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The Washington herald., 1912-05-28
he third act must be seen to be appre-

the third act must be seen to be appre-
ciated. ...
But the appeal of the play last night
and the hold which II had upon the au-
dience was not due solely TO the art OF
the writer-the Buttsrheld Players were
in a large degree, responsible for tneir
work was uniformly good. remarkably
smooth for first night, and transcribed
any other production they have given
here this summer.
The performance marked the debut Of
a new leading man at the Lafayette
Square house-Franklin Richie. Cast In
the difficult and not highly colored role
Of the Rev. Linnell, the deus ex machina
who does his duty, settles wrongs, and
mends hearts with the same deft touches
Of his hands and heart, Mr.. Richie ex-
hibited an ability 10 handle his lines
and move his audience TO a sympathy
with his attitude that was much to
be commended.
Even in his somewhat melodramattc
lines near the conclusions Of acts two and
three he failed to rant, and the audience
recognizing this, responded with no less
than six curtain calls at the end Of the
third scene II Mr.. Richie is able to
continue in his future charactoriZations
the same deft aptitude which he exhibited
as the curate in The Hypocrites' he
will. indeed, be a most valuable acquisi-
ton to the cast.
In the role originally played by Jessie
MIllward, Jane Marbury had opportunity
for some excellent emotional work, and
her acting. despite the thanklessness OF
the part, carried its appeal to the audi
ence.
Everett Butterheld and Miss Glendin-
ming. as the betrayer and the betrayed,
respectively: Walter Wilson, in his usual
excellent character role; Frederick For
rester, as the rather INSCRIPTIONS law
yer; Alice Warren, as the village gossip,
and Nina Melville, as the fancee, COM
pIeted the cast OF what proved to be the
best written. best acted, and most COM
pelling production Of the Butterfield
season TO date.
\ company as welI-balanCed as the
present organization has shown itself TO
be needs only frst-cIass plays to make
II entirely effective-and these the man
agement has promised to provide: wit
ness the reigning New York success,
The Typhoon." next week
The Washington herald., 1912-05-28
Senator Root.

II is an evidence Of the Rooseveltian
rule or ruin policy that there is dis
position among his followers not to ac-
cept Senator Root as the temporary
presiding officer of the Republican Ma
tional Convention.
Senator Clapp OF Minnesota, who has
been selected as the exponent of the
Roosevelt view, is unquestionably a
most worthy, man, and doubtless enter
tains opinions on the theory of govern
ment which delight the radical mind.
1t is no disparagement of him to say,
however, that Senator Root ought to
be hOnored by his party with the brief
distinction which It is proposed to be-
stow. He is to-day one of the very
ablest men in the United States. His
standing in his profession is of the
highest character; he added to his fame
both as Secretary of War and Secre-
tary of State, and he is rendering emf
nent service to New York as a member
of the United States Senate. In the
controversy which has unfortunately
arisen between Mr Taft and Mr..
Roosevelt he has been neutral He is
the friend of both men, and the sug-
gestion of his name as temporary chair
man of the convention was in the ma
ture Of an inspiration.
1t would seem unwise, to say the
least, for the Roosevelt managers to
add to the friction already existing in
the Republican ranks by opposing Sen
ator Roots selection. There might be
some point to their antagonism if SEN
ator Root were a nonentity or a tricky
politician. He is neither No man
stands higher in the estimation of the
American people for ability, fairness,
and honesty. In honoring him the Re
publican party honors itself
The Washington herald., 1912-05-28

exception-R Representative Dyers bill
ordering half-fares for public school
children-and no action is expected on
this measure pending consideration of
the oldheld public utilities bill, which
has been swaitinA favorable action by
the House District Committee for more
than month.
Any blame in, the premises attaches
to the District Committee for failure
to report out the really important
measures. In the present oongested
condition of legislation, with the House
bending every effort to wind up its
affairs for a June IS adjournment, it
is not to be expected that the wheels
of national legislation will be stilled in
order that. the House may provide for
the opening of streets and avenues and
similar District legislation.
In a statement to the House, Speaker
Champ Clark, whose attitude toward
the District has been both friendly and
just, said that after the appropriation.
bills and conference reports shall have
been disposed of, it is his understand
ing that District measures will be con-
sidered. With June IS set as a dead
line for the House by Majority Leader
Underwood and with lively fights
promised over one conference report
and several of the appropriation bills
yet to be reported, it would appear ex-
tremely doubtful if these measures will
have been disposed of when the exodus
for the national conventions begins.
The present situation. is not unique
It is an old story. It is a situation
against which the present committee
was warned at the beginning of the ses-
sion. The history of District legisla-
lion has proven that the time to ask
he House to consider District business
S early in the session.
The District wants laws, not bills. |
We cap have bills galore at any stage
IF the game, but history has shown
hat District laws, when they concern
questions over which there is promise
if extended debate, must be made early |
n the session, not when the members
ire trying to beat the summer to COM
ort.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-28
What Is It All About?

But few essential changes have been
made in the Federal Constitution
since its adoption I23 years ago. Not
only that, but the population of this
country, under the system of repre-
sentative government, has increased
from less than 100000 to o5,ooo.ooo
The wealth OF the land has increased
from an almost insignificant sum to
SI2syoooooo.ooo, which to-day is more
widely distributed than in the days
Of the Adoption Of the Constitution
In short, without tampering with the
fundamental law or form of gov
ernment. this has grown 10 be the most
powerful, and, above all, the most SOL
idly united of all modern nations. Man
hood suffrage has been established, Sc
cession has been suppressed, and slav-
cry abolished. Plutocracy is being
curbed by legislation, which had grown
out of the unparalleled recent expan-
sion of industry State and city gov
ernments are cleaner and better, and
the national government is at work to
establish reforms and to do away with
all waste and corrupt practices, wher-
ever it gets hold of them.
Rarely, if ever, has there been
period in our national existence when
the searchlight of publicity could have
been endured so successfully by our ad-
ministrations than at the present day,
for political corruption is fourishing
less and less each year. All this progress
has been accomplished under a Con-
stitution and a system that is adapted
to progress. Yet we are told BY the
third-term candidate, in his reckless de-
sire for supremacy, that our democracy
is nothing but a sham; that our insti-
tutiOns are archaic; that we must
abandon representative government and
adopt direct government instead, which,
as we all know, has been a failure
since first it was adopted at the dawn
of civilization. And, worse than all,
that we must destroy the checks and
balances which have held republicanism
firmly in its place, and that we must
abandon restraints upon popular pas
sion and prejudice.
Is It the peoples fghtl What in the
name Of common sense are the people
then supposed to be fighting for under
this ttird-term banner? Is there any
thing substantial in all this cry for a
changer Is it dictatorship? If so, we
want none of It.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-28
AT THE COLONIAL.

The vItagraph production Of The
Lady Of the Lake is the splendid offer
ing at the Colonial this week. and is a
charming and delightful film rendition OF
this most famous Of romantic poems.
All OF the scenes have been taken on
Loeb Katrine. which inspired the famous
bard OF the Highlands, Sir Walter Scott,
and there is a unanimity OF opinion
among moving picture experts that The
Lady Of the Lake is the banner offering
of the year
The Washington herald., 1912-05-28
To Vote on Death Penalty.

Columbus, Ohio. May 2. - Life i'm
prisonment as a substituts for the death
penalty will be the proposition to con-
front the voters OF Ohio when they 60
to the polls in the Buckeye State next
November. The Ohio constitutional cen
vention by vote Of sixty-five to forty
two this afternoon passed q resolution
abolIshing the death penalty and pre-
scrfbIng life imprisonment.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-28
APPROVES EXCISE BILL.

Pastors Federation Takes FavOra-
bic Action on Measure.
The Jones-works excise bill now pend
ing before Congress was approved al
a meeting Of the Pastors Federation
yesterday in the Y. NJ C. A. Building.
Resolutions will be sent to the chair
man Of the House District COMMITTEES.
Immediately after the transaction OF
routine business the annual election OF
officers was held, the following being
chosen: DR.. ]. W. r. Sumwalt, presi-
dent; DR.. S. H Woodrow. vice president;
H. B. Hewlett. second vice president;
Frank B. Benson. secretary, and DR..
A. w. Spooner treasurer.
Rev. DR.. Joseph T. Kelly. pastor Of
Fourth Presbyterian Church, presided
at the meeting, -
The Washington herald., 1912-05-28
H1GHBRow APE IN CHAINS.

New York, May 2T.-Baldy.
the champion 'highbrow" ape OF
the Geological Park. has been
condemned to wear chains and a
clown suit, because Of a recently
developed habit Of hurting chairs
at his keepers.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-28

Politics makes strange bedteIlows. -Four
years ago the Chicago Tribune gave
warning that on the third-term issue II
would have to oppose the reelection Of
Roosevelt. To-day that leading sheet is
one OF the most solid supporters Of the
third-term candidate.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-28
Don't Blame the House.

The House should not be blamed too
severely for pushing aside District day
IN favor of the navy appropriation bill
yesterday. A glance at the House cal
endar, from which any District legis-
lation to be considered would have to
be drawn, fails to disclose any District
MEASURES Of great importance, with one
The Washington herald., 1912-05-28
serrt. HeadIy Unaer KnIs.,

sergt- A ]. Headiy, Of police head
quarters, who has been suffering from a
chronic attack Of appendicitis, was oper-
ated on yesterday at Providence Hos
pital by Drs. Wellington and Barry. ths
latter OF thA Police Board.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-28

One idea OF financial independence, ac-
cording to a contemporary, Is to have
always enough change in ones pocket to
be able TO pay a IS fine for exceeding
the speed limit.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-28

We fail to understand why Reitman,
the manager Of Emma Goldman. should
put up such a howl after having some
Of his own medicine applied 10 his per-
son out at San Diego.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-28

There is a regrettable error IN the
statement of Gov. Wilson when he says
that ofiiceseekers take up most Of his
time. Didn't he mean to say once
"seekinET' -
The Washington herald., 1912-05-28

Considering that unpaid $4,000 note Of
the Republican National Committee, Mr.
Perkins evidently believes, too, that It Is
more blessed to give than to receive.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-28

Who says that Kansas Is not making
rapid strides toward civilization? Its
State Agricultural College has added q
course Of table manners to its curricu-
lunL
The Washington herald., 1912-05-28

That Berlin scientist who has invented
a process to convert old newspapers into
new paper has found one way to beat
the paper trust
The Washington herald., 1912-05-28

Our friend who maintains that a
woman can open everything with hair
pin is wrong. Let her try a jackpot.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-28

With Mr.. Roosevelt the rs" and not
the ayes have it.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-28

Everybody cannot go to the game every
day in the week.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-01
Simplicity Of Dress
Much Needed Reform.

As a result OF a discussion among
the memhers Of the House Economics
association of Cincinnati, some 90
socially prominent women have
started a movement for promotine
simplicity of dress We are told The
need was urged most strongly on the
ground that an example must be set
to school girls who paint and powdc"
and wear to school not only flowers,
but low-nccked waists and cobwebbcd
stockings.
If this We're IN illustration Of a
condition peculiar to Cincinnati il
could be passed over with sarcasm.
Ii ii were but an example of the folly
of school girls it could be passed over
with "A Jest. Bur ii shows Il condition
prevalent throughout the United
States, and the folly is not that of
school girls, but that OF their moth
>,
owes to her daughter is to teach her
how to dress with modesty bccom-
| ing youth and to see to it that she
dresses that way. There is no need
CT setting an example.
All sorts of clubs and societies are
now called in to help manage girls
Home training by the mother APP
pears to be passing away. and with il
| is passing the old obedience of tn,
daughter. Club resolutions cannot
help the matter. Girls reform school,
are equally helpless. The one thina
needed is the old-fashioned mother
hood that not only bore children, bu
ruled them with firmness and reared
them in reverence. New iOrl
World.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-01

Announcing an Engagement.
Will you kindly suggest an original
WAY of announcing an engagement at
an informal card party?-M. \.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-01
Reform Is Needed
AT Commandments.

With the return of the graduation
season there is the usual protest
against the heavy expenses incurred
for graduating dresses and presents,
and this year it seems to be more
1t is protest that should be heed
ed. The commencement Of high
school and college should be one of
the most pleasant events in the school
year. To witness young people who
have successfully completed their
school life engage in the exercises at
tending their graduation is one of
the prettiest sights imaginable. 1t is
one in which parents and friends. as
well as the participants. take delight
] and pride. Yet too often it is an
occasion for anxiety and heart burn
ing because of the rivalry as to dress
and the heavy expense that rivalry
causes.
Some graduates, or their parents.
or both, think it an occasion to dis
play the dressmakers art. Ii is a
foolish and expensive idea and. when
carried out, detracts from the dignity
of the event. Simplicity in dress is
far more becoming, for lavish out
lay is out of keeping with the spirit
of the occasion.
| Again. audiences do not gather 10
gaze Overwhelmingly upon a variety OF
expensive costumes. but 10 hear and
see the graduates and the attendant
exercises
School boards and faculties ought
to put their veto upon any attempt
TO incur expenses in graduation dres.
that cannot be easily met By the
Poorest parents OF any graduate And
well-to-do parents ought TO set a
good example by having their chill
dren dressed in simple and inexpen-
sive attire Simplicity in attire un-
der such circumstances is more fitting
and more pleasing TO the spectators
!. than silks and satins, ringed finger.
and braceleted arms.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-01
Outdoor Social On
Lake Hunter.

\ jolly party of young danes had
a fine time Thursday afternoon on
Lake Hunter. Among the number
Were Mines. Dolan, II. W. Nogler
Frank Mcdonald. J. b. Ranney, A. e.
GarwOod and r. I. George. The hos
tcsses were Mines. Fleming and Tia
bout. and only consideration for the
feelings of absent ones fOrbids men
ton of all the good things the last
mentioned ladies had prepared for
the enjoyment Of the party
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-01
DEAR HEART o. NINE.

~ way off YOU hear song bird
Cill,
Z .all HE city huns its endless
song.
-mgly You vision some green
an
~ e' because the day seems
Uer'ong.
art o Mine, were you not
ge before
,eoking back, wished you
4rs here once more
Shepherd in the distant
ale
AIS no, o peaceful days or
am. white nights.
,fo again the travellers won.
l.ols tale
:" r. resplenden, in the city's
.-hts.
IL lie fate that makes exist.
ae drear.
ie~ the hills, the dales. the
iiowed mere.
or secret reasons for regre,
ewes full rein and longs tc
| ange the plan;
. jewellers for the country
~
F. 'a"pherd would he were a cit,
NAN
a ar' Q Mine. | neither sigh
nor are:
are near the world is YER,
a.
II Cincinnati Times-star
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-01

This may not be an original way. for
! find nearly every scheme has been
tried by some one, but it is very
pretty manner in which to make the
glad tidings known. When refresh
ments are served have the cakes
heart-shaped Put two on each plate,
one frosted with pink and the mans
initial or last name on It in white, and
the other in white with the girls last
initial in pink. The guests will soon
catch on" and congratulations fol.
low.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-01

I hope I am not too late with your
answers. The correspondence Is large
and tho space small, so only few let
ters can appear each week. There Is
no harm In having pictures taken to-
gethcr. especially Of tho postcard
variety, which are usually lust for
fun" and I suppose that Is what you
mean. There is certainly no impro
priety in accepting boys escort to
party or in talking to boys. They
are not dragons and | hope never OBJ
ject to anything reasonable.
MADAME MERRl.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-01
a 81 : J Bowers Daughter
~ TN Graduate

j. 80" Bower. daughter of
A7s E. J. Bower. of the
Tampa. will be ono o.
Aihg graduates a. ,ba
: ademy. San Antonio
az Invitations bearing
Tan Of the school in sill
.ssaed to friends Of
4-eS Vi
ent. Holy Name Acad-
aE evening. June .
: seholastica hall. :
A-'ohio. Fla. You are
'ates: Dora Maria Val.
a5r. ''-e Edith Davis, Heloise
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-01
A Variety Of Questions.

Do YOU think 1t Is proper for a
young man and lady to have pic
lures taken together? DO you think
1t is all right to have a young boy
take you to a party at night? My
mother never objects to mo talking 10
boy and all the other girls talk to
them and | do, too. hope to have
my answers In the paper soon.
II, A.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-01
THE sruMBLER.

lelroit Free Press
altered by the way,
much or gone astray,
~. afresh today,
F,ngk.e to il,
,rrors YOU have made
fults that you've displayed
cave YOU sore dismayed,
NJ all do ii.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-01
From "Sweet Sixteen"

| am always interested in your COL
umns and find them a great help.
am in doubt about a few questions
that bother me. A boy friend of mine
IS about to leave town and has asked
me to keep corresponding with him
and not to 20 with anyone else Should
| keep this promise If see someone
| like better? Is it proper to kiss a
boy goodbye at the train. whom I've
gone with for over a year? What
would be nice for a gift to give a boy
who Is going away? Most girls at the
age of sixteen do these things. Is it
proper | want to know the right
thing. SWEET SIXTEEN.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-01

To begin with. ii your hair is dry.
harsh. given to letting unlovely wisps
OF uneven lengths stick out round
your face. and at the nape OF your
neck, do not shampoo too frequently.
Instead. shake equal parts of powdered
orris root and cornmeal into it once
week. and then. with soft. fine in
rants brush. take 1t all out again.
Some women use merely dry starch
and are satisfied when they see the
powder that Went in so white coming
out dark gray. They know that
their hair has been cleansed. This
process over. dip the finger tips in
olive oil or rub them along a piece OF
cocoa butter. Carefully and gently
massage the scalp TIL every part has
benefited by the emollient. Then,
take another soft baby's brush mot
the one that cleansed your hair,, and
brush each Of the six strands into
which you have divided your tresses
many. many times.
The irregularities OF length always
found when weak or neglected hair
is beginning to be strengthened by
care can only he dealt with, almost
hour by hour, after the following
fashion: Have innumerable tiny hair.
pins matching your hair. Ii that is
dark. fine black pins will do. II It is
extremely blond You should purchase
the tiny sivcred invisible pins-the
can be procured. Ii your tresses are
any OF the various shades of brown,
use bronze or gold invisible hairpins.
Curl the recalcitrant locks and then
Skewer them to the longer and more
solid masses with these pins
Z, OF course. If you have to make
nasty toilet curling irons must be re-
sorted to- Eut a soft piece of old
muslin. or Kid curler--these are OF
various qualities, and the more ex.
| pensive are many times worth the dir
ference in price-will produce a more
natural curl and one that stays in
longer. Some people are able to keep
these straying wisps In pretty curls
merely by s.eaming them. Others
dampen their fingers just before they
begin to dress in the morning and
twist their little bits of hair round
and round the dampened fingers. leav-
ing them thus twisted for half an
hour. This produces the most natural
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-01

! do not think Z girl as young as
you are should make such a promise
to any boy, and do not kiss him good
bye at the train. II would make you
conspicuous and you might regret Il
some time know il is hard for all
you young people to look ahead. hut
you will see things like do some day
Give the boy silver pencil or a desk
set. something that he will find con
vcnicnt. Most boys like practical
cushions for their cOuches.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-01
rs LTna Norvell Will
= : s'tain Tuesday Evening

ma Norvell will entertain
friends at her home on
9F-ia avenue next Tuesday
until II o'clock.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-01
1one SO wise or great

nOle so wise vi SIcaI
catered in his gait.
b.,Away that is straight,
>.a been humbled,
st..y great mans wake
many a mistake,
garage tried to shake
Is on he stumbled.
aus you've lost one fight
,a l,e TO seek the right,
n With all your might
l@me will crown you;
,.t,.> i, passed and gone.
y. .t.rke, don't dwell upon,
,na only struggle on
f an down you.
anlered yesterday,
.Ag to your dismay.
70 * better way
Aaen you've tumbled.
,l.., tUr courage, struggle on.
+ houeht to dwell upon,
aot HE only one
Mo has stumbled.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-10-29
HAWLEY IS Confident
Congressman says His Election i
Certain; Spends Few Hours In Dal-
las Greeting Many Friends.

Declaring himself pleased with the
outlook and expressing the utmost
confidence In his own success, Con-
arcssman Willis c. Hawley Of Salem,
called on a number Of his Republican
friends here this morning and left at
3 O'Clock this afternoon for Mon
mouth and Independence. Mr.. Haw-
ley is making largely EumshOe cam
paign through his district but has
made several speeches and plans two
or three more. He will be one Of the
orators at a concluding Republican
rally In Salem either on Saturday or
Monday night. and he may be one OF
the speakers az a big Polk county
rally now being planned for Dallas
Complete details will be announced
later.