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THE WASHINGTON HERALD SUNDAY JANUARY 19 1908 8 i Tragedy and Comedy Mingled- at Grand Guignol SOME REAL SHIVERY SCENES Little Plnyhousc on Moiitmartre Street with Sonts for Only OO Per HOIIM Sees Most Ilumnrlcnble Hloud- curdling1 Plays in the City A Few of Those Presented At the end of a badly lighted and worse paved alley leading out of a Montmartre street is one of the most curious theaters in Paris and perhaps in the world It announces itself by an illuminated sign projecting Into the street and when you have groped and stumbled your way to the door you are at first inclined to treat the concern as a joke The Theatre du Grand Guignol means if you take it literally a big PunchandJudy show This Is part of the joke for the perform- ances are certainly not intended for th young And yet to appreciate the Grand Guignol it is wise to become for the mo ment at any rate as youthful as possi- ble for the Grand Guignol appeal to the primitive emotions and if you cannot un- derstand why children laugh and weejj so readily you had better go elsewhere for your entertainment The Grand Guignol with all the selfdepreciation of its title Is a place to which people go expecting- to be horrified and amused to have cold shivers down the spine and to tough heartily between whiles and above all not to blush for this Montmartre Mr Punch is a licensed jester awl dlscuases subjects seldom mentioned In oolite so- ciety The fare provided is in tabloid form very strongly flavored The bill contain at least five and often six plays usually consisting of not more than two scenes apiece There is no attempt at scenic dis- play in fact the stage sitting is not to put too tine a point upon it tawdry and the costumes do not look as It they came from the Rue de Ia Paix The theater holds barely 300 people and is so small that every one is near the stage This seems to have been thought good ground for nut trying to produce any illusions by means of scenery or makeup People who come to be fed on strong meat need not be TOO particular about the plates to it is served Hemn Life In 19OO The Grand Guignol began life as a of the Parts Exposition in ISIS M Max Maurey who started and still runs It acted on the principle that people who wont the exposition for an evenings amusement would be tempted by a thea- ter only if the plays were short and vivid decided to work two welldefined veins the horrible and the be did MI with so much success that the Grand Guignol has remained a perma- nent ature of Paris theatertond n years of Hs existence the Grand has brought out nearly 300 new of all kinds from mere curtain to bloodfreezing twoact trage None of the great names among playwrights are on the list but of clever work has been done by nen as Octave Mirbeau Aurelten Oscar Metenler Claude Roland- r now director of the Theater An Henri Lavendan Georges Courte lint rimrles Foley Max Maurey himself an i many rising writers The great feature has always been r uiism carried to approached by no other theater Nothing to thought too rIalling if only it gives the required thrill In one play Deniere Torture tii audience was treated to the sight French soldier who was supposed to IKIVH bf n impaled by Boxers after hav- ing Lad iis eyelids and hands cut Th rlying struggles of half a dozen men Jn submarine which has sunk to the i ttm f the ocean and the guillotining if man by accident are among other ch rfil subjects which have been served i Of course there is no literary merit with mentioning in these plays the PI tar is the thing and it does not much art to put a lurid newspaper Fto into two short acts The Grand G nguni s humorous pieces are of a higher onir Their dialogue is usually rich ta paradoxical and ironical wit wherein French humorists delight liiNide IN Very Quaint Ti irsld of the theater is very has a high oak roof which would not 1 k at all out of place In a church The fr nt of the balcony is carved in a way that vaguely suggests choir stalls and gargoyles project from It The doors also ar of dark wood and are copied from fifteenth century patterns This kind of thing might be thought incongruous in aiy ordinary theater but here it seems to MM a piquant flavor to the perform LTV On the floor of the house back- i a a if a dozen rows of comfortable ctills are five private boxes shut on- by movable trelliswork screens For P ple who want to see the performance without heng seen these retreats are Ijtriilv convenient There are drcum- Ft under which even the most gor dressed society woman would prefr to pass unobserved and foreign jovetvigus visiting Paris who are oftl- citSiv Ipposed to be spending a quiet evening indoors sometimes find their way behind these friendly Grand Guignol without the public being the Vi T- Tf System of Dr Goudron and Prof Plume adapted from a story of Edgar Allan iYe by M Andre de Lorde is a- typical Grand Guignol play of the cold shiverdownthesplne order Two come to an asylum to Interview the MicJIcal superintendent Dr Goudron on his method There is no on to announce them and they are rather surprised to find the doctors study empty After a- while a man of severe aspect in the regulation medical frock coat comes in introduces himself as Dr Goudron and begins to answer their questions The m- tfrvjew is interrupted by groans from an adjoining room The doc- tor goe out and returns in a few minutes mentioning that he has had to calm a raving madman A venerablelooking gentleman whom the doctor introduces us his collaborator Prof Plume comes in followed by another man and two women who join In the conversation and laugh hysterically from time to time Talk Iloooinos Incoherent The talk gradually becomes more and more incoherent and the two reporters more and more uneasy Suddenly is a vivid flash of lightning out of the lowering sky a loud peal of thunder re- sounus and the live lunatics who have locked the keepers in a cell and killed the real Dr Goudron break out The spuri- ous Goudron and Plume attack the un- lucky visitors throw one of on a table and try to cerve him with a knife in hideous parody of an operation while the others do their best to throw hi com- panion out of the window Keepers burst open the door in the nick of time Gou drew Plume and the other maniacs are carried off raving horribly and the real superintendents dead body is found the door through which the unsus- pecting reporters heard his dying groans The curtain falls as the corpse is dragged on to the stage The play baa an atmos- phere full of electricity and as soon as it Is seen that a madman is maattttoradlng as the doctor ewy one is in a fever of ODDEST PARIS SHOWS I Whit t Ii humorousand In- t r limits r tIll quaint- It I g fie report- er bloodcurdling ther theM be- hind side- show of- t oft ir t Is ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ > > ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ eagerness for the outbreak to come Dr Goudrons system must be responsible for many nightmares The Obsession In The Obsession a tragedy of a slightly different AntI oven more painful type a shown struggling with an insane impulse to kilt his own child He ends by giving way rushing into the nursery gad strangling his unhappy whose shrieks harrow the nerves of the audience as the curtain falls The Obsession and other plays of th mine kind have sometimes proved too much for impressionable women In the audience Abel Faivre to cartoon shows a stout citizen In evening dress try tog to revive a woman and calling for the doctor Hes fainted like every one else is the answer Some times terror and comedy are clev- erly mixed as in Bloomfleld 4k Co A man at a dinner party has just told a story of having had one of fingers with a ring on it accidentally cut oft Some canned beef is put on the table and he finds his ring in it after all the other guests have eaten some Tbe conclusion they draw is evident The genuinely amusing Grand Guignol plays are as a rule very daring and take in situations better suited to the club pmokingroom than to the stage but there are some exceptions A Little Music is extremely funny and quite harmless An innocent musician receives a visit front a neighbor who proceeds to tell the story of his life confesses crimes and gradually works himself into a state of wild excitement At this point three men dash in the visitor and explain that he is an escaped lunatic They tell the musician that the sight of him makes the crazy man worse and they easily persuade him to retreat into another room Doctors keepers and patient promptly show themselves In their true light as burglars They take every- thing in including even the piano and leave nothing except an imitation Corot landscape The denouement is quite unexpected An Interview by M Octave Mirbeau is a clever satire on yel low journalism and The Surgeon by M Johannes Gravier brought about a muchneeded reform In the Paris hospi- tal arrangements Thus even the Grand Guignol is of some use BOUGHT A JAPANESE POODLE If You Have Not Better Watch Out if in Philadelphia XCRTO DI 5lseil as u Jnoky Sells H Pedlsrue Which Soon IOSQJS Value Speak softly Rave you seen a- smoothfaced negro wearing a Jack suit of the United States navy carrying a little white poodle under his arm loitering around Broad street Beware of him If you want to know why this same darkey sailor is a good man to light thy of just ask numberless society women men about town Then If you doubt them ask them to show you a certain Japanese poqdle which they may have concealed in the stable or garage eating stray from the kitchen waste according to the Phila- delphia Press This darkskinned son of Africa first made his appearance in Philadelphia several weeks ago and took his station around the entrances to the downtown hotels Dressed in the full uniform jacky be even had the walk of a man accustomed to roll of the sea and easily passed for a sailor A carriage or automobile would drive up and from It would step My Lady With a salaam that Would do credit to a subject of the Sultan negro would approach the woman draw from underneath his coat the cutest little white flog imaginable and offer to sell it I just got my discharge from my ship and have this poodle which I got In Japan and is a real lap poodle worth at least lofl the negro would tell the women It happens that the pure white Japanese poodles are now quite the proper thing for My Lady to have as a pet lap dog sod he rarely failed to make a bargain at 25 36t r even 58 The menabouttown the jerky would st in the mens cafes if he could get in or in front of their club They too usually bit after hearing the same story and willingly paid a good price to get their wife sister or sweetheart a genuine Japanese poodle Finally after quite a number got the unusual bargain they began to discuss- it with their friends and found that they too had Japanese poodles Then they compared notes a veterinary was called In and it was discovered that the Japanese lap dogs were simply- a common everyday poodle with no pedigree at all and at the price of puppies of uncertain breed worth about two dollars each Last night the negro walked into a downtown cafe where were seated several society men Among them was one who had been stung and a policeman was called The negro however gave them the sMp and will probably go to other fields PUSSYS COAT IS WARM So It Is Used Sow for Fur Coats Which Automobllists Wear Dear little pussy her coat i warm And so is the coat which her coat makes for pussy has at last found a reason for being In addition to her hered- itary duty of catching mice and lending her comfortable presence as a fireside companion- It is true that the oldfashioned long black mantle worn thirty years ago was Invariably lined with a certain homely fur of mottled gray and white called by some irreverent persons backalley cat fur but beautiful automobile coats are now made from the humble pelt of pussy These coats are reasonable in price and because they are exceedingly warm and handsome in appearance they are becom- ing inordinately popular not only for automobiling but for general wear Never was there such a demand for fur as now Nothing with any pretension to a fussy pelt is safe from the ravages of the fur dealers Rabbits and squirrels are slain to make coatg and muffs and that soft and becoming fur known as coney is simply rabbit Squirrel coats were especially fashionable a year or so ago They were made in stylish cuts and like the catskin coats were both warm and inexpensive though undeni ably squirrel whereas the catskins mas- querade as many different furs Even the cow has not escaped Her skin is used not only for trimming but likewise as material for long driving or automobile coats I must say I do not admire these socalled calfskin gar- ments There is something uncanny about them They seem still to smack of the slaughter house and while we may eat beet with a clear conscience somehow the familiar look of that soft reddish hide brings back memories of meadows and cowbells which make me uncomfortable A wellknown throat specialist tells me that nothing Is so weakening to a sensitive throat as to keep it continually enveloped in a fur collar Furthermore- to wrap yourself in a flowing garment of cloth heavily lined with fur be it back alley cat or Russian sable In a climate fluenxa Wear the furs because they are beautiful but do not fasten thm at the threat and always remove them indoors is lila hi tear- ful I TaM bits ot- a the Ute u mUd U this to cow and In father off- spring sets sight SkI cheap well known so is iurt i ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ CURE IS GASTRONOMY Good Needed Says Ab iier Not Prohibition MOHAMMEDANS ABSTINENCE Ao IrogreHM Among Worshipers of Prophet Is f OO Years of Teetot- nliMin JlHdlcjil Restraint of Ier Nonnl Liberty in America 3Iny lie Step to Localization of Harem That the consumption of good things to eat artistically prepared by a good eook destroys appetite for strong drink and that therefore the encouragement of the art of gastronomy is an adequate solution of the drink evil is the theory contained in an Interesting antiprohibi tion argument advanced by E F Ab ner president of the AbnerDrury Brew- ing Company of this city Mr Abner also cites the failure of Mo hammedan nations committed to ab- stinence by tb law of the prophet in contributing any material part to the progress of civilization as a point against prohibition That the indorsement or this one doctrine of prohibition by the American people may be but a step to the legalisation of the harem in United States and this District of Colum- bia is a possibility which Mr Abner dis- covers in the records of history abnor- mal excesses following radical re- straints in due process of time as Mr Abner argues for precedents An JSpleuruHM Itemed Regarding the epicurean remedy for ex- cessive fondness for alcoholic stimulants Mr Abner says The question is often asked why of drink is absent in some countries Take the Aaores for instance where rich luscious and vegetables ripen the year round drunkenness is en- tirely unknown In Southern France in- toxication is also an unknown quantity although with every meal wine is con- sumed by the families As a solution ta offered the great at- tention given French women to cookery They are famous for their fam- ily dishes and after the family partake of the beloved pot au feu there is no need or craving for strong drink Good Cookery In Solution- It to a lamentable fact that too IttUe attention is given nowadays to cooking and as a consequence when a young woman marries and presides over her own home she is not equipped to properly conduct 4t whetaer she has the cooking- to do herself or merely directs In either case it is highly necessary that the knowledge should be of a practical char- acter A man will not crave drink alter eat- ing a good meal The prohibitionists had better adopt as a slogan Better the home table and keep the men from the free lunch counter- A popular movement has been started to the city of Munich extending to every city and hamlet to the city of Bavaria The leading ladles of the land formed a league known as the Itinerary Cooking School which Is supported by popular subscriptions At the prevent time there are thirty Itinerary cooking schools work tog under the league The outfit consists of a wagon con talning all the modern appliances of a kitchen Accompanying the are three experienced women cooks and three lecturers When a hamlet b reached a hall is secured the kitchen established and the young women of the hamlet are invited to learn the preparation of savory inexpensive nutritious dishes A wholesome result has been recorded This would be a good movement for those who are busying themselves wtth prohibition to start There is also a sen- timental side to this matter for to quote an old German saying Love enters the heart by way of the stomach Mr AbHers Statement Mr Abners statement on the prohibi- tion question in the light of the hearing to be given both sides of the issue in the District by the Commissioners is of spe- cial Interest Whence conies this new cult that seeks to set aside all equity and vested rights and Insists that the United States gov- ernment annihilate a legitimate busi- ness asks Mr Abner The prohibition element has told doors every species of crime in the lexicon of misdeeds Such statements- are on their face unfair Xo for Rights We are conducting our business with due regard to the rights of all concerned our customers as well as ourselves and trust to the good judgment and sense of the citizens of the District of Colum- bia that they may not be misled in this matter by the oratory of impractical unfair persons nor the writings of those who seek to further restrict or stamp out a staple and legitimate industry What is behind this temperance wave That beautiful tenet of Christianity which enlightens the world love those that op- pose you is cast aside Annihilation is the prohibition watchword These good people seem to have aban- doned all religion and have raised a banner Inscribed with the one word Prohibition Are they about to accept a- new religion Are they ready to deliver our beloved country to a principle of Mohammedanism N Might He Step to Legalized Harem Fifteen hundred years ago prohibition was established by Mahomet Observe his people and the fruits of their labors these bythe Wagon to- ur Disregard Cooke Mo- hammedan in- temperance fruit 7 ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Have they advanced in anything Have they given the world any ideas any In- ventions Were the American people to sub- scribe to this one Mohammedan doctrine- is it not possible that the passing of two generations would find harems legalised This sounds unreasonable of course but it is a matter of history that radical re- straints have been followed by abnormal Already the prohibition movement considers itself strong enough to invade tho homes and endanger that most lova- ble trait of oqr national characteristic hospitality Can the citisen be dictated- to as to what he will serve his guests Let the good people who are now en rolled among the extremists preach tem- perance in speech drink eating In thought and in the practice of gentle manners Let our ministers and educa- tors instill in tbe youths minds the prin- ciple of moderation obedience upright- ness avoiding everything leading to the dark and narrow chambers of hypocricy Graver Questions to lie Considered Let home school and church deliver- to our country young men and women able to withstand temptations and all the questions will take care of them- selves There are graver questions than prohibition confronting our people in the noxt few years which call for united ac- tion for a solid phalanx to the world at large Wd had better leave the solution of the drink question to the educator the scien- tist Ute statesman the economist It en tens too deeply Into the life of the peo- ple and cannot be rooted were there a real necessity without a great political and commercial upheaval Iran it over occurred to you that not one emi- nent statesman scientist or theologian lias come oat for prohibition The time has oome to halt in these visionary vaporings It is not intended to doubt the good Intentions of the pro- hibitionists We have to thank them for a great deal of good they have done But the consequence and effect of such move- ments on a percentage of the people is not realised to the full by the promoters of v prohibition I heartily commend the efforts of the temperance cult In tbe regulation of the liquor traittc as we do the good peo- ple who safeguard the interests of the public to relation to all Industries But here In Washington the limit of regula- tion has been reached Conditions are an that could be reasonably asked for FLYING LETTER BOXES Inxenioiii Device in Use Over In Hungarys postal department has de- vised a flying letter box to relieve the Budapest postmen who are few in num hers and have hundreds of Sights of states to climb daily ta the great tene- ment houses new letter box can be sent up to its destination from the ground door by a spring It stops at the floor required and remains there until It is emptied or until the next delivery when the postman can by touching a spring bring it down Each box contains Ute necessary of lockers each fltted with a safety lock according to the number of resi- dents The boxes are moved up and down between Iron girders by electricity GETS fii FOR A 5 CALF Jersey Farmer Sets Trip for New York Autoists Who Pall Into It CHTT SlmtiCTiK Calf Two Snnn xnrt Past Machine All Play a Port New York Jan JSAaroa a Pine Brook N J farmer lives on a road much frequented by antoists and they drive their motors clean through the New Jersey speed tows in then going and coming between New York and Morris toyn Banks has made many unwilling sacrifices to these juggernaut cars In the she of dogs chickens geese and so yesterday morning he determined to get even for all time He stationed his two sons James and Jethro in a clump of bushes at tbe road- side with a foorweeksoid calf across the highway the calfs mother was teth eyed in full view He told is sons to torn the calf loose at the moment an auto approached Banks with a loaded doublebarreled shotgun hit himself a little further down the road James was tbe lookout The calf struggling to reach its bawling mother nearly pulled arms from their sockets Finally James yelled Here comes one going like the dick- ens let er loose Jethro dropped the rope the call rushed toward its mooing ma The trap was timed to the fraction second the chauffeur had not time to avoid a collision the big car hurled the calf in the air it fell lifeless The chauffeur halted only to learn if the car had been hurt Banks stepped from behind the tree and covered the two men and two women in car with his shotgun That was a Guernsey calf none better bred in the State yelled Banks in af- fected fury You killed It hand over 501 or I shoot The women in the car shrieked hysteri- cally the trembling men vainly expostu- lated Finally the four occupants of the car dug up 200 between them and one of the men made out a note to the farmer for PM more This he signed Herbert T Ba usher When the automobllists had passed on Banks called his sons with the remark Well boys well skin the calf and eat it ourselves I intended selling it to the butcher for 6 if I hadnt thought of this scheme extreme outeven UJllIgttr num- ber Coming Banks Jambs u Jethros ot- a th excesses The ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ MARYLAND MY MARYLAND Here are words of the song as origi- nally written April St UK The author Col James Ryder Randall died at At- lanta January 14 The dMpott heel M OH thy bore Manrtus torch te at thy tenpfe dew Marrluii- Afeoge the patriotic gon Tint necked uw street rf IMtfcMre ADd to the tattle queen of jwI- latfc to an mimi urns pflM- anincU 117 wthtr jaut to tk e I towel Maryland For life and death fer oft sad WHl Thy iwerieaa chivalry mial And gM thy twantMw silk Med Maiykuri aft dome Iii tile rot dawn at tr Uarrlaad- Ooan with thy panotfitd amj- Uaiyland Waft lUnoDldR wMt fer the tar With blood at Moajtew With listless L fe sad Antiipa Majr Maryland My Wftrytendl Thus wilt sewer h dint Maryhnd Thy toaMinc award dull MNT nut Maryland Rcaaanfeer Camille aaend taut ReneiMiwr Itomrde wadfte emit Art all etaaaVicn vfc the jMt tsnlsnd My l I v J not the r tit Jill Dint MIIIatMt In r link 4aryhed Watson 4aiibad 34misiudl Msihsr in- I isiksaI ¬ ¬ Virsfek should sot call Uairlaadt Sin meets her listers o UM pa la Sic tie the proud Tint laMes mtofcaa bad MMM Maryland Arise in majmy agate Maryland Mr MaryJaadl- Ooa for thy ahieU k bright med ttomg Maryland OHM for thy dalnaoee does mwz Maryland Owe ta thine own heroic thttM- gStrtaa with Lttorty along AM sire a new Key to thr s ff- MaryhoHl My MMytaadl I see the Utah sties thy cheek Maryland Vvr cnr hrareir week Maryland tint Jo there MI a shriek Vrtm WU ta MO trim milk to tfkI- toUMUtc cans to Chaaapaata- Matytaad My wftt not yield the Vaasal Maryland Tina not crook tohfa flautist Maryland Batter the Ire sum the IWUtr the attoUthe bante the bwrt Tins cradftxtou of the awi Maryland Mr tIt I hear the wietoa thuadir ham Maryland The OM LiRe hngle Ut anal draw MaryawxJ to net dead nor deaf braathea at kernel Shell oaaeei Shell Talc per NIb 1 ties Wa5t t hUt J TrIM rail SIte lInus SI ue ot 1r Ml12ad1 tie os tad fit m men hs e 4 mm1artIDd1 WHOS WHO IN EAST Glimpse of the Big Men of the Orient CHINA HAS MANY OF THEM iniiifain a Illsli Slnmlliiff III that Section of tile World Which Prom IHCH to He the New Center of Diplo- macy Present Volume the Second Issued lit Hongkong1 Now that the center of diplomacy has shifted to the Orient and eyes are tam- ed toward the Pacific so that the de- velopment of the gums may be watched- It ia well to know whos who In the far East That information hi contained in a issued by the proprietors of the China Mail at Hongkong Whos Who to the Far East is not an publica lion indeed the volume which recently reached this country Is the second to be Issued The publishers say The first volume left much to be de- sired from many points of view and we do not claim that this issue is complete or that it is tree from defects In the nature of things a work of this kind can only progress slowly toward perfec- tion There is an immense area to cover and the work of organisation and classi- fication is extremely arduous Also there are misapprehensions to combat Peope are slow to relinquish the idea that Whos Who in the Par East is a sort of social index instead of being pure ly a work of reference But this miscon- ception is dying out and people are to understand that the fear of ridicule which prevented them from send- ing In their biographies was quite un- justified Records of men and women who have done things la the Orient are espe- cially interesting to the Westerner they represent achievements far removed from the field of Occidental life Although the days work to done In a different way In the East human nature Is mach the same the world over and ta these brief biographies the passions mo- tives and ends attained are not the same there are so many distin- guished personages In the far Zest whose lives have been filled with color and Incident that it ta difficult to select representative examples from the long list presented Perhaps it to better to begin with a woman an illustrious ruler whose address ta the Forbidden City Pekln China ItniprvKs had ICmiieror- TxuHsi Dowager Empress was born In Pekto the daughter of a gov- ernment official She became one of the secondary wives of the Emperor Hton Lung and upon the birth of her son was raised to the rank of empress After the Emperors death she reigned as joint regent with his first wife who died In IflM From that year until 1WI she ruled M sole regent In MM she practically deposed the present Empeiw Kuaag Usa owing to bis leaning toward reform and has since administered the govern- ment After describing TwtBsl as a woman Of peat strength of character but to Innovation Whos Who says she more than suspected of leaving glues ooanteaaaee to the Boxer rising to Mfe Naturally one wishes to know what sort of a man the nominal ruler may be He was proclaimed Emperor of China under title of KuangHsu Glorious Suc- cession upon the death of his Emperor Tungchin and nominally as- sumed power In March 1387 upon attain- ing his majority He Is considered to be a wellintentioned young man without force of character and handicapped by both mental and physical weakness He too may be addressed at the Forbidden City Some incidents In the career of the Mutsuhito Emperor of Japan are also of Interest lIe succeeded to the throne on February IS 1987 when the country was virtually under the rule of the Sho gun who resigned a few months later The government was reorganized but some of the noblemen who remained faithful to the Shogun rebelled and a state of war prevailed until 18 when the rebels were defeated Thereafter restoration proceeded The Emperor abol- ished feudaltom In 1871 granted freedom of religious belief the following year began the reorganisation of the army and navy entered upon education along Western lines and issued on October 12 1881 an imperial decree promising the establishment of a Parliament A consti- tution was promulgated in 1888 and Par- liament met for the first time the next year A number of exalted Chinamen and Japanese are to be found in tbe gallery of Eastern notables Among the former Is Duke TsaiTse LLD Cambridge DCL Oxford imperial clansman depuy lieutenant general Plain Blue Banner Corps He was a member of the traveling commission for the investigation of for- eign parliamentary government 190M8 and was slightly hurt in a bomb outrage while the commission was leaving Pekln His family urged him to resign but be said that he would willingly die if his death would give to China constitutional government Feared T y Foreigners Tsen ChunHsuan is another Chinese- of note He was at one time subdireetor of the court of imperial entertainments- and of the imperial stud and his popu- larity in these and other offices brought him the yellow jacket He personally led an army to suppress the Kwangst rebels 1903W and was appointed junior guardian of the heir apparent in recognition of the services rendered Tsen was a proboy cotter against American goods it may be well for persons in this country to re member At the time of the boycott he was respected but afterward was de- nounced by the people of Canton for ar- resting a representative of the people at a meeting connected with the Hankow Canton Railway This comment is made Was at one time considered a man of enlightenment and intelligence and in Shensi was popular as a vigorous admin istrator and was partial to reform a was manifested after he went to Canton until now foreigners deem tile occupancy of office as dangerous has fre- quently unsuccessfully appealed to the throne for relief from office Of course every one has heard of Wu Tingfang Minister is com- ing back to Washington as Ambassador but who knows anything about the Hon Wei Yuk and Choo Choon Foo And who can recall Yung Wing Yale M the first Chinese graduate of a foreign university Wet Yuks education was begun by pri- vate tutors Later he studied at the Gov- ernment Central School Hongkong at School England and the Dol- lar Institution Scotland He Is contpra- doref of the Mercantile Bank of India LJrjiited a justice of the peace unofficial BMjimber of tbe legislative council repre the Chinese and was one of the founders of Po Loung Kuk Society for the of Women and Children Following is a part of his record Associated with numerous bodies Ins for their object the well being of the f I I vol- ume old w- All i Ull at cousin I chaRge Wuwho Sto gate ha i be- ginning be- cause op- posed Is r 4 ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ colony Hongkong has served on all commissions appointed to inquire into matters affecting Chinese since com- mencement of public career has ren dared much service In connection with ne- gotiations between the Hongkong ami Chinese governments and was instru- mental In pacifying his fellowcountry men during the riots in connection with British acquisition of the Kowloon hinter land for services rendered during the plague epidemic of 18W was presented with gold medal and letter of thanks by general public and address of thanks from the Chinese community Other Noted Chinnnicn Choo Choon Foo can be found at Perak Federated Malay States also Penaag Straits Settlements He is a naturalized British subject and ha been a mine owner and planter for thlrts yrs He is a publicspirited man of many actlri- t s- In addition to his business enterprises which are unusually extensive ha to a member of the Chinese advisory board Perak president of the Chinese Widows and Orphans Institution president of the board of education for Chine In S S- and F M S fellow of the Society of Arts England founder of the Maternity Hospital and Chinese Girls School bOUt at Ipoh and of the Chinese Mandarin School Lahat Mr Foo is entitled to wear the Chinese Imperial Order of Merit His clubs are Chinese Recreation Penang Literary As- sociation Penang Gymkhana Sports anti Chinese all of hints Turf Perak Gymkhana Ipoh Young Wing LL D scholar and diplo- mat lives at Shanghai and is expectant taotai of Kiangsu Mr Wing has served his country to several capacities He headed the educational commission to the United States In B71 and was appointed associate minister to Washington In JUI The man in power in China at present according to the biographical volume Is Yuan ShlhKal viceroy of Chlbli lid minister of the army council He has fined many important ofaces and wears the yellow jacket He also has the dis- tinguished privilege of wearing the sable robe worn by the imperial family It is interesting to know that ShihKai op- posed the boycott of American goods CALCULATION WAS WRONG Babe Not Right Sex to Become Great Man Mark Twain Story in 3Ietcr with Snapper on End Impor- tance of LIttle Things At aa entertainment given for the bene- fit of the seamen on board Ute steamer Kaiser WUheOra n on her voyage front Hew York io Genoa Mark Twain was called upon for an address On being In- troduced says TKBtta he ruse and to his peculiar manner and tone of voice aidMy friends that my noise hi on the programme for an address As this was done without consulting me I will give you an anecdote In its place Now you know there are anecdotes and anecdotes short meter and long meter I shall give you a long meter one with a snapper at the end It is about a ScotchIrish minister who thought he was called to preach the GospeL He knew that he had the gift of oratory and he never missed an to display it An opportunity- was afforded on the occasion of a christening There was considerable au- dience up of relatives friends and neighbors of the parents The preacher began by saying We have met together my on a very interesting occasion tbe chris- tening of this little child But I al- ready a look of disappointment on your faces Is It because the infant is so small We must bear in mind that this gtobo upon which we live is made up of small things infinitesimal objects one might say Little drops of water make the mighty ocean the mountains which rear their hoary heads toward heaven and are often lost in the clouds are made up of little grains of sand Besides my friends we must take Into consideration the possibilities in the life of this little speck of humanity He may become a great preacher multitudes may be swayed by his eloquence and be brought to see and believe In the truths of the Gospel He may become a dis- tinguished physician and his fame as a healer of men may reach the uttermost parts of earth and his name go down to posterity as one of the great of his kind He may become a great astronomer and may read the heavens as an open book He may dis- cover new stars and his name be coupled with those of Newton and other great discoverers He may become a dis- tinguished statesman and orator and by the strength of his intellect and eloquence he may control the destinies of nations and his name engraved upon monu- ments erected to perpetuate his memory by admiring and grateful countrymen- He may become an author and a poet and his name may yet appear among those now entombed at Westminster He may become a great soldier and lead armies to battle and victory his prowess and valor may change the map of Europe Methinks I hear the plaudits of the peo- ple at the mention of his deeds and name He may become er er he might er turning to the is his name The mother very much bewildered What IB the babys namer Yes what is his namer The mother Its name is Mary Ann ONE TYPE OF THE NEGRO Georgia Geechees Provide Living I y Gathering Oysters The negroes living along the seacoast of Georgia are peculiar and interesting They very different from the upland negroes in manner and speech The term Geechee which means rough and un- couth is applied to them Their dialect which is especially guttural is one of their most distinguishing characteristics says the Southern Workman The negroes of this section are with a few exceptions engaged in the oyster In dustry the men principally as oyster gatherers and the women and children as oyster shockers Ninety per cent of all the labor employed In the oyster industry- of the State is negro The factories are encouraging the negroes to lease and plant oyster land and many of them are taking out leases The most important lease is that of the Georgia Benevolent Fishermens Associa- tion The organisation is fourteen years old and is the oldest chartered organiza- tion among the oyster negroes for busi- ness purposes The association has forty five members and a lease of 2000 acres of oyster ground The company IB doing well and reported that it lias over 1000 in the bank The oystermen working for themselves may be divided into two groups those owning small rowboats and those owning sailboats or schooners The owners of the small boats go out with a falling tide and gather the oysters which are left ex- posed in tne marshes or with their tongs bring them up from the beds of the now shallow streams These gatherers usually return with the rising tide and thus out about twelve hours The owners of the sailboats range the entire Georgia coast and are usually gone from three to ten days They are able to reach the best oyster beds and to bring in better oysters than are usually brought la by the rowboat The earnings of the former therefore arc generally the larger the Chinese Long IBM friends Pee bene- factors be big motherWhat are Are op- portunity the oyatarnuii ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ARMYS HEALTH BAD Writer Makes Unfavorable Contrast with Japan GOVERNMENT SHOULD BED Declare that Nippon SoldlooH Are Better Cared For Than TkHi ft of Thin Country Qreat Xpert fur IiH- liital Accessories and an Iiiiiicuvetl Service Hill Before COIISTCHN Much pml0 ha beta given the patriot- ism op the Japanese M a b t not so much has been said on the other aid of the question that Is on Sto constant and consistent efforts of tile fovenmunt to show the soldier that hi interests lie deep In the of the natfo and cer- tainly we should sot fall behind Japan nor any other country hi this Everywhere the relation of tile soldier to his government demand that lie gv his iffe if necessary for patriotic na- tives but at the same time pod faith imposes on the government certain obliga- tion to the soldiers Briefly the most Important of these are measures to en- force respect for the uniform provision of food shelter and pro- tection of health and treatment in Wness and injury with at least partial provision for maintenance in case of disablement or death In service While something might be saM not disadvantage of the Japanese on tlm other subjects it ia In the protection- of the health of soldiers and their care in illness and injury that their pod faith is most censpicuous and we are most want- ing these only will receive attention Indeed it may be stated that In these particulars our soldiers are worse oft than are those of any other great nation Even the Chinese in their reorganized army have made adequate provision for the care of their sick and wounded All the nations of Europe recog- nize the obligations of their governments- in the matter to the full In the past Great Britain has perhaps more niggardly ia providing for her army in this respect than has any other nation except our own but her experience In the South African war was such a dis- astrous one that since then she has in- stituted many reforms Japan though no country hess been more willing than she to give the countrys best to her soldiers has perhaps also emphasised more than any other country the value of a healthy army Obviously paper strength does not win battles n the contrary victory depends mainly on the actual number of men in line and Japan unwilling to overtook anything which makes for success in arms regards the good health of her met as paramount and of her soldiers as a valuable military asset Japan too quite realizes that not only would her people as a whole be hurt by allowing sturdy young men to die or to become disabled from lack of proper sanitation and ab- sence of medical care but that each man who so diet or becomes disabled consti- tutes a burden on the treasury sail the sum of such burdens would ultimately cost far more than wise expenditures to prevent theta It goes without saying that good health and good care of the ill and injured in any army depend primarily on its medi department Japan has a very large medical department In peace much more than sufficient in numbers for the sani- tary and medical duties with even her large peace army This department can be greatly expanded in war with little loss in efficiency and adequate induce- ments are offered doctors to join the army and we have a medical department- so inadequate tei numbers that even in peace many civilian physicians are re- quired and one to which the inducements- to Join do not attract the better class of physicians In any nation a long period of peace however desirable from nearly every standpoint no thought to passible war and nowhere are economies more likely to be effected In an army than in its medical Hon to underman this department even for peacaN Our medical department at present con- sists of two classes of doctors First the regularly commissioned medical off- icer and second the contract surgeon the former is given an examination which while searching is no more so than is sufficient to insure that the phy- sicians commissioned are qualified for the intelligent practice of their profession certainly no harder an examination than is required of applicants for positions in our larger and better hospitals and mem- bers of the latter are required to show little more than that they have a slight knowledge of medicine This is manifestly unfair to the soldier who from the conditions of the service must often be dependent both as regards sanitation and medical attendance on an incompetent man These statements are not intended to belittle the services of all contract surgeons Undoubtedly some of them are competent men who actuated by love of the service remain to it at pecuniary loss to themselves Criticism is of course merely cap- tious unless a remedy for existing de- fects can be suggested but fortunately such a remedy for the medical depart- ment of our army is ready at does not lie in one department how ever but in the people themselves through their representatives in Con- gress A bill carrying but a very small increase of appropriation to correct the evils which have been described has been pre- pared has had the emphatic approval- of the President and of two Secretaries- of War was passed by the Senate and favorably reported by the Military Com- mittee of the House On the fate of this bill the future efficiency of our medical department largely depends as many army surgeons men of excellent capa- city and long training are about to re- sign from the service if it does not pass and years will be required to build up what has been torn down This entirely aside from the fact that under present conditions efficient physi- cians cannot be secured for the army The question now is then does the pub- lic which can easily force the passage of flue bill if it desires to do so take sufficient interest to exert its sovereign power to that end With its passage we will not be com- pelled to bow our heads in shame when- ever the sanitary and medical care of soldiers is discussed and without it both In peace and war an unwarranted price In suffering in blood and In money will be exacted of the people from which our soldiers must always come Secondhand Goods- I dont think it is so nice to have a 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Page 1: I ODDEST PARIS SHOWS IS WHOS ARMYSGrand Guignol has remained a perma-nent ature of Paris theatertond n years of Hs existence the Grand has brought out nearly 300 new of all kinds from

THE WASHINGTON HERALD SUNDAY JANUARY 19 19088i

Tragedy and Comedy Mingled-

at Grand Guignol

SOME REAL SHIVERY SCENES

Little Plnyhousc on MoiitmartreStreet with Sonts for Only OO PerHOIIM Sees Most Ilumnrlcnble Hloud-curdling1 Plays in the City A Fewof Those Presented

At the end of a badly lighted and worsepaved alley leading out of a Montmartrestreet is one of the most curious theatersin Paris and perhaps in the world Itannounces itself by an illuminated signprojecting Into the street and when youhave groped and stumbled your way tothe door you are at first inclined to treatthe concern as a joke The Theatre duGrand Guignol means if you take itliterally a big PunchandJudy showThis Is part of the joke for the perform-ances are certainly not intended for thyoung And yet to appreciate the GrandGuignol it is wise to become for the moment at any rate as youthful as possi-ble for the Grand Guignol appeal to theprimitive emotions and if you cannot un-

derstand why children laugh and weejj soreadily you had better go elsewhere foryour entertainment The Grand Guignolwith all the selfdepreciation of its titleIs a place to which people go expecting-to be horrified and amused to have coldshivers down the spine and to toughheartily between whiles and above allnot to blush for this Montmartre MrPunch is a licensed jester awl dlscuasessubjects seldom mentioned In oolite so-

cietyThe fare provided is in tabloid form

very strongly flavored The bill containat least five and often six plays usuallyconsisting of not more than two scenesapiece There is no attempt at scenic dis-play in fact the stage sitting is not toput too tine a point upon it tawdry andthe costumes do not look as It they camefrom the Rue de Ia Paix The theaterholds barely 300 people and is so smallthat every one is near the stage Thisseems to have been thought good groundfor nut trying to produce any illusions bymeans of scenery or makeup People whocome to be fed on strong meat need notbe TOO particular about the plates to

it is servedHemn Life In 19OO

The Grand Guignol began life as aof the Parts Exposition in ISIS M

Max Maurey who started and still runsIt acted on the principle that people whowont the exposition for an eveningsamusement would be tempted by a thea-ter only if the plays were short and vivid

decided to work two welldefined veinsthe horrible and the be

did MI with so much success that theGrand Guignol has remained a perma-nent ature of Paris theatertond

n years of Hs existence the Grandhas brought out nearly 300 new

of all kinds from mere curtainto bloodfreezing twoact trage

None of the great names amongplaywrights are on the list but

of clever work has been done bynen as Octave Mirbeau Aurelten

Oscar Metenler Claude Roland-r now director of the Theater An

Henri Lavendan Georges Courtelint rimrles Foley Max Maurey himselfan i many rising writers

The great feature has always beenr uiism carried to approached byno other theater Nothing to thought too

rIalling if only it gives the requiredthrill In one play Deniere Torturetii audience was treated to the sight

French soldier who was supposed toIKIVH bf n impaled by Boxers after hav-ing Lad iis eyelids and hands cutTh rlying struggles of half a dozen menJn submarine which has sunk to thei ttm f the ocean and the guillotiningif man by accident are among other

ch rfil subjects which have been servedi Of course there is no literary merit

with mentioning in these plays thePI tar is the thing and it does not

much art to put a lurid newspaperFto into two short acts The GrandG nguni s humorous pieces are of a higheronir Their dialogue is usually rich ta

paradoxical and ironical wit whereinFrench humorists delight

liiNide IN Very QuaintTi irsld of the theater is very

has a high oak roof which would not1 k at all out of place In a church Thefr nt of the balcony is carved in a waythat vaguely suggests choir stalls andgargoyles project from It The doors alsoar of dark wood and are copied fromfifteenth century patterns This kind ofthing might be thought incongruous inaiy ordinary theater but here it seemsto MM a piquant flavor to the performLTV On the floor of the house back-

i a a if a dozen rows of comfortablectills are five private boxes shut on-by movable trelliswork screens ForP ple who want to see the performancewithout heng seen these retreats areIjtriilv convenient There are drcum-Ft under which even the most gor

dressed society woman wouldprefr to pass unobserved and foreignjovetvigus visiting Paris who are oftl-citSiv Ipposed to be spending a quietevening indoors sometimes find their waybehind these friendly Grand Guignol

without the public being theVi T-

Tf System of Dr Goudron and ProfPlume adapted from a story of EdgarAllan iYe by M Andre de Lorde is a-

typical Grand Guignol play of the coldshiverdownthesplne order Two

come to an asylum to Interview theMicJIcal superintendent Dr Goudron onhis method There is no on to announcethem and they are rather surprised tofind the doctors study empty After a-

while a man of severe aspect in theregulation medical frock coat comes inintroduces himself as Dr Goudron andbegins to answer their questions The m-

tfrvjew is interrupted bygroans from an adjoining room The doc-tor goe out and returns in a few minutesmentioning that he has had to calm araving madman A venerablelookinggentleman whom the doctor introducesus his collaborator Prof Plume comesin followed by another man and twowomen who join In the conversation andlaugh hysterically from time to time

Talk Iloooinos IncoherentThe talk gradually becomes more and

more incoherent and the two reportersmore and more uneasy Suddenlyis a vivid flash of lightning out of thelowering sky a loud peal of thunder re-sounus and the live lunatics who havelocked the keepers in a cell and killed thereal Dr Goudron break out The spuri-ous Goudron and Plume attack the un-lucky visitors throw one of on atable and try to cerve him with a knifein hideous parody of an operation whilethe others do their best to throw hi com-panion out of the window Keepers burstopen the door in the nick of time Goudrew Plume and the other maniacs arecarried off raving horribly and the realsuperintendents dead body is found

the door through which the unsus-pecting reporters heard his dying groansThe curtain falls as the corpse is draggedon to the stage The play baa an atmos-phere full of electricity and as soon as itIs seen that a madman is maattttoradlng asthe doctor ewy one is in a fever of

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eagerness for the outbreak to come DrGoudrons system must be responsible formany nightmares

The ObsessionIn The Obsession a tragedy of a

slightly different AntI oven more painfultype a shown struggling withan insane impulse to kilt his own childHe ends by giving way rushing into thenursery gad strangling his unhappy

whose shrieks harrow the nervesof the audience as the curtain falls

The Obsession and other plays of thmine kind have sometimes proved toomuch for impressionable women In theaudience Abel Faivre to cartoonshows a stout citizen In evening dresstrytog to revive a woman and calling forthe doctor Hes fainted like every oneelse is the answer

Some times terror and comedy are clev-erly mixed as in Bloomfleld 4k Co Aman at a dinner party has just told astory of having had one of fingerswith a ring on it accidentally cut oftSome canned beef is put on the table andhe finds his ring in it after all the otherguests have eaten some Tbe conclusionthey draw is evident

The genuinely amusing Grand Guignolplays are as a rule very daring and takein situations better suited to the clubpmokingroom than to the stage butthere are some exceptions A LittleMusic is extremely funny and quiteharmless An innocent musician receivesa visit front a neighbor who proceeds totell the story of his life confesses

crimes and gradually works himselfinto a state of wild excitement At thispoint three men dash in the visitorand explain that he is an escaped lunaticThey tell the musician that the sight ofhim makes the crazy man worse andthey easily persuade him to retreat intoanother room Doctors keepers andpatient promptly show themselves In theirtrue light as burglars They take every-

thing in including even the pianoand leave nothing except an imitationCorot landscape The denouement isquite unexpected An Interview by MOctave Mirbeau is a clever satire on yellow journalism and The Surgeon byM Johannes Gravier brought about amuchneeded reform In the Paris hospi-tal arrangements Thus even the GrandGuignol is of some use

BOUGHT A JAPANESE POODLE

If You Have Not Better Watch Out

if in Philadelphia

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IOSQJS Value

Speak softly Rave you seen a-

smoothfaced negro wearing a Jacksuit of the United States navy

carrying a little white poodle under hisarm loitering around Broad streetBeware of him

If you want to know why this samedarkey sailor is a good man to lightthy of just ask numberless societywomen men about town Then Ifyou doubt them ask them to show youa certain Japanese poqdle whichthey may have concealed in the stableor garage eating stray from thekitchen waste according to the Phila-delphia Press

This darkskinned son of Africa firstmade his appearance in Philadelphiaseveral weeks ago and took his stationaround the entrances to the downtownhotels Dressed in the full uniform

jacky be even had the walk of aman accustomed to roll of the seaand easily passed for a sailor

A carriage or automobile would driveup and from It would step My LadyWith a salaam that Would do creditto a subject of the Sultan negrowould approach the woman draw fromunderneath his coat the cutest littlewhite flog imaginable and offer to sellit

I just got my discharge from myship and have this poodle which I gotIn Japan and is a real lap poodle worthat least lofl the negro would tell thewomen It happens that the pure whiteJapanese poodles are now quite theproper thing for My Lady to have asa pet lap dog sod he rarely failed tomake a bargain at 25 36t r even 58

The menabouttown the jerkywould st in the mens cafes if hecould get in or in front of their clubThey too usually bit after hearingthe same story and willingly paid agood price to get their wife sister orsweetheart a genuine Japanese poodle

Finally after quite a number got theunusual bargain they began to discuss-it with their friends and found thatthey too had Japanese poodles Thenthey compared notes a veterinary wascalled In and it was discovered thatthe Japanese lap dogs were simply-a common everyday poodle with nopedigree at all and at the price ofpuppies of uncertain breed worthabout two dollars each

Last night the negro walked into adowntown cafe where were seatedseveral society menAmong them was one who had beenstung and a policeman was called

The negro however gave them thesMp and will probably go to otherfields

PUSSYS COAT IS WARM

So It Is Used Sow for Fur CoatsWhich Automobllists Wear

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warmAnd so is the coat which her coat

makes for pussy has at last found areason for being In addition to her hered-

itary duty of catching mice and lendingher comfortable presence as a firesidecompanion-

It is true that the oldfashioned longblack mantle worn thirty years ago wasInvariably lined with a certain homelyfur of mottled gray and white called bysome irreverent persons backalley catfur but beautiful automobile coats arenow made from the humble pelt of pussyThese coats are reasonable in price andbecause they are exceedingly warm andhandsome in appearance they are becom-ing inordinately popular not only forautomobiling but for general wear

Never was there such a demand for furas now Nothing with any pretension toa fussy pelt is safe from the ravages ofthe fur dealers Rabbits and squirrelsare slain to make coatg and muffs andthat soft and becoming fur known as

coney is simply rabbit Squirrel coatswere especially fashionable a year or soago They were made in stylish cutsand like the catskin coats were bothwarm and inexpensive though undeniably squirrel whereas the catskins mas-querade as many different furs

Even the cow has not escaped Herskin is used not only for trimming butlikewise as material for long driving orautomobile coats I must say I do notadmire these socalled calfskin gar-ments There is something uncanny aboutthem They seem still to smack of theslaughter house and while we may eatbeet with a clear conscience somehowthe familiar look of that soft reddish hidebrings back memories of meadows andcowbells which make me uncomfortable

A wellknown throat specialist tellsme that nothing Is so weakening to asensitive throat as to keep it continuallyenveloped in a fur collar Furthermore-to wrap yourself in a flowing garment ofcloth heavily lined with fur be it backalley cat or Russian sable In a climate

fluenxa Wear the furs because they arebeautiful but do not fasten thm at thethreat and always remove them indoors

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MOHAMMEDANS ABSTINENCE

Ao IrogreHM Among Worshipers ofProphet Is f OO Years of Teetot-

nliMin JlHdlcjil Restraint of IerNonnl Liberty in America 3Iny lieStep to Localization of Harem

That the consumption of good thingsto eat artistically prepared by a goodeook destroys appetite for strong drinkand that therefore the encouragement ofthe art of gastronomy is an adequatesolution of the drink evil is the theorycontained in an Interesting antiprohibition argument advanced by E F Abner president of the AbnerDrury Brew-ing Company of this city

Mr Abner also cites the failure of Mohammedan nations committed to ab-

stinence by tb law of the prophet incontributing any material part to theprogress of civilization as a point againstprohibition

That the indorsement or this onedoctrine of prohibition by the

American people may be but a step tothe legalisation of the harem inUnited States and this District of Colum-bia is a possibility which Mr Abner dis-

covers in the records of history abnor-mal excesses following radical re-

straints in due process of time as MrAbner argues for precedents

An JSpleuruHM ItemedRegarding the epicurean remedy for ex-

cessive fondness for alcoholic stimulantsMr Abner says

The question is often asked whyof drink is absent in some

countries Take the Aaores for instancewhere rich luscious and vegetablesripen the year round drunkenness is en-tirely unknown In Southern France in-

toxication is also an unknown quantityalthough with every meal wine is con-

sumed by the familiesAs a solution ta offered the great at-

tention given French women tocookery They are famous for their fam-ily dishes and after the family partakeof the beloved pot au feu there is noneed or craving for strong drink

Good Cookery In Solution-It to a lamentable fact that too IttUe

attention is given nowadays to cookingand as a consequence when a youngwoman marries and presides over herown home she is not equipped to properlyconduct 4t whetaer she has the cooking-

to do herself or merely directs In eithercase it is highly necessary that theknowledge should be of a practical char-acter

A man will not crave drink alter eat-ing a good meal The prohibitionists hadbetter adopt as a slogan Better the hometable and keep the men from the freelunch counter-

A popular movement has been startedto the city of Munich extending to everycity and hamlet to the city of BavariaThe leading ladles of the land formed aleague known as the Itinerary CookingSchool which Is supported by popularsubscriptions At the prevent time thereare thirty Itinerary cooking schools worktog under the league

The outfit consists of a wagon contalning all the modern appliances of akitchen Accompanying the arethree experienced women cooks and threelecturers When a hamlet b reached ahall is secured the kitchen establishedand the young women of the hamlet areinvited to learn the preparation of savoryinexpensive nutritious dishes

A wholesome result has been recordedThis would be a good movement for

those who are busying themselves wtthprohibition to start There is also a sen-

timental side to this matter for to quotean old German saying Love enters theheart by way of the stomach

Mr AbHers StatementMr Abners statement on the prohibi-

tion question in the light of the hearingto be given both sides of the issue in theDistrict by the Commissioners is of spe-

cial InterestWhence conies this new cult that seeks

to set aside all equity and vested rightsand Insists that the United States gov-

ernment annihilate a legitimate busi-ness asks Mr Abner

The prohibition element has tolddoors every species of crime in the

lexicon of misdeeds Such statements-are on their face unfair

Xo for RightsWe are conducting our business with

due regard to the rights of all concernedour customers as well as ourselves

and trust to the good judgment and senseof the citizens of the District of Colum-

bia that they may not be misled in thismatter by the oratory of impracticalunfair persons nor the writings of thosewho seek to further restrict or stamp outa staple and legitimate industry

What is behind this temperance waveThat beautiful tenet of Christianity whichenlightens the world love those that op-

pose you is cast aside Annihilation isthe prohibition watchword

These good people seem to have aban-doned all religion and have raised abanner Inscribed with the one wordProhibition Are they about to accept a-

new religion Are they ready to deliverour beloved country to a principle ofMohammedanism N

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Have they advanced in anything Havethey given the world any ideas any In-

ventionsWere the American people to sub-

scribe to this one Mohammedan doctrine-is it not possible that the passing of twogenerations would find harems legalisedThis sounds unreasonable of course butit is a matter of history that radical re-

straints have been followed by abnormal

Already the prohibition movementconsiders itself strong enough to invadetho homes and endanger that most lova-ble trait of oqr national characteristichospitality Can the citisen be dictated-to as to what he will serve his guests

Let the good people who are now enrolled among the extremists preach tem-perance in speech drink eating Inthought and in the practice of gentlemanners Let our ministers and educa-tors instill in tbe youths minds the prin-ciple of moderation obedience upright-ness avoiding everything leading to thedark and narrow chambers of hypocricyGraver Questions to lie Considered

Let home school and church deliver-to our country young men and womenable to withstand temptations and all the

questions will take care of them-selves There are graver questions thanprohibition confronting our people in thenoxt few years which call for united ac-

tion for a solid phalanx to the worldat large

Wd had better leave the solution of thedrink question to the educator the scien-tist Ute statesman the economist It entens too deeply Into the life of the peo-ple and cannot be rooted werethere a real necessity without a greatpolitical and commercial upheaval Iranit over occurred to you that not one emi-nent statesman scientist or theologianlias come oat for prohibition

The time has oome to halt in thesevisionary vaporings It is not intendedto doubt the good Intentions of the pro-hibitionists We have to thank them fora great deal of good they have done Butthe consequence and effect of such move-ments on a percentage of the people isnot realised to the full by the promotersofv prohibition

I heartily commend the efforts ofthe temperance cult In tbe regulation ofthe liquor traittc as we do the good peo-ple who safeguard the interests of thepublic to relation to all Industries Buthere In Washington the limit of regula-tion has been reached Conditions are anthat could be reasonably asked for

FLYING LETTER BOXES

Inxenioiii Device in Use Over In

Hungarys postal department has de-vised a flying letter box to relieve theBudapest postmen who are few in numhers and have hundreds of Sights ofstates to climb daily ta the great tene-ment houses

new letter box can be sent up toits destination from the ground door by aspring It stops at the floor required andremains there until It is emptied or untilthe next delivery when the postman canby touching a spring bring it down

Each box contains Ute necessaryof lockers each fltted with a safety

lock according to the number of resi-dents The boxes are moved up and downbetween Iron girders by electricity

GETS fii FOR A 5 CALF

Jersey Farmer Sets Trip for NewYork Autoists Who Pall Into It

CHTT SlmtiCTiK Calf Two Snnn xnrtPast Machine All

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New York Jan JSAaroa aPine Brook N J farmer lives on aroad much frequented by antoists andthey drive their motors clean through theNew Jersey speed tows in then going andcoming between New York and Morristoyn Banks has made many unwillingsacrifices to these juggernaut cars In theshe of dogs chickens geese andso yesterday morning he determined toget even for all timeHe stationed his two sons James and

Jethro in a clump of bushes at tbe road-side with a foorweeksoid calf acrossthe highway the calfs mother was tetheyed in full view He told is sons totorn the calf loose at the moment an autoapproached

Banks with a loaded doublebarreledshotgun hit himself a little further downthe road James was tbe lookout Thecalf struggling to reach its bawlingmother nearly pulled arms fromtheir sockets Finally James yelled

Here comes one going like the dick-ens let er loose

Jethro dropped the rope the call rushedtoward its mooing ma

The trap was timed to the fractionsecond the chauffeur had not time to

avoid a collision the big car hurled thecalf in the air it fell lifeless

The chauffeur halted only to learn ifthe car had been hurt Banks steppedfrom behind the tree and covered the twomen and two women in car with hisshotgun

That was a Guernsey calf none betterbred in the State yelled Banks in af-fected fury You killed It hand over501 or I shootThe women in the car shrieked hysteri-

cally the trembling men vainly expostu-lated

Finally the four occupants of the cardug up 200 between them and one of themen made out a note to the farmer forPM more This he signed Herbert TBausher

When the automobllists had passed onBanks called his sons with the remark

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WHOS WHO IN EAST

Glimpse of the Big Men ofthe Orient

CHINA HAS MANY OF THEM

iniiifain a Illsli Slnmlliiff III thatSection of tile World Which PromIHCH to He the New Center of Diplo-macy Present Volume the SecondIssued lit Hongkong1

Now that the center of diplomacy hasshifted to the Orient and eyes are tam-ed toward the Pacific so that the de-

velopment of the gums may be watched-It ia well to know whos who In the farEast

That information hi contained in aissued by the proprietors of the

China Mail at Hongkong Whos Whoto the Far East is not an publicalion indeed the volume which recentlyreached this country Is the second to beIssued The publishers say

The first volume left much to be de-

sired from many points of view and wedo not claim that this issue is completeor that it is tree from defects In thenature of things a work of this kindcan only progress slowly toward perfec-tion There is an immense area to coverand the work of organisation and classi-fication is extremely arduous Alsothere are misapprehensions to combatPeope are slow to relinquish the ideathat Whos Who in the Par East is asort of social index instead of being purely a work of reference But this miscon-ception is dying out and people are

to understand that the fear ofridicule which prevented them from send-ing In their biographies was quite un-

justifiedRecords of men and women who havedone things la the Orient are espe-

cially interesting to the Westernerthey represent achievements far

removed from the field of Occidental lifeAlthough the days work to done In adifferent way In the East human natureIs mach the same the world over and tathese brief biographies the passions mo-

tives and ends attained are notthe same there are so many distin-

guished personages In the far Zestwhose lives have been filled with colorand Incident that it ta difficult to selectrepresentative examples from the longlist presented Perhaps it to better tobegin with a woman an illustrious rulerwhose address ta the Forbidden CityPekln China

ItniprvKs had ICmiieror-TxuHsi Dowager Empress was born

In Pekto the daughter of a gov-

ernment official She became one of thesecondary wives of the Emperor HtonLung and upon the birth of her son wasraised to the rank of empress Afterthe Emperors death she reigned as jointregent with his first wife who died InIflM From that year until 1WI she ruledM sole regent In MM she practicallydeposed the present Empeiw KuaagUsa owing to bis leaning toward reformand has since administered the govern-ment

After describing TwtBsl as a womanOf peat strength of character but

to Innovation Whos Who saysshe more than suspected of leavingglues ooanteaaaee to the Boxer risingto Mfe

Naturally one wishes to know whatsort of a man the nominal ruler may beHe was proclaimed Emperor of Chinaunder title of KuangHsu Glorious Suc-cession upon the death of hisEmperor Tungchin and nominally as-sumed power In March 1387 upon attain-ing his majority He Is considered to bea wellintentioned young man without

force of character and handicapped byboth mental and physical weakness Hetoo may be addressed at the ForbiddenCity

Some incidents In the career of theMutsuhito Emperor of Japan are alsoof Interest lIe succeeded to the throneon February IS 1987 when the countrywas virtually under the rule of the Shogun who resigned a few months laterThe government was reorganized butsome of the noblemen who remainedfaithful to the Shogun rebelled and astate of war prevailed until 18 whenthe rebels were defeated Thereafterrestoration proceeded The Emperor abol-ished feudaltom In 1871 granted freedomof religious belief the following yearbegan the reorganisation of the armyand navy entered upon education alongWestern lines and issued on October12 1881 an imperial decree promising theestablishment of a Parliament A consti-tution was promulgated in 1888 and Par-liament met for the first time the nextyear

A number of exalted Chinamen andJapanese are to be found in tbe galleryof Eastern notables Among the formerIs Duke TsaiTse LLD CambridgeDCL Oxford imperial clansman depuylieutenant general Plain Blue BannerCorps He was a member of the travelingcommission for the investigation of for-eign parliamentary government 190M8and was slightly hurt in a bomb outragewhile the commission was leaving PeklnHis family urged him to resign but besaid that he would willingly die if hisdeath would give to China constitutionalgovernment

Feared T y ForeignersTsen ChunHsuan is another Chinese-

of note He was at one time subdireetorof the court of imperial entertainments-and of the imperial stud and his popu-larity in these and other offices broughthim the yellow jacket He personally ledan army to suppress the Kwangst rebels1903W and was appointed junior guardianof the heir apparent in recognition of theservices rendered Tsen was a proboycotter against American goods it may bewell for persons in this country to remember At the time of the boycott hewas respected but afterward was de-nounced by the people of Canton for ar-resting a representative of the people ata meeting connected with the HankowCanton Railway This comment is made

Was at one time considered a man ofenlightenment and intelligence and inShensi was popular as a vigorous administrator and was partial to reform a

was manifested after he went toCanton until now foreigners deem tileoccupancy of office as dangerous has fre-quently unsuccessfully appealed to thethrone for relief from office

Of course every one has heard of WuTingfang Minister is com-ing back to Washington as Ambassadorbut who knows anything about the HonWei Yuk and Choo Choon Foo And whocan recall Yung Wing Yale M the firstChinese graduate of a foreign university

Wet Yuks education was begun by pri-vate tutors Later he studied at the Gov-ernment Central School Hongkong at

School England and the Dol-

lar Institution Scotland He Is contpra-doref of the Mercantile Bank of IndiaLJrjiited a justice of the peace unofficialBMjimber of tbe legislative council repre

the Chinese and was one of thefounders of Po Loung Kuk Society forthe of Women and ChildrenFollowing is a part of his record

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colony Hongkong has served on allcommissions appointed to inquire intomatters affecting Chinese since com-mencement of public career has rendared much service In connection with ne-gotiations between the Hongkong amiChinese governments and was instru-mental In pacifying his fellowcountrymen during the riots in connection withBritish acquisition of the Kowloon hinterland for services rendered during theplague epidemic of 18W was presentedwith gold medal and letter of thanks bygeneral public and address of thanksfrom the Chinese community

Other Noted ChinnnicnChoo Choon Foo can be found at Perak

Federated Malay States also PenaagStraits Settlements He is a naturalizedBritish subject and ha been a mineowner and planter for thlrts yrs Heis a publicspirited man of many actlri-t s-

In addition to his business enterpriseswhich are unusually extensive ha to amember of the Chinese advisory boardPerak president of the Chinese Widowsand Orphans Institution president ofthe board of education for Chine In S S-

and F M S fellow of the Society ofArts England founder of theMaternity Hospital and Chinese GirlsSchool bOUt at Ipoh and of the ChineseMandarin School Lahat

Mr Foo is entitled to wear the ChineseImperial Order of Merit His clubs areChinese Recreation Penang Literary As-

sociation Penang Gymkhana Sportsanti Chinese all of hints Turf PerakGymkhana Ipoh

Young Wing LL D scholar and diplo-mat lives at Shanghai and is expectanttaotai of Kiangsu Mr Wing has servedhis country to several capacities Heheaded the educational commission to theUnited States In B71 and was appointedassociate minister to Washington In JUI

The man in power in China at presentaccording to the biographical volume IsYuan ShlhKal viceroy of Chlbli lidminister of the army council He hasfined many important ofaces and wearsthe yellow jacket He also has the dis-tinguished privilege of wearing the sablerobe worn by the imperial family It isinteresting to know that ShihKai op-posed the boycott of American goods

CALCULATION WAS WRONG

Babe Not Right Sex to Become

Great Man

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tance of LIttle Things

At aa entertainment given for the bene-fit of the seamen on board Ute steamerKaiser WUheOra n on her voyage frontHew York io Genoa Mark Twain wascalled upon for an address On being In-

troduced says TKBtta he ruse and tohis peculiar manner and tone of voice

aidMyfriends that my noise hi on

the programme for an address As thiswas done without consulting me I willgive you an anecdote In its place Nowyou know there are anecdotes andanecdotes short meter and long meter Ishall give you a long meter one with asnapper at the end

It is about a ScotchIrish ministerwho thought he was called to preach theGospeL He knew that he had the giftof oratory and he never missed an

to display it An opportunity-was afforded on the occasion of achristening There was considerable au-dience up of relatives friends andneighbors of the parents The preacherbegan by saying

We have met together myon a very interesting occasion tbe chris-tening of this little child But I al-ready a look of disappointment on yourfaces Is It because the infant is so smallWe must bear in mind that this gtoboupon which we live is made up of smallthings infinitesimal objects one mightsay Little drops of water make themighty ocean the mountains which reartheir hoary heads toward heaven and areoften lost in the clouds are made up oflittle grains of sand

Besides my friends we must takeInto consideration the possibilities in thelife of this little speck of humanity Hemay become a great preacher multitudesmay be swayed by his eloquence and bebrought to see and believe In the truthsof the Gospel He may become a dis-tinguished physician and his fame as ahealer of men may reach the uttermostparts of earth and his name go downto posterity as one of the great

of his kind He may become agreat astronomer and may read theheavens as an open book He may dis-cover new stars and his name be coupledwith those of Newton and other greatdiscoverers He may become a dis-tinguished statesman and orator and bythe strength of his intellect and eloquencehe may control the destinies of nationsand his name engraved upon monu-ments erected to perpetuate his memoryby admiring and grateful countrymen-He may become an author and a poetand his name may yet appear amongthose now entombed at Westminster Hemay become a great soldier and leadarmies to battle and victory his prowessand valor may change the map of EuropeMethinks I hear the plaudits of the peo-ple at the mention of his deeds and nameHe may become er er he might er

turning to the is hisname

The mother very much bewilderedWhat IB the babys namer

Yes what is his namerThe mother Its name is Mary Ann

ONE TYPE OF THE NEGRO

Georgia Geechees Provide LivingI y Gathering Oysters

The negroes living along the seacoastof Georgia are peculiar and interestingThey very different from the uplandnegroes in manner and speech The termGeechee which means rough and un-couth is applied to them Their dialectwhich is especially guttural is one oftheir most distinguishing characteristicssays the Southern Workman

The negroes of this section are with afew exceptions engaged in the oyster Industry the men principally as oystergatherers and the women and children asoyster shockers Ninety per cent of allthe labor employed In the oyster industry-of the State is negro The factories areencouraging the negroes to lease andplant oyster land and many of them aretaking out leases

The most important lease is that of theGeorgia Benevolent Fishermens Associa-tion The organisation is fourteen yearsold and is the oldest chartered organiza-tion among the oyster negroes for busi-ness purposes The association has fortyfive members and a lease of 2000 acres ofoyster ground The company IB doingwell and reported that it lias over 1000in the bank

The oystermen working for themselvesmay be divided into two groups thoseowning small rowboats and those owningsailboats or schooners The owners ofthe small boats go out with a falling tideand gather the oysters which are left ex-posed in tne marshes or with their tongsbring them up from the beds of the nowshallow streams These gatherers usuallyreturn with the rising tide and thusout about twelve hours

The owners of the sailboats range theentire Georgia coast and are usuallygone from three to ten days They areable to reach the best oyster beds and tobring in better oysters than are usuallybrought la by the rowboatThe earnings of the former therefore arcgenerally the larger

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Writer Makes Unfavorable

Contrast with Japan

GOVERNMENT SHOULD BED

Declare that Nippon SoldlooH AreBetter Cared For Than TkHi ft ofThin Country Qreat Xpert fur IiH-

liital Accessories and an IiiiiicuvetlService Hill Before COIISTCHN

Much pml0 ha beta given the patriot-

ism op the Japanese M a b t notso much has been said on the other aidof the question that Is on Sto constantand consistent efforts of tile fovenmuntto show the soldier that hi interests liedeep In the of the natfo and cer-

tainly we should sot fall behind Japannor any other country hi this

Everywhere the relation of tile soldierto his government demand that lie gvhis iffe if necessary for patriotic na-

tives but at the same time pod faithimposes on the government certain obliga-

tion to the soldiers Briefly the mostImportant of these are measures to en-

force respect for the uniform provisionof food shelter and pro-

tection of health and treatment in Wnessand injury with at least partial provisionfor maintenance in case of disablementor death In service

While something might be saM notdisadvantage of the Japanese on tlm

other subjects it ia In the protection-of the health of soldiers and their care inillness and injury that their pod faith ismost censpicuous and we are most want-ing these only will receive attention

Indeed it may be stated that In theseparticulars our soldiers are worse oftthan are those of any other great nationEven the Chinese in their reorganizedarmy have made adequate provision forthe care of their sick and wounded

All the nations of Europe recog-

nize the obligations of their governments-in the matter to the full

In the past Great Britain has perhapsmore niggardly ia providing for her

army in this respect than has any othernation except our own but her experienceIn the South African war was such a dis-

astrous one that since then she has in-

stituted many reforms Japan though nocountry hess been more willing than sheto give the countrys best to her soldiershas perhaps also emphasised more thanany other country the value of a healthyarmy

Obviously paper strength does not winbattles n the contrary victory dependsmainly on the actual number of men inline and Japan unwilling to overtookanything which makes for success inarms regards the good health of her metas paramount and of her soldiers as avaluable military asset Japan too quiterealizes that not only would her peopleas a whole be hurt by allowing sturdyyoung men to die or to become disabledfrom lack of proper sanitation and ab-

sence of medical care but that each manwho so diet or becomes disabled consti-tutes a burden on the treasury sail thesum of such burdens would ultimatelycost far more than wise expenditures toprevent theta

It goes without saying that good healthand good care of the ill and injured inany army depend primarily on its medi

department Japan has a very largemedical department In peace much morethan sufficient in numbers for the sani-tary and medical duties with even herlarge peace army This department canbe greatly expanded in war with littleloss in efficiency and adequate induce-ments are offered doctors to join thearmy and we have a medical department-so inadequate tei numbers that even inpeace many civilian physicians are re-

quired and one to which the inducements-to Join do not attract the better class ofphysicians

In any nation a long period of peacehowever desirable from nearly everystandpointno thought to passible war and nowhereare economies more likely to be effectedIn an army than in its medical

Hon to underman this department evenfor peacaN

Our medical department at present con-

sists of two classes of doctors Firstthe regularly commissioned medical off-

icer and second the contract surgeonthe former is given an examinationwhich while searching is no more sothan is sufficient to insure that the phy-

sicians commissioned are qualified for theintelligent practice of their professioncertainly no harder an examination thanis required of applicants for positions inour larger and better hospitals and mem-bers of the latter are required to showlittle more than that they have a slightknowledge of medicine

This is manifestly unfair to the soldierwho from the conditions of the servicemust often be dependent both as regardssanitation and medical attendance on anincompetent man These statements arenot intended to belittle the services of allcontract surgeons Undoubtedly some ofthem are competent men who actuatedby love of the service remain to it atpecuniary loss to themselves

Criticism is of course merely cap-

tious unless a remedy for existing de-

fects can be suggested but fortunatelysuch a remedy for the medical depart-ment of our army is ready at

does not lie in one department however but in the people themselvesthrough their representatives in Con-gress

A bill carrying but a very small increaseof appropriation to correct the evilswhich have been described has been pre-pared has had the emphatic approval-of the President and of two Secretaries-of War was passed by the Senate andfavorably reported by the Military Com-mittee of the House On the fate of thisbill the future efficiency of our medicaldepartment largely depends as manyarmy surgeons men of excellent capa-city and long training are about to re-

sign from the service if it does not passand years will be required to build upwhat has been torn down

This entirely aside from the fact thatunder present conditions efficient physi-cians cannot be secured for the armyThe question now is then does the pub-lic which can easily force the passageof flue bill if it desires to do so takesufficient interest to exert its sovereignpower to that end

With its passage we will not be com-pelled to bow our heads in shame when-ever the sanitary and medical care of

soldiers is discussed and without itboth In peace and war an unwarrantedprice In suffering in blood and In moneywill be exacted of the people from whichour soldiers must always come

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