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Evening star., 1925-05-03
BY PRESTON WRIGHT.

IN 1890 an audience gathered at
the Metropolitan Opera House
New York to hear Peter Cor
/ nelius' 1.-THE Barber of Bagdad
for the first time, perceived that
the regular conductor, Anton Seidl
did not appear.
Instead the baton was in the
hands of a young man we'll known
to the music lovers of the metro
polls, but as yet without the recog-
milton which later was to be yielded
to him as Americas leading conduc-
tor.
He was Walter Damrosch, then in
his 28th year.
Two DAYS before the performance
of THE Barber of Bagdad" Anton
Seidl had become dangerously i'll
Edmund G.. Stanton. the director
seriously considered postponlng the
presentation. Damrosch was the sec
ond conductor, but hitherto he had
been intrusted only with the left
overs. Seidl keeping for himself the
role of conductor of all the difficult
Wagnerian and other German operas
Lilli Lehman. the great soprano
who had been brought over from the
Royal Opera House in Berlin, pro-
tested vigorously against intrustine
the baton to DamroSch. She had
achieved her position after long years
of the most exacting preparation and
she did not believe youth like the
second conductor could fill Seldrs
place, particularly at first produc-
ton like this.
"The opera is too difficult, too in
tricate," she said. walter has not
had enough experience"
But other members Of the com
pany, who had worked with Dam
rosch in the lesser operas, defended
him.
HE can do it," they told Stanton
The director yielded to them
Walter Damrosch scored a triumph
and at once ranked as a full-f1edgeo
opera conductor. Lilli Lehman was
among the very first to congratulate
him and to admit she was wrong.
If the singers who worked with
him were the discoveries of Dam
rosch'S ability to conduct great opera
in a great manner, it was his father
who first perceived his musica
qualities. DIR. Leopold Damrosch was
one of the greatest men of music OF
his day. Conductor of the Breslal
Orchestra Verein at Breslau, SileSia
he tired of conditions in Germany ant
came to the United States in 1871 a.
conductor of the Arion Society Of
New York. Subsequently he or
ganized and conducted the OratoriC
Society and the New York Symphony
Society. became director Of the Net
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theirs orchestra. He was but 19 years
of age.
In 1885 the senior Damrosch was
taken suddenly ill from overwork.
Pneumonia set in and he died a week
later.
While he lay dying, word was
brought him that Walter was keeping
the opera going-a necessary task
and would conduct the monumental
Wagnerian operas, "Walkure" and
''Tannhauser," in his place.
DR.. Damrosch recalled the training
he had given the boy and the gen.
ius he long had perceived in him. He
smiled.
He can do it," he said.
But the son was not to obtain i'm
mediate recognition as an opera con,
ductor. Following his fathers death,
he took the Damrosch Opera Com
pany, a private venture of his parent,
on it's Spring tour, but when the di-
rectors of the Metropolitan Opera
House finally named director they
chose Edmund c. Stanton, relative
of one of them. Damrosch was made
assistant director and second conduc-
tor. As assistant director he engaged
Anton Seidl, the man whose illness
finally gave him chance as conduc-
tor.
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Jumped out of the windows, and con-
fusion reigned from the entrance to
the President and from the President
to the retiring room"
Lincoln's first public reception was
described thus:
1T was a triumphant success.
Everybody seemed pleased, except
those who got badly squeezed in the
crowd, and a few who lost their coats
and hats or got them exchanged, as
is always more or less the case at the
levees."
Another paper waxed poetical about
it:
TT was a jam, it was a rush, it was
a crush, it was an omnium gatherum
of all sorts of people, an irrepressible
| conflict a suffocating pressure"
In 1866 we find the following criti-
cism of these levees:
During the last four years the par
lors and reception rooms of the presi-
Dental mansion on every reception
night were crowded to overfiowing
with soldiers fresh from their camps,
with boots covered with mud, while
| representatives of the lower classes,
who paid no regard to dress or clean
| illness, were seen mingling in the
crowd in great numbers. This was so
marked a feature that no lady with
East Room without danger of spoil
ing it."
IN Cleveland's administration not
= only the guard system was
amended, but the burly brass s-but-
| toned policemen detailed to the
/ White House for receptions were
| replaced in the drawing rooms by
Il
men. 1t was Miss Clevelands OBJ
| lection to brass buttons in Tiffanys
artistically decorated rooms which eff
[ fected this change.
Horrified as we may be at the idea
! of a President being loudly and of
| fensively addressed at a reception
which is exactly what happened at
| one-there are even more calamitous
situations revealed by tie pages of
history when the White House was
! inadequately guarded.
! Poor President Tier was aroused
from his sleep one night by a. band of
angry Wings, u2fo objected to his veto
| of the bank measure. After imbitHns
! too muc.: fiquor at the Log Cabin
| Taverns they marched up PennsyI
| vania avenue in riotous fashion Gath
ering on the portico, they hooted and
| Kissed until they thought they had
] sufficiently disturbed the President.
and then departed.
1t was really this incident which de.
termined the necessity for an auxiliary
| guard, to be used at night only, in
| Washington.
| From this group of Is men deyel
oped the present-day powerful force
out of which the best 80 are preserv
ing ladies' silk dresses and the Presi
dents right hand.
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Eastern Branch, and he went to the
secretary of the governors council
in st. Marys City and patented 700
acres. The surveyor took in part of
the lapsed patents of Pleasant View
and Walnut Hollow, and Sam Robin
son named his tract Happy Living.
He never had an idea of moving from
st. Marys City and living in the
wilderness. but Jim Johnson, an in
dented servant whose indenture has
expired, comes along and wants to
start life in a new country. Sam
Robinson has perfected his patent,
and it is recorded in the statehouse
at St. Marys. He sells the land TO
Jim Johnson. who moves up into the
Indian WildS along the Eastern
Branch, puts up a log house, clears
some land, raises his family and. as
time flies or creeps, clears 800 acres,
builds a brick house, buys a dozen
slaves, becomes colonel of the county
militia. justice of the peace and goes
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80 Bluecoats, White House Guard,
Care for $4,000 Visitors in Year
of Each Dag
andre Gradual Growth in Number andn n

proper, morning and evening, and two
after midnight; six patrolmen and
duty sergeant on the grounds from
to o'clock, and a reserve man in the
guard room; five men and a sergeant
from 4 to u o'clock. and the same
number on the grounds after mid
night. The other men are used for
days off and sick leave.
You will learn that most Of them
have been here so long that they viii
not mistake you for Senator. First
Sergt. G. l.. DalrympIe has been
on guard since 1898 before the Ex
ecutiVe Offices We're separated from
the Presidents private rooms. +. NJ
Seamon, one of the three duty ser
geants. came to his post four years
later.
= :: y
IT is this recognition of public Off
cials that makes these men invalu-
able. At White House receptions
they know most Of the guests. How.
ever, they have lists Of the invited
to help them in case of doubt. Thus
no man crosses the White House
threshold unless his name is among
the favored. No one crashes"
This was not so in the pre-guard
days or even in the childhood Of the
w mite Rouse ponce system. II "dS
not impossible for a guest to have his
pocket picked while being presented
to the President. One victim was
thus imposed upon while shaking
hands with the charming Miss Lane,
President Buchanan's favorite niece
Another victim, at the last levee OF
President Pierce. was Col. Lee of the
Pension Office, whose accusation re-
suited in a tragedy. The man
charged with the crime was a re-
spected merchant of Alexandria. Ne
attempted to convince the Colonel CT
his error, but that gentleman wa9
obdurate. Indignant at this outrage
| the merchant struck Lee with his
cane, whereupon the Colonel drew q
revolver and shot him dead.
Newspaper accounts of presidential
receptions indicate how mismanaged
| they We're. The following account de
| scribes a public reception when the
| Prince of Wales Qater Edward VII
was visiting at the White House:
! Shortly before noon the doors
| opened and the rush began. Mr.
| Buchanan. the prince and many nota
| bles stood at the back of the east
| room. Into that room hurried pell
nell, in a disorderly and mobbisf
manner, ladies and gentlemen, officers
| workmen. children, nurses. rowdies
and drivers. The rush at the doors
| was terrible. People clambered in anc
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Y lIH the addltoll oI SIX men
to the White House guard,
MN the responsibility for the
peace and order of the
most important residence
in the country rests on 80 braWny,
blue e-fanneled pairs of shoulders. 1T
costs more to maintain the tranquility
of this household than it does TO pay
the President, its chief occupant.
These numbers exclude the Presi-
dents personal guard a corps of secret
service men working in cooperation
with the Wt.te House guard. The 80
bluecoats -nc:tioned are merely the
persons yoE might encounter should
you dSSire "A tstc-a-tete with the
Presi Iert or a nap under shady
Wt.te House tee.
NFoer in the history of our country,
sac during the war, was the White
House ~ dotted with brass buttons.
Then. surrounded by 55 of these uni
forma II blazHl in it's unnatural Sc
clus>yn. Even Roosevelt, the greatest
e-:brtainer of them all, had only 36
e-.ards for his house. Harding had
S3, Taft 81 and Mckinley %.
Yet only 80 years before President
Mckinley took up the reins Of the
White House the whole Of the City of
Washington had but q men on its
day police force, two more than the
PRESIDENT needed TO Suard MS nome
three decades later, and II less than
President Coolidge requires for his
residence today.
Whereas an ambitious but highly
impractical burglar could barely hop
over the White House fence at pres
ent without being daZzled by two
rows of shiny buttons, an old tramp
had no difficulty in frightening poor
Miss Nellie Grant and her friend, An
ME Barnes. by following them up the
south portico steps
AS late as the administration of
President Cleveland. Thomas F. Pen
del, the doorkeeper, when sent out
with telegram for the President. had
to leave Mrs. Cleveland's dressing
maid to watch in his stead.
X X
MOT until the Winter of 1894 did
the White House ever have more
than two policemen on guard. Then.
! in Cleveland's administration, the
guard was suddenly increased to 25
patrolmen under two sergeants. The
! extension caused much criticism
! and discomfort among the people. who
| did not relish this blue and gold bar
| rier between them and the President.
! During the administration of Presi-
| dent Taft the community muttered
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his rotund little wife, and Mrs. Har-
riSon'S private parlorS were traverSed
dozens of times a day. Today SO per
cent of Washington folk must neceS-
sarily be excluded from the preSiden-
tial receptions and only persons privf-
legged with a congressional pass may
view private portions of the White
House.
Nevertheless the growth of Wash
ington, its facilitated accessibility and
the increased migration OF delegations
here could not stifle a protest from
Washingtonians at this unprecedented
array of bluecoatS, if the community
were so minded.
But it can't be. The bluecoats are
their own unconscious boosters. For
merly scheduled by the chief of police
for the white House beat these Of
ficers were not the cream of the
force. Today they are not only recon-
mended by Maj. Daniel Sullivan of
the Metropolitan police and Col. Clar-
ence o. Sheriff. of the park police,
but are then sifted by the aide ap-
pointed by the President to select the
guards of his home from the sub
mitted number. They are men whose
past performances have distinguished
them from their colleagues and whose
Judgment and common sense are the
best protection the White House
could have.
IN the recent addition even stature
was considered. Stunted, under.
sized, 5-foot-11 men were rejected and
only 6-footerS could enter the White
House door True, Gen. Mcclellan was
so short that at West Point he had
H. III 1, 1srrl, =
than those of his comrades; Gen.
Sheridan, called Little Phil was, be-
cause of his height, the butt of his
class, and Napoleon was known as
Little Corporal However, Maj. Sol
bert set his heart on giants. Says he
''Since we pick only two or three men
year for this job, why not have
them look nice?"
When you seek that tete-a-tete with
the President or that bit of repose
under a White House elm. you will no.
tice that none of the 'thirty-niners'
wears a keep off the grass" express
sion; rather I'D just love to help
you" look. And they do. They see that
you get to the person you want-pro-
vided it is not the President. More
over, they, make you feel that the
substituted person is after all the bet
ter one to see.
Should you desire to ascertain the
truth of these words you may find
these men at the following posts:
Two at the front door and one at
the basement entrance of the Execu-
tive Offices every day from to 4
o'clock; one at the front door and one
at the basement entrance every eve
ming from 4 to ~ o'clock. and one
after midnight; one at the front door.
one at the private stairway and one
at the basement Of the White House
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hood. Many families went from
Southern Maryland and the eastern
part of the District to St. Louis and
its neighborhood in the early 18th
century. when st. Louis had lost lit
tie of the character of a French vii
lage. On Grants marriage to Miss
Dent, in 1S4S, her father. Frederick,
gave the couple so acres off his farm.
When Ulysses Simpson Grant re-
signed from the Army in 1854 he set
tied on that land and farmed it most
indifferently until 1858. He named
the tract Hard Scrabble"
x !; X x
IN records of the land commissioner S
office at Annapolis are original
grants to all lands in the District and
Maryland, and the Rambler when he
has time to do a little writing may
give you stories on the subject. Most
Of his friends. however, think that
rambles based on land patents are too
dry even in these arid tofficially) times.
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the Lord" and victims of all sorts of
prosecutions.
FortnightIy levees were held for
the public by President Lincoln and
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and mumbled sthat while the White
House was barricaded, the streets of
Washington We're deserted by these
handsome guardians of the law. They
succeeded in reducing the number of
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IFS been awful. I'm just begin.
Ming TO be interested in things
again. II started two days after
rd chased cats with Ginger. I'd
been out looking for Ginger. l
couldn't find him. came home
and tried playing games. l tried
sliding Rugs. No good! Nothing
il any good after chasing cats. l
only played 1t because Ike to
watch sakl put the rugs back.
The door bell rang sah opened
the door. There was a man there
lie came in. He said:
"Plcase tell Miss Prescott the
rector is calling"
sakI took off the mans over
coat. The man took off his own
hat. He put 1t on chair In the
hail. went over and shifted his
legs. The man said, Mice, nioo
doggie. Is he-er-dangerousg"
snki said. NO, sar-not always"
The man went into the drawing
room, He went quickly, | went
with him. The man sat down in a
chair. shifted his legs. The man
said. Hello, old fellow. Nice, nice
old fellow" He kept weighing his
legs.
What do you suppose | smolled
on the mans legs? Cats! | could
hardly believe 1t. took long
sniff to make sure. Yes, IT was
cats. The man said Goodness
gracousr lie took out handkor.
chief. He wiped his face with IT,
Sometimes play game with
Tllps, It's called Catchit-ir-you-
can. We play II with handkar.
chief. started TO play It with
the man. He was not quick with
the handkerchief like rlips. ]
simply took it away from him,
played Helpless Prey with the hand
kcrchicf until 1t was quite dead
Then | went back and shifted at
the cnt smell. The man said, This
Is terribleg' could hardly sniff
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-26
GREET CANTOR
Noted lew 10 lntone Songs
at Holy Services

with parade and decorated ma.
chimes. q large committee. consisting
~ the president. ofricert aud urumi
ncni members OF the ucrd ronErr.
CATION headed hy Rabbi Buruch
shapiro. save nice welcome 10 tho
world.f famous cantor, : schlosberg.
"Wednesday.
This beloved and most popular
cantor had been hFough, from New
York by the HcrEl congregation Of
this city Tor the HlEh Holydays scry.
Ices, The congregation decided TO
give a tvrat to tho Icwr,, or Seattle
Cantor schlosberg Is considered
AZ tho leader or his profession. His
fiut appearance win BE- az tho Herzi
congregation, az 2oth avc and Spruce
b.. on September II. at midnight. at
tho yearly popular holY service
known by the name sichoth"
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HERE'S MORE ABOUT
MEDIUM
STARTS IN PACE ONE

none BY his word" she decides.
He amt worth you're botherins
about There's another man. tho.
as you're going 70 meet.
Hes tall. oad-shouidered, with
black hair and deep blue eyes tmy
sirlish heart fluttersJ and hen
make you good husband. sec
happiness for YOU"
but what shall do now? II ]
20 home I'm afraid oil my friends
win laugh at me-" ! interrupt
II have in my mind great thing
] can do for you. II youil let me.
: can see wonderful happenings as
J can bring about II you want INC
70 10 ahead" the madam declares
in a hushed. impressive tone.
well, ] don't know, / haven't
much money What Is II you'd do.
and what would you charger"
query.
More Of Miss Bundy's adventures
tomorrow
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-26
CHASES THIEVES
Woman Shop Owner Forces
One 10 Drop Loot

RunningN footmcr with two
thieves Tuesday evening. Mn = =.
ItollwnEen, 2sis r. sStb a.. forced
one Of the men 20 drop loot which
he had stolen from the Hell style
Garment Manufacturing company.
1899 Iifth ave
The other man escaped with a
quantity % clothing. His com.
panion fled empty handed
Mu. Houwugcn. propdc,rc-s Of
the garment shop was IN the rear
Of the store when Sho slw the two
men run from the front door, car.
rying clothing She chased them
more than a block one 81 the
men dropped his loot. but tho
other kept his aumioad.
Both escaped.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-26
TRUB'S DIARY
The Life Story of Bull Terrier
BY JOHN TAINTOR FOOTE
In Which the Lovable Pup Eats Rec
tors Hat, Gets In Bad and Feels Sick
BY JOHN TAINTOR FOOTE

his legs he moved them about so.
Aunt Caroline came in. She said.
''wny, Doctor you're white as a
sheet.'
The man said, My dear LADY,
oh, my dear lady"'
Aunt Caroline said. What Is
II, Doctor? You must be mr.
The man said, NO. not ill-just
unstrung. Nerves, you know. Par
ish troubles. Splendid dog you
have Watch dog, / suppose. Shall
we let him go out and run and
play? And If | could have err
just small glass of err"
Aunt Caroline put me out in the
hall. She shut the door. was
sorry | would rather have stayed
and shifted the cat smell. | saw
the mans hat on the chair. It
was funny hat | shifted It. No
cat smell! II fell off the chair
and rolled on the floor, ! bounced.
II jumped away. / pounced again,
II WIS Upl " piu bdlHt. Diiytu
It as long as the hat lasted. Sah
found what was left of the hat on
the floor. He got excited, of
course. l went away from there.
went out in the glass room and
lay down. i began to feel queer.
felt very tired. | stayed in the
glass room long time. kept
feeling more and more queer, The
glass room begars to so around
The chairs and tables began to go
UP and down. There were cats ON
the chairs and tables. Hundreds
OF cats. ] wanted to chase the
cats. but was too tired
Tho Molcculc came In. He had
turned into three Molecules. I
was too tired to give the three
Molecules \ tail thump, He said,
"Ah, tho Mad Hattor" He snt
down, He Ut three cigarets, He
said, Caroline Is annoyed with
you, old companion"
"Fllps came in, She said There's
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-26
10000 TO SEE
MODEL HOME
Scores Request Plans Of
Star Bungalow

More than 40 900 prospective home
owners win have inspected The
stRr'h typical Seattle bungalow in
West Seattle before IL 90 closed 20
the public in a few days
The home Is located ON California
ave, between Raymond and Juneau
sis n was built 90 demonstrate
how Tor moderate sum. man can
bulld and furnish q modern home,
complete. and how q home may boz
arranged 10 make homework light
Practically all the comment from
slghtscers has been favorable. Mrs,
Clarence Wciderhold. the hostess M
the bungalow, said "Wednesday.
There have been scores Of inquiries
for plans and details Tho home WAS
planned by Howard Riley architect
IN the Arcade building, and built by
Henry Roeachef. contractor.
n b furnished completely by the
Standard Furniture company. The
furnishings were selected with n
view 20 economy and show what may
be accomplished FOR q moderate sum,
Each rooms furniture was planned
for tho room and the work done by
the Standards experts
Many tourists from other states
have looked over the home and CT.
pressed themselves as Weil pleased
with a. Mrs wciderhoh reports,
Many Of the visitors have come from
nearby towns 10 View the bungalow.
Tho home h open every day from
noon 20 . and from 10 Q p. m, II
may be reached by Fauntlcroy aud
Gaiewood ears Autoisls follow Ava
Ion way 10 the Junction and then
south on California ave. The home
Is on the left hand sidc Of the street.
going out.
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KEEP WATCH ON.
CHINA TONES
Situation Quiet in U. IS
After Fatal Shootinus
FEAR CHICAGO OUTBREAK
Chinese Must Show Right to
Stay in Country

Chinese quarters On more than "a
hair doreu cities today wcrr under
close guard % p0llcr. altho tho
fIarcup Ia tong wars which cost
The lives of four. brought injur,
20 a score OF others and resulted In
many arrests. seemed FOR the tim,
% bc cNtiuguishcd.
ChIeago'a Chinatown was terror.
ised when word was received that
5 gnnmcu % tho Hip Sing tong
were expected there from New York
10 lead an onslaught against the
I on Leons tong, one Staying was
recorded thcrr aud other murders
took place la New York. Pitisburg
and Minneapolis In the last few
DAYS
Deportation proceedings against
chinese who cannot produce proper
credentials Is promised IN Now
York, Philadelphia and Newark. n.
J Cleveland, 81 Louis. Phlladci,
pha and Boston police took extra
precautions 90 prevent further out.
breaks
IN tho former city a Hip sing
organizer said the forth coming
Convention 81 his tong IN Clcve.
ard had inspired tho ON Leongs 10
warfare,
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tributrd iu the state began packing
up their possessions preparatory
to moving out OF the state
'srhis IL no idle threat" aaid
Lester s. Tobias. manager Of ono
ot the largest exchanges.
After saturday OF this week
Connecticut viii BE- az free OF films
AS Goldsmnh'a Deserted Village
was OF people
The new tax law. which also lu-
wolves censorship by the atate
tax commissioner. another thing 90
which the film producers and dis
trihuiors objected, places tax OF
$40 GA the first thousand feet and
90 cents on each additional hundred
feet % film shown in Connecticut
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-26
Death Message of
Father Is Heard

Mr.. and Mrs Lester Tunison were
thankful TO The Seattle Star Wed.
ncsday. Tuesday afternoon Deputy
Sheriff VIM. Coffey asked afternoon
newspapers to send out a call for
Tunison because his father was
dying in Colin, Mich. Mrs Tunison
saw the story an hour after It was
first published in The Star and
Immediately called her husband at
Wenatchee ~ long distance telo-
phone. He was to leave his work
and start for his fathers bedside
Wednesday night.