Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 101, 17 February 1909 — Page 3

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PATRIOTS READY TO GRAB SPOILS Van Guard of the Office Seeking Army Has Arrived At the Capitol. (Thirsting for plunder

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PROBABLE THAT TAFT WILL UNDO ROOSEVELT DIPLOMATIC PLAN AND OFFER UP SOME NICE, RICH JOBS.

"Washington, Feb. 17.The van (Kuard of office seeKers is beginning to (arrive at the national cauital. The country seemspretty generally to have gotten the impression that Mr. Taft proposed to make a clean sweep of ffices not in the classified service, and there will be from two to twenty panting patriots to fill each job. President Roosevelt has inaugurated ,the merit system in the consular service and has made a beginning toward 'haying diplomatic promotions made on merit. It is not likely that Mr. Taft will throw the consular service wide open to the place hunters, but the higher paid and more desirable jobs are likely to have new incumbents. He will not feel in any way bound to retain Mr. Roosevelt's appointees in th$ diplomatic service. ' Idea Not Popular. While most countries have a permanent diplomatic corps, the idea has reVer been overpopular in the United States. Sentiment, in fact, always has :been against the creation of any sort of a permanent office holding class except as relates to the lower-salaried employes in the classified service. Diplomatic plums therefore, will be in'great demand, and a good many of ihem will fall into the laps of those who have a right to expect things of the new administration. ' The Jobs Demanded. Diplomatic appointments, however ere not sought so openly as are the other" good paying places under the government. The jobs really gunned for are the places in Washington paying from $4,000 to $10,000 a year and 'the long list of postmasterships, customs and internal revenue collectorihips. district attorneyships, and marshalships. These are the places generally used for the paymant of political debts, and while moralists and political purists have long preached agains no regarding them, no very great progress has been made toward doing away with the practice. Mr. Taft has never posed as one of those public men who have professed to regard the holding of office or the desire to "hold office as a reproach, and he is not likely to snub

any valiant party worker merely be

cause the worker ,has an ambition to

connect with the payroll. Office seek

ing, therefore, will be a booming industry in Washington after March

4, and believing in the old adage that it is the early bird that gets the work, a considerable number of the desirous ones already are here; some in the most expensive hotels, others in board

ing houses on side streets.

Consul Charles M. Freeman, of

Durango City, Mexico, writes that

nearly all of the engineers, conductors,

master mechanics, station agents and

chief officers of Mexican railroads are Americans. Few openings exist, though, for Americans in the mercan

tile line.

HONOR TO DARWIN if

PAID AT EARLHAM

Declared That He Ranked

Next to Christ.

Prof. Edwin Morriaon of Earlham

college delivered an address on Char

les Darwin, the 100th anniversary of whose birth was celebrated in many

parts of the world Friday, at the

chapel exercises yesterday. Tribute was paid the famous scientist by the speaker who said that Darwinism was the basts of all thought in regard to literary work in certain subjects. He ranks next to Christ as an influence to the world's thought, declared the speaker.

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THEATRICAL CALENDAR. GENNETT. ., Feb. 17 Madam Butterfly. Feb. 18. The Royal Chef. Feb. 19. The Top O Th' World. NEW PHILL'.PS. All Week High Class Vaudeville.

"Madam Butterfly." It is with pleasure that the an

nouncement is made by the local theater management that this great production will visit this city for a single performance on Wednesday evening.

when the success of two continents will be presented in tbe same splen- j dor and gorgeousness that has char-j

acterized its great success both in Europe and in America.

"Madam Butterfly" is an opera and

a form of entertainment seldom, if ever seen here before. It is in three

acts with music by Giacomo Puccini,

the most famous composer of the day,

based on the works of John Luther

Long and David Belasco, whose

names are famous for dramatic in

genuity and acceptable plays which

the American public relish.

The company to be seen here in

this opera comprises the most notable in the music world. Miss Adelaide Norwood. Miss Louie Collier, Miss

Myrtle Thornburg, Miss Ellen James

and Miss Ryan; Master Clarence

Wheeler, Ottley Cranston, Harry Tay

lor, Thomas J. Conkey, Charles E.

Locke and others, comprising an or

ganization of seventy-Jive people and

an orchestra of thirty pieces.

concluded that an effort to duplicate the effect of the performance of this unique quartet would be useless. At the Gennett Friday night.

"The Royal Chef. The genuine merit of the delightful

musical comedy "The Royal Chef" is widely known to Richmond theater goers. This sprightly and effervescent work was witnessed by a large audience when it was played here last season, and it was generally regarded as an entertainment of the most thor

oughly enjoyable quality. Its comedy, while wholesome and clean-cut, is of

the rapid fire kind, which keeps an audience constantly convulsed with laughter , except when some well known effective musical number makes merriment give way for the

moment to hearty applause.

"The Fascinating Widow." One of the features of the engage

ment of the popular comedian Otis B. Thayer, in his latest success "The

Fascinating Widow" which is an

nounced for a short engagement at

the Gennett theater on Feb. 20, matinee and night will be "The Fascinating Widow" matinee at which time every widow which passes the com

mittee of three well known beauty judges whose names will be announc

ed in these columns in a later issue, will be admitted free to the .perform

ance.

Otis B. Thayer is too well known to need any mention to the amusement seeking public of Richmond. His wonderfully strong performance in "Sweet Clover" still lingers in the memory of those who had the pleasure of witnessing the performance. In "The Fascinating Widow" Mr. Thayer has a part which has been pronounced by the dramatic authorities, to be even better than his role In "Sweet Clover." It is that of a Wall street broker who has not had a good time in twenty years, that being the length of time he has been married.

A little flirtation in a railway station is the cause of the numerous humorous complications which follow one another in rapid succession. Interspersed throughout the action, but in no wise interfering with the action of the plot are a number of bright and catchy musical selections. Mr. Thayer is supported by an exceptionally strong cast and as the star is well known his engagement Is bound to prove a successful one.

WAS STRONG PLAY. "The Thief" Pleases a Fair Sized Audience. Strong in plot and not "burdened by too melo-drarnatie climaxes, "The Thief," as presented at the Gennett last evening was the best acted drama that has been offered to the local treater going public this season. The lines are heavy, the dialogues unusually difficult and the action requires such force and dramatic ability that a less competent company than that offering the production would find itself stalled. The story is of the modern age. A woman is so deeply in love with her husband that she steals from her dearest friend in order to get money with which to buy apparel to make herself look beautiful in the eyes of her husband. A nineteen year old youth, the step son of her friend, led on by her flirting with him, has fallen desperately in love with her. When the thefts are noticed, a detective is employed by the husband of the friend. The accusation is placed up

on the son. He has seen his beloved in the apartments of his step mother and suspects her. But out of his love for her, he spares the truth and accepts the responsibility by confessing to the theft. He is ordered by his father to go to Brazil for two years as a punishment. The husband has discovered the doitle dealing of his wife and denounces her and upon learning of the relations with the young man charges her with being unfaithful. The husband's love returns upon his wife's confession and he tells the boy's father the true story. He and his wife take the trip to Brazil and the son remains with his father in happiness. The stage settings were first class. It was a finished production in every detail. A success on the road equal to that met at New York is to be expected. "The Thief" was written by

Henri Bernstein and is presented by Charles Frohman The cast of characters: Richard Voysin Clifford Bruce Marie-Louise, his wife. .Helene Wilson Raymond Legardes Stephen Cornelius Isabel Legardes. his second wife Helene Sullivan Fernande Legardes, his son Charles Walton Mons. Gondoin, known as Mons. Zembault Frank B. Hersome Servant Frank B. Hersome

WILL OBSERVE THE OBDER'SjOUIlDIIIG Three Local K. of P. Lodges Plan Big Celebration at Hall, Friday Eve.

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BROTHERHOOD WAS ORGANIZED FORTY-FIVE YEARS AGO IN WASHINGTON BY FIVE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

GENNETT TTMEA.TTIF&IE., Some Attractions You Cant Afford to Miss.

The English Grand Opera Company In MADAM OIUTXEIRIF1L.Y SOME GOOD SEATS LEFT

Mrs. Austin's famous pancakes make a hearty, wholesome breakfast. Fresh supply now at your grocer's.

The three local lodges, Knights of Pythias, will observe the anniversary of the 45th period of the order Friday evening at the temple, South Eighth street, in an appropriate manner. An excellent program has been prepare I by members from each order formed into a committee. The program is as follows: Music Orchestra. Vocal selection Miss Karolyn Karl.

Address Judge W. C. Converse. Music Orchestra. Address Hon. Clarence C. Dearth, of Muncie. Music Orchestra.

Expect Large Crowd. Invitations have been extended to every Pythian in the city to attend with his family and also to invite any friends whom he may desire. The committee in charge expects that a very large crowd will be in attendance, including both members and visitors. Instead of each order of the local Knights of Pythias seperately celebrating, the three, including Couer de Lion, Iola and Triumph, have banded together to celebrate the anniversary. The founder of the order was Justus Henry Rathbone of Deerfield, N. Y. He with four clerks of the 'government service in Washington organized themselves into a society at Washington February 15, 1864. After securing several recruits, Walhington Lodge No. 1 was organized October 19.

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The New Phillips. Jerge, Aleene and Hamilton, the polite vaudeville entertainers will close their engagement with tonight's performance at the New Phillips. Thfs

act has created a good impression during its run in Richmond. The team of the Herman Trio also offers its last exhibition tonight. Burton, the monologuist and singing comedian, who has furnished so many ripples of laughter to the theater's patrons will also make his last appearance. Beginning with tomorrow afternoon's performance a new bill will be given Jo the audience for the remainder of the week. The headliners will be Hickman Willis and company in an entertaining and comic playlet which has met with success this season. The Holloways in their intricate and adroit equilibrastic act will furnish some of the best tricks in this line of entertainment sen at the theater this year. G. Cacum, the Caruso of vaudeville comes to the playhouse with a good reputation. Although he devotes his offering wholly to operatic selections the beauty of his singing is agreeable to all. , "The Top O Th' World." The fact that there is no "number two" company in "The Top O' Th' World" is not generally known, as the extravaganza has been sufficiently successful to justify its managers in putting several companies on the road according to the custom almost universal today. So much of the success of "The Top O' Th' World," however, was due to the unique personalities and eccentric talents of the principal performers that its managers have always held that it would be impossible to give a satisfactory performance with any but the original cast. The methods of Bailey and Austin are entirely their own. The work of no other performers at all resemble theirs. Miss Kathleen Clifford is a sort of pocket dynamo for energy, and Miss Alice Hegeman is-.; by far the most eccentric character woman playing in musical comedy. ' It has been

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