Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 359, 5 February 1907 — Page 3

The Richmond Palladium. Tuesday, February 5, 1907.

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RECLRD breaking CROWD SAW PLAt

"The Man on the Box" at Gennett Last Night, Pleasantly Presented. THE ROLES WELL TAKEN HENRY E. DIXEY AND MARIE NORDSTROM WERE ESPECIALLY GOOD--THE ' NOVEL WAS CLOSELY FOLLOWED. The dramatization ' of Harold MoGrath's popular novel, "The Man on the Box" was- presented at the Gennett last night -to an audience which occupied every available seat. The manner in which the novel was staged was most pleasing. In general the lines of the titory were followed and wnere the stage version did deviate it' was not in a manner to detiorato from the effectiveness of tho book. Those attending were more than pleased. They were enthusiastic and many prononnced it the best comedy drama that has held the boards at the local th?atre for some time. Withthe ease of manner, the sly suggesuveness. or. .rougisnnesa an an absorbing personality, -Henry E. Dixey ; in the loading role,- that of Liout. Rob ert Worburton, (the man on the box,) was at home, so much so in fact that I even the most exacting of critics could find no fault with his rendition of the characteristics of the man who Harold McGrath so-interestingly pictured. With all due credit to Dixey however he was not the "whole suow," as every man and woman in the company carried their parts to perfection and especially was this so of Marie Nordstrom the beautiful-and accomplished actress In the rolo of Elizabeth Annesley. With a vivaciousness greatly resembling Lulu Glaser In the title role of Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall, but minus the fiery temper and ! crude brusqueness, the actress soon i won a warm spot in the hearts of the audience. She carried with her a;

touch of the coquetish. but which how-', presented. This Is a play of Russian ever was nevertheless delightful,' life by Theo Kremer, author of "The while she when occasion demanded Fatal Wedd!ng" and other great sucproved her rights to the title of be-cesses. The company is said to be ing called a woman In its fullest' the most evenly balanced ever to play sense. j this territory and among the members j of the company are many well remem

NEWS OF THE THEATERS Theatricaf Calendar. GENNETT. Wednesday, Feb. 6. Under Southern Skies." Saturday February 9 "Wonderland." PHILLIPS. Entire Week High class vaudeville. "Under Southern Skies" Gennett. The return of "Under Southern Skies" to our city is an event that will be looked forward to by large numlers of our theatregoers. Those who taw this highly entertaining play on its previous visit will be glad of an opportunity of seeing it again, for it 13 a play that bears seeing over and over again, and thoso who have for

, - 1 increasing. Since last seen here it has been delighting crowded houses in other cities and it is everywhere admitted to be the best play of Southern life now before the public. The management has made every t'fforfr"! 'have the .present, tour surpass all previous efforts to please the public. An entirely new outfit or scenery has been provided, new costumes will be. worn and .new songs and dances will enliven the Hallowe'en celebration. A very strong cast will be seen in the play. "Under Southern Skies" will be at the Gennett on next Wednesday night and seats should be secured well in advance as the return of this attraction will no doubt crowd the theatre. Airy, Fairy "Wonderland" Gennett. The Herbert MacDonough-Mitchell trio, who are responsible for the music book and production of "Wonderland" that will be seen at the Gennett Saturday nlcht, are said to have turned out a most pleasinac entertainment, liike its two companion shows, the "Wizard of Oz" and "Babes in Toyland", staeed by the' wizard of staee craft, Julian Mitchell, it is said to be n dream of the stage builders and scene painters art and also like those two iMjpuIar attractions, it enjoyed a lonsr rim at the Majestic theatre, New York, last winter. A -glance at the cast Is sufficient to arrest the attention of any one - -kes a pretense of keeping abf cal, for beside stantaneous -a tribute talner. f things t'aeatriie Chip, whose Ins in New York was 'alented little enter'ry Marble, who will

any reason missed attending will no ,y ana luv ruiiuswpe &uuwuiS m m doubt -seize the present opportunity of! Rewarded Honesty and the great feaenjoying this great success. "Under I ure film. "Secret Service" was very Southern Skies" is now in its sixth Tn,s bin should pack the Philyear and its DODularity is constantly "ps a11 this week. Souvenir matinee

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be remembered as the star of "Xancy Brown" last year, and a number of other popular and well known actors and a large chorus. Repertoire at the Gennett. The management of the Gennett theatre is to be congratulated in having as an attraction next week that sterling company, which is making such a fine record in Indiana, "The! American Stock company." This or- j ganizatlon is an Eastern one and the plays run the entire scale of dramatics, from "The Man-o Wars-Man" and "The Voice of Mature" really high class dramas to "An Unwritten Law" and "Trinity Chimes." which are classed as thrillers. The latter are full of comedy and alive with sensa-j tional situations. Opening Monday evening with "The Man-oWars-Man" the bill on Tuesday night will be "An Unwritten Iaw". On Wednesday j night "The Voice, of Nature" will be; bered favorites, including Nancy Uoyer, Thomas B. Alexander, Henry Testa, Ellen Fitch, Ethel Townsend, Prince Elwood and last and least in a physical sense, Jack Warburton, "the great little comedian," who assumes a wide range of parts in the eleven performances. Vaudeville at the Phillips. Two large and pleased audiences filled the New Phillips to witness the initial performances Monday afternoon and evening and the program offered was verjr pleas!ng. Budworth and Wells presenting their refined comedy sketch, "A Personal Ad" are very clever performers and pleased ' greatly. Eddy Martyne the bounding I wire artist is one of the cleverest ! wire acts seen at the Phillips this ! season. Williams and Mayer, comedy I sketch artists were well received. ! The singing of Miss Mayer is especial-: iv fin noRniHfm Urn rnmpriv i robats do some very clever stunts and keep the audience in the best of hum- j or. The illustrated song pleased great- i - X 1 nLlI 1 IL A Til Wednesday. Every lady attending will be presented with a set of gold beauty pins. A Swell Hootblark. A bootblack wearing n diamond strid and who'se linen is as spotless as that worn by those whose shoes he shines is one of the fixtures of a government building In this city. He was highly insulted when a passing stranger, seeing his "kit." asked him to "polish em up!" In a loud voice the son of Ital.v gave the well intentioned offender to understand that be "shlned only by contract." This is a fact, and when at the end if each month he collects his "fees" the bootblack's pile in profits amounts tr as much as the salaries of some of the men who employ hlni and Is really in excess of that paid to many. Philadelphia Record. The Ancient Abacas. . In Russia offices of every description and all retail stores .Invariably .use the ancient abacus in their daily business transactions. The abacus is an oblong frame, across which are stretched several wires, each supplied with ten balls. The balls on the- under wire represent units, those on the next above It tens, and so on to nundreds, thousands, etc. Chinese Gods. Every Chinese implement has its deity. There is a god of kniTes. an-) other of spades, another of hatchets,! another of swords. ETerr kind of anl-: mal has its deity. O q j 1 AND Sl.OO.

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E 111 FREIGHT RATES IS LIKELY Panhandle Official Sets Forth the Reasons for Thinking It Will Come. PASSENGER RATES LOWER ONLY WAY FOR PANHANDLE TO MAKE PROFITS MEET INCREASED EXPENSES IS BIGGER FREIGHT RATES. Since the" announcement that the Pennsylvania and many other railroads controlling lines in the coal fields would after April adopt a higher schedule in freight rates, rumor has it in the Richmond freight offices, that the Pennsylvania will soon raise all freight rates. A prominent freight official located in this city, said yesterday that under present conditions he did not see but what such means would be adopted, as under existing circumstances expenses were mounting the ladder with leaps and bounds and since the differA. A X ' A 1 1 A. A IJJf A. u,oufuul lIie s were adopting the two cent passenger rat the raise m freight rates was Pbable as the railroads would have to Protect their earnings, He also said thatthe cost of freight cars, and equipment of all kinds was scaring, making the operating expenees of the road almost double that of several years ago. In addition to the increase In the cost of equipment, the recent increase in the wages of all the men on the system will figure largely upon the final decision of the directors of the road. Many thousands of dollars was voluntarily given out to the employes of the road in the form of wages and to cover the whole expenses, the freight rates the only visible means of bringing in additional revenue to the railroads will suffer the raise READ PAPER ON BEECHER REV. WADE TO MINISTERS Resolution Passed Endorsing the "Blind Tiger" Bill Now Pending Before the Legislature Potters' Field to be Improved. At the meeting of the ministerial as sociation yesterday a paper was read by the Rev. R. J. Wade on "Henry Ward Beecher." A resolution was passed endorsing the "blind tiger" bill now pending before the general assembly, and the two representatives from Wayne county were urged to vote for this measure. The committee which was recently appointed to confer with the board of works and the township trustee with reference to the condition of the potters field at Earlham cemetery rePrt.ea tnai it naa held a conference witn the officials in question, and that at a meeting to be held in the near future arrangements would be made whereby steps looking to an improvement of the existing conditions would be taken. A committee on legislation was appointed. The Rev. J. o. Campbell, E i. nowara ana s. k. Lyons were named to serve on this committee. Greensfork Tpam Wnn By the score of 36 to 33 the Greensfork basket ball team took the strong Fountain City team. Into camp at Greensfork Saturday night. Fountain City was reputed to be the strongest team in northern Wayne county and its defeat caused a decided sensation iu both towns.

LOWER HOUSE ASKS FOR COTTON PROBE Secretary of Commerce and Labor Instructed to Carry on Investigation. PRICES ARE MANIPULATED

M'CUMBER SERVICE PENSION BILL PASSED BY THE HOUSE AND NOW AWAITS THE SIGNATURE OF PRESIDENT. Publishers Press.1 Washingion, reo. 4. The time of both the senate and house this week will be taken up with appropriation bills. In the senate the Indian bill Is under consideration and the house has the river and harbor bill under way. Several days will be required to dispose of each of these measures. The senate will take up next the army bill and the house the naval bills. These four measures will practically monopolize the time of the two bodies as there are many points in each over which there is wide difference of opinion. It is expected that the senate amendments to the Indian territory matters will develop debate wiile the question of big battleships will bo fought out in the house in connection with the navpJ bill. The house adopted a resolution, calling on the secretary of commerce and labor through the bureau of corporations to investigate the causes of fluctuation in the price of cotton and the difference In market price of the various grades. The investigation is to be conducted with the particular object of ascertaining whether or not "uctuations in the prices resulted in hole or in part from the character of contracts and deliveries made on the cotton exchanges dealing in futures, or Is the result of combination or conspiracy which interferes with or hinders commerce among the several states and territories and with foreign countries. Chairman Sulloway of New Hampshire, of the committee on invaliu pensions, called up the service pension bill, which passed the senate Jan. 15, increasing the pensions for soldiers and sailors of the civil war and the war with Mexico. The bill passed, ayes 196, nays 20. The bill provides that pensioners 62 years old shall receive $12 per month; 70 years, $16; 75 years, $20, to commence from the date of filing the application. The bill is known as the McCumber service pension bill. It goes to the president for ipproval. f Investigation by the senate commitee on military affairs into the Crownsville affray began Monday. A score of negro soldiers of the TwentyIfth infantry, discharged from the irmy without honor because of their illeged participation in the shooting lp of the Texas town, were present vhen the committee began its first sitting. There was only one white man in the group of witnesses. Attendance of members of the comnittee at the hearing was large, but it is expected that after the investigation is well under way it will be necessary to appoint a subcommittee to :ake testimony. Attorneys were barred from the committee room, the negro soldiers mder investigation having no reprejentative at the hearing other than nembers of the committee. It is unlerstood Senator Foraker, author of he resolution of inquiry, will look after the Interests of the men if they are placed in jeopardy. feeding tm- uinuu Sum. Brood sows should be fed differently from those animals intended for fat .ening purposes, says Professor Ken nedy of the Iowa station. Corn, whilt an excellent feed for fattening hogs, should be used In very moderate amounts for breeding animals. It should not form more than one-third of the ration. This is due to the fact that corn Is a fat and heat producing feed. The ration of the brood sow should be of a nitrogenous nature, so as to have a cooling effect upon the system. Sows which have an abun dance of exercise can withstand more corn feeding than those that are con fined to the pens. A ration of shorts and oats or some gluten feed or any other feed stuff which is fairly rich !i nitropen will give good results. Probably one of the best rations wlli be a mixture of one part corn, one part shorts and one part oats. In some in stances bran is used Instead of short for feeding of brood sows, especially where mature animals are kept for breeding purposes. Oil meal, while used to a considerable extent for breed ing stock and for fattening bogs, must be fed with great care to the bro? ow, especially near farrowing time It has been known to cause abortion when fed in considerable quantities shortly before farrowing time. Tke Dardanelles. The strait of the Dardanelles Is less than fifty miles long, but, diplomatically speaking. It reaches to all the capitals of Europe and even to the state department at Washington. A person suffering with boils should I eschew pastry, gravies atid every kind of meat excepting lean mutton- The boils may be brought to a bead by using a warm poultice of camomile flowers or boiled white lily root, by fermentation with hot water or by stimulating plasters. Odd Books. In the British museum are books written on oyster shells, bricks, tiles, bones. Ivory, lead. Iron, copper, sheep skin, woad and nalm leave.

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Humor and Philosophy By DUNCAN M. SMITH

HIS FIRST ATTACK. Something's happened to the boy. He has lost his careless air; Makes a fuss about his ties And the way he combs his hair. Didn't ever used to care If he never washed his face -Ah. wtve all of us been there There's a lady In the case! Used to like to gro to school With his collar quite a siht: Shoes could look like anytl-ins Never tried to wear them bright Now he irakes a holler If He's the least bit out of trim. Has to fix himself Just so Since that girl has landed hinv For the parries he u"ed to play Doesn't any lonper care. Football Is the stuff for him. You can bet. If ?he is there XVith his colors on her breast Where the winds with them may flirt. For he knows she'll make a fus If her darling boy Is hurt. That's the way It hits a boy When he first discovers ther Is but one grir! on the earth For that matter, anywhere. Makes-him over right away. Though it may be quite a chore, So his mothor and his dad Hardly know him any moreEasy Rule to Follow. "Would you succeed in business?" "Sure! I would if I could." Then don't watch the'clock." That's easy. There is the prettiest typewriter you ever saw that sits'exj actly opposite from where the blamed j old timepiece hangs on the wall." Civilizing a Furnace. Kind words are worse than wasted on a furnace, and sometimes you feel that coal is kIso. Sometimes the man who has yanked out his back uuiulier stoves and sold them to the rags and old iron man and put in a furnace for the purpose of having solid comfort for the rest of his life finds that he has another guess coming along with the first cold snap. There Is nothing so perverse as the furnace that will not do the work It was guaranteed to do by the man who put It there after having given your bank account an unpleasant jolt. Unnatural and unjust laws prevent you from murdering the cheerful friend who drops In to tell you how nicely his furnace works without burning hardly any coal. You must grit your teeth In silence and get what warmth you can out of the exercise. It Is then that a man finds immediate and constant use for all the long forgotten swear words that be learned out behind the fence when a boy. The Explanation. , "The railroads are soulless corporations and should be dealt with accordingly." "What's the matter? Have they taken up your pass?" If Over Twentyone. 'What do you expect to get for Christmas?" That's easy a handkerchief." PERT PARAGRAPHS. No married man deceives his wife. He doesn't know how. A soft snap is what you had when you didn't know it. No girl who can't support a husband feels able to marry. A man has to come down with the cash as the price of living goes up. Merit wins if the man who has ft has sufficient boosting. These are the oays when the water wagon looks like the band wagon. Virtue that employs a press agent may be virtue or It may be son?thing 1 Just as good for commercial purposes. A man may be the soul of honesty, but he avIII need something less ethereal if he has to deal with the regular push. Tf yon are a good thing, try to keep the public from finding It out. Merit may speak for Itself, but It gets more listeners when money talks fo- It THE HALL OF FAME. Professor GoMwin Smith some time go formally willed bis brain to Cornell university. Jsmes Came of St. Columb Minor. Cornwall, who Is over 100 years of age. ftill attends to his Sunday duties as Clerk of the parish church. The oldest sr-idier now receiving a pension from the state of Maine Is Eli J. Cook of Belfast, a vetvan of the Aroostook war of 1S39. Mr. Cook has readied the advanced age of 101 years, Anna Van Ness, aged fifty, and James Ketchani, aired fifty-six, of Pine Brook. X. J at v-Aireraert cr

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serenteeu years, uuriug which boUi bad to care for aged parents, are at last married. Dr. Wilfrid T. Grenfell. the medical missionary who founded and conduct the Labrador Deep Sea mission, fig ored among King Edward's birthday honors, being created a companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Senator George S, Nixon, the new bonanza senator from Nevada, has made $2H.fWH.000 out of his Goldneld mines. Before acquiring his vast fortune be was a modest banker at Win nemucta and also edited a paper In small miuiug town. Lord Kuollys. King Edward's private secretary for the past thirty-six years, has the full confidence of his majesty, who tells him all bis public as well as private business. He controls theklug's enormous correspondence and has a large corps of assistants to help him. One of the most popular men in Stratford-ou-Avon. J. A. Priest, baa beeu elected mayor of that ancient borough, and William Gardner Colbourne. Esq.. of tho Bed Horse, so well known to American travelers, has been re-elected to the board of aldermen. In which be has already served with hon or for thirty-three years. Living iu Washington lu h!s ninetyfifth year is Geueral Daniel H. Kucker. father-in-law of Phil Sheridau and boyhood 'chum, of Sherman. He was boru in Belleville, N. J.. and at an early age enlisted In the army and served on the frontier, being a great friend of Kit Carson. He took part lu the Mexican war as well as the civil war. Bronsou Howard lays the blame for an Inferior stage npon the tired business man who has to be amused. lie lately said: "I hate the tired business man. He is the cause of plays being produced that keep four other men at home. I wish he would go home and rest. The drama has no future In this country until we cease to cater to the tired business man."

V.ina-all on 'Horaes. Windfalls are often seen In young, overgrown horses, where the body seems to have outgrown the ability of the joints to sustain the weight. In cart and other horses used to hard work. In trotters with excessive knee action nud iu most cow ponies there Is a predisposition to windgalls. Street car horses and others used to start heavy loads on slippery streets arc the ones most apt to develop windgalls in the hind legs. The tumor Is more or less firm and tense when the foot is on the ground, but Is soft and compressible when the foot Is off the ground. In old horses windgalls generally develop slowly and canse no Inconvenience. If they are caused by excessive tension of the Joint, the tumor develops rapidly, is tense, hot and painful, and the animal is exceedingly lame. Bureau of Animal Industry bulletin. Making good resolutions makes a man feel so heroic that It really seems unnecessary to bother about keeping them. Beara the Signature of Tha Kind You Have Always Botififit Use artificial gas for light and heat 10 tf

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT, FED. G sl!ST UNDER SOUTHERN SKIES Written by Lottie Blair Parker Author " 'Way Down East." A Play That Will Live Forever. The most original, unhackneyed and diverting play of Southern life ever written. 27 REMARK ABLE CAST 27. Massive Production Complete In Every Detail. Over two million people have seen this play. PRICES: $1.00, 75c, 50c, 25c. Seats on sale at Westcott Pharmacy.

The New Phillips Vaudeville Theatre O. G. MURRAY, LESSEE. F. A. BROOKS, BUSINESS MANAGER. PROGRAM WEEK FEB. 4th, 1907. Saturday 3, 7:45 and 9:15 p. m. A OVERTURE. D Harry Williams & Mayer Ethel. Marie Reisch Brooks, Musical Di- Presenting a comedy singing rector. sketch. Miss Ethel Mayer, B Nellie Budworth & Wells W. J. "Lady Baritone." . The clever entertainers. Refined E FRANKLIN A. BROOKS. Comedy Sketch. "A Personal Song Illustrator. Ad," introducing characters, F 3 DEBOLIEN BROS. 3 changes, singing, witty dia- Comedy acrobatic act. logues. etc. G PHILOSCOPE. C EDDY MARTYNE. Latest Motion pictures. The bounding wire artist. Special inatrnee eacti Saturday; children 5 cents. All other matinees 10c. except to children under 5 years. Souvenirs Wednesday matinee.

HAYS BROS.' THEATRE FOR LADIES, GENTLEMEN AND CHILDREN. 9 South 8'n?h 8L

AFTERNOON and EVENING PROGRAM FOR Thursday, Friday and Saturday: PICTURES "Moonlight Dreamt," "Young Tramps.' ILLUSTRATED SONGS "Shyann," words by Harry Williams. Music by Egbert Van Alstyne. CONTINUOUS SHOW.

-ROLLER SKATING - COLISEUM--Open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, morning, afternoon and evening. Music by the Richmond City Band. Admission, Gents, 15c; Ladies free. Skates 10c.

Woman's Trials. Th bitter trail in a woman's life Is to be childless. Who can tell how hard the rtruggle may have been ere she learnt to resifru herself U her lonely lot? Th absence of this lint to bind marital life together, the absence of this one pledae to mutual affection is a common disappointment. Manv unfortunate couples become estranged thereby. Even if they do not drift apart, one may read the whole extent of their disappointment in the eves of such n childless co iIe w hen they rest on th children of others. To them the Unrest family does not seem too numerous. In manv cases of barrenness or childlessness the obstacle to child-bearing is easily removed by the cure of weakness on the part of the woman. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has been the means of restoring health and frultfultu ss to many a barren woman, to tho great Joy of the household. In other, but rare cases, the o!stnictk)n to the Wanne of children has been found to te of a surgical character, but easily removable by painless operative treatment at the Invalids' Hotel and Surfical Institute, Buffalo. N. Y. over which )r. Pierce of the "Favorite Prescription" fame presides. In all cases where children are desired and ure absent, an effort should be made to tind out the real cause, since it Is generally so easily removed by proper treatment. In all the various weaknesses, displacements, prolapsus, inflammation and debilitating, catarrhal drains and iu all cases of nervousness and debility. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Inscription is the most efficient remedy that can possibly be used. It has to its credit hundreds of thousands of cures more In fact than any other remedy nut upforaale tbrouph druggists, especially for woman's use. The ingredients of which the "Favorite Prescription Is composed have received the most positive endorsement from the leading medical writers on MatcrUi MtHra of all the several schools of practice. All the Ingredients are printed in piofn Engllth on the wrapper enclosing the bottle, so that any woman making use of this famous medicine ma v know exactly what she is taking. Dr. Pierce takes his patients into his full confidence, which be can afford to do as the formula after which the "Favorite Prescription" 1s made w ill bear the most ireful examination. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the best and safest laxative for women.

VERSATILE AND UNIQUE In Exclusive Originality! tb RECEPTION MUSIC FurnUhert by Lawrence W. Dcukcr's Tet-rauq Concert Quartet J Tnt QUALITY COUGH REMEDY! A customer of mine; an old ladywas in this store a few days ago and saw a bottle of Winter's Cough Syrup on the counter; she said to a friend, "that's the very best Cough Medl cine I ever used. I have tried them all. Every bottle is a cough insurance policy." 25 and 50 cents. M. j. QUIGLEY Court House Pharmacy. 6