Evening star., 1949-01-30
Bach TO Lau
Fifty Years Ago

Half century back the expansion OF the
United States as a world power was being
debated with considerable
Exponsionism heat. The Star Of January q,
cons;de,.d 1899, reported . speech at
Bloomington, Ind, by DR..
Charles K. Adams, president of the University
Of Wisconsin, in which 1t was argued: 1.-THE
temperate zone is now occupied. The prodigious
contributions which science has recently made
to the processes Of manufacturing and trans
portation are forcing such a movement into
the tropics as history has never known before.
Shall the people of the United States take no
part in this world movement, shall they leave
unprotected their commercial interests at a
distance Of thousands of miles? 1t is not diff
cult to foretell the answer to the question. Call
it imperialism, if you WILL it is simply the
beneficent substitution of republican methods
for the government Of people that have never
known anything but the dominance Of rapacity
and cruelty"
Charges that "embalmed" beef had been
supplied to the Army commissary during the
war with Spain finally led
Court-mortiol to court-martial trial of a
p,o-..d;,n. brigadier general who denied
the complaints with . vehe-
mence which represented conduct unbecoming
an officer and q gentleman" The Star on
January 20, 1899, printed the language employed
by the defendant concerning his commander
as follows: IF and when chez charges that it
(meaning timed fresh beef was furnished
as a 'pretense of experiment, he lies in his
throat, he lies in his heart, he lies in every
hair of his head and every pore of his body,
he lies willfully deliberately, Intentionally and
rrl,; 1o.r ala
tuted breach of good order and military
discipline" The fact that it was used while
testifying before commission of inquiry ap-
much. Rooms at the Ebbtt House were reserved
for the trial.
1.-THE audience of the Lafayette Opera House
last night" explained The Star for January "a,
1899, was a great and mer-
Julio MorIowe tied compliment to Julia
Appreciated Marlowe. This lady's career
has been observed with uni
versal interest and to say that an artist as
strongly admired as she has been retains her
footing in popular affection is saying much
The public does not ask Miss Marlowe to rest
her laurels upon what she may contribute to
the stage in the way of creations. It. is quite
content with her as an interpreter of the ia
miliar characters whose interest never fails.
Julia Marlowe, however, has, with the discon-
tent Of the true artist, undertaken to make
some contributions on her own account in ad-
dition to the classic portrayals of gentlewomen
for which the public has learned to regard her
with so much loyal esteem. The Countess
valeska,' her latest play, is a translation from
the German, war melodrama Of strong quail
tiles but distinctly inferior to the best American
products in the same field"
District Commissioner Ross was cited in
The Star Of January 26, 1899, as having re-
ceived a complimentary
Schools Brood communication from Prof.
And Thorough O. M. Wood OF ST. Louis
reading in part 1.-THE
Washington schools are remarkable for their
breadth of work and thoroughness of applica-
tiop. The absolutely formal side of education
seems to have no place here. There is free
dom Of thought and action that is marvellous.
spontaneity does not lapse into license or dis
order either. Each child seems to feel thor
oughly free, yet observes all the school pro-
prieties. The methods Of model training and