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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-26


CHAPTER NN1I1-THE PURSUIT.
since whom did YOU SGT up 20 be a
Judge OF possibilities? Nothing prob
abb" ever happened to YOU in al! your
young ltfc--'s rar's | can make out.
As for ME- know there are at least
two l!t.- saving siat!c..- on Nauset. both
with modern cquiDnent-'noto, life
boats and all; and nothing VIII ever
persuade IN. that pack OF wolves would
stick At breaking In and coruscatiug
one 81 tho same. RS a. likely as not
only more so. our present business
Is TO get the hell out Of here--and not
advertise our emit. either. Take that
port light III and Gowsc a., while do
the same hy tho starhosrd. Then dUck
below. warn your Duicinca. and nut
out the cabin lamp. Tha, way-if this
nlackncsS and our bull-luck only holds
We may manage an evasion"
There followed an cxcccdinulv busv
quarter Of an hour for two constrained
IN pitch darkness 10 Eropc their way
about the decks and familiar'"e them
selves with tho idiosyncraslcs OF q
strange two-mastcr Nevertheless. The
end Of that period found The schooner
with canvas full and sheets taut q
good castcriy breeze abeam swiftly
weaving a wake souihwards-'h light
on Nonomoy roint watching he Curl
ously from over the Siarhoard beam
Hear anything more Of that pow
CT boat" Alan asked. joining Barcue
- the wheel
Northumberland too fresh Make
Yourself easy on tho sot, side of a
plank here. I'll land you q Kick in tn.
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AN AGRICULTURAL cont

AN agricultural contemporary strongly de-
tends tho Ben Davis apple" notes the Norfolk
Nireinian- Pilot. adding that there will be few
TO dispute that 1t needs all the defending it can
get" And then some.
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'hcIm New Itnrs

people who wouldn't ask YOU to dinner.-Chris-
tan Register.
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SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS.
BY arrangement With tho Universal Film
Manut%etur.ng Company IL Is possible TO
read The T!ey - Hearts In The Times
oispatcn an! also to sec Il In pictures At
ne superior Theatre. synopsis o: pre- cd
Ing chapters: Tho trey of hearts t. IN.
death Ign" used by Seneca Trinc IN IL.
private way which. through hi- daughter.
JUDITH. a younS woman Of violent temper.
h" wages against Alan Law. whose father.
no" dead. Thine held responsible :or the sc-
c!d"nt which made him "A hclpic.- rilup.-
Law owes Rose Urine. his enemy daughter.
Twin sister of judith. Cndc. dramatic circuui e
stances Law saves the lie Of judith ana ,ne
'@i!s ia love with him and later nurses AIui
tAfoHsA an illness when Sh" auds him lost
IN the woods Of Maine. But Law remains
ta!th;Gi 10 Rose. VINO. learning 81 her
;atnef = treac merry. has set out IN ssesch o:
MIN Snc rn!s h!:n after judith mas de-
scfteo MIN. ana they start on the houeNAr,!
journey. Law receiving the deatn sIgu again
Whiic Oh IN" train. He therefore r-forininrs
10 proceed oy water. and charter The Sea-
venture Captain EarCus. az the Scaycrtufe.
az occan.EoinE powcr-host. agree o. take
Alan and Rose rom Portland. Alan disc
covers that Judith tr!ckcd him and took
EoSe p.Aee. she pushes the captain OVER
board. Alan Interrupts and judith us pa,
mt" INC "!usy hud cast aGT::;. judith !
friends destroy Alan's vessel by means o.,
~. lnprovsed torpedohoa;. ana A.ar ami
Baf US arc compelled to jump overheard.
'He: Ffdca land. oa.y IN - pursued. Tho
rLr>ucrs 4rr oGtW!ttei and their boat rap-
'uTod 10y Law ana Barc"s. wao md Rose
on board
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Now that the Orient has come into the
muss. look out for mobilization 10y the proof
readers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-26

Irritating thing is that the State-widers
have such narrow views.
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The Germans may be using dum-dum bull
lets but there is nothing dumb about their
tactics.
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Talking about mixed metaphors. Roanoke
man remarks that if the iron heel OF Euro
pean dcspo;ism ever darkcned the Sky of
American liberty the hand OF the invader
could never hold an inch OF American soil
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The story OF the war will be written scrap
oy scrap told That's realism. II 5
fought that way. too.
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And as between the chauffeur and the
viator, says an exchange, the latter holds
he higher position. Yes, until he's dropped.
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Don, forget that every surrender OF self
government is an insult to the men that have
died In defense OF that principle.
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WEDNESDAY. AUGUST %. 1914,
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the two gatepOsts which the late
Stephen Jenkins in hi; STORY of the
BRONX calls quaint and imposing"
They. too, have fallen into irrevocablc
ruin. The heavy iron hand wrought
hinges Of the gate bear witness to its
great age. But the WOO, is decaycd
and falling in, and the gateposts, while
still quaint" are no longer imposing.
They are rather melancholy as evidences
of past grandeur.
About the old mansion are several
black walnut trees some still in bear
ing. Last fall there was plentiful
crop OF the nuts. one especially big
tree in front holds the visitors atten-
ton when he learns that during the
Revolution u British spy was hanged
from 1t. At least. so local legend says
This entire part Of New York city-it
was Westchester county during the
Revolution and for many years after
wards rich In stories and legends OF
Revolutionary days.
1t was in front of the Vincent Hal
sey house, or close by, that Gilbert
Vincent, a member Of the family which
lived in the house. was killed by a
French officer serving In Col. Arnaud's
legion in the American army, because
the American would not desecratc the
Sabbath. The Vincents were the vii
lagc blacksmiths Of Fast Chester. One
Sunday a French Ofiicer-his name has
not come down to us-ordcred Gilbert
Vincent to shoe his horse. The young
man refused and was killed. One ac-
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MIR. Belasco, Seeing Young Girl at
Stage Door, Recalled Timothy Cole
Engraving of Mrs. Siddons and
Determined to Give Her a Chance

TT somewhat of a coincidence that
iva of the luckiest and altogether
i most fortunate young women in
America. or the whole world for
that matter. should both have been
called Helen. Only few short weeks
ago the daily press carried to the utter
most ends of the earth the news that
that was the name of the afiianced bride
of young Mr.. Vincent Astor and the fu-
turr sharer with him of one of the
greatest fortunes of all time. To say
that Miss Helen Huntington was not
envicd by every wholesome and healthy
young girl who read the announcement
OF her engagement to. and the story of
her romance with. the boyish head of
the house OF Aston, would he worse than
silly For as a matter OF fact every
young woman worthy the traditions Of
her sex. whether she acknowledge 1t or
not, did feel just SO. II she did not
then her parents should place her un-
der the observation of a nerve special
ist.
And now for the other Helen. about
whom there has been comparatively lit
tie written and even less said than writ
ten And that notwithsta nding the fact
that Of the two young girls she would
perhaps be voted the luckicr If the vote
were put to the millions OF other young
.hlS of America. For about the same
'.u. that Miss Helen Huntington OF
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act so incensed his brother Elijah that
he enlisted in the British army, becom-
ing a lieutenant and II terror to the
countryside, with which he was we'll
acquainted Ii il recorded that the
Nincents were highly respected family
in East Chester.
In the days Of the Vim, ATS the house
was not as large as II IL now. The
older portion, evidently the wing toward
the south. with its slOping roof and
dOrmer windows. is ti.a pre- Revolution-
airy part Of the mansion. The other
part Is about seventy years old, and
probably corresponds to the occupancy
Of the house by the Halsey family. 1t
was from the IIalsey estate that the
realty company which IL to demOlish
the house and cut up the estate acquired
its title.
John Adams's son-in- law, who occu-
pied the estate with his family when
the second President Of the United
States fled thither and thus made II the
natiOns Executive Mansion. was Q
prominent figure In New York city q
century or 40 ago. He was successful,
prosperous and popular" says one ac-
count, and his relationship to the I'resi-
dent helped him greatly. President
Adams, in his case at least, waived the
scrupies which some Of the Presidents
have felt against appointing their near
relatives to Office. for he made his son.
in-law Surveyor Of the Fort of New
York.
Col. Smith had had an active career In
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forward to discover that the posscssor
of the voice was now a young and
charming girl, with not the slightest
trace of resemblance to the ancient Mrs.
Siddons or any other old lady. The fleet
ing glimpse / had had OF the girl who
proved to be Helen Freeman was suf-
hcicnt to indicate. to my mind the great
possibilities which the possessor of 81
plastic countenance might have If
given chance So then and there I
determined to give that girl chance"
AS Mr.. Belasco never does anything
by halves, it was no ordinary oppor-
tunity he gave the girl from Colorado.
for though she was born in ST Louis and
went to school in Paris. Miss Freeman
considers herself Colorad"an. SO
great was Mr.. Belasco's faith in Miss
Frccman's abilities that he personally
undertook her training in tn" essen
tails of stage technique Last winter
she was given the post If general under
study to the principals in the Gov
errors Lady" company. and on the
special occasion of Mr.. Belasco's single
performance presentation Of Tainted
Philanthropy" she played the leading
role Then came the production Of
The Man inside" the premiere per-
Torrance OF which at the Criterion
Theatre on November IL introduced to
the public a leading woman whose very
existence was never even heard OF out
side of few personal friends and adj
vsers of David Belasco.
All of which could only have hap
pcned to girl born under lucky star,
the very luckiest star in the heavens.
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New York was getting engaged to Vim
cent Astor Of New York and Newport
Miss Helen Freeman. also of New York
and incidentally Of St. Louis. Mo. Grip
pie Creek Telluride and Leadville. Col.
and Paris, France, was busy getting en-
gagged not to but with David Belasco Of
the Belasco Theatre.
Now getting engaged to be married
to the richest young bachelor in the
world is one thing and getting engaged
by the wizard Of stagecraft as leading
woman of one of his productions is
quite another thing. particularly when
the young girl Is absolutely unknown
and an actress of no practical eXperi-
ence to speak Of. AS a matter OF fact
almost any young girl might become
engaged to a rich young man. matri-
mony being after all largely a matter of
propinquity with the inevitable and nee.
essary sex attraction involved therein.
But that any young girl with the
stagestruck bee buzzing in her bonnet
might get engaged by David Belasco
for a leading dramatic role is. however,
generally considered to be quite beyond
the range of human possibility. That
is something which only the supremely
gifted or the systematically lucky girl
could dare hope for. and something
which only u girl who was a combna-
ton of both would be likely to accom-
plish.
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CAPITAL of United States
Was Transferred to
New York From Phila-
delphia Because of
Yellow Fever Epi-
demic at Latter Place

on to which men hung-half a duz II
men to plough. The prar" that had
known nothing but the trampling Of
buffalo hOofs. rain. wind, sun, cloud
shadows. snow and occasional trailing
travels poles of wandering Crccs was
being torn up so that Saskatoon's cleo
trio tram lines might lac laid I'll"
swish and thud of heavy hammers driN-
ing spikes went on all day long.
In the central streets there was n
sound of steely crunching ana stony
mastication. where concrete making
machines were being fed at one end,
with stones and something that looked
like cement and slithcrinG out coucr"t"
'ewalk at the other. In the centre
OF the city wooden sidewalks We're bong
torn up to prepare the way for the"
ADVANCING concrete discharginG con-
traptions.
In the environs of the city other
squads of men We're laying wo"drn
sidewalks--to the CONSERVATION ~
gophers or prairie dogs. Their
too the carpenters hammers sounded
putting up suburban bungalows.
Buggi"s came and went every
wherc-and motor cars. The place
showed every feature of new town
except that feature known of old as
"whooping it up" They have. as they
say, "cut that out" nowadays.
There are Joints" into which the men
of muscle can march without feeling too
much discrepancy between their dusty
/ attire and the table linen and put two
bit lunches or 80 cent ones under their
belts, There Is hotel into which one
enters from the scenes of havoc and
progress. and stands a moment wonder
ing If 1t is not all a dream and if here
is not Simpsons In the Strand.
"Watcrs who know their work come
and 90 in conventional and Immaculate
black and white. napkin in hand OF on
such meals as neither London nor New
York would have cause to look upon
askance.
Ten years ago there was here nothing
hut grazing steers followers of the
vanished buffalo. They too are now
gone. Twenty years ago had You wanted
| to cross these plains you might HAYS
done so in a Red River cart. the un-
creased aXles of which screamed so that
for miles of they could be heard an
nouncing an arrival out OF the eNpansr
Of windy grass; as for their wheels
they were made in a dubious circle, so
that there was bumpety-hump all IN"
while. Now three railway systems can
book you thither. and. having arrived,
| you go over the prairie to See your town
| lot in q motor car out Of a new Arabian
| Nights. all springs and buoyancy.
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light of what ! took to he the face and
figure of an old lady n very old lady.
Now we are not used to seeing old ladies'
about the stage door at half past 10
o'clock In the morning. nor. for that
matter. at any other hour Of the day.
Naturally my interest was aroused. 1
scrutinized her face. which had n
strangely familiar and haunting
memory about it of a face had surely
seen somewhere before. l thought of a
score or more of the distinguished
women Of the stage whom I had met
or known in the past. but none of them
suggested the identity of the strange
pered conversation with the doorkeeper.
Then all of n sudden | recalled the
Timothy Cole engraving of Mrs. Siddons
which hangs in my green room, and
know that the woman who stood in
the doorway Of my theatre was the
ghost Of Mrs. Siddons grown old-SO or
| 30 years old perhaps.
"'What a disconcerting thing to hap
pen to busy manager right in the
midst Of a trying rehearsal and yet
how delightful thought to myself.
scarcely knowing what to say to So
distinguished a visitor.
| And then. all of a sudden. voice
spoke-not the tragic, splendid. ancient
voice one would expect of Mrs. Siddons's
ghost. but a clear. girlish treble.
cant see Mr.. Belasco at alp the
voice asked, disappointment in its every
infections and just as the stage door
keeper began to explain that I see no.
body except by appointment stepped
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valuable officer" He was a graduate of
Princeton and had studied law. had
served in the diplomatic service. and
was one of the founders and an officer
Of the Society of the Cincinnati. At
the time of his occupancy of the VIM
cent house in East Chester as a summer
residence he also had a fine town house
ON East SiXty-first street near Avenue
\. That was far out Of town in those
days, bun OF course was much nearer
to the centre Of the city's activities
than was the East Chester mansion.
Mrs. Smith was Miss Abigail Adams,
the only daughter of John adams and
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most interesting historic land
marks. a house soon to he
torn down was once the
White House" of the United States.
For TWO months. in 1897, 1t was the
Executive Mansion. the home Of John
Adams. second President of the United
States. The house is the old Vincent
w. -'y mansion, in the former village
"i lust Chester, now the northeasterly
conner If New York city.
The Ninccnt-Halscy house came to be
tho home Of the President of the United
States in the months Of October and
November. 1897. because at that time
yellow fever was epidemic in Philadel-
phia then the capital of the United
States, President Adams feared for the
health Of himself and his family and
fled north from the disease.
H. chose this house for his tempo
ru" rSidence because il was the sum
mD home Of his daughter. Abigail, and
h"r husband. Col. William Stephens
smith There h. wrote several letters
winch have been preserved. Among
'hru j. one referring to the propriety
e" Hing Congress to meet in New
N" city in view of the situation In
l'l!d' I1fSlueHt NuuIiS All
r"... / his arrival at the house to
Timothy Pickering. Secretary Of State.
in 'hr following letter, dated October
IL l797:
81 arrived here at Col. smiths last
nash, with my family | shall make
lae my home till We can go to l'hiladel-
phi" with safety. If you address
y"u l"ltcrs To me at East Chester
ana commend them to the care OF
CHARLES ADAMS. ESD, at New York, !
'NhoI g"t them without much loss or
tno but II a mail could be made up for
l'' Chester, they might come sooner
y not whether this can be done
V'0DIt appointing a postmaster at
iH. p.ac", and ! know of no one to
nmrnd, l shall divide my time he
.''. New York and East Chester till
~. n'"ting Of Congress"
I. room in which this letter and
"."'It were written by President
-'u'us has fallen from its high estate
as IL" temporary abode OF the head
~ Ha'l"n. With all the others In the
''''''- llalsey house II has become a
'' For some time the place has
Inhabited only by caretaker and
u" ''mily, Even II the decision had
D. '.'n made to demolish the house
!" at np the remnant OF the estate
,'.' "lIIding lots, the house would
Ia 10 come down soon. A casual In
ST. On Of the exterior shows many
t''o' noes OF decay and the interior Is
"i'ck almost complete. It IL pal
P'u'! beyond repair, even II any indi-
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his WIFE Abigail who lived beyond in
fancy. The marriage Of Col. Smith and
Miss Adams was celebrated in London
in 1856 with great ceremony, the Arch
bishop Of Canterbury and the Bishop of
ST. Asaph officiating. In later years
Col. Smith and his wife fell into COM
parativc obscurity and poverty. his in
vestments in lands in central New York
proving Improbable. He died in 1916.
three years after his wife.
Not far from the Vincent lialscy house
Is old 81. raul's Church. one of the most
interesting historical relics of West
chester county. II dates back Ia the
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serve the struggle from a point Of van
tage, can possibly realize the difficulties,
the almost unsurmountable obstacles
that impede the way Of the aspirant for
stage honors. Or rather let us say. the
aspirant for a stage career. for the
difficulties that face the dramatic artist
once he or she liz on the stage are not
greater than those to be conquered
before a mere hearing can be obtained
with o manager.
For an unknown candidate to get a
personal hearing with any Of the great
theatrical managers Of to-day is in.
flnitely more difficult than to gain ac-
cess to the President Of the United
States. The cat may look at the king,
no doubt. but the writer has witnessed
on more than one occasion the spectacle
Of charming and distinguished and on
ordinary occasions naughty actress
In whose art kings and queens have
: rted patiently cooling her heels"
In the Bclasco Theatre green room and
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CANADIAN SlLHOUETTES

IT HE train from winnipeg snaked
into Saskatoon, the booming Guy
. of central Saskatchewan, that
only few years ago was "A mere hahd-
full of houses and Il hotel at river
crossing. place looked upon as at the
back OF beyond. We got out upon the
platform and passed straightway into
the most amazing scene Of town In the
making.
Everything was going on at once. On
all sides was hammerng of carpenters
putting up frame houses. Derricks
swung here, swung there. taking blocks
Of granite soaring up and gently laying
them in place.
In the middle Of the streets tre-
mendous horses. like the horses that
draw brewers carts in England. in
sinewy teams of six dragged ploughs
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Vincent-H alsey Mansion
in East Chester Was
the ExecutiveM Mansion
of John Adams for
Two Months During
1897

EW YORK is to lose one Of its
most interesting historic land
marks. a house soon to be
torn down was once the
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eighteenth century, and Was used dur
ing the Revolutionary War as "A hospi'
tai by the British. There the Nincenis
the Rhinelanders and many other well
known families worshipped in the oldel
days.
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the Revolutionary army. had been aide
de.camp to Washington and had been
praised by the latter as brave and
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vidual or society were sufficiently in
terested in 1t to desire it's preservation.
In front of the ancient house stand
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count says that he was shot: another
that he was felled with a sword.
At any rate nc was killed, and the
The evening world., 1914-02-27
Hints to the Housewife,
Relating to Home and Markets
By Mrs. Charlotte Il. Ban0s.

The little Swiss stranger from
Ihouns (gusst Of Democratic Tar.
ny has caused all domestic brands
70 now retail for Toe. can; cheaper
still per eass lots Of 4 dex. cans,
wh olssaIe rate.
Bay leaf, . much abused herb, 10
estistsetory. " used "a lssf TO 3
qts. Of stock.
A Guiding bag 10 not properly
cleaned unless seaIdsd, then we'll
dried.
Bread, one day old (erust cut
then rolled UP securely, makss Q
dainty addition 20 any menu. az
retail, 100. dox- fancy nsms.)
Tell retailers that Brazil mute are
ehesp now. In lo-lb. lots. whole.
sale price, 65e., but st retail, tee.
per Is ib. (sheiled, 10 msant).
Fruit boxes, dimensions marked.
should should, b: .:s isarn:d eor.fst!y BY the th:
guarantee their products for honest
MEASURE.
uss bsnsnss now, they are &c..
Per 100. tso uPs Wholesale price,
MARKETS.
argentine beet, 1tNo. h., ths M.
tive, t3La. t4e. h., 10 no excuse for
retailers asklng 1920. ID, 90 some
most unbiushinoly do. Veal to.toe.
!b., 70 truly high now, but $50. retail
10 still higher.
Esgs (produesr 70 eensumsr,
priose weekly, not daily)i 1882.
$50. doc. per oase lot, city delivery.
eutter, same way, $40. ID. 10 lbs.),
Or 32o., 30 lbs. up. Wholesale, 2t TO
34c. lb. for butter; eggs, "a to 100.
dog.
Fish (FuIton Markst), not issS
than 10 lbs. sold at wholesale; no
delivery. Plenty Of frozen fish (ali
oood), but little "prsen." Claims
and oysters sIiohtiy higher priced,
caused BY storm, slso Increasing
demand. Oysters, St.7s bu, S4.B
Dbl. cIams, $3.50 bag, 500 bbl., Or
4oe. per 100, on string. Mucssls,
700. bu. ohad 10 26e. %. (frz.), Or
$50 %. green. (Rstaiisrs, do not
deceive here, plsass.) Lobster high,
at 45e. lb. (rstail, 9oc. ~. yellow
pike or piekersi (Manito6a), 70. ID.
eeaiiops, $3.50 gal. pail (why 7Se.
at. rstaii7). ShrImps, St.2S aai., but
600. at. retail. In fish the maoksrsi
leads for .Plsntsousnsss, 70. h., 10.
$50. %. ~ green, worth coo. whole.
sals). -halibut, 70. (Iots now. Gal.
mon, 7.ec., sea bass, 10e., ennslts,
12- t5e., striped bass, 1oe., butter,
haddoek, weak, cod, herring, 4 to
90. h., cod, 5 and 80. lb,- pollock,
4o., 3. maeksrsl (orssn), go. 6.