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THE WASHINGTON TIMES FRANK A MUNSEY PUBLICATION OFFICE Tenth and Streets fcVHSCIUPTIoX IIATIS TO OUT Ol TOWN POINTS IOSTARU ntllPWH IIN iIT10 nnr rear i Ms mouths SJS50 three liontl ilM Jtorn IKm uny inj enr li moiilliv 3o0 munllm 8173 SuiiiIhj nnlj our jrar Sj six months 81 Hirer inontlm Mluuk The Limit Cincinnati Commercial Tribune The Beef Trust may separate the mint from the lamb but It Is Ineffective to Injure the manufacture and consumption of the fragrant julep Political Contagion Los Angeles Express With Ceneral Miles looking to the Presidency General Brooke aspiring to the governorship of Penuylvanla and General Shatter making goo goo eyes at the executive position of California It seems that military politics may become epidemic Properly Classified Chicago Tribune When Congressman Cushman sprang suddenly into prominence the public waited for the announcement that he was bora In Iowa and It if lMINR I IHTION niiryar ii liifinllis WlfiO tlil re months rent Kvriittig nutl mtflHi our irnr sis liintitliR 82D tlirriiuaiitlin 123 Morning Kv mine and utifla one jear Mo fix lllnlltliff 8rt llnre lllillllllt 9330 Any person who cannot buy the Morning Afternoon or Sunday Edition of 1 he Times on any news stand in Washington in suburban towns on railroad trains or elsewhere will confer favor by notifying the Publisher of The Times corner Tenth and Sts Washington TIME FOR AN INVESTIGATION For a long timi it has been charged that the people of the District of Columbia have borne more limn tlieir liue of the expenses which timler the otgnnie compact with the 5eneril Covcrnmcnt should litve been apportioned equnilv It is gratifving to note that Senitor Stcunrt has taken action to have the matter eleareil up this juncture when Wnsli ingtoniaiis arc entering upon an eri of expansion and bciittifie ition that Mill necessitate the provision of large sums of money it is most proper that there should be an Investigation of the financial relations of the District and the Ieneril Government And if it be discovered that the Govcrn ment omcs the District money there is no better time for its pajment Thcie can be no legitimate objection to Senator Stewarts resolution calling for an inquiry Congress we siioiild think would he glad to have the question settled The people of the Capital arc more than anxious to know- just where they stand under the law of 1S7S If it is discovered that the internment lias paid its just share of the money for the support of this governmental headquarters well and pood An intelligent report on the question will at least rlaiify a much befogged situation and put an end to a controversy tliit linseiuscd considerable irritation THEIR FEELINGS ARE HURT The news from Prussia is heartrending Ttinkerdom has been wounded In Its tenderest spot and by no less a person than him who was once known as Prussias foremost lunker King William II German Kmperor The hard shell moss back aristocracy of the kingdom cries out aloud over the condescension even friendly consideration nay theostcntafious hospitality shown by the Kaiser to the German captains of industry He has had them as his guests on his recent pleasure cruise he has dined and wined them and cracked jokes with them as well as nuts And all this time the poor Junker wasnt visible to the naked eje in the entourage of his august socreign Ik it to be wondered at that Jtinkerdom feels outraged trampled upon despised and forsaken Of course not In order to appreciate the state of mind of these gentry it must be borne in mind that they have been wont to regard themselves as the vcry elect of the human race Outside of their circle they saw only creatures who were put into the world to minister to their physical wants mere hewers of wood and drawers of water Merchants were there to buy from and owe to bankers Jo borrow from and be pild when it suited the pleasure of the borrower peasants to till the fields for the benefit and profit of the titled proprietor who probably squandered the wealth thus gained while the poor peasant had barely the commonest miessities for himself and his family There aie exceptions of course but as a whole thcpicire is not overdrawn And now the lord and master of them all horribile dictu has oatlsed the light of his countenance to shine upon this plcbs ulgus has iermifted the slesinsed plebeians to bask in the glory of his presence has called a plain everyday American Bill and done sundry and diverse other things to carry grief to the innermost depths of the Junker heart It is dreadful It is pitiful It is too terrible to contemplate without a real shudder ADULTERATION OF FOODSTUFFS The adulteration of food is a matter with which It Is pre eminently fit that Congress should deal It Is not a question- -which can be settled by Stale legislatures or private effort even when the latter Is -well organized It Is a thing for Federal legislation if these adulterations are prohibited in only a part or the United States there will be hundreds of devices for evading the law It was once said In explanation of the text He that eakith one commandment the same Is guilty of all that the commandments were like a fence and when one tenth was broken the fence might as well not be there However this may apply to poor human nature in dealing with the Decalogue It certainly docs apply with great force to laws against food adulteration It will not do to leave a loophole anwhere either In the framing of the law or Its enforcement and though the task of enforcing general legislation on this matter maj not be casj it will be entirely possible to make the business of the adulterators so uncomfortaUe and unprofitable that they will abandon It and turn their Inventive genius into more legitimate channels It Is probable that if as much thought had been given to the ehtap manufacture of good coffee and flour and tinned meats as has been gitcn to the foUtlng or an interior quality on the public the pure goods could haw been made about as cheap as the Inferior product Don Is It costs something to put together even an inhealthy compound However that may be It Is entlrelt clear that the public cannot safely eat bread made of flour which Is large made of white earth or drink coffee which is not coffee or Indulge In tinned meats which are spoiled or poisoned by badly made cans It Is quite time that something was done about this ly Congress and that Congress should keep at the problem until it is finally and satisfactorily tolved CURRENT PRESS COMMENT Cause and Effect Syracuse Evening Herald The price of roast beef sandwiches was raised 5 cents In the Senate and House restaurants at Washington the other day and yesterday Congress asked to Investigate the Increase In the price of meats Of course it nay be only a olncldencc The Kaiser and the Junkers Pittsburg Dispatch The aristocracy of Germany Intend to remind the Emperor Uat tbelr claims to precedence over the soere moneymakers rest upon the same basis as his own right to rule Possibly he bad overlooked tbat when he adopted the American Idea of placing the captains of industry In the front rank Sauce for the Gander Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph If army cBcera are sot permitted to talk back Eenators should retrain from calling them dastards A Regular Frost Detroit Free Press A fall of fifty degrees within tw ent -four hours In Nebraska must have made Tuesday seem like an election day to Mr Bryan A Tip on the Races Nashville American The wise man and his money will not be parted If the ubiquitous tout Is avoided Personal Notes About Washington People Justlcc and Mrs Peckham will leave shortly for their cottage which they have leased for the summer at Saranac I Jke Mr Riddle of Colorado Springs Col Is In the city called here by the serious Illness of his father William Rld dle who Is with his daughters Mrs Whyte and Mrs McMillan at 1319 It Street Mr Richard Ehackney Is seriously III at the home of -his sister Mrs Alice II Johnson 1219 Kcnctaw Avenue with whom he resides Mr Gcrome Dcslo has returned from a three months visit to the South Dr Albert Scott Harden who has lust returned from abroad and has accepted a position as assistant resident physician In JPierpont Morgans hospital In New York Is vlsltlsg his mother Mrs Richard Chew Mr Howard NTman is rapidly re- cuperatlng at Atlantic City Capt Hiram Johnsrn of the Waather Bureau has returned from a two months absence in Pheonix Aris His son Ray who Illness was the cause of his trip is very much better 14 If THE 1LMES WASHINGTON 310 VI AY APIUJi iS IJKW THE CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF FfRES IN THE DISTRICT By ROBERT DUTT6M Chief of the Fire Department The greater number of lires in the District arc caused lij carelessness The easiest way to prevent conflagrations is to be more careful To be more explicit If the people of the District were very much more careful in the care of their premises the number of tires during the vear would be mitciially less A groat many people are prone to leave waste paper and lubbish in many places thinking it out of the way and dust is allowed to accumulate in many places to such an extent that it becomes a menace to property because of the danger of spontaneous combustion The greater amount of such trash that is removed from houses with frequency as a natural sequence largely decreases the liability of fires The establishment of a public crematory for the burning of waste and rubbish has I am satisfied decreased in no small way the liability from lires Xow that the winter has gone and there are not so many fires kept burning in the houses another cause for danger has been removed Mnny householders have a habit of putting hot ashes in wooden receptacles and this lias caused much damage This lias been avoided to a large extent by the regulation requiring metal ash cans but there is still room for improvement Fully 15 per cent of the fires during the past year have been caused by the use of gasoline The use of this as fuel in the summer time particularly is increasing vearly and the traflie in it grows correspondingly It is admitted to be one of the most treacherous of inflammable oils it being contended that its explosive power is double that of gunpowder Every dealer that sells gasoline should furnish a printed set of instructions to every purchaser describing just how it should be used and even under these conditions I would strongly urge if fires are to be prevented that us little of it be used as possible TARIFF SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM BEEF IF IT IS SCARCE By Senator CHAUNCEY DEPEW of New York The advance in the price of meats works a great hardship upon the working classes of cur country To them meat is among the necessaries of life not a luxury as among the poorer classes of Europe It is eon tended that the advance is due to scarcity and not to the manipulations of a trade combination If that contention in cornet then the tariff should immediately be removed from all meats It is my conviction that food products should be made as plentiful and as cheap as possible and relief from the objectionable conditions should be found at once and in any direction which would offer a prompt solution I have heard many explanations of the advance in meat prices but am not prepared to express any opinion tit present other than that I would advocate the removal of taritt restrictions on the importations of meats if scarcity exists UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME Brother Against Brother There are prospects of an Inter tstlng campaign this fall In the First Congressional district of Mnr land where the Indications arc that brother will be pitted against brother for the honor of representing the Eastern Shore constituency The present representative Is Hon 11 Jackson who Is again to be a candidate on the Republican ticket and It Is predicted that his opponent will be his brother cx Gov Jackton Under normal conditions the district is close and it Is said that this car owing to the conditions which prevail the former covernor will have somewhat the advantage of his brother Always Ready to Oblige When Gen Joe Wheeler of Alnbama was In Congress and he could have been In In Congress It was said of him that he knew personslly nearly every voter In his district ruthermore there was no more popular man In the State of Alabama than tbc doughty little general One reason for his gieat personal hold on his coistituents was the fact that he never neglected to answer promptly a letter from the most humble voter ln his district and the farmirs were never neglected when it came to the distribution of seeds and public documents And this aplle with full force to Representative Linn Gooch of the Sixth Congressional district of Kentucky Mr Gooch has by fur the heaviest mail of any member of the Kentucky delega tion and In order to keep up with his correspondence and send out seeds and public documents he requires the nssls auce of two clerks and stenographers In addition to his private secretary The member from the Sixth Kentucky district never allows the documents issued from time to lime to accumulate In the The Revival of Lace Making The maVirg of Irish lace was revived a few jears ago by a titled Englishwoman Just in lime to save It from becoming utterly lost When the lady sought for teachers of the art she could find only a few old peas art women who knew the Intricate crochet stitches and she Immediately engaged them to teach some bright joung Irish girls all that they knew She thrn established a depot for the product of their Industry and made It known among her friends that genuine Irish lace could be obtained there The demand has grown until It exceeds the svpply If the man who makes two blades of grass grow where one was before Is a benefactor to tho human race sure the woman who Eaves a valuable art from extinction Is much more of a benefactor If tbere Is one thing which Is badly needed In these davs of eonsolldatlon and machinery It is a market for handiwork of a seml artistlc order The great disadvantage of machine work from a broadly economic point of view is that It Is apt to degrade the Intelligence of the worker Ncbody can repeat the same motion day after day month after month year after jear for the greater part of his waking hours and not deteriorate in mental capacity unless be has some outside Interest to relieve the monotony Hence the unions are right In demanding short hours for such work that the laborer ma have time nnd strength for developing himself outside the factory In hand work of the old time kind the same objection does not exist In so great a degree There Is more variety In It and It ran be done at hom whsre other Interests find thougBtsaTe combined with those of iaXor In lace mailing basket-making embroidery and such work there Is also a Meld for tbe designer Such arts should be preserved whenever and wherever It -Is possible to do it im mmmi ifc Ye Old Time Poets Corner fly TugiLe Ware Vmrniwioner of rcttfjonfi I sec the spire I see the throng I hear the choir I hear the song I listen to the anthem while It pours Its volume down the aisle I listen to the splendid rhyme Tbat with a melody sublime Tells of some far off fadeless clime Of man and his finality Of hope and Immortality 0 theme of themes Are men mlitaught Are hopes like dreams To come to naught Is all the beautiful and good Delusive and misunderstood And has the soul no forward reach And do Indeed the facts impeach The theories the teachers teach And Is tbls Immortality Delusion or reality What Hope reveals Mind tries to clasp But soon it reels Wltb broken grasp No chats yet forged on anvils brink Was stronger than its weakest link And do not arguments maintain Tbat many links along the chain Cannot resist a reason strain ynd is not immortality The child of ideality And yet at times We get advice That seems like chimes From paradise The soul doth sometimes eeom to be In sunshine which It cannot see At times the spirit seems to roam Beyond the land above the foam Back to some half forgotten heme Perhaps this Immortality May be Indeed reality I I I hip nicnt room but as soon as they are placed to his credit he draws them and forwards them to such of his constituents who have written him on the subject or whom he thinks would want this or that particular publication He takes a keen interest In this work and derives much pleasure from It No constituent has ever written him for a public dooiment but that It went out In the next mall It waH justjtuch work as this that made Gen Joe Wheeler Invincible In Us district while In Congress And Mr Oooch Is doing the same thing for himself Ice Cream Hair a Century Old The other day wbllc walking up Ninth tlvc Jackson was himself once a Street I saw a sign that at once arrested ocrat but went over to the Republican my attention remarked Representative fold several 1 cars ago and his new James McAndrews of Illinois icsterday cal associates honored him with a seat In i The sign read IllanWs Ice cream since Congress Two years ago it is said i5i ernor Jackson might have had the I Think of It Ice cream a half century ocratic nomination bet be preferred not 0ai was tempted to go In and buy to run rgairsi nis oroincr -sow ne is some Just for the novclt I never Knew believed to have put aside that fratcral before that jou could keep Ice cream in feeling sufficient to cross words In condition to cat for more than twenty cal combat with Representative Jackson fur hours but It serins Ive been mis Both men are wealthy and popular In taken Ill bet the owner has a patent their district and In case they arc rivals on tn process He ought to make an cx for Congressional honors there Is prom- jbt of that Ice cream at the St Louis iFe of a lively campaign Exposition I do not believe it a good scheme to advertise the age of anything to cat cspeclall Ico cream and If I had been Ignorant of that fact I would have no doubt made a purchase Rcprcsentativc Pearre a Fan Representative Pearre of Maryland has never lost his enthusiasm for baseball and he is today as fond of the great national game as he was more thin twenty vears ago when he was regarded a3 one of the bet collegiate players in the country He was for two seasons the crack pitcher nf the Princeton team and won fame for himself and old Nassau by his very effective work in the box It Is even said that he thought of entering the professional Held but this Idea did not remain wilh him long If he ever gave It serious consideration for he entered upon a law course nnd was admitted to the bar soon after he left college His hands even I to this day bear the scars and bumps which he ricelved upon the diamond Whenever bis official duties will permit him Mr Icarre makis it a point to witness the professional games In Washington and sometimes In Daltimore Child Labor in Factories The governor of New- Jersey has had his attention called to the net that children of tender vears are working in glass factories against the law- and very much against the Interests of the home nnd it is refreshing to find that he in tends to stop this practice if it is a possilde thing He says that he means that every child in the State shall go to school at least a pirt of the time and that the conditions in question shall be investigated at the earliest possible day The trouble seems to be that most of the licople who thus condemn their children to long hours of labor nnd to future Illiteracy are foreigners nnd desperately poor It is hard for them to do without the extra money which tle child brings in There is noth ing abhorrent to them in the tire mill it flifflflllt in nvnlotn them wherein they arc doing their children harm This question of the labor of women and children in fnctories is one which will have to be settled for good before long The fight over the same problem occurred in England some seventy five years ago and settled it for all time there Now- we are nlmost exactly the same condi tions with a few complications in this country Though the two arc usunlly bracketcd together from the fact that both competp with mens la bor womens work and that of children come under different heads The objection to womens work in various departments of industry will probably have to be overcome unless the whole factory sjstcm is to lie destroved Women except Those who are married and have small children needing their care are likely to form a permanent factor in the industrial world as in fct they lrave al wavs done The difference is that a hundred years ago woman could engage In a variety of manufactures at home and thereby earn or save some money and now she eannot Her work navs better nowadays when done outside the home it used to pay better when done in the home Almost all the former home Industries have disappeared and they nre going to stay disappeared unless there should be a reactionary movement tending to the distribution of work prepared in the factory to be done at home Child labor is an entirely different mafter A factory girl of from sixteen to twenty five fills a definite place in the social econ omy she is self supporting ns she could not be at home she learns business habits nnd the care of money nnd she generally marries quite as soon ns her sister in the more sheltered life and on the whole perhaps as well But in the case of children under sixteen demoralization takes place Their physical growth la stunted they contract various diseases moral and physical they are deprived of education and thereby become the dangerous factor which illiteracy always Is In the State and thoy compete with the labor of adults so that wages are lowered and the work cheapened In quality for it stands to reason that a child of ten docs not give as Intelligent service na a boy of eighteen or twenty The whole business Is wrong and there is dire need of legislation on the subject The laws should be so framed by raising the age limit that they cannot be evaded At prcsentchlldren of ten are iw the factory the parents declaring them twelve If tbc ago limit were sixteen the child would hnve a chance to get its growth and unless remarkably mature could not be foisted upon the inspectors at the age of thirteen or fourteen Above all Inspection should be rigid nnd the laws should be strictly enforced Ocean Steamship Movements NEW YORK April 27 Arrived St Louis Southampton Umbrla Liverpool Ryndam Rotterdam British Empire Antwerp Arrived out Frlcdrlch der Grossc frcm New York at Cherbourg Sailed for Europe Col and Mrs Clarence Edwards sailed for Europe Satuiday to spend the cummer at one of the German resorts in the hope of restoring the formers health Quiet Home Wedding Luella Farmer of Talo Alto Cal and Mr Rrlstow Adams this city woro married last Wednesday at the home of the grooms mother -Mrs A Adams 947 Rhode Island Avenue Mr Elmer Farmer of PIttsfleld Mass gave his sister away Mr Wallace Adams acted aa best man and Miss Edith Adams In white mull over pink was the attendant maid The wedding gown was cf white silk mull with belt and stock of white panne Mr and Mrs Adams will be at home to friends after May 15 at the Marlboro Le Droit Park Gone to Los Angeles Mrs Mary Lockwood left on Friday morning for Los Angeles Cal to attend the meeting of the General Federation of Womens Clubs Mr Lockwood Is a member of the executive board and chairman of the charter commttee Lord Kelvins Qualifications I notice that Lord Kelvin does not take any stock In the practicability of Santos airship theories said Prof Upton of Chicago at the Raleigh I do not know what the future may develop In the way of aerial navigation but I have a profound respect for any opinion advanced by Lord Kelvin He Is one of the first scientists of the world and Is both a philosopher and an Inventor which Is a rare combination Generally speaking men who have distinguished themselves by deep study of the underlying principles of nature are but little developed on the utilitarian side or show but little mechanical Ingenuity On the other hand those who are cleverest In devising mechanical appliances seldom are heard of among those who engage In theoretical research Lord Kelvin however Is famous In both departments In tbe practical line he has overcome great obstacles In submarine telegraphy shown how to measure electrical currents built a machine for measuring the tides made an Improvement in the mariners compass and found a better way of taking deep sea soundings Holland for the Boers The people of Holland said Mr Laan a tourist from Amsterdam at the Arlington are greatly concerned about the war In South Africa Our sympathies go out to the gallant Boers who are making a3 brave a fight for liberty as Is recorded in history We only wish that this powerful Government the United States would cease allowing England to use It as a base of supplies for Its armies In the Transvaal But even If this cannot be stopped the Boers will never be vanquished They have right and Justice on their side and sooner or later England will have to recognize that they are unconquerable Hollanders do not dislike the English people but It is the government of England that they detest for its cruelties and Injustice We are greatly devoted to our young Queen She Is a woman of many admirable qualities and her knowledge of state affairs is profound I can tell you that the stories of domestic infelicity between her and the prince consort are without foundation in truth They are as happy a married pair as can be found Bears Defeat Philosophically Congressman Dudley Wooten of the Dallas Tex district has returned Washington after several weeks absence at home He went to his district to make a fight for a second term In the House but though he carried his own county one of the largest and wealthiest In tbe State his opponent was able to defeat him In other counties and consequently Mr Wooten will not be a member of the next House He bears his defeat with philosophy DOINGS IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY The Admiral of the Navy and Mrs Dewey to Spend the Summer at Hot Springs Va Mr and Mrs Thomas Walsh to Entertain at Dinner in Honor of tle French Ambassador Col and Mrs Clarence Edwards Sail for Europe Assistant Secretary of State Hill Entertains at Dinner Admiral and Mrs Dewey Word comes from Hot Springs Va that the Admiral of the Navy and Mrs Dewey will arrive there In May to spend the summer at one of the hotel cottages Dinner in Honor of Cambon Mr and Mrs Thomas Walsh who will salt for Europe on May 22 will give a dinneY In honor of the French ambassador and Mme Cambon on- May 7 Entertained at Dinner The dinner guests entertained by the Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs Hill on Saturday evening were Justice and Mrs Brewer the minister from Brazil jnd Mme Assls Brasll the first secretary of the Mexican embassy and Mme Godoy Senator and Mrs Gallinger Mr and Mrs Charles Bell Mr and Mrs George Whitfield Brown Dr and Mrs Chatard Mr and Mrs Clifford Walton and Mr and Mrs Charles Wal cott Amateur Comedy Club A brilliant audience assembled Saturday night at National Rifles Armory Hall to witness the performance by the Amateur Comedy Club of New York who came here in the Interest of the Girls Friendly Holiday House which Is support ed by many of the most prominent rest dents nnd society leaders here Miss Satterlee daughter of tbe Bishop of Washington Miss Fcraker Miss Glover and Miss Ashton are the committee la charge and the patronesses were Lady Pauncefote Mrs Satterlee Mrs Elkins Mrs Lodge Mrs Foraker Mrs Wet more Miss Kean Mrs Boardman and Mrs Rchard Townsend The performance of the Comedy Club which met with enthusiastic applause consisted of a comedietta from the French A Game of Cards a dramatic episode Colonel Carteret and a one act comedy Withered Leaves Those taking part were Mr Evert Jansen Wendell Mr Jacob Wendell Jr Mr Morris Vnderhill Mr Camp Mr Conover Miss Pauline Cory and JIIss Marie Livingstone GOSSIP AND CHAT HEARD IN WASHINGTON HOTEL LOBBIES particularly as he does not expect his retirement from public life will be permanent I announced the very day that the result was known said i to a Times reporter that I would be a candidate two years hence If I live until that time I expect to be returned to Washington Prohibition the Platform in Georgia One of our gubernatorial candidates In Georgia Is trying to win votes by advocating prohibition for the entire State said Mr Blodgett one of Atlantas prominent citizens at the Raleigh I hardly think he will secure the nomination by such tactics though he will have the assistance of the noted revival ist Sam Jones and other prominent temperance men The truth is that nearly all the counties of Georgia are dry counties by reason of the local option law Our people have the right to say whether liquor shall be sold locally and that seems to be a very satisfactory condition Atlanta has the best regulated traffic in spirituous liquors of any city of Us size I should say In the United States In the first place saloons are restricted to the business area of the city and as the tax Is 1000 a year the places are in the hands of a set of men who are interested In maintaining orderly establishments They cannot open their houses before oclock In the morning and must close promptly at 10 at night There no such thing as selling drinks on Sunday The saloonkeepers obey the law to the letter because a second conviction means the sure revocation of their license Anglo Japanese Treaty Though England In the opinion of her statesmen did a wise act in making an alliance with Japan on the continent of Europe a great many peor are doubtful of the wisdom of that policy said Mr Beckler of Berlin at the Shore ham I know that in Germany a great deal of adverse comment on the alliance has been Indulged In The sentimental side of the affair Is that a white race should never have gone Into such a partnership with a race that no matter how ambitious It may be and bow rapid Its progress of late Is after all of different stock and accustomed to be considered for centuries as distinctly Inferior to the other party to the agreement This of course obtrudes the color question but after all mankind Is largely swayed by senttmenL In the next place the Japanese are Inclined to aggressiveness They had as soon get In a fight as not If they should engage In a war with any European power and be successful there would be no limit to tbelr bumptiousness and England would find on Its hands an ally that might give untold trouble PATTIS FIRST CONCERT Impresario Cave Her One Pound of Candy for Her Performance I paid Adellna Pattl a pound of candy for singing at her first concert said Herman Orau tbe oldest operatic manager in America Little Miss Pattl was at that tme seven years of age and her concert was held in Wlllards Hall Washington I was well acquainted with ber parents They lived at that time on Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues They were very poor until the little prima donnas singing brought them In tlOO a week Her singing was regarded as marvelous for a child but no one Imagined that she would afterward receive 18000 for threo concerts aa she did In 1893 when singing at Madison Square Garden Hermann Grau who Is to receive a benefit at the Grand Opera House this afternoon is a hale and vigorous old gentleman over eighty years of age He was a personal acquaintance of Liszt and Ernst and has known almost every great operatic star for the past sixty years Liszt and I wero born in the same little village of Bregmoravla twenty miles from Vienna said the old Impresario The most perfect music I have ever heard was an Imnromntu duet hv Tt the piano and Ernst on the vloiW a two each the greatest master In nti yne ijiuk wue evening at Eri Dome and the music attracted crowd i nan neara tnousands of conce A since but not one like that duet Noft lag could equal It Tbat was 61 yea ago My first theater was In Rlcbnond a I had a stock company which Included Carl Formes one of the greateit bassos the world over knew William Castle tenor who created the Abbot klss Sher Campbell baritone and Matilda Toedt the cleverest violinist of er time Afterward I went to Washlgton brought Carl Auchutz a lUpu 0 Beethoven from Germany and ave the first presentation of Faust grtn ever given In America Mjntcrest In grand opera dates back to ISt when as a boy In Vienna I spent all trmoney that I could get my hands on to er the music of Lanner and Strauss Thd wero musicians worth circling the wld to hear greater as I remember tharny of the present day 1 7 i.