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The Washington times., 1917-09-26
Mabel Dodge Writes About
Your Faculty of Attention
You Win With 1t 1t Discovers Truth
It Is Your Total Focus 1t Above
By Mabel Dodge.
By M a b Ell Dodge.

It is the energy in the individual
that counts In both cases, and that
attracts attention, whetreh It Is
creative energy, as in the first
case, or destructive energy, as 1t
usually Is in the second.
All vital things attract attention
and pay attention. You will find
this to be always true.
What Is Attention.
The more vital q person is the
more attention he gives. The more
he has to give.
Attention IL the sum total Of the
whole person. It Is eyes, ears and
all the senses; it is the blood and
the desire Of the blood; It is the
heart and soul Of the human being.
All this, pouring in one direction
in a stream of invisible light, IL
lumines the thing upon which it
falls.
Being all the strength Of a hu-
man being, it is god-like in its
power.
Possessing such a power at this,
what do you do with it?
Upon what have you turned your
attention?
To what have you paid out all
the gifts Of your senses, and your
blood, and your spirit? Your COM
posite self 10 streaming out Of you
like q searchlight. Upon what il
It falling7
Turn your light upon something
higher than when It falls today.
Turn your light away from ugly
things to something q little above
you, and then follow It.
You have no idea how your life
will change If you will do this. II
you will pay attention to some
thing above you you can raise
yourself from the dust to the stars.
It does not matter what has been
claiming your attention in the
past.
Look away from It and 1t is
gone. II Is only your attention to q
thing that gives Il any existence
for you. Where you are looking to-
day, there you are.
Look up! The things above you
are alwayS calling yoV 70 "eOus
hAekI"
The Washington times., 1917-09-26
Cc) LIE Rire CParis)

The Paris paper LIE Rre gives you this picture of beau
full France welcoming General Pershing The Frenchman
writes under his picture, General Pershing returns La
fayette's visit to America 40 years later
Americans, study this picture with interest and
Der that the other day out West the editor of German
paper put in Jail for saying of Pershng among other
things that he lady's 1t all depends on HOW
you say such things
Pershing is that will gain the affection of that
distinguished female the French goddess of liberty He and
his fighting will help to cross the trenches help to get
back Asace and Lorraine And it's the least do,
considering what France did for the United States. She
gave than Lafayette she gave the ideas of the
French Revoutionists of the that worked told
truth for sixty years before the Revolution to whose
inspiration we owe freedom from English control
The Washington times., 1917-09-26
Two Pictures and Few Words.

Continued From First Column
dawns early light job for old gentleman who is about
to lose his regular occupation?"
The world is than crowded with human beings
who tell you that will last forever because always
HAS lasted But you could look ahead few pages into
history far the end of this century you would find gas
mask shrapne bayonet etc., only in the museums, along
with the rack the thumbscrew and the preserved skulls Of
the "head hunters of Borneo.
War is going; Mars must find new job
The Washington times., 1917-09-26
great war comes to an end.
XIoU have a faculty that is
the greatest gift Of all.
- Il is the faculty Of CIV

X/oU have q faculty that u
I the greatest gift OF all.
Il Is the faculty OF CIV
ing your ATTENTION TO things.
Your attention Is like an invisi-
BILE searchlight that you can swing
in all directions and focus any
where you please.
When you turn your attention
upon q thing 1t is Immediately IL
Illuminated by this searchlight Of
yours.
Nothing IN the world Of nature
or human nature can withhold its
secrets from your searchlight at
tention.
That Is what revelation is-it is
the secret in something illumined
by your attention.
That Is what invention Is.
That is what science is.
That Is what all truth is.
Tn Secret Of Sueeess
by at'ention 70 II you can unoer-
stand anything.
BY attention you can master
anv trade and surpaEs anyone
who,s attartInn "a las than vnur.
p -..NS.S -. a.
by sIUen'ion you eau - 'no
The Washington times., 1917-09-26

w THEN / went down the Po-
" tomsc yesterday l saw
W what do you think?-a
seagull. a great, white seagull,
with spreading wings, flying high
over the shore.
wonder what he thought Of 1t
and Of US, creeping along down
there on the ground, while he
swept, and scared, and few high in
the clear air.
Going to storm" said the sea-
faring man who stopped me for a
little conversation. They never
fly so far inland unless there's a
wind coming. Queer birds, sea-
gulIs. They have the gift Of
prophecy"
The sky was blue and the sun
was shining when the gull few
over my head, but this morning
when l awoke the rain was beat
ing on the window pane and the
trees in the garden bowed and
swayed in the wild wind that came
screaming in from sea
l thought Of a name for a man
know. I'm going TO call him the
SeaEull, for he always knows when
there's q storm coming. Do you
know such a man?
How Does Il Happen?
That man can 20 into a we'll
organized concern and turn the
whole thing upside down within
six months. What does he do?
/ can't tell you. / can't even tell
myself, but ] know 1t is true Just
the same.
Everything will be serene and
lovely. The stenographers will go
out to lunch together, the partners
will play golf after business hours,
the bookkeeper and the cashier will
exchange stories, and the porter
and the janitor will tell each other
just exactly how the wife at home
manages the grocer's bills since
the high cost of living has made
life something like trying to square
the hypothenuse.
But six weeks after the Seagull
has arrived the blond stenographer
will be wondering what the bru-
nette stenographer is saying to
the Seagull and what the Seagull
Is saying to her, and they'll both
The Washington times., 1917-09-26
The Need of a New District
Commissioner
Multiplying Problems Require For Commissioner BrOwnoW
Reducing the Cost of Living.

President Wilson is very busy and doubtless has
not selected District Commissioner to succeed Major New
man because his mind has been occupied with other pressing
problems But it is earnestly to be hoped that he will make
an appointment at early date because Commissioner
Louis Brownow is practically alone in the job of managing
the business of the city of Washington And in these extraor
binary days that easy task He should have at his
side at who can begin promptly to famiarize
himself with the multiplying problems of the District reat
to the cost of food and fuel street service and other
public utilities.
The Times repeats that it is not interested in the candi
dacy of any individual but hopes that when Mr. Wilson
announces his selection he will have chosen who the
people of Washington will feel has their permanent interest
and welfare really at heart Conscientious public officials
are the exception rather than the rule these days So
of them regard their positions jobs and snecurs
The people Of Washington cannot vote they do not get the
benefit of that zeal which inspires asprant for elective
honors in many of the municipalities of the country They
ought therefore, be given by the President for Dis
rict Commissioner who will regard the office in the light of
serious responsibility as position to be administered
without regard party but with every regard the better
ment of living conditions in the District of Columbia
The Municipal Market.
Commissioner Brownlow and Senator King have put
the weight of their influence behind the project for
ncpa market The meeting in the Wilson Normal School
developed interesting views the experiences of other
cities with enterprises of this kind James Thrift city
troer of Baltimore spoke of the experiments which that
city is making
At the Department of Agriculture yesterday Assistant
Secretary Carl Vrooman met group of Washington grocrs
and dealers in foodstus who pledged themselves to sell
their goods at the smallest possible profit during the period
of the war.
Both meetings in the interest of the public The
municipal market idea should have the careful study of the
people The District authorities ought to bring here for the
of discussion able to discuss the and
of the project integenty The desire of Washington
grocers to cooperate in selling food at minimum profits is
not surprising This is age of cooperation All the
why any public project that is to compete with
private enterprise should be decided upon only after has
been demonstrated that the mass of the people really VIII
benefit by the change
The Washington times., 1917-09-26
An Editorial by Mrs. Champ Clark
r. And Very Good Story That Points Good Moral

The wife of the Speaker of the House has very kindly
prepared for publication in THE TIMES editorial on
food conservation that you will now read
We hope that newspapers all the country will re-
print with or without reference to THE WASHINGTON
TIMES this useful terse statement that much
ground and so completely.
The Washington times., 1917-09-26
The Vital Difference.

The Seagull fairly flaps his
wings; that is, he would flap them
II he had them. He wakes fat and
prosperous and happier than any
clam that ever luXuriated In the
mud anywhere on earth.
He can tell a storm months
ahead, but there's this difference
between him and the real seagull
If there isn't a storm in sight he
knows exactly how to go to work
and blow one up.
l wouldn't have the Seagull In
my office II he were the cleverest
man on earth. ] don't believe he's
worth It; do you?
Copyright. 1911, by Newspaper Feature serv
Ice, 1no. Great Britain rights reserved.
The Washington times., 1917-09-26

This ancient warrior presented by Knott in the Gal
weston Daily News is singing 0h say you see by the
Continued At Bottom Of Last COumnl
The Washington times., 1917-09-26
Winifred Black Writes
About a Human Seagull
The Bird Knows Storm Is Coming the Man Can
Blow Up One
d
By Winifred Black.

be. sorry for him to think how his
wife misunderstands him, and SIM
ply will not give him q chance to
rest when he gets home at night,
and send him out with a decent
breakfast in the morning.
In eight weeks the bookkeeper
will begin to watch the cashier,
and the cashier will feel that some
one distrusts HIM, and make up his
mind that he'll keep an eye out
for that bookkeeper and see what
he's up to.
In ten weeks the porter will tell
the Janitor to keep the corners bet
ter swept and the janitor will tell
the porter to mind his own bust
ness.
In ten weeks, too, the telephone
girl Will have something to gossip
about besides the new knitting
stitch, and in three months the
senior partner will begin to think
that man who plays such a game
OF golf as the junior partner must
have up his sleeve something more
than a junior partnership, and the
junior partner will be cautioning
his wife to be careful what she
says to the wife Of the senior part
ner, and the children OF the two
families will not spend their vaca-
ton in the woods together, as has
been their habit for years.
There won't be any open quar-
rel-nothing so tangible as that.
but the whole concern and every
one in It will be wrapped in a cold.
gray fog Of doubt, dlstrust, envy,
suspicion and bitter, small-minded
jealousy.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-06-07
COMPANY FAMOUS AS 0RATORIO ARTISTS
Reed Miller, Frederick Wheeler, Vera Van Der Veer
and Myrtle Thornburgh Coming on
Third Nights Program !

After we have learned to know
and admire great musical artists
thru their Victor or Columbia
records, we are always anxious TO
see them in person while they sing
the airs and melodies which we have
played over and over on the victroa
-Four great oratorio artists who have
all made records for the Victor or
Columbia companies and who have
a national reputation in concert and
recital work, will appear on this years
Redpath Chautauqua program.
Mr.. Reed Miller, tenor, is one OF
the best, if not the best concert tenors
OF the day. His voice is clear and
fresh, OF fine lyric tone He is noted
for the beauty OF his diction and
phrasing. Mr.. Miller has studied
music with untiring zeal from his
boyhood days in Anderson county
south Carolina, till the present mo-
ment The industry with which he
applied himself, coupled with the
great qualities OF his voice, have
gained for him his present high
position. When he first came to
New York twelve years ago, he wa,
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-06-07
Chautauqua Compared to a Uni
versity Course

There is no form OF public service
which is of greater value to a com
munity than tina, rendered by CON
scientious and high grade chautauqua
or lyceum bureaus" says DR.. Herbert
L. Willett of the University OF Chi
cago.
"The contact thus secured by the
resident public with people of emf
nence in the world of scholarship, en-
tertainment, or art, serves almost the
purpose of a popular and widely dis.
tributed university course.
"Any community that is sensitive to
its own best interests in these larger
matters will be certain to avail itself
of the opportunities offered for a
chautauqua assembly or lyceum
course. This is the experience Of an
increasing multitude Of people in all
the states"
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-06-07
THE IMMUNITY BUILDER

laughter that greets her quaint touches
of humor. Her English is excellent,
marked only by the slightest and most
delightful of accents.
The little village of Oberammergau
nestles in a high hanging mountain
valley in Bavaria. The mountain peaks
rise on all sides, shutting out the
world. Growing one rocky spire is
cross looking down on the valley
and the village. Upon the nearer hill
sides the cattle Craze and the farmers
till the fields. In the trim village
shops the Oberammergauers work at
their benches carving wood, an art for
which they are famous.
Life runs quietly in Oberammergau
and there is time for meditation. The
citizens of the village have pre-
served in their simple living deep re-
ligious feryor. In the spring the vii
layers go out in a body singing and
praying for full harvest. In the fall
they Journey forth again, this time to
chant hymns OF thanksgiving for the
seasons bounty. And all the while the
cross looking down upon the little val
ley is an ever present reminder OF the
dread year 1888, when the plague dew
astated the country. Because their
village was spared, the citizens OF OBJ
erammergau made a vow to present
every ten years the scenes OF the Pas
sion of Christ in gratitude for their
deliverance. The vow has been KEEP,
10 this day. Years are gladly spent
in preparation for a part in it. To be
worthy of consideration by the Burgo-
master and the Committee. one must
live worthily in all things. And be
cause the inhabitants OF Oberammer-
yau do live in reality the simple. kindly
lie they aspire some day to portray
IN the great tableau, the calm peace
OF soul that seems peculiarly their in
heritance CLOVIS in the tranquil serenity
of their faces.
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pianist, and his brother, Jan Ham
bourg, the violinist Madame Van
Der Nccr has sung Tor royalty, and
at the residence OF many distin-
guishcd pcrsonagcs, who entertain
during the season in the British
metropolis.
Madame Van Der Vecr has made
two tours with the New York Sym
phony Orchestra under the direction
OF Walter Damrosch, and one tour
with the Theodore Thomas Or
chestra OF Chicago, under the direc-
ton OF Frederick Stock.
Myrtle Thornburg, soprano, is the
posscSSor OF a fresh, even. dramatic
soprano voice OF much charm and
color, She has appeared with great
success in the title role OF Madame
Butterfly" and other operas. The
New York Tribune says OF her
The singing OF Myrtle Thornburg
is always delightful She has voice
OF great volume, yet at all times the
tone is Of very fine quality.
Mr.. Frank Braun will be the ac-
companiSt He has accompanied
artists Of the highest type both en-
tour and in New York at the Sunday
night concerts Of the Metropolitan
Opera House.
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sufficiently capable to secure first
engagement with the New York
symphony Orchestra.
Since then he has appeared on
numerous occasions with Walter
DamroSch and the New York Sym
phony Orchestra. He has appeared
with other leading musical organiza-
tons OF the country, including the
Apollo Club OF Chicago and the
Philharmonic Club OF Minneapolis,
as well as at many OF the leading
festivals. His performances have
entitled him to be considered one of
the leading oratorio and concer,
tcnors OF this country,
Mr.. Frederick Wheeler. bass, has
been prominently identified with the
concert and oratorio work OF this
country Tor a number OF years
He has appeared successfully no
less than five times with the New
York Oratorio Society and the
Peoples Choral Union OF New York
under direction OF DIR. Frank Dam
rosch, and has made several concert
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-06-07
The COMMUNITY SINGING MOVEMENT
Musical Leader Says II 10 Sweeping IN.
Land

ms community singing move
ment that is sweeping the land is
bringing in reports from all directions
OF immense gatherings. At Baltimore
nearly $500 people attended the frs,
community concert held in Mount
Vernon place at the base of the Wash
ington Monument, and entered into
the spirit OF the occasion with en-
thusiasm, and when the community
songs were reached on the program,
it is said they joined in the singing
with the full strength of their voices
The municipal band. under the direc-
ton of O.P. Steinwald, whose concerts
have proved such an enjoyable feature
of the summer life in Baltimore. fur
nished the accompaniment for the
singing of the crowd. In Pittsburgh
nothing short OF 10000 attended the
first band concert at Schenley Park
and sang America" and "The Star
Spangled Banner making truly pa
triotic demonstration with practically
every man, woman and child joining
in the singing-Musical Leader.
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the Garden of Gethsemane and then
in 1910 she realized the greatest honor
which can come to any girl of Ober-
ammergau. She was given the part OF
Mary Magdalene, the most important
woman's role in the Passion Play.
Thirty years before, her own mother
had dreamed of playing the same char
acter but the coveted honor went to
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] Lectures have been delivered by
ntturned travellers. Even motion pic
lures have been made representing it,
out Miss Mayer is the first actual par
Elephant in the Passion Play to appear
F:efore an American audience.
|. Marie Mayer has taken part in the
PASSION Play three times: First, as
Sne of the children of Jerusalem in
Is90; ten years later as the Angel in
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ity. She combines rare womanly
beauty with simple dignity that is
powerful in its appeal. The essence OF
her message is reflected in the serene
peace that marks her expression, She
commands attention the instant she APP
pears on the platform, and the hush
that falls over the audience continues
to the end OF her simple and compel
ling message, save for the sympathetic
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another. She married, and in 1910 en-
joyed the supreme happiness OF seeing
her dream realized in her lovely
daughter as Mary Magdalene.
There are six main characters in the
Passion Play. They are Christus, His
Mother, St. John, Mary Magdalene,
Peter, and Judas. Anton Lang and
Josef Mayer, famous for taking the
part of Christus in the past, are cous-
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ms Of Marie Mayer, and her brother
Paul is often mentioned as the prob
able Christus of 1920.
Marie Mayer has a fine stage pres
ence. She is tall and slender, with
heavy, chestnut brown hair combed
simply back from broad white brow,
Her eyes are a clear blue. Her voice is
thrilling-magnetic in its holding quail
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-06-07
YER, MARY MACDALENE
OF THE PASSION PLAY
m Participant the Great Before
an American Audience. Will speak Fourth day of
Chautauqua Program

Marie Mayer, the Mary Magdalene
1.-THE Passion Play of 1910, has come
Toss the sea to tell the story OF the
Rrld's greatest drama and of the
bet, peaceful village of Oberammer-
q.
Thousands have journeyed to OBJ
fmmergau to witness the Passion
BY. Books have been written about
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tours throughout the United States,
the last one being with Mr.. Victor
Herbert and his orchestra. Mr.
Wheclcrs repertoire includes all OF
the standard and modern oratorios,
a fine list OF arias suitable for or
chcstral concerts, and choice recital
programs.
Unlike many contraltos, the voice
OF Nevada Van Der Nccr charms
FIRST OF all, because the registers are
SO beautifully blended 1t is a voice
OF rare, natural beauty, distinctive
quality with 'ccllo-like opulence and
warmth. 1t is a voice controlled by
feeling and intelligence, and that ac-
counts for the singers undated
popularity as concert and oratorlo
artist.
During her first sojourn in Europe,
Madame Van Der Neer studied with
Victor Beigel, in London. and Ma
dame Marie Rose, in Paris. The
young American singer with the rich
voice and the delightful stage
presence, attracted the notice OF the
critics and she was at once engaged
to sing at public concerts and pri-
yatc musicalcs She particularly
distinguished herself in a series OF
historical concerts in London. APP
pcaring with Mark Hambourg. the
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NO ADVANCE IN PRICES
High Cost Of Living Has Not Yet Affected
Chautauqua Tickets

The high cost OF living has not vet
affected the price OF Chautauqua tick
cts. Educational factors and inst,u-
tons are usually the last to bcncf,
from advancing prices, The average
school teacher can testify 10 this fac,
from time immemorial.
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ABOUT SEASON TICKETS

In nauguratng each Chauauqa this year. the local committee
bought 1000 $500 tickets which will be sold by them while
they last for $3.50 each When these exhausted no season
tickets thereafter be had for less than $500 For single ams
sons to the respective entertainments program page Of
this issue
Season tickets nontransferabe except within the owners
family The OF member OF the family must be written
in ink upon each ticket protection the owner case
the ticket is lost
Chdns tickets admit children aged six fourteen years. in
elusive All children of six mus, have tickets
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and underwent al UpelaSiV" ~
Norton Memorial Infrmary Nov
emher Is. Two subsequent
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sings the eternal anthem to the
soul.
c-.-4 ~~ii~l noc-
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-09-01

Texarkanal Aug. 28-The work of
grading and graveling the road on the
state line north to Red River, was
begun this morning. n. B. Gregory,
TeXarkana man, has the contract.
The road starts at the north city lin
it's and will run due north to the
river, distance of 10 miles. 1t will
be directly on the state line and will
strike the river near Index, where the
Kansas City Southern railway crosses
that stream. An improvement or
bridge district was formed some time
ago by residents both of Miller and
Little River counties for the purpose
of building si bridge across Red River
at Index. This bridge will cost about
$250,O00. Commissioners of the bridge
district from both counties will hold
meeting here next Thursday for the
purpose of settling some details rela-
tive to the construction of the bridge.