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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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