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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-06

but Mrs Carter made the greatest de-
but I ever saw
what do you look for first in a wo-
man who aspire to the stage2
Temperament, above al things;
temperament
Not beauty
no. no. oh, moi" he said. vehement
". waving aside a veritable plethora of
beautiful women in vigorous gesture
Not beauty; not presence When a
woman is very beautiful, so that her
features are classic. she has never felt
any great emotion; even as a child she
had no heart.
she must have magnetism" sug-
gested-
'.AIagnetfsmt''he repeated.as he seem
ed to look inward for a definition Of
his meaning. Who can describe mag
netism2 It is discovered. not made It
may betray itself in the sweetness Of
voice. in the look of the eye, in smile
in an abrupt gesture For instance,
think OF Adelaide Nelson She was
like a blOod-red rose. pulsating with
life, feeling. passion: a complete ex-
preston OF all that is inspirational in
art"
she was beautiful
1.-THE true artist possesses a native
culture that mere superficial education
does not disturb. Honesty. gentleness,
humanity are qualities born in the ar
fist, and combine to create magnet
ism
What distinctive quality attracts
you most in women who seek stage
fame2"
Voice. A vvornan's voice must be in
harmony with her face. almost one in
dramatic influence, inseparable by sug-
gestion. the one from the other"
And she must have Imagination
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-06

imagination is the master of tenn
permanent. the spur to all passion ana
feeling There are many women WIN
dormant ina ginatiOns to whom the
stage is a great awakening OF tnef
souls"
Then your work on a play is all i'm
pulse emotional expression
Il don't know You have seen how 1
work out a scene- but before reach
that point there is the outline to de-
eide upon I am very careful to obtain
correct information When writing
Men and Women I spent a great deal
of time with Mr.. Case. the cashier OF
the Second National bank He allowed
me TO be present at a directors meet
ing. Then read my play to him. when
it was written. for fear might have
been inaccurate in fact I read every
thing bearing upon a subject am
writing. sometimes boiling down the
information of a book into ten lines OF
dialogue. usually arrange five manu-
scripts before I decide on the acting
version. and then when I get my peo-
pie on the stage study their peculiar
tiles and alter whole scenes, debating
to each actor the new lines as they oc-
cur to me"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-06
Welded ON DEATHBED.
Young Woman Stricken With Appen-
dicitis on Her Marriage Day.

New York. July s.-Arrayed in the
bridal robes she never wore in life Mrs
Herman Stunning who became a bride
only last Wednesday night was borne
to the grave this afternoon from her
husbands home at 81 West Eleventh
street They were engaged for about
two years. and the wedding was set for
last Wednesday night She was p years
old, and her husband was one year
older.
Extensive preparations for the we'd
ding were made, and many invitations
sent out About an hour before the
time set for the ceremony the bride
who was then Cessna Behrens, CON-
planned of feeling Ill. Up to that time
she had seemed in the best of spirits
and apparently in perfect health. A
physician was called and he found that
she was suffering from appendicitis
Her condition became rapidly worse
and she was Immediately put to bed.
When the Rev Leo koenig- Of St
Paul7S Lutheran church. who was TO
perform the marriage ceremony, ar
rived he found house of sorrow and
apprehension instead of the merry ae-
compartments OF welding. Most Of
the guests were present and the we'd
ding feast was ready. The bridegroom
was frantic with grief His stricken
affianced called him to her bedside and
declared that there must be wedding
after all The doctor protested but in
spite Of her sufferings the bride WAS
firm in her determination The n mister
performed the ceremony and the bride.
with words of cheer to her hsuband-
was hurried away in an ambulance to
St Marks hospital There II was
quickly seen that only an operation
would save her life It was performed,
but the patient never recovered from It.
TIE bo4- vas taken to her husbaLG's
M r4rr7nr74S
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-06
sIMPLIoITx's PERSONAL FUN
Some Of the Dad Happenings to Miss
James in Lovers Lane"

Mile James says she could write
book filed with the funny things which
have happened to her since she began
playing Simplicity Johnson in Lovers
Lane" the Clyde Fitch play now run
ming at McViclSer's theater- says the
Chicago Chronicle. Simplicity is a lit
tie imp OF 10 years. 50 bad she has
been turned out of three orphan asy-
lums and left to drift for herself This
child of nature has a really good heart
and needs nothing so much as kind
treatment. which she finds in the home
of the village minister. DR. Singleton,
but even here Simplicity's mise hievOus
disposition asserts itself in a hundred
ways.
Miss James. who is in reality a
young woman out of her teens. looks
the child she impersOnates when dressed
for the part OF Simplicity. and people
who do not know her real age are com
pletely misled by her appearance At
the end of the second act she stands
IN the row Of children and seems TO
be one of them One night last week
she had an adventure with a n essenger
boy From her hotel she sent a letter
and the boy Was told TO bring the an
sFer to the theater stage door. When
ne came Miss James was sent for ana
took the answer from him She turned
away TO read the letter. and TIE mes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-06
Nellie, Nay and Marvin Nye Sc
cure an Engagement
OPEN IN KANSAS CITY.
viii Appear IN Vaudeville at
Paramount Park.
News of Interest to Theater
Goers and Others.

Three Topeka young people. Nellie
May and Marvin Nye. aged u. IL and
rs. respectively. who live At 1876 Taylor
street. are fairly on the way to success
in the theatrical world.
They are well known here for their
song and dance specialties. and their
frsr appearance as professionals viii
be in their engagement for the first
week OF October in vaudeville at Fair
mount park. in Kansas City
The Nyes have taken part in nearly
every home talent production which
has been given here during the past
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-06

year and one-halE They made hit
with their specialties in the last Elks
show. and the production OF Alice IN
Wonderland which was given at tne
Grand here about mid-winter-
Marvin Nye does some very good
steps in buck and wing dancing. and Is
especially good as a cake walk artist
He also sings with his sisters
Both the girls are clever dancers. and
sing we'll. They have participated in
several of the contests held here BY
various theatrical organiZa tons ana
have always carried on a prize. The
first contest in which they participated
was the contest under the auspices OF
the Aubrey stock company. at the
Crawford thearer. in January. at which
time they captured the first prize
Since that time they have competed in
several contests. with equal success
The young people have had number
OF offers TO go on the road with COM
panies which have played Topeka, but
have always refused them. Their en-
gagement at Kansas City viii prob
ably result in their signing a contract
TO appear in the Orpheun circuit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-06
90 BELAsco TALKs
Author Of "Zaza Talks About Mrs.
Carter and Plays

Carter and Plays
David Belasco has been telling an in
terviewer how he became d playwright
Il Just drifted into it" he said. IN re-
ply TO the direct question I was
brought up in the JheaIer. you know,
and my eagerness TO learn every de-
partment OF it soon made me useful
became stage manager OF a small Jrav-
cling company in the west Those
were the days when We couldn't AFFORD
the luxury OF manuscripts. and I used
TO run on to Frisco and see -Er0u-
FrOu.' for instance. or East Lynne or
Aurora Floyd and write a version in
q week Then I drifted to the Baldwin
theater. where We put on TWO plays a
week. with a cast that has since ne
come travelling stars Those were the
days of the stock dranatist-pOor Caz-
auran was the last of the lot
But the stock dramatist is busy to-
day with the dramatlzed novel
II know, but he's quite a different
breed Those old plays of former years
viii live and are still going the rounds
in theaters all over the country. but
the dramarized novel Is a mistake. il
Is ephemeral, il j. generally a disgrace
TO the novel. because it IS done too
hurriedly."
Yet it draws"
'-Of course, for a time being. Mana
gers are forced to put on these f7ra-
rnatizarions by the great reading pub
lie. but there is one man who win stop
these dramatic makeshifts. and that IS
the publisher
But the publishers profits are
large
Not when a play IS ruinous to the
authors reputation. as it frequently
must be"
Then we shall get back to a svs-
TEN whereby the dramatisit lived. tbvfine
work Of his own brain. instead of dig
sing the nOvelist's with a pair OF scis-
sors."
Original plays viii bring about a
treaty Of peace between managers pub
fishers. authors and audience" said aIr
Belasco.
1t is generally believed that you are
a sort Of dramatic Cagliostro: thar
your magic can make of crude r,ars,--
ial theatrical miracles I said.
Impossible Mrs. Carriers suo.as-
Tor instance-it was born in her Wien
nrst met her, after. i've minutes con
Versation made up my mind that I
was IN the presence of an excapTf0ra1
rare creature in temperament and vital
aES- I've seen great many debut~.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-06
Theatrical Notes.

VIM. Courtleigh has succeeded Arthur
Hoops in the cast Of Lorna Dome
May Buckley Will go into vaudeville
next season. bringing forward a sketch
about the 1st of September.
Florence Rocky ell. seen in Topeka with
Sol Smith Russell. viii continue as Henry
Miller's leading lady next season.
W. B. Watson the -burlesque manager,
will entirely rebuild his Lynn theater.
which was recently destroyed by fire
Orchard Lovelace.., written by Law
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-06
GOODWIN GETS A THEArER.
Signs Lease For the Comedy in Lon
don For q Year.

Nat Goodwin has signed a lease OF
the Comedy theater. London. for one
year, and viii open his house early in
Septen Der with when We Were
Twenty-one," to be followed by a rep
ertoire including The Merchant of
Venice" which certain London critics
have said they hoped the American
actor would have the courage to pre-
sent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-06

several one-act plays. and Miss Phelps
has done considerable literary work for
ma gazines- The play is a comedy drama
in four acts and. like the title. is redo1ent
with sweetness but is not q hayseed
drama Miss Thurston was seen in To-
peksL Two years ago as Babbie in The Lit
tie Minister
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11


They live pretty well out, in hand
Some home, but not near enough to a
fire station to be handy in case Of ac-
cident" As the house is their own
and their all the husband had been
somewhat in terror of blaze for some
time. SO he laid in stock OF hand
grenades, those little glass bottles
which are supposed to put out any fire
that may start.
One day the blaze came. The cook
started it in the kitchen. Then she
fed bowling to her room and began to
pack her trunk. The wife prides her
Eelf on her ability to keep her head, so
first she stepped to the telephone and
turned in the alarm, and then she went
for the hand grenades.
When the fire department did arrive,
tie men found her standing over the
sideboard rummaging through the
drawers. Copious streams of water
soon drowned the blaze and ruined the
lower floor, and the department left.
Still she rummaged. Her husband
came, called by the phone girl. He saw
her there.
'Why. my dear girl" he said, why
didn't you use the hand grenades and
stop the fire as soon as it started?
Then the whole lower part of the house
wouldn't have been soaked"
"John," she responded icily, IF you
would just keep the corkscrew where
it belongs, could use the horrld old
grenades. But it is gone, and how was
1 to open them T-Kansas City Jour
nal
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11
when Mayor Meets Mayor.

Civic characters of local fame imbued
with sense of their own Importance
are not wholly unknown in this coun-
try, fact which may account for the
familiar ring of the following story
found In Highways and Byways In
East Anglia"
Mayor Wakefield one day set out for
the next town with load Of hay. On
the way truss fell from the load, and
he applied to a passerby for assistance
in replacing it. The man addressed,
instead Of rendering willing aid, drew
himself up to rather more than his nor
NAL height and said:
"Are you aware that You are address
ing the mayor Of LynnY
man." replied Wakefield. that don't
make no odds. I'm the mayor of Cat
tie Rising. Now will you lend handT
with pleasure" replied the mayor
of Lynn.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11
The Grand Medicine Man.

The ceremony Of the Grand Medicine
is an elaborate ritual, covering several
days, the endless number of gods and
spirits being called upon to minister to
the sick man and to lengthen his life-
The several degrees Of the Grand Med
icine teach the use Of incantations, OF
medicines and poisons, and the require
ments necessary to constitute brave.
When q young man seeks admission
to the Grand Medicine lodge, he first
fasts until he sees in his dream some
animal, the mink, beaver, otter and
fisher being most common, which he
hunts and kills. The skin Is then
ornamented with beads or porcupine
quills, and the spirit of the animal be-
comes the friend and companion of the
man.
The medicine men have only a linn
ited knowledge of herbs, but they are
expert In dressing wounds, and the art
of extracting barbed arrows from the
flesh can be learned from them.
In olden times-yes, to within the
memory of living Ojibways-the med
iclne man at the funeral ceremony thus
addressed the departed: Dear friend,
you will not feel lonely while pr suing
your journey toward the setting sun.
l have killed for you a Sioux, [hated
enemy of the Ojibwaysl. and L have
scalped him. He will accompany you
and provide for you. hunting your food
as you need It. The scalp have taken
use 1t for your moccasins.'-Open
Court
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11

The sun is about 02.000,000 miles off.
The only way of measuring the dis
tance of n fixed star IS by parallax, and
scarcely more than half dozen can be
estimated that way. Suppose the sun
Is here, in space. on Jan. /. On July i
ho Will be 1S4 100000 miles over there.
This Is the base of measurement. The
observer who wants to estimate the
distance of, say, the star \ Centaurl
notes its position with regard to the
next star. In six months he notes
again. and If they are separated by
different distance q so called parallaX
Is established, and some calculation
can be made of the distance of the
nearest one. In the most favorable
cases this parallax is extremely slight.
What is the sun made of? The lines
of the spectrum give an idea of his
chemical properties, but beyond that
all is hypothesis. His substance, as
whole, is of much lighter material than
the earth, but yet there may be hard
md heavy fiery pudding inside, for
there is light and thick outer coating,
named the photosphere. Outside this,
refining away to an unknown distance,
is the chromosphere-o hot air, SO to
speak. The spots are riffs through the
photosphere, coming and going, and
some are so large that our whole earth
could be shot right through, with d
thousand miles to spare all around.
When a total eclipse covers the sun,
flames to the height OF thousands Of
miles are seen out Of the photosphere.
The sun is hundred times larger than
the earth, an easy thing to say, and yet
our sun is believed to be rather small
one. For instance, Sirius Is at least
nine times as big.-Imperial.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11
Bnll,s CnmpniGn Story.

1t is not probable that better story
teller than ex-Lieutenant Governor Da-
vId A. Ball Of Missouri ever stood be-
fore an American audience. In 1896
he was trying to persuade the gold
Democrats that, Notwithstanding the
fact that they differed from the regu-
lars on the financial issue, they agreed
with them on so many points that they
ought to vote for Bryan anyway. He
wound up that part Of his speech as
follows:
"How would q Mossback Missouri
Democrat look voting with the Repub-
licans? l will tell you. Up in Pike
county an old chap undertook to COM
NIT suicide by hanging himself with a
blind bride. Just as he was about
dead his son cut him down. The old
man rubbed his eyes and said, John, if
you had let me alone minute longer
| would have been In heaven Yes,
replied the boy; you would have cut q
deuce OF q figure in heaven looking
through blind bride, wouldn't your
And that" concluded Mr.. Ball. 'is the
way Missouri Democrat would look
voting for a Republican under any cir
cumstances whatsoeyer"-Champ Clark
In Saturday Evening Post
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11
A Curioum Error.

The Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale
told how O curious error crept into the
translation of the Lords Prayer into
the Delaware Indian tongue. The Eng
lish translator had as an assistant an
Indinn who knew English. what Is
'halEow' in Delaware?" asked the trans
lator. The Indian thought he said hal
loo" and gave him the equivalent.
Therefore the Delaware version of the
Lords Prayer reads to this day, "Our
Father, who art In heaven, hallooed be
thy name"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11
Isn Good Brenkfnnt Ne

Is q Good breakfast Necessarily Yes.
A good breakfast is the physical basis
Of days work. The American break
fast, regarded with so much horror on
the European continent has contrib
uted largely to make the nation what
1t is today. 1t enabled our forefathers
to do an amount of work which 1t ap-
pals foreigners to contemplate.
AS a rule there Is something wrong
with the man or with his habits IL he
cannot eat q good breakfast. man
who works at high tension all through
the morning hours without this sub
stantial foundation is working entirely
upon his nerves. That means disorder
ed nutrition and sooner or later bank
ruptcy and collapse.
If man gets up in the morning with
n bad taste and no inclination for food,
it is because his system Is full Of waste
and his circulation of distractions. Let
him make radical change in his hab-
its and train his digestive organs to ac-
commodate a nourIshing morning meal
Medical Brief.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11

Don't you think that II had lived
in the days of old would have made a
good knight?" asked the young man
who had been talking ancient history
from to II p. N.
81 don't care SO much what you would
have made then," wearily observed the
young lady. 'but you might see what
kind of a good night you can make
right now."-Baltimore American.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11
EvoIutxon Of Corn.

Corn, with its "a to 80 rows under
cultivation, was once but coarse
grass, hiding each seed it produced un-
der husk, as wheat and oats now do.
Brought out to the light and sun, with
n chance to get at enough plant food,
it has worked its way up to eight rows
Df seeds, covering these with one husk
The farmer and nature together have
added the extra 16 and "a rows.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11
Antique Clocks.

A common trick of clock makers and
repairers Of years ago, when the craze
for antique grandfather clocks first
showed itself, was to alter the names
and dates Of the original makers on
such of these clocks as came to them.
This trick has made it difficult to prove
the exact age Of an old clock now, even
by experts, and still more difficult to
learn the name of the real maker. Rep
utable repairers do not follow the
practice in these days, having realized
that 1t results in the end In injury to
the business.-Jewelers' Circular-Week-
IY.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11
Lions and Tigers,

There is nothing odd or peculiar about
the sleep of the lions and tigers. In
captivity they show the same indiffer-
ence to danger that they manifest in
the Jungles and by day or night will
slumber through an unusual tumult,
unmindful or unconscious Of the noise.
Their sleep is commonly heavy and
peaceful.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11
NOf NqQdad

He was obviously anxious. and she
seemed almost willing.
II shall refer you TO papa" said she,
with becoming blush, before giving
you final answer
But am perfectly willing to take
you without any reference" said he
magnanimously.-In News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11
The Dogs Immune.

Snobbins-I should think you'd be
afraid of having that big dog around
you all the time. If had him, should
be afraid all the time he would go
mad
Snubbins-Bdt lie doesn't have 10 live
with you, you know.-Boston Tran
ScriDt
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11
Unnecessary Alarm.

Mr., FijJit-Here comes fellow who
Is liBely to throw something at you.
Mrs. Fijjit-Goodness me, Randolph!
Let's leave the theatar at once. What
is he likely to throw?
Mr.. Fijjit-His voice He Is Il ven
triloQulst, dear.-OhIo State Journal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11

Are you never afraid, Uncle Ras-
tus," asked one of the scoffers, "of fall
ing from graceT
"Cunnel." replied Uncle Rastus, "how
kin q pusson fall FIN de bedrockT'-
Chicago Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11
Not Forgotten.

She-I do believe you forgot that this
was our wedding days third anniver-
sary.
He-Indeed 1 didn't. L just met the
second Of the notes 1 negotiated to buy
the furniture when we Were married.
Indianapolis Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11
She HelieYed.

Hester-I hope you don't believe what
Fred Saunders says. He has been In
love with every girl in town, first and
last.
Bertha-Thats why l value his judg-
ment, you know. A man of his expert
ence may be trusted to know q good
thing when he sees it.-Boston Tran
Icript
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11

Most Of the dandies of the Georgian
period took as great pleasure In see
Ing themselves caricatured as our gen.
Grafton does In seeing their photographs
In the shop windows.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11
Willing to Helm.

"The echo Is much more effective"
said the guide in the Alps, 'if a shot
is fired. Has anybody revolver%
IL don't happen to have my gun with
me-" remarked the Chicago man Of th,,
party, "but here's a knife."-Exchap' pe
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11
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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-07-11
An UneodurabIe Cftfycn,

"Gruggs walks as II lie owned the
whole blamed town"
''Yes, and he amt even h police COM
r''-Ihdianapolis News.