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COMING ATTRACTIONS.
(Continued From Jhird Pay.)
company, fresh from the western coast,
in a new offering of song and pretty
music.
Cosmos.
Boston's famous base hall champions
are furnishing: a vaudeville attraction this
season in the Red Sox Quartet, compose !
of Buck O'Brien. Marty McHale, Hugh
Bradley and Bill Ryons. that has been
creating more or less of a sensation in
the amusement world. It will come to th<*
i 'numos Theater this week as a headliner
( the hill, and great things are promised
for it in the way of quartet singing.
\ second attraction of headline proportions
is promised In White's leaping
dogs and comedy mules, including the
greatest "bucking" mule in public life.
The act also Includes six magnificent
Russian wolfhounds, ponies and other
aceomnaniments of a real comedy circus.
other attractions will include Mel Kastntan,
"an elongated sonit and talk man."
whose specialty is laugh making: Leslie
Thurston, an artist on the xylophone;
IHekens and Floyd, in a comedy musical
sketch entitled "On the Bowery." and the
famous Aline, in marvelous feats of
hoop rolling and tlag and serpentine juggling.
The Rathe Weekly Review will picture
world events 4^. unusual importance
and lead a series of selected films of an
enjoyable type.
Newman on "Holland" Tonight.
For the subject of his first traveltalk
a" the Columbia Theater this evening,
with a repeat tomorrow afternoon at .130
o'clock. K. M. Newman, the traveler and
1< durer, has selected- "Holland." the picturesque
country of windmills, tulips and
v onden shoes.
The new motion pictures and views of
the lecturer give a comprehensive inv
ght into the Holland of today, the
cities?Amsterdam. Rotterdam and The
Hague?thoroughly modern and progressive?and
the rural districts, quaint and
claiming, the strange antiquity of the
people always apparent. The streets and
houses in Maarken and Zeeland are espeeiall.v
interesting. There is something at
every turn to charm with its novelty and
unusuatness.
Butt-Rumford Recital Tonight.
Tonight, at the New Nationol Theater.
T. Arthur Smith will offer one of the
greatest musical treats in years when he
preesnts in concert the noted Britisli
contralto. Mnie. Clara Butt, and her husband.
Kennerley Rumford, a leading
Fnglish baritone. It will be the first ap- |
n.-arancf. in this citv of these world- I
famed artists, who began their ttrst
American tour in New York last week.
Mme. Butt is said to have two passions
in life?one, the expression of things
noble and elevating through the medium
of her voice: the other, her joy in home
life and her absorbing afTection for her
family. In add'tlon to being a wonderful
sing? r. she has a rare gift of personal
magnetism. Into such hymns as "Abide
With Ale," which will be included in tonight's
program, she infuses an intensity
of religious feeling which makes them
really prayers. The program is liberal in
length and comprises some of the greatest
of the world's compositions.
Cosmos Sunday Concerts.
l-'eatures of the concerts at the Cosmos
Theater today, beginning at 3 o'clock
and continuing until 10:30 o'clock tonight,
will be Rossini's "Semiramide" overture,
Beccalari's "Dance of the Serpents."
Massonet's "Angelas" from "Scenes Pitteresques";
Adam's "I.a Poupee de Nuremberg"
overture and Delibes, Intermezzo
"Maids of Cadiz." by the Cosmos
orchestra of eleven pieces, under the
direction of Arthur Nanvell. Two new
"rags" will be played also. Oleman's
"Red Onion. Rag" and Allen's "Evolution
Rag." in addition to other popular
classic selections.
There will be the usual vaudeville program
of bright and enjoyable offerings of.
the bitter class.
Poli's Sunday Concert.
An attractive array of vaudeville and
musical features is promised at the Poll ^
elite Sunday concert this evening. The
entertainment consists of a number of
new acts, but not those which will com
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yi I>?- lilt: I K~& Uiai nccnij v"
lertainment offered for the first time
Monday afternoon. The musical program
Is one of the principal attractions.
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Washington Symphony Tuesday.
Miss Dagmar de C. Rubner. the well
known pianist of New York, will be the
soloist at the second concert of the Washington
Symphony Orchestra to be given
at the Columbia Theater Tuesday afternoon.
To Miss Rubner belongs the credit
of attracting the largest audience ever
assembled at a concert by the Washington
Symphony Orchestra. The reviews
of her playing two years ago were enthusiastic
and laudatory.
Miss Rubner received most of her instruction
from her father. Prof. Cornelius
Rul ner of the Columbia University.
She made her debut at the
age of fifteen under Mott! In Karlsruhe,
i ast spring she played Tschaikovysky's
loncerto In B flat minor at the Metropolitan
Opera House This composition
will be Iter offering Tuesday.
I'nder the direction of Heinrich Hammer
the orchestra will present Wagner's
I'rHude to "Iathengrin" and Dvorak's
"Slavic Dances." Nos. 1 and 4.
Manager J Martin Scranage invites attention
to the fact that the hour of commencing
the concert is 4:45 o'clock and
not 4:.'!<? o'clock. The additional fifteen
minutes are given to enable department
employes who desire to be present at
the opening of the program.
Tickets for the four remaining concerts
are on sale at T. Arthur Smith's ticket
agency.
Nordica Friday.
Nordica, one of the greatest American
smgers the world has known will .be
heard, after an absence of two years, in
recital at the Columbia Theater Friday
afternoon at 4:ik? o'clock. Nordica in
1VT.. effected w hat was virtually a renaissaru
e of Wagnerian opera in this country,
and the night w hen she sang Isolde at the
M? tropolltan Opera House, New York, is
< memorable one. The famous diamond
tia-.t then presented to her was a voluntary
contribution from her admirers all
over the country.
In May, 11>11. Mine, Nordica again sang
Isolde, this time In Germany at the Berlin
Royal '>pera, af the special invitation of
:h< ili rman emperor.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
"\ nfw piece is "What Happened to
Mary."
Frederick Warde is lecturing in the
r<>ut!i on "Richard III "
I'aul Armstrong lias written a new
play called "Politics."
<">< 11 I>e Mille may revive "The Charity
Rail."
"A Wild Goose." book and music by
Willard Spencer, is to be revived.
The mayor of Roston is trying to have
municipal grand opera.
Gertrude Rrvan or "l.lttle Roy Blua/
fame may go into vaudeville.
Jack Bonavita. well known as a lion
tamer, is going into tin; moving picturesRronson
Howard's play, "An Enemy to
the People," is shortly to have a produr
lion.
"The Military filrl" Is to resume Its
tour, probubly with Arthur Deagon at the
hejt ! of the company.
Charles Cherry is to begin his tour in |
' The New Sec retary" in Atlantic City |
this week.
Margaret Anglin will end her tour this
month, as siie has decided not to use her
new piay tills season.
Ada Jtceve. the English comedienne, is
to appear in tlie United States next fall
In a musical comedy.
The first of the spring productions hy
the Shuberts will he "The Passing Show
of 1013."
"The Daughter of Heaven" is to open
about the middle of next month in Chicago.
Alexandra Carlisle will plav in I.ondorv
the role created in this country by Julia
Dean in "Bought and Paid For."
Cohan & Harris have secured the dramatic
rights to "Back Home." by Trving.
Cobb, originally published as a serial.
There is a Shaw revival in London. as
"Fanny's First Play" is to be succeeded |
i by "John Bull's Other Island."
/
The Shuberts will produce "Romance." I
by Edward Shelton, as Wlnthrop Ames ;
has disposed of his rights in the play to i
them.
Charles Meakin. who plays the role of
Prince Danilo in Henry \V. Savage's production
of "The Merry. Widow," was formerly
a university star athlete.
George V. Hobart Is extending the
"Dinkelspiel" sketch into a three-act play
to be produced in the spring in England
by Joseph Hart.
There is a new Alan-a-Dale in the
"Robin Hood" company. She is Henrietta
Wakefield and site entered the cast
in Indianapolis last week.
It is asserted that the four companies
playing "Bunty Pulls the Strings" are
returning nearly $30,000 a week to its
managers, the Shuberts.
A I>l tt-hrt { n-ii h CJo m Rpr- I
nxicir iiuvniri ? 10 " im
nard in "All for the Ladies." intends
after the conclusion of this engagement
to appear in a farce.
Sir Herbert Beerbohni Tree, the English j
actor-manager, will not take the man- j
agement of the Century Theater in New
York, as rumored.
Marion Leonard, who has heen In the
moving picture drama, is to appear in a
sketch on the vaudeville stage, called
"The Strange Woman."
Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston thinks it
would be a good idea to tax the receipts
of stage stars in that city. He is inclined
to the opinion that they take too
much money out of the city.
Bertha Kalich denies the report that
she is to play Lady Macbeth with Tyrone
Power. She will remain in vaudeville
with Mrs. Fiske's tragic playlet, "The
Light from St. Agnes."
Philip Bartholomae. author of "Over ;
Night" and "Little Miss Brown," has
formed a theatrical producing firm with
Leander Richardson, formerly press rep- j
resentative of W. A. Brady, and will
make general productions.
Ethel Barrymore will pose for moving
pictures in the studio of Daniel Frohman
in isew l ork. Mr. f rohman will also
have taken for the same purpose Mrs.
Fiske, Mrs. Langtry, William Faversham
and Julia Opp in "Julius Caesar."
On the conclusion of her tour in
"Broadway to Paris." Gertrude Hoffman
will organize a special company to make
a world tour, appearing in every important
city. Dondon will be the first
point after leaving this country.
Sophye Barnard, lately with "The
Women Haters' Club." went to New Haven
last Thursday to get acquainted with
the prima donna role in "The Man With
Three Wives." Miss Barnard has been
listed for that part during the New York
engagement.
Yesterday afternoon the first performance
of the spectacular production "Joseph
and His Brethren" took place at the
Century Theater, New York. Two hundred
people appeared in the production
and the urama itself was interpreted by
an unusually strong cast.
William Collier was under the care of a
doctor last week with a boil on the neck
and had to dismiss a large audience on
account of weakness after an operation
had been performed. He resumed playing
in "Never Say Die" last night in NewYork.
Arthur Hammerstein has engaged Belle
Blanche, the vaudeville singer, to head a
company which will present "The Firefly"
in western cities. Before departing
for Chicago, where the western company
will open. Miss Blanche will sing one
special performance with the New York
Company at the Casino, New York.
i
William Hodge, who has made "The 1
Man From Home" familiar throughout
the United States, severed his connections
with this play last night, and also his
managers, the Liebler Company. A new
play written by Booth Tarkington and
Hodge will be placed in rehearsal. In it
Hodge will be seen in a dominant American
character.
Exactly thirty years ago last Wednesday
B. H. Keith, now the sovereign
power in vaudeville, made his first theatrical
venture. It was January 8, 18s:{,
that he leased the tiny store in Washington
street. Boston, where he offered his
initial attraction to the world. Today he
owns ten theaters in New York and is in
control of about fifty more in various
other cities.
At Hammerstein's Victoria Theater.
New York, tomorrow night a week, John
Bunny will make his vaudeville debut.
That simple statement will scarcely seem
startling, but when it is made known that
his salary is $1.(100 a week, paid to him
solely because he is a familiar face in
moving pictures, the item is worth while.
Wheeler Earl, a brother of Virginia
Karl, is in vaudeville, in a skit.
Paul Morton, late of the popular vaudeville
Four Mortons, has formed a comedy
duo with Naomi Glass..
Miss Dagmar de C. Buhner made her
professional debut with the Washington
Symphony Orchestra January 17, 1911.
"The Yellow Jacke." one of the latest
New York sensations, has been booked
for early appearance in this city.
One hundred people are found in the j
cast of "The Quaker Girl." which will be j
one of the early attractions at the National.
Edmund LJchtensteln, a laureate of the
Royal Conservatory of Music of Brussels,
Belgium, also was a member of the
famous Keim Orchestra of Munich.
Oliver Metzerott and Manager Fred G.
Merger of the Columbia Theater spent
several days in New York the past week
as the guests of James K ilackett.
Charles B. Hanford, R. I>. MacLean,
Marie Drofnah and Odette Tyler will
shortly appear at the Columbia Theater
in classic repertoire.
Willis Maxwell Goodhue, the general
press representative for Chauncey Oieott,
will arrive in the city today to arrange i
for the coming of "The Isle o' Dreams."
Julia Sanderson, under the management
of Charles Frohman, will be presented
at the Columbia Theater In a new musical
novelty, "The Sunshine Girl," following
the engagement of Chauncey Olcott.
Cosmos Theater attractions In the near
future will include Ethel Whitesldes and
her pickaninnies. Frank Stafford and
company in "A Hunter's Game," played
hero last year in a higher price house,
and the famous Carl Dammann troupe of
acrobats.
When David Belasco went into vaudevile
for other worlds to conquer in the
art of theatrical production Daniel Frohman
embarked into the realm of photo
plays. The production of "Queen Elizabeth"
by Bernhardt and her French comma
nv is declared to be a maenlficent work
of moving picture art.
i
If It Bhould ever coine to pass that a
serious history of burlesque were desired
the historian of fifty years from
now would have a difficult tusk to gather
any definite data concerning Don Roth,
who is responsible for the book and
score of all the Gordon and North attractions?"The
World of Pleasure." "The
Merry Whirl," etc. .As a matter of fact
there Is no such person. Gliff Gordon and
Bobby North write their own material,
and they have taken a part of each other's
name to make a pseudonym?Don
from Gordon, and Roth from North.
Idttle laird Robert will hold a reception
Ion the stage of Poli's after the matinees
this week, to meet the children of Washington.
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PREVENTIVE SDRGERV.
Contributed by the Medical dnclety
of the District of Columbia.
1 '
The old adage, "A stitch In time saves
nine.'-' Is to nothing more applicable than
to modern surgery. To get the best results.
the public must learn to "take
time by the forelock" in surgical matters.
and thus prevent many tragic ills to
which the human flesh is heir.
Much space is being devoted by the
press today in calling attention to hygiene,
sanitation and other health measures
As a result of this publicity, every
agerage man knows of the importance of
good drinking water, a proper milk supply,
adequate plumbing, quarantine meas
ures and vaccination. All of these things
are designed to aid in the prevention of
disease, to prolong life and add to the
comfort and happiness of man. While
the necessity for these things Is so well
known and so generally recognized, it is
not so well known that by proper surgical
measures at the right time, perhaps as
great good may be accomplished as by
the measures above mentioned. It is for
this reason that we call your attention
to the great necessity for preventive
surgery.
Preventive surgery, like preventive medicine.
has for its aim the prevention of
disease. It proposes to do this by removing
tlie causes of disease. To cure disease
is a great boon, but to prevent it
is greater and more easily done. Disease,
though eventually cured, brings pains,
anxiety, loss of time, loss of money and
much inconvenience. To prevent disease
does away in great measure with
these undesirable things.
Body a Complex Machine.
The human body is a complex machine
It consists of many different cells, tis-.
sues and organs, each performing its special
work, but all working together, in
health, with a beautiful harmony and
balance as designed by the infinite mind;
of God. It is a well known fact that
when this harmony is disturbed, the machine
cannot do its work properly, and
we say the man is sick. Just as some
little damage to a very small part of a
great mechanical device will destroy Its
usefulness, until it is repaired, even so
some trouble, apparently In Itself insignlticant,
with a part or parts of the human
machine will render it unfit to perform
the work for which it was designed.
If this is left unrepaired, it often leads
to greater troubles, causing much needless
suffering, expense and many deaths.
It is just this repair or cure of troubles
or diseases in the beginning purely
local, but, left untreated, leading to more
crc.no*-.i 1 Otlrl fatal H t VS that
preventive surgery sets itself to do. This
is a great task, and before it can be successfully
accomplished, the general public
must be made to recognize its usefulness
just as it recognizes the usefulness
of public health measures belonging to
the field of preventive medicine.
There are several great obstacles that
prevent the general recognition of the
advantages of preventive surgical methods.
These are ignorance of the average
man as to the wonderful strides modern
surgery has made in the last few years,
prejudice on the part of some people,
rapidly growing fewer, against all surgical
measures, and the old-fashioned unreasonable
attitude of some doctors, who
look upon surgery in any case as a "last
resort."
Obstacles Losing Force.
The first of these obstacles is losing
force because of the great increase in
the average intelligence of people, and
because of the benefit to a larger number
of people, coming from every city, village
and hamlet, who have been helped,
and whose very lives have been saved by
the conscientious and courageous work
of modern surgeons.
The second obstacle?prejudice?has its
roots in the experience of the past. It
is more obstinate, but must yield before
the force of modern methods. It arose
from the fact that the old surgeons before
the day of antiseptics lost so many
patients. Well might the doctors of that
day put off surgery as a "last resort."
and well might people have a moral
dread of the knife. But today all is
changed, and the attitude of the people
is rapidly changing. The death rate
from modern surgical operations Is marvelously
low. Not even the most severe
operations of modern surgery are as
dangerous as being President of the
United States. Three of the Presidents
have lost their lives because of their office.
This is a large percentage of death
rate than that resulting from the worst
operations at the hands of careful, painstaking
surgeons. These are facts, and
we can depend upon facts to overcome
even the worst prejudices.
The third obstacle will disappear with
the passing of the old-fashioned doctor.
Thanks to modern teaching, the younger
members of the profession no longer
recommend surgery as a "last resort,"
out are quica to urge lis practice wnen
It is necessary.
In such matters as this the public demands
to be "shown" before it is ready
to modify its practice according to the
recommendations of science. It has already
been shown that bad drinking
water, impure milk and flies tend to increase
typhoid, dysentery, etc.; that mosquitoes
spread malaria and yellow fever:
that diseased meat causes consumption
and trichiniasis, and that lack of vaccination,
and failure to use antitoxin increase
the ravages of smallpox and diphtheria. In
the light of these facts intelligent governments
and private citizens are quick
to lend their aid in the removal of the
causes of these diseases. Now, surgery
offers it aid in saving the public from
many serious injuries and diseases which,
without its help, cannot be warded off.
bet us consider some of the ways by
which it does this.
Prevention of Injuries and Accidents
"An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure," is a saying that is certainly
very applicable to accidents and
injuries which call for a great many,
and often very serious, surgical operations.
In this day of railroads, automobiles
and machinery, accidents occur with
great frequency and men are kilied or injured
in great numbers. Any Issue of
a daily paper will contain an account of
one or more such accidents, and the very
worst feature connected with them is
that in many instances they might have
been prevented. It is far better to prevent
an accident than to amputate a
limb, or do some other operation, which,
while it may save the patient's life, will
leave him crippled.
Much stress is being laid on the fact
that employers do not protect their employes
from injury. We are very ready
to lay the blame of accidents upon defective
machinery, badly arranged buildings,
poor management, etc. This has
become such a common practice that
many states are enacting employers' liability
acts for the protection of workers.
The purpose of such laws is good, but
the fact should not he forgotten that
probably as many injuries are due to defective
men as to defective methods.
For instance, a report of the physical
education department of the Trade School
in New York shows that out of 278 girls
examined eighty-six had defective vision,
twelve defective hearing and Ave a
chronic nervous disease. In this case
more than 30 per cent were found defective,
and it is also true that 20 to 3?
per cent of public school children have
poor eyesight and 5 to 0 per cent poor
hearing. In view of these facts it 'is
char that in order to lessen the chances
for injury and for self-protection employers
should insist upon a physical examination
before employing workers.
Such an examination would exclude the
defectives, and by so doing absolutely
prevent many accidents apd injuries. Insurance
companies, armies, navies, police
and rtre departments demand such examinations.
and industrial companies
would do well to follow' their example.
Poor eyesight and hearing are often responsible
for crippling and fatal accidents.
It is difficult for persons so affected
to get out of the way of automobiles.
trains and other vehicles. Let us
Insist that many such accidents positively
can be prevented by paying due at- j
tentlon to the diseased eyes and ears.
Commendable to Congress.
The terrible "phossy jaw affecting
workers In match factories can be prevented
by rigid cleanliness of the mouth
and more surely by the substitution of
^ess dangerous materials In the manu*
Little Stories
Peter Rabbit Visit
By Thornto
Peter Rabbit had just given old Granny
Fox and Reddy Fox the slip by ducking
into the dear old briar patch. 1I?
had laughed almost in their faces as lit
sat there safely out of reach, an<1
watched them lick their chops and try
to follow him. and then yelp and back
out as the good old brambles scratched
their faces and tore their bright red
coats. Finally they gave it up and Peter
watched them out of sight as they went
down across the Green Meadows, whicfc
were now white, ami past the Smiling
Pool- That reminded Peter that he had
not been over to the Smiling Pool since
the snow and cold weather came.
"Granny and P.eddy Fox won't come
beck here this morning, and if they
should T can run faster in the snow
than they can, for I do not break
through as they do. I believe I'll gc
down and call on Jerry Muskrat," said
Peter to himself.
So as soon as he was sure that Granny
and Reddy Fox had really left the Green
Meadow Peter sat up and looked this
way and that way to make sure that
fierce old Roughleg the Hawk was nowhere
about. He was nowhere to be
seen, so Peter kicked up his heels, and
with a light heart he started off. lipfacture
of matches. It is a matter for
nation-wide rejoicing that Congress has
recently passed a law placing such a
high tax on the common "strike anywhere"
match as to make its manufacture
unprofitable. This is a striking instance
of the national legislature lending its
aid to preventive surgery, for this law
will be the means of preventing many
mutilating surgical operations and of
saving many persons from a crippling
and fatal disease.
Many accidents, due to hard sitting or
jostling on railroad trains and other
vehicles, occurring especially to women,
are due to some pre-existing diseased
conditions which could have been easily
and certainly cured by proper surgical
T its *1 ctrSlfintr fji Pt that
II I'tmurii i. a i 10 c*. wv. -v-~
such accidents seldom or never happen
to healthy women. In this field alone
preventive surgery has a great opportunity.
and doctors who now advise
against operations for the cure of these
troubles must seek some other employment.
Example of Preventive Surgery.
Let us consider a few examples of
preventive surgery. The puncturing of
the ear drum in cases of abscess of the
internal ear allows the escape of infective
material, which, if not so drained, mayeat
its way into the bone of the skull,
producing a grave condition, abscess of
the mastoid bone, or even into the brain
itself, with the resulting brain abscess.
The surgical operation of puncturing
the ear drum is insignificant when compared
to the operations for mastoid disease
or abscess of the brain. The removal
of small scaly white patches
which are prone to form on the outer
ledge of the lips of people of advanced
years may save them from that terrible
scourge, cancer, for it has been shown
that these insignificant scales, which,
when scratched off come back, are the
forerunners of lip cancer.
In the same way the cutting out of
small lumps from the breasts of women
may save them from cancer later in life.
We now know that these benign tumors
are only too often the beginning of
cancer.
Modern surgery can correct cases ol
dyspejisia which for months have nol
yielded to medicine by removing a chronically
diseased appendix or gall stones.
Thus operations may prevent a gradual
accumulation of symptoms which eventually
lead to invalidism and total incapacity.
The comparatively simple operation to
cure a rupture or hernia may save the
patient from death. Without such an
operation there is no means of curing
rupture, the advertisements to the contrary
notwithstanding, and a hernia victim
is liable to strangulation and gangrene
of the bowels in the hernia opening.
TIimo ere nnlv a few of the manv in
stances where a timely surgical operation
may prevent a much more serious
acute disease, a life of invalidism and
misery, or even deatii Itself.
Gown of Brown Velvet Cloth.
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A draped gown of velvet cloth, one of
the season's smart fabrics, is here shown.
It is of chestnut brown, cut with drooping
shoulder outline finished with folds
of cream shadow lace above a shaped
and fitted bertha of self-tone velvet. A
pointed bib of the velvet mounts from
the girdle to meet the central point of
the bertha. The skirt has a tunic draped
at the left side and held by a motif cut
from the velvet and piped with cream
satin. These motifs also trim the sleeves.
The yoke and collar are made of fine
cream net; the girdle of self-tone satin.
Literally Nor Figuratively.
From the Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Exe?Do you ever ask your husband
to bring up the coal?
Mrs. Wye?No, I sometimes put the Fod
in h's way, but he never tumbles.
i for Bedtime.
s the Smiling Pool.
n W. Burgess.
' perty-lipperty?Hp. to call on Jerry Muskrat,
and as he ran he sang:
; I like the sik>w. the pretty snow,
, That makes the world so white!
It corers every tigly thing
I And hides It from our sight.
When he reached the Smiling Pool
: Peter had to pinch himself twice to be
I quite sure that it really was the Smll(
Ing Pool. You see it wasn't smiling
any more. No, sir. there wasn't a bit
of smile to it. He could hear the
I.aughing Brook still laughing, although
i its laugh did not sound quite so merry
. as in the warm summer time, and when
he looked over to it it didn't dimple
and sparkle and gleam as he remem'
bered it used to do. It looked black and
cold and somehow the very sound of its
, laugh made Peter Rabbit shiver. He
onrnin o* C rti illr>rr P/\nl ti H fi
1UUIVCU (I^OJII ?* I. Ill' Oiillliilfi * W?,
then he stared and stared with his mouth
wide open in the most foolish way. What
was the matter with toe Smiling Pool
, anyway?
Something certainly was the matter.
The Smiling Pool looked hard and glassy.
Peter kicked some snow down the hank.
Instead of sinking out of sight, as it
ought to have, it slid along on the
surface of the Smiling Pool. Peter
stared more than ever and crept nearer
to the edge of the bank. Now, what
happened next Peter never could explain.
Perhaps lie was nearer the edge than
he thought. Anyway, the first thing
lie knew his feet had slipped from under
him and down the bank he was sliding
fiat on his back.
Peter closed his eyes and held his
breath and waited for the plunge into
the cold water. Instead he landed with
a bump that knocked all the breath out
of him.
"OhT* cried Peter Rabbit, and for a
full minute lav still, staring up at jolly,
round, red Mr. Sun. who was looking
down and laughing at him.
"Oh!" cried Peter again, and tried to
scramble to his feet. But something
was the matter with his feet! Each
foot seemed to want to go in a different
dorection. Down went Peter again and
bumped his hose. The more he struggled
the more bumps he got and the more
frightened he grew. Finally, when he
was quite out of breath, he very carefully
sat up. And where do you think
he found himself? Why right on the
middle of the Smiling Pool! Peter Rabbit
had learned what ice is.
THE MILLENNIUM.
(Revised Version.)
Dedicated to Walt Mason.
I.
When women vote there'll be no end of
trouble
For men who would themselves the
whole game play;
Success and joy shall certainly trot
double
When we take up our part and have
our say.
II.
Ah, then, my friends, there'll be no end
of sighing;
In all the world there'll be some cries
of woe.
When pigs who in the mud of graft are
lying
Are shut into their pens and cannot
. crow.
III.
When women vote, the toilers and the
tillers
Will no more he the littlest little
brats.
The social scheme will recognize its pillars
And cats have better chance to catch
the rats.
IV.
The storms of life can sometimes be
outwitted
If heavy toil gives way to suns of June.
In order for our part to he more fitted
We're asking for the vote, not pantaloon.
V.
j When women vote the crooks will have
no perches,
i To more than rum they'll have to look
for aid.
We'll all set forth with hat pins, slippers,
birches.
And put all school day records in the
shade.
VI.
' When women vote they'll send to clouds
and shadows
All those who are with more than
sunlight full,
[ And he who would be browsing in the
meadows
Must be more like a deer than roaring
bull.
W. C. B.
I
I
In the Best of Humor.
"But, auntie, you're not going to bathe
with your specs on?"
"Yes, dear; I'll not take off another
thing ?it's positively indecent."?The
Sketch.
Gibhs? How would you like to be a
presidential possibility?
Dibbs?Possibility! Why, man, when I
was a kid it was a sur? thing.?Boston
Transcript.
"Have pity on an unfortunate man who
can't get work."
"Good heavens! Are you complaining
that you have no work in this awful
heat?"?Sou: ire.
He?What makes you think the gilt
pony at the Hippodrome isn't real, my
dear?
She?Because, Jack, he has such a guilty
look.?Judge.
"Oh. Jim; mother ud be that wild if she
was to see you a-kissin' of me."
"But I ain't a-kissln' of you."
"Oh?I thought you was just goin' to
begin!"?London Opinion.
"I am going to put some white in the
yoke." said the young lady, referring to
.her gown.
"Won't that scramble it?" inquired the
young man.?Chicago Tribune.
First cabman?raper says there's 'ole
districts of London where you couldn't i
find a 'ansom if you wanted one. .
Second cabman-Bloomln' lot more dif- ,
ficult to find the bloke as wants one.?
Punch.
t*a, wuat aiu UHniuii iiiiu rjuuas uu
that made them so famous?"
"I don't remember now, but I think
they were a winning battery that some ,
manager found in one of the busli
leagues."?Chicago Record-Herald.
"Have you purchased your new car yet,
Mrs. Noorich?" asked the visitor.
"Nro, Mr. Smithers, I ain't. I can't make
up my mind whether to get a gasoline car
or a limousine car. Maybe you can tell
me?does limousine smell as bad as gasoline?"
inquired the lady.?Harper's Bazar.
Vicar?The most wonderful organ I ever
saw was the property of a private gentleman.
It had nearly a hundred stops.
Sexton?i"in! The most remarkable organ
I ever 'card is my old woman's
tongue. It ain't got no stops at all.?
Tatier.
"Are you going to take In any summer
boarders this year, ma?"
"I think I will. Hiram. I can make a
nice little sum of money that way."
"Then, for goodness sake, don't attempt
to give them the stuff they call home
rooking. Insist on their eating just what
we have ourselves, even If it is too rich
for 'em-"?Detroit Free Press.
The Easier Way.
from tlie Pittsburgh Post.
"I can cure that cold, old man."
"What do you want me to take?"
"About an hour's exercise in the open
air every day."
"I think I'll try Wombat's method. All
he wants me to take Is a few pills."
STUTZ CARS ENTERED
IN HOOSER CLASSIC
Merz and Anderson Will Pilot
Machines on Indianapolis
Speedway.
INDIANAPOLIS, 'Ind.. January 11 ?
Two Stutz cars are the first to be entered
in the 500-mile race to be run at
the Indianapolis motor speedway Memorial
day. The cars were entered New
Year day.
Charley Merz and Gil Anderson, famous
as Stutz drivers, were named to
pilot the machines. A relief driver for
either car was not najned. Hoth Merz
and Anderson drove in the 500-mile last
year, Merz finishing fourth, and Zengel
sixth. Anderson, however, did not finish,
going: into the ditch at 200 miles
i i U G.An
Wim uiuwii intra. I
The cars were entered by the Ideal Motor
far Company of Indianapolis, manufacturers
of the Stutz car. On both cars
will be four-cylinder motors, made to
conform to the condition which names
4.V> cubic Inches as a maximum piston
displacement.
Successful at Racing-.
The Stutz car has been wonderfully
successful at the racing game. Its very
first time out It finished the first 500mile
race. Besides getting fourth and
sixth in the .100-mile race last year, the
Stutz car was very successful in the
racing world, particularly at Elgin and
Milwaukee, In competition with cars of
much higher power.
This year the $50,000 prize will be divided
into ten prizes, instead of twelve,
as last year, as follows: First, $20,000;
second, $10,000; third. $5,000; fourth,
$3,500; fifth. $3,000; sixth. $2,300; seventh.
$1,800; eighth, $1,000; ninth, $1,500; tenth,
$1,400.
SHOWS STIMULATE TRADE.
Motor Exhibits Always an Impetus
to Business, Says Manager.
That the approaching motor shows will
stimulate business all over the country
is the opinion of Harry S. Houpt, a prominent
eastern sales manager.
"The shows have always been an impetus
to business," continued Mr. Houpt,
"and I believe that this year's exhibits
will do more than ever toward increasing
the popularity of motor trucks, both in
the cities and in the small towns.
"There are this year almost twice as
many shows where motor trucks will be
on view.
"The motor truck industry has become
such a large one that in Xew York
the exhibits will occupy two ouildings,
Madison Square Garden and Grand Central
Palace. In Chicago it will require
the Coliseum, the Annex and an armory
o/lmininiT Tn Ph 11 url*.lnhla mnrp snnpp is
UVIJV'II1II1()> ill .a. tlliuu\.>r...w ...... *, >.rw-.v ?
found necessary.
"This year has been an extremely prosperous
one. Many of the farmers have
just received the benefits from their
crops. The shows will do a lot to attract
their attention toward the motor car
and the motor truck.
"In large cities the business men are
not requiring demonstrations as often
as heretofore. They are purchasing the
better known trucks. The shows will
give the opportunity to look over all the
trucks at one time during the day."
"SIX LITTLE YANKEES."
Prevents Carbon Depositing From
Cylinders, Is Claim.
A new preparation to remove carbon
deposit from cylinders is attracting the
attention of motorists. It is claimed for
the invention, which is called "Six Little
Yankees," that it does away with thej
necessity of having the cylinders scraped
and cleaned by the easy method of placing
"Six Little Yankees" in each cylinder
every .100 miles or so of travel.
Loss of power is usually attributed to
carburetor trouble by the majority of
motorists. In the majority of cases it is 1
due to carbon deposit in the cylinders.
To enrich the gas mixture by increasing
the gasoline flow in the carburetor, wh.le 1
it frequently increases the power temporarily,
eventually adds to -he carbon deposit
and necessitates even more frequent
cleaning of the cylinders.
The new method of carbon removal
does not require time or trouble. The
motor is started and as soon as it has
warmed up the "Six Little Yankees" is
placed in each cylinder by removing the
spark plugs. Allow the motor to stand
for about Ave minutes while the material
dissolves, then the motor may be started
again. For a short time a foul-smelling
black smoke will issue from the exhaust.
It will be found that the power has been
increased to the maximum.
The preparation has been tested for
about a year by a score of experienced
motorists and they have found it to be j
efficient in every way. While these cars
have been run many thousand miles, it I
has not been found necessary to have the
motors taken apart and the cylinders
scraped or the valves ground in. The
full motor efficiency has always been
available and the so-called carburetor
trouble has never appeared. A "knocking"
motor is unknown, and as the full
power of the motor can be secured with
a minimum supply of gasoline, the running
is made most economical. Experiments
have shown that the mileage per
gallon of gasoline increases materially
and the smoothness of the motor is most
marked.
The "Six Little Yankees" is a Philadelphia
product. During the past week
agencies were placed with Barber &
Ross, National Electrical Supply Company
and Irvin T. Donohoe.
Oppressive Politeness.
From the Westminster Gniette.
M. Ernest Eavisse has turned aside from
h;s historical labors to relate a bonmot
by his friend Massenet. It was at a
time when the musician was changing
ipartments and the historian inquired
the motive of the change, "f was too
well known there," Massenet replied, i
"Everybody was too oppressively polite. I
Dnly the other day I happened to buy a I
penny stamp in a tobacconist's shop.
'Pray do not trouble to carry it," said the
tobacconist. 'It will give us the greatest
pleasure to send it round to you." " ,
J *v *
and to pedei
J^^^t,!;|i mi tted to t
m<- '1^1 nor on w^i(
distance fro
^MFl proceed aro
Hujt&gr streets is, ii
~ building lit
\
Automobiles
(2^lendarJ
101 n.
January 11-18?New York pleasure
car show; Automobile Board
of Trade; Madison 8rjuare Garden
and Grand Central Palace.
January 11-22?Brussels, Belgium,
show. Centenary Palace.
January 20-27'?New York truck
show; Automobile Board of Trade;
Grand Central Palace and Madison
Square Garden.
January 20-25?Philadelphia show.
January 20-25? Milwaukee, Wis.
January 21-2<??To'edo show.
January 22-27i?Geneva, N. Y.
January 2r?-February 1?Show at
Providence. FI. I.
January 25-February 1?Montreal.
Canada, show.
January 27-February 1?Detroit
show.
January 27-February 1?Scranton,
Pa.
January 27-February 1?Pleasure
show. Buffalo. N. Y.
January 3t)-February 1?Canandalfrua.
X. Y.
February 1-March 1?rieasuro ear
and truck show, Cincinnati. Ohio.
February 1-8?Chicago snow.
February 3-8?Automobile show.
Convention Hall. \VashinBt?n. I) c.
February 10-15?Auto carnival.
WashinBton, D. C.
February 10-15?Chicago truck
show.
February 10-15? M i n n e a p o lis
show.
February 11-15?Ottawa. X. V.
February 15-22? Newark, X. J.
February 15-22?Albany. X. Y.
February 10-25?Richmond, Ya.
February 17-22?Kansas City
show.
February 1S-22?Automobile show,
Baltimore. Md
February 24-March 1?Show at
Omaha, Xeb.
February 24?March 1?St. Louis.
Mo.
February 24-March 1?Memphis.
Tenn.
February 24-March 1?Xew Orleans,
La.
February 20-March 1?Fort Hodge,
Iowa.
March 3-S? Pittsburgh show.
March 8-15?Boston pleasure car
show.
March 18-22?Buffalo show.
March 10-20?Boston truck show.
March 24-20? Indianapolis.
1 1
MOTOMETEE A NOVELTY.
Innovation Protects Cars From Dam-;
age by Overheating.
THE MOTOMETER.
The motometer is one of the latest 191.1
novelties of motor car equipment, which ,
has just been introduced on the market.
It is a new device to protect motors from
damage by overheating, and can be attached
to any radiator cap by merely boring
a hole in the same. The instrument
is highly sensitive and indicates accurately
the heat of the motor at all times.
Prom the seat the driver or passengers
in the car can notice at once when the
symptoms of such tilings as a leaky radiator,
low water supply, a pump out of
order, broken fan belt, faulty lubrication :
| and other things which produce overheat- j
I ing develop. Heretofore it has been 1m|
possible to ascertain the temperature of
j the motor and cooling system, except by
stopping the car and placing one's hand
i on the radiator.
By means of a highly magnified column
of red indicating fluid, visible from the
seat while driving, either night or day, it |
keeps the driver aware of the exact con- I
dltion of his cooling system, and one advantage
in using such an instrument Is
not only that it is interesting to watch, j
hut nives me orivcr a leeung ui re|
curity. Many motors are constantly
I operated In winter at such a law temI
perature that they are not flexible, and
I require a far richer mixture than would
I otherwise be necessary. Many other moI
tors operate at too hi eh a temperature, in
j cold weather as well as warm. As is well
, known, insufficient water .11 the rad'ator
I or clogged lubrication produces excessive
! heat, and If the red column in the dial
is seen to rise above normal it is possible
to stop the car, investigate and make repairs
before the motor becomes sufficiently
overheated to ruin the bearings.
1 damage radiator connections, or score
the cylinders.
I Hints To I
Motorists!
Storing Tires.
1
Stored tires should never be placed tlat i
upon the floor or shelves. They should be i
arranged vertically, resting upon sec- |
tlonal racks. They should not only be
placed out of the sunlight, hut they I
should also be stored in such a way that I
a free circulation of air may he had. under,
above and beside them. They should
be wrapped <arefully In paper or some
other protective material.
* * * *
Lubricating the Gear Case.
Never comnlctolv fill the roar or dif- i
ferential case with lubricant. Kemem- |
ber that the grease must have room to |
flow around the case, and that there is
considerable expansion due to heat [
when running. Some cases are provided '
with vents, which admit air to the in- :
terior to take care of this expansion j
and contraction, and these vents should j
be kept free from dirt which tends to j
clog them.
:ArncSQu
Under the new police reguk
nary l it is against the law
1 except to give warning to
strians.
r of a sight-seeing automobil
urn in a street less than for
:h there is a street car servi<
mi the curb to the nearest ra
und the square,
r passing into a circle or in
ti his progress, to follow th
les and at a speed not excee
PROPOSES TOBACCO r
TAX FOR HIGHWAYS
Representative Warburton of.
Washington Would Make
Smokers Pay for Roads. ,
National roads as an exact form In
which the government should participate
in highway construction is a belief which
is becoming country -wide In its acceptance.
The lat>st proiMtsition brought
forth along tin s.- lin. s is l>> Itcprcscntativo
Stanton Warhurton of Washington
state, who oont.-ti.is for a syst< in of na?
tional ntl!ita.-\ roads. Mr Warburton
proposes to make the tobacco us. rs of
the eountr> pa\ for t'.. hiiildinu of thero
national hiuhwa-. - through the imposition
, of a tax so small that Mm sniok.-ts will
IT. k r it?Tl t oil L'llio' oi.r > . . I . . . t I. .
? pk ? . wii r?MH?r\ nif, ti W il i
consciousness of the groat benefit the;arr
bestowing upon t}i j?. .?pl?- of tin*
country.
The plan contemplates trunk linos connecting
tlie capitals <?f all tin stairs with
the National Capital, and with oach
other, and also with tin- principal national
parks, tho government to locate
the lines between tin- capiial: along the
most feasible routes, with t It- states
granting to the government the selected
roadways. together with tin Improvements
thereon.
In his annotineeti :.r Representative
Warburton sa.\>: "I piopose to raise tli
fund by restoring tin i-11.ru.?1 revenue
tax of l"t7H oil tobacco ami dug aside t !ih
additional income from this soiree :is a
national road fund. Tin- additional tax *
so provided would amount to about $v?.? ;
t.on.oou per year, a little more than double
the present internal revenue tax on ! >bacco.
if the pro ]U#S4*ci 1 .#f4NMI- 111il**
system should eost $j i.o 10 j er mile l?
would lie paid for in about lour years*'
and in about five years at a eost o'
<HH? per mile.
To Address Convention.
Representative Warburton will be included
in the list of sj?eakers of the second
federal aid convention called by the
American Automobile Association in
Washington March and 7 at Raleigh
Hotel, and which bids fair to be the most
representative gat luring of road enthusiasts
ever gotten together.
Sentiment has crystallized rapidly since
the convention of a year ago. with the
result that at the coming assembly definite
and imjrortant action may be expected.
Tile question is .1 big one, but
with the whole country interested and
with the attitude of Congress favorable
there is no longer any question that the
fedeia! government should participate in
this gTeat undertaking.
MOTOR CYCLISTS TO ELECT.
Officers to Be Chosen Wednesday.
Banquet January 22.
Tlie annual election of officers of tho
National Capital Motor Cycle Club will
he held Wednesday evening at the
headquarters of the club. 906 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest. The officers
to be elected will he president, vice
president, corresponding secretary, re
cording secretary, treasurer, captain
and board of directors.
At the open meeting last Wednesday
a letter was read from A. Leo Saner,
chairman of the F. A. M. legal action
committee, expressing his regret at not
being able to he present in response to
the club's invitation. but stating that
the board of directors of the F. A. M.
proposed to send one of its number
on a tour of the various cities lti
I which affiliated clubs were located, and
I would include Washington in his it In ?
j erary. He also commended the club's
] action in resisting arbitrary and unfair
1 legislation. A resolution was then
! adopted thanking Mr. Sauer for his
I support and the F. A. M. for its con!
tributlon to the club's legal fund.
| Wednesday, January 22. the retiringofficers
of the club, headed by ['resident I>odson,
will tender a banquet to the local automobile
editors of the various papers, at
the New Fredonia Hotel. The quests of
honor will he Harry Ward of the Washington
Times. Howard Fisk of The
Sunday Star. Clarence X. Crammer of
the Washington Post. Harry Dueksteln
of the Washington Post. William 1*11man
of the Motor News and the Washington
Herald and Kobert 11. McNeil
I of McNeil <Vr McNeil, the club's legal
advisers. There will also b present
E. Mitchell Dodscn. president; Paul A.
Draper, vice president; Thomas C.
| Wansleben. corresponding secretary
land local F. A. M. representative; Fred
'Mills, recording secretary. Harry H.
|Cohen, treasurer and publicity secretary:
George W Real!, captain, and
i W. F. Throop, sergeant, and the following
members of the club: Thomas
II Podge. P. X Moiibicn. Ellis H King.
John S. Berryman, 1-1 ' Perkins F. I,.
Pcisiiear. Samuel Mcpherson, Charles
P. Osborn, F. C. Crampton. Thomas N.
Mudd. jr.. George W I'arezo. t'barles
! If. Cross. I,. M Mailings Prank Puppert.
William Moor* Frank II *zi> ton
and Itichard T Cator Music will !? ?
furnished by professional cii'ertainers
on the hotel staff."
Harry Ward will address the rornpany
on "Past History ?>f the Sport in
Washington": Howard Fisk o*i "Advertising":
Clarence N. ''r utin' r, "Itac
Meets 1 Have Known"" llurrj It I nicksteir.
"Road Contests". William I'llman.
"Future of tin- Game in WasiiIngton."
and Ft* l?ert 11 McN- it. "Regulating
Everything in Sig.bt " There
will be i:o meeting held January on
account of tlie banquet. The < lub has
reeeived an offer ??f th"' use of a clubhouse
located on tit- m vv HaltimoreWashi
Tig ton houlevafl to use l(s summer
headquarters. This matt, r w ill b>
taken up at the January meeting.
al? . ? rr- V\"i 11 i,'i Til
iiiciin/^i o -
Muri'he, L. M. .Sialliiiss ami l-'rank
liai.letun.
Hard Names.
I": ?Tii (hi London < lironie'e
For Jaw-breakins place names cornffall
hoi's a record which can hardly tie ioproa
-hed by any other Fnphsh county.
Mr. ?'har!cs F. Graves has strong some
of thes names Into verse-a heroic f at:
Poeonnoe anil Polp-rro and I' . t.?o.
t'hy sosler an I (""hyt'ihli'Ti mi l ' 01 <lrs/'\
Itosnarvn, Stllhla:;s. Pra>.? an Heebie Tn-ro,
With unfauilliar niel"i|y *111.1/
(TIk* hungry tourlm. |iii*ni'k'ti; 111 fr*-ee 1,
(In u marce without .1 tlir II on Zemi" gn/eb
Probiiv nealls th<- K"in?ii*. no does I'.ir:
Auil Cweel^ niay rightly cud thi^ list bi/ain.
ad says
1 1 _ ^ ^
inons wnicn go mro cnca
to use a horn or other sound
drivers of other vehicles
e or auto truck is not perty
feet wide between curbs
re with less than fortv feet
*
il, but in such cases must
tersection of more than two
e right curbs nearest the
:ding eight miles an hour. ^