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wvsjk I JIv tHK WASHINGTON POST TUESDAY APRIL 30 1907 rJ vjA tV THIRD TERM BUGABOO Politicians Declare President Should End Talk IS HUBTING HIS OWN FBEENDS Leaden Say Agitation May Cause Failure of Roosevelt to Dominate Convention and Repudiation of Taft Opposition Hints Occupant of White House Likes Quarters Too Well to Leave There is a rapidly growing conviction axnong politicians known for their sagacity and foresight that the President will commit a serious tactical error If he falls to put an end In the near future to the third term talk tbat is now belnjr heaid In many parts of the country and whose echoes are constantly audible In Washington On the night of the election in November 1904 the President announced In un equivocal language that he would not ac DICK CLAIMS COMMITTEE Says Assertion It Will Be for Taft Is Without Foundation Senator Dick left for Ohio last evening and will remain there indefinitely When his attention was called to a dispatch from Cincinnati that the Taft people now claim a majority of the members of the Republican State central committee he said the claim was without substantial foundation At the last State convention the committee stood 14 to 7 In favor of the Senatorial alliance and he expressed the positive opinion that this ratio had not been changed materially and would not be changed It was learned yesterday that the Indiana men who went to Jamestown last week to attend the opening of the exposition failed to obtain any pledges of support for Vice President Fairbanks CANNOTTAND PRESIDENT TALK Speaker Discusses Politics but Declines to Tell Secrets FOILED BY ROOSEVELT Plans for Anti administration Planks Blocked PENEOSE mST TO RECANT Move to Make John Elkins State Leader Brings Pennsylvania Senator Into Line Kean and Crane Said to Be in Alleged Conspiracy Likely to Find Bombs Ready for Them SpecUl to The Washington Port New York April 29 A Washington special to the Brooklyn Dally Eagle says President Roosevelt has piked the trlcta That means that there will be no primaries to determine which of the rivals la to have the States delegation It also eans that there will be a divided delegation for neither can carry every district In the State Bpth sides say they can carry a large majorttyof the district of the State but as a matter of fact It Is entirely too early to forecast with any degree of accuracy what will happen In most of the districts There are about four which are so lopsided in sentiment as between Fosaker and Taft that It would require a cyclone to alter them These are about evenly divided Every other district In the State is flighting ground Each district too will be battle scarred for the conflict will wage everywhere State WfflBe Divided It would seem therefore that the State will go to the next national convention divided In Its allegiance as between the Roosevelt candidate whether he be Mr Taft or the President himself and Foraker The most noteworthy Incident of the last week is the extreme activity of the labor organizers For some time it has been felt by the Taft men that organized labor would accept Mr Baft as the Roosevelt candidate even In spite of the OPENING WIGHT AT THEATERS morrow for his home In Danville I1L TAKES PRESIDENT AT WORD West Virginian Thinks Third Term Not to Be Considered cept another nomination That he was Exposition and will leave to day or to sincere In that declaration those who know him best have no doubt and when it has been intimated to him that it might he well worth repeating it he has taken the position that repettion would be superfluous inasmuch as the country should take him at his word But now a situation is fast developing which seems to render It important that he speak out again not Just now perhaps but within the next few months Continued and persistent silence on his part may result in the opinion of certain astute politicians In the miscarriage of his evident purpose to exert a dominating Influence over the next Republican National Convention May Hurt Secretary Taft It may even result these men think In his failure to distate the nomination of Secretary Taft or any other man he Another politician who takes the Presi eventually may choose to put forward as dent at his word when he says he will the administration candidate The ef not be a candidate fora third term called fervescence concerning a third term is at je white House yesterday He was not so displeasing to other aspirants for Congressman Harry Woodyard of the the nomination as it at first seemed and Fourth West Virginia district who is as the average man might suppose On chairman of the West Virginia State Rethe contrary other candidates are com niihliean Committee Mr Woodyard Is Snoalrer Cannon had a talk with the Proion vMtM diLv the White House I guns of certain big political leaders lnffapt thn TTrt fiii While it Is understood political matters Eastern Republican States who were judge Mr Taft to jafl A strlnsJ of were under discussion the Speaker de laying plans to have anti Roosevelt unicm men In the famous Debs strike clined to make any statement concerning i resolutions adopted in coming State Tne Taft ieaders safia that lat0r what he and the President talked about I conventions The President got wind not 1Jke that actlon bm that they were The Speaker came East this trip solely of the scheme quickly knocked it in jthe wining to risk the War Secretary on the to attend the opening or me jameswwnj word or the President In other words Representative Woodyard Declares Taft Sentiment Is Strong and Grows Stronger in His State mencing to appraise It as an asset In the beginning it distressed them considerably inasmuch as it appeared to affect the progress of the quiet canvasses they had entered upon It was a shadow in their pathway wherever they went But now they consider it something of a ray of sunshine They are of the opinion that the longer the third term talk continues the better will be the chance of some man not especially favored by Mr Roosevelt capturing the nomination in 1908 They have reached ttje rational conclusion that the voters of the country are not ready to trample upon the cherished tradition established by Washington when he refused to be a candidate for a third term more than a century ago Consequently these men are willing that the third term talk concerning ihe Presl dentshall go on Their theory Is that the longer it lasts the more probable it Is that there will Be a revulsion of rjublic sentiment against Mr Roosevelt which should materially diminish Ms potentiality at the next convention if not reduce it to the vanishng point In this connection it Is appropriate to call attention to the fact that when one asks the average politician who is interested in the candidacy of a man not fa ored with the Presidents how he interprets this third term hurrah that is sweeping over various sections of the country ho replies in a tone designed to be significant Oh Roosevelt Is working for a third term while appearing to desire the nomination of Secretary Taft He Is trying to mix things up in Ohio and everywhere else so as to make himself the logical candidate It Is astonishing how often one hears this remark or something akin thereto and invariably it is made by a man who Is constitutionally or politically opposed to the Presidents picking the nominee A score of Senators and Representatives hae spoken thus within the last few days Some of tbem wish to see Vice President Fairbanks nomnaiea ouiwio prefer Speaker Cannon and others still faor the nomination of the type of man that the Presidents friends characters as a reactionarj Candidates Are Willing Already the effect of the third term talk is becoming noticeable The Chicago Tiibune than which there has been no stancher Roosevelt organ In the country came out with a vigorous editorial a few dajs ago against a third term for Mr Roosevelt One of the leading Republican newspapers of West Virginia also an araent supporter of the President has taken a similar stand Whether these editorial utterances were inspired by the suspicion that the President actually was maneuvering for another nomination only the writers thereof are able to say But It is not difficult to see that if the impression spreads that Mr Roosevelt ultimately would not be adverse to accepting the nomination In lS despite his declaration of two and a half years ago there may be more editorials of a similar character It Is not to be supposed that other candidates for the nomination and their friends will attempt to quiet the Impression for the reason as has been explained that they hae come to the conclusion that it Is bound to react against the President Consequently the farsighted unprejudiced politicians believe Mr Rooseveit will realize the Importance of making another declaration such as he did on th night of the last election In order to free himself from the handicap described iniinni to the oDlnlon tnat tne yaii sentiment among the people of his Stale Is stronger than that manifested thus far for any other person named in connection with the nomination If President Roosevelt would consent to run for a third term I have no doubt he would carry West Virginia said Mr Woodyard as he was leaving the White House But he continued the people of my State take him at his word that under no circumstances win he be a candidate or accept another nomination Therefore they will give their support to some man who represents the policies of the President Secretary Taft has the call In my own district If not elsewhere in the State The sentiment is very strong for him for a number of reasons The people believe he represents the ideas of the administration more thoroughly than any other man so far mentioned for the Republican nomination The opposition to the Presidents policies has not agreed upon any candidate and this lack of concentration will result in much greater strength for Secretary Taft Frank Tyree formerly one of the Secret Service men attached to the White House and now United States marshal for West Virginia also was a visitor at the White House Marshal Tyree naturally is an enthusiastic Roosevelt man The State is on fire for the President for a third term said Marshal Tyree Republicans and Democrats alike are for him but if the President will not take it West Virginia will be for Taft with whoop Officeholders evidently are getting In line nicely OHIO VOICE SHOUTS TAFT of his own which promise to result thv tm disastrously for a trio of influential dent t0 cajTy Mr Taft oyer the gnoas United States Senators beef however nas Deen shattered Word came to the White House from by the Moyer Haywood Debs discussion a reliable quarter a short time ago that and now the gtate ls aJve wUh labo otea reurue gtV leaders actively at work against Mr had fixed up a game by which the Pres Taft howino Tinstllltv to Mr Tnns Ident was to be given a stiff body blow WILLING TO LOSE HAGERMAN President Accepts Resignation of Governor of New Mexico Forthwith A letter was sent from the executive offices yesterday accepting forthwith the resignation of Herbert Hagerman as governor of New Mexico This means it is said that the resignation will be accepted as soon as the Presidents letter reaches Gov Hagerman NO CHANCE FOR SENATOR Thirty eighth Ballot of Wisconsin Re publican Caucus Unavailing Madison Wlr April 29 Three ballots were taken in the Republican Senatorial caucus to night without any materia change In th alignment of last week The result of the thirty eighth ballot was Cooper 16 Esch 15 Hatten 12 Lenroot 16 Stephenson 18 Winkler 2 Bancroft 8 MAY MOVING Purfly Your Promise Disinfection Moat Important Lawyer Thinks However State Wants to Keep Senator Foraker A voice from Ohio echoed the Taft sentiment of that State at the White Houso yesterday It was the voice of A Miller a lawyer of Bellefontaine who told the newspaper men how enthusiastic the people were for Taft and how easily the Secretary would have things his own way in the primaries There is however said Mr Miller by way of hedging a widespread sentiment In Ohio against shelving Senator Fo aker as a Senator and there is much discussion as to how best the issues of the Presidency and the Senatorshlp may be separated Secretary Taft is very strong in the State Just now and his friends do not see why he should lose any strength HITCH OVEE SANDERS JOB Burkharts Friends Discuss Collectorship with President There seems to be some sort of a hitch in naming the successor to Collector of Internal Revenue Sanders of the Western district of New York the personal friend of former Representative Wads worth who resigned under pressure from the White House It was supposiJ that former Mayor Burkart of Batavia backed by pres ntative Peter Porrv am Frederick Stevens superintendent of public works of New York who was the chief instrument In defeating Mr Wads worth had been determined upon and tnat bs appointment would have Deen nnde before this Thcfe two men however appear to feel easy over the matter and came ta Washington jesterday for a talswih the Pic ldert about the case iiitf cllned to discuss tnc matter as tbtf lot vle Whte Houe It ls understid tint Representative Vreland whose Cor tarsal tal district ls in the same coll tlsn district has a man whom he is upon tne President CONSIGNED TO DIPLOMAT aei Inti Disinfect as well as dean the house or apartment you move Into The fArnr occupants may have left the germs of ecme disease furtry every suspicious spot with Piatts Chlorides It Is an odorless colorless liquid disinfectant which Instantly destroys foul odors and disease breeding matter When diluted with ten parts of water for household use it costs less than 5 cents a quart Sold everywhere In quart bottles Prepared only by Henry Piatt A booklet with valuable sanitary information regarding contagious and Infectious diseases and a brochure entitled Health Economy will be mailed free on writing to Cliff street New York Steerage Passenger Proves to Be Retainer of Italian Embassy Unusual attention was paid to Paole Apalonl a steerage passenger on the Kalian steamship Sannio which arrived In New York Sunday Immigration author ities permitted him to leave the vessel without the usual examination to which aliens are subjected at Ellis Island and his personal belongings were not examined by customs officers Apalonl came on the Sannio as the personal attache to the first secretary of the Italian Embassy at Washington Commander Montagna The first secretary had requested he State Department to watch out for the young man on the Sannio but the Federal authorities were not prepared to find a man consigned to an erribassy traveling in the steerage of an Italian steamsip A carriage was provided by the government and the young man was taken to a Pennsylvania train on which he departed for Washington Cupid on Behind From the Chicago Newt The old horse Jogged lazily along the moonlit road with the reins swaying idly In the breeze Do be careful George whispered the pretty girl Why you actually remind me of an absent minded actor In what way my dear asked George Why you have forgotten your lines George laughed That may be my dear and in this comedy I am too busily engaged to notice a prompter And then the old horse lifted his head and winked at the moon at the convention which the Republl cans of that State will hold the first week in June Penroses scheme was to have resolutions passed denouncing as unwise the public agitation for wtilch the President is responsible condemning the tendency on the part of the Executive to meddle with affairs and calling for the nomination by the Republican party of a safe sane and conservative candidate for President in 190S It was the intention to endorse Knox for the nomination as embracing the qualities needed In a President President Takes Action As soon as this news reached the President he set about for fixing it He made up his mind to declare war on Penrose at once and as the first step it was agreed that John ElkinS was to be put State leader in place of Penrose It was plainly Intimated that the White House Influence would be behind Elkins Penrose was so badly frightened by this sudden development that hei capitulated He has promised friends of th President that the State convention will commit no act of hostility toward the President There will be no condemnation of the Presidents policies and it is also declared that no Knox boom will be launched So fierce was the White House onslaught on Penrose that the latter has agreed to have the State convention Indorse the administration of President Roosevelt There Is much satisfaction In official circles today at the complete manner in which this anti Roosevelt conspiracy was nipped In the bud The President has heard also that similar plans are on foot in New Jersey and Massachusetts It is understood that Senator John Kear is responsible for the intention to take a fall out of the President when the New Jersey State Republican convention meets The President has been Warned of what is under way and Is prepared to take such steps as may be necessary to expose the plot and confound the conspirators Brane and Kean Hostile In Massachusetts Senator Murray Crane is supposed to be the anti Roosevelt plot ter Such at least is the news that has come to the White House where its ac curacy Is not doubted Both Crane and Kean are closely Identified with the cor poration interests of the States which they represent and both have deplored the aggressive public policies wnicn the President has advocated It has been gen erally supposed that Crane and the President are fast friends but according to information of the most reliable character the former is now working with interests decidedly hostile to the President The White House Is unusually resource ful in checking movements of its enemies and in the near future it ls expected that a few bombs will be exploded under Senators Crane and Kean Superintendent of Public Works Frederick Stevens and Representative elect Peter A Porter spent half an hour with the President to day discussing the political situation in Northern New York Neither man would talk for publication about what transpired at the Whlto House Ohio Republicans Waiting Columbus Ohio SpecUl to New York Trtbun Until Ohio Republicans learn whether or not President Roosevelt will seek a third term it will be Impossible for either the Taft or the Foraker boomers to win them This fact has become more apparent this week than ever heeause of the growing Impression that the President really seeks a renominatlon This feeling has gradually crept into Ohio Politicians here have been slow to accept the theory generally held in the East that Mr Roosevelt would be willing to break one more precedent establish one more high water mark and make a new record for length of service in the White House But if the Ohio men have been slow in accepting the theory they have shown a tendency to cling to it since it has reached the State and now the forces of both Foraker anl Taft are harassed by the developments and annoyed by the promise of a three cornered flght Strong Roosevelt Sentiment There Is unmistakably a strong Roose velt sentiment In the State and there are many Republicans who would rather see President Roosevelt have another term than to see a son of the State in the White House And it is also apparent to any one who follows the drift of politics that there is little to the Taft movement except the Roosevelt popular ity Were Mr Taft not considered tha Roosevelt candidate he could not muster a corporals guard in the State He is viciously opposed by organized labor whose leaders are now in the field against him his stand on the canteen question has won for him the hostility of the Anti Saloon League which powerful organization threw the State against Her rick at the last election for governor he is opposed by the negro voters 400U0 strong and he is opposed by the State organization an amalgamation or the old machine Hanna built to make Mr Mr Klnley President and the Foraker men who have maintained their organization since the senior Senator was in the governors chair Fighting such opposition as this is no small task for a man even of Mr Tafts size and If Mr Roosevelt were to become a candidate or if the Impression should grow that really after all Mr Taft was not the Roosevelt condldate and the man whom the President has selected as his own successor then Mr Taft must drop from consideration as a possibility Taft Men Rely on President The Taft men however stoutly maintain in their talks for publication that at the proper time the President will declare again that he will under no circumstances accept another nomination that he favors Mr Taft for the Presidency and that he desires that the Secretary have the support not only of the Ohio delegation but the support of the Presidents friends everywhere There ls no attempt among the Foraker Dick men to deny that such a statement if it should be made would have a powerful effect But they express doubt that the President will make the statement They say they have absolute confidence that the President really seeks another nomination and that when that stage In the fight is reached Mr Taft will drop out of sight From present Indications the flght In the State will go up to the Congress dls Taft and showing hostility to Mr Roosevelt and everything which has the sanction of the President Ohio is a union labor State The labor In lines of industry where unionism is applied Is largely amalgamated with the labor organizations The coal miners all union men control no fewer than six of the Congressional districts and the present temper of these workers If it ls allowed to continue till the time for the selection of national delegates will have a telling effect PRESIDENT WILL SPEAK Agrees to Make a Brief Stop at Anderson Ind Former Gov Durbln of Anderson Ind visited the President yesterday to urge him to make a short stop at AndeYson on his way from Indianapolis after his memorial day speech to Lansing Mich where the President will deliver an address on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the Mich igan Agricultural College Anderson is one hours ride from the State capital and as he leaves Indianapolis at 6 oclock In the evening Mr Roosevelt has promised to shop and make a Gov Durbin says he ls out of politics but asserted that Indiana would be for Fairbanks for the Presidential nomina tion What the strength of Mr Fairbanks might be in other States Gov Durbm did not profess to know It will be remembered that when Gov Duibln was In Washington last during the closing hours of Congress he gave out an Interview published In The Post that was construed to be hostile to Fairbanks as he then declared the people of Indiana were for President Roosevelt for another term BUTTONS OF UNDESIRABLES Will Be in Evidence in New York Moyer Haywood Parade Sreclal to The Washington Post New York April 29 Labor union members who are to parade In this city next Saturday and then havea meeting at the Grand Central Palace to protest against the arrest and trial of Moyer and Hay wood on the charge of murdering ex Gov Frank Steunenbferg of Idaho are all expected to wear campaign buttons bearing the legend I am an undesirable citizen Thousands of these buttons have been prepared by the Socialistic Literature Company and are now awaiting distribution The Workingmens Singing Societies will while away the time during the march by singing Are They Going to Hang My Papa words and music written for the occasion and already bound in black covers The socialist song writer is Owen Spendthrift His picture is on the blacK cover of his song with name and address underneath and it is the likeness of a most prosperous appearing person In spite of his name and ballad which In part follows ARK THET GOING TO HANG MY PAPAt Comrades can rou tell me what flag It ls that aTce The speaker thus addressed a mottey crowd Where law protects the millionaire to be obejred by stares Woe a murmur then In chorus long and loud fen neettng was assembled the miners all were there Uxor protest resolutions had been read Through that tempest confusion came a child with golden hair And sobbing thus so pleadingly she said CHORUS Are they going to hang my papa Hes Innocent I know He never could do any wrong he is so gsod and true It surely will kill dear mamma and break my heart in two Are they going to hang my papa pleads this babe with fyes of blue Tearful with emotion he raised ore bony hand The pleading child the speaker gaunt and tall So silent lnJhls movements like a spirit In command Till the calm of death spread oer that crowded hall Arouse ye slaves awaken What will your answer be Are we union men to suffer every wrong If they murder honest Haywood they will have to murder me Then rang a voice above that mighty throng Chorus LABOR MEN CONDEMN MINERS fjpnree Dunn the president and sev eral other officers tf the Brotherhood of Boilermakers Iron Shipbuilders and Helpers were In conference with the President yesterday seeking to have an equalization and revision of wages made at all the navy yards such as has already been provided for at some of them The matter Will De laKen up uy me na board having charge of the compensation of employes The visitors It was said officially at the White House voluntarily expressed to the President their approval of his recent letter concerning the Moyer Haywood affair to whom the President had referred as undesirable citizens Talks Railroads with President President Roosevelt had an extended conference yesterday with Brown senior ice president of the New York Central Railroad Mr Brown was averse to saying anything about his talk witjt the President but admitted that he hud talked a little about the railroad situation with Mr Roosevelt National Noah Ark Last nights audience at the National Theater rose doubtfully at the end of Noahs Ark and departed from the play house with uncertainty written on their features By careful examination of the programme they had established the fact that the entertainment was concluded But why It was concluded no one seemed prepared to say It was additional proof of the value of programmes for which some members of the audience at least were decidedly thankful Which leads up to the opinion that the new comic opera or comical musical ex travaganza as It ls designated by the management lacks coherency of plot and lucidity of climax If by dodging the ap pellation comic opera the management wishes to hold itself blameless for the lack of any semblance of plot a review of the performance must be confined to the amount of entertainment provided by the Lee Rod Amusement Company as a seasonseason end starring vehicle for Harry Bulger Noahs Ark furnishes its auditors with some decidedly pleasing music It gives Harry Bulger an opportunity to exploit his aptitude for slap stick comedy wlrrch undoubtedly pleases many people who visit the theater It gives Sally Fisher the attractive prima donna who sang her way Into popularity in tho Dearie song of Sergeant Brue several songs in which she showed herself Irf good voice It presents a hard working chorus that can count a number of pretty young women who appear to advantage in the tight fitting knee trousers of a cadet uniform And last night It seemed to make a decided hit with the ma jority of the audience The songsthat proved most popular were Bulgers Reincarnation Sallie Fishers Wilderness My Very Own Rosebud and Down by the Sea Stanley Fordes My Castle in the Air and Maida Snyders Where Did You Get Your Chapeau and Mary Come Down The first act of Noahs Ark ls rather a sad affair The performance is materially improved during the second act The opinion was expressed last nigh by several experienced persons that the material existed from which a good performance could be whipped into shape It Is possible but the task will not prove a light one Most of the Jokes were timely a month or two ago By next season fcay will have to give way to something more up to date Harry Bulger appears to better advantage than he did in The Man From Now that dreary affair that appeared in Washington a month or two ago At times he is indisputably funny In Justice to Mr Bulger it must be said that he makes the most of his lines and evidently interpolates some better ones of his own Sallie Fisher is quite as charming as when she appeared here last with Frank Daniels But she has no song that equals those she sang In Sergeant Brue and the lines without music intrusted to her are as uninteresting as they are unimportant Maida Snyder dances and sirJgs well In the role of Tessie Teaser and is an important unit in the successful moments of the entertainment The feature of the performance is the music which though never altogether catchy is pleasing and of rather a higher order than is usually heard in the musical comedies The costumes are very handsome and the settings are adequate Ben Greets Everyman One could as easily find pleasure In an evening spent at a performance of The Kreutzer Sonata as at Everyman Regardless of the excellence of the impersonation and the truthful presentation of the fifteenth century morality play Everyman is a dolorous theatrical novell void of any smiles or thrills of excite ment ecstasy or pathos As a lesson in the development of the Erglish drama the Ben Greet players are due a vote of thanks from an all too lgnorant public but for affording their audience an entertainment last nights bereflt performance for the Prisoners Aid and City Missionary Work at Continental Hall was a negative quantity When Everyman was first presented In Washington Miss Edith Wynne Mat ttewson appeared in the title role Last night the part was In the hands of Milton Rosmer who gave an excellent performance bringing to the part a masculine strength and dignity which fujly atoned for the more highly developed art and feeling found In Miss Matthewsons portrayal Miss Agnes Scott in the minor role of Knowledge sustained the reputation which she won in Washington last year when she appeared to such excellent advantage as Beatrice and as the Portias of Julius Caesar and The Merchant of Venice Mr Greet was not in the cast last night The minor roles were In the hands of Svbll Thorndike Olive Noble Lucia Cole Mlllicent Erricson Fred Sargent Sydney Greenstreet Frank McEntree Fritz Iei ber Percy Warram Russell Thorndike John OBrien 3rengle Hare Henry Fearing Allen Leiber Eugene Cleves and William Harding AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS The Masonic Fair of 1907 Will Close with a Grand Promenade Concert AND BALL TO BE GIVEN Thursday Evening May 2 af Convention Hail Under the Management of the Board of Control FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE New MasonicTemple BuildingFund Fifty Pieces of Music Tickets admitting gentleman and one lady 100 Additional ladies 50c each Doors Open at 8 oclock Dancing 9 to 12 oclock SPECIAL NOTICES NOTICE UNITED 8TATES ELECTRIC UGHT lns ComDMY Improrement Debenture Bonds and Certificates of Indebtedness maturing Mar 1 1MT will be paid on said date br the American Security and Trust Co Washington Interest ceases on said date POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER CO By MARLOW Treasurer April 80 H07 ap iSKL advantage In the role of the Cambodian Columbia The Gingerbread Man The Gingerbread Man a fanciful falryesque In two acts opened a weeks engagement at the Columbia last night Some one slipped a lemon Into the recipe and a lemon being no part of a gingerbread receipts It was handed to the audi ence Frederic Ranken aad A Baldwin Sloan are those to whom the piece is attributed and they have taken foe material out of which to construct a comic opera the characters of Mother Goose and a few from Grimms Fairy Tales The result ls Indeed a comic opera From the standpoint of legitimate construction and rational unfolding of a central theme worthy of serious consideration the effort ls unspeakably bad Taken as a vehicle for the exploitation of specialty work and eccentric make ups it is a brilliant success There are bright spots a few catchy songs and numerous laughs during the action but they come apart from the emaciated story the two acts are made to tell What plot there 13 consists of Jack Horners endeavors to marry Mazie Bon Bon who afterward becomes the Princess Sugar Plum The princess was originally the plum pulled from the Christmas pie when Jack was enjoying a leisure moment In the corner poking around In the pastry for prize packages Mackavallus Fudge with his black art and third rate curses turned the plum Into Mazie with whom Jack becomes insanely Infatuated Jack was evidently very miich for that particular plum regardless On the day set for the wedding old Fudge the black hand Individual guesses hell do another Hermann act and make Mazie over again at the same time removing from her mind all memory of Jack Its one of his easy tricks Then the plot is droppci like a hot coal until the finale of the last I act when Jack captures the Plum Mazle Prlncess Lady and becomes king of all he surveys and a considerable portion of Santa Claus Land that never was surveyed Eddie Redway plays the title role as well as any one could be expected to Interpret a piece of cake he dances much better than tne ordinary Daicer gooas xhe central national bank of washinq Wlllani Rpllerv in the nart of Macka TON CITT located at Washlnston nia TTnrlirft nrnfiwnr nt th black art leni nt0 TOluntarr liquidation for the purpose oC Fn on hour earlier yalius Fudge proiessor or tne DiacK art 0nB0lMtlBg wUh NAtI0NMj og ra eBt 1O0KS llKe an evil omen dui uses a lairiy WASHINGTON All note holdeis snd other er4 Wt vamWn hiioh fajnp 1 nlaved rfled t0 the notes and other claims for par Wise Of Dram Die Dusn rame IS piayea DJ ment t0 NATIONAL BANK WASHINGTON A RUFF Cashier Dsted March JO 1907 AMTJSEMEHTS Wall Paper and Draperies tor Summer Homes and Cottages NRICHARDS 1330 STREET i Let us Ire rou an es tlmate Our prices are I low We send our work men anywhere we undertake the entire Job Larxe assortment of new strllsh I Wall Paper Cretonnes PACK EVERYTHING Manahan3 Mothproof Bags Morrison Paper Co 1C09 Pa are and 401 03 05 Elerenth at YOU want to be safe from moths this summer In rMANA HANS MOTH PROOF BAGS and TAR PAPER Let us hvra rour order at once FRESH STOCK recently received LOWEST PRICES Belasco De Wolf Hopper in Wang That tuneful old Wang has not lost Its hold on the popular favor was attested by the size and enthusiasm of the audience which witnessed the performance of the De Wolf Hopper Opera Company at the Belasco last night The gigantic De Wolf himself was as grotesquely funny as ever as the Siamese regent Wang his supporting company ably seconds his funmaking and the opera has been refurbished with new numbers and new jokes which add to Its Interest Mr Hoppers role remains one of his greatest successes He Invests it with a drollery which is irresistibly funny His song The Man with an Elepthant on His Hands and the scenes of his unconventional wooing of the widow Fremousse were enthusiastically applauded He was of course compelled to recite that time honored classic of the diamond Casey at the Bat As Mataya the crown prince little Marguerite Clark won the allegiance of the audience Her pocket Venus type of Drettines8 and cleverness as a com edienne made her performance a decided treat In the familiar Pretty Girl she was especially pleasing Uuy Bartlett was exceedingly runny as FeDat tne keeper of the royal elephant who acts a Dumper ior tne in numor of his royal master William Danforth ab Col KODert tYlcasse Wangs rival for tne hand of the widow Fremousse was a capable second to Mr Hopper John Hend ricks fine voice was heard to excellent envoy He was compelled to repeat his solo My Land Miss Florence Martin was Dleaslne as Marie the sweetheart of Mataya The remainder of the supporting company was excellent TRY IT IN YOUR BATH SCRUBBS Mollient Ammonia A DELIGHTFUL PREPARATION Refreshing as a Turkish Bath Invaluable for Toilet Purposes Splendid Cleansing Preparation for the Hair Removes Stains and Grease Spots from Clothing Allays the Irritation Caused by Mosquito Uites Unexcelled for Cleansing the FingerNails Restores the Color to Carpets Cleans Plate and Jewelry Softens Hard Water So Vivifying after Motoring and other Sports Used by all the Royalties of Europe At Grocers and Druggists 25c per largo bottle Scrunbd Co Ltd 465 Greenwich Street New TerK Mack It ls difficult to see Jut where the wisdom comes in but as this character furnishes much of the comedy it probably lies in being foolish Ros3 Snow with a horrible visage mosqulto bar skirt of appalling brevity and no visible means of support assumes the character of the Good Fairy He or rather she says shes the Hoboken Ferry which may be true Judging from graceful movements and classic outlines One of the best portrayals in the piece was I Zedas Fiery Dragon The dragon with awful mobile lamp eyes crawled across the staze twice most realistically and emitted real flames from Its nostrils that were convincing to the last degree Mae Phelps as Jack Horner does the only harrf conscientious work In the cast Her voice is decidedly pleasing as is her stae appearance and her songs were and effectively rendered Nellie Lynch does well as Margery Daw Gis Weinburgdeserves mention for presenting the most impossible burlesque king imaginable at the same time making him funny The chorus is large and does much to make the ensemble numbers effectivebut otherwise than vocally seems Sntireliufldrilled Chases Tales of the Wilds The programme at Chases this week Is lifted out of the ordinary by the presenta tion of some rarely beautiful and realistic studies in color photography of tha canyons and desert of Arlzonla Under the caption Tales of the Wilds Mr Kemp has gathered together a series of views showing the rugged beauty of the Western landscape the life of the Navajo Indian the sacred rites of the snake dance and other characteristic scenes all marked by a perfection of coloring which escapes the common fault of exaggeration Mr Kemps pictures and the explanation of them given by a lady presumably Mrs Kemp are decidedly worth while Fanny Rice with the novel if somewhat grotesque setting she has chosen for her imitations was well received The caricature like figures showing a large head upon a tiny body is a novel idea and is cleveerly carried out Miss Rices burlesque of President Roosevelt is especially successful The Otto Brothers for some reason or other met with singular favor Their German dialect and vocal stunts wrre more or less amusing Chris Bruno and Mabel Russell in a skit calleed The In Rurance Agent work hard but seem to get nowhere The Onlaw Trio typical foreign balancers and Donat Bedlni with a Knowing dog are on the bill which closes with a diminutive melodrama bv Edward Davis called The Unmasking a green room tragedy woven around Richard Third in which play becomes earnest Mr Davis plays the Jeading role Majestic Roanoke Two capacity audiences witnessed the Kathryn Purnell Companys production of KoanoKe a meioarama of the South In five acts at the Majestic yesterday Roanoke is the fourth play presented by this company during the present engagement and offers marked contrasts to the three preceding bills Particularly is this true when comparison is made with Faust the drama enacted last week A greater difference in construction and character could hardly be conceived The current play has for its central figure a blind girl Roanoke Peyton who through hsr rare gentleness and matchless disposition is beloved by all who know her Among her admirers is one Ezeklel Morse an old crabbed man of wealth whose sight reaches no further than these things Which pertain to his own welfare Murder is not beneath him and any means however low appeal to him a3 worth while if they will but attain the end he desires The possibility for thrilling situations can readily be seen when it is borne in mind that his cunning is all directed toward the blind girl However to protect her are her brother Joe Peyton Col Tom Bailey Wilfred Forrest Aunt Dinah and a goodly number of others The action ls rather more brisk than in the previous offerings the characters well drawn and the lines In the main excellent Miss Purnell as the blind girl Roanoke Is appealing Her acting ls subdued and her delineation of the character to whom all things material arebut eternal darkness ls convincing James In the role of Ezeklel Morse does a commendable bit of character work In appearance voice and mannerisms he is the self centered old hypocrite to the life Edmund Abbey as Tom Bailey and Jeff Murphy as Wilfred Forrest are well up to their own standards and seemed to please their audiences Immensely In their respective parts Clarence Chase ls given an 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