Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 314, 9 December 1906 — Page 6

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The Richmond Palladium, Sunday, December 9, 1906.

ACTING OF THE FINISHED ORDER Second and " Last Performances of "Bi Bi" Even Better Than the First.

AUDIENCES WERE 1 LARGE PARTICULARLY DESERVING OF FAVORABLE MENTION ARE MRS. GUY M'CABE "AND MiSS JOSEPHINE CATES. Witnessed by -a good sized matinee ludieace and a packed honse last Bight, the second and . third perform' ances of "Bi Bi" were even more suc cessful than the first. V ', One la always ready to praise home talent productions, especially willing to view them in a kindly manner and not use the tongue; of criticism," but here all is different. When It Is said that the play was splendid and that it gave the apxearance of being Dttt on by trained actors the statement is true in the fullest sense. Undoubt edly due to previous' training, those taking part in "Bi Bi" did so in such a manner that their playing had a fiaIshed air and did not smack of the stiff and nervous acting of amateurs. Although all parts of the play from the animals to ,'Bi Bi" herself, were well done, there are some who of necessity come in for . more favorable mention than others. Mrs. Guy Mc-' Cabe, who has always maintained an enviable reputation -in all parts -she las tried, was the subject of the highest of compliments. From the time Mrs. McCabe was, seen as, the. mot' on Jess doll, packed in a box until her hap jjy marriage to Sergeant "Bon Bon, in the person of Dean Jacques, she was pleasing to the extreme.' Her make tip, her grace and enthusiasm all tended to make her the 'fittest person, that could have been selected for .the part. Miss Josephine Cates in a role full of, difficult situations and many lines was particularly pleasing. Her part was such that might have been overdone, with childish talk, but she had a perfect interpretation of iL Her singing, too, added much to her acting. All the principals were good, but particularly entertaining were Robt. Seager and Ramsey Poundstone In, comedy roles. FALL UP IN THE AIR ' :-. : . w The Sacceaa of M. Santoi-Dament With Ilia Aeroplane Bird of Prey. . Count tob Zeppelln'a Great Alrrhip. Hunting; From a Balloon. T EN years from now the air will be full of peo ple flying about," said that noted navigator of . the . air, M. Santos-Dumont, a few days ago, and he added that the air would be as K. SAST08-DUMOST. thick with people in flying machines as the roads were ten years ago with people pedaling about on bicycles. He predicted that airships or flying machines would be cheaper than automobiles and hence would be more within the reach of the common people. Great progress In the science of navigation of the air has been made recently both In the development of the aeroplane and in the further improvement of the dirigible balloon airship. SI. Santos-Dumont has won great successes in the past with airships of the dirigible balloon variety, but he is now devoting his chief attention to the perfection of the aeroplane. It was long the custom to say ihat the aeroplane Idea, though right enough in theory, would never be reduced to practice. Since the Brazilian aeronaut has captured the Deutsch-Archdeacon prize of $10,000 for a successf inflight in a flying machine built on the heavier than air principle the skeptics are confounded, and question no longer exists about the aeroplane's feasibility. The machine with which M. SantosDumont is believed to have solved the problem of mechanical flight Is in reality a huge khe propelled by a fifty horsepower motor. When at rest the structure reposes on two pneumatic tire wheels. The frame is shaped like the capital letter T. Each of the wings is a large three celled kite, and between them stands the operator, with a long cellular tongued rudder extending out horizontally In front of him, forming the base of the T. As the propeller whirls and the machine gains momentum the resistance of the air lifts it from the ground, and it "skims along guided by the position of the rudder. With his new; aeroplane, Bird of Prey, M. Santos-Dumont has made several flights and has gone a distance of several hundred yards at a time at a height of about fifteen feet and at a speed of about thirty miles an hour. Ills aeroplane weighs about fcOO pounds, and its construction involved an expense of something like $3,500. He built it large in order to tovereome main obstacles as to the principle of successful flight with an aeroplane, but says that with increased power and speed the size can be re ilueed. We can look forward, he says, to a practical aeroplane which can .-readily be housed la every home. M. Henri Dentsch de la Meurthe, whose prizes have been won by M. Santos-Dumont, is a millionaire oil king, and he is himself much interested In dirigible balloon airships. He has built several, and his new Ville de Tarts is one of the queerest appearing contrivances of the kind ever seen under Trench skies. It is 1SG feet in length, tins a sixty horsepower motor and tears on the forward end a series of sausage-like protuberances that impart to it an extremely freakish aspect. Ihy are intended to give the airship stability and to serve the purpose of .wings or aeroplanes. Ih'e most rormiaauie loosing airsnip JthqLt .was exer conatrurted is .that, of

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NOW LIES IN THE CITY JAIL John Ruple Tries to Go to Portland Without Paying the Windsor Hotel, But is Detained by Officer Bundy. Held for Board Bill. John Ruple, a recent addition to the city's population, tried ' to live at the Windsor , Hotel without paying any board bill, also tried to leave the. city for Portland last night without making any promise of payment to the Wind sor proprietor and as a result, liunle slept in the city bastile last night. Of ficer Bundy helped Ruple to the place Ruple has been working about the city, eating at the Windsor, and reom ing next door ' to the hotel. ' Those most Interested in Ruple's move ments had a strong suspicion that he intended to leave the city, last night and called on the police. Officar Bun dy now has the Pennsylvania . Station beat, and when he saw Ruple-buy a ticket, he begged to detain-him.. - The trunk which Ruple kept at his boarding house he . had- secured through the efforts of a friend and he had it checked all ready to take with him to Portland. CounC Fen-..-a eyeliii, who v,"on fame iu the Franco-Prussian war as the first Prussian officer t3 cross the frontier into France. The count's new air craft, model No. 3, which flew around and over the Bodeasee, the lake between Switzerland and Baden, carrying nine persons in its: two car riages, was begun In February and was eight months in building. At times 200 workmen were employed on it day and night It looks like an enormous torpedo and is as big as an ocean steamship, but is peedler than most of the eo called ocean greyhounds. It differs radicatty In appearance i from the ordinary, dirigible balloons because It is really composed of sixteen balloons, all inclosed la a cylinder of alu-miHium-piaffes, each having its sepa rate compartment, Independent. .of all the others. If oae should become punctured and collapse, the others would keep the ship afloat in the air. It carries two motors of eighty-five horsepower each, the greatest power ever applied to an airship. The count's airship is designed to remain afloat for five . days If -desired, long enough to cross the opoho. and has been operated with" much8ucce"ss"in the vicinity of theBodensee. The idea of using the balloon, for hunting trips is advanced : by certain members of the Aero Club of '. America. It is expected that. the sport of , bagging game on the wing while sailing through the air at a height of some hundred feet will prove exciting even HUNTING FBOM A BAX&OOX. to millionaire sportsmen who have exhausted the pleasures of game preserves. The only special danger In such sport would be the possibility of some one shooting wild and putting a bullet hole through the balloon above Instead of through a bird on the wing. WIFE GETS A AND GEHRING GETS ANGRY "Long John" Goes to Home on North 13th street and Makes Considerable Headway at Throwing the Furniture Out the Windows. Because , his wife was granted a divorce in the Circuit Conrt yesterday morning, "Long John" Gearing, of considerable police court fame, yesterday afternoon sipped too freely from "the cup that cheers" and when i.i an unusually bad humor went to his home on North 13th and G street, and started throwing the furniture out of the windows. He did this until he tired of the job and his anev had slightly cooled, and then started fov town with the threat that he would get drunk. His wife made goorv use of the telephone while "John" was on his way to the city, and at North Sth and E streets he was met by Ou'Icei uuiie, wno aaaeu speed to Joun s trip with the aid of the patrol. AN ALARMING SITUATION frequently results from neglect of clogged bowels and torpid liver, until constipation becomes chronic. This condition is unknown to those who use Dr. King's New Life Pills; the best and gentlest regulators of Stomach and Bowels. Guaranteed by A G. Luken & Co., druggist. Price 25c. See how what you have r.eard Iook In print and get a dollar for doina It LWin tho news "tin" crlza

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GRIDIAOtl CLUB HAD BIG NIGHT

Entertained President Roosevelt and Other Lesser Lights at the Feast. EVERYBODY IS ROASTED THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE MADE VICTIM OF A PARODY, THE PANAMA TRIP FURNISHING THE SUBJECT. Publishers Press. . Washington, Dec. 8. The President, Vice-President and 223 other guests, consisting of cabinet officers, senators, members of the supreme court, members of congress,' railroad presidents, diplomats and lesser lights were entertained tonight by the Gridiron Club. For four hours the fun was fast and furious. It began at the fall " of the gavel when the guests were seated at the table, and continued long after the cigars and coffee. ' ; Taft Gets "His.' Later in the dinner the fattest member of the club carrying a red hot stove -walked in. He was made up to represent Secretary Taft. When called to-order by the President of the Club, he said the stove was the Cuban situation, that he was tired of it and that he intended ' to leave it on' the White House steps. It" was suggested "to him that unless all the battleships were out of commission that ' he would probably find nobody stt home at the house. - There was a "down and out club" from which were selected officers for Cuba. William Randolph Hearst, was elected governor. Representative J. W. Babcock, secretary, John B. Moran, attorney general. Representative Wads worth, secretary, of agriculture, Representative McCleary, of Minneapolis, for tariff expert, and Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio, for statistician. , Farewell to Shaw, One of the most enjoyable features of the dinner was the singing by the club's choir. The song to Secretary Shaw was sung to the air of "So Long Mary," and was in the nature of a farewell to Shaw who leaves the cabinet soon' to go out and promote his presidential boom. "So long, Leslie, Leslie we . will miss . . you so. . So long Leslie we hate to see you go. And 'we will all be longing for you: Leslie while you roam, , , ; : . So long, Leslie, don't forget to come back home.". The President is Remembered. The President's recent trip' to Pan ama was told about in a parody on "He Walked Right in, etc." The chorus ran like this: He sailed right - In and turned around, then sailed right . home again. His trip across the Isthmus strip, took him only hours ten. He asked his questions on the fly, and scarcely stopped to say good bye, He sailed right in and turned around then sailed right home again." WERE QUIETLY MARRIED Raymond E. Smith and Miss .Stella ' Floyd Wedded at Home of the Bride Last Night. . Raymond E. Smith and Miss Stella Floyd, were married last night at the home of the bride on North 5th street,' by the Rev. Mr. Nelson of the Grace M. E. church. The bride is one of Richmond's most estimable young wo men, while the groom is a well known young man, nd for four years has been president of- a peculiar organiza tion known as "The Cold Feet Club." The eligibility, rule of the society is that the member should not show at tention to . any young woman. The president stole a march on his fellow members. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have gone on a short wedding trip and on their return will be at home to friends at 305 Js'orth 5th street. V . :1 - GLEANINGS. Fuji Yama, Japan's most famous mountain, which is 13,000 feet high. has been successfully climbed by a nine-year-old girl. A Silesian court recently sentenced to prison for two months a man who had failed to cheer the kaiser during the military maneuvers. A statistician has calculated that there, are in Europe at this moment 9,500,000 men under arms. If they were all lined up the line would be j 1,500 miles long. The English postofSce telephone sys- ! tern now publishes every Monday in I the daily papers a list of the new sub scribers added during the previous week. This adds to supplemental directories, which are published much more frequently than is the case here. The bicycle is now a favorite means of transportation in South Africa, to which place liundreds of discarded wheels are shipped by Jobbers, who buy them up in America and England. The. natives take kindly to them, and these Zulus in their simple costume are full of pride in their possession.-. Quite Impossible. In arly days In battle No quarter would they give. And if a man waa captured No chanc had he to live, -s JTow could they give a quarter, pet? They hadn't been invented yet. Not Prepared to Meet Itj Why is Justice so hard to get?" "That's easy. Because nobody waalt . w

Patrick Sheedy, Art Connoisseur

Remarkable Career of the Retired Gambler, ' Ww Is Now a Picture Sharp How He Recovered tbe Stolen Gainsborough. p AT SHEEDY, re tired gambler, epigrammatist and art connoisseur, has become a philanthropist. He. essays to help the needy rich rather than the poer. He has Just opened in New York an art gallery to be conducted along novel lines. The former king of the gaming table proposes to Patrick r. shkedt. teach the new rich how to judge the good points of a picture and how 'to tell a masterpiece from a mere smudge, so that Mrs. Parvenu may not pay large sums for chroinos under the Impression that she is buying old masters. , Sheedy has had a good deal of experience in connection with noted paintings, and a few years ago. he did something. which linked his name permanently with that of Thomas Gainsborough, the. English oil painter of a hundred years ago. He caused to be restored to its rightful owners the celebrated portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire by Gainsborough, which for a quarter of a century had been securely hidden by the man who stole It. ; , The Gainsborough portrait haa .had a history more curious and Interesting than that of any painting known to the world. In the first place it was Interesting as to its subject. The beautiful duchess who was painted by Gainsborough died In 1806, Just d 'kindred years ago. She was famous ' "the kissing duchess." Her husbnn.i ' as a politician, and when he ranker office the duchess used to go to .the polls and buy rotes for him. She paid one kiss for one vote. The voters said it was well worth the price, and many of them sighed because they had but one rote to give for their country. Early in the seventies the Gainsborough portrait was bought by the Agi gaxxsbobouoh's "ppcHKsa or devosBHTBK." news, London art dealers, for $55,000. Up to that time that was the highest price ever paid for a painting by an English artist. The fact was extensively exploited in the press. One Adam Worth, a native of New York and a notorious criminal along the lines of picking pockets, forging and bank swindling, not to speak of burglaries, conceived the Idea- of stealing the portrait and holding it for ransom. He managed to get into the room .where the big picture was bong, slashed tbe canvas from its frame, rolled it up and carried it away. For twenty-five years the detectives of Europe and America searched In vain for the portrait. Worth waa living under an assumed name as a fashionable London gentleman. In the course of his career he had met Pat Sheedy. - The ; gambler was widely known as "square" in his profession and In all his dealings with men, good and bad. Worth had confidence in him.. Sheedy learned that Worth had stolen the Gainsborough. William . A. Pinkerton was a friend of Sheedy. The gambler arranged .with the detective to restore the portrait on , the payment . of the ransom money demanded by the thief, $25,000, The transaction took place In Chicago, whence the picture was shipped to the Agnews. Then J. Pierpont Morgan bought it, paying $150,000, and the Gainsborough is now in London, along with many other high priced works of art, , which Morgan declines to bring over because of the high duty. The Gainsborough canvas originally was a full length portrait. A lady In England who had no premonition of the fame and high price which the picture would attain, but who had si frame of certain dimensions, cut off the feet of tbe duchess and a considerable part of her lower limbs to make the picture fit into the frame. Pat Sheedy has In his possession another relic of Adam Worth, who died two or threa years ago. The thief willed to the ex-gambler a canvas said to be by Mnrillo, the subject being a Magdalene. This picture Is supposed t hare been stolen from a monastery. DEADLY SERPENT BITES. are as common in India as are stomach and liver disorders with us. For the latter however there Is a sure remedy: Electric Bitters; the great restorative medicine, of which S ABrown, of Bennettsville, S. S., says: "They restored my wife to perfect health, after years of suffering with dyspepsia and a chronically torpid liver." Electric Bitters cure chills and fever, malaria, biliousness, lame back, kidney troubles and bladder disorders. Sold on guarantee by A. G. ten. & Co.. druggist. Price 0c

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TELLS THE STORY Admits the Killing of Dr. Thomas H. Butler, but Forgets Circumstances. INSANE FROM GOSSIP IN TRAGIC WAY WOMAN DECLARES NO GROUND EXISTED FOR STORIES CONNECTING HER NAME WITH HER VICTIM. Publishers Press. Hazelhurst, Miss., Dec. 8. The defense in the Angle Birdsong murder case rested this afternoon and court adjourned until Monday when arguments will be heard. Mrs. Birdsong went before the Jury this afternoon and laid bare her whole life. She admitted she shot Dr. Thomas II. Butler, but denied a clear knowledge of the circumstances. e'Tt all seems hazy to me now," said &fs. Birdsong. "I was made insanely mad over the gossip that connected my name with that of Dr. Butler." Just before leaving the stand, Mrs. Birdsong, rising from her seat, and holding her right hand high to'Heaven, declared: "I will swear before my Lord, this evening, that there, was never any mdue intimacy between Dr. Butler and myself." JUDGE COMSTOCK CHOSEN Will Hear the Presentation of the Eariham Stanley Beard Controversy in Circuit Court.. Judge Daniel W. Comstock, of the Indiana Appellate bench, has been chosen to preside during the argument of the case brought by LaVerna Beard, heir of Zachariah Stanley, to secure proper recognition under his will as a student at Eariham College. The will provided for the payment of certain expenses of blood relatives of Stanley and it is alleged that preference has been shown those of the name of Stanley .although their relation to the decendent is no closer or not as close as that of Miss Beard. She seeks to have a proper interpretation of the will. Lady Maccabees Elect. The Lady Maccabees have elected the following officers for the ensuing year: - - Past Commander-r-VioIa Brown. Commander. Rose Elstro. Lieut. Commander Anna Aikin. . Record Keeper Grace Skinner. . Finance Keeper Margaret Shannon. . Chaplain Elizabeth Shate.' Sergeant Florence Hatfield. Misstress at Arms Anna.bel!e Pattl. Sentinel Lulu Little. Pickett Ida Stanley.

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