Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 321, 26 September 1909 — Page 3

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PEAIJIII CROP IS A VALUABLE QUE A : Scene From "Mary Jane's Pa " Some Figures About It That Will Stagger Ordinary Persons. TOTAL VALUE FIVE ACRES THERE IS ALWAY8 A HEAVY DEMAND FOR THE GOOBER PEA AND IT 18 REGARDED A8 PROFITABLE CROP. Thursday, Sept. 30 The Fred Block Co. Present Sir GOa bert Parker's Great flnnr.rttan Drama : ..4f,M ft 4, . 4i

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New York, Sept. 25. "This 1b our peanut trip. We have been taking them for three years now. We plant five acres of peanuts, and we count on making $500," a girl from Kansas told a woman from the same state, who now makes her home in the east, . "You know how the people in Kansas give their children a few acres of land to plant, and any crop they choose to raise on It. Well, when my sister and I came back from school father told us to take any spot on the farm we took a fancy to and plant just what we wanted to. My sister has a wise head. She said the way to do was to decide what we wanted to plant, and . then choose the land best suited to Its culture. "When I suggested hay, she said, while that had the advantage of requiring precious little work, it had the disadvantage of being a drug on . the only market open to us. Our market as she saw things was in the small town near our farm, and so she proceeded to find out for what farm product the demand was greater than the

supply. ' We spent a whole month in vestigating, and if I hadn't believed in my sister I would have given up the Idea of going Into partnership with her and accepted the offer of my younger brother in raising garden truck. Peanuts the Thing. ' "At the end of that month's investigation my sister said that peanuts were the things for us to grow, and both my father and brother agreed . with her so thoroughly that my brotlier wanted me to give up my partnership with her in his favor. You see, there had been a circus in town and say sister had seen them hauling pea nuts in for the occasion, And upon in vestigation had discovered that there wasn't a nut grown for sale within h radius of more than 100 miles. " As there were three other small towns be Bides the one nearest us where the peanuts came from a distance, she decided to supply the demand and crowd out the shipped nuts. "Father advised us to select land that had only been planted one year, imnd because the venture seemed such S' promising one he told us we might are all the land we could hoe. He (was to do the breaking up and the cultivating with payment when the crop 'was gathered. Because of the great difficulty in getting seed that first ;year we planted only an acre and a half. Sister and I did all the dropping, hoeing, weeding and picking the nuts. The cost of the . seeds, two bushels and a half, and the balance of the cultivation amounted to a few cents more than $30 for the patch with a yield of ; 158 bushels. These were readily sold In the town nearest us for .$2 a bushel, so you can judge how willing father was for us to Increase our , lacreage. - 4 i v Plant Five Acre. "The following year we planted five Acres because we decided that my sisMUDS AND FEET ITCHED 12 YEARS Suffered Terribly from Eczema which Made Hands and Feet Swell, - Peel and Get Raw Arms Affected, Too Gave Up Hope of Cure. USED CUTICURA AND .WAS QUICKLY CURED " I suffered from ecsema on my hands, arms and feet for about twelve years, my hands and feet would swell, sweat and itch, then would become callous and get very dry, then peel off and get raw. I tried most every kind of s&Ive and ointment without success, only got temporary relief. As soon as I would leave off using them I would be as bad as ever. I tried several doctors, took arsenic for two years and at last gave up thinking there was a cure for ecsema. A friend of mine Insisted on my trying the Cuticura Remedies but, supposing they were the same as other 'cures' I had tried, I did not give them a trial until I got so bad that I had to do something. I secured a cake of Cuticura Soap, a box of Cuticura Ointment and a bottle of Cuticura Resolvent and by the time they were used I could see a vast improvement and my hands and feet were healed up in no time. I used several bottles of Cuticura Resolvent. This was over a year ago and have had no trouble since. I think I am entirely cured. Charles T. Bauer. R.F.D. 65, Volant. Pa., Mar. 11, 1908.'' BABIES CURED Of "Oorturintr, Disfiguring l-.umors by Cuticura. The mffering which Cuticura Soap and Crttoura Ointment have alleviated -m among skin-tortured, disinfants and chUf wr dren. and the comfort T they have afforded worn Y-XyQiK out and worried parents ; nave jea to tneir adoption in countless homes as a priceless treatment for the skin and blood. Ecaema, rashes, and everr form of itchimr. scaly humor are speedily cured, in the majority of cases, when all alas fails. 0'nnnlrt Kxtcnat aaa Internal Tiwlmil aw Etmt Humor of lateata, CIMMraa sad Aaalta m tats of Cutleun Hon CMO to Ctaana the Bkls. i Rraolvcnt (50e.. or la Uw fnrm of CboroMs ml Pilfa. 2&tl Mr Mkl ( SOI tn Pnrlfv th Rkwid. out Uimixrhout the world. Potter Drag a Caom.

' s-tt,t m ter and I could do all the work of planting, cultivating and harvesting that didn't require the plough. We expected to have to buy at least four bushels of nuts, as we had sold all except eight bushels, and two of those had been consumed by the family. When we began shelling the seeds early in April we soon discovered that the yield of seed from our own nuts was much larger than from those we had bought the previous season. When the six bushels were shelled out, we determined to let buying extra seeds go until after all our own were In the ground.- Father insisted we, would have enough, sister was in doubt, my brother agreed with my father and my mother agreed with me that neither of us had the slightest Idea. "As usual, sister's Judgment proved correct, and we had to get a bushel extra. We tried to buy of the grocer to whom we had sold the most of our cro;) but he could only let us have half a bushel at about three times what he had paid us for it. When we planted all those there were still three rows left and my sister announced that we wouldn't try to get seed either to plant those or to replant the patch, but would depend on setting out plants from other hills. We had dropped three nuts in each hill, and I believe every one of them must have come up except on the hills where the ground moles devoured them. "We began to set out just as soon as the plants had five leaves, and we did the work late in the afternoon, working as long as there was light enough for us to see. This was for the purpose of giving the moved pliant the benefit of the dews that night before the sun of the following day could get in its work. It required only a few afternoons, and at the nd of the first month, in the hills that had been planted there was no perceptible difference from those on which the plants had been set out. We hald maneuvered In such a way that each hill had two plants. "The season proved a good one, and from the five acres we gathered 522 bushels. We paid out for work and other expenses $100, gave father the vines as rent, saved ten bushels for seed, contributed ten more to the family larder and had in pocket $402. As It was all our own money, we decided to go to California for two months the following winter. - We had a lovely time, and wouldn't have had a cloud on our horizon had it not been for missing father and mother, and knowing that they missed us. "Our second year's crop brought thefour of us five weeks travel in the south, and with the third year's yield we have come to New. York. Though we have planted the same amount of land each year since we really began, that first year was the heaviest yield, and my sister and father attribute it to the set-out plants. They believe that such plants give more and better nuts than those springing from the seeds. It is to test this theory that we have one-eighth of an acre set out this season. If their judgment proves correct, father thinks we should try planting seed nuts in a bed and planting from that, as in sweet potatoes. While I would be glad enough for the extra yield, I rather dread the backbreaking process of setting them out

"We harvest our nuts In October, usually in the last week, being careful to get them in before a hard frost Frost Injures the nuts and renders the vines, which if properly cured, make the. best sort of forage for cows, almost worthless. The vines are pulled np with a potato fork, turned bottom side upward and left to dry. As soon as this is done they are thrown into the barn and my sister and I begin the process of picking or flailing the nuts off on canvas sheets.' Those that we pick are clean and free from chaff, but those separated from the vines by means of the flail have to be fanned. "Last year our yield was only 493 bushels, and we put it to the fact that we had two long wet spells of weather. My sister and father give that as an evidence that peanuts do not need so much moisture as corn and other crops, r We sell our entire crop to two men in the town nearest our home and they, in turn, keep the small dealers In that vicinity supplied. These small dealers prefer our nuts because they are heavier In weight and have fewer pops. ;:. " "One of the chief reasons of our success is because we plant a crop for which there is a good demand. If we had gone into the truck business I am sure we would not have made nearly so much money, though we might have worked just as hard. Aside from setting out plants none of the work is disagreeable, and all of it can be done wearing gloves." - -

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COMING ATTRACTIONS. Among the coming attractions at the Gennett theatre are "The Road Up the Mountain"; "The Girl That's All the Candy," a musical comedy, and "Beverly," a sequel to "Graustark." "The Traveling Salesman." Announcement is made that Henry B. Harris will send the original New York company of "The Traveling Salesman," James Forbes' successor to "The Chorus Lady," to this city at the Gennett Boon. In view of the fact that this is the greatest comedy success of the season, its advent should be awaited with unusual interest. "The Golden Butterfly." In the production of the new comic opera "The Golden Butterfly," music lovers are promised an event of more than ordinary interest as it will be the first appearance here in several seasons of the popular prima donnn, race Van Studdiford, she is the greatest and most popular singer now appearing on the American stage. Sisnor Caruso, the famous tenor, attended the opening performance of "The Golden Butterfly" at the Emdway theater, New York, and .whesi 1 heard tha sweet melodious vc k Miss Va.i Studdiford he sour,.. ...roductioa to her and begged ht .- ' . ;. ' . e up comic opera and enter into the grand 6perr field. When Oscar Hammersteir. heard her he lost no time in offer in; her one thousand dollars a week to ai pear with his company at the Manhat tan opera house. Miss Van Studdiford thanked Caruso for his kind words and declined with thanks Mr. Hammerstein's offer, she much prefers to remain in comic onera. as this is the line I of work she first took up after she graduated from college and will not forsake It now. "The Climax." When time writes the history of successful plays produced in the twentieth century it will single out Joseph M. Weber's superb novelty success "The Climax," by Edward Locke, for special mention as one of the most charming and one of the most spontaneous comedies of a decade. "The Climax," which will - be seen at the Gennett, Wednesday evening, received its first New York hearing at Weber's theater, where a special matinee performance was given, and the leading magazine writers and the reviewers of the New York dally papers were unanimously one in proclaiming "The Climax" the greatest play of the century. The story of the play is an unusual one, the principal expedient in the action being mental suggestion. The play tells of a young woman, Adeline von Hagen, who comes to New York from the Middle West to study music and to develop her voice as a singer. She resides in the household of her instructor, Luigui Golfanti, and his son Pietro, a promising musician, who falls in love with her. She is also loved by John Raymond, a doctor of medicine, a former sweetheart who follows her from her home. A minor operation becomes necessary to relieve a throat affliction. It is performed and Adelina is left in the care of Dr. Raymond. The girl has rejected both suitors in order to follow that delightful will-o'-the-wisp, a stag? career. The doctor mentally suggests to her that the operation may not succeed, and if il does not, asks her to be come his wife. As her voice fails to respond after the operation she accepts ' the doctor's suggestion as an established fact and promises to marry him. ; On their -bridal morning, the doctor, suffering from remorse, confesses hi3 perfidy. Adelina recovers her voice and the doctor withdraws, leaving her singing the song his rival Pietro, has written to her, "The Song of the SouL" Murray Theater. , - The week of Oct. 4th marks the opening of Richmond's new playhouse, The Murray Theater. It is an evenly balanced bill of high class vaudeville, that Is announced for the opening attraction, but the artisti: and scenic production The Night of the Poets, is easily the headliner. It

is a very attractive act with special scenic setting. Bristol's Educated Ponies furnish an act of much intelligence and executed by a company of clever equlnes. Brooks and Carlisle in their come dy sketch, entitled "The Limit," are a hit of the season and their comedy business Is worked up to a very natu ral pitch. Henly Bebken, the mirthful character comedian, In satirical monologue and parodies, is given a chance to shine he does. Some excellent motion pictures round out a bill strong in every particular. The new building is rapidly nearing completion and everything will be in readiness for the opening. The new house has a seating capacity of approximately 800. and the beauty about these 800 seat is the fact that the entire stage may easily be seen from any one seat. ' "The Right of Way." Eugene W. Presbrey's dramatization of Sir Gilbert Parker's novel, "The Right of Way," will be presented at the Gennett theater, - Thursday, Sept. "0. The management has provided two excellent actors in the persons of P. Aug. Anderson and Hallett Thompson. Each man in his own special v.ay dominates the big scenes of the play and there are a constant success of the In the opening act Mr. Thompson realizes with an intellectuality that nonet rates even the understanding of ;he unthinking playgoer, the scoffing, ynical atheist, Charley Steele, a man -? scintillant intellect, but one who beieves in neither man, woman nor God, a whose image he was created. The speeches to which he gives utterance would be blasphemous, were It not for the thorough belief of the man in his disbelief. Somewhat underneath the scoffing cynicism we are impressed that it is not the real Charley Steele, who is giving utterance to these blasphemies, but that it is the drink sodden lawyer, with brain effected by stimulants which make his scoff agains God and man. In contrast to this railing, scoffing demon is the dog like fidelity of Joe Portugais, (played most realistically by P. Aug. Anderson.) He is a murderer, because he yielded to the passions of primitive man, but he has faith in Charley Steele who saved his life, and hereafter be lives only for the man who saved him from a horrible death. Charley Steele saved him only because it was an intellectual triumph for himself; he knew his. client was a murderer, but he pleaded for his life because it gave him pleasure to sway the minds of the jury, and make them render a verdict in favor of Charley Steele rather than in favor of Joe Portugais. Mary Jane's Pa." Only her most intimate friends know that Edith Ellis intended her play, "Mary Jane's Pa," which will be seen at the Gennett, Tuesday, October 5th, as a sane defense of woman's rights and privileges, and that the star part in the play, as she planned it, was to be a woman's "Portia Perkins, Printer." And she was a surprised woman after the opening performance at the Garden theater, New York, to find that by the mellowness and wisdom of the art of Henry E. Dixey, she had given the stage a character a beloved vagabond and that the triumphs of the energetic and fanful Portia Perkins had become to the andience purely incidents working for the ultimate happiness of the wandering philosopher, Hiram. Miss Ellis has confessed that when Mr. Savage said he would accept the play and put Dixey in it, she didn't tetl him of his mistake, so anxious was she to have a play produced by the great manager. But her royalties and reputation as a playwright have since reconciled her to having her star turned from the near-suffragette part to that of the cultured philosopher in tramp's clothes. " "What made yon start clapping your hands when that woman stepped on your foot In the car? . . . T was dozing, answered Mr. Cunv rox. I thought mother and the girts were having a musical and one of them was signaling that it was time to aro& Wsshlngtoa Star.. -

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Can't Sing or Play in Washington After 10 of an Evening. MUST WARBLE WITH LARK Washington, D. C, Sept 25. If you've got a penchant for slamming the ivory you want to exercise 1 while the hurdy gurdy man is operating La the day time, and if your soul is filled with music longing to burst forth you must let 'er flicker with the lark in the early morn. For it's a crime to sjng or play after 10 p. m. in the capital of this great and glorious land. Even so hath said one of the main guys, and there's nothing didding in piano or vocal joyousness after the cuckoo clock chirps 10. It's just as bad as swearing or fighting to let loose "The Maiden's Prayer" via the keyboard or "O, Promise Me" in nasalissimo upon the stilly night after the shades have gotten together. Thus Judge I. G. Kimball of the police court hath ruled, and woe be unto you midnight musicians. The honorable court made his decision in the case of Raymond Leman, whom he dismissed with a lecture. Ic future, however, the judge said a fine would be assessed on all offenders brought before him. "I want to Impress you and your friends here with you," said Kimball to Leman, "that playing the piano after hours will not be tolerated in this city. We can't live in a big town llks this, all crowded together, unless every one has some consideration for the rights of his neighbor. . "No man or woman has a light to play the piano or sing after his or her neighbors are asleep or in bed trying to sleep. Any one who does not recognize the rights of his neighbor is a transgressor." Continuing, the judge said that any house where music was kept up late at night would be considered a disorderly one. A .Hurry Up C Quick! Drug . Quick! A box of Buckle: Arnigf Salve Here's a quarter For ry! Baby's bu: Johnnie cut b! e of Moses, hurimself, terribly with the axe can't walk from Mamie's scald piles Billie Is and my corns ache. She soon cured all the famll the,g atest healer on earth. ken & Co. Mklxssa: The only flour I ever bad any luck with la Gold Medal Flour. Ldchida,

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