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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-08
BY ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.


The high winds of the past few days
demonstrated the necessity of an en-
forcement of the waste paper ordi-
nance recently referred to here several
times.
Papers of all colors, sizes and previ-
Gus conditions of servitude sailed mer-
rily through the air and found refuge
in anybody's yard and on every street
in town.
The yards of two adjoining houses,
the occupants of which burn their pa
pers in the furnace and put them in a
closed barrel inside the alley gate, were
Uttered with the debris of those not
observing the ordinance.
The thing isn't fair.
The people who do observe it suffer
for the negligence of those who don't.
This is the reprehensible feature of
American municipal government.
The easy-going habit Of officials in
equal enforcement of local ordinances.
Abroad it is not so.
European tourists all comment upon
the cleanliness of the average CONT
mental town, at least in the Northern
countries.
In Paris every property-owner is re-
CURED to keep the streets and side
walks before his premises in certain
degree of cleanliness.
In many of the German cities there
are ordinances. vigorously enforced,
through which the city is kept in out
ward condition.
TN Ann brYr To, ttc,
them on the records and proceed not
to observe them,
Then they get together and pass
other laws to cover the same ground.
There are enough laws to run this
entire country for a thousand years,
land then some without the conven-
ing of another legislative body of any
sort.
There are too many, not lack of
laws.
What is needed is an enforcement
of those We already have.
Many of them good.
There is commentators movement
on hand to interest the children in
municipal neatness and cleanliness.
However if the local ordinances
were impartially enforced the town
would be neat and clean enough
And one of the chiefest aids to this
end would be the enforcement of the
waste paper ordinance.
1t can and should be-
It's merely up to the local officials
One of the nuisances is the distrib-
ution of bills.
1t is a form of advertising that, to
the ordinary observer, would hardly
seem to pay, since the bills, in nine
cases out of ten, are never seen by
the householder into whose yard or on
whose steps they are placed.
They blow about the streets and
make the latter unsight1y.
And, if they are picked up by the
persons who live in the house, they are
not even glanced at but thrown into
the waste-paper basket or poked into
the stove or furnace.
And possibly with an execration.
Maybe it pays but it is to be doubt
ed
Why. by the way, many persons
would like to know, are the streets not
Oll6u all LuS year IOuIlu instead Oh
merely in the summer
Sanitary experts and physicians
agree that many of the passing-and
some of the serious-human ills are
occasioned by the germ-laden dust.
Certainly no guilty germ had the
opportunity Of escaping within the
past few days.
Great clouds of dust obscured the
view and covered everything in and
out of sight.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-08
The Civilization of Brass.

Brass when immersed in n hot So
luton consisting of one-half ounce of
golden sulphuret of anthony and four
ounces of caustic soda in each gallon
OF water becomes oxidized with a
pleasing brown shade. The shade be-
comes darker if the metal is immersed
in dilute solution of sulphate of cop
per. used cold, about four to eight
ounces to the gallon. Several INNER
sions in the same manner give deeper
brown tones. ga-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-08

Sandy and his master drove up to
the small station as the train approach
ed Heres yer train. sir" said San
dy. THAT is not my train" replied the
master. who had his own ideas about
correct speech But it's the train |
am going by" But il happened to be
special train and didu't stop at the
station. whereupou Sandy exclaimed.
We're bath wrang. for it's neither
your train nor the ane ye're gaun by.
but it's the ane that's game by you"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-08
BETRAYED.

Say. mamma. can Anna see in the
dark. like a cat?"
why. child. what makes you ask
such n question:
"Oh. last night when Cousin Carl
was here I heard Anna say in the
dark room. You must really shave
oftener Carl "-ExchanSe.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-08
Real Inoratitude.

"Republics are ungratefui." said the
ready made philosopher.
perhaps" replied Mr.. Chuggins.
'but il you want taste Of real in
gratitude take party of friends out
for an automobile ride and listen to
their sarcastic remarks II you happen
to break DOWN. Washington Star.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-08

were notable in the religious and nu-
steal history OF the town and, if re-
peated during another Lenten season
would arouse even more interest than
in this.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-08
EeIt So Small.

Boggs-Did you get in all right last
night? Woggs-Oh. yes. Boggs-Then
the doors wern't locked. as you fear
ed? Woggs-Indeed they were. but
my wife yelled at me as / was coming
up the steps. so crawled in through
the letter slot.-Puck.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-08

II every one did an act OF daily
kindness TO his neiShbor and refused
to do any unkindness half the sorrow
of this world would be lifted and dis
aunear-Ian Maclaren.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-08
Az the ifArarM HIuh

maria. what was done at the meet
ling of your literary club last mighty"
1--WE fined Mrs. Chiilicon- Kearney SIS
for accusing Mrs. Highmus of cheat
ltng at bridge. "-Chicago Tribune.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-08
Shopping.

Shopping.
First Lady-Mrs. Smith is too young
to go shopping alone. Second Lady
What is that? First Lady-She's liable
to get excited and buy something.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-08

He who has truth in his heart need
never fear the want of persuasion on
his tongue.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-08
EASTER DANCE

EASTER DANCE
Mrs. KOlp's dance Tuesday
night in l. 0. 0. F. Hall, with
Lucas Saxophone Trio, of Co
lumbus. Admission to gal
lery, Is cents.
The Washington times., 1912-08-20
GAYETY

With THE American Beauties as the
attraction. the Gayety yesterday inaug-
urated its fifth season. The popular
Ninth street burlesque house has been
redecorated and refurnished throughout
and presents a most attractive appear
ance. Two capacity audiences marked
the seasons opening and Manager
George Peck received many congratula-
tions.
The company is headed by Cook and
Lorenz. two comedians who have been
successful in musical comedy and vaude-
Vile. and their clever work won them
many recalls.
The feminine contingent is headed by
Helen Byron, who starred in Sergeant
Kitty" and who has many Washington
friends.
She is surrounded by a large and ca
pable chorus that Is handsomely cos
TUNED and can get everything possible
out of such song hits as whistle i"
bye and Bye" Tennessee Moon" and
Automobile"
The burlesque presented by the COM
pany is entitled Lovers Lane" and is
In two parts, the finale being a cabaret
show, in which a number of specialties
are Introduced by Sylvia Jason, May
Holden, and Marie Brandon, James w.
Hughes, and Carnes, Griffin, and Burns,
three women musicians.
The Washington times., 1912-08-20
POLITICAL PLAY
IS WEEKS BILL
At POLL THEATER
"A Gentleman From Missis-
sippi" Given by Ave-
nue. Players.

Another play familiar to Washing
for this week for the Poll Players
being the Thomas A. Wise and Harri-
son Rhodes production of "a Gentle-
man From Mississippi" The play has
been seen here with Thomas A. Wise
and Douglas Fairbanks in the lead
Ing roles, Senator Langdon and bud"
Haines, the reporter. These roles fell IN
Louis Haines and A. H. Van Buren,, and
both did very well, with the exception
that Mr.. Haines required constant
prompting in his lines.
The play carries with 1t an atmos-
phere of the National Capital, and
has much to do with the country's
lawmakers.
There were several new faces seen
in the cast. Upon Mr.. Haines and Mr..
Van Buren falls the greater part of
the work, and with 'another perform
ance or two the former will probably
make one of his best hits of the Poll
season. Mr.. Van Buren, as the en-
terpr1sing newspaper reporter, added
new life to the role. Miss Louise Kent,
as Carolina Langdon, and Miss Izetta
Jewel as Hope Langdon, interpreted
ner. as did Miss Gertrude Bondhill
Newcomers in the cast this week are
Miss Margaret Lee, William Wolcott,
and Hamilton Dunbar.
AS with all productions by the Poll
Players, careful attention has been
"A Gentleman From Mississippi" is an
attraction well worth seeing, and will
no doubt prove a good drawing card
for the popular Avenue theater.
The Washington times., 1912-08-20
ACADEMY

"The Volunteer Parson," a pastoral
play Of New England village life, OPEN
ed at the Academy last night, and was
greeted by large audience that dem
Ionstrated its unstinted approval from
the first till the last curtain.
The play is by Edyth Totten, who
also takes the leading feminine role,
and she has surrounded herself with a
corps of actors that measure up ad-
mirably to what is expected of them.
The story deals with the affairs of An
gust Reginald Van Dycke Wallace,
known as the Volunteer Parson, a for
mer clergyman, who has been led 10
degradation and ruin by his wife.
Both of them happen to wander to
Find Town, Maine village, and all
of the scenes except one are laid there.
The wife, who changes her name to
Fannie Farthington, conspires against
Ned Burlew, and almost succeeds, but
is intercepted just in time by the Vol
unteer Parson. And the play ends with
the lesson that ''as long as the light
holds out to burn, the greatest sinner
may return"
Edyth Totten draws Kisses from the
audience by her work as the villainess,
and applause when she has experienced
as the volunteer parson, is well suited
to the part, and proved Immensely pop
ular. jim Liston, as the drunken VII
lage blacksmith, who finally reforms,
Isabel Hall, as his daughter; Orlo Lea,
as the meddlesome postmistress, and,
in fact all the characters seemed to
please the audience.
The Washington times., 1912-08-20
CASINO

"The Boys in Blue" the headline at
traction at the Casino this week, were
the hit yesterday. The act Is entirely
different from the usual run of military
novelties. The methods of attack and
defense as practied by the regular army
are accurately shown, and with a stir
ring climax of the capture Of fort for
the final scene.
The Van Dyke Girls, who make car
toons of the political leaders, were fav-
orites. Gates and Blake, billed as a
"Riot OF Celtic Wit" were, indeed, a
riot. They kept the audience convulsed
with laughter for eighteen minutes. Nc
Donald and Kenney have a singing act
which would be a credit to any bill.
Wilson and Richie are black-face COM
edians whose efforts won the audience
from the start.
The photoplays open and close each
performance,
The Washington times., 1912-08-20
CONF FERENCE LEADS
. TO AGREEMENT FOR
ICE TRUST REFORM
Combine Promises Govern
I ment Prosecutors to "A
Obey Law. ~ i!

Pursuant to an understanding reach
ed recently, when the grand Jury inves-
tgation was abruptly halted, the At
torney General. Acting District Attor-
ney Huidekoper, and officers OF the
American Ice Company held a confer.
ence last evening at the Department
OF Justice, and came to q tentative
agreement about changes in the busi-
ness methods OF the Ice concern.
The ice company officials agreed when
the grand jury inquiry was temporarily
suspended to make such charges Jand abb
rogate such contracts as the Govern
ment prosecutors directed, stating that
they wished to comply with the law.
Numerous alleged violations OF, the Law,
We're pointed out at the conference, liz
Guiding contracts with eleven separate
Ice concerns.
A large number of details yet remain
70 be worked out before the grand Jury
conyenes September Is, and there Is q
possibility that a definite agreement
may not be reached, although both
sides are now hopeful.
w. M. Oler. president and William A.
tucker. director, werel the Representa-
tiyes OF the ice company who conferred
Mltn the government prosecutors. Mr..
a,ns I,nSker nfosas,,isn xhS Is banker made the oI
Ing that the company be given time Ia
read1ust Its affairs to conform with the
provisions of the Sherman anti-trust
law. He gave the Government full ac-
cess to the company's records for the
past six years
Acting District Attorney Hdidekoper
osciareo today that plans for the re-
ad1ustment OF the company's affairs
have not been completed and that the
investigation by his office has not been
Thmshed; Other conferences will be held
py Ihe interested parties before a defin-
i'e decision about prosecution is reached.
The Washington times., 1912-08-20
Dowager Countess
Wills Estate tokSons

The bulk of the estate of the late
Dowager Countess Mary l.. de Sibour,
OF Washington and Belfast, Me-, who
died at Narragansett Pier August II, is
left to her sons. Count Luis de Sibour
and Viscount Henri de Sibour, under
the terms of her will. has been filed in
Probate Court. The estate is valued at
$40, 900.
Four Rrandsons, Louis, Jacques, Henri
and Blaise Sibour. are left 81. 200 each,
the legacy to be held in trust until they
reach the age Of. twenty-one years. Be
quests of $500 to Virginia NJ. Pleasant
and $io0 TO David ]. Ayres are made in
addition to nearly a score of gifts OF
jewelry and personal affects.
One of the provisions of the will Il
that George Jenkins, "a faithful servant
for thirty years." be given a pension of
$50 a month when he becomes unable to
work.
The will, which is dated June 4, 1912,
names the two sons as executors. with
out bond.
The Washington times., 1912-08-20
COSMOS

The manager of the Cosmos Theater
has billed three headline" acts for
this week. Stewart Patton, the English
tragedian who came to this country
year ago and played the, star role in
"Scroge," presents what may be called
a tabloid" version or "The Bells" in
which he is assisted by Fred Epitaux,
Edward Terry and Lillian Terry, for
mer members of his English company.
Fossita produces melodies with an ac-
Gordon that many musicians would find
1t hard to reproduce on a pipe organ.
The Dore Lyons operate -Four, who
appeared here the early part of last
season, repeated the hit they made at
tnat time. Adams Brothers do a bit
called Fun In a Skating Rink" in
which the teams comedian takes many
falls.
Gretchen Spencer pleases with several
songs. and Smith and Walling have a
comedy-musical act that Is a laugh
maker Pathe's weekly review of cur
rent happenings around the world and
several new picture plays complete the
excellent bill
The Washington times., 1912-08-20
Two Beauty Secrets
for Summer Months

Hair requires frequent shampooing
IN summer because of the great amount
dissolve teaspoonful of canthrox In
a cup OF hot water you will have ample
mixture for a cleansing, invigorating
ana wonderfully satisfying shampoo.
AFTER using canthrox the hair dries
quickly and evenly, and will be ever 30
soft ard brilliant even in the hottest
weather. Then you can do your hair
up in any style with little effort.
weather. because 1t permits the pores
TO do their work properly, and when
this is done pimples. blackheads, oiii-
ness, and fine lines vanish. To make,
witch hazel (or hot water). then put In
4 ounces spurmax. After the spurmax
lotion is applied to the face it is in
visible and imparts a youthful charm
and tint to any complexion.
The Washington times., 1912-08-20
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.
ANACOSTIA, ID. c., AUG. %


Their sympathies aroused by the
misfortune which befell Charles fudge
and his family few nights ago. when
their home and Its contents were con-
sumed by fire, the people of East
Washington Heights and the adjacent
section have determined to assist them
to rebuild. Mr.. fudge, who is en-
ployed on the Districts road force, is
well known In that community as a
hard-working, worthy citizen. all of
whose savings, together with those of
his wife, had gone into the family home
that was burned. All their clothing
and furniture were destroyed in the
flames.
The Rev. James w. Many, the pastor
Of the East Washington Heights Bap-
tist Church, planned the movement that
has been started to aid the family
toward ecuring another home. At his
suggestion a committee of three was
named to carry on campaign In the
interest OF the unfortunate ones. The
Jenkins. and Miss Estelle Havenner.
Subscription lists are to be started at
once.
The Sutuand Improvement Associa-
ton, which numbers among its men,
bers residents of Anacostia and East
Washington Heights. will give an en-
tertainment tomorrow night on the
lawns surrounding the home of Charles
L. Jenkins. at Suitland, Prince George
county, Md, when the women of the
community will be the guests of the
organization. There will be no discus
sion of business, the affair being given
solely FOR the women interested in the
development of the portion of the
al hxK Aa -l.a
A number will go from the District.
In order to take part in the fiftieth
annual reunion of his old regiment, the
l22d New York State Volunteers, and
to hear the roll called once more, David
| G. Fountain, of the Postoffice Depart.
ment, the secretary of the East Wash.
ington Heights Citizens Association
has gone to Syracuse. N. Y. The re.
union of the old soldiers will take place
next week. 1t will commemorate the
mastering In OF the troops at the out
break of the civil war, at the close
of which Mr.. Fountain was mustered
out as a sergeant. He will spend some
| OF his vacation at his old home ir
Wells, N. Y. He will be away for three
weeks.
| Secretary Albert Z. Beck, of the Ana.
costa Citizens Association. has beer
| informed by the Commissioners thai
! the request of the association for the
laying of granolithic sidewalks along
w street between Nichols and Railroad
! avenues has been granted The worh
will be listed on the next schedule foi
| improvements Of this kind.
A family reunion will be held tor1or-
row at Ocean Grove, N. J., when Mr.
and Mrs. Charles A. J. Williamson, OF
\ st. Elizabeth's: the formers daughters
| Mrs Harry Emo and Mrs. William
Nicholson, of Anacostia, and their chill.
| dren Alma Emo, Ruth, Myrtle, and
| Raymond Nicholson, will arrive at the
| resort for a months stay.
Miss Myrtle oliver. * Easton. Pa, 1.
here on a visit to Miss Mamie Oliver
The Washington times., 1912-08-20
PEACEFUL VALLEY
OLD STYLE COMEDY,
IS COLUMB|A'S HIT
Fast Fading Type of Rural
Play Is Well Produced
by Company.

A type of play that is fast fading from
the stage, perhaps because there Is no
further need for the presentation of the
plot IN such homely guise, is to bo
found in Edward e. kidder's three-act
Sens sive1 in 81. yaliey which Is
this this week by the Columbia Players;
such plays as The Old Homestead"
Way Down East" and this comedy,
made famous by Sol Smith Russell, viii
oouDtiess never pass away entirely, but
no more such types are being written.
Melodrama, which is infused even into
the most screaming comedy, is apparent
In Mr.. kidder's work, and the nearness
10 winch the seeming comedy borders
upon tragedy. without really being such,
Is remarkable. The art in writing plays
OF this sort, aside from the delicate and
discerning hand with which the charac-
shifting, from comedy to tragedy and
single line.
At the end of the first act. when
Hosie, played by Mr.. Robins. has just
him down a steep precipice, at the bot
tom Of which Is his home, and the audi
ence does not know whether he has
gone so, ,l,n e. bis RECKONING or not, someone
Andrews2' The hero remarks, laconi-
cally He just dropped In on mother"
Had Good Coaching.
Mr.. Robins has been particularly for
tunate In having the benefit of Mr..
Bergers instruction as to the details OF
the part, for, until the death of Mr..
Russell, Mr.. Berger was his manager,
and is intimately acquainted with every
detail of this play.
Hosie Howe, country lad, falls a
victim to the charms of a city girl. play
ed by Miss Nelson, who Is staying at
the hotel In Peaceful Valley. There Is
a rival, Jack Farquhar. played by God
frey Matthews, and, of course, a villain.
Ward Andrews, played by John Kline,
who lays the-most wicked pitfalls for
everyone Imaginable, and Is at last de-
feated In his plots.
Miss Nelson is as charming and easily
suited as ever, and infused a most ac-
ceptable happiness and iightness into
the role. Mr.. Robins Is an excellent
waver from presenting most consistent
~ the canny and outspoken country
boy.
Good Character Bits.
The rival, who retires from the field
SO gracefully, and who. is the last act.
gives the audience a hint that he may
given just the right Interpretation by
Mr. Matthews, who plays the drunken
scene in the second act very effectively.
Miss Drofnah, as Hosie's mother, Is
a part which allows the exercise OF her
obvious ability. Miss Carrie Thatcher
and Miss Oakman do well In minor roles
The usual character part" as played
by Stanley James, is convincing and
amusing. Arthur Richie takes the juve-
nile part very gracefully, and makes the
picture of the scatter-brained youth OF
wealthy parents stand out clearly.
The Washington times., 1912-08-20
Back Broken; Will Live.

FULTON N. Y, Aug. 20.-Leonard
Heiks, aged twenty-one. has lived thir-
teen days with broken back. and ply
sicians today declare that he will re-
cover. When Heiks was injured in a
warehouse 1t was found that two bones
OF his spinal column were crushed, but
further examination showed that the
spinal cord was intact
The Washington times., 1912-08-20
POStnraSterS Meet

MADISON, Wis, Aug. 2O.-The wiz
annual convention here today with a
large attendance of members. POST
master William A. Devine, of Madison.
delvered an address of welcome and
responded for the visiting postmasters
The Washington times., 1912-08-20
Colored Woman Stabbed.

Bessie Penn. colored, twenty-three
years old. of 91S1l First street south
west, Is suffering today from a stab
wound. inflicted, she said. by her hus-
band. She had the wound dressed at
the Emergency Hospital last night.
The Washington times., 1912-08-20

frince SeorBe county, ma, Tor Vihtt
Miss Julia Brown, of Riverton, Va f.
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Brown
at their home in Thirteenth street. She
will remain here probably.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Russell land
young child are visitors from WASH
ington at the rectory Of the East
Washington Heights Baptist CHURCH,
being the guests Of the Rev. James w.
Many.
Miss Alice Stone. of the Morris road,
has gone to Richmond, Va, to stay with,
friends for several weeks.
Baltimore, are visiting Mrs. Idat Fergu-
sen, 2245 Fourteenth street.
Miss Florence White, of Surrattsvtllei
Md, is spending several weeks with her
sister. Mrs. Sophia Wfllett 2225 Four
teenth street.
James w. BARLEY has gone to Pfney
Point and Mrs. BARLEY Is with, her
daughter, Mrs. Robert ]. Green, In Bal
tinnore, for some weeks.
Mrs. r. Lee Scaggs, Of w street, who
was at Atlantic City, Bristol, West
chester, Pa, and other places with her
sen Raymond, has returned.
Deputy Sheriff Sweeney, OF Prince
George county, Nd, sent telephone
message to the Anacostia police yester-
day announcing that William Duckett,
colored, living beyond Anacostia, had
assaulted Maryland law officer and
requesting that Duckett be locked UP.
he was arrested at his home. Deputy
Sherin Sweeney took him before a jus
AZ la TY,n
tion, where he was fined $3S.72, with the
alternative of spending four months al
Jessups Cut, Md. 1t developed that the
deputy was the man who was assaulted,
having been struck in the face by'Duck-
EFT when he ordered the negro and a
! companion to keep the peace last Sun
DAY at Chesapeake Junction. Duckett
| was unable to pay the fine.