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MONDAY. NOVEMBER 23. 1312.
Gun to Hit Airships.
That the world's powers are fully
alive to the important part which
aeroplanes and dirigibles will play in
the warfare of the future is illustrated
by the efforts which are being made to
intent, a gun which could be used
against aerial enemies It is no exag
geration to say there is a fortune
awaiting the expert who can produce
a weapon capable of destrojing an
aeroplane, no matter how quickly or
it what height it is traveling
According to the "Field," both Ger
man and France have been partly
successful tn inventing guns which are
proving effective weapons against aero
planes Krupp has turned out a gun
with a small bore that takes a light
projectile which, it is said, can be fired
quickh enough to plant a bullet in an
aeroplane, even if it is flying at the
rate of ico miles an hour The barrel
is comparatively long so that a high
initial veloc.it and a low trajectory are
obtained Telescope sights and range
finder arc provided, the latter fitted
with an arrangement which gies the
nccessarv elevation, as the distance is
read oft During the French maneuv
ers a special gun was used, in addition
to a mitrailleuse, o modified that it
could be elevated at a high angle and
fired from an automobile Further, a,
combined shrapnel and ordinary shell
has been introduced for u-c agamt
air-craft
So far, however, the effects of artil
lery fire agamn b?llooni have been
disappointing Captive balloon, which
wait paticntlj until tlicv are hit, have
been brought down, but, if hit, they
are not necessarily placed hors-de-tombat
During the Boer war only
one cac occurred of a balloon being
In? shrapnel shell, fired at a range
of about 600 vards, burn in front of
it and made sixt-eight holes; but the
balloon took twenty minutes to come
down and was subsequently repaired
In the opinion of the layman, the
chief function of the aeroplane in flight
would seem to be the dropping of ex
plosives on the enem below. Naval
and militarv men, however, think dif
ferent!; but. until further develop
ments take place, aerial machines are
not Iikelj to be in a position to inflict
am serious damage To escape the
enem s fire, the aeroplane must neces-
sarilv fly at a height at which accuracy
of aim is impossible.
The spectacular performances
llenlcv, where oranges were dropped
from low elevations well within artil
lery range, need not be seriously con
sidered. An explosive should be able
to work considerable destruction in the
immediate vicinity of the spot
which it fell, penetrating the decks of
ships and damaging gun-turre( and
conning towers while arsenals, dock
yards, fortresses of all kinds and espe
cial! powder magazines, are targets
that would at once attract the enemy
On the other hand, there is the fact
that at present the light explosives,
which aerial machines would be able
to drop, would have very little pene
trating or destructive power; the ma
chines would have to descend within
nfle range, if they were to be of any
practical use; while the difficulties in
the wa of hitting anything from a
moving piauorm in tne air, at an un
known distance from the target, may
be imagined.
New York's Harbor Dilemma.
The plan to extend the piers of the
Hamburg-American -Line, the North
German Llojd and other steamship
companies at Hoboken into the chan
nel of the North River has been re
jected by Secretary of War Stimson,
who urges that the harbor authorities
of New York City and of the State
of New Jerse, in co-operation with
the War Department, undertake a
project to establish a svstem of per
manent harbor terminals.
The decision is based upon the con
viction of the Secretary that the inter
ests of commerce in New York 'should
not be prejudiced by any temporary
project directly opposed to the perma-
nent development of that great .and
busy harbor. Incidentally the Secre
tary serves notice upon the British
steamship lines that they also must
prepare to make other permanent
arrangements 'for the accommodation
of their big ships, intimating that they
must remove the temporary pier ends
in use now, in March hext, when the
permit shall expire.
The Secretary of War believes Jbat
the time has arrived when concerted
action on the problem of permanent
harbor facilities in the country's busiest
waters must be taken. The New York
harbor board, consisting of army cngi-.
neer corps officers, does not favor any
more make-shift work, or the nar
rowing of the channel in mid water by
the extension of the pier ends to ac
commodate the modern leviathans, to
the detriment and danger of shipping
While the decision for the time being
will no doubt handicap the passenger
traffic o the big liners, jet in the
end, as the matter has to come to a
climax sooner or later. New York will
be the gainer permanently and will
never again have to be disturbed with
the sheer endless harbor question.
American Training Tells.
Greeks, Bulgarians, Servians and
Montenegrins, who hastened from the
United States to take up arms against
the Turks are heddmg glory upon the
country that temporarily adopted them
and are making good in the field. The
American Greeks are said to have been
the ery flower o'f the victorious army
which entered Salomki, and many of
the Servians who went from here are
reported to have proved expert in the
handling of artillery.
The Montenegrins, Bulgarians, and
Servians who came to the United
States have been largely engaged
railroad construction, in mining and in
other work that has given them skill
and self-reliance. These qualities have
proved valuable in the present warfare.
On the conclusion of peace it may
naturally be expected that many of
them will remain at home. There is
much pioneer work to be done in the
lands to be reclaimed from Turkish
misrule, and the adventurous spirit that
brought these exiles to our shores will
now probably find an outlet in patriotic
labors at or near home.
Worthy of Imitation.
At a special meeting of the Board
of Education in London, Ontario, 11
was decided to take advantage of the
recent adolescent act passed by the
Provincial Government, and the com
pulsorv school age was raised from 14
to 16 vears It is the intention of the
board to induce bovs and girls be
tween these ages to take courses in
industrial training or dometic science,
either at evening classes or at daj
school
canvass of the manufacturers of
that city was made, and the maiontv
agreed to co-operate with the board
in better educating the bovs and girls
of the cit in this manner. In cases
where the da schools arc selected, the
manufacturers will give the pupils suf
ficient time for the classes, and will
pay their wages in the meantime
Where the bojs elect to go to evening
classes a couple of hours will be al
lowed them on the daS of instruction,
to give them the chance to attend
Leads in Internal Waterways.
German's project to connect the
Rhine with the North Sea bv a canal
is taking shape It is to be a ship
channel of depth sufficient for the
passage of steamers as navigate be
tween Rhine ports and the ports of
Great Britain and Scandinavia. The
canal is to extend from Cologne to
Emden, and its estimated cost is
$60000,000 The object is not only to
make the Rhine trade commercial! in
dependent of Holland, but to shorten
the vojage.
The trip from Cologne to Emden
could be made in sevent-nine hours,
while the time between Cologne to
Rotterdam, the present route via Ho!
land, is 132; and the distance from
Emden to British and Scandinavian
North Sea ports is less than from the
Hook of Holland
Germany has distanced all other
countries in the development of inter
nal water-borne commerce; but she
appears to be determined even to in
crease her lead
How They Do It in France.
Preparations for the trench Presi
dential elections have been begun.
They do not consist in primaries for
the choice of delegates, in conventions
for the nomination of candidates, or in
campaigns with innumerable speeches,
followed by popular vote, but thus far
merely in cleaning and redecorating the
semi-circular chamber in the palace at
Versailles
Iri that room, about the 20th of
January, the 300 members of the
French Senate and the 597 members
of the Chamber of Deputies will as
semble and cast their votes for a suc
cessor to President Falliercs to hold
office for seven ears. The process is
a simple one, and the choice of the two
branches of the National Assembly,
whoever he may be. will represent
substantially the popular will, although
the Senators are not chosen by uni
versal suffrage, as the Deputies are.
The next President will be a Republi
can, not a Monarchist This much it is
safe o predict, for there are fewer
than 100 Royalists and Bonapartists in
the present National Assembly.
Supposing the scrubbing of the Na
tional Capitol were the only indica
tion of an approaching Presidential
election in this country 1
The Herald congratulates the Louis
ville Courier-Journal on the forty-fourth
anniversary of its birth and also Its
distinguished editor. Col. Henry Wat
terson. and voices the sincere hope that
he will be spared many years to direct
the destiny of one of the ablest con
ducted papers In the land.
For Servia to lick Austria would be
L flttlng llirni-
A UTILE NONSENSE.
A TIME OP PLEKTY.
I like to saunter through the fields
Around Thanksgiving; time
Where pumpkin pies In lavish yields
Abound in. our fine .clime.
Cranberry bushes here and there
The stroller comes across;
And all these thrifty' bushes bear
Abundantly of sauce.
I like to saunter down the line"
When fall is at Its best
And pick the doughnut from Its vine
As mother nature's guest.
Seesaw.
How did California go to-daj?
A rtejrular Affair.
"Have you heard about Mrs. Gayboy?"
"What has she done now!"
"Issued formal invitations to her di
vorce trial. Tea win be served."
November -3 In HUtor.
November 15, 17-Young Mr. Black
stone Is admitted to the bar.
November 3. U01 Lucretla Borgia In
vents mince .pie.
A 'Woman' Vote-.
"Madam, we are polling the district
Which way are jou going to vote"
"Well. I think 1 11 vote the Republican
ticket this year. If I don't vote the Dem
ocratic. I haven't quite made up my
mind I have a friend on the Prohibi
tion ticket and may vote It, after all
My sister wants me to vote the So
cialist ticket, but I don't know. Do I
have to give jou an answer to-day
A Chlllr Thought.
I think about the swimming hole
Where we In summer were
It must be chilly, bless my soul,
B-r-r-r-r-r-r
Another Ontrase.
'What's Mrs Wombat abusing the gov
ernment for now?"
"Seems they wouldn't let her send 8
gallon of Ice cream by parcel post"
All Fixed.
We got a hard winter coming,"
whined the pessimist
"Well. I got a peck of coal and half a
hm In the cellar." chirped the optimst-
'Let cr come
tn Appetising umber.
What have )ou fixed up for )our
Thanksgiving number"
Some great stun" Kld the magazine
editor "W e have an article on benzoates
another on the danger of eating ulsters,
the latest discoveries In bacteria, and a
plendld detailed study of acute indigca-
Hon "
The ftreat Ambassador.
rrnrn Mir London Dulr Chronicle
r Brces resignation comes almost
a surprise until one remembers that
he is event-four years of age, and has
been the Kings representative at Wash
ington for slv. ears It has been a for
tunate period for both governments, be
tween whom relatione were never more
cordial Mr Brvco left one of the high
est positions In the cabinet in order to
become Ambassador to the great people
whose political Institutions his pen had
alrcad) Interpreted both to themselves
and to us It wsi a remarkable mission.
and without making an) fuss about It he
himself to use every opportunlt)
Improve Anglo-American relations
The settlement of the Atlantic fisheries
dispute, the conclusion of the general
crbltratlon treat) and the solution of a
number of outstanding differences be
tween the Ignited btates and Canada
were the tangible gains, but the Intan
gble gains outweighed them notably the
quickened sense of eo-oppratlon between
tlsh and American polio Mr lirjee
when as an official he could not answer
as attacked with characteristic unfair
ness b) Mr F K Smith and other
Unionist small fry for the part which
plajed In connection with Canadian
reciprocity. But In that case, apart from
any merits or demerits of the particular
pollc). he was, as has been made clear,
confined to rendering the British Em
bassy at Washington as useful as pos-
slule to the Canadian Mlnistr) of the
da) He would have been no les at the
disposal of the succeeding Canadian Mln
istr), and both parlies at Ottawa have
been grateful for his persistent attention
to Canadian Interests The change of
administration at Washington probabli
presented Itself to him as a favorable
Juncture for a change of ambassadors
rrd he returns now to busy himself in
fie world of literature, where we hope
for him many more fruitful years
PERTINENT AND IMPERTINENT.
rrom tb9 Bovton Transcript
If Senator Gore or Oklahoma, is se
lected to be floor leader of the Democrats
of the Senate there may be an Instance
of the physical!) blind leading the other
kind If the part) docs not behave It
self.
From the 3rw Toric Tribune.
In the "improved ' Bible there is an
Adamlcsa Eden and an Eveless one. too'
ftom the St Piol rXipatoh.
President Wilson, when the time comes,
will be obliged to send a special message
to Congress reading something like this
"Dear Congress If you love me, love my
Bryan
From the rhUidelpku Bulletin S
A seeker after damages avers that the
defendant In her suit hugged and kissed
her "very roughly" and so as to cause
her great mental anguish. He wooed not
wisely but too well
From the New Torr riew.
The lack of fear which Rose and the
rest of the Informers showed on step
ping out of Jail tells the story of the
difference Becker's conviction made.
From the Xew Tork World.
The Tennessee SocieD's "speechless
dinner" ought to prove one of the most
popular public banquets of the season
From the Toledo Blade.
The report that the American people
have quit eating pie makes us sad We
can remember when the Ohio pie belt
ran right through mother's pantry.
From the Omaha Bee
New York Is crusading against church
bells The unfamiliar ring no doubt
frightens the natives
From the St. Paul rionerr Press,
The attorney general thinks It is wrong
to make it a felony for a candidate to
give a cigar to a friend during a cam
paign. Dridently the attorney eenerai
does not know the kind of cigars some
candidates used to hand out.
From the loclrriU CburiersJounnl.
If the Bath-tub Trust, as alleged bv
the United States Supreme Court, violates
the Sherman anti-trust law it may be
spoxen or as a typical American In
dustry.
From the Cbiaco Examiner.
On way to acquire a humorous fram
of mind is to go back to the files and
read an old campaign prediction.
From the Boston Herald.
As usual, CoL Roosevelt is circumstan
tially precise when he comes to defining
the relations between Progressives and
conservatives. They are not onlv "),f.i.
dtr to shoulder," out "side by side,"'
GOSSIP. OF. INTEREST TO THE
PEOPLE OF TWO CONTINENTS
(Combfal. 1112. t Court OokIb Smlkltt I
The famous and charming Chatelaine
of Muskau, Countess Karoline von Ar
nlm, wife of COunt Hermann von Arnlm,
titular lord of the free and noblf do
minion of Muskau, comprising 50.533
hektars of areable land and forests. Is
dead. The late countess was a Countess
von Bismarck Bohlen a branch of the
house of which the great German chan
cellor was a descendant, and her death
puts a long list of the Prussian nobility
In mourning.
The countess was the eldest child of
Count Frledrlch von Bismarck-Bohlen,
Prussian cavalry general, and adju'
tant general of the army, who died in
1891, also son of the chancellor's cousin
In 1S70, after the first decisive German
victories over the French at Woerth and
Weissenburg he was appointed governor
general of Alsace-Lorralnevwith orders to
replace the French adrflnlstratlon by
German rule.
Countess Karoline In 1ST1 wedded Count
Werner Arnlm. whom she bore four
children. He died ten years later, and
the widow In 18S9 became the second wife
of his brother. Count Hermann Arnlm
The father of these two brothers was
Adolf Count von Arnlm-Boltxenburg, who
held a portfolio under King Frledrlch
Wllhelm IV of Prussia. Of his daughters
one Is the venerable aged widow of that
noted Count Harry Arnlm who upon Bis
marck's accusation had to face trial In
1ST: before a Berlin tribunal for treason
when he was found guilty of having
abused the confidence placed In him by
his king and country by letting tho con
tents of secret diplomatic notes become
known to another nation to the detrl
ment of his fatherland.
Readers of these letters, who at the
time lived In Germany, no doubt will rec
ollect the cause celebre and the tre
mendous sensation It created all over Eu
rope, as the very Influential Arnlm family
declared publicly that Bismarck's action
was prompted by Jealousy of a very able
man In whom It was whispered he saw
a possible rival
Another daughter of the Boltrcnburg
Arntm was the wife of an uncle of the
present German Chancellor von Beth-mann-Hollweg
arid still another Is the
widow of Count Udo zu Stolberg-Wernl-gerode.
the late PreMdent of the German
Reichstag
A jounger brother of the dead Chate
laine of Muskau, Count Johannes Bl-marck-Bohlen.
Is the ver) affable court
marshal of the German crown prince
The veil as a portion of feminine attire
Is almost symbolic In Its character. The
bridal veil i an interesting survival of
the aniient custom of holding a canopy
over the bride at her wedding, a cere
mon still observed at Jewish marriages
Many families hold the bridle veil as
one of the most precious heirlooms, to
be handed down from generation to gen
eration, and to be guarded with the ut
most tare and reverence
Simpler In character but no less beau
tiful In effect, Ik the veil of the )ouug
girl worn at her confirmation. s)mbol
Izing as it does tho modesty and slmpllc
It) of the maiden about to enter on the
responsibilities of maturity. These
charming veils generally of fine French
net hand madi but devoid of orna
mentation -h for the broad border
often are kept b the wearers to be used,
when later on the) beiome wrVcs and
mothers, as the christening veil for their
bubv Although modern science H averse
to the constant use of a veil b) )oung
cllldren. the custom still survives at
christenings, and we should be loth to
see It disappear
In the veil of the novice we find h. sur
lal of the wlmDle of the Norman la
dles, while certain orders of nuns.
low faithfully the fashion of the earl)
Plantagcnet court In the wa) in which
they pin the veil to the sides of their
IS
TO
Bishop O'Connell, of Richmond Dio
cese of Catholic Church, Speaks
in Alexandria.
LARGE CLASS IS CONTIRMED
Alexandria, Va.. Vov H V glowing
tribute to the memory of Georgo Wash
ington for his religious toleranco was
paid to-day by Right Rev. D. J O Con
nell. bishop of tho diocese of Richmond,
In a sermon delivered at the lato mass
at St Mary's Catholic Church, It being
the first time the bishop had addressed
the members' of the congregation since
he assumed his office The bishop also
gave a history of the local church, which,
he declared, has Its Inception at a ban
quet tendered Gen Washington by his
ald-dc-camp. Col Fitzgerald, In this city
on March IT. 17SS
The erection of the church, he said,
had met with tho approbation of Gen
Washington nnd plans were perfected for
Its organization at this banquet. After
ward land for lt erection was donated
b) Col Howie, al-o an aid-de-camp of
Washington
These facts, he said, would probably
have been lost forever were It not for
the fact Washington kept a diary.
The bishop also recalled that the streets
where the church stood were named
Church and Washington, the first name
being given by the town council because
of the fact that the church was located
on It and the other after Gen Wash
ington Tho bishop expressed great
pleasure at being present and declared
this parish to be the oldest In the dio
cese. It was, ho said, particularly en
deared to him through Its past associa
tions, and he wished It continued suc
cess Confirm Urse Class.
Tho celebrant of the mass at which
the Bishop spoko was Rev Father Noon,
of the Dominican House of Studies,
Brookland. D C
At the 7 o clock mass at St Mary's
tfis morning the Bishop confirmed a
class of d0 children and adults He was
the celebrant or tho mass, and also
preached a sermon
This afternoon at 4 o clock the chil
dren confirmed renewed their baptismal
vows. These services were largely at
tended, and the Bishop xnado an address
to the children
Members of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians this afternoon tendered a re
ception to the Bishop at St. Mary's
Hal, which was also largely attended
An address was made by the Bishop, In
which he advocated higher education for
children The children, he declared,
should know the history of their race,
which goes back to the Celtic family.
Ho also briefly reviewed the work ac
complished by the Hibernians, and ex
pressed pleasure at being present.
Several selections were given ny the
Holy Name Society Band, and there was
n. violin solo by Henry Kremer.
A shod address of welcome was also
linen caps. In Just such a fashion was
the Plantagenet wimple fastened to the
chin band.
Although the veil to some extent has'
lost Its significance In some countries
as a symbol of mournlnr. It Is still used
on the European Continent In this con
nection with circumstance and ceremony.
Not only does a widow envelop herself
for a lengthy period In a veil of amaz
ing length and opaqueness, but every
relative of the deceased assumes a sim
ilar dreary symbol of .regret. Its size
and thickness varying with discrimina
tion, according tq the exact degree of
relationship. An American visiting
France or Italy for the first time is as
tonished at the number of apparent
widows he is apt to encounter In a day's
walk; It Is not until his curiosity leads
him to make Inquiries that he learns that
the true reason for the prevalence of the
deep mourning veil, reaching from head
to foot
In the East the ") aahmak" signifies all
that is subdervlent and dependent In thk
lives of the women For a woman to ap
pear unv elled before a man la to put her
self forever beond the pale On the day
that the woman of the East shall ap
pear unveiled with Impunity in a public
place, on that da) she will have set her
root on the first rungs of the ladder of
Independence.
But East or West, the veil holds Its
own, from the "yashmak" to the motor
veil, from the christening veil to the
wimple Whatever antiquity may have
to say as to Its origin, women know that
It owes Its adoption In the first Instance
to the fact that It Is universally and In
curably becoming
King George, of England, has ordered
a reduction In the number of the King's
messengers, a very Interesting branch
of the British diplomatic service. There
are two classes of these employes: Home
messengers, that Is, men who carry Im
portant dispatches or documents from
the King to his ministers or vice versa
when they sojourn In different sections
of the countr), and those who are In
trusted with the Important duty of car
rying letters from the British foreign of
fice to envoys In other lands. There are
eight of the latter, the senior of whom
receives an annual salary of COCO, whllo
the others get only 11,250.
It takes powerful Influence to be ap
pointed a King a messenger In England
Besides the men picked for the place
have to be of great resources and Intelli
gence and of course perfect linguists
Their badge of office consisting of a sil
ver greyhound, the messengers popularly
arc known as 'Silver Gre)hounds Their
badge Is surmounted by an Imperial
crown attached to a red ribbon. ThI
badge must alwa)s be carried by the
messenger but the mllltar) uniform,
which Is part of hi equipment. Is sel
dom used except In war times and
then onl) In circumstances when It be
comes part of his passport from one
country to another
Story writers often have woven turn
ing narratives around the duties of a
'Silver Greyhound' and man) excit
ing talcs, have been told of unscrupu
lous plotters who have endeavored to ob
tain the rontents of their dispatch cases
At times such stories have been founded
on fart for It may be recalled how the
dispatches in connection with the Dre)-
fus affair sent by the German Am
bassador at Paris to Berlin by German
Imperial mesenger. were surreptitiously
opened and the contents photographed
during the trip from Paris to the Ger
man frontier
It will thus be realized that the career
of the bearer of the King s dispatches Is
not. even In these prosaic days, alto
gether without an element of excitement
The late King Edward, being fond of
traveling, kept his messengers pretty
bus), but the present British ruler likes
to Ba) at home In his own countr).
wherefore the foreign mesengers have
little to do There are no dispatches to
fol-'Homburg or Biarritz, or the Riviera, or
Marlenbtid ic Hence Kin Georre's
decision to reduce the force.
n.lHK.
made b) P J Conlon secretar) of the
International Association of Machinists
VA Uliam Desmond president of the order,
presided.
Earlier in the afternoon the Bishop
visited the new Sunday school known as
St. Rita's, established a few weeks ago
at Del Ray. with fort) -five xcholars The
Bishop also made a short address to the
scholars, and promised to give his co
operation In the work
EIUs' Memorial errlres.
In common with other lodges through
out the countr). Alexandria Lodge, No
ToS, Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, will hold Its annual memorial serv
ices at S o clock bunday night next
the opera house The orator who v
make the annual memorial address 1 )et
to be selected The usual ritualistic scrv -ices
will be conducted bv the officers of
the lodge, under the direction of Exalted
Ruler Robert S Barrett
The services being planned are of a
very elaborate character J. Fred Bir-
rell, member of the local lodge, will pay
a tribute to the departed members of tho
local lodge
Since the institution of tho local lodge,
ten )cars ago, twent)-flve members have
been claimed by dath, and during the
present )ear flvo members hivo died.
among them being I'ast Exalted Ruler
Louis E Shuman, John W Rile). A. B
Marshall, B F. Beard, and Peter 8
Healy.
Stay Choose Commissioners.
When toe City Council meets Tues
day night. It Is expected that a Joint
session will ba held for the purposo
electing three police commissioners and
four school trustees Commissioners are
to be elected from the following wards
First, Second, and Fourth One school
trustee Is to' be elected from each of
the four wards
The vacancies existing on the board
of police commissioners are caused by
resignation and election to other offices
of the following Thomas A. Fisher,
Robert S Barret, and Capt Albert Bo
nn. The only member of the old board
remaining In the same capacity Is
August Oehlcrt commissioner from the
Third Ward The terms of the follow
ing school trustees have expired O F.
Phillips, First Ward. Moxley Irven. Sec
ond Ward; Dr W M. Smith. Third
Ward, and Frank M)ers. Fourth Ward
The Joint committee on finance and
schools ma) report on the proposition
of financing the proposed new high
school building, at a cost of 140000 In
addition, considerable business of a rou
tine nature will come up for considera
tion Mrs. Mary M Smith, elghty-slx years
old, died this morning at the home of
her daughter, Mrs Thomas J. Fannon.
George Washington Park, west of this
city. Mrs. Smith was a native of Mary
land. Her funeral will take place Tues
day momlnc from St Mary's Catholic
Church.
The work of erecting a building for
the National Biscuit Company at the
northwest corner of Washington and
Wilkes Streets will be begun during the
coming week The structure will be a
one-story brick affair.
Rev. E. Hex Swem. of Washington, will.
beginning to-morrow night at 7.13 o'clock.
open a series of revival services at the
First Baptist Church
Members of the Daughters of Liberty
to-night attended services at Trinity M
E. Church, at which time Rev. G. A.
Luttrell. pastor, preached a sermon en
titled "Our Country, God's Country."
ANGER
Br GEORGE FITCU,
Author of "At Good Old IlTrasbV
Anxer is an overheated bearing In the
temper which causes the brain to stop
working until it is cooled off.
However, the brain Is the only part
of an angry person which stops work
ing. An angry main is the'busiest speci
men of humanity. It keeps the tongue.
eyes, arras, legs, and teeth busy doing
Justice to some cases of anger: and it
takes a full hospital corp and often a
reinforced police department to handle
the results.
Anger Is caused In many wa)s, and
can be produced with no practice, even
by a mere child. Sometimes a four word
adjective will produce enough anger to
keep the county appellate and supreme
courts tolerably busy for several years
Often a frail man, weighing only 140
pounds, can don a mask and chest pro
tector and produce 23,000 cases of anger
In the third degree on the baseball field
In less than ten minutes.
Some men can be made furiously angry
by an underdone pancake or a late break
fast or a slow street car or a nnan with
an Impertinent face These men are
angry so much of the time that they
often die at an advanced aged with their
brains almost unused Other men re
quire a grat deal of encouragement be
fore they light up with the glare of bat
tle Sometimes a quiet man can be an
noyed for several hours before he Ignites.
Beware of such men. Their fuses are
usually short and when they explode
they are full of shrapnel
Anger produces startllngly different ef
fects on Its victims. Some men get
angry exclusively with their tongues
Others have quick tempered fiats, while
Hill others have nervous and excitable
trigger fingers There nre men who can
not express anger without the aid of
a brick and there are men who will
It
WHAT AILS YOU?" FAILED
TO SCORE AT PREMIERE
M EMOR B. C4.17YFRT.
New York, Nov 34 A play whose trag
edy Is so old It is immortal, and there
fore scarcely needs reviewing, and a sec
ond offering whose corned) Is so new as
to be unripe, marked the opening of the
present week In the New ork theaters
"Ilmmlet."
The production whereof we speak first
is ' Hamlet. which Mr John E. Kellerd
has chosen to begin a season of classical
drama at the Garden Theater Mr Kel
lerd himself acted the man prince at the
premier on Monda) night, performing
that difficult role with considerable
merit.
He has surrounded himself with an ex
cellent compan). though his production
showed no new scenic beauties or un
suspected heights of traged) In his
cast were Elwvn Eaton who presented
a highly conventional Polonlus. A Stev
enson, who pla)ed King Charle and
Theodore Roberts, who pla)ed the ghost
'What Vila loaf"
The unripe fsree alrcad) mentioned
was staged In the Criterion, also on
Monda) night It was entitled 'What
Alls You' ' and bore on Its programme
the Information that Rupert Hughes was
to be credited, or blamed, for Its author
ship "What Alls You' might be termed s
farce of the new school For a long
time there has been an evident trend
among the knights of the quill to lav the
ancient corned) of quick action and witty
lines in the moth balls and to substitute
farce whose construction takes on the
disintegrated interest of a vaudeville
performance
What Ails You" is a fine example of
this new farce construction though it
is significant that it dlstinctl) failed to
score at Its premier.
The action of the piece begins in the
dining-room of the St. Rltz Here mem
hers from ever)" status of socletv are
gathered about the tables and here alo
do they all agree to repair to MedlU s
sanatorium for reasons both external
and Internal
The second act finds them then
the gjmnaslum. and th third act trots
them across country on a twent)-mile
chase after a comic situation As com
ed) is notoriousl) light-footed it can
not be held as strange that thev never
even get wtlhin speaking distance of
her
Mr Hughes has so loosel) strung the
pearls of humor on his stor) s thread
that much of the fun of the piece rets
with the typical selection of the char
acter Thus It Is thAt man) a good
laugh is wasted on one individual who
weighs close to 300 pounds, and on his
fellow-actor, who scales but nlnet) three
So little progress was made wltr,
"What Alls You" that it seems almost
criminal to name those actors and ac
tresses who pla)ed parts In Its cast.
It might be mentioned, however, that
Shelle) Hull. William. Courtlelgh. Mar
garet Skirvln. and George McGrath are
among those whose fair reputations suf
fered most
"Veier Say Die."
To turn from the mortuar) gloom that
enshrouded the Criterion to the ready
laughter of a William Collier play Is a
pleasant occupation The play we have
In mind Is "Never Sa) Die,' which had
Its New York premiere at the Fort)
clghth Street Theater on Tuesda) even
ing Collier ranks high among latter-da)
comedians. He has that faculty of tak
ing nonsense that is one of the rarest
gifts within the province of tho Maker
And with this faculty ever at his com
mand, he never falls to plcae
It was no surprise, therefore, th-it
greeted the readers of Wednesda) morn
ing's papers, when the) read of the hit
he scored In "Never Sa) Die,' on the
prev lous evening
"Never Sa) Die." which had the stamp
of Washington approval a few weeks
ago, was fully reviewed In these col
ums at that time.
''The lied Petticoat."
A llbrettoed, brlclzed muslcallzation of
Rids. Johnson Young s "Next," which saw
the light of a short time last' )ear. was
produced on Wednesda) night at Dal) s
Theater under the title of "The Red Pet
ticoat " The first two operations were
performed by Mrs. oung and Paul
West, and the music was supplied by
Jerome D. Kern.
The Red Petticoat in ev cry way
proved a pleasant and entertaining musi
cal comedy. It revolved about the ad
vent of a woman barber In a little West
ern mlnlng camp one of those places
where the men all dress In correct khaki
outing suits and talk "regardless '
The woman barber. Sophie Brush, who
Is Miss Helen Lowell off the stage, en
ters the camp ftmld the Jeers of Its male
Inhabitants and remains to be Its Idol.
Before a week is past she has the boys
all nicely shaved, manicured, and drilled .duplicate any offer made by any pub
into a polite bodyguard The possibilities ushcr or agency. Order Xmas srlf ta
for a woman barber seems to be good In
the West.
Miss Lowell made a distinct hit as the
barberess. as did Donald Macdonald, a
juvenile, who danced and tang well and
Is sure to ba heard from In tho future,
nurse a case of bad temper for months
until election time enables them to msko
a cross where it will do the object of
their wrath the leaat good
Anger Is a great nuisance In the world
and is many times more dangerous than,
h)drophobla to the nation. But the lack
of facilities for getting angry is almost
fFOUfllV ' (ttT-TtsJJ
as great a curse The man who cait
view a masher with calmness or ran
laugh happily while villains are ab
stracting the reins of government Is ai
useless as a gaol!ne engine which falls
to explode when the current Is turned on
The right kind of anger when effectively
harnessed up has saved nations and ha
made cold pallid remains out of villains.
(Coprnzat, I3C. or George JUtte Alama.
The music was of that catchy order m
dear to the hearts of those who wrltn
the comic opera scores
"The Gypsy."
"The G)psy," a new Dliley-Luder
operetta, which had Its premiere at the
Park on Thursday night provided noth
ing new or interesting In the way of
plot, music, or acting
There was the familiar old crone who
is about to die and who at the last
moment confesses that she has changed
"those children." and that the gypsy
girl Is really the nobleman s daughter.
Whereupon follow the stereotyped com
plications Even the scene of the production Is laid
In England while other time-worn coml
oprra properties are dragged In In the
shape of the fortune-hunting count, thi
typical stage Englishman, ic
The music of the new operetta which
alms all the wa) through to catch 'Ue
slow swing of romance. Is of better sing
ing qualities than usual In native musical
pla)s and the orchestration is mor
carefull) worked out. The leading tenor
Francis Llb, who Is n'lther able to a t
nor shows an) Interest In that branch
of musical comedy art cares a good deal
about singing and knows how as we'l
He has a well-trained voice, whvh, h
uses with fine spirit
A M Holbronk staged the production
but It 1 not apparent that he was in
spired Nor for that matter, was anv
bod) else connected with the piece.
NOTES ,0F THE STAGE
Carter de Haven Is
' Hank) Panky," and
will take his place.
to retire front
Frank Tlernes
Julia Gifford the wife of Bob Fits
Simmons, has been elected to the Stella
ranks in 'The Balkan Princess
Blanche Bates is still In Denver and
has become a familiar figure at opening
nights with her fiance, Georgf Creel,
commissioners of police She will not
act this season, so she said
The ' Ne er Do W ell having ne er done
well, has closed and Hale Hamilton,
who plajed the title role has sailed for
I.ondon to pla) the leading role In the
English production of Gt Rich Quick
Wallingford
Porte- Emerson Browne, who wroti
A Fool There Was' and "The Spend
thrift" has gone to London, whore ht
will personallv direct the English pro
duction of the latter show opening N -v
ember 11 with Fannie Wird pla) ma
' Thais. " McGrane s original role
Frank Sheridan who has been plaving
the pirt of John Brand In "Fine Feath
ers ' since Wilton Lackave left the cast
will upon the return of Mr. Lackave
begin rehearsals In "The lnwritten
Law a new pla) bv Edwin Milton
Ro)le. which Is soon to bo produced in
New York by H. H Ftazee.
I-cwfs Waller has abandoned his Ins
tentlon of going into vaudeville at a sal
ar) of J3() a week
Mis Elizabeth Brlco who was fea
tured recentb in ' Tantalizing Tommy"
at the Criterion Theater, has joined tho
Follies of 191"
The Fritzl SchefT-Joseph M GaltM
partnership has come to grief Mis
belief! s new opera, The Love Wager
a musical version of 'The Seven Sis.
ters has closed,
Otis Skinner and Richard "arle sat
iip-vt to one another at a recent dlnnf
In Chicago and swapped reminicencei
of Somervllle Mass, where Mr. Carle-"
father was once a leading member of
the churih of which Mr. Skinner"
father was pastor
Hall Calne Is at work upon the dra
matization of nls novel. 'The Woman
Thou Gavest Me" It will be produced
bv Messrs Klaw &. Erlanger and Joseph
Brooks It Is Ilkelv that Mr. Calne will
come to this country to witness the first
appearance of the pla)
Sarah Bernhardt Is to begin her Amei
icon tour In vaudeville under the man.
agement of Martin Beck December ".
Mme Bernhardt s first appearance n
the two-R-da) will be In Chicago Her
repertolrp will include the fourth a t
Irom ' Queen Flizabeth ' the fifth -t
from Camille ' the fourth art f om
' La Tosca the fourth ai t from The
odora. ' the third act from Lucretla
Borgia, and two one-act pla)s which,
will be new to this countr)
With the announcement that Julia Mar.
lowe would retire from the stage after"
next season, the New "iork Herald has;
tarted a fund for the purchase of a
chair for her once owned by William
bhakespeare
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