THE WASHINGTON HERALD THURSDAY FEBRUARY 14 1907w 7

T VALENTINESDAY IN AMERICA

BY FREDERIC J HASKIN

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4ttiao habit a trem nd s impetus in thiscouatry Fully 3MMQO poetcard Valen-

tines will be seat through the mall tomy The idea proved so successful lastymr that the card printers and dealerslaid in enormous stocks and they saythere will be few left over One drugmore in an Eastern city which makes aspecialty q souvenir postals laid in astock of 36000 Valentine consist-Ing of m different varietie The

for these began about the middleof January and by February 1 there wasa steady sale

In making these postcard the Valen-tine Mea has been conformed to in everyoOMwivable way One may a pret-tily embossed Cupid with a blue ribbon

w Ms quiver a jmte gold ar-row through two hearts of eerie all setoff with a varicotored background asvivid a a nightmare or may have-a selection from Browning printed softlysad without offensive ornamentationwithin a simple border of hearts CharlesDana Gibson and R F Outcault havecontributed their genius and i we canehe s between the everstately Gibsongirl and tile cute flirtations of BusterBT W

The United State and Germany eachprteU IMOlNd picture postcards a yearslid most of the American product as

as a large percentage of the Ger-man cards are sold in this country Astile souvenir card has made hasty oorre-apMetence a joy instead of a harden sothe swain will Ibid the handy postal aconvenient means of reminding his sweet-heart of his steadfastness More likelyhe will And a dozen for a quarter taketh whole pack invest in twelve 1centstamps sad thereby increase the popuhwky account of twelve girls instead of

Another feature of St Valentines Dayin America which would be appalling if-

it were not eonfmea to a single day isthe production of original poems ThereIB no question that the output ofpristine sentimental U greater-on this for the remainder ofentire yea People or all ages from boys

d girls of twelve and fourteen to ancleat beaux and belles of threescore andtOn SMeak off Into corners and withmuch chewing of pencils and muchcfttmting of syllables grind out theirrhymedmassages of tenderness Most ofthese outpourings are never seen save bytwo persons Few of them ever get intoprint

St Valentine was an economical soulHad the practice of celebrating his dayhy Hula anonymous gifts has neverchanged It Is the only holiday that hasnot become expensive with age Prob-ably more candy and flowers and booksare sent m America than any other country but here as elsewhere it has neverbeen considered polite to attack onesname to any Valentine gift or give anyMm of its authorship The only excep-tion to this rule seems to have been inthe oMen days when tile practice pre-vailed of drawing by lot for the name ofones Valentine In Diary is asMipyx of Madam Peays thawIng the name

f Lord Som thiDgorOth r one St ValeJKteeg Day and that of her husbandthe next yeas Pepys regrets the fact thatMs name was drawn by his wife becausehe will have to spend pounds on apresent for her which money he wouldotherwise have been to spend an-

hlmtelf

St Valentines Day has been a holidaylea boys ami girls for muny centuriesand Ha observance will undoubtedly re-

tain with ether Institutions of this clvilir-xaUen Indeed the day has lived throughsnore than one civilization Even the DarkAgeg could not blot it out and its num-ber hi still red on the calendar It is acontinuation of the old pagan festival ofthe Ltnrcata which the Romans cele-brated en February 15 Christian Romecould not stop the games of the daytherefore it adopted them as a Christian

upercalta it was the customthe young men and women to draw by

l ts for the names of their sweetheartsThere was an organization composed ofye Hg men who carried the carnival intothe streets and It was they who fairly

ONute Rome bowl It was thrice uponthe Lupercal that Caesar refused thekingly crown In those days there wasno festival more popular nor one moregenerally

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St Valentine was a Christian presbyterHe was crucmed in the Forum at Romeon February 14 A D in the reign of

II When the church becameaacendant m Rome a shrine was set upto hie memory near the nook on the Pal-atine Hill where the altar had stood toPaM and where the wolf had suckledHenrahui and Remus centuries beforeThe Lusercalia was a celebration by the

of the wolf in honor of the fostermother of the twin founders of Romeand of the gods Pan and Juno The mar-tyrdom of Valentine coming on the daybefore the LuperoaJlan festival and theproximity of his shrine to the place madefamous by the rites of the festival in theold days made it easy for the church toset apart St Valentines Day for observ-ance

The change wa ordered by Pope GeIndus in the year IK St FrancisSales desiring to promote piety amongthe young substituted the names of saintsfur those of the girls in the basket andinstead of drawing the name of his sweet-heart for the coming year the youngman drew the name of a saint whoselife he was to study during the nexttwelve months This religious customlasted for centuries but it was never ob-served to an extent which blotted out theold character of the day The Romansbelieved it was the day when the birdsmated and the mating idea has come ondown through the centuries spreadingrom Rome to all Christendom and it istoday observed by more people than itover was m history

Clerks in the shops where Valentinesare sold y that the selections of poetryvarIous people make are suIte amusingOne sentimental young man bought acars whlcw read Come rest in my bosommy own stricken deer Imagine thisbeing sent to a rosy giggling girl whohad sever known a grjef in alt her lifeThey still have them with the childrenscouplet Roses are red violets are bluesugar is sweet and so are yon An-

other good seller is The light that liesin wens eyes has been my hurts un-doing A very old man scorned the new-fangled cards He said he knew justwhat he wanted but was evidently toobashful to tell Probably an oldfashion-ed weeedged card with some such mottoas As sure as the vine grows roundth stump you are my darling sugar

would Have struck his fancy

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tion of remembrances that had boon care-fully preserved by some belle of ye old-en time There Wits a bit of necktie towhich was pinned a faded piece of paperwritten across in the queer spidery writ-Ing that used to he In vogue I remem-ber when he wore It There was one endearing word clipped from a lovers missive the paper beltS cut heartshaped-On another year the swain had made apiece of poetry for his sweetheart byusing only words cut from her letters tohim Again he had written what seemedlike an oration on his adored ones at-tractive characteristics Such was theway of lovers in the days when our landwas and crude but when heartswere none the loss fond and tender

foreigners have many customs inconnection with St Valentines Daywhich are not observed In the UnitedStates French girls are expected to riseearly on that morning and make a heartshaped cake for the lirE young

who comes to claim it However ifthe right one does not appear the sweetmeat is likely to be withheld Englishgirls have believed for centuries that thefirst man they greet upon looking outof their window on the morning of Va-lentines Day is to be their sweetheartbut it is reputed that the crafty maiden

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IN DURANCE VILEAn uptodate Rattles hart struck the

countryside and was having things allhis own way Owners of villas armedthemselves against him and countryconstables watched the highways butRaffles escaped detection and continuedhis unlawful way The male populationfor ten miles around could see no ro-

mance in his doings and threatened toshoot him on sight As a natural resultth women and more especially the youngladies made a hero of him and declaredthat It was the most romantic thing theyhad ever heard of

Itavenereat bad not yet received a visitfrom the gentlemanly robber Fred Longson of the widow and owner of the villaand its acres reasoned it out that Ralliesbad heard of him his firearms and hiseternal vigilance the mother hoped therascal would not come but expected himplghtty the daughter Judith who hadJust turned twenty was nervous andheroic by turns and it was left for AuntMartha to fret and worry and wake upa doses times every night by shakingwith fear She had a few miningIn her trunk also a few pieces of ancientJewelry and after the beganshe was insistent upon going to the cityto place her valuables in a safe deposit-A start was made one morning accom-panied by the widowed sister and Fredand they were hardly on their way whenthings began to happen

Judith didnt care to make one of theparty and was therefore left behind toswing in her hammock and read the lat-est novel She had Just become interested-in Its pages when along came ConstableDrew who was supposed to hold all theclews thus far gathered and to be hoton the trail of a dozen more He stoppedhis buggy to announce

Well that fellow got into Wilkinsonslast night and fairly cleaned out theplace though there were three men andtwo dogs keeping watch Im hot afterhim and expect to get him before nightIf any suspicious should beseen sneaking around here I hope youlllet me know This here Rallies spots orehis houses in the daytime and entersthem at night

As the constable Jogged along and Ruthreturned to her book a young man wholooked as much like Raffles as anybodyelse came sauntering along the turnpiketrots the depot and had approachedwithin a quarter of a mile of the houseSoon after leaving the depot he met oldMr Jones and asked his way te the Ag-new place Mr Jones bad been deaf forforty years but pride prevented his ad-

mitting his ailment He dklnt knowwhether he had been who wasgovernor of the State qr if the tomatocrop promised a good yield but wantingto be civil he told the inquirer to turnin at the fist drive he came to on theleft The pedestrian came to a drive onhis left and turned in under the old walnut trees

He didnt act like a man who was ex-pecting to see anybody hi particularFrom the front of the house after gazing for live minutes he penned tff therear and then walked slowly along tothe stables and the garage It was thenthat one of the maids came runningacross the lawn te Miss Judith andgasped out

Its that Raffles and we shall all haveour throats cut

Who what was the exclamation asthe young lady tumbled out of the ham-mock in her haste-

I saw him when he came in Hesbeen spotting off the house as your brother cans it Hes gone now to spot offthe barns He wants a horse and buggy-to take his plunder away Just tothat we must all lave our throats cutfrom ear to ear in broad daylight ShallI bring you one brothers guns

Yyes but I never fired a gun Per-haps the sight of it will soars himthough

As Judith looked toward the garageshe saw the stranger como to the doorafter evidently having inspected the in-

terior Then he disappeared again Itflashed across her mind that he was af-ter the big new auto and gun in handshe made a run for it The big entrancedoors of the brick building were closedbut the side door stood open In a min-ute she had reached it slammed it shutand turned the key Raffles was a prisoner at last There was a skylight tothe building but no windows The pris-oner was as safe as if in a village lockup A few seconds after the door wasshut he began kicking on the other sideHis voice was also raised in protest butwas heeded not The gardener and theservant girls came on the run and thegardener took the gun from Judithsquared oft at the door and called out

Now its Tim OGrady youvegot to do with instead of the tenderesthearted and best lookingAmerica and the sooner you understandthat Fm thirsting for your blood thebetter It will be for the both of us

I say theres a mistake came infaint tones through the heavy door

You bet your life there Is repliedTim You didnt think there was a menaround the place who has shot sevendifferent robbers in his time and outdown no end of thieves In their prouddays You may be a desperate man butIll have you know that Timothy OGradyte desperater

Could we have made a mistakesalted Miss Judith as she caught the pris-oners tones He sounds like a gentlemanNever a mistake young lady re-plied the gardener as he marched to andfro before the door It s the gentleman-ly Ramos weve got inside and Its Raf-fles wholl stay there till the boy canfind and bring Constable Drew and fortyother men to take him out and send himto prison for life Away with you Teddy I knew that something was goingto happen when I got up this morningfeeling like a hero

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will take no chances on being confrontedby the wrong man and always peepthrough the closed shutters until th6right ono comes in sight

The picture postcard which so revolu-

tionized the observance of St ValentinesDay in the United States Is a verycent idea It was born in Europe aboutseven years ago and from a small beginning has grown into a manufacturingindustry that employs thousands of peo-

ple throughout the world The first curdswore from photographs or paIntIngs ofcrowned heads prominent personagesand actresses Then came scenes of notedplaces excellent examples of art nou

mezzotints sepia work poster ef-

fects and then sketches done by artistsof note The puzzle card being a sot ofseveral pieces that have to be placedtogether to make one large picture airmost net France crazy for a while Peo-ple would get part of a design and watchthe man with great curiosity to see whatwas coming next The comic card hoehad great vogue abroad but has beenvery much restricted In onaccount of the United States poetofficeplacing it under a ban

It seems that the souvenir postcardwin not only rule St Valentines Daybut will serve a good purpose In bringing-to many households constant reminders-of some friend or absent loved one whois traveling at home or abroad There ismuch education to bc4 obtained fromtravel and by means of the postals hemails home from every way station theglobe trotter CAn provide thq family withan illustrated account of his journeysand when comes home find in them apleasant reminder of the many flights hehas seen

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and the boy hastened in search of helpwhile the gardener paced up and downand halted at intervals to assure the pris-oner that the slightest move to regain hisliberty would result in sudden doath Fora Raffles seemed desirous of main-taining a conversation and forcing ex-planations but he was discouraged sooften and with such bloodthlrstinesa thathe finally gave it up

An hour later by menus of the tele-phone two bicyclists and an auto Teddymanaged to get into communication withConstable Drew At 2 oclock that officialappeared accompanied by a crowd ofmen and boys and dogs to the numberof forty Most of the men were armedthe dogs ready to bite and the boys toyell Miss Judith stood under a true andtold her story and when it wax finishedthe constable looked about on the crowdand said

If this haint a clew then my ten yeanas a constable goes for nothing I wantyou all to take notice that It was mystepping here and giving the gal ptntersthat has resulted in the capture of thedesperates and dastardest criminal

annals of crimeThen the crowd moved on the garage

Rattles had been very quiet for the lasthalf hour There was a tonminute

as to whether holes should becut in the door and the prisoner shotdown without mercy or whether heshould be given a chance to surrenderand go to State prison for life It wasthe pleading of Miss Judith that decidedtoo constable in favor of the latter course

The question had just been settled whenWidow Long her son and two sistersarrived from the city and Fred proceededto take charge Under his directionswith the constable a good second and thegardener a shaky third the force wasformed in a crescent and the garage doorthrown open

Resistance to the law moans deathshouted the leader as he stepped backand made ready with his shotgun

There was no resistance Out from thesweat box in which he had been imprison-ed for hours came a demure and perspiring young man of eight end twenty Af-ter one long look at him Fred Longthrew uphie hands and gasped out

Holy smoke but its Paul StevensPaul Stevens the wealthy young bache-

lor and club nutn He had come down tolook ever the place which was for

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rected him wrongly Of the constable and his crowd departed ofPaul was introduced all around of coursehe stayed to dinner

The Agnew villa was not bought until ayear later though the prisoner carriedan option on It He wanteiTTb be sure ofa certain condition before buying andthat was announced several weeks sincehis to Judith Long

The garage now being erected on theplace will have telephonic communicationwith the house so that any one suddenlyand illegally and unlawfully imprisonedtherein may use the wire to vouch forhis identity and respectability

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Simoii Wolf Presents HisViews in Letter

PROHIBITION NOT WANTED

Protests Against the Enactment ofthe Proposed n nn Infringe-ment on the Rights of Citizens ofthe Dlwtrlct llcllcvcs Vote on theQuestion Should De Permitted

The following letter has been sent toChairman BabcOck of the House Conimittee on District Affairs

P bn ry B 1037

lion J W IkilK M O AVashlHetan D CMr Dear 3Ir Betxwek I hue beta n dc aware

of the fact that TJmwhr Rest te the room ofthe Dttrict Oraw4U at te CaptM there k t hea iMMfaj of the W Wr kill Ai It i barely pMiWe that I stall be prevented treat beigu Itake tIN liberty of brtagfog to yvnr and cem-

ffilttMs attentiflR the faikmin Meoc Mch I tareon Ute Mfejert to be stka ed before yes

Vnt A an Amcftam eittaen I protest ajaiwt-tto ttriwccMnt of mr pmeMl rights sad ttoH efm foUowdtiMMt f the District

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I ak you to retort Ute UN and rush itUrn Cover to th e act that the eitizem efft DfeUfet of CofemWa shall kaTe a ebMe of v t

tee for ef prafctbttfeR awl in Uwt ra a wInhibit the chvka of the departments from TOtiaff

of the repetiT State of Ute Union sad on State and

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tThMThe es fe had in UM Sta t at JI islea ad Kama k M renrhebafni jr aratagt prehfWtfew that he She mm mar rad In theState the pnfwhUfcm he decreased The mmber fthese aUrodtog pnhMe roaeal ha alto dterouedIn anetiwr criMe h been n the tnereMe and theiwrehate HniMr is eaftbr than k when remkisS hr hw In ether used pnWMtkn mtinhibitFourthOne the BkMtotiMM a to the

faatkhMaa of kcfctatk f tIde character k eeldewed by the aboJnktt of the amy canteen It ka well known and imfetehte fact that that fcgislaton VM brought attest ly by the Manor dealersthenwehw adJeMBt to the arwr they beingwed aware that the ahoNOon of the emtew wouldbring aneed oar army rrarda Rtou ant dfeorder hue

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of Ochanbk at the natapnt capital that which klaajirdcd aa one of the eesentiete of p kl life have

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completely converted aad felt oanSdcni that if tbtAmerican people could d ated to drink in amoderate sensible way that it wwW be a W M I S

instead of a curseEighthFinal Mr Chairman and gentlemen ot

the committee I ones more aree upon you to disre-

gard all questlona of BeaUment They bctewg to thehome and to the church There is wtaealtoiiIs to be Inculcated there is where the moral te-ams are to be received sad promulgated This qu

of prohibitien to ene of practical Utility Mencannot be restricted by taw They can pMnW I

by law The best of are teething or lossthan ewiidren in revolt against imposition M thepart cf any one The citkens of UM Dtetriet of Co-

lumbia happen to be most unfortunately situatedThey have no votes in their garenimeBt While smogairing the admirable qMalities of Cammketeaemsad recognizing the integrity of their admhtbUfttionnevertheless they fret and fuss under the mistertune af being nobodies IB Ute adfflintorattoH ofawn affairs The Rortraatent of the United Stattt-b formed on universal wffragt and ow eoswanKsshould be permitted to exercise that prieetws boonand privilege and as I here shady said ifiptMtion of prohibition M M paramount then let

majority of our decide sad whateverthat majority declare minority will bow JH ae-

qHietcene and no OM rfll regard It with re-

spect than myself as I believe in a goreni nt ofthe majority sad if that majority is wiosg dictato-rial ami aatvttt in legistathm then it behoovethe minority to bcgta a eamfttigii of education toortrrthrow the majority Do not Mr Chairmen ex-

periment with the woOl rights of the dtteattt af theDistrict of ColiunW any further We timeand again s C d wwkr the feaposilfoa on Ute picaf paying but the tax I for one would

rather pay all to be fret and nntampcnd in y-

judcment and opinions than te be wad theidlest f those who would impose hussies enthe plea of eonf erring benefits

Yowr very rineerelr SIMON WOLF

WILL VISIT WHITE HOUSE

Students of State Normal School ofIennHylviinla Costing Here

The graduating class of the WestChester State Normal School compris-ing about 266 students will reachWashington today They will remainthree days and visit the various gov-ernment buildings and Mount Versionand be presented to President Rooseveltby their principal The graduatingclass Is given this trip every butthe fact that there are three Filipinosamong the students who are being edu-cated by the Philippine governmentsinker the class of 97 especially inter-esting

Among them is Jose A Reyna son ofGen Felipe Reyna who distinguishedhimself in several revolutionary en-gagements and was killed by the Span-iards In Rulinao Zambales Province in195 before the American occupationof the island

Jove A Reyna possesses traits thathave endeared him to all who knowhim and hiss proved an excellent scholarfor whom a brilliant future 1 predicted

AMERICAN CONSUL DEAD

Harold Sheffield Van Baron lnwneAway at Nice France

The State yesterday re-

ceived a from the vice con-sul at Nice France announcing thedeath early Tuesday morning of theAmerican consul Harold Sheffield VanBra The cause or manner of hisdeath was not stated

Mr Van Bnren had been consul atNice for nearly test years he being oneof the fleet consular appointees ofPresident McKinley He was born inNew York City October i 1S 5 andwas graduated from the academic de-partment of Yale in 187 He first entered the government service af mar-shal of the consular court at KanagawaJapan from 1SS to 1SSS Followingthat he was for several years a prin-cipal engineer of the Boston and Albany Railroad at Springneld MassLater he moved to New Jersey wherehe became an important factor in Re-publican State politics and in June1S 7 he was appointed to the consularservice at Nice He was recognizedby the State Department as one of themost efficient consuls in the service

FROM WOMANSPOINT OF VIEWT-

he confession of a matron contains aninfallible recipe for contentment I haveso many duties that I cannot shirk sitetold a friend who wondered at the mar-

velous courage with which she took upeach days burdens and carried themthrough te the end I have learned tolove work that I once disliked sheadded after her guest had expressed anabhorrence of the petty tasks of every-day living Blessed woman She willand much more satisfaction In life thanIs possible to those who regard time spentin uncongenial duties as pure waste

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seeMS arrant nonsense to accept theInevitable In such a spirit The work frmost of us is cut out by fate and whenwe approach it with lagging steps thetime we must spend on It seems endlessThere Is only one good way in which todo anything and that Is to become ab-

sorbed In It end that is quite possible toanybody with a spark of grit It Is muchbetter to avoid work altogether then toslip through it and add discomfort 10 theburden of somebody else One ought tobt ashamed to take money for such half-Hearted

There is no sentiment in business thereean be none by force of circumstancesSentiment prompts one to peon over blun-ders and carelessness to the detriment

f the work which necessitates hiring theservices of others The woman who cando her own housework does not need

wages and lodge and feed a domestie te say nothing of standing the wasteand damage of careless workers It issentimental to pay 90 much if the workis nUt done In a satisfactory manner andtics husband of such a sentimental wom-an ha just cause for complaint becausehe bears the expense

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possibilities but she or he has the bestef rights to expect definite results fromdefinite compensation A young womanwho had risen from a humble position toone of responsibility by application towork on her own pert and patience intraining on the part of her employer sawan oppeutunity to double her salary bytreachery to the man to she owedher prosperity Without a thought forhis Interests site took the chance andwhoa the Inevitable exposure came siteescaped the welldeserved punishment ofdismissal because she worked upon thesympathy of the man

Finding that easy she made anotherfalse step with disastrous results to thebusiness The man deserved it for for-getting this lack of harmony between sen-

timent and business and the girl deserved her downfall because she brought-it about She has never amounted toanything since in a business way andno other girl is worth her salt when shegets through her tasks with the smallestexpenditure of strength and interest Themeanest kind of work has a glory aJl itsown when it represents the best effortsOf which one is capable

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Ti men and women who stay on inthe same positions or perhaps a higherposition in the same kind of work arethose who have a liking for their tasksand perform them conscientiously Theyare of n distinct value to the world andare gladly paid for it It Is the senti-mentalist who works mischief in theranks of toilers who makes inferior worknot only possible but of distressing fre-quency and who tries the soul of theperson with a healthy sense of fairnessFor talk as you will we have everyright to the worth of our money eachpenny of it aETTY BHADtEN

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25cto100Independent of the Theatrical TrustTHE ONLY MUSICAL SHOW IX TOWN

JAMES T POWERSI-n the Exhilarating Military Musical Success

THE BLUE MOONCompany of I mistiat Excellence

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GUY STANDINGA-ND

ODETTE TYLERI-n the Stirring Drama of Western Life

THE LOVE ROUTE

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The return to the city during the com-

ing week ot Guy Standing who will appear in th play of Western Ute TheLove Rout with Miss Odette Tylerought to Insure a big week at the Balesco Guy Standing originated the role ofJohn Ashby hi The Love Route im-

mctfiateir after the dose of his last sum-mer neneon In Chtcng sad NewYork play was welt reodTed and thejoint run In both cities totaled almostsix months In November the Messrs-

Shnbert needed Mr Standing to star withMiss Lena Ashwefl In Mrs Danes De-

fense In response to the many requestsreceived however special arrangementshave been made whereby Mr StandingwW appear In his old part for the corning only HIS role W that ofbighearted broadminded type of scanand is mild to suit his individual style toa remarkable degree Miss Tyler willbe seen as Atttone Houston the youngTexas girl who lights the railroad andwith the assistance of her cowboys pre-

vents the latter from crossing her ranchThe tale of The Love Route is said tobe particularly interesting and is foundedon facts within the knowledge of EdwardPent the author who also wrote ThePrince Chap An excellent east will support the two stars and win include OliveMay of Anuses ferns J M MarloweHarry Northrop George Woodward Wal-

ter Thomas and others

After an absence of several seasonsWflHam Gillette will return to Washington next week under the management ofCharles Frohman in the authoractorscomedydrama Clarice This is a Quietsimple domestic comedy In four arts

almost entirely to the developmentOf a pretty love story in which a youngdoctor and his ward are concerned MrGillette plays the doctorlover said tobe one of tits stoat interesting charactersin which he has appeared with ampleopportunities for the exercise of his wellknown comedy abilities Mr Gillettesleading lady this season is Miss MarieDero said to beautiful end as tal-

ented she is charming Otiier com-petent players in the company are Fran-cis Carlyle Adelaide Prince L cttie LaVerne Frank Bttrbeck Stokes SullivanS Kodama and B Mars

KeUars entertainment of magic in storethan one prominent feature is said to beunusually attractive The very latestmystery the famous magician wilt intro-

duce to his Washingtoq admirers Mondaynight at the Columbia Theater is a dis-

appearance act styled The Witch theSailor and the Enchanted Monkey thatoccupies thirty mlijutes Paul Valadonthe clever English manipulator who te-

KeUars associate visited England lastsummer in search of novelties and hen anumber to present coming week MrKeller talks of retiring after this seasonand it may be that the coming week willmark the famous magicians last publicappearance In this city

Chases eight polite vaudeville novelties next week will be heajied by theStiernuinDe Forest Company in A JayCircus This Is a cnering arena withBillie Andrus lighting mule Maud asone of the star features It is said tosweep the audience off Its feet In atorrent of laughter Other offerings willbe the Zingari opera troupe of Romanysingers Melville Ellis the comediancomposer in a planorogu Crane Broth-

ers in Mud town Lockup Dora Mar-

tini Mullen and Corelli Fredo and Dareand Lady Baffles motion pictures

Blckel Watson and Wrothe are saidto near a mirth trust laTots Dick and Harry the melange of

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Woods is now starring them for a secondseason Bickel Watson end Wrothe inthe past two seasons have leaped wellto the front In popular musical comedyand Mr Woods it is said has given themthe finest setting In vehicle companychorus and scenery that money couldobtain They will be at the Majestic

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COLUMBIAFRANK CALDWELL TRAVELOGUES

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The Land of old 2T Ow the bag Dog TiallWith ELI MM1TH aiui iiis Teats of

Alaskan Dogs arid WolvesTicket 1 7Sr Mr and Be Hlass at T Arthur

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POLOTheater for a week bestowing FebruaryI-S with matinees Monday Wednesdayand Saturday

Two newly painted acts of beautifulscenery a full complement of gorgeousnew wardrobe a score of gay handsom-rolllckmg chorus girls Charles J Burkhardt man with the funny slide

a doaen other capable people artpromfced with the Mien New York Jrbartesejuers who appear next atthe Now Lyceum Theater Many patronof the Lyceum have pleasant recollections-of former visits here by this troupe

The lecture to be given by Mr DwightKlraendorf at the National Theater 01Monday afternoon next will be on Scot-land Special attention is paid to t eplaces made familiar by Burns and ScottThe lecture boRis at Glasgow leads onto Lanark the locale of Old Mortalityand then proceeds to Melrose Abbey andAbbotsfbrd the home of Scott The journey from Glasgow to Edinburgh isstrongly reminiscent of Rob Roy and

The Legend of Montrose

At the Columbia Theater next Wednes-day afternoon February 20 Mr FrankCaldwell traveler author and lecturerwill begin his aeries of illustrated trave-logues Beyond the Klondike Thesewill be Illustrated with several hundrs er opticon views made from photo-graphs taken by Mr and Mrs Caldwellwhite they were traveling the frozensolitudes of the North No story of thefarthest North would be complete without proper mention of the faithful andhardworking dogs without whose as-

sistance it would be almost impossiblefor mankind to exist la that vast wildernest Therefore an added feature to thetravelogues will be appearance ofEli Smith one of the best knownmashers or United States mail car-

riers of Alaska who wilt take part inthe performances with his team ofand wolves which he Is now drving ailUM way from Nome Alaska to Wash-ington

WORN AWAY BY HUMAN HANDS

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The touch of thousands of humanHands for more than a score of yearsevery week day in the year has wornaway a portion of one of the exhibitsof wood at the Smithsonian InstitutionThe exhibit In question te a carreta orox wagon and stands in the eastef the institution The part of the ax i

that has been worn away simply bythe admiring touch of thousands ofvisitors protrudes several feet

easily reached The wonderfulsmoothness of the wood which hasslowly but surely bees worn away isthe result

The old ox wagon is made entirely ofcottonwood and is without a singlepiece of metal It was built by PueblIndians and Is the style used in NewMexico and Arizona The design if thatintroduced in this country by the

many years ago It is a clumsyaffair with two wheels that are farfrom betn round For many genera-tions however this sort of cart has an-swered the purpose of transportation-for the Pueblo Indian as well a othertribes

Th axle that has been worn away isdirectly under the sign giving an A-ccount of the origin and history of theox wagon While rending nearly everysightseer rests his hand upon the woodperhaps does a little knocking for goodluck and perchance picks a splinterAnyway the axle end has been wornaway and today is as smooth and asshiny as a billiard bell

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