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The Sentinel=record., 1911-09-20
THE HOTEL PUTNAM

Just rebuilt remodeled and refurnished. American plan. All modern eonveniences. steam heat. stationary wash stands in every room. Bath. Hot and cold running water. call bells. electric lights. Night and day service. All outside rooms
 RATES -S7.o0 and up per week. %& A S-s. .sHE8 One block to bath houses Half block to Rock Island depot, postoifice and audi torinm theatre. Centrally located Special rates Co families.
 DENTON ( puaNELI, Props.
 Telephone 62s
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The Sumpter Is one of the \
 best < I ONE DOLLAR X DAY : Hotels In Hot Springs. 1. Half block from Bath < House Row. Good rooms | and table the best from . Williams truck farm and 3 poultry dairy. You get \ the best and get 1t fresh < goods. ' Try Us For One Day al $l.OO [ House has been renovated and h refurnished. Special attention to InvaIIds and '
 crlppIes.
 Take Cooper Bros bus direct to \
 the sunpter and have fare re- 4 funded.
 0. ". WATSON, PropTlai0rs. s i. . a = s> us s = s. .~ q. ns aa sw a ..
The Sentinel=record., 1911-09-20
DELMAR HOTEL

American and European .=- brick building, thoroughly moderh a0 large airy outside rooms. Steam heat lectric lights call bells. centrally locat- d blocks from Rath Hassse 1e.-, E: ..h; most beautiful resident district of Hoi 3prings. Moderate Rates.
 ]. H' PAINTER, Prop.
 Cor. cuapa~ sno Market.
 aATESs kf to k1O osr week.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-09-20
THH MOST A1oDHEN HOTMI. IN EoT SIP

200 RoomS with Hot and Cold running water, and Telephone. Fifty Rooms with Private Baths and Toilets.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05

laundryman, of Four-and-a-hah street,
had purchased a lot adjoining his prop
erty.
Clerk No. grabbed 1t up and carefully
recorded 1t. He noted the number of the
lot, and all other details. He smiled
vaguely as he read on the outside of the
title that Ching ambitiously hoped to
erect a joss house on his newly-purchased
property, and would make building ar
rangements soon.
Then he opened the deed, uttered a sin
gle wild Shrek, and tottered toward the
window. Clerk No. ran to his assist
anc. ... .s--.- ..'
Look" moaned No. 1; look at this
damphool thingr'
No. 2 looked, and beheId a solid page
of what seemed to be Chinese characters.
Instead of the specifications of various
kinds, required by law, was a conglom-
crate mixture of scrawIs and circles.
For an hour the two clerks held the
deed" at every conceivable angle trying
vainly toNget a single intelligent thought
from its contents. The more they strug-
gled the more indecipherable the paper
became. Finally voice called them over
the telephone, and exclaimed that the
deed was a ''joke"
How much of joke it is, the perpetrat-
or will find out If he makes himself
known at the office of the register of
deeds.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
THIS DRUGGIST GUAR
ANTEES AN ECZEMA
REMEDY

We have been in business in this town
for some time, and we are looking to
building up trade by always advising our
patrons right.
the eczema remedy and that we stand
back of II with the manufacturers IRON
clad guarantee, backed by ourselves, you
can depend upon II that we give our ad-
vice not I'm order TO sell a few bottles
of medicine to skin sufferers, but be-
cause we know how it will help our
business II we help our patrons.
We keep in stock and sell all the well
known skin remedies. But We will say
that: II you are suffering from any
kind of skin trouble, eczema, psoriasis,
rash, or tetter, we want you to try a, full
size bottle of ID. ID. d. Prescription.
And II II does not do the work, this
bottle win cost you nothing. You alone
AEain and again we have seen how a
few drops OF this simple wash applied
to the skin takes away the itch in
stantly. And cures all seem to be per-
b. D. ID. Prescription. made by the
d. ID. ID. Laboratories, OF Chicago, Is
composed of thymol. glycerin. oil Of
winfergreen, and other healing, soothing.
crazy with Itch, you will feel soothed
and cooled, the Itch absolutely washed
away, the moment you applied this
we have made fast friends of more
than one family by recommending this
remedy to q skin sufferer here and
there, and we want you to try It now
Henry Evans, 1905 r street northwest.
Afiecks Drug Stores.
Peoples Drug store, Seventh street and
Massachusetts, avenue northwest.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
FORBIDDEN DRAMAS
NOT FOR CAPITAL
Playhouse Bans Plays Bos.
ton Woman Will Present.
SHOCKING, SAYS ARCHIBALD
Member of Executive Committee of
Washington Society Theater De-
cIares the Suppressed Works of
shaw, fbsen, and Others Would
Prove Miserable Failures.

Washington's amateur theatrical circles
are in no danger of being shocked by
the presentation in private playhouses Of
showR which are suppressed at public
theaters. Quite stir has been caused
in Boston bys the announcement that a
prominent amateur theatrical woman
VIII soon erect a private theater for the
presentation of forbidden dramas, and
when the news reached Washington a
few persons were curious as to whether
such policy is likely to be introduced
in the Washington Playhouse, at 1874 N
street
James r. J. Archibald, member of the
executive committee Of The Playhouse,
Washington's foremost amateur. theater,
stated positively last night that no such
policy will be followed. He said that, be-
sides shocking the patrons Of the the
ater, such forbidden dramas as, for In
stance, the suppressed works of G. Ber-
nard Shaw, Granville Barker, Eugene
Brieux, Ibsen, and Bernstein, would also
prove miserable failures.
RepuIsive to Americans.
Such dramas could never be intro
duced at The Playhouse said Mr..
Archibald. Americans feel ashamed of
themselves when they attend in Ameri-
ca any play about which there is the
least touch of vulgarity. It becomes
soTdid at once. It is repulsive to them.
But abroad 1t is different Let an
American witness the same play across
the seas and he will consider nothing
improper-nothing will seem repulsive.
Matter of Location.
Abroad. as for instance, is Paris, Ber-
lin, and Vienna, the American interprets
the play in the atmosphere Of art and
fails to see anything vulgar in It. It is
because Of the carnival spirit. In Amer
lea this spirit is lacking, and for that
reason We overlook the beauties of art
and fix our attention on what may be
suggested or what may be interpreted
in vulgar sense We are a nation Of
commercialism, and everything is meas
ured according to that standard.
Modesty Is purely a matter Of geog-
raphy. 1t varies as the artistic atTnos-
phere varies. Abroad Americans think
nothing improper Of piece of nude stat
uary, but let them gaze upon the same
piece OF work in the United States and
they will shrink away from 1t with a
feeling of shame.
Matter of Location.
The effects of the carnival and lack
of carnival spirit goes further than mere
ly the drama and sculpturing. A woman
dancing on a table at a Washington ho-
tel would cause almost a riot, but such
a performance at a Partisan cafe would
be considered not the least improper. 1
There need be no fear OF such plays
being staged at The Playhouse. The the
ater has a COMMITTEES which considers
every play before it is permitted to be
presented. If anything is found in plays
which is likely to shock the modesty OF
the average American those plays are
excluded
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05

sneaks away while the sneaking is good.
They really haven't changed so much.
It's those new, short-visored, turn-up-
in-the-front lids they wear that gives
them the appearance of well-fed German
army officers. Until Maj. Sylvester fur
nished the new hats the helmeted DO
licemen were almost human. Now
Well go talk to one of them and see the
reception you get.
When one of those new military hats
gets at a street crossing 1t is more eff
fective than thirteen-lnch gun in regu-
lating traffic. A horse walks up to the
hat, takes one good look, and collapses
on his launches, while he snorts af-
frightedly.
The hardened automobile speed iend
used to wave a taunting hand at the old
helmets. Now. as he passes the dignified
caps, he removes his hat and slows down
to two miles an hour
And the policemen like them, too
They give us more dignity" explained
Sergt. Lee yesterday, as he took OF his
chapeau and patted it. They give more
of the air of the hors de combat, as the
French say. Personally, I don't quite
understand why they put a catcher's
mask inside the hats to serve as a frame
woPk. But then these hats need lot
Of understanding
Didn't you feel funny on the first two
or three days2' Sergt. Lee was asked
YEP" he replied, "but soon got
over II. L don't think any of us will be
really surprised until somebody takes a
swing at our heads and instead OF hit
ting an air cushion helmet drives those
wire spikes into u.s."
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
SAVES TOTS FROM DOG.

Policeman Walter Bitten as He
Grasps Chinese Poodle.
In a spirit of heroic duty that banIshed
all thought Of his personal safety. Po-
liceman A. L. Walter, of the Third pre-
cinct, grasped a Chinese poodle which he
saw jumping at several children In Con-
necticut avenue and was bitten on the
hands and arms. Hearing the screams
of the little ones. Walter ran to their
assistance. The animal turned on the
policeman and bit at him viciously.
Walter managed to hold on to the dog
and succeeded In earring It to the Third
precinct station. In the meantime the
children disappeared. Then the police
man went to the Naval Medical School
Hospital and had his injuries treated.
The dog probably win be turned over to
the Bureau of Animal Industry to de-
termine whether 1t is a victim of rabies.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
HE WAS EAGER TO "JINE"
THE YOUNGPROBATIONERS
Youthful Sambo Furnishes Illustration of "Clubs"
Popularity. = =

More than 100 young probationers gath
cred at the Juvenile Court yesterday to
receive their bi-weekly instructions. The
probation list is so large, containing ap-
proximately LOO children, that the young
sters have to be handled in installments
of 100.
The probationers were addressed by
Judge William H. De Lacy, John Dillon,
chief probation officer, and Miss Hill, Of
New York, a graduate of Vassar College,
who is making a study of economic ques-
tions.
The boys appear to like Chief Probation
Officer Dillon, and to them the bi-weekly
visits are anxiously awaited. Miss Jean
King, assistant probation officer, tells of
an experience, which well illustrates the
popularity of the probation system.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
'''Hobo's Rest" a Haven.

consideration of the city's parks
would never be complete without men,
ticn of the particular park which might
be termed "Hobos Rest" AS a matter
of fact this park has no name. 1t is
the little triangle that separates Penn
sylvania avenue from E street, between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets north
west
Amy autumn afternoon as you cross
this speck Of green in the city's heart
you will see one, half dozen, or half a
score of the ragged, unshaved denizens
of nowhere, lolling on the little benches,
reading fragments of newspapers or
gazing stolidly at nothing.
Perhaps one Of them will sidle over
and humble something about your kind
face and education, coupled with the
suggestion of 10 cents and coffee. But
these cases are rare. The professionally
idle man is only safe in this park, as
long as he sticks to his chosen vocation
and remains idle.
They remain until dusk, and then, one
by one, they shamble of, heaven knows
where. After a time some tired woman
may rest on a bench for a moment.
Then will come a much-boiled person
who viii waver about, look at the South
ern Railway clock, and proceed aun-
steadily on his way. Always by l o'clock
a. m, the park is deserted.
Thus 1t remains in the few days in
tervening before the winters snow and
biting winds drive all but the hardest
to their firesides.
And then comes the season of deser-
ton when the parks, left to the men,
ories of Indian summer, doubtless Won
der at the poor, petty human being who
dares not seek nature save when she
smiles at him.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05

amid the piles of leaves in a true spirit
Of cosmopolitan abandon.
Half dozen embassies and legations
are represented there The youngest son
of Chinese SECRETARY violently tags the
son of a South American diplomat on the
back and is chased wildly across lawn
and pathway.
Policemen Are Lenient.
There is another distinctive park-one
that might be called the Boys Reserva-
tion-miles away from the haunts of
young diplomacy. This is the old. old
Lincoln Park, along East Capitol street,
which has come to be known as the only
place where you can yell at a policeman
and arrange large nocturnal parties with
out being disturbed. =
Here of an autumn afternoon the boys
of the ID street gang'-a crowd that has
made history IN eastern Washington
will gather in the fond hope that the I
street bunch will drift along. You'll find
them there any afternoon. If they are
yelling like Indians and romping all over
the place you may pass in safety. But
If they are very quiet and seem respect
full, look out; particularly il you happen
to carry a cane or wear a funny hat.
The autumn season finds the clans Of
youngsters in the very heights Of ac-
tivity, and when thirty full-grown Aneri-
can boys are in the height of activity
but why be obvious?
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05

One day several weeks ago, just before
a probationers' meeting convened, a lit
tie colored fellow walked up to Miss King,
and catching hold of her skirt, said.
Miss King, has a fren' here dat wants
to tell you somefn'."
We'll, my little man." said the assist
ant probation officer, glancing at the dl-
minuttve black-faced boy in company
with the spokesman, what have you to
say?''
Say, lady" replied the ''fren'," looking
up at Miss King, can jne de clubP'
The youngster was given a probation
er's card, and although he has never been
arraigned before the Juvenile tribunal and
has never been placed on probation by
Judge De Lacy, he regularly attends the
oi-weekly meetings. The "fren, was
present yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE BY GAS.
Jacob Buss, Aged seventy-One, Is
Found Unconscious by, Wife.

Jacob Buss, Aged Seventy-One, Is
Found Unconscious by, Wife.
Locking himself in the bathroom os
his home at 301 Thirteenth street south
east. Jacob Buss, seventy-one years old,
attempted to end his life by inhaling-
illuminating gas yesterday afternoon.
The timely discovery Of the aged man,
who was found in an unconscious condi-
tion, probably thwarted his purpose. At
Casualty Hospital. where he was re-
moved, physicians last night said that
he has a slight chance to recover. He
regained consciousness late last night.
Shortly after noon his wife left him.
sitting in the parlor. He was apparent
" in the best OF spirits. Returning homo.
several hours later Mrs. Buss detected
the odor Of gas and on Investigating
discovered the unconscious form of her
husband
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05

throughout the scholastic year, having for
its object the development of the art Oh
public speaking among its members.
The West End W. c. T. U. held their
meeting for October the evening OF the
30th in the Union NJ. E. Church, with
Mrs. Z. w. Cheeseman. the newly elected
president, in the chair. The Scriptures
were read by Miss Mary Graham, and
Mrs. Clinton Smith led in prayer. Re-
ports Of the last meeting were read and
accepted. Mrs. Anson s. Taylor was
elected superintendent Of the Christian
citizenship department, and Mrs. West
colt superintendent of the Sunday school
temperance work, for the coming year.
1t was voted to allow Miss Grace Durn-
baugh the sum of 50, to be used in the
flower mission department. The sum of
81 was allowed to Mrs. Bradley Of
the literature department, and to Mrs.
Earle, of the red letter day department,
to aid in special work. 1t was announced
that Hon. Seaborn Wright would speak
on the subject of temperance in Wash
ington in the month Of January.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
POLICEMEN WEARING
MILITARY LOOKING
CAPS ARE DEBONAIR

Have you noticed
Washington's new
crop of major gen.
erals?
They used to, go
by the n a m e of
policemen, and the
taxpayer walked
up to them and
debonairly fire d
questions at them
or Dor row ed
matches with free
dom and good-fel-
] o W S hip. Now
when he m e e I 8
one Of them, he
either apologies
or cuts over to
the other side of
the street and
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
EFFORT TO REGISTER
CHINESE DOCUMENT
PROVES A FAILURE

Almost any kind
of a realty title can
be understood by
the clerks in the
office of register of
deeds, providing it
is legal, musty, and
has plenty\of seals
and red tape on 1t.
The b oys down
there are great lit
tie title-ixers. And
they really enjoyed
the job until last
Thursday. W he n
some cheerful per-
son introduced the
one and only docu-
ment that no hui
man being could
understand
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
Revolution I'm Nicaragua.

Another revolution in Nicaragua is re-
ported IN Official dispatches to the State
Department yesterday. kilograms from
Managua say that Gen. Chamorro, who
fed several months ago, is now back in
the republic, and that the movement
threatens the present administration.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05

The clerks were having happy pleas
ant time last Thursday. No. / was
wrestling with a title which seemed TO
embraces all branches OF the human fam
lily. No. 2 was trying TO decipher sig
nature. While work was at It's height a
messenger strolled in with a heavy docu-
ment-large and bulky. and wide. It was
literally smeared with red ink, and SEEM
ed to be all right. On the outside was the
announcement that Ching Hung Low 4
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
"MUM" SHOW SUCCESSFUL.
More Than 2,SOo Persons visit Hot
houses Daily.

With the end OF the chrysanthemum
show given by the Bureau OF Plant In
dustry of the Department Of Agriculture
but . few days on. the oficials last night
issued statement announcing 1t to have
been great success from every stand
point
1t was announced that more than 2,soc
persons have daily visited the hot houses
at Fourteenth and B streets northwest.
where the show Is being held. The floral
display was even more elaborato than
any offered IN rscsnt yearA
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
BtGAM1sT GETS TWO YEARS.
Vernon M. schooley Sentenced to
the Penitentiary.

Vernon NJ. schooley. a Loudaun County
farmer. who pleaded guilty in the Dis
trict Supreme Court to charge OF big
amy, was sentenced by Justice Anderson
Friday to serve two years in the peni-
tentiary.
Schooley was first married in 1907. After
living several years with his wife he went
West, leaving her at their home IN LOU
doun County. On his return he married
the second woman. who lived In Ana
costa, and who later discovered his du-
plicity. She said her husband had ex-
hibited q paper purporting 70 be . divorce
issued BY q Western court
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
Minister Eiastein An Charre.

Minister Eiastein, who was recently
named to represent this government al
Costa Rica, has wired the State Depart
ment that he is now In charge Of the le-
CATION.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
Cbri,tma. Art Bazaar Planned.

A Christmas art bazaar will be held at
Bruen Home, 1900 o street northwest,
November and 9. from to 10 p. m. A
large collection of fancy work, most Of
which was wrought by the children Of
the home, will be on sale.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
Snatches of Conversation.

And this is the conversation that
makes old William Tecumseh Sherman
wabble on his horse:
Yes. sir. When we started for that
hill, Grant said to me-he always called
me by my first name, you know-'Jim,
he said, If you can get those men !"
Then placed ten thousand on the
black. The banker looked at me for a
minute and started to turn down the
bet, but
"They told me afterward that my
speech was what carried New York City,
but ..
And the falling leaves, dropping one by
one, seem to sorrow with the old-timers
In the decadence that has made great
feats no longer possible.
A little of Lafayette Park goes long
way. Thence the searchers after light
may stroll northward until he reaches
Farragut Square-a block of beautifully
kept lawn and flowers entirely surround
ed by the homes of aristocracy.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
Hoi Polloi Absent,

Everything here is quiet. The children
who play are the youngsters who do not
indulge in the wild rantings of hoi polloi.
They are the sons and daughters Of bank
ers, lawyers, high class merchants, and
chiefs-and they know 1t. The richly clad
babies, seated in carriages beside their
nurses, look solemnly around as If they
imagined mother had bought and paid
for the day for their especial benefit.
Farther northward, there Is another
park which might be known as the
meeting place of the nations" Go there
on an afternoon and you find the chill
dren OF the legations. youngsters from a
dozen different climes. gamboiing together
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05

Largest Morning Circulation.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
By JAMES FRANK LYMAN.

a SUMMER wends its lonesome
way over the Hills of Nowhere
~ and the dying leaves of red and
gold and brown furnish the
city's pIodding white wings with a con-
slant cause for sorrow, Washington's
parks in all sections of town become the
mecca of the idle.
1t is doubtful whether the first golden
days of spring bring out larger throngs
than do the last hours Of harvest time'
when the smoky haze of Indian summer
warns that winter is almost at hand
AS if they sought final comfort from
their beloved parks, Washingtonians of
the classes and the masses, of all ages
and unnumbered conditions of servitude,
crowd the benches and the lawns.
Age and Youth There.
There are the babies, tiny and joyous,
who crawl amid the flying leaves. There
are the children, rollicking in the huge
piles of leaves. There are the old ladies
and gentlemen, eminently respectable,
who sit for hours on benches and dream
happily of other autumns when the world
was younger and altogether more desira-
BILE. There are last of all. the unem-
ployed, that giant army which either be-
cause of misfortune or Indifference, live
on and on without the necessity of work.
To understand the individuality of the
city park in autumn-or at any other
time, for that matter-requires the train
ed habitue; the man who visits and re-
visits the various pleasant places and
learns through nature the varied moods
and habits of the gTegarious human
mind. AS with a dog, so with park
Give it a bad name and hang it, or a
good name and let it prosper.
Resorts of HAS Beens."
Lafayette Park and Sherman Square,
for instance are the Indian summer re-
sorts of that pitiful group which the
blase Capital terms the has beens."
The man who once was a confidant of
Mark Hanna, the man who fought in the
Confederacy and was conquered, even
as he was in the larger battle of life;
the old gambler and the man who had
money to spend-aIl these and others you
grouped about on the park benches and
thing to turn up. Summer doesn't find
them in their favorite benches. When
the weather was warm they remained on
the porch Of some hotel, or, better yet,
near the inner entrance of the bar while
keeping a keen eye open for any pros
pective buyer. But the cool days bring
them forth again-minus the few whom
a twelvemonth has seen go.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05

a SUMMER wends its lonesome |
~ way over the Hills of Nowhere |
~ and the dying leaves of red and |