name read
hereafter, stanley Columbia James as
from my two years experience here am
convinced that nothing can fail in Wash
lngton that has the name attached to
It."
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25
Cosmos Sunday Concert.

To-day's concert programme at the Cos
mos will be unusually inviting. owing to
the addition of two acts to those selected
from last weeks show. Both the acts are
new to Washington audiences - Sybil
Deane. a versatile singing comedienne,
and the Armand Brothers, in a novelty
musical act with comedy features. Other
acts are Tucker. double-voiced singer and
violinist: Fraley and Abbott, character
singing condolences, and the Guatemala
Banda Marimba in new repertoire. The
orchestral numbers include the Ray
mond" overture, Thomas; descriptive fan
TASTE, AN Auto Ride" with all effects
selections from ''Cavaleria Rusticana,"
and excerpts from Puccini's new opera,
The, Girl of the Golden West
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Belmore:s Hat.

When Lionel Belmore, the stage d.
rector of the Belasco Stock Company
THE Vagabonds," was a boy back in
England he wore a topper, otherwise
silk hat, stove pipe, or beaver-just
as you like. Belmore was very proud of
this title and that is where this story
comes in. 1t is not an unusual thing for
an English boy to wear a topper-in fact
all school boys don them. However.
when BeImore was a youth he was an
exceptional French scholar. His father
was the proprietor of a well-known
English circus, and during its travels in
France. young Lionel picked up the
language. So is was that he became the
interpreter. and 1t may well be imagined
that young Belmore's shiny top hat
carried considerable weight.
The Belmore show travelled by wagon
One day It showed at St Cloud and the
next at Paris. Near Paris there is a
very steep hill with steep banks. Young
Belmore drove one of the wagons out of
ST. Cloud, and just before coming to the
hill in question, he gave up the reins
and took to his bed. This bed was moth
ing else than the manger of the wagon,
which contained a trained bull. On the
roof of the wagon Young Belmore hung
his hat, the pride of his life, and the
wonder Of the French people. All went
well for a time, but going down the
hill in question the driver fell asleep.
As may very well be imagined, this was
no place for the driver OF heavy wagon
containing "a trained bull to fall into the
arms of Morpheus. 1t was wrong. more
over, when it is further considered that
inside the wagon there was a young man
who owned a particularly shiny hat, 1t
was criminal. But the driver did not
think of any of these things. He wanted
to sleep and to sleep ne went. When
the wagon arrived at the middle of the
hill a dog, who did not like horses ran
out into the road. II is evident that the
horses did not care for dogs, for to
get out of the way Of this one the
horses dashed of the side Of the hill
Over and over went the horses, wagon.
trained bull. Belmore. and his silk hat
Landed at the bottom of the hill the
cage was opened and out popped Bel
more without a scratch. Then the train
ed bull was dragged out and on one of
his horns reposed Belmore's hat Some
body asked Belmore II he was hurt and
he replied: Hurt. nothing; but look what
that bull did to my hat" 1t was sad
day for Belmore!
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25
The Virginia.

To-day is the last day at the Virginia
Of that wonderful picture Rome Un-
der Nero" which portrays the reign of
this terrible monarch. shows his intrigues
with wicked Poppaeia, the casting of OF
beautiful Octavia, the massive Roman
palaces. the feasts and dances, the great
Coliseum, the burning of the Christians,
and as a final spectacle the burning OF
Rome. The picture is said to have cost
$25, 600.
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seconds. at Lowell, Mass, in S6, having
never been equaled. His exhibition Is
made in a plate glass tank. set In the
front Of the stage and without any ap-
paratus OF any kind, visible or invisible.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25

Washington every ten minutes between
7:30 and $50. at Twelfth street and Penn
sylvania avenue, and the return schedule
is correspondingly convenient.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25

Emelie Melville is considering a hatter-
ing offer to make Washington her per-
manent home, and may settle down here
with her daughter Nina, the two being
among the most popular members OF the
Columbia company. It is proposed to
open a school Of acting, and place Mrs
Melville in charge of it.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25

Of the principal situations. there Is much
OF interest in the play and excellent
chance Of its success when staged. which.
It Is understood. is to be done this fail.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25

A moisture. gas and even explosion
proof telephone for use In mines has been
Invented.