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The Washington times., 1915-05-30
With the Local
Musicians

The faculty and graduating class or
the Washington College of Music have
issued invitations for the eighth annual
reception and commencement on juno
IL. Exercises will be held al the Belas-
CO Theater at 2:30. Rev. Bernard Bras
kamp. of Gurley Memorial Church. win
deliver the invocation. and s. NJ. Fabi
an, president OF the college. will pre-
sent the diplomas. Following this.
members OF the class will present
program.
The same evening a reception and
dance will be held at Rauscher's. The
following day a picnic will be given by
the graduating class.
Edgar Paul has arranged to study
with David Bispham this summer. He
will go to New York about June %. and
work with Mr.. Bispham there. going
with him to Connecticut for the re-
mainder of the summer.
Mrs. Huron w. Lawson was the vocal
soloist at National Park Seminary,
Forest Glen. Md. last THURSDAY morn
song by Eckert Mrs. Lawson will sing
at Swarthmore, Pa, next Friday.
Miss Marie McCourt's seventh stu
dents recital of the season took place
on May %. with the following students
participating Estelle Lewis, Lillian
Lewis, Hssunta Sari Helen Seba stian,
Irene Nonberger. Mary Wrenn. Mabel
Bowie. Frances Palmater, Mary Amato,
Bertha Bender, Mary Williams, Lincoln
Rode. Augusta Mayer. Eva Meyer.
Catherine DAILY, Marguerite McDonough.
Edna Meyer, Florence Cady and Edith
blinkhorn.
Students of the Mendelssohn School Of
Music gave a recital at T. Arthur
smiths hall last Wednesday evening.
Those who took part We're the Misses
Maria Stoll, katherine Weckel, Emma
Braun, Kathleen Lyons, Lena Mair,
Loretta Lyons, Margaret Lyons. Ethel
Laurie, and George Killeen, Henry MAR.
Alfred Diener Heinrich Bauer. Edward
Helen Mergner, Louise Rom, Mildred
Beckwith, and Esther Pitts, David
Bauer Leonard Benner, Miss Roma
Benner. GustaVe Weckel, Sigmunda
Szarra Miss Katherine killeen, Ludwig
Hammel. John Mergner, the Misses
Atcha Burkhart. Augusta Braun. Hazel
Bennett, Viola Measer. Grace Gilchrist
and Sadie Killeen, f. f. Christiani, John
Margner and Joe Lyons
A special patriotic musical service will
be given at 5 o'clock this evening at st.
Pauls Lutheran Church. Eleventh and
II streets. The program will include
America the Beautiful" Brown: Kip
ling's "Recessional." De Koven; "f'o
Thee, o Country" Eichberg, and other
ton will Join Miss Gertrude Lyons
regular soprano. Mrs. Julian Bry-
lawski, the contralto, will sing the Of
fertory anthem. abide With Me-" by
Spence. Mr.. Glider Is the tenor. Mr.
Roberts. bass and Mrs. VIII am Ham
ilton Bayly organist and choir director
The Washington times., 1915-05-30
Attractions
Coming To
Washington

The wonderful characters Of fairyland
will be seen at the Columbia Theater
next week. when THE Gingerbread
Man will be the Offering.
Built to appeal to children, it was so
well liked by the grownups that 1t ran
an entire year in New York on It's
original production, and Is now rated
one of the most celebrated OF musical
plays. Its book is by Fred Rankin.
and has much comedy. The music, by a.
Baldwin Sloane, is in accord with the
spirit OF the characters of fancy.
The costume and scene plots call for
most elaborate investitures. and Direc-
tor Frank NJ. Ranger has promised that
every action Of THE Gingerbread Man"
aided by the most ingenious devices.
will be brought into play.
For the seventh week OF its Wash
ington engagement, starting a week
from tomorrow night. the Aborn Comic
Opera Company will resent one of the
most charming of Herbert operas. The
Fortune Teller"
Picturesque In Its stage setting and
dashing costumes, replete with musical
gems. and with an unusual cast The
Fortune Teller" bids fair to be one Of
the most popular Of the Aborns' offer
ings.
Among the list of principals will be
found Eileen Castles. Edith Bradford
Mabel Andrews. Madge North. Forrest
Huff. George Shields, James McElhern.
Phil Branson, and a number of others
equally as we'll known. OF particular
interest will be the appearance for the
first time this year of Miss North, a
Washington girl with a host of friends.
The attraction chosen to follow this will
be The Screnade"
Next weeks program of picture plays
at Crandalrs Theater will include the
eighth drama of the "Who Pays?"
series. To-day and Tomorrow" as the
feature Sunday At other performa noes
during the week Miss Florence Reed
will be seen In photoplay. Clyde
Fitch's Her Own Way" and Henry
b. Walthall supported by Joyce Moore.
will be seen in "Beulah.'
This play tells the story OF a daugh-
ter Of the Old South. her sorrows, her
heroic struggles. and her ultimate tri-
umph in the love of a real man. A
snecial program by Prof. Green's Or
Chestra and the pipe organ recitals
will also be featured.
At Moore's Garden Theater next Sun
dav and Monday the principal attrac-
ton will be Patriot and Spy" featur-
ing James Cruze, Marguerite Snow, and
Aiphonse Either. Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Thursday Cyrus Townsend Brady 8
romance, Island of Regeneration" ,"
with Edith Storey, Antonio Moreno S.
Rankin Drew. and Harry Davenport.
will be seen.
Friday and Saturday Mae Marsh and
Robert Harron will be seen In the latest
The Washington times., 1915-05-30
Freck|e-F

Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These
Ugly Spots.
Do you know how easy 1t is to re-
move those ugly spots so that no one
will call you freckle-face?
Simply get an ounce of othine. double
strength, from your druggist. and a
few applications should show you how
easy it is TO rid yourself of freckles
and get a beautiful complexion. The
sun and winds of February and March
have a strong tendency to bring out
freckles, and as result more othine
is sold in these months. Be sure to
ask for the double strength othine, as
this is sold under guarantee of money
back il 1t fails to remove the freckles.-
Advt.
The Washington times., 1915-05-30
Carranza Buys Old
Gunboat Captured by u. S.

NEW ORLEANS. May 3o-Repre-
sentatives of tho CarranZa government
of Mexico purchased the former Span
ish gunboat Alvarado. one of the prizes
captured by Americans in Cuban waters
in the Spanish American war. The AL
varado, of eighty-nine tons. was as
signed for several years to the Louisi-
ana naval militia as training ship.
and was later sold by the Government
to private interests.
The Carranza purchasers stated that
after undergoing repairs the Alvarado
would be taken to Tampico and used in
protecting the oil fields of the Panuco
river district
The Washington times., 1915-05-30
Two Years Is Limit for
Clerks i'm Philippines

Judge Advocate General Crowder of
the armv has announced the decision
that paymasters' clerks are officers
under the authority of Congress and
that consequently tnev cannot be COM
pelled to spend more than two years
in the Philippines or Canal Zone.
Pay clerks submitted the question be-
cause the act of March I. 1915. limiting
service in the tropics. did not specific
ally apply to them.
The Washington times., 1915-05-30
Worlds Smallest Park.

PASADENA. Cal. May 30.-Pasadena
will soon boast of the smallest park in
the world. II plans of the Oak Knoll
Improvement Association are carried
out. The park will contain one-fiftieth
OF an acre of ground. and when 1t has
been improved and filled with bright
flowers it will be decided to the city.
The Washington times., 1915-05-30
nj

Mutual Masterpicture. Her Shattered
Idol"
THE College Widow."by George AIDE.
will be the attraction at Moore's Strand
Theater, next week, from Saturday to
Wednesday. with Ethel Clayton and
George Spencer in the leading roles.
Coghlan will be presented in a photo
play of THE Sporting Duchess In
which she Is supported by many of the
players seen on the stage In this drama
by Cecil Raleigh which enjoyed a two
years run at the Drury Lane Theater.
London. and Wallick's Theater. New
York.
The most delightful of Scotch come
dies, Kitty Mackay.' by Catherine
Chisholm Cushing, will be the offering
next week of the Poll Players. The
girl, Kitty, who after a life Of privation,
is taken 10 London to become the heir
ess of an English noblemaI. There she
falls i'm love with the son of her bene-
factor and their romance seems to be
progressing beautifully amtil the father
forbids the marriage, not through any
objection to Kitty, but because Of a
grave family connection.
The climax of the third act is one of
intense dramatic interest, but the play
Scotch wit at the expense of the Eng
lish.
Douglas Fairbanks. Patricia Collinge.
and company in "A Regular Business
Man" will be the big attraction in the
bill at the B. F. Keith Theater next
week The added star will he Belle
Baker. styled The Barnhardt of
Song" Another new headliner will be
Mile. Maryon Vardie and her coryphees
de ballet in a cycle of classical dances
Elizabeth Reeside. a Washington girl.
formerly of the Teatro Comunale OF
Italy. and OF the Boston Opera Com
pany will be heard for the first time
professionally here in operate melodies.
Others i'm the program will be Du
Gallon and his totterng ladder: the
Sharrocks; Ed. Morton. and Booth and
Leander.
The Washington times., 1915-05-30

IF anyone happens to see n "For
Rent" sign hanging around the lobby
or the National ThoAtor during the next
week or hear descrintion OF suhurhen
real estate recital in lieu Of the proner
lines In "Erminie." it must he al
tributed TO the evil influence Of the
calling of Forrest Huff, jr.. on his
known to the public as Forrest Hun
and FRITZ Won Rusing
Forrest Huff ir.. IL hut eight wears
OF age, but he has developed a talent
for disnosine Of suburban real estate
which has gladdenHd the hearts Of his
parents. who feared. during the first
two years Of the young mans life. that
all he could develop was very flexible
and penetrating voice .'ich ran the
Esmut of the soprano al tenor ranges
usually In the "arly rours NJ the
Ssnrning. The Hun f. WY tree Is
The Washington times., 1915-05-30
TOURING PARTIES

Can be accommodated with good meals and
lodging at Swann's Hotel. Piney Point. Md.
The Washington times., 1915-05-30

Chattolsnee, Md. in the beautiful Green
Spring valley l3 miles from Baltimore: easily
Accessible by train splendid auto coads:
opens May %. 1915. For rates, etc. apply 70
MRS. T j. VANNEMAN, The Severn. Bal
timore. Md
The Washington times., 1915-05-30

Edgar Paul has arranged to study
with David Bispham this summer. He
will go to New York about June 26. and
work With Mr.. Bispham there. going
with him to Connecticut for the re-
mainder OF the summer.
The Washington times., 1915-05-30

Mrs. Huron w Lawson was the vocal
soloist at National Park Seminary,
Forest Glen. Md. last Thursday morn
ing. Her selection was the Swiss echo
song by Eckert. Mrs. Lawson will sing
at Swarthmore, Pa. next Friday.
The Washington times., 1915-05-30

Beautiful view; greatly enlarged: capacity u
broad verandas: garage. Booklet, j. F. Cre7
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-01
News Of Fifty Years Ago
Grom Newspaper Files September 1, 1869

The trial of Captain wirz has again been
postponed For what reason does not appear
oicially. The continuation Of the
this time called for by the prosecution. What
the prosecution has It's sleeve has not yet
been made manifest.
Whatever may be the outcome of the wirz
trinl tho fact remains that the prosecution in
inc names or General Lee and several others
from tho charge of conspiracy with Captain
that Genernl Lee and the others arc CON
structively in the custody of the United States.
but not nov. now on trial" That is not the real
reason. The fact is that the prosecution dared
not put General Lee the witness stand and
that for reasons best known the prosecution,
which has already, in advance OF trial decd-
ed upon the punishment of Captain Wirz.
Washington dispatch says: The dctermi-
nation of the President Of the United States
that Mr.. Davis should and must be tried by
civil court is likely to he carried out by the
early arraignment of Mr., Davis at Norfolk In
preside. Virginia being embraced in his judicial
operations from Richmond would be the basis
of tho charge of treason.
1t is reported that President Andrew John
son. who by the way. is native of North
Carolina, has intimated to Governor Holden
of that State. that he (IIoldcn) is getting n
little too officous. The President to be
disposed listen to such men as Ex-Goyern -
Graham. Ex-Governor Bragg Acknowledgement
Simon H. Rogers and some others. who do not
agree altogether with the Holden arrarian doc
trne.
General Thomas has denounced tho cowardly
attack upon Confederate General Wheeler by
united states General Blackburn and his subal-
tern. Il man named Quinn and holding u minor
Office in the United States General Thomas
says he would court martial these men, except
that they have already been mustered out of
the service of the United States Army and are
no longer amenahlc TO his orders The coward
~ assault was on the streets of Nashville
Tenn.
John White, OF warrcnton. n c.. who was
the agent Of the North Carolina State govern
ment In England TO buy supplies for the North
Carolina Confederate troops, the same to be
brought through blockade by the North Caro-
lima ship Advance, has been arrested at his
home, I'm Warrenton. by undcratrappers
of the United states government He readily
gave bond, and this will probably be the last
OF II.
There were large sales Of leaf tobacco Mt
Seabrook Warehouse yesterday, and the weed
much Of ii having been in storage for two
years ut least, brought prices that pleas
ing to the owners and sellers. In n very short
whilo the real leaf tobacco business of Rich
mond will be fully rc-esta blished.
The steamship Creole will leave this after
noon for New York. and tomorrow afternoon
the Albcmarle. the sister ship, will hike out for
New York. Both of these ships go out heavily
loaded. 1t looks now II tho trade ana com
mcrce between this city and New York will re-
quire daily sailinEs
The visit. or The supposed visit, of the presi-
dent of the United States to this city has bee
postponed, for how long know not
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-01
The Code In virginia.

Hewlett" asks an interesting qucs-
ton on n subject that will interest
Richmond. and the informa ton is
worth reading, OF course. IT wouldn't
be printed If 1t wasn't. He asks:
Seeing your reference to Wills's
Travels in America. I ask that you toll
me when Mackay's Travels were pub
lishcd, and what especial reference
there Is in the book TO Richmond Va.
Mr.. Mackay left England early in
1886, January 4th, and remained in
America TIL late in 1S47. His THE
Western World" was published twice in
London. and tho American edition.
copied from the second English cdi-
1S49. Under the chapter on American
Society, page li3 Of Volume T., AmcrI-
can edition, there is reference to duel
ling in Richmond. I'm the South mere
are some districts in which the pro-
Density to duelling assumes the type
OF an incradicable, chronic distemper
Society displays degree OF oversensi-
tivcness, which is quite unnecessary
Tor the conservation or honor. In no
place, perhaps. Is this oversensitivc-
ness so much exhibited as IN the CAM
tai of Virginia" This rs about the
sole reference TO Richmond until he
comes to the chapter on Virginia. pages
246-26S. Volume !. He makes the can
tain of the mail steamer on tho Poto-
mac scold the Governor OF Virginia"
Extra Billy Smith, for kccpinr tho
boat waiting for him, ana ten the
Governor that next time he was late
he would have 10 find q boat OF his
own" Mackay calls Richmond az very
pretty town." "a beautiful place." "ele-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-01

giant and airy" refers to the exit
and variety OF It's manufactures, e
especially to tobacco and South .ni
lean shipment of -four, says that |
slaves are well fed, we'll dressed 4,
contented. etc. or the people Of Ri
mond he declares that. 1T IS wed
ness or theirs to tie constantly maxi
the largest possible drafts upon
admiral ton OF tho visitor" They +.
proud and sensitive TO a degrc
Their code of honor Is so exceedin,
strict that II requires the greatest g
cumspcction to escape it's violation,
ming which gives To Richmond |
ciety chivalrous and romantic c.
which Is rarely 10 he met with
tter-of-fact America" On
whole, he likes the social world
RNhmond. and says, He must Id
into himself for the cause, who N
not feel himself at once ut home
ms frank and hospitahle friends"
no credits Richmond women with
grace, characteristic of Virginia.
ciety."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-01
&C. d." Caps OF Long Ago.

old Timer" writes and asks. when
was Il boy l used to use two sorts
OF caps" for my muzzlc-loading gun.
One was known as &c. d" i do not
recall the name OF the other Can
you tell me what &c. D." meant? Also
what is tho origin OF the term old
horse" as applied to things left un-
called for In depots?
Fifty years ago there were sold
hercabout three sorts OF caps for per
cussion guns; the "waterproof." mad C
OF thick copper with the explosive
connected by disc of foil: the &c. d.
OF thinner copper with less reliable
explosive, covered with some sort OF
varnish. and the muskct cap, sold then
and even now--for the sporting SER
vice OF the army guns which were the
sole fowling pieces OF some of tho peo-
Pile. We recall tho 'watcrproofs," put
up in tin boxes about an inch deep and
rather more than an inch in diameter
and covered with brown lauucr.
Their name needed no bush. The .G.
D." was usually sold in a pastcboard
container about three quarters OF an
inch deep, round, with Il diameter OF
about one and n half inches and gen
orally green In color. These caps were
very cheap and not very relia BILE, and
tho only explanation we ever heard
OF the name, &c; d. is that the letters
were the initials Of two words quite
likely to he uttered by the provolt cd
and emphatic huntsman when his gun
missed fire.
For many years things left undo
livcTed in freight and express offices
havo for convenience been stored to
themselves In places marked with the
letters 20. H." for con hand" Some
waG--probably no one now knows who
gave tho turn "old horse" to the
initials and 1t stuck.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-01
The Voice Of the PEOPLE
Hometown Celebrations.

To tho Editor OF The Times Dispatc
Sir.--As your paper has wide circula ton
throughout Virginia and North Carolina YOU
can stimulate local pride in the small towns
OF these two Commemorative by urging tnem
to celebrate tho anniversaries of their incor-
poration. During the present year Massachu-
sctts communities are. in number OF in
sta noes COMMUNICATING $50 years or existence
Plans for tho celebration include historical,
floats old folks concerts. sports addresses ana
dances Think OF the impression made upou
school children who imposing street
parade. portrayinG in floats the history Of the
community. For example. Charlemont (Who-
ever heard Of this diminutive Massachusetts
town? has just completed thrce-days' celc-
The Springfield Republican cons,dcred tho
series OF events worthy only OF n place in
the news. but also of special editorial mention
Towns Of the Old Dominion and the Old North
State can do we'll those of New England
Southerners need not be ashamed to acknowl-
edge good thing" in other parts OF the
Union They should adopt worthy idea
and develop ii beyond the original conception
CASTOR LICHTENSTEIN:--
Buffalo Lithia Springs Va. August %. 1ai5
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-01

n,
MISS Annie w. asks: Can you tell me
where ! may find the poem "Aucassin
and Nicolette" and something about It?
There is an excellent English trans
lation by Bourdillon and an exquisite
ono by Andrew Lang. Your local book
seller can get them for you. You may
see 1t in brief in Edmund Clarence
Stedman's "A Masquo of Poets" The
author is an unknown troubadour
whose time the critic CASTOR Paris
hNes ut about ll30. in the reign of Louis
VII in France The form is recitativc,
alternate prose and ~crse. and there IL
one manuscript copy. regarded as con-
temporancous. in the French National
Library. In this are directions" which
indicate-along with the fact that tho
scores of some of tho songs are written
in--that the piece was commonly pre-
sented by company OF Jonglcurs with
music and some dramatic action.
Aucasstn. son OF Count Garin do
biaucaire. falls in love with Nicolettc.
She IL n slave girl. bought OF Saracens.
by captain in the counts service. and
adopted his "daughtcr-in Cod" and
really the daughter OF the King OF
Carthage. The captain promises the
count TO send Nicolctte away. but con-
ceals her in n nearby palace which he
owns. The count sees that his son is
fixed in his consistency and promises TO
let him see Nicolctte If he Will take
the field against Count Bougars do Va
lciIcc, who is then at war with Biau-
care .Aucassin does so and takes Bou-
gars prisoner HIS father repudiates
his bargain, and Aucassin finds his
sweetheart in the garden of the palace.
She escapes into the wildwood ana Au-
cdssin finds her there. The piece Is re-
Gardcd to be about the sweetest and
brightest Of it's sort. and furnishes. not
the origin. OF course. but n long step
back toward the origin of much Of our
modern 'smartncsy."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-01
Overworking the Jitnq

10 the Editor OF The TImcs-Dispr
Slr,-Io-da a litncy bus owl
'Ho General Motor Company wal
moncd TO take n lady to the
station. When tho automobile
the lady was not quite ready. Il,
"A few minutes she went out ana
tho chauffeur sound aslccp. on
d!i.cu!ty could lie he aroused. ClN
~ we asked him why he fell asle,I
easily. His reply was that he had
TOO long At work, al! yestcrday. 4
ucaliy all night last night. and al
day How steadily he had been|
would he kept at his post we can
guess. But II seems that since III
Council has been so active in 9th.
rcctions in looking out for the safe
the travelling public, Il would at
attempt 10 assure us that the operf
%! titncy buses would have good re
10 be thought TO have their eyes /.
Those OF us who approve Of the
vent OF tho j!tncy bus feel that tn.
d'nance now being contested
passed at tho instigution OF the Pas
ger and Power Company. We like
appreciate the fact that the &c,
Motor Company is little more thai
other name for the same corporal
Since they are so cagcr TO rctaIrI
nickl"s of the travelling public. IL 81
that they should 50 arrange tho n
of their chauffcurs as to assure usI
they would not fall asleep at the Il
ing wheel.
F. b. CLAF|
Richmond. Va. August IS. 1915.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-01

The LynchburG Advance says: when we
read Of hoods in Galveston, West Indian hurri-
canes sweeping over Texas the mississippi on
a rampage and Mount Lassen chuckinE train
loads OF mud into the peaceful valleys at its
FOOT wo cannot help but givo thanks that we
1.-Two In Virginia, where such things do not hap
pen. 1T Is worth a great deal to citizen to
be sure when no goes to bed at night that
nc ana his homo and all that belongs to
MIN VIII be in the same place in tho morning,
ana not careening on the crest of a tidal wave
or sailing through the atmosphere propelled by
n cyclone.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-01
SEEN ON THE SIDE
R-less Months. Avnunt:

R-less Months, Avnunt!
He was Erizzed FISHERMAN,
Fresh from tho salty bay,
Who. propped against the bar. began
To chant this soulful lay:
THE R-lcss months at last have sped,
The good days begin,
When from their mud encrusted bed
The oysters rake in.
We rake them up into our craft
From morn till dewy eve,
And pile them up. both fore and Mt
In ways you'd not believe.
Each oyster lifts jaundiced eye
And croaks: This Is shame
But when the R-less months pass by
We land them, just the same"
Tho FISHERMAN hero checked his lay,
potent dram quaffed he,
And as he dragged the glass away,
He chortled merriIy:
These R-less months ne'er made q hit
With me, in all my life
I'm always willing they should fit
For months with oysters rife
The Chesapeake invites my soul,
The oysters call me there,
And when DER oyster beds roll
You bet leave them bare
And you who dwell in Richmond town
VIII bless the work I do
While R-less months, that make men frown
Keep out of mortal view"