Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 99, 15 February 1909 — Page 3

PAGE TH SUICIOE'S KIIIFE . IS WEAPON USED V In Madam Butterfly Prima . Donna Wields Knife With A Tragic History. HELPS HER IN HER WORK OVER SIX HUNDRED PEOPLE DEATH Report of Pennsylvania Railroad for the Past Year Remarkable One. THE THEATER A Wool: of Metropolitan Succooooo Worthy Your Attention Chas. Frohman presents the Greatest of Dramatic Triumphs A New and Original Play by Henri Bernstein. Seats now sellingPrices, 25, 50, 75, $1.00, $1.50. TRESPASSERS THE VICTIMS DAGGER MISS NORWOOD HAS WAS USED BY A LITTLE GEISHA TO END LIFE WHEN SHE WAS DESERTED. COMPANY, DESIRES PUBLIC AT TENTION TO TRESPASSING EVIL AND HOPES THAT IT WILL BE ELIMINATED.

THE RICHMOND PAIXADIU3I AND SUN-TEIiEGRA3I, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1909.

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Adelaide Norwood, the prima donna Soprano of the English Opera company, in the opera of Madam Butterfly which is to be seen in this city Wednesday, carrleB the dagger during the action of this opera and has also offered it to Myrtle Thornburgh, her alternate. The latter fears she is too superstitious to make use of It in the last scene where "Madam Butterfly" commits suicide. The dagger was brought from Japan by Hallie Erminle Rives, whose husband, Post Wheeler, is secretary of the American embassy. Miss Reeves, the novelist, was anxious to obtain possession of the knife, which has a beautiful enameled bronze handle, because she heard through official sources that with it a little geisha had actually committed suicide after being deserted by her American sweetheart. This story so completely conformed to the story of John Luther Long and the play of David Belasco which P ccini set to music, that Miss Reeves brought it back with her from Japan. Three weeks afterward she sent it to her friend. Miss Norwood. Helps In Her Work. "These things help me in my work," aid Miss Norwood, when she exhibited the relic. "It may seem foolish to the outsider, but everything like that helps in getting into a character. For instance, I know I sing and act better when I wear my Ethiopian bracelet in Iada. I am thinking of it. I know that it must have some effect. Bo that, while I don't claim to ,be superstitious, I know that I shall make a better characterization of "Madam Butterfly" because I have in my hand a dagger that really was used by a Japanese girl to take her own life as

Butterfly did, when she realized that the American had only made a plaything of her. I have seen many geishas in my travels in the Orient, but never was able to verify a single etory of the affection of the Japanese girl for the Westerner. So the story told me by Miss Reeves is the more Interesting. A Geisha Can Love. "It always seemed to me that the geishas realized they were not real wives. They seemed to know that the Occidental man did not love them as he would one of his own kind. But I suppose love is likely to spring up anywhere and now it is proved beyond a doubt that even a little geisha Is capable of loving so much as not to care to live after realizing that she baa been deceived. "All such marriages are not unhappy, however. There are several Eng- , lishmen who have taken Japanese wives and returned with them to Lon don society. Sir Edwin Arnold, for Instance, was thoroughly devoted to bis little Jap wife. Even the American, Lafcadie Hearn, testified, I believe, that he never knew real happiness until he married a Japanese and established a home in the Kingdom." Why They Stared. A young woman stopped In one of the stores to bare her coat altered slightly. Aa the operation wouldn't require more than an hour, the man said she could borrow another coat out of stock to wear while she went about her shopping until her own was ready. She accepted the offer and went her way. In half an hour she came back looking-frightened. "I'm going to stay right here until my own coat's ready," she declared "Everybody seems to know this coat doesn't belong to me. Dear me, how they did stare! I'd rather sit right here for a week or go without any coat at all rather than be taken for a shoplifter." "No wonder they stared," spoke up the man. "We forgot to take the tag off that coat you borrowed.' ' Cleveland Plain Dealer. WHY IT SUCCEEDS. Because It's for One Thing Only, and Richmond People Appreciate This. Nothing can be good for everything. Doing one thing well brings success. Doan's Kidney Pills do one thing oniy. They cure sick kidneys. They cure backache, every kidney HI. . Here is Richmond evidence to prove It Edgar S. Mote, mall carrier, 24 South Twentieth street, Richmond, Ind., says: "Doan's Kidney Pills brought such good results in my case . several years ago that I gave a public statement endorsing them. For .a long time I had suffered from back . ache and kidney trouble and the least cold affected my kidneys, making my condition . worse. Hearing about Doan's .Kidney Pills, I procured a sup ply at A, O. Luken & Co's drug store and their use so completely cured me that I have had put little trouble since. I will always hold Doan's Kidney Pills In high esteem." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and tak4fts other .:

CLIFFORD BRUCE. In "The Thief" at the Gennett tomorrow night.

THEATRICAL CALENDAR. GENNETT. Feb. 16. The Thief. Feb. 17 Madam Butterfly. Feb. 18. The Royal Chef. Feb. 19. The Top 0' Th' World. NEW PHILL'.PS. All Week High Class Vaudeville. "The Thief." "Charles Frohman should parade "The Thief" all over the United States and compel as many husbands and lovers as possible to see it," wrote Arthur Brisbane after seeing Henri Bernstein's masterpiece. The quotation gives an idea of the play's topic a study of the home. Every wife and sweetheart, as well as every husband and lover will be absorbed in this remarkable story of the woman who steals for dress, not in vanity, but to hold her husband's admiration. Bernstein is accounted the leading dramatist of France today. In "The Thief" he has not only hit upon a universal topic, but he has contrived an intricate plot which is not cleared until the very last minute of the play. Its vogue in New York was enormous, lasting ten months. It will be seen here at the Gennett theater Tuesday evening, Feb. 16. "Madam Butterfly." "Madam Butterfly" relates the tragic story of af geisha who, contrary to custom, fell in love with her American "husband," a lieutenant in the navy. Pinkerton is stationed in the Flowery Kingdom. He wants a little wife to while away his lonely hours. As usual, she is to be a plaything to him, a pretty and purring little kitten, which he may thrust aside at any time its suits his fancy. Pinkerton visits the American consulate and makes his wishes known. Contrary to the advice of the consul, he commissions a marriage broker to bring all the geishas before him. Little "Butterfly" is selected. The wedding takes place amid all the inter im 8 ill 4 MISS LOUIE COLLIER. The English Prima Donna in "Madam Butterfly." eating pomp and glitter prescribed by Oriental ritual. - "Butterfly" loves Pinkerton at first sight. She has brought with-her a few trinkets that girls prize, but she throws them all away as an expres sion of her devotion. All save a dag ger. -This was the instrument by which her father took his own life upon the Invitation of the Mikado. "Butterfly," as by fatalistic instinct retains the dagger. ; She renounces her family and religion, giving herself and all that she possesses to the man she loves. Shortly after the ceremony the priest. accompanied by all-the relatives and

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townspeople comes upon the scene and pronounces a curse upon her. She becomes an outcast among her own,

all because she loves Pinkerton unwisely and too well. "The Royal Chef." Your ordinary composer pays too little attention to his orchestration. Harmony, of course, is one of the es sential points in music, but the melodies and the counter-melodies are too often overlooked. There are very few composers in fact, who pay much attention to their counter-melodies In orchestration and several of its. numbers. In "The Royal Cher' the coun ter-melodies are the sustaining points. Too many musicians are prone to substitute sound for melody. They do not realize that- the' average audience appreciates the finer strains of music as well as the big bass drum and cymbals. In "The Spirit of '76" march for. the "Royal Cher countermelodies are the sustaining points of the number. The national airs of Am erica are interwoven with the mar tial air and the effect has been to make this number one of the most popular In the opera, and so it is all through the score. "The Top O Th' World." The attraction at the Gennett theater Feb. 19 will be the sensational musical comedy success, "The Top O' Th' World." The piece has a record of a year in New 'York and Chicago. It comes here now with the original cast and company of seventy singers and dancers, and the famous Collie Ballet. Bailey and Austin, Kathleen Clifford, Arthur Hill, George Majeroni and Alice Hageman head the cast. In fact, since the company left Chicago, where they appeared all last summer at the Studebaker theater, there has been scarcely a change in the person nel of the organization. Arthur Hill, the famous animal im personator, who created the cowardly lion in the "Wizard of Oz," and Tige in "Buster Brown." is one of the principal fun makers. There are twenty musical numbers, the most notable being "Busy Mr. Bee," "How'd You like to be My Bow-wow-wow," sung and danced by the kiddies, and six collie dogs, the only number of its kind in the world, and one which has been a great feature with this attrao tion. The New Phillips. The vaudeville team of Jerge, Allene and Hamilton, polite entertainers, make a good impression with their act at the opening performance at the New Phillips theater this afternoon. The act combines a rich quality of comedy and song which serves pleasure at a delightful speed. The turn will be on at the playhouse for the rest of this week-half. The Harmon Trio, a clever little troupe of kids, made a hit with their tumbling and acrobatic wrk. For such youngsters they made more than a good exhibition. j H. B. Burton in his monologuist and singing act more than came up to the expectations of the audience and dealt out fun every second of his time on the stage. CUT OUT THIS ITEM Vg.Tat Tkoar Who Saffer With Iadlsattoa mm Stoaiaeh Disorders Give Preaerlatloa Trial. Gentlemen: Thank you; I thank you time and again each day for publishing the prescription of the great specialist on stomach disorders. We. in our family, are great pie and cake eaters, and naturally we are. or have been, "all dyspeptics," more or less. My family consist of a husband, two daughters and a son. Scarcely a day passed but some of us were ill with headache, stomach distress after eating, biliousness. Irritability, etc. and I frequently with heart trouble, due to wind and eras on stomach. From a "family of blues" we've been changed to a "family of pinks' as we are all in the pink of health and eat more than ever. We got the prescription filled several times. I want to give this simple formula: Get two ounces syrup of ginger, two ounces essence of pepsin and one ounce compound essence cardioL Mix In a bottle. Shake well and take one or two teaspoonfuls after each meal. One before eating will excite a good appetite. This will digest anything we eat -and gives strength and health. Hoping this will be published and do much good. I am. . .. Respectfully. MRS. A. K. McP.. ,-- (For publication with iwmniaj

Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 15. Reports

just compiled at the general offices of the Pennsylvania railroad show, that during the year 190S, 657 trespassers were killed and 791 injured on the lines of the Pennsylvania system east and west of Pittsburg. For 1907, reports show 822 trespassers killed. Thus during the past two years on the Pennsylvania system alone, 1,479 persons have lost their lives in this way. . These figures are pointed to as emphasizing the recommendation in the recent annual reports of the state railroad commissions of Pennsylvania and Indiana that laws should be enacted providing substantial punishment for all persons who trespass upon the private rights of way of any steam or electric railway. Source of Expense. These cases of trespass are not only a source of expense and danger to the railroad and its patrons, but it is felt that common humanity should prompt the most thorough measures to eliminate this evil as rapidly as possible. If these men frequent the company's tracks and yards, they are certain to be killed or injured no matter haw careful the trainmen may be. Yet trespassers have no business whatever upon the right of way of a railroad. Mr. James McCrea, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad company, has written a letter to Mr. Orlando F. Lewis, of the Charity Organization society of New York, stating that this company has been unable to develop co-operation by the towns and cities along its lines "in prosecuting and convicting trespassers and vagrants, the number of arrests having increased to such an extent that many city and town authorities are unable at times to take care of the trespassers sentenced to their penal institutions for confinement." Mr. McCrea also added: The Vagrancy Problem. "If we are to be at all successful in our handling of the vagrancy problem, it is essential that there be cooperation between the town and county authorities and the public or private charitable organizations. One oi the difficulties our railway police force meets with is that county authorities will assert that a vagrant be permitted to move from one county to another before being arrested and the county in which the arrest is made charged with the maintenance of the prisoner. County authorities and their constituents object to the expense entailed in the maintenance of these people. When vagrants are arrested and incarcerated In county jails, it is seldom that any record is taken of them, and when1 they are released and again incarcerated in the jail of another county, the latter county has no record showing former incarcerations. With co-operation, the records of vagrants would be accessible to all county authorities and confirmed tramps could be singled out and given adequate punishment." Number of Arrests, The extent of the trespassing abuse is to be found not only in the figures showing the number of persons killed or injured while trespassing, but also in the fact that during the year 190S, according to the figures just compiled, 2,989 persons were arrested for trespassing, 442 for vagrancy and 10,457 for illegal train riding on the lines of the Pennsylvania system. During the year 1967 the arrests for these causes numbered 5,588. It will thus be observed that the number of offenders has vastly increased during the last year. This may have been due partially to the fact that an increased number of men were out of work, but this fact did not relieve the railroad company from the very serious responsibilities involved in this matter. . Wants Public's Attention. The management of the Pennsylvania Railroad company sincerely trusts that the bringing to public attention of the above unforturfate conditions may serve to enlist still further support for thi railroad commissions and the railroad companies, which are seeking to bring this evil to an end. In England, where there is a much greater amount of unemployment than in this country, and where the density of population is much greater, rail road trespassing is almost non-exis tent and that is brought about by the stringent laws which are enforced to prevent it. 4 Hiding Place For Money According te an insurance agent whose round is 1st a squalid locality of a large city, money is frequently kept In Bibles by poor people. A laundress blessed with an intemperate husband showed the collector her little treasury, which, she kept between the leather of the back of a colossal volume. Access was gained to this savings bank by means of a slit cut near the edge of the cover, the coins resting safely between the board and its outer covering. She declared that this secret place had contained the hidden wealth of another, grandmother and great-grandmether and that her eldest daughter was to possess the Bible and share the mystery as soon as she mar

11 1 acjI The Musical Even f the Season wconcsflsy rr Evening, IBtui PgH YJ he Success Two Worlds. 75 People. 30 Musicians. Seats now selling. Prices, 50, 75, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 Thursday The Merry Musical Cocktai' Evening, ITIhio IRtoysill (S&usfF With Wm. Conley and the Fascinating Broilers. Seats on sale Tuesday. Special prices. Entire lower floor, $1.00. i Special Engagement of the Original Cast and Production Evening, WcDirfldl n i 4A With Bailey and Austin and All the Other Cleven EntertainFeb 19 ers- Seats on sale .Wednesday. Prices, 25, 50, 75,1.00, and $1.50. ... I Saturday I otis B- in ' I Matinee and Trfincs ETscffiiiasy&iiini Night WSdldDW VaK 0 A Seats on sale Thursday Prices Matinee, 25, 35 & 50c. KKVm LM Night, 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c. V

A YANKEE VICTIM Pcetty American Girl Will Marry a Title and an Empty Strong Box. PAPA WILL GIVE MILLION Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. lo Miss Elizabeth L. Cochran will become the bride of Count George Ginoux de Fermon, on Feb. 16th. Miss Cochran is the daughter of a retired financier. His fortune is estimated at many millions. Her wedding present from her father, it is said, will be. $1,000,000. The Cochrans move In the highest social circles, and the couple are being entertained by the Van Rensselaers, the Drexels, Cassatta and others. Count de Fermon is attended by his close friend, the Vicomte de Bresson. The Count has not much money, but he is of a very ancient family. He met Miss Cochran in France a few years ago. Another Cochran wedding that caused a sensation, took place in 1904 when Douglas Cochran, the youngest son, married secretary Elizabeth Dapline Williams, a model, who was very popular with the young men of wealth. TO CURE A COLO IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature is on each box, 25c. Errauiu. Tou can't fall with Gold Medal Floer. OKA. IP

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MioM Have Been Said Differently. A correspondent of the Manchester Guardian supplies a rather amusing experience of his own at a literary guild meeting" where he was giving an address on Stevenson. "We bad a prayer," he says, "then we had a hymn, after which the chairman announced that the So-and-so quartet would render an item. But the members of the quartet were not complete, so te chairman called on me to speak on Stevenson. ' 'After Mr. 's address, he added, "we'll have the qurT: tet to brighten things up a bit.'

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