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The San Francisco call., 1901-11-03

TN HEN a stage-struck girl tells
a an Eastern manager that she
NJ" is from California, il counts
one for that girl.
This is always a dangerous
thing to announce. 1t is hard on the
managers to let it out. For doubtless
there are California girls who are not
born actresses. and it's a mean trick to
turn them loose on weary theatrical men.
But it's the truth. for all that; a Cali
Tornia birthplace or experience is looked
lIpon as a mascot by ali who know Cali
fOrnis's reputation
II San Francisco could corral her dra-
matte celebrities as they come back and
keep ehem here, she would never be ac-
credited a Jay town" by theatrical folk.
For she has been prolific in dramatic
geniuses since the days when the old
miner weighed out his gold dust at the
box Office for admission.
Lolita was one of our earliest stars. She
gave to the city the fountain at the
corner of Kearny and Market as a mem
oriaI Of gratitude to the first city that
recognized her ability as an actress
Blanche Bates, "Our Blanche" went
n the public schools Of this city, gradu-
ted from them. and taught in them be-
fore she finally bowed before the foot
lights. Frawley recommended her 10
Crifeu & NefII in Denver. Frawley was
their leading man and stage manager. he
recommended Blanche for utility wom-
an" which is a stage expression, and
means one who takes small parts ~ a
play the little odds and ends OF roles
Blanche was glad of the chance to show
her mettle.
During these years Of her apprentice
ship she worked hard" says Mr. Nelll'
doing everything with that thoroughness
that has characterized her work always.
Sometimes when she was assigned a
small part she would come 10 me crying
and begging for heavier work
Once Blanche sold tickets in the box
office TO help out.
1t was at the Lyceum Theater in Den
yer. Griffen had charge Of the box
Office while Neil was back on the stage.
One afternoon Griffen was called away
and Blanche Bates volunteered her SER
vices, and she sold tickets well, too.
Griffen Nell subsequently sold out
10 Frawiey, who was their leading man
and manager. Frswley was given the
California dates. He opened at the Co
lu-nbis in '95 with Maxine Elliot as lead
ing woman and Blanche Bates in the
cast.
Here she won local reputation and I'm
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-03
~ BUSHNELL

HERE Is EoPE FOR THE sTAGEsTRUcK GIRLS OF CALI
FoRNIA.
SEE WHAT YOUR FAIR SISTERS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED
BEFORE
MANY 4 NAME RECORDED is
WORD ~CALIFoR
MIA" HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED.
STILL ALL THESE STAGE FAVoRITFs MET THEIR FIRST
SUCCESSES HERE
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-03

HEN a stage-struck girl tells
an Eastern manager that she
is from California, it counts
one for that girl.
Tbs Is = lr-a.-e . danuernlls
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
In the will of the late Charles III

In the will of the late Charles ri.
1loyt, the playwright, an interesting
issue is made on the subject of cousin
ship. The basis on which Mr.. Ioyt
disposed of his fortune is thus de-
fined in his will: "The testator has
no relations nearer than cousins to
be considered, and his cousins and
distant relatives have never shown by
any act any desire for his friendship
or good will; hence he has deemed it
more consistent with fair dealing and
justice to dispose of his property to
those who during his life have bee.
his constant companions and we'll
wishers." There will be contest
over the will, it is said, in which the
problem of cousins will be eXhaus-
lively handled.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

AT last accounts, the deposits IN tn.
'avings banks of the United States
The Need of sax- amounted, In round
numbers. to So 200,
OO0,C0o-an impress
sive total, which represents an aver.
age of nearly sou for every man, WON.
an and child in the country. An
analysis of the figures discloses n
singular conccu ration of savings
banks. More than four-ffths of the
deposirs, or, to be more nearly exact,
a htt.e more than 81 per cent, are in
the II New England and middle
states, leaving less than 13 per cent.
distributed among the other "a states
There can be no question that savings
banks encourage thrift, says Youths
Companion. People are great deal
more likely to lay something by for a
rainy day if they feel reasonable as.
surance of finding it when they need
it, with a pleasing addition of inter.
est. These figures show that large
sections of the country are entirely
without savings banks. 1t is the con.
sideration of this fact which gives
weight to the argument for the estab.
lishment of postal savings-bank
system. There is much to be said in
favor of that system; yet when we
examine. the practical working of the
British post Office savings bank,
which has been suggested as model
for this country, the result does not
encourage imitation. For the last
four years the bank has shown a year
ly and increasing loss, and the Lon
don Times declares it insolvent. In
view of this fact, congress may well
hesitate to establish postal savings
banks. Without waiting for action in
that direction, communities which
lack institutions for savings nav
wisely devise means to found them,
and to foster and safeguard them by
state legislation.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

So long as there are feather-b Drained
girls and broken-down counts in the
coo. Nancy md world there will be
marriages between
N"e"p good American
money and cheap foreign titles. And
SO long as these marriages are "ar-
ranged" we shall find familiar story
every now and again in our morning
papers. The amounts and the titles in
volved may be changed, but the details
will be essentially the same, very truly
remarks the Saturday Evening Post.
1t is easy to understand how the silly
daughters of weak mothers, feeding on
the novel of gush and good society"
possessing the fripperies of an edu-
cation and initiated into the third de-
gree of snobbishness through the open
sesame of newly-co wealth, should
think a million none too dear for even
an uncertain count. But it will always
remain a mystery that men whose dol
lars have been made by the ability to
gauge the weakness of other men
| should hand over their daughters to
foreigners whom they would not trust
in any capacity in their offices. Yet
they do it, and their experience costs
them anywhere from five hundred thou
sand to five million, according to the
ability of their particular nobemen to
lose and to spend. Though nothing, no
matter how unsavory, seems to gag an
American family when it is trying to
swallow title, it usually has a reserve
| of common sense which asserts itself
in the end. We have grown so used to
reading of this almost inevitable end
that it has become the verost common
place of scandal. Yet the average
American never sees that threaabarc
chronicle ofneglect and ill-troatmcnt of
a cOuntrywoman that he is not stirred
to wrath, simply because he is an aver
age American with all that that implies
in his attitude toward womankind.
And better than musty patents of
played-out, frayed-out nobility is the
instinct of chivalry.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

borrowing a convict from state prison
to open safe seems rather startling
thing to DO. \ dispatch to the Chicago
Tribune from Columbus, o.. tells of
such an occurrence: "In order to Sc
cure valuable papers belonging to her
dead husband, Col. f. j. Pickard. civil
engineer, who died few days ago, an
expert safe-bower, now a convict in
the state pcnitentiary. was loaned TO
Mrs. Pickard by the warden to open the
strong box in which the papers were
kept. The prisoner was conveyed in a
closed carriage TO the safe, which he
blew open. and was then returned TO
his cell. All Col. Pickard's private pa.
pers were locked up in the safe. and
the plan of securing the services of a
burglar was adopted. 1t took the con.
Wet IL minutes to open the safe"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

Some boys in Macon, Mo-, recently
fed the contents of aboX of seidlitz pow
ders to a goat belonging to family
which had recently moved into the
ighborhood. Then taking it for
granted that he was thirsty, they led
Billy to a nearby trough and permitted
him to drink heartily. Soon the fiz-
zing began and the goat tore down
the street toward the woods at reck-
less pace. Some negroes living several
miles out of town claim to have seen
Old Nick himself, as they verify be-
lieved, rushing along the road in broad
daylight. His majesty resembled an
enormous goat, they said, but they
recognized him as the devil, because
he was splitting fire and birthstone.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

1t is reported that 10 families of Boel
refugees are to form settlement be.
tween Hicksville and Syosset, in Mas
sau county, Long Island. This project
is backed by the Boer refuge aid com.
mittee, composed chiefly of members o.
old Dutch families in America, who
have relatives among the Boer fighting
men and officials. a tract of land which
will permit the allotment of from to %
acres to each of the 70 families has been
purchased.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

The latest bulletin Of the department
OF labor contains three statistical ta-
Th. wo,,.u bles of unusual in
terest, showing the
number and cause
OF deaths, during the last fiscal year,
in l29 cities having population of 30
600 or more. Like all statistics, these
hSures sometimes require to be ex-
planned, says Youths Companion. For
instance, the highest death rate Of any
city in the country-almost 35 to the
thousands that of Charleston, while
New Orleans, Savannah and San An
tonic all had death of more than 25 to
the thousand. But this does not prove
that they are unwholesome places.
Each has very large colored popula-
ton, and exceptional mortality swells
the general average. The really dead
ly' cities are foreign ports, like Bonn
bay, where the death rate is sometimes
over GA to the thousand. With the eX-
ception of Rockford, ILL.,. the most
hcalthful cities seem to lie west of the
Mississippi. Seattle heads them, with
a death rate of only seven to the thou
sand. St. Joseph. No.: Portland. Ore:
Lincoln, Ncb.; Tacoma, WASH; Sioux
City, Ia, and Rockford, Ill.,. all have A
death rate of less than fen to the
thousand. The death rates of New
York, London and Paris are over 10 to
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

This is not a bad one. told in the Lon
don Express, of an American gentle
man who was recently stopping with
his wife at the Hotel Cecil. On their
first evening there he happened to re-
tire somewhat later than his spouse.
Arriving at the door of what he i'm
agined to be his room and finding it
locked, he tapped and called Honey"
No answer came. and he called again
and more loudly Honey" Still he got
no reply, and, becoming somewhat un-
easy, he shouted the endearng term
with his full lung power. This time a
reply came, and in a male voice: "Go
away, yru blithering idiot! This is a
bathroom, not blooming beehive!"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

About three years ago the Christian
Commonwealth colony was founded in
Muscogee county, Ga, few miles from
Columbus, by 40 men and women, with
come children, from Ohio. They were
an exceptionally intelligent and worthy
body of people. Plain cottages were
built and common dining hall, which
was also used for religious services,
was established. The first year was
prosperous one. Fine crops were raised
and good prices secured for the prod
ucts. A sawmill was built, grist-
mill and broom factory were profit
ably operated, and a dairy not only
furnished the community with all the
milk and butter needed, but afforded a
surplus for the market. Then new
members came and trouble began. Many
.shirked their work, gossip and scandal
became rife, debts were incurred which
there was no money to meet, and now
it is announced that the colony has
gone 20 pieces.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

X. Moore ran for justice Of the peace
in bourbon county, Kan, at the recent
election, and was defeated. He pub
fishes an affidavit regarding his cleo
ton expenses and gets in fling at
his successful rival in this fashion.
"Uniontown, Kan, Nov. 2s. 1900: Not
having any blanks, and being a law
abiding citizen and a defeated can
didate for justice of the peace in Ma
rlon township, | hereby certify under
oath that | did not eXpend one cent
to secure my election. further swear
and firmly believe if l had spent $500,
and had two butcher shops to back me,
could have been elected to ten-dollar
Office"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

~ don't often see thief or n ba6
man with big ears and large
mouth" said city magistrate from
the bench the other day, in comment.
Ing on the physiognomy of 15-year'
old boy, charged with assaulting an
old apple man and then stealing his
wares. 81 like to see boy with ears,
observed the judge. 81 am inclined
to give you chance, my boy, on the
strength of your big mouth and gen.
erous ears. You've got good face
a man with little ears like foX's or
a squirrels won't always do. They
need watching"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

speaking of sales" says the Ken
nebec (Me.) Journal, there have been
some stories told of the rummage
sales which have been so popular this
fall. At one such sale in a Maine city
among the curious wares displayed
was a set of false teeth. And not
only did several would-be customers
try them to see if they would fit, but
at last a customer bought them and
carried them off in triumph. This is
the solemn truth"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
Just previous to the recent election

Just previous to the recent election
. Tennessee editor foolishly ventured
on q forecast of coming events and
invited his readers to watch the re-
suit and see how far he missed. In
his latest issue he manfully owned up
as follows: 1--WE are now able to state
we missed it by exactly the space be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
east and west and from the great
lakes to the Gulf of Mexico north and
SOUTH"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

A real estate dealer of Kenosha, Wis,
Is having papers prepared in a number
of novel suits which he intends to bring
against half a dozen well-to-do resi-
dents of the city. He found that many
of the trees on one of his tracts of land
had been gnawed by horses to such an
extent that they are dying. He claims
to have located the owners of the
horses, and 1t is against them that1Abe
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

a divorce petition filed in court at
Hutchinson, Kan, recites the story
OF an extraordinary courtship. The
woman says she didn't want to marry
her husband, but one afternoon he and
his sister got her into buggy and
drove about the country all night, the
pair taking turns in pleading with her
to consent to the marriage. At last.
near daylight, she consented out of
sheer exhaustion; and without giving
her chance to repent the man drove
her back TO Hutchinson and married
her.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

The postal service establishment OF
the United States is the greatest busi-
ness concern in the world. The reve-
nue. of the post Office Of New York is
more than $S,OOo,OOO yearly, with a
net profit of $5,0OO,0o0.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

A Chicago physician few days age
was paying So square inch for skin
from the hands of 20 persons, which he
requires for grating on boy whose
hand was badly lacerated in sand pa
per machine.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

A silk mill in Charlotte, n. c., is run
with negro labor entirely, a colored
man named Thurston being superin-
tendent. He maintains discipline
among the hands, male or female, by
whipping those who break rules.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

A Baltimore department store Of
fered its patrons bargain-counter
Thanksgiving dinner of dozen courses
for six people, all for the modest sum
of OF cents. 1t was very filling for
the price, says local exchange, and
likewise an interesting illustration of
the development of modern shopkeep
irg.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
Our RcsDect.

Men don't want our pity, they want
our respect. They want the recogni-
ton of common humanity. To help
the world we must have deep respect,
man for man.-Rev. A. S. Hoyt.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

Among those people with somewhat
peculiar ideas of morality must be in.
cluded that West Virginia minister who
thought it shameful sin to dance, and
yet who did not hesitate to carry pis.
tol and shoot down a man who pro-
tested against that view of the ques.
ton
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

Aichigan's law against betting on
IONS makes the offense punishable
equal to the amount Of the
1T be not more than $4,000
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

The annual report of the federal life.
saving service is one that is read by
Record o,u.r few and cuts little
figure among the
Oism.
department publ.
cations, and yet il deserves to be widely
read as a record of hcroism and service
TO humanity performed by the life
guardsmcn who patrol our ocean and
lake coasts to save life and property,
justly observes the Chicago Tribune.
During the last fiscal year 200 ship
wrecked persons have received help
at the stations. The value of property
impcriIed was $9,737,250, and of prop
erty lost $2.24j. 500. Out of 3,436 per-
sons whose lives were in danger only
90 were lost. To accomplish these re.
suits has cost the government $l,535,.
936, an insignificant sum when the
number of lives and immense amount
OF property exposed TO loss are taken
into consideration. The men who per.
form these services are heroes, and vet
the general superintendent SAYS that
certain of them "are among the poorest
PAID servants of the government''-an
injustice which congress should re-
move. If any men deserve o be well
paid it is our coast life guardsmen.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

Needs the Great Physician's Care.
Moral darkness is moral disease
Rams Horn.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

The indiscriminate lesh will drive
zen devils into the boy for one it
4lrives out.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

4 man Il not supeI stitious because
re believes in the supernatural.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
Memory q God-Giyen FncuItx.

There Is forgetting that is just as
sinful az neglecting.-United Presby-
terian.;
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

The recent census shows that about
IL 1f1 cent, of thann noppla tie1 =
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

g = cav e allP up on an oily
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24

The annual report of the federal life
saving service is one that is read by
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-09-10

some II the best animals raised on
the coast. In the free for ali frot
Tor which a 800 prize IL offered. are
entered Meteor. with q record ~
1.lfa owned b. William Miller. ~
Everett. 0FstA. owned by J. A Bad
deier Hamtprk owned hY r. Ever.
ding Ned Thurne. giiA. owned ~
" II Holman ~ san jose AFkeis
and Tickets 2 ~ owned - the Van
Dc Nantsf stock farm - Kent.
IN the zilo trot. which e taking
place this afternoon. ere entered
tshti y owned ~ Chris Simpson. -
rsndtaton. Ore ONfta. Arketh.
Tickets Iiob Kirk, p British Column
biA hnfse. and y r. Clark snnhsn-
Ish Hoy. Tho pure for this race 10
tyna
IN the s.ss Poe. Tor an 400 purse.
Fanfiam ~ " Williams Lady
Pearl. J A. Hafdsisy'N Francisco. ~
~. shank's Dioaine Thos. ciancy's
Direct e and Fred G. Van De Van.
trfss Harry Hearst. J. =. johnson .
Doc Wright and ". r. Stewards
Mhrtorts.
In the frse-for-aii pace for a 1909
purse are q number 81 god hefHeH
They include PAGERS that have done
better than a0e Among the en-.
tries are Chris Simpsons Alta Sorte
r. cianry.a Pred G. starkweaths
ssarkeY. a. Thompsou's nufort. A.
y Flaws Combination georEe II
Heiman's Martha whips frecerd,
stei. Van Dc Nanter's paihuark
lsiitf.o. ana "a cisrk's Kittitss
Ranger
The association ha. prepared an
excellent program The Everett
ferby Tor 500 and y cup win he run
Friday
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-09-10
A QUARTETTE
OF SUSPECTS
Every Man In the Bunch Has an
Unsayory Reputation

James white. Hugh Dean, Charles
Marion and John Thompson. n quar-
tet Of alleged bunco steererE. arc on
trial before Justice Cam thin after
noon, on the charge of yBRrancy un.
der the state law. James White ma
John Thompson are perhaps the best
known Of the four men. White In nm
old man and has long been kept un-
der police surveillance. lie has been
arrested numerous times on charges
II huncoing, but has never been con
vieted. John Thompaon. known az
sawade" Thompson, ia also a fnmIl
lar character In police circles. The
police believe him to be a dangerous
sure thing man. but have never
eaught him turning any particular
trick. Marion ie from the East ana
in Familiarity known as ''Boston
Charlie" Dean f. a local character
and r. suspected of being an ali
round sure thing man.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-09-10
GOOD NEWS
FROM NOME
Passengers Aboard Centen-
NAL Say a Satisfied
Feeling Exists

The steamship Centennial arrived In
port at o'clock this afternoon from
Nome capt Conrade, well known as
the Father Of Nome made record
trip for his boat bringing down tgB
passengers. tho greatest number arriv-
ing from the north Tits year. puraer
Macdonald had In his care $3.50. 900 IN
gold dust. consigned 20 the seandina-
Wan American hank. and the North.
western Commercial COMPANY
A very pleasant trip Is reported. The
Centennial LETT Seattle on her north
ern trip on the 18th OF August aud ar
rived at Nome on the g4th After tnay.
Ing a trip TO Teller. the steamer lett
Nome on her return trip the siHt OF
August. on that date the boats dt
Nome we're the steamers Archie. Dora.
Bear and the schooner A. NJ. Deerlne
4 no Il .. A. transport Rosecrans aud
tho nteamsr oregon we're passed On
Sept ! and the steamer Senator ON
the 9th.
on board an passengers we're tho
mate and six sailors OF the Charles
sanuatt The latter h high ana dry
on tfminak island. but her owners ex.
psct To save hor.
Passengers say that Noma was quite
lively at the time tho Centenniat
sailed Many miners are coming I'm
aud money was PLENTIFUL II ID saul
that satisfied feeling pervadea the
camp. Nearly nll the passengers thee
arrived today had sold Ia various
quantities.