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AIMED AT SUFFRAGE TEACHING.
"Antis' to Adopt ResolutIon ReIat.
ing to Schools.

In a resolution to be submitted at the
meeting OF the executive board of the
District Association opposed to Woman
Suffrage, to be held today. the sentiment
will be voiced that it is strictly against
the law TO teach partisan politics or the
theory of any particular political move
ment in the public schools OF the District
The resolution will contain the clause
that public school teachers must not
participate in political activity during
school hours. or permit same to be car
ried on in their departments by others.
The resolution will request the board Of
education and the superintendent of pub
lie schools to call attention OF the teach
ers to the law in question.
This resolution is the result of the
statement frequently heard from suffrage
platforms, according TO anti-sufrragists.
that the public, and many private, schools
offer fertile fields to implant the suffrage
seed. and that many teachers are pro-
nounced suffragists and take every op-
portunity to spread the doctrine among
their pupils.
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Cosnaos-VaudevfIIe.

Graham Mohatt's own company of
Scotch Players will present Mr.. Monatt's
celebrated one-act play, "A Concealed
Bed" as the big feature Of the Cosmos
bill next week Mr.. Moffatt will be re-
membered as the author of .'Bunty Pulls
the Strings" and In his one-act play he
IL said to have furnished enough fun
for . three-act comedy. Another attrac-
ton will be the famous baseball come
dams. Nick Altrock and Pork Chops
Evers." IN their inimitable antics of the
baseball field moulded into q one-act
farce. which proved a scream Of laugh
ter in Chicago. Burt and Gillie. noted
society entertainers. in their own con-
ception. Dance Dementia." featuring the
latest fads In drawing-room and ballroom
dances. are also feature OF the bill 9th
er acts are to be announced later.
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Casia0-vaudevfIle.

ALI Cartons troupe. The Thirteen
Girls in Blue" in their merry offering of
drills. military evolutions. walI-scaling,
and other acrobatic-miiitsry feats. will
be the leading attraction at the Casino
next week. Other attractions will in
ciude H. v. Fitzgerald. the noted protesn
artist, IN What Happened in Mudville;"
Dick and Dixie. in a dasbing Offering of
comedy and merrInent: Doyle and White.
harmonists, and Fred Morton, in a versa
tile speciality. The added attractions are
the surprise party Monday night, the
country store Tuesday and Wednesday
nights. the prize dancing contests Thurs
day night, and the laughable carnival of
the amateurs Friday night. besides a Sc
ries Of enjoyable motion picture come
dies 1t every performance.
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the Confederstes in Richmond wore Fed.
eral overcoats.
As they passed the gate OF house well
back from the street they observed two
women standing at it and heard one re-
mark, Those men look IKE Yankees"
Making no sign the two had passed on.
not halting until beyond the city limits.
Their only guide was the North Star.
In their first hour in the open country.
after four months imprisonment. they
became excited and bewildered. Soon
they became calmer and, shaping their
course by the North Star. trudged on
In the dark across the country until they
came to the neishborhod of a Confed-
crate camp. This was avoided. and, after
half-hour's walk. another was seen.
Endeavoring to pass between the two
the fugitives found that chain of
guards connected the camps. They crept
forward until they could hear the senti-
mel on his beat. but as the night wind.
blowing briskly. rustIed the dry leaves
Of a thicket in which they hid, they soon
slipped past the sentinel.
They were now through the first meshes
of the net Of cavalry thrown around
Richmond.
In Fear Of Freezing.
Heading now to the northeast. as they
judged, the two men came at daylight
to long rows of earthworks, in front Of
which timber had been felled. The works
were not manned, and among the timber
the pair hid themselves for the day. The
weather was very cold. They had walked
through mud and water and their panta-
looms were frozen up to their knees. Yet
they dared not light a fire.
As the morning advanced they found
themselves only $50 yards from picket
guard. About an equal distance away,
on either side, a working party began
cutting cordwood. Lying like rabbits in
hiding, the two passed a long and weary
day. At nightfall they crawled out Of
their hiding place and resumed their
journey.
They had scarcely started before the
tramp OF horses and ciank OF sabers
stopped them. They hid in a clump OF
bushes, and scouting party. evidently
seeking them or others like them. passed
close by.
Reaching the Chickahominy. the two
crossed it on a fallen tree trunk. Walking
all night. they halted on the morning of
February Ii at the edge Of a great
swamp. A cedar thicket shielded them
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PoIp.-"Mad.m Bu,t.ray.p


Tomorrow afternoon at Polls rhessen.
Washington's music lovers will have their
only opportunity OF the season to hear
grand opera in the Capital Puocinfs
Madame Butterfly" in italian, viii be
sung by the Chicago Grand Opera Com
pany with the same cast that appeared
in Philadelphia. Chicago. and elsewhere
The story OF the opera is interesting
l. Is In three acts. The scene Is Nagasaki
Japan. and the principal characters are
Chio-Chio-San. a japanese girl; Suzuki.
her maid: B. F. Pinkerton, an American
naval officer. and Sharpless. American
consul
A short prelude opens the opera, and
the first curtain lifts on Japanese cot
tage. and beyond a view OF ,Nagasaki
and harbor. Pinkerton Is about to marry
Chio-Chio-San. or Butterfly. as he calls
her, after the native fashion The bride
takes a step that cuts her OF forever
from her people when she weds a for
eigner. and Just as the rites are concluded
her relatives enter. They denounce her
and depart.
Act THE interior Of Butterny's house
Several years have elapsed Pinkerton is
In America and Butterfly is awaiting his
return Sharpless enters to tell her Pink
erton is about to reach Nasasaki and
that he has with him his American WIFE
but the sight of Butterfiy's little son and
her faith in Pinkerton dIsarm him and
he leaves without telling her.
Act 5-Same as act 2 Butterfly has
been standing all night awaiting Pinker-
toms arrival Exhausted. she ascends to
the room above as dawn breaks Pinker-
ton and his wife arrive and when the
situation is explained the officer leaves.
Butterfly has heard the sound of the
strange woman's voice. She learns the
truth and determines to kill herself. Left
alone she blindfolds her baby. steps be-
hind a screen and stabs herself
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Americaa-Vaudevflle.

The American Theater will inausurate
tho mid-winter vaudeville season Mon
day evening. February Is, and. In con-
junction with the gala vaudeville, a spe-
cial moving picture program has been
arranged An all-star aggregation has
been engaged to open the playhouse.
Each act is well known to patrons of
high-class theater.
The bill will consist of the following
acts: The .Hippodrome sensation. the
Eddy trio, in daring mid-air leaps and
dives on the wire; Myers and Henry.
funniest act in vaudeville; Hexter, Fay
and Company, bewitching comedy; Lexey
and Lexey, singers and dancers, and a
shows will be given daily. and the gen.
eral admission will be 10 cents. The man
agement will cater especially to women
and children.
The first beneft will be for the Friend
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fore, was the more thorough in that d.
rection.
Cavalry pickets were posted on all the
highways and crossroads on both sides Of
the Chickahominy River, from its lower
reaches, where II vss too wide for
bridges or fords, to its upper waters,
northeast of Richmond. Every bridge
and ford was watched
The York River Railroad-now in part
abandoned-the chief line running from
Richmond to the Peninsula, was also
closely watched.
Cavalry camps dotted the old battle
fields of Mechanicsville, Gaines Mil, Saw
ages Station. and Fair Oaks, which were
familiar ground to some Of the escaped
prisoners.
Gray troopers rode far and wide.
searching corncribs. chicken lofts. and
barns. calling at every house by the
way as they rode. scanning every open
space. and beating every likely laurel
thicket.
But the cavalry could not penetrate
the swamps, nor could they command
truthful answers from the negroes, who
were secretly, on every hand, helping the
escaped prisoners; and therein lay the
weakness of a search that otherwise must
have resulted in the bringing back to
captivity a great many more Of the es-
ultimately were retal1en.
Through First Line of Guards.
So long as liberty is a guiding star to
man, human sympathy will go out to the
prisoner Of war in his effort to escape.
The narratives Of the escaped prisoners
of the war. on both sides, are among the
most absorbing intimate documents in
the literature OF the great struggle.
Among the prisoners who had left Libby
behind them, and fifty years ago today
were hiding in the swamps or lodging
furtively through the woods of the Upper
Peninsula, were many men of high intel
Iigence, who. after their delivery, wrote
excellent accounts of their adventures in
pursuit of liberty.
Among these was Capt Isaac N. john
son. of the Sixth Kentucky Cavalry. Capt
johnson had been one of the hardest
workers on the tunnel, his share in II
being greater than any others besides its
projectors, Col. Thomas E. Rose, of the
Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania Regiment,
and Maj. A. G. Hamilton, of the Twelfth
Kentucky. Capt johnson had won q
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MN the ocld MD, but The frost was -
ken that they fsared their feet might
freese u fhsy aspt Capt johnson had
on two shirfs one being q flannel. TAX
ing this a.. and removing his shoes and
stockinBa. he whipped hls fest In the
shirt, sharing h~g1th his companion.
{ The apot being ahsltsred some cows
souaht Il ont. and the fngitives were
ohli2sd To drive them away. fearing de-
tect3ou II any one came to fnd the cows.
A woman soon did come. and the two
men hiding IN the bush4s crouched close
to the ground. breathless. until she had
gone away.
That night the route taken was east.
as nearly as they could Judge by the
stars. It brought them across the rail-
road as well as across the Williamsburg
Pike. Striking into the woods beyond q
crossroad, at daylight. they again wrp
ped their feet in the shirt. One watched
whils~ the other slept, turn and turn
about. Thus the day was passed. and
at night the march was resumed.
betrayed by . white Mas.
A. nero whom they met proved
friend. and guided them to house In
which they were well received. and were
given q hot meal Here they rested sew
eral hours.
Feeling that they were nearing safety.
they decided now TO travel by day. and
the next day saw them footing 1t bravely
acroas the country.
Seeing . negro in q clearing cutting
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Garden-Feature Films.

At Moores Garden Theater the latest
release Of the All Star Film Company,
Eugene Walters paid In Full" with
Tuliy Marshall in his original role. will
hold the screen from Monday to Thurs
day. Inclusive. This play makes q most
excellent picture. and the cast includes
many Of the players who created roles in
Its initial production behind the footIights.
1t has been adapted to films by Mr.. Wal
ters, and the staging has been under his
direct supervision Friday and Saturday
will mark the first production OF the seem
ic melodrama of racing life. entitled TN
the Stretch Phil Scoville, the noted
jockey, essays the principal roles.
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orpheum-Feature Films.

Moore's orpheum Theater. formerly the
Academy Of Music, completely renovated.
redecorated, and refurnished. Will be
opened to the public on Monday next.
There win be preliminary season Of feat
ure films. the opening attraction being
The Battle of Waterloo" picturing in
six reels the incidents leading up to and
the famous struggle itself. Five thous-
and actors, soldiers, and supernumeraries.
and 5000 mounted warriors. add to the
realism of the production. Special music
and electrical effects will lend the proper
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certain distinction among the prisoners
who dug the tunnel by remaining con-
stantly In the foul cellar from which the
digging was done. for . week. after being
missed at rollcalI. while at work there.
The prison oflicials were led to believe he
had escaped. and the work was not en-
dangered by q search for him.
For this service Capt johnson had
been among the first six to pass out Of
the tunnel With Lieut. J. c. Fislar. Of
the Seventh Indiana Battery. he had
found himself In Richmond street. un-
der a bright gas Hight, about 8 o'clock on
the evening Of Februarys
Tho pair had walked away eastward
through the city. They wore civilian
dress. with army overcoats. Tho latter
attracted no special attention a. most Of
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THE WAR. DAY BY DAY
Fifty Years Ago.
Feb H. ss4Csdats Cavalry and czsas viii HaaA Were Sss
ing he Csunhy Abs1t Hnoad fx Fs1xsl hssa1 - 4 Whs
Al OGes Had Escaped rs. by Pisa TsssA TusA = Feb
uay s-Nsuadve sf One If Tier Number Capt Jsanssa
written expressly for The Heraid.)

Fifty years ago today Confederate cav
airy. aided In some cases by citizens own
ing dogs trained TO follow q human trail.
were securing the country between Rich
mond and the Peninsula for Federal
prisoners, 100 of whom. all oficerx had
escaped from Libby Prison through .
tunnel on February 9.
Already q considerable number Of the
fugitives had been taken. but the ma
jority were still at large. and. as their
pursuers rightly conjectured. were strik-
ing for the Peninsula or for the Kappa
hammock River, in the hope of reaching
Federal lines As the lines on the PENN
sula were the nearer. being In the vicinity
of Williamsburg. Il was reasoned that the
greater number OF the escaped prisoners
would head that way. The search. there
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Plaza.

The attractions booked for Moore's
Plaza Theater the coming week are, Mon
day. The Redemption of Steve Hard
ing" an altogether new departure In the
field of films; Tuesday. '-Taxicab No.
1oss: Wednesday. The Masked Mystery"
a Great Northern Film production:
Thursday, The Bridge that Failed" FRI
day, The Barrier of Blood" an adapta-
ton of one Of Rex Beach's better known
stories. and on Saturday. THE Sign of
Nine" suggested by the story of the
same title by Conan Doyle.
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Newman Travel Talk.

In concluding his regular course Of
trayeltalks for this season, at the Colum-
bia Theater, on Sunday evening and Mon
day afternoon. Mr.. z. NJ. Newman will
conduct his feliow-travelers through the
most up-to-date metropolis I'm all Europe.
.'Vienna-The City Beautiful" The allur-
ing charm of viennese life-the al1-per-
vading musical atmosphere. and the
genial. light-hearted. hospitable people
are in themselves attractions sufficient to
inspire a raveltalk Of unusual interest
but Mr.. Newman also has the splendid
wide. well-lighted streets-among which
Is the magnificent Ringstrasse-the won-
derfui public buildings. palaces. churches,
parks, and Fairgrounds. theaters, opera
houses, museums. and art galleries. all
models Of their kind-to visualize and de-
scribe for his audiences.
The traveltalk will be concluded with
motion picture journey on the pictur-
esque Danube to visit q delightful Hum
garian village.
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E2menAorf Travelogues.

On next Thursday afternoon. at the
New National, Dwight Elmendorf viii be-
gin his eighth annual series Of travel
talks, which have been so popular a fea-
ture of winters past.
For his first lecture Mr.. Elmendorf has
chosen for his topic. "Ceylon and Cinga-
lese." The lectures, which will be illus
trated with colored views and motion
pictures, all taken b, the lecturer him
self. be given on five successive Thursday
afternoons, starting promptly at 40.
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Bauer Recital.

From the individual point Of view the
most interesting recital OF the season is
scheduled for Saturday Afternoon at 4:3o
o'clock when, under the management Of
T. Arthur Smith. the master pianist,
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ONLY PARROT Is CHANGED.
Original Company to Present ooh
Oh! Delphfneo Here.

Oh! Delphineo Here.
The sale of seats will open today for
the engagement of "Oh! Oh! Delphine, :"
which comes to the National next week
directly from its run Of more than a year
in New York City at the Knickerbocker
an New Amsterdam theaters.
The piece viii be presented by the orig
inaI company Of more than 100 people.
The only change Is that the original par
rot in the story has retired permanently
from the stage and its understudy Is now
playing the part.
The presence Of the original company
in this city 10 in keeping with Klaw &
Erlangers policy hereafter to confine
their musical productions to original or
ganizations. The cast includes Frank
Mcintyre, Scott Walsh, Octavia Broske,
Frank Doane, George A. Beane, George
s. Christie, Alfred Fisher, Grace Edmond,
and He3en Raymond.
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ship Home. Council of Clubs, and will
take place Wednesday evening, February
Is. The proceeds will be donated to the
home IN order to install a new gymna-
sium for the children.
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atmosphere to the production. the music
for which has been especially composed
by Prof. George B. Colgan, director Of
the Orpheum Symphony Orchestra
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Belasce - Marsaret Anslin n
/ shakespearean Censaiss.
The engagement of Marssret Ansiin sf
the Belasco Theater next week In series
OF Shakespearean revivals should prove
an event Of unusual Interest. Mis- Ang-
lin announces three Of Shakespeares
most delightful comedies. in the follow
Ing order: Monday and THURSDAY nenu
and Wednesday matinee. 'Tweiftn
Night" Tuesday and Friday nights ana
Saturday matinee, "As You L1ke i" and
Wednesday and Saturday nights. The
Tanning Of the shrew." In each Of the
plays named Miss Angiin win Of course
be seen in the principal role, supported
by an excellent company Of shakespear-
can actors. Among the principals are
Fuller Mellish. Ian MacLaren. Eric Blind.
Ruth Holt Boucicault. Max Montssoie,
Wallace Widdecombe. Lillian Thurgate.
E. Y. Bacus, Harrison Carter, Florence
Wollersen, Sidney Greenstreet. Harry
Barfoot, Max Fisher, Hargery Card.
George Currie. and others.
The scenic equipment. costumes. and
stage accessories OF Miss Anglin's pro-
ductions are said to be the most complete
and elaborate ever given Shakespeare
In this country. The entire productions
were made from designs by Livingston
Platt. the well-known artist and archae-
ologist who was for q number Of years
technical director for David Belasco and
an apostle Of Reinhardt. Gordon Craig.
and other stage innovators. To Mr.. Platt
belongs the credit for the almost marvel
ious results obtained on the tiny stage OF
the Toy Theater. In Boston.
Coiambia-Julian Eltinge In "Ths
Crinoline Girl"
Julian Elnnge. who will be the next
weeks attraction at the Columbia The
ater. in THE CrinoIine Girl" essays Q
high-claas comedy role. but in the evolv-
ing Of the plot Of the piece II is neces-
sary that he don female apparel several
times. The Crinoline Girl ID described
a. q melodramatic mystery farce with
music, furnished by Percy weinrich. to
the lyrics Of Mr.. Eltinge. The book 10 by
Otto Hauerbach, the author Of Madame
Sherry. High Jinks." and other notable
successes. An exceptional company has
been provided for Mr.. Eltinge's support,
In which will be found such weIl-known
artists as Herbert Corthell. Charles Nor
rison. Walter Horton. Herbert McKen-
zie- James c. Spottswood. Joseph s.
Marba, Helen Luttrell, Maidel Turner.
Grace studdiford. Augusta Scott. and
others.
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AT the Tteaters Next Week

Harold Bauer viii give Z recital at the
New Masonic Auditorium. corner Of New
York avenue, H and Thirteenth streeeA
Upon the program win be found Bach's
Suite In A minor; the Carnival. by 9chu-
mann: the Barcarolle and the Ballade In
"a minor. by Chopin; BrahmS Intermss-
70 in y minor. and Capriccio In b minor:
schubert's Impromptu in A nat. and
Saint t-Saens' Etude en- forme Dc vaise.
Kubelik Coming seon.
On Sunday evening. February =. at
the New National Theater. T. Arthur
Smith announces that Kubelik viii be
heard, and on Tuesday afternoon, Febru-
ay n. the Philadelphia orchestra. win
give its third concert OF the season with
Mocha Eiman as the eoloist.
Gayety-Beaaty, Youth and Fs11y.
The Beauty. Youth. and Folly Com
pany comes to the Gayety next week
with James z. Cooper and Tom McRae.
in a new two-act musical burlesque en-
titled, The Blue Rose" Books are by
Cooper and McRae. with lyrics by Billy
X. Wells. Tom McRae is seen in the
role Of Smoke" a colored porter. Joe
Madden appears as Will e. Gettem. e
whisky drummer. and James Cooper u
70 po ecch IN MS Ofu TOic oh Sus ShDuSHs
crank botanist.
Act I Ia laid In the flower store of Jack
standar. on Fifth avenue. and act on
the lawn of Ben Jolly's home on the
Hudson. The latter scene allows for
the introduction of the entire company
In the guise Of a mammoth baseball team,
with McRae In the capacity Of pitcher
and the chorus and other principals i'm
personating all Of the baseball teams in
the country.
Arrangements have been made for the
presentation At the New National Theater
next Sunday afternoon. at o'clock. and
evening at s:I5, Of the gigantic film %o-
duction. Joan Of Arc" The Maid Of Or
leans. one of the years big features from
the World Special Film Company.
One of the biggest scenes in the story
woven about this one of the most roman
tic figures Of history In the entrance into
Orleans. For this more than a thousand
soldiers and three hundred horses were
used.