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The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
PoIi,a Thenfer.

Do you wish to win fortune, without
taking any chance of failure? This is
the proposition which is put before Ma
thaniel Duncan in the first act Of The
Fortune Hunter" which is to be the de-
Iightful comedy offering OF the Poll
Players this week. As Duncan has spent
his last dollar and does not know how
or where to earn another, II is not hard
to guess that his answer is yes.
The rules for winning the fortune, via
the marriage route, are laid down for
the young fortune hunter, and the sue
cessful manner in which these rules op-
crate constitutes the crux Of the plot OF
one Of the most wholesome and infec-
tiously humorous plays which has ever
been given to the American stage
Duncan settles in a small town and
finds the desired heiress In the person
Of the village bankers daughter. His
wooing Is a matter Of being wooed, and
before the specified time is up the heir
ess has proposed to him. But in the
mean time the rules Of sobriety and in
6ustry. which were supposed only to
have won the girl, have inculcated new
ideas and ideals in the fortune hunter.
He has become a successful business
man, and has met the one girl in the
world. She does not happen to be the
heiress. The fortune hunter eventually
succeeds in evading the heiress, but only
after a strenuous flight which furnishes
one Of the most deliciously comical cpl
sodes Of the play.
Wincheu Smith, the playwright, has
drawn a number Of wonderful village
types, each true to nature and all touch
ed with kindly humor and homely phi
losophy.
The Poll Players production will be
unusually elaborate. In one scene there
is shown a handsome modern drug store,
with its marble soda fountain and we'll
stocked shelves. The romantic finale Of
the comedy comes in a downpour Of rain,
of which the youthful lovers are entirely
unconscious, while the old druggist holds
over their heads a sheltering umbrella
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26

comedy singing and dancing act full
OF laughs. In a minstrel act, George H
Wood. billed as the Minstrel King. -
delivers sharp raps at 'fads and foIlies -
H. S. Whltney's operatIc dolls will
prove a novel feature OF the Casino
bill. These dolls offer an idea somewhat
new to vaudeville, the characters work
ing behind dummy figures IN a cabinet
the same as maTionettes, and so cleverly
IS II done that the audience does not
seem to be sure whether they are real
persons or not. The dolls sing and talk
and create pleasing comedy. This act
will find favor among the ladies and
children. The latest comedy and dra-
matte photo plays will be shown. which
makes up an entertainment well worth
seeing at the Casino this week.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
Miss Hawkes. Spring Carnival.

Miss Hawke will give her annual
spring dancing carnival at the Belnsco
Theater. Monday evening, June 3. at
o'clock. and judging already from the
great demand for seats, a large audi
ence is expected The children have
been rehearsing for the past six weeks
and a number Of beautiful songs and
dances have been arranged, the entire
production being new and novel.
Among the attractive numbers may
be mentioned a group song and dance
by twelve misses. led by Camille Lit
tie. the original sword dance by eight
boys and girls, and a beautiful Spanish
dance. with Spanish songs and dances,
with sixty in the chorus. Miss Eliza
beth Forney will dance several difficult
toe dances.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
Casino.

The Casino Theater for this week has
assembled an unusually strong Array OF
feature acts, which include Janc Dara
and company Of four in The Phone
Girl" a telephonic sketch taken from
Helen Green's New York Telegraph
stories and dramatized by Edward Vert
eel. Brimful Of clean comedy and made
snapDy with some OF the latest New
York slang, the sketch is sure to re-
peat the hit It has been making else
where.
The three Zeigler brothers In a nov
city acrobatic act with feats OF strength.
hand balancing, &c, done with grace and
dispatch The twentieth century vaude-
williams, Usher and WhitecliRs have 4
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
What the Week Holds Forth.

Polls Theater-'-The Fortune
Hunter"
The Columbia-'wndhre."
The Belasco = The Hypo-
critics"
The Gaysty-wrestling carni-
val
The Majestic-Yaudevill
The Casino-Vaudevill
The Cosmos-Vaudeyille.
The Imperial-VaudeviIle.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
CasinO-sunday Concert.

There will be presented at the Casino
Theater to-day twelve big features,
which include that old time minstrel
pair, Fox and Ward, who will sing new
songs and tell all new dafydills, and
in addition several big acts have been
booked from out Of town. A big sur
prise is in store for the Sunday patrons
of the Casino Theater to-day. The usual
showing Of select photo plays will be in
cIuded in the bill.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
New sothern-Marlowe RevivaI..

ise to add to their next seasons produc-
ticns revivals Of Shakespeare's King
Lear" "Cymbeline.' and Much Ado
About Nothing" making ten plays In
their Shakespearean repertoire. They
may also present The Two Noble Kins-
men," whom some ascribe to the Bard OF
Avon and some to Beaumont and
Fletcher Mr.. and Mrs. Sothern will
spend the summer in Surrey. England,
their present season closing On June =.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
AlIlnnlhrn.

The usual big double Sunday bill at the
AIhambra in Seventh Street will be
shown to-day. Included are THE Re-
coil" a thrilling drama: Red Cloud s
Secret" a great Indian story, and
Lucky Jim,' a great tramp story and
three other pictures. Manager Airey
promises an entirely new feature Mon
day and all next week particulars Of
which will be announced in subsequent
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
THE WEEKS PLAYBILLS

Hemtng as Myrtle Wentworth. Aline Nc
Dermott as Janet Sterling, and Julia
Blanc as Hortense Green.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26

Werba 6 Luescher propose to star
next season Ed Gallagher and Al Shean,
now in The Rose Maid"
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26

Pure comedy. the variety that is
spoken unaided by the iddles of the
orchestra and = couple Of hundred pref
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26

Claiming Pollock is saving and ham
mering out the fun for Clifton Craw-
ford's next season vehicle, at the play
wright's summer home, The Monas-
terry" at shoreham, Long Island.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26

In the role Of Sam Graham, the low
able village druggist, in The Fortune
Hunter" Mark Kent will have opportu-
mites equal to those which he utilized
to such splendid advantages as Judge
Pre=sice In 'The Witching Hour" The
characters are entirely different, how
ever
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26

Preparations are being made at the
villa OF one Of her friends at New Ro-
chelle for the celebrations shortly Of the
fftieth anniversary Of Mrs. Sol Smiths
first appearance on the stage. Mrs
Smith is the oldest actress still on the
stage In the United States.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26

The two companies playing ''Bunty
Pulls the Strings" outside Of New York
during the coming summer will have a
record to their credit in the fact that
10th are to spend the greater part Of
their sine in Canada. The original COM
pany, meanwhile, may remain in New
York until fall
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-01-18

duct to thousands of our fellow-men
will be nothing less than everlasting
destruction Or eternal life. It is a
high, solemn, almost awful thought
for every individual man, that his
earthly influence, which has a COM
mencemant, will never through all
every man is the well-spring of a
stream, whose small beginnings are,
indeed, plain to all but whose course
and destination, as it winds through
the expanse of infinite years, only the
Omniscient can discern.
The babe that persisted on the
bosom of it's mother, like a flower
that bowed it's head and dropped
amid the death-frost of time-that
babe, not only in it's image, but in
its influence, still lives and speaks
in the chambers of it's mothers heart.
Everything leaves a history and an
influence. 1t is what man was that
lives and acts after him. What he
said sounds along the years like
voices amid the mountain gorgas,
and what he did is repeated after
him in ever multiplying and never
CeaSlnS reVorDeraCOnS. Every man
has left behind him influences for
good or for evil that will never
exhaust themselves.
The sphere in which he acts may
be his fireside or it may be king
dom, village or a great nation, it
may be parish or broad Europe
but act he does, ceaselessly and for
ever His friends, his family, his
successors in office, his relatives are
all receptive of an influence, a moral
influence, which he has transmitted
to mankind-either a blessing which
will repeat itself in showers of bene-
diction, or a curse which will multi
ply itself in ever-accumulating evil.
We see not in life the end of human
actions. Their influence never dies.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-01-18
THE JEFFERSONIAN


Mr.. Bryan once for all into a cooked hat.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
WooDRow WILSON.
To Mr.. Adrian H. Joline."
"My Dear Mr.. Joline," as DR.. Wilson adj
dressed the gentleman, was at that time Pres
ident of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail
way Company, and the address with which
DR.. Wilson entirely agreed was an attack on
the labor unions, and an attack on Mr.. Bryan's
criticism of the railroads. It was delivered
at a meeting of the officials of the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Railway Company in Par
sons, Kansas.
To further enlighten you as to what kind
of a Democrat Mr.. Joline was and still is,
he voted for Mckinley for President, and
he voted for Mr. Taft for President, and from
this you get good idea of his views on the
railroad question, which DR.. Wilson "read
with relish and entire agreement"
Theodore Roosevelt is no longer the cham
pion political acrobat-the dignifed Doctor
Wilson has put Roosevelt in temporary re-
tirement
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-01-18

some are unkind enough to say, because the
committee wanted the convention as far away
from the influence Of Nj. Bryan as possible.
Mr.. Bryan, seeming to have gotten enough
in his fight against Col Gufey, did not ap-
pear before the committee again to urge any
thingg-he did not make fight in person
for any city, or for his latest idea, the Presi-
dental primary.
On the primary question, the Democrats
straddled, just as the Republicans did-they
left it to the State or Territorial committees
to say whether or not there should be direct
primaries to name delegates. In States or
Territories where no primaries are held the
same rules to govern the selection of delegates
as governed to the last National Democratic
Convention
The last Democratic convention held in
Baltimore was in 1860, when Douglas and
johnson were the nominees-this being the
convention adjourned from Charleston imme-
diately preceding the Civil War;.
While Baltimore is not a Southern city in
the strict sense Of the word, it is more South
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-01-18

In Overwhelming circles it reaches
beyond the grave. Character is
power, character is influence, and he
who has character though he may
nave nothing else, has the means of
being eminently useful not only to
his immediate friends, but to society.
to the Church Of God, and to the
world. There is difference between
character and reputation. Character
is what man is; reputation is what
he is thought to be. character is
within; reputation is without. Char
acter is always real; reputation may
be false. Character is in a mans
soul, reputation is in the minds of
others. Character is what gives a
man value in his own eyes; reputa-
ton is what he is valued at in the
eyes of others. Character is his real
worth; reputation is his market
price.
With all due regards, I beg to
remain,
Yours most respectfully,
ROBT. C. POGUE.
Pinedale, Georgia.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-01-18

ern than any city in which the convention
has been held in many years, and should not
prove to be unfavorable ground for nominal
ing Southern man.
Much amusement is shown in political
circles, other than that in which Woodrow
Wilson moves, by letter of Wilson's that
has recently come to light.
The letter was written in 1907, while Dr.
Wilson was President of Princeton Univer-
sity. several years before he became Governor
Wilson, and several years before the Presi-
Dental bee began to buzz in his bonnet The
letter follows:
"Princeton University, Princeton, N. j.,
Presidents Room, April 20, 1907.
My Dear Mr. Joline: Thank you very
much for sending me your address at Par
sons, Kans., before the board of directors of
the Missouri. Kansas & Texas Railway Com
pany. [ have read with relish and entire
agreement Would that we could do some
thing at once dignifed and effective to knock
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-01-18

or happiness, Or sink him to the
lowest depths of vice, shame, and
misery If we look back on the
usual course of our feelings we shall
find that we are more Influenced by
the frequent recurrence of objects
than by their weight and Importance,
and that habit has more force in
forming our character than our opin-
ions. The mind naturally takes it's
tone and complexion from what it
habitually cOntemplates. "What-
ever may be the cause, it is an
established fact that we are much
Influenced by custom. 1t hath an
effect upon our pleasures, upon our
action, and even upon our thoughts
and sentiments" Habit makes no
figure during the vivacity of youth,
in middle age it gains ground, and
in old age governs without control.
In that period of life, generally
speaking, we eat at a certain time
or hour, take exercise at a certain
time, all by the direction of habit;
MetastasiO entertained SO strong an
opinion as to the power of REPETITION
in act and thought that he said: Cali
is habit in mankind, even virtue
itself" Also Personal influence;
influence is to man what flavor is
to fruit, or fragrance to the flower.
1t does not develop strength or deter
mine character, but it is the measure
Of his interior richness and worth,
and as the blossom can not tell what
becomes of the odor which is waited
away from it by every wind, so no
1zIo0 III re
ence which constantly and imper-
ceptibly escapes from his daily life,
and goes our far beyond his con-
scious knowledge or remotest
thought. Influence is power we
exert over others by our thoughts,
words, and actions; by our lives, in
short. 1t is a silent, prevailing,
magnetic, a most wonderful thing. 1t
works in inexplicable ways. We
neither see nor hear it, yet, con-
sciously or unconsciously, we exert
it.
Your influence is not confined to
yourself or to the scenes of your
immediate actions; it extends to 9th
ers, and reaches to succeeding ages.
Future generations will feel the inf1u-
ence of your conduct.
We, all of us, at times lose sight
of this principle, and apparently act
on the assumption that what we do
or think or say can effect no one but
ourselves. But we are so connected
with the immortal beings around us,
and with those to come after us,
that We can not avoid exerting
most important influence over their
character and final condition; and
thus, long after we shall be no more
after the world itself shall be no
more-the consequences of our con-
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\
1EE The Jeffersonians and the
Hon. Thos. e. Watson, and
being at leisure today thought I
would write just a few lines to the
Jeffs. | wish to say to start with that
I think that Hon. Thos. E. Watson is
doing a noble work in exposing the
Catholic Hierarchy. 1t is the deadliest
menace to our Church, our State, to-
our liberties and our civilization.
There are many who find themselves
in the tolls of an evil custom who
woulu most willingly give money and
time to be free from it's control
Montaigne says: Custom is vio-
lent and treacherous school mistress.
She by little and little, slyly ana
unperceivedly slips in the foot of her
authority; but having by this gentle
and humble beginning with the bene-
fit of time, fixed and established it;
she then unmasks a furious and
tryannic countenance, against which
we have no more the courage or the
power to lift up our eyes," Custom
is the law of one class of people and
the fashion of another; but the two
parties often clash, for precedence
is the legislator of the first and the
novelty of the second. Custom
therefore, looks to things that are
past, and fashion to things that are
present; but both are somewhat
purblind as to things that are to
come. Of the two, fashion imposes
the heaviest burdens, for she cheats
her votaries of their time, their for
tune, and their comforts, and she
repays them only with the celebrity
of being ridiculed and dtaspised-a
very paradoxical mode of payment,
yet always most thankfully received.
1t is surprising to what an extent
our likes and dislikes are creatures
of custom. Our modes of belief,
thought, and opinions are nodded
and shaped by what has been the pre-
vailing mode of thinking heretofore.
Though we are, indeed, not so given
to the worship of past institutions as
some people, yet wte all acknowl-
edge the prevailing power of custom,
of personal habits, and of fashion.
We dare not stand alone in any mat
ter of concern, but wish to be in
company of those similarly minded.
The law of opinion goes forth. We
do not ask who promulgates it, but
fall into the ranks of it's followers
and worshipers. We are whirled in
the giddy ranks and blinded by the
dazzling lights. Novelty is the show,
conformity is the law-and life a
trance, until at last We awake from
1t to find that we are the victims of
fatal folly and a bewildering dream.
Habit is mans best friend or
worst enemy. 1t can exalt him to
the highest pinnacle of virtue, honor,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-01-18
Noting the Encroachment
of Roman Methods

7 EAR SIRS: AS I en- a con-
Il slant reader and admirer of
II The Jeffersonians and the
] Hon. Thos. E. Watson, and
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-27
ICEBERG WARNING is
GIVEN BY THERMOSTAT

with a micro thermostat Doctor King
told me when we met later that the
instrument recorded the presence of the
icebergs about the time our wireless
was received. The big berg was then
two miles from the Stanley and be-
cause of atmospheric conditions was
not visible. The indicator took a sud
den jump and then dropped. Since that
time Doctor King has reported that he
has "'found" icebergs six miles away.
1.-The micro-thermostat is like a huge
thermometer, the bulb of which is fast
ened to the side. Of the vessel about
five feet below the water line. The
indicator is arranged so as to make
continuous records, as a seismograph
does in the course of an earthquake.
The markings of the indicator are on
a big scale and can be seen at a glance
In this the new appliance differs from
an ordinary thermometer which shows
only a single record to the eye. 1t is
more delicate, too, and responds more
readily and infinitely to changes in con-
ditions."
In the years that have taken him
along the Labrador coast, Doctor Gren
fell has seen the iceberg in about all
it's aspects His collection of pictures
contains many of the great hulks of
ice standing out on the ocean.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-27
Berg May Weigh Z Billion Tons.

mo one who has not seen an ice
| berg" said Doctor Grenfell, can have
| any idea of it's magnitude McClintock
the Arctic explorer, once estimated the
weight of an iceberg he encountered
and placed it at something like seven
thousand million tons To get some
idea of the vastness of them one
should have a view of the great gla-
ciers of which they were a part.
Il don't believe | have ever seen an
iceberg carry its own veil of fog, as
some are reported as having done. but
have seen them carry a halo--like
an inverted iceberg overhead. The
sight is a remarkable one | have seen
icebergs that have grounded on the
coast and have driven around them.
l have gone alongside some of them
with our three-mast schooner, which
measures one hundred and twenty feet
to her trucks. The schooner seemed
like speck in comparison to the great
mountain of ice Then you must con-
slider, too that only about one-eighth
of the iceberg is above water and the
rest below the surface. Some place The
over and below measurement at one
ninth and eight-ninths.
Zone of the treacherous features of
the iceberg is the wide area beneath
the surface outstanding from the Wis
ible width above the water line Cap
tain Ash, a New Foundland skipper.
has told me of an experience he had
twenty years ago. He had gone along
side an iceberg so that photographer
might get a goods hot at it and con-
sidered the distance safe. Suddenly,
however, the iceberg keeled and the
spur caught the Portia under the bow.
1t was picked up like a toothpick and
it seemed as if it would be dropped
stern first to the bottom of the sea.
When l first heard of the wreck of the
Titanic I thought that the under sur
face part of the iceberg she struck
might have done as much damage to
it's bottom as the great mass above the
water did to its bows"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-27
ALLEN LINER ESCAPED
BERGS BY LOW SPEED

der low speed All day, in spite of the
bitter cold, the passengers lined the
rails watching the immense bergs roll
ing down with the Labrador stream.
All examination of the ship proved
that no damage had resulted from the
collision, but / shudder to think of
what would have happened if we had
been trying to break the trans-Atlan-
tic record.
No Panic on Board.
For three days we picked our way
through the ice. Several times the
ship came into contact with submerged
bergs. but no damage was done.
Sunday night, l learned afterward,
came the faint signals telling of the
Titanic's peril. No one minded it much
because we had no idea that the YES
sci would rush full tilt through the
ice fields. Besides we had been receiv-
ing messages right along from other
craft in the vicinity. There was some
specializing as to what might have hap
pened, of course, but our first intjma-
ton of the true extent of the disaster
came when we arrived at st. Johns.
ION board the Corsican there was
approaching panic after the
first collision Most of the passengers
had gone to bed, myself among them,
when we struck. | jumped from my
berth and awoke my companion, who
was i'll. Together we rushed TO the
deck to see if we were in danger. A
coed many women and children fol-
lowed us, but as soon as the ship had
backed off calmness prevailed. The
were ordered below"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-27

CHICAGO, April 27-How the At
laptic liner Corscan of the Allan line
which locked at st. Johns, Newfound-
land. Monday morning, after crashing
into an iceberg, escaped disaster ike
that which overwhelmed the Titanic,
was revealed today by party OF Brit
ish who passed through Chicago, bound
for Idaho. The Corsican encountered
the same field of icebergs a week ago
Thursday.
The captain gave orders for the yes
sci to slow down and for three days,
steaming less than five knots an hour
the Corsican picked it's way through
the perilous ice, reaching port with
all on board safe.
1T was terrible experience, never
theless," says Henry Pratt, formerly
of Liverpool, who was with the party
81 am an old seaman myself, but never
have | seen such an awe inspiring
sight as that which greeted us the
morning after we struck the berg. On
all sides were enormous mountains OF
ice cleaning in the, bright sunlight.
Only them did we realize what We mad
escaped and all on board thanked
the captain for his care in directing
us through safely.
Into Berg.
ut was Thursday night that we
reached the field. I believe it was
toward morning. The ship was going
slowly at the time we hit berg, for
we knew the danger was near. I'M
mediately the captain gave the order
full speed astern' and the ship hurled
itself back from the massive forma-
ton that lay ahead.
mo one knew when another night
show itself, and the captain then gave
orders to lay to for the rest OF the
night. Next morning we went on I'm