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The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

IT want you to fall" he declared.
OH" 1 exclaimed; please. don't you
think that would be rather melo-dra-
matte? Lift she could stand while re-
ceiving that awful shock about her moth
er's shame she would hardly fall after,
from mere horror of her own thoughts?"
II know all that-but let me tell you
there's always great effect in a falling
body. At any rate you can sink into a
chair-and so give the suggestion of col
lapse"
There is no chair!' I answered, cheer
fully.
WELL he replied, testify; 'there can
be one 1 suppose! Here, boy-bring a
large chair and place it behind Miss Nor
ris!'
"Mr. DAILY" I argued. 'If l fall heavily
as 1 must for effect, the chair will jump
and that will be funny-see."
fell, it did start backward, but Mr..
Daily was equal to the emergency:
Take off the castors and place the
chair hard against the end of the plano.
Now try" l did, the chair was firm as
a rock. 1t was settled; did as | was
told, and fell at the end of the act, ever
after. And Mr.. Daily came and patted
me on the back and said kindly: Don't
fret-I honestly believe there's something
in the little part after all-you know, the
speech made me feel creepy"
The great night came. Another small
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19
SARA JEwETT.

ing the production of the play of Alike. :"
met Mr.. DAILY at the door and said:
why this play was always called THE
countess de Somerive?"
Yes" he said; Il know, but Alike
looks well-it's odd and pretty-and,
well, It will lend little importance to
the part" Which shows how heavy were
the scales upon our eyes, while we were
rehearsing the new play
Everyone sympathized with me, but
said a week would soon pass, and 1
groaned and ordered heelless slippers and
fiaxen hair parted simply and waved
back from the temples to fall loosely on
the shoulders. To avoid the hight that
heels and the fashionable chignon would
give melville a thin white nuns yelling
gown, high necked and long sleeved over
a low cut white silk lining, buttoned at
the back, and finished with a pale blue
sash and little side pocket, completed
the simple costume, I prepared for the
character I was beginning to understand,
as 1 studied her and shame-facedly to-
love! Oh, yes; one often feels dislike or
liking for the creature one Is trying to
represent.
I recalled the best Ophelia I had ever
seen, a German actress. would she do
for a model? Perhaps, no! She was
mystic, strange-aloofi Oh. dear; and
then by merest accident my mind wan
dered away to the past. 1 had said TO
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

ly he rose, tossed that extraordinary hat
of his off, picked me up in his arms and
carried me like big property doll to the
curtains side, signalled 1t up, and with
his arm about me. supported me on to
the stage.
Oh, but / was proud to stand there
with him, for In those days he would
not make the simplest speech-would not
show himself even. Why, at the banquet
of his own giving he hid behind a big
floral piece and made Mr.. Oakley Hall
speak for him. And yet he had been
pleased enough with my work to bring
me there himself. 1 saw his hand upon
my shoulder. and suddenly stopped my
head and kissed IL in purest gratitude.
Afterward. when I had been unpinned.
as we walked through the entrance to-
gether. he said, with gleeful laugh:
This is the third and the greatest, but
we share it,"
THE third WHAT" I asked.
1.-THE third surprise" he answered.
First you surprised the town in Man
and Wife: second. you surprised me in
rArticle A. now Alike, the greatest of
all surprises, you, as well as me-" He
stepped in front of me and asked What
do you most wish for?''
I stared up at him. He added: about
your home. say"
And swiftly made answer: "A writ
ing desk. Why?''
He laughed a little and said: Good
night now. Oh, by the way, there's a
forget against you for not wearing your
hustle to-nIghtw
But | was not greatly alarmed or ex-
cited not half so much as l was next
day about o'clock, when some men drove
IN and insisted upon leaving In my room
handsome inlaid desk that was taller
Than l was, At first l protested, but a
card saying that it was "A souvenir of
Alike, from my manager and friend, A.
DAILY" changed my bearing to one OF
most unseemly pride In the next ten
days l wrote, / think. to every soul
knew. and kept up my diary with vicious
eXactitude for the pleasure OF sitting be-
fore the .ovely desk that to-day stands in
my den" ~ the attic. Its mirror door
is dim and cloudy; its sky blue velvet
writing leaf Is faded to a sivery gray,
but. even So 1t still remains "a souvenir
of Alike" from A. DAILY.
Clara Morris,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

myself 1t should not be so hard. Every
woman has been innocent-I was innocent
enough when my first sweetheart paused
at my side to say to me the foolish old
words, that never lose sweetness and nov
city. l recalled with what open pleas
ure 1 had listened, with what honest sat-
isfaction I accepted his attentions. With
a laugh 1 exclaimed: II didn't even have
sense enough to hide my qualification and
pride or to pretend the least bit"
l stopped suddenly. light seemed to come
to my mind. Innocence is alike the world
over 1 thought; it only differs in degree
sprang to my feet; cried joyously II
have caught the cue. I won't act at ALL
iii just speak the lines sincerely and
simply and leave the effect to Provi-
dencew
The scales loosened a trine over Mr..
Days eyes at the last rehearsal but one.
He was down in the orchestra speaking
to the leader when 1 came to the end
of the act and the words: THE mother
whom I have insulted?-tha young girl.
then, is my sister the sister whose hap
piness 1 have stolen. whose future l have
shattered What is there-left for me-to-
live for?'
Mr.. Daily glanced up and said sharply:
Whats that?-er-Miss Morris, what are
you going to do there, as the curtain
falls? I-I-haven't noticed that speech
before. Go back a bit, Mr.. Fisher. and
Miss Morant-back to the Counts entrance
let me hear that again.
We went over the scene again.
"A-h-e-mr' said Mr.. DAILY, you've not
answered my question Miss Morris-what
do you do at the fall of the curtain?"
Nothing. SIR" answered; Just stare,
dazedly at space. 1 think-swaying little,
perhaps"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

the cast and presently made answer,
cheerfully and honestly: "Oh, yes! 1 see
its that Aline, Justine-no, no! Claudine
that's the name. 1 think of the maid
you want me to go on for that? All right.
anything to help!'
He leaned forward, asking eagerly; DO
you mean that?"
of course, 1 dol" 1 answered.
All" he cried; you don't guess well.
Miss Morris-but you've the heart of a
good comrade. and now I'm sure you will
do as l ask you, and play Alike for
me?"
/ sprang to my feet with a bound.
"Alixe!' 1 cried; II to play that child
oh. impossible! No, no! / should be alb
surd. II know too much-oh you I'M
derstand what I mean! She is little
convent bred bit of innocence, a veritable
baby of sixteen! Dear Mr.. Daily. don t
you see l should ruin the play?''
He answered rather coldly: "You are
not given to running plays, The part does
not amount to much good heavensD and
admit it does not suit you, but think of
my position, give me the benefit of your
name as Alike for one single week, and
on the second Monday night Miss Jewett
shall take the part off your hands"
But" 1 whimpered. the critics will
make me the butt of their ridicule. for
l can't make myself look like an Alixew
oh no, they won't" he answered
sharply, 'of course you won't expect a
success, but you need fear no jibes for
trying to help me out of a dramatic hole.
Will you help me?" and of course there
was nothing to do, but swallow hard and
hold out my hand for the unwelcome
part.
Imagine my surprise when on my way
to rehearsal, 1 saw posters up announc-
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19
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The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

anced across the broken piece. The
weights are also very useful to prop and
stay top-heavy. and balance them SO they
shall not get out OF kilter. A cup broken.
as Is so common with chem. can have
the tape passed around IT, crossing in
side the handle. then be set firmly In the
sand. face down, and be held by the
hanging weights pulling one against The
other.
The most dependable cement for china
In pure white iead, ground In linseed oil,
go thick It will barely spread smoothly
with a knife. Given time enough TO hard
en-. some three months, Il makes a seam
practically indestrudtble. The question
to II 10 that II always shows In a staring
white line. A better cement for fine china
IL white Of egg and plaster. sift the plas-
ter three times. and tie a generous pinch
Naf II loosely In mosquito netting Then
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

beat the egg until II will stick to the plat
ter. Have the broken egg very clean.
cover ooth with the beaten egg, dust well
with the plaster. At together at once. tie
using rubber bands. II possible. wrap
loosely In very soft tissue paper and bury
head and ears in the sand box, taking
care that the break lies so that the sand
will hold II together. Leave In the box
twenty-four hours. After a week the SUI
perfiuous plaster may be gently scraped
away.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

"A Lazy scoffer's scheme.-''Martha,
you are Christian Science believer?''
"Of course, Jonas"
well. Martha. don't clean house-just
sit out IN the yard. while I'm down town,
and give all the rooms absent treatnant''
-c.hieago Record-Herald
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF CLARA MORRIS,
ALIKE, THE DOLL BABY PART. AND
THIRD GREAT TRIUMPH.

Miss Morris Tells of How She Eluded
AuEustin DAILY and the Bustle- She
Hated-She Proves to Her Critics
That She Is a Mand-Sided Genius.
A Good Rehearsal Story-A souv-
enir From q Manager of His Graf
ttude at Being Pulled Out of a
Hole.
No. XIII.
fcopyright, 1901. by S. 8. Mcclure Coz
My first thought on awaking next morn
ing was one of dismay on recalling the
destruction Of the little "P. H. c." that
being the actors contraction OF Mr.. DAILY $
somewhat grandiloquent "Palor Home OF
Comedy" My grief over the burning of
the pretty toy theater was very real and
I would have been an astonished young
woman had anyone prophesied that for
me personally the disaster was to prove a
piece of unqualified good luck.
Mr.. DAILY had a very expensive COM
pany on his hands; he had amazed other
managers by his ''corner" on leading men,
for with three already in his company,
he had not hesitated to draw on Boston
for Harry Crisp and on Philadelphia for
Louis James; and then such names as
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-08-16
IN A FEW DAYS.
Work on the Milwaukee Extension to
Begin at Both Ends.

VUik vi tuC WHWouhSc EAtSnSlOH "
Begin at Both Ends.
The Milwaukee surveyors who have
been working from this city to Kaso ia
for some time past, have gone to Farm
ington to stake out the ground at that
end of the extension preparatory to
work beginning. They will return to
Mankato in few days and stake out
the ground through this city and
northward. Grading will then begin
at this end of the line, also. Dirt is
expected to fly before the month is
out.
Agent Moore has received instruc-
tions from General Manager Williams
to have the right of way through this
city cleared at once and ready for
work to begin. The board of public
works will have the city tool house
moved over onto the portion of the
lots retained by the city.
The money for the right of way s
ready to be paid over as soon as the
deeds are given, and the city expects
to receive it's $500 in a few days,
probably this week.
There is nothing definite known.yet
as to where the Great Western road
will locate its depot, or where the
union depot will be located if one is
constructed jointly by the Milwaukee
and Great Western.
Only one of the people on the Great
Western right of way has yet secured
a new location, but all are looking
about
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-08-16
GET INSIDE.
Your Friends and Neighb0rs in MankatO
Will Show You How.

Your Friends and Neighbors in MankatO
Will Show You How.
Rubbing the back won't cure back
ache.
A liniment may relieve, but can t
cure
Backache comes from the inside, from
the kidney.
Doan's Kidney Pills get inside.
They cure sick kidneys.
Here is Mankato proof that this is
so:
Mrs. B. johnson of $40 North Front
street says: II suffered extremely
from backache, had rheumatism and
suppose was too anxious to get along
and do too much. When I heard about
Doan's Kidney Pills I got them at j.
G. Thro's drug store and used them.
Before taking them I could not sit
still owing to the pain, and had to keep
moving in order to ease the pain. ]
was so tired at times that l could
hardly stand. I spent considerable
money for medicine, first trying one
thing then another but getting no
benefit. 1t was otherwise with Doan s
Kidney Pills, they helped me from
the start. I highly recommend them to
others
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
Y, sole agents for the U. S.
Remember the name-Doan sand
take no other.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-08-16
HESSlAN FLY.
Prof. Forbes Thinks it May Become {
Pest to Wheat Raisers.

The Hessian fly is the next thing
that the farmers of this state will
have to unite in combating. Accord
ing to Prof. Forbes the fly is a little
mite less than half the size of a mos
quito The female fly lays its eggs on
the leaf of the wheat, single female
laying as many as 300 eggs. The
eggs hatch a little maggot, which
crawls down between the leaf sheath
and the stalk. For twenty days the
maggot eats until it grows into the
pupa or faxseed stage. In this state
it lives through the winter in the stub
BILE. 1t matches into the fly in the early
spring. The fly in turn lives from
one to four days and it's eggs hatch
in about four days. The best way to
fight the pest, says the professor, is by
burning the stubble. When the stubble
is too weedy or wet to burn the ground
should be carefully plowed, turning
the stubble entirely under. In this
way the flies, when Matched, cannot
escape.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-08-16
PURCHASING AGENTS.

The presidents of the state normal
schools have consented to act as pur-
chasing agents for their several insti-
buttons as desired by the board of con-
troll, conditioned on the approval of the
normal school board. 1t is reported
that the members of the normal board,
who. as..resident directors have received
$500 per year, now -legislated out of
existence by the act creating the board
of control, desire to be reappointed as
purchasing agents. st. Paul Pioneer
Press.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-08-16

J. c. Mayer of North Mankato has
done an extensive business this sum-
mer in awnings, tents and paulins,
which he has been manufacturing and
putting up. Mr.. Mayors business is
not confined to the city, but he has a
man on the road taking orders, and in
the spring will put another man on
and increase his faculties. The firm
name now is the Mankato Awning and
Tent Co.
The attention of the Free Press has
been called to the fact that certain
parties have been using mail boxes
along the rural free delivery route out
of Mankato as targets for rife or re-
volver practice. The offense is one
punishable by heavy fine and impris-
onment and if further acts of law
lessness of the kind are persisted in
the guilty parties will be punished to
the fullest extent of the law. Uncle
Sam does not deal gently with med
dlers of this kind.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-08-16
AN AUTO BURNED.
A. G. Benefits Mobile Destroy.
ed by Fire.
His Barn Has a Narrow Escape and
Two Carriages are Partially
Burned.

| A. G. Benefits automobile, his two
seated surrey and his phaeton were
practically destroyed by fire Saturday
night in his barn on State street. Mr..
and Mrs. Bennett had retired for the
| night, when they were awakened at
9 40 p. m. by neighbors who had dis
covered that the barn was on fire. Mr..
Bennett tried to send in still alarm.
but could not get central. Then he
ran out and connected up the garden
hose and played it on the fire, which
was in the carriage room on the first
| floor of the barn. in the meantime an
alarm was sent in from box 80 and the
fire department responded. Mr.. Ben
nett, by keeping the doors closed and
playing his lawn hose through swing
door left for the dog, had the fire prac-
tically under control when the depart
ment arrived and extinguished the
flames with a stream of water.
The fire was confined to the first
floor of the barn, as the top was
ceiled. Had it not been ceiled, or had
the fire not been discovered so timely,
the barn would surely have burn ed,
and it is remarkable that it did not
anyway.
The horse was in the yard and was
uninjured.
Mr.. Benefits last years Winton
automobile, which cost him ST, 200, is
total wreck. Everything infam-
mable about it was burned, and the
temper was drawn from the ma
chinery. Some parts of it may be
saved, but it will never run again as a
whole. The tops and upholstry of the
surrey and phaeton..were burned off and
the woodwork charred. The metal
parts were also injured.
Mr. Bennett carried 5000 insurance
on the automobile with Babcock &
Kneeland. and 5000 on the barn and
contents with Geo. W. Mead. The
value of the two carriages was $27O,
and the damage to the barn and other
contents will be considerable.
How the fire start ed is a mystery.
Mr.. Bennett states that when he ar
rived at the barn, the flames were
mostly in the corner occupied by the
automobile He was in the barn at
8 80 p. M, with lighted candle, and
it is possible that some waste in pit
under the automobile became acciden
tally ignited at this time, or it might
have been case of spontaneous COM
bustion. The auto had not been used
for a week, having been laid up for
repairs.
Neighbors say that some boys with
torches were going in and out of the
barn, to get material to light them, but
Mr.. Bennett states that he was not
aware of this and does not think that
the fire started in this way.
While threshing on his farm Thurs
day. sudden shifting of the wind
caused sparks to fly upon some stacks
of wheat belonging to Ed. Ore,
and four were burned. The sep
arator was saved with difficulty.
1t is estimated that $50 bushels of
wheat went up in smoke. Mr.. Ore was
insured in the Mcpherson Farmers
Mutual Insurance Co., and the loss has
already been settled.
Mr.. Ore secured yield of 80 bu-
shels to the acre from one forty acre
field, and an average of 90 bushels
from the remainder of his wheat fields.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-08-16
SECURED A LOCATION.

Geo. Atchison has purchased from
Mrs. Hemperley.of Minneapolis the
triangle across the Milwaukee tracks
and across Minnesota street from his
present location, and will move his
barn there next week. The triangle
has frontage of lie feet, and the
other sides are 1879 and 115 feet. The
price paid is 1895.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-08-16

Passenger train No. on the Omaha
road, going north, stopped for dinner
in this city Mnoday for the first time.
1t is expected that this train will bring
much business to the city, although
the travel today was not very heavy.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-08-16
"TEDDY" AT THE STATE FAIR.

Vice President Roosevelt has &C.
cepted an invitation to make the OPEN
ing address at the Minnesota fair on
Monday, Sept. Sd. Many prominent
guests are also invited, including the
governors Of adjacent states.
The Green Forest tribune., 1901-11-09
A Little Bit of Humor.

After hearing the evidence i7 an assault case between the man and wife, in which the wife had had deal of provocatfon, the magistrate, turning to the hus~ band remarked: My good man, 1 really cannot do anything in this case. ''But she has cut 8 piece of nyy ear off, sir
 "Wel},v said the magistrate, II will bind her over to keep the peace. v
 "You can't" :" shouted the bus band; @she's thrown it away" Tit Bits.
 The coatIess man puts eare- less arm around the waist of al hatless girl, as over the Enudless and dus5less roads, in 8 horseless carriage they whirI. Like al Ieadless bullet from hammerl4ss' gun by snnokeless powder driven, they fly to taste the speechless joy by endless union given. Though the only lunch hGs coin- less purse affords to them the means is a tasteless meal of bone- less cod with a ''side'' of string less beans, he puffs tobacolessi cigarette and laughs 8 mirthless laugh when papa tries to coax her back by wireless telegraph.
 A burglar was on trial for housebreaking, and con ducted his own defense.
 My lordv" he said, addressing the judge "you cannot possibly conyict me on this charge. win tell you why. As the evi- dence clearly proves, did not break into the house at all. I found the paI-lor window open, as the witnesses admit, and all I did was to put in my arm and re- move some very unimportant ar ticles. Now my lord, my arm is not myself, aud fail to see how you can punish the whole indi- vidual for a fault committed by only one of his hmbs.''
 ''Very well" said the cautious judge. ''I find your arm guilty, and sentence it to six months imprisonment. Go with it or not asayOu choose"
 The prisoner smiled broadly, and quietly proceeded to unscrew his cork arm, leaving 1t in the custody of the court.-Stray sto- ries.
 This story, the truthfulness of which is vouched for by the Clarkes esville Herald is worth re- beating. It seems that charm ing young lady was much admir- ed and courted by young man who one day kissed her against her will. It made her furious and she indignantly exclaimed: elf you dare kiss me again, I'll tell my father" She meant it, but he took 1t for the usual feminine bluff on such occasions and re- peated the dose on the spot.
 She ran out of the room to the back porch, where her father had just finished oiling his gun; but by the time she arrived there she found out she wasn't as mad as she thought she was, and hatch ing up an excuse for her sudden appearance, said: ''Papa, go and show Mr. Blank your gun. He is an authority on guns" q will' said her father, whoi5 an enthusiastic sportsman, and he made for the parlor, gun in hand. When her father entered the par Tor that young man didn't even wait to say good-by; nor was he particular about his manner of | exit. He leaped through an open window and struck speed he thought would distance the gun as we'll as the old man.
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