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The Washington times., 1911-10-14
MORE "ENGLISH AS SHE Is
WROTE"

\ Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Barry, superin.
tendent Of the United States Military
Academy at West Point, has submitted
what is probably the most readable
report which any branch of the mill.
tary establishment will formulate this
year. Realizing that the details Of
instruction at West Point would be
rather dry reading, he has injected
into the heart of his report some OK.
tracts from the examination papers of
candidates who, on the day after our
great national Holiday, took the exami.
nation for admission TO the academy.
The requisites for admission, so far
as history and literature are con-
cerned, are very clear and explicit.
Any youth who had received an ap-
pointment to West Point might have
brushed up enough to acquire "a fair
knowledge of the names of the most
prominent English and American au.
thors, and of the names of their prin-
cipal works." They might have taken
a hasty glimpse at history before en-
tering the examination room, and
fitted themselves better than they
apparently did. !
But if they failed to display that
mental equipment which the military
examining board thought necessary
to qualify them for admission, they at
least contributed, unconsciously, some
of the choicest bits of humor since
that ingenious work, English As She
Is Wrote" 1t would be impossible to
reproduce any great amount of the
spelling which seems to be the favorite
OF the candidates in question, but there
are signs that they have--uncon-
sciously, perhaps-come under the in.
fluence of that phonetic propagandist,
Mr.. Brander Matthews.
The gems of literature and history,
however, are easier to hand around,
and they are rough diamonds, all. 1t
will come as surprise to most stu.
dents to learn from these West Point
candidates that Robert Burns was an
Englishman of wealth, whose system
was depleted by overwork in his youth.
That Walt Whitman is still one of the
most entertaining writer's for the
newspapers is also somewhat startling,
since it had been generally supposed
that the author of Leaves of Grass"
has been reposing Hereunder for quite
few years. 1t may be a sly boost
for "Uncle Walt" Mason, however.
Nebuchadnezzar - well, one would
think that everyone knew, as Father
Prout put it, that
They cut off his allowance of praties
And left him to Craze on the banks of
Euphrates.
And yet he is written down as having
"given Egypt good start" So what
is fame?
In response to very definite ques-
tion, one candidate informs the exam
lining board that while Napoleon was
defeated at the battle of Waterloo, the
defeat was merely an oversight on
his part As naive as Bret Harte's
story of the playwright who excused
himself for having no plot in his play
by declaring that he forgot all about it.
When the next quota of candidates
comes up for examination 1t might be
good idea to have department of
humor in readiness, and place in it all
those who start life by furnishing the
world SO much innocent amusement.
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Amusenents.

Amusements.
National-Kitty Gordon In ''The En-
chantress," 2:15 and S:15 p. m.
Belasco--. Madame X" 2:15 and $40
Columbia--'"rhe Girl in the Text" els
Chase's-Poiite vaudeville. s:15 and s:l5
d. m.
Casino-Eiite vaudeville. 2:15 s;45. 7:l5.
and 8 p. m.
Cosmos Continuous vaudeville. to II
d. m.
Majestic-"East Lynne" afternoon and
evening.
Academy-"The Man Between" 2:l5 and
s:l5 p. m.
Gayety-"The World Of Pleasure" 2:l5
and 8:15 y. m.
Lyceum-'rhe Pacemakers." ais and
Sis p. m.
Arcade skating. bowling. and Llotion
pictures.
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their intsresting memories Il the fact
i..at they were present when the first
locomotive was run on the Baltimore
ana Ohio railroad.
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ARMY.

Leave for three months is granted First
Lieutenant WALTER r. l.. HARTI-
GAN. Fourteenth infantry.
Major HENRY T. ALLEN. General
Allen, Vermont, ana Fort Robinson,
Nebraska, and make an Inspection
of the Tenth ana Twelfth Cavalry,
and upon the completion of this duty
Will return to his proper station.
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PATRIOTISM DIFFERS
FROM JINGOISM

Editor of The Times:
Patriotism means love of country
used as an abstract term, It does no,
mean my love for my country, or the
Englishman's for his. or the Filipino
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NAVY.

Captain N. r. USHER, detached Navy
Department. Washington. ID. c., 70
home and wait orders.
Lieutenant o. HILL, detached works
Eew London Ship and Engine Build
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Six Rules for Playwriters,
Only One Of Which
He Divulges.
SAYS LEAVE NOTHING
TO THE IMAGINATION
Everything in the Play Should Be
Enacted In View Of the
Audience.

In new role, now a. playwright In
stead OF writer OF verses, novelist and
artist of the new school OF painters
known a. '"rhe Wild Bessts Of Paris"
Gelett Burgess, author Of The Cave
Man." which ID to be next weeks offer-
ing at the New National. claims to
have discovered six rules for writing q
successful play. The proof OF them Will
be found in tho success OF this play
which he has called "satiric farce"
and in which Robert Edeson this season
makes his virtual debut as comedian.
Since the critics, thus far. have given
the piece almost unqualified praise. Ge-
lett Burgess six rules should stimulate
curiosity. 1t is q common New York
bromide" "a word invented by Burgess
himself. by the way), and any one who
can predict the success or failure OF
play from manuscript. could get q
salary Of 100000 year. Perhaps this is
what Mr.. Burgess Is holding out for.
Some one ought, to secure Il; why not
he as well as anybody?
Mr.. Burgess refuses to divulg9 more
than one OF the six rules which he says
he has discovered. This ia It: so simple
as to be practically an axiom, the au-
thor OF the Gave Man" lays down this
happen on the stage" 1t is easy when
the Playwright knows this. but how few
do! Cut out every bit of narrative and
see the effect. Cut out the story OF the
the explanatory material in the FIRST
act. and how few plays would survive?
OFTEN every act begins with a conyer-
sational description of what Is to hap
the act IL half over before the audience
has chance to get into the present
tense. Not only tins, but Mr.. Burgess
also applies this rule to most of the ef-
posed to be Witnessed by the actors,
through windows. What. in such a
case, would become Of the horse race in
The Sporting ,Duchess?" Where would
own play. "strongheart?" Indeed, no
actor would be allowed to say There
ne is now, coming down the lane"
which would ruin most comedies, and
all musical comedies. at any rate.
Gives General Rule On,
Showing Stage Effects. h.
Mr.. Burgess gives a still more general
rule which is this: AN effect should
never be shown on the stage without
showing Its cause, also" ~ 4
The he, drama should appeal to the eye
many ma ,snSOps psys depeSd aeS for ins;anse upon
those scenes.
.'Mr. Burgess points out also that few
telephonic conversations are truly re-
alistic, consisting almost always OF
merely repeating what comes over the
wire, by the lips of the recipint. in
stead OF suggesting what has been
transmitted. He suggests that one
listen to any telephone conversation in
real life. and so see exactly what he
means.
Mr.. Burgess goes on to say, who
knows what Mansfield meant by play
Ing double" Merely the acting of
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A worlds series ticket scandal vii
cast no blight soon, at least, upon the
fair sport escutcheon of Washington.
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Concerts Today
By the U. s. Engineer Band, at
Potomac Park, at p. m.
JIJI.IIJS KAMPER Ieadsr
JULIUS HAMPER. Leader.

PROGRAM.
March. Directing to Bangor" =. Hall
Overture. 1.-THE Beautiful Gslatea"
Suppe
Czardas. Der Geist des woiewoden"
Grossmann
Philippine waltz, "Pepay Chatting"
Araullo
oeiectioh, raust .Gounod
Excerpts from "The. serenade"
Herbert
Characteristic. ''siarnese Guard
Mount" ,....................... .Linke
''The star-spangled Banner"
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TIE very week Pauline. the White
House COW, leaves town, the price OF
butter advances 8 cents a pound.
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What's on the Program tn
Washington Today

Meeting of Patriarchs Militant, i. o. Q.
F., tonight.
Band, Potomac Park, p. m.
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More than one real estate office IL In
charge of stenographers today. The
brokers arc in New York.
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ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS

ing Company, Groton. Conn.,, to
Celtic as executive and navigator.
Litutensnt M, 8. CORNING. detached
charge Recruiting Station, Cleve-
land, Ohio to Salem as navigator.
Lieutenant II. r. SHOEMAKER to
charge Recruiting Station and
Branch photographic Office, Cleve-
land. Ohio
Ensign c. c. Gill, detached Idaho, to
duty aid on stan, commander Fifth
division. Atlantic Neet. on board
Washington.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Arrived-Peoria at Guantanamo. and
Patuxent at Lynnhaven BAY.
satied-Mohawk from Norfolk fvF
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= Here's an oninous sign for the street
railway companies-universal transfers
won in the school debate on Friday. the
18th
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Ten million cigarettes at one time was
quite a smoke.
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enough to conhne his madness to dog
days.
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TIMELY LETTERS TO THE TIMES MAIL BAG

an be on
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srPxEMBER CIRCULATION.
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ydsd By -. the number ot days sf publica-
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s0eptembef. ie1t. Includes s,los extra pAe
- sold On Labor Day and -, ~ extra pa
kert (Dsattie. vscdlctD sold on September Z
Deducting theas figures, the avsrags net cir-
sglssioe or esrtembef b shown TO have bssn
ts. Sunday.
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turned BY agents being eliminated. This
a1Noer. when divided By 1 the number Of
sundays during September, shows the INST
Sunday average for september 70 have been
W,loo. -.
Entered at the Postofrice at wasllinston,
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GATJJRnAv n(eTOpEp "A 1911
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Everybody hasn't gone to New York.
There are quite number who are sat.
isfied to go to the Laurel fair, where
the big events are being pulled on.
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ne number q complete ans perfect copies
Aurin6 the msnth Of September was ~ fol-
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A special order just issued provides
that army cooks no longer need be SOL
diers, but 1t Is quite certain that SOL
diers will frequently find 1t advantage
GUS to be cooks
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II Superintendent Frank Baker. OF the
Zoo, will hold that water wagon which
he has for sale until along about the
first Of the year, he ought to get a
I~etty good price for It.
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We not only have our own postal saw.
ings bank, but they are gradually en-.
circling us now. Three have been es-
tablished in Maryland and four in vir-
ginia within the past few days.
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Swatting the fly Is no longer a usual
pastime, but there are other things
necessary to keep a grocery store clean.
and the crusade still goes on to acquire
cleaner grocery stores ..r
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opinion would open the way to the
organization of vast community of
trusts, which would monopolize great
industries. He named many of them
years before they were formed: the
Meat trust, Lumber trust, Steel trust
etc.-and forecast that these would
come, and would bring problem which
would require all the power and pa
thence of the country to deal with.
But Harlan's counsel was rejected
the court wrote an opinion which stood
for many years as the practical nullif.
cation of the Sherman act. The trusts
were organized, their securities fioated
innocent purchasers invested in them
business was adjusted to the new
basis-and then the courts changed
front, Harlan's general position was
accepted, and the complex problem OF
today was suddenly precipitatedi
Harlan's dissenting opinion in tn,
knight case, had it been accepted by
the court, would either have prevented
the formation of many of the great
combinations whose legality is now
under assault, or else it would hay,
compelled the repeal of the Sherman
act in order that business might b.
given chance to develop in tbs
natural way. In any case, 1t would
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Golden weddings" pale into insignif-
canoe when compared with the record
of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. +. Krepps. who
have Just celebrated tho saventy-nrst
anniversary Of their wedding. Among
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Superintendent Davidson, Of the pub
lie schools, has once more shown his
wisdom and strong common sense by
advising the school children to read the
newspapers and keep up with current
events.
The Washington times., 1911-10-14

Miller cabin to its new site in Rock
Creek Park has been completed. The
Poet Of the Sierras should take q run
over and look at his early habitat.
The Washington times., 1911-10-14

Harry Fields now has a feeling SYM
pathy for Adam. A couple OF apples got
him into trouble. But then he shouldn't
have taken them from the fruit peddler
any more than Adam should have taken
that pippin from Eve.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-17
CUBANS FEAR FOR INDUSTRY
Oppose Sending of Desiccated
Sugar Cane Here.

Havana. Dec. ls.-lmmcnse interest is
being taken among sugar planters in the
experiment Of shipping large quantities OF
desiccated sugar cane 10 the United States
10 be reduced there instead OF IN Cuba
This Is TO be carried out during the sugar
grinding season beginning next week. Small
trial shipments were made last year with
success.
Some authorities on sugar manufacture
predict as result the ruin OF the sugar
mill Industry In cuba and the deterioration
OF millions Of dollars worth OF property IN
the shape OF mills with a great Increase
Of unemployment In some quarters there
is an agitation for an export duty on des.
located cane. but other authorities say that
az the new process will probably decrease
the cost Of sugar more will have 10 be
planted, and therefore the displaced labor
sill md employment In that direction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-17
SETBACK ON PARIS B0URSE
Reaction Due to Russo Turkish
Difficulty.
fBy Gable 10 The Tribune. ]

Paris, Dec. ia slight reaction has
set i'm on the Paris Bourse, owing to
threatened complications between Rus
STA and Turkey and TO reports that the
Ottoman government intends to employ
four hundred thousand troops in Asia in
support of Persia.
Meanwhile business is limited TO pro-
fessional dealings, neither the banks nor
the public being DESTROYS of entering into
new commitments before the holiday
season is over.
United States securities, notably Phila-
delphia and Virginia Chemicals, have
hardened. Russian industrials have de-
cIined and with the exception Of the
copper mining shares the whole market
Is very dull.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-17
WHITE FORCE IN PICKING
Legation Guards Now Aggregate
2,103-Russians Most Numerous.
CRUCIAL WEEK BEGINS
If Shanghai Conference Fails
Revolutionaries Will Attack
the Capital.

Washington. Dec. 16-The foreign troops
In peking az legation guards number Z'lo"'
or more than two-thirds of a full ARMY
BRIGADE according to to-day's report 10
tho state DEPARTMENT The force Is made
up as follows: Americans, go Ausuians'
Sc Belgians. I: British, SSS: frehch' gu
Germans. 12l: Italians, III; Japanese w.
Netherlands, IS, and Russians, SS''
Shanghai Dec. 1.-the coming week
will be the most notable in the history VI
the revolution in China. Tang Shao-Fl' u'e
lmperial plenipotentary appointed Dy re
mier Yuan Shih-kai to endeaVor 10 heso'i''.o
terms of peace with the revolutionarles' Il
10 arrive in Shanghai on sunday. TIC =
ACCOMPANIED 10y a suite of assistants M"
nersonal servants numbering no fewer t'an
eighty. The party Is making the No!dee
from Uankow I'm a chartered river boat
ON their arrival here they will have traN-
o,led about eight hundred miles along the
River Yang-Tse, which is patrolled by
score of revolutionary cruisers ana su"
boats. They will have passed undcr t'o
guns of a dozen we'll fortified points anu
will have touched numerous towns III '''o
possession of and governed by revolution
aries. Tang Shao-y will not, in fact nave
seen an imperial soldier or a yello" nab
since he left HankoW.
Four representatives OF General ii Yuan
heng. the revolutionary leader are udV-
cling or the same boat with Tang Shao-
vi and his party.
N-u Tlng-fang. former Chinese Minister a'
Washington. and recently selected as roi
e,en Minister of the republican Cabinet
who is directing the reception or lails
sbao-yi, will send two representatives u
meet the party at its landing at the settle
ment.
The municipality of Shanghai has offered
the town hall as place for the meetings. VI
the peace conference.
Should the conference at Shanghai rail-
TO reach an agreement the republican mill
tarv leaders are confident that they can
eventually take Picking. Many of these are
also irreconcilably opposed TO monarchy
and assert that a republic is inevitable.
Singapore, Dec. 16.-Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the
Chinese reformer. arrived here to-day, ana
WAS welcomed by throng of sympathizers.
Picking. Dec. ia. Hermann, the repre-
sentative of the China Inland Mission al
Picking. has returned here with twenty
three missionaries from Tai Yuan-fu. only
four missionaries now remain in the cen
trail part OF the Province of Shan-SL The
missionaries in Southern Shan-Si are also
getting away.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-17
ASQuTH'S MINISTRY
WAVES IN POPULARITY
Return Of Tariff-Reform Union
lists to Power Cannot Now
BE Long Deferred.
REACTION IN FULL FORCE
Belief General That Premier Will
Retire After Futile Attempt
to Concentrate Coalition
on Reform Bill.

London Dec. 1.-THE most haras-
sing and Iaborious session Of Parliament
since Gladstone's Home Rule struggle In
1899 has ended without any final pass
ages of partisan excitement. The naVai
prize bill has been the only failure TOT
the government. and that has not peeh
taken seriously. since the optimists ana
the altruists interested in the woriu
peace movement alone grieve over IT,
Otherwise the political engineers claim
credit for having cleared the line or all
distractions. The Prime Minister. by
means Of the Parliament act, has re-
moved the Lords block on the suprem-
acy ~ the Commons. Mr.. Redmond, by
forcing the ministers 10 enact their in
surance bill at maximum speed. has OBJ
tanned an exclusive right of way for the
Home Rule bill, which Augustine Biz
rell has already drafted. with Sir John
simons's help.
Finally, Joseph Chamberlain, whose in
ruence has been exerted with command
ing force since Mr.. Balfour's retirement
has cleared the Unionist line for tariff
reform by minimizing the Lords resist
snce 10 social reform measures and
leaving the ministers 10 carry the full
weight OF the unpopular and vexatious
insurance scheme Certainly there is no
lack of dynamic force in British paru-
sanship.
While the ministers have carried out
their programme with high hand, their
supporters are demoralized by factionai
feuds and dismayed by the storm OF
protests and indignation raised by the
Chancellor Of the EXchequer's complex
measure. There is no enthusiasm either
for Home Rule or for the disestablish-
ment of the Church in Wales. and a new
reform bill will divide both the Cabinet
and party. since woman suffrage cannot
be kept out Of the discussion.
Next Session Critical.
Liberal members confess that they
look forward 10 the coming session with
grave apprehension. The supremacy of
The House Of Commons has been estab-
Hshed. but the coalition is breaking up.
and nothing may be accomplished. There
is general expectation that Mr. AS
auith will retire from sheer WEAKNESS
after futile attempt to concentrate the
factions upon the reform bill.
This may bring on a sharp contest
between the supporters of Sir Edward
Grey and David Lloyd George for the
.uccession. Neither rival is so strong
Ss he was a year ago. Sir Edward has
lost the support Of considerable body
If Radicals by adhering to the entente
diplomacy introduced by Edward VII
and by Iack'of firmness in dealing with
Italy and Russia. Mr.. Lloyd George S
reputation as a fnancier and a social
reformer has been fatally impaired
when the country is in revolt against the
insurance system and the benefits Of his
land revaluation and taxes are not yet
evident.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-17
RESPECT MONROE DOCTRINE
Germans Oppose Active Partici-
patton of League in Brazil.

Berlin, Dec. 16.-The German Foreign
Office has taken stand. according TO Of
ficials OF the Pan German League. against
the leagues active participation in the pend
ing relief action for Germans suffering from
the recent floods at Blumenau. in the State
Of Santa Catarina, Brazil
The authorities at the Foreign ONCE were
Of the opinion that the leagues participa-
ton was undesirable, in view Of the prob
ability that 1t would be used as pretext
for reviving the myth OF Pan-German de-
signs on Brazil and opposition to the Mon
roe Doctrine The representative OF the
league has, therefore, Withdrawn from the
relief committee. and the league is organic
ing an independent subscription in aid OF
the sufferers
The German Emperor sent $500 in aid
Of the sufferers from the floods in March
last.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-17
AVIATION SHOW IN PARIS
Aeroplanes That Have Broken
Records in 1911 on View.
rRv Cable 10 The Tribune.

Paris. Dec. 16.-The third annual OK
hibition of aerial locomotion was opened
by President Fallieres to-day in the
Grand Palais of the Champs Elysees. and
presents one of the most graceful and
decorative sights ever seen here. Hun
dreds Of flying machines of every model
are suspended I'm the air, the distended
wings Of most Of them being colored in
harmonious tones Of rcd, yellow, green,
blue or purple.
One sees here the monoplanes and bi-
planes that performed 19l1s record
breaking events Of speed, altitude,
weight carrying and endurance. Those
most admired are the Newport mono
plane, that won the first prize in the
military contests at Rheims, and the
Breguet biplane, used by Breguet in his
fight from Casablanca 10 Fee.
A novel feature is the monoplane
Tubavion, made entirely of steel tubes
and pieces OF aluminium. all Of which
are interchangeable This all-metal
monoplane. which has accomplished
many successful flights. weighs only 26j
Kilograms when fully equipped for work.
There is a remarkable exhibition of
Gnome motors, one of the most striking
of which has force exceeding one hun
dred horsepower.
High up near the glass roof Of the
palace are three large dirigible balloons,
inflated and with their baskets and
motors in place and rope ladders reach
ing to platforms. enabling visitors to 90
OF board Of them.
This exhibition is far ahead of any
thing OF the kind yet held here, and re-
fleets great credit on its organizer, NJ.
Ernest Pelgree.