The Searchlight (Guthrie, Okla.), No. 538, Ed. 1 Friday, August 14, 1908 Page: 4 of 16
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THE SEARCHLIGHT
SCENES THE CZAR NEVER SEES.
(From n travel loiter l>y F. S. I ah am,
author of "The Lady of the Mount.")
Two pictures aeon In this big realm,
Unger In the memory, writes Mr. la-
ham shortly after leaving Vladivostok,
to his publishers. "One impression la
bright, beautiful, shining; that of Pe-
terhof, the summer palace of the
czar. They were housecleanlng In an
tlcipatlon om his coming and the Mat-
lip.ry of Ih i woni'orful fountain, of i»ev-
lea of fountains, recalling Versailles,
were being gilded; Ilia palace, favor-
ite abode of Catherine, dazzled the
gu/.e with its splendor. I*.lint, gilt,
marble, flowers! Before it the sea.
where Peter the Great was wont to
stand, not to dream, but to plan gieat
accomplishments What is Nicholas
thinking of today as, like the raon-
archs of old, he walks in these gar-
dens enchanted? Of the second pic-
ture? He has never seen >t. O
"Siberia! A cattle train; that is to
say, fourth class! Fastidious i.eople
complain of first class. Soddon faces;
dirt, filth, ignorance! Children lit-
tle children piled In on shelves, look-
ing out through tiny upper windows;
vague wlstfulnesB gloaming on tiny
visages that already look old. by the
side of the train, beggars in rags mum-
bling prayers; hardly human in ap-
pearance; people sleeping on the eartn
curled up together like animals for
company. From a short distance they
look like a big ragbag, an inanimate
refuse heap. A little further aside,
the town- the typical Siberian town.
It roHPtublos ii collection of inuiiic
dog mounds; the people within live
close to nature; very close—after the
fashion of no other animal but that
of the porcine kind. This second pic-
ture repeats itself; again and again.
It unfolds with little variety, tomor-
row— the day after; the days follow-
ing It is always with the traveler
across Siberia and yet Nicholas does
not see. The czar who should be
planning free schools ami the redemp-
tion or the myriad wretches, 'his chil-
dren.' dawdles idly in gardens I ke
dreamland, or sits, passive, listening
to the Lydlan whispers of the sunlit
sea. Will it never call out to him:
•Awake! Sweep away-every vestage
of superstition! Plant everywhere
the banner of education! Otherwise
Peterhof wilt some day dissolve-
fade away, as an imperial pleasure
house, like some chemical figment of
a roet's imagining."
THE NEW RECTOR OF TRINITY.
University of the South, at Sewanee, best kind of wardens for the' ^Mon
Tenn., in 1883; he was ordained to the that the work is right the r •
Protestant Episcopal church In 1901. Usually when parties an; g g
His first appointment was In 1892, the woods one of the wardens or
when he «u ma£ Sctor of Trinity deputy goes with them and remains
church in Redland, Cal. In 1897 lie out. When any of the Party has se
was appointed professor of dogmatic cured his limit he la not alllowed to
theology of the University of the shoot anymore, ^ei^l9,^^0^1,1^
Sm^h 'whence. In 1903 he came to "If the hunter doea not listen to the
Trinity He married in 1895, Misa hint offered he will find himself un
Florence Van Antwerp. Dr. Manning der arrest and justice up there is
ir of ils family to hold dealt out to all alike, and it s cer-
L?ch 5K.°-f any kind. | J-f Sit"?
in the open season for deer when
there are many hunters in the woods
and wardens cannot accompany eacb
NOVEL STEEDS FOR BROILERS
harassed. "No," she admitted, I never
did "
Then tile photographer rebuked her
gently.
"There's a moral in this," said he.
"Never go to the hairdresser before
the photographer. It only makes a
person tired., and the hairdresser a ari
doesn't help the photographer."
Another woman could not under-
stand way her chin stuck out ao far,
but she elucidated the mystery herself
when she explained that, the morning
of her sitting waa the first on which
she had worn an unusually high ool-
lar. That naturally changed her ap-
pearance.
From the Los Angeles Hera..., ... I nn'i-tv ihev range the woods all thel and Mc-runns
Sensational, to say the least, will IP' woe t0 the hunter who is LONDON COPIES OUR M
Sensational, to say the least, win h woe t0 ,he hunter who is
be the scheme planned by Harry As- have been carelesa In his
kin and Mortimer Singer of Chicago remember the Incident
two young showmen who have made count. He mnr
rapid strides during the past five „0nl one (leer or nioose is permit-
years In producing b Ig musical*»n-1 to each hunter and the deer must
edy success. ,Th«r fst^ to lo be bucks; no killing of does is perniit-
their musical comedy, lne uiri .Jn<ler the strict enforcement
Question," that opens in New York at I of • );iw the moose> which a few
Wallack's theatere I years ago were in a fair way of being
furnish their "pony ballet with real | j (Ult are now increasing rapid-
live ostrichs, which are to be thoro- 1 Where one formerly rarely saw
uglily trained for riding purposes s ino tracks now ouo sees plenty of
that these diminutive them. Our system of game protec-
make their initial bow to the Gotham laughed at by those hard-head-
ites mounted on fiery steeds ot t1^ cd Canadians who believe when a law
Strutliio Camelus variety. The effect | . , v>o nnfnrrpiL
of seeing a half dozen chic little
maidens, dressed as jockies, riding
these gigantic birds on the stage, dis-
mount to their dancing specialty, re-
mount and ride off again, will no
is passed it Is meant to be enforced,
"One warden asked me, when i was
up there, if it were true that wardens
down here would open traveler s
trunks and packages and when same
mount and ride off again, will n0 found take it and sell it. When
doubt prove one of the moat unique . f 04, that lt was true he laughed,
as well as atartllng sensations evei ,, ,j woui<jn*t last long here if 1 took
conceived by the fertile brain of a (hat way» saij he. 'We are expected
ballet master. to Drevent the killing of game beyond
Harry Askin has recently contract- £ law allows. If I should not
ed, through his coast representative, I kiUing and the game was
Harry K. Bell of Los Angeles, for_six L ^ with a hunter afterwards I
mammoth ostrichs, valued at $450
each, the contract having been con
summated with H. H. Hears, owner of I 1 . country, which we some
the Los Angeles ostrich farm, who I lQok upon as slow;-
the Los Angeles ostrich farm, w-no ' ,ool. upon as si0w.
agrees to have these birds thoroughly j _
trained and who assures the purchaser
that they will not shy at a spot light
get staije fright or become jealous
if the other songbirds in the cast.
Mjss Florence Leslie lias under-
taken the arduous task of training the
ostriches, and has already gained ai
most absolute mastery, over her birds
She says she would rather take
I ONLY A DIPLOMAT CA NDO IT.
No Other Can Satisfy Lovely Woman
When She Has "Her.Picture Took.
\V. H. Hayward in the Bohemian,
sne says sue w«uiu n»mv., ■ jn the kingdoim of vanity fail, aiul
chances on their high backs than to jtJ. that is not fair but would be,
in „ snppdinir auto or an airship, ^ ^ interpreter, the man who
Rev Morgan Dix's Successor an En-
glishman With American Training.
From the August Broadway Magazine.
The appointmeut of a new rector
lo that chief historical landmark In
New Yoitv. Trinity chunch, ia an event
of more Importance to New Yorkers
than appears on the surface ot the
fact When Dr. Morgan Dix died re-
centlv he had been the rector of 1 rin-
lty*for fortv-alx years. Dr. Dix was
a New Yorker. His successor Dr.
William Thomas Manning, is an Eng-
lishman. a young man to have charge
of the wealthiea parish i nthe world
Significant, perhaps, to' the | British
point of view is Dr. Manning's desire
to banish his English origin in the far
wake of 'many active years in Ameri-
ca In a degree, this, perhaps was the
private sentiment of the early English
■rectors of Trinity in colonial days,
\»ho were borne along in the cordial
patriotism of the New "Wtorld. Dr.
Manning is +1. a short, slender man,
habitually rwrved of manner, with
the length of cheek and curve of chin
peculiar of spiritual nature. There is
youth, sympathy and tenderness In his
smile and he Is direct and simple In
Ms talk He has vpndeared himself
to the parishoners of St. Agnes chapel
on West Ninety-first street, where he
has been the rector for rive years.
He declined the opportunity of be-
coming the bishop of Harrisburg to
accept the appointment of assistant
rector to Trinity church. His present
appointment was a logical expectation,
but when It came he was visibly irn
pressed with its extensive responsi-
bilities. . . -
ride in a speeding auto or an airship,
and she feels perfectly aecure after
once gaining a firm seat on her lofty
perch. The great danger arises in se-
curing this mount, for cstrlclies have
the most vicious way of kicking, both
forward and backward. The impress-
ion made by the right hind foot of a
Missouri mule Is like coming in con-
tact with a powder puff In compari-
son, and should some "twee broiler
of "The Girl Question' balet suddenly
find herself swiftly soaring toward the
"peanut heaven" of Wallack s thea-
tre it will be understood that Fight-
ing Bob or one of his feathered com-
rades has suddenly taken a dislike to
this particudar "squab."
At first the ostriches have to be
blind folded until they become familiar
with the weight of the rider on their
backs. The blind folding is done by
slipping a small canvas bag over their
heads, when they become perfectly
tame and docile and will permit any-
one to climb on them, as they believe
when their heads are hidden that they
are safe .from all harm. Their speed
is remarkable, andi it is an easy task
for a full grown ostricli to attain the
remarkable speed of thirty miles an
hour with a weight of 100 pounds on
its back.
PRESERVING GAME IN CANADA.
A Method Which Might be Followed
to Adavantage on Our Side of the
Water.
(From the Milwaukee Sentinel. )
"The Canadian government has a
method of preserving game that pre-
serves it." said F. D. Brown, in the
Plankinton "They go on the theory
that an ounce of prevention is worth
a pound of cure and put a stop to the
killing when a sportsman has what
the law allows.
"The game wardens up there are
—ln.llone «n<l thev are the
makes free translations of
conceits, caprices. He deals with hu-
man nature in a raw and is an in-
dividual without illusions
He humbly calls his profession that
of photographer; his associates know
that he is more than a simple maker
of pictures. They will tell you he Is
an artist, a psycologilast, a diplomat
a 8trategist, a person of magnetism
and ability; indeed, a combination of
those virtues which make him "all
things to all men."
"I want a picture like that," says a
stout dame, holding up tlio likeness
of a symmetrical member of her sex,
who stands erect with a bunch of
roses in her hand.
Now the photographer realizes that
he is face to face with a stiff propo-
sition, one of many in the day's work.
He takes a dozen proofs and sends
them for approval. One is returned
with an ink mark drawn down per-
pendicularly along the waist line. If
the instructions are not written out
as they sometimes are, the presence
of the line means take that much ofT,
make me thinner at the waist. Al-
lowing for the fact that the «>#e eye
of the camera makes a broader, flat-
ter surface than is seen by the two
human eyes, the photographer pro-
ceeds to scrape or "doctor" the nega-
tive, and what is the result?" The
woman gets a picture that suits her
fancy but really does not make her
so thin as she imagines.
One day not long ago a woman sat
before a Fifth avenue photographer
after spending two hours at a hair-
dressers. She came back in a hurry
with the proofs and said indignantly:
"Why, these are awful—my hair has
never looked like that in any picture."
"Did you ever have it done that
way before?" was the polite inquiry.
The woman was somewhat em-
English Papers Are Breaking Away
From Ponderosity and Overcaution.
E. T. Tandy told the other day of
the efforts being made by London's
newspapers to copy New York meth-
ods. He spoke at some length of the
more or less pitiful attempts by ^Lon-
don's editors to produce "newsy" pa-
pers, for in breaking away from the
ponderous old style sheet they are
hampered by an absolute lack of
knowledge of the new sort. English-
men are naturally conservative to the
point of sticking in the mud and term-
ing it proper caution," said he. 'Dur-
ing one of his recent visits to New
York Lord Nort'hcliffe, the greatest
of English editors, saw that every re-
uorter on the New York papers pre-
pared his copy on a typewriter. When
he returned to London he ordered
that typewriters be installed for every
man on his staff. eH walked into the
news rooms and viewed the improve-
ment with pleasure. Six weeks after
he entered the news rooms again. Ev-
ery typewriter was still there, but
not one case had ever been opened.
But that isn't the best story told on
the 'conservatism' ^of the English
newspaper man.
"One of the great London editors
came over here not long ago and wat
much impressed with what he saw.
As a result, he sent his chief engi-
neer over to pick up a few new wrink-
les. The engineer occupied a first
class stateroom on the Lusitania com
ing over ,and on the Mauretania re-
turning. He lived at New York s
best hotel during his stay of four
weeks, and he was busy every minute
of his time. And as the sole result
of his visit he installed a new 'cease
work' signal on his return."
A good resolution is all right—pro-
vided you don't let it go at that.
ROOSEVELT ASSUMES RESPONSI-
BILITY IN BROWNSVILLE CASE.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Aug 8— President
Kooseve'.t in a statement issued late
last nig"ht, made it clear that the en-
tire responsibility was his for the is-
suance ot the original order discharg-
ing the batallion of negro soldiers for
alleged participation in the Browns-
ville, Texas, rioting and the refusal
to permit a suspension of that order.
The president tonight was shown
the interview which waa had today in
Washington with General H. C. Cor-
hm, U. S A. retired, in which General
Corbin stated that no credit or blame
in the matter rested with Mr. Taft.
After reading the interview, the pres-
ident, through his assistant private
secretary, Randolph Foster gave out
the following:
"General Corbin's statement is ab-
solutely correct and it was entirely
proper that he should make it. The
substance of the message from the
president which he quoted was made
public long ago. In the Brownsville
matter the entire responsibility for is-
suing the original order and for de-
clining to allow its suspension was
the president's."
In his interview today General Cor-
bin stated in substance that Mr. Taft
was in :io way responsible for the or-
der discharging the batallion of the
25th infantry and that in doing sr»
the nsecretary of war had obeyed the
direct order of the president.
Gneral Corbin then recounted the
circumstances as they occurred ancr
were published following the Browns-
ville affair: .. .
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