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The Jefferson-"A Royal Rogue"

Baptiste Ballou.. Jefferson DeAngelis ConVal ...........-.......... f1enry NorInan Pilot .... ,............. Charles Dungan Ristac .................... Frank M. Kelley Cadet Georges Girodet ...... John Dudley La Blanc .............. Edmund Lawrence Codaux .................. George H. Roland Captain DuBois ....... George H. Roland Lieut. Chambois ....... Fredeic K. Logan Prefect of Police ................ J. Canduit 1st Gendarme ............ George Schoheld Servant ........................ c. J. Clarke Stephane (Ballou's Daughter) ........
 ............. ....Helen Byron Madame Girodet ........... Adella Barker Madame Duclos Gertrude Mackenzie Bejazine ..................... Adine Bouvier Coralie .................. Alice Maude Poole
 The whole show was Jefferson DeAn- gelis. The company was present It had been so advertised, but it being on the stage only served to accentuate the pres ence of DeAngelis.
 "A Royal Rogue was written by Charles Klein, William T. Francis com posed the music and the lyrics were by Grant Stewart. It is not as good as one expects from these three men, but it was not bad. The plot was similar to all of the operatic comedies of the lat ter day. The music Is not quite so fetch ing as that found in the Burgomaster, say; but 1t Is quite as pleasing as that of which Florodora is made up. In other words, the com position of the comedy is neither bad nor brilliant. It has some lines which fairly make one shiver with delight, so clever are they. Still without DeAngelis and his legs it is doubtful if 1t would be successful.
 Jefferson DeAngelis Is a comedian who believes in muscular action. Making one laugh comes natural to him. He bubbles over with wit. He can read his lines so they have an added brilliancy. And on the spur of the moment he can invent lines equally as witty as those thought out for him. As a comic-opera leader he Is in a class about as near the top as any other man in America today
 The company is capable. Miss Helen Byron, in the part of Stephanie, is clever and graceful. Her voice has some supe- riors, but is good enough for her part Adela Barker displayed excellent voice in her solo. She was recalled twice. Adne Bouvier also sang acceptably. Miss Poole was suffering from a severe cold. Henry Norman made good citizen, while Edmund Lawrence played the part of La Blanc capably. Others proved accept able in their parts. H. G.
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You who are honest can borrow on FURNITURE, PA N OS. HORSES, ETC, at the LOWEST RATES, with privilege of LIBERAL REBATES and OUR INSURANCE BENEFITS if you will call today-in person or by phone.
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Ours Is a flrst-class office doing first-class business on f1rst-class prin- ciples with hrst-ciass people. If this Is your class, we welcome your inter- view and decisions.
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Mir and Mrs. J. L. Welch and Miss Dillon Welch have returned from Louis vile, Ky.
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Mrs. William H. Warrington will en- certain at two card parties during Easter week the first to be given Wednesday afternoon. April 3. and the second Thurs day. April f.
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Vincents Auxiliary this afternoon at 8 o'clock.
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MR. JOHN CALMAN

is forming new classes for the study of the violin for beginners as we'll as
 for those further advanced, at the Birmingham Conservatory of Music,
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osTEoPAT
TT. C. MORRIS,
 Osteopathist.

Graduate under Dr. A T. Still, founder
 of the Science, Kirksville, Mo) Rooms 5O2 and 5o4 Jefferson Go. Bank Bldg, cor. 2d ave. and Fist st., Bir- iningham.Ala take elevator on 2d ave. Examination at office free.
 Phone: Bell l99. Hours: to F. to 5 D. m Literature furnished on application.
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Mrs. Oscar E. Smith entertained the Ladies Circle of the Southside Baptist church yesterday afternoon.
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FOR sALE.-SPECIAL.

FOR SALE.-SPECIAL. 100x140 Arlington avenue near Highland. 100x100 northeast corner Avenue F and 20th street. 7ox24O with cottage, Fist street near High land avenue. 60x1S0 7-rooms, 18th street between 10th and 11th avenues. Cheap-5Ox19O, Avenue B between 2Oth and Fist streets. 76x145 10th avenue, South between 20th and Fist streets. 50x106 northwest corner 18th street and 9th avenue, South.
 Further information at office.
 BROWN BROS. G co. Phones 9lS. 305 North Twentieth Street
 FOR SALE. 100-foot lot in most desirable part High land avenue Fit for a palace; 5000. One of the most attractive small lots on Highland avenue for S1250. 25x140-Second avenue, near 22d street; $500. A great bargain on 4th avenue, near 2lst street. We have a customer for a genuine bar gain in improved property amounting to about 5000. McDAVID & CO, 3-2-eod-tf 1923 First Ave.
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MONEY TO LEND.

MONEY TO LOAN at low rates on im- proved business and residence property. Steiner Brothers. Bankers.
 2-16-tf f-su-tu-th
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19

number OF rose bushes. each OF which IS
planted over the grave Of a brother. sister
OF cousin q Royal and Aida. Il S. a quaint
little cat cemetery. in charge q Isabel Par
IRISH. the Youngest daughter of the h0r"e
and In June when the fragrant blossoms
appear On the bushes the hid says she
fancies she can see the curly locks u her
dead friends sprouting on the petals.
Augorns are mere anectionste ihau the
common house cats and are extremely sem
s'tiye IN tholr dealing with human beings
Their intuition is so fine that they can dis
tinsuish between those who are friendly
through their natural love Tor dumb. gu!-
mails. and those visitors who fondle them
out OF respect for the hosts pride Ia his
pets. Mr. Parrish has noted this often. The
cats win stay 10 he caressed by the real
lover Of animals. but VIII quickly seek a
distant part OF the room when strokcd by
one who cares nothing FOR them.
In fhis connection. Mr.. Parrish says:
LEI "a man who rides a ine horse upon
the boulevard be hattered by a friend wno
says: You look well on that horse to-day
and YOU NAV rest ASSURED ne cares nothing
for the horse Itself. bgt only Tor the ef-
feet he dhe rider produces. II The horse
man does love his dumb friend. he viii not
only b. not hattcrei hT the remark. but
will take 1mease because his friend had not
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noticed the fine points OF the horse. ON
the other hand. let the true horsemah's
FREUD say. I saw you riding a fine one on
the boulevard and he will be highly grail
fed.
"Angoras can tell the difference between
these two classes OF persons at once. as
they are much more intelligent than horsfs.
The latter are mechanical IN learning their
tricks and duties. but the former are nj
nest human In understanding
For Instance. Gailahad Will pose In al
most any attitude before a camera. ard
has had many a sitting FOR my daushters.
Wilhslmina and Grace. who were fond OF
photCgraphinE him before he became the
property OF Mr.. II l.. Parker OF K~ensington
avenue. .
'erhe breeding OF any animal TO n high
degree often dulls the senses Of hearing or
sight. and this Is the greatest fault 81 pu-e
white AngcTas with blue eyes. ! doubt II
there IS a champion cat in this country with
these characteristics that can hear we'll
They are very hard 10 keep. and must have
the best Of care. The best food Is raw
mutton. CT beef. with now and then q lit
tie pure cream Mutton IL the prefer7ed
diet. was successful with but seven or
eight animals out OF a score or more"
In summer Mr. Parrish keeps his cats In
q wire runway in the yard They Ike TO
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the Auditorium Annex in that city Mr.
Parrirh was Invited = address the mem
bers.
He expected to hnA a number Of men
present. but upon being conducted 10 She
stage by the president he wes confronted
By an audience made W entirely % wcr1-
en-. One man sat IN an obscure corner. NJ.
Parrish afterward learned this vas a re-
porter for a Chicago daily. But he spoke
so earnestly fer the more careful register
ing Of cats that the movement for a new
book kocn materialized.
About three years ago he secured from
Mrs. Leland Norton OF Chicago two dne
Ansoras. registered, which were the charter
members CT the Cabanne avenue con-
stituehcy. These were Royal. IT. and Per
cita. The latter has always been the ia
vorite with Nr. Parrish and his family.
Glory Quayle was next secured. This cat
was named for the heroine In Hall Gaines
novel The Christian" Her head was COW
cred With soft silken hair. auburn IN color.
Finally the number Of cats was-increased
TO TWENTY. but many Of them died or were
presented TO friends. Don Jose a handsome
Thomhs CT double color. is row the prop
ertv al Tom Bass. Mexico. No. horssman-
Mr. Parrish owns only TWO cats at present
Aida. aged . years. and Royal. II. sscd l.
Out IN a corner Of the premises are Il
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IN the first place. to be an expert stenoE-
rapher a man must have an excellent sdu-
cation as a foundation He must know a
little Of everything. He must be well posted
on the topics OF the day; have 4 cool head
and = steady hand: have a smattering OF
law. be conversant with medical terms, and
a hrst-class English scholar.
II a stenographer Is deficient in educa-
ton he can never hope to take matter cor
rectly which he does not understand when
he takes It. For Instance. a. man may b
expert in stenography. and ~ he does not
understand German he cannot take a Ger
man speech; but a man who understands
that language can readily do so with any
system OF photography and transcrfbe his
notes afterwards.
Hence II IS familiarity with the subject
you are taking. as well as efficiency in wris-
ing shorthand. that make an expert man.
What do the hundreds OF young men and
women turned out OF the schools after a
four, FIVE or six months course in shorthand
amount to- They know the rndIments OF
the art. Il IS true. but Il Is just then that
they are really beginning 10 learn. After
that II takes months OF close study and
practice to become perfect
ASK the men who are expert az Il to-day
how long Il took them. and I'll wager many
viii answer years. Let the youths Of the
land. when they study Shorthand. study IL
as they would study law or medicine ana
they viii become experts at It. Let them
make up their miRds TO keep at Il assidu-
cusiy. 10 practice several hours daily and
to study constantly. and II is only then that
their Efforts will be crowned with success
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HoLDUp OF Az IRON MOUNTAIN Engine GREW NEAR TENARKANA-

zone or The quickest captures our COM
many ever foadc was in iSsa Three boys
got On an Iron Mountain train about TWEEN
ty-nve milesNfrom Texarkana. one OF them
c-awled over the tender and he'd up the
engineer AMI fireman. Another held up the
passengers. while the thi1d made tho con-
durtor walk ahead into the express car
The messenger. suspecting that something
was wrong. attempted 10 &et a wespon.
when the conductor called 20 hin not 10
shoot. The robber was using the conductor
as q shield.
'sThcse boys got away with about SOn.
NY comp.ny organized a posse snd ther
were captured within forty-eirht hours aft
- the crime. was committed. Within a
week they were tired and sentenced 10 serve
seventy years each in the Peniteutiary. The
money was recovered.
Another Iron Mountain train was held
Up at Onphant. Tex. In 1884, A sang OF
robbers boarded TIE train. 4 fight ensued
In which the conductor was killed. Four ~
the gang were captured. but one made his
escape. The other three were hanged.
From 1880 to Iso." continued Mr.. Fuller,
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TO SUCCEEDin~S TENOGRAPHY

He was a weli-dresssd. keen-Iooking bust
ness and he was telling his n~eighbor.
a feliov-commuter on the Merchants
Bridge Terminal. about his troubles in get
ting a ~stenographer to suit him.
Il never saw anything Ike It," he said.
Il have tried at least half a dozen young
men within the last three weeks. and I ean-
not get one who can AXE dictatlon cor
rectiy. Now. you know. I do not speak very
rapidly, yet every now and then I was told
10 repeat what 1 had said. or asked 20 spell
n name. which was enough 10 irritate any
busy man. Then. when the letters were
transcribed I ven over them with Or ad,
for I found them misspelied, wrongly inter
preted and sometimes whole sentences omit
tel.
Yet al Of thess men said they were first
class stenogrsphers and were sweled up
with importance. I got rid Of them In q
hurry and I am stu looking for the right
man. When he comes he viii BE- appreciated
and well paid. too
Hts ~nsighbor happened 70 be an expert
stenogTapher In one % the courts OF st.
Louis County some years ago. and he read
lily sympathiIed with TIE business man.
The trouble Is Just here he said. Young
men and women learn ~stenography nowa-
DAYS not as a profession. but look upon IL
as a stepping stone 90 something else. They
never made 3 greater mistake. Stenographv
is as much q profession as that Of a lawyer
OF a doctor. and takes just as many wears
10 accomplish. or course the general idea
is tina YOU can learn shorthand in four or
five months. but that's only a dream.
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'thc Dalton gang gained an unenvtable no
tqricty as train robbers. This gang was le1
by Jim. Henry and Bill Dalton and a man
named Bradbury. Human life was a mat
ter Of small moment to the desperadoes
a Missouri. Kansas and Texas train was
held up by a gang IN io7 near Adair. L T.
The train was roboed ard the passengers
~vlluahles taken from them The robbfrs
then got on Their horses and rode away
II vas a bright moonlight night. and two
mon stood In rent OF an AdRir drug store
They saw the gang pass.
d" Let's kill those men said one OF the
Es-Ferad0es
Two pistols cracked. and the citizens fell
lead.
Shortly afterwards the Daltous tried TO
loot a bank al CoReyvilIe. KsS The citlzfns
turned out and gave them a fight. which
r-ulted In the killing OF three Of the des-
r-rsdoes. This broke M the Dalton gang
Then there was Lone Wilson" said Mr.
Fuller. I do not recall the exact year when
as famous h1id-up took place. but Il vas
during Governor Stones administration. Tor
] remember that r. was a passenger on
ths train. Wilson was a telegraph operator
and Rad held various iobs on the Frisco
system. He was from Lebanon. Mo.
Wilson boarded a Missouri Pacific train
near Grace summit ard made his way 10
IN. engine. where he held up the e%nginee-
and fireman. He then made them uncoupic
NNE T. 1T AH@"N -
coaches tao miles down the track When
this was done he ordered the expre mes-
senger to let him In the car. The messenger
refused to unlock the door. Wilson showed a
stick OF dynamite against Il and blew Il
on it, hinges. He entered the car and Sc
cured two sacks Of silServare valued at
IO0 he then made the engineer fastel
these packages on his back. II was about
an that the could carry
Pursuit was az once Instituted. Not far
nom the place OF the robbery several pieces
ii the silverware were found. A satchei was
also picked up not far from the place Of
tire robbery. In this was Wilson's name and
aiGresS Wilson walked from Grace sum
fnitt TO Lebanon. where the officers arrested
him with the booty the next day. He said
that the only reason h committed the rob
berry was 20 secure money for his father 70
pay OF a morursEe on the old homestead.
lie WIS ssntenced TO twenty years In the
P-enitenuary.
/ No. there a. no prodt IN train robhirg.~
said Charles r. Teas. superintendent OF the
Missouri division OF the Weils-Faryo E&-
press Company. I'VE generally manage "a
get our man Occasionally Il takes time,
but Il Is only a question Of time q,
An instance Illustrative OF this came un-
! Ger my observation some time ago
thing Il was in 1885. a man boarded the
Kansas City Southern train at the Grand
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Central Station IN Kansas City. soon aft
or she train war out OF the city h. -Seut
forward TO the express car and asked the
messenger II he would take a package -
Joplin. The messenger agreed and reached
out TO get the packaGe. only 10 be con-
frortsd with a pistol. After being satisfied
that the messenger would oner 70 Tssis-
tance the man produced some cords from
his pockets anO proceeded to-tie his vic
Tins hands AMI ieet When this was done
he proceeded 10 open the safe. in which he
found S6 IN PEPPER MONEY and some cheap
jewelry. He then pulled the bell cord and
Jumped OF the train Taking the mes
senger's pistol with him.
"a year later a Kansas City policeman
arrested a vagrant at Union Station. on
being searched two cords and the mes
sengePs pistol we're found. and the sus-
pect was later Identified a. the man who
held up cur messenger near Kansas City.
He was taken to jail. but just before his
trial he secured poison and killed himself.
As a matter or. fact continued Mr..
Teas. 'the express companies 90 not make
a cent on the transportation ~ money. All
the prodts are consumed IN providing a
proper guard for Il. All money In large
amounts is placed In charse of men who
will not hesitate TO shoot. and those men
are not easy 10 get
During the famous Deadvood days my
company had a quartet Of men who acted
as guards for the stage from Deadvood TO
Shadron. a distance Of i5J miles THIS trip
had TO be made every week with from $780,
900 to aD.o9 IN bullion In the stage
The guards were: Scott Davis. former
Sheriff OF Deadwood. Billy Semple. BIZ
Lynn and s. Hawkins The expression
hands up" was something they did not
understand. and the capture of their
stage meant that all Of them had TO be
killed. Drawer men were not to he found
than that old Sheriff and those three cow
boys
Davis deserves description. as his type
f. fast passing. II was a sight worth trav-
cling far to see him and the others ride
into DeadwoO on top OF the stage. Like
all brave men. Davis Was extremely quiet,
and II Was with the greatest dificulty that
he could be made to narrate any Of his al
ventures
"On one occasion Davis and the guards
were attacked. and two Of the latter were
instantly killed Davis was shot In the
back. but managed TO Efn three q the
Eang before the remaining two escaped With
a gold brick Badly wounded though he
was. Davis craVled on his horse and fol-
| lowed the robbers for S0 miles. finally cap
(! turing them Davis Is stiil alive. strange
TO say. He IS an Old man. and l. well 10
do, l understand"
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0Eg1CrM6A.EIIGI

Z The cat Is rIpr r..uz in its. attachments
/ ulressau-us iu If- -.Ha. AID afral1 to
I r-t its f-at vet. Ads t1l- 10 belongs 90 the
home. from which even che wandering ten
d--Cies OF TIN tgwt ".'n Igue -
/ 20 divorce b.. and tG- raI.lEF i- complete
Changing ftshi 1s l pets. whi.h have IN
PRODUCED So macy curil~.ria- - ;Ae ariW1i
| fcatEtreI and even r-r,N- tribes uf my
! loiy'~ bp1colr. fcy- lr.t ffr eats t'nini''
I urimpaired. The rtt is -sse1taLy "a creature
81 tnditloos. H. con polHt 60 colonial pro-
| geui;Crs 81 possibly I- Er--t rsI-.Iltt ~
any Of the blUc-hleu-rd lutnvs trem-"ve<
| and n. fact ;ha; Doc. feline fl.-'-4ss SUI
f.r-i the persecution accorded witches only
Lends the halo oi a martyrs Gown 10 nus
family tree.
! The cat just row m the a~cendent, how
ever. b. only an aloprNe Ana n lh'@-h
| he claims his embroidered cushion. hS Gel
| ie1ts china service for the cream end otntr
articles q his dainty DICT. aua tne attention
! o. a special maid 20 keep rs SHINING coax n
| rcsp,endent condition FOR the irw-ied fingers
" his mistress. with an assumption y
Yankee independence. II = a mere veneer
He Is an ariStocratic foreigner. with al TIE
| class preiudlcrs Of his race
] lie himself feels Ear removed from the
I plebcian kitchen cat. who's recreau'n : a
| Midnight yaid upon the pantry mice ne
vuurhsd for b. a peiisrve A. ious aN ~
bushy tail and iuduhifarie Persian aucrsuS
| prociaims him % the b'cod royal
one ~ me earliest Angoca eats brought
To- thf- country 10 De tie familiar OF a so
! cIetv womsn-and thus "a star; a cut-Wa@
Imported for "A member 81 The tailadeipnla
! Bidd,e family. Put iHss While u, AZ -
| enlisted a train Of feminine aeorers, served
! to point a neral. Away from fis native AR
his coat lost much OF its wonderfui nrh-
The recent revival Il the lad shows the
result of this discovery i1 the tact tntt the
tempered favoTttes now TO b. met IN eN-
elusive -drawing-TOous are OIL ~ EnguSh or
American birth and breeding. with possibly
"A grandfather a. their nearest cou1ect-pn
10 the sathcF!and. AMI the foreign accent
you may detect Ia the Furr ~ only a trick
OF hsredity-
In New York City conspicuous members Of
the feline species are the cats u Mrs hus-
sell sage. the wife Il the haanri-r. lnienseiy
American in her p~reiudices. her pts a PAIR
OF Maltese brothers. come from a stock
Indigenous 10 the soil Tor generations
Milo and Melito. as they are called. have
the nun OF the SaEeS Fifth avenue mansion.
hut they never abuse their privilege or
equal helght and girth ard both without A
suspicion OF white. they are the constant
companions OF Mrs. sag and the DlaytninSs
~ Uncle RUSSELL when he returns from a
busy DAY n the street
Meiito. who T. mark a1iy vain. has a fancy
for admiriug his reflection IN the mirror. and
often mounts the mantei 10 crafty this de-
sire, But fis step - 80 careful and ha
passage 80 iiEht that tire most celicase
bric-a-hraC Is never endangered
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has long white fleece and blue eyes. Next
In purity come the cats OF white coats,
with one gold and one blue eye. Then come
those with coats Of solid red. blue, gray or
smoke color. and finally the Angoras OF
mixed colors.
Mr.. Parrish IS well known for his fine
horses, one OF which, Forrest Squirrel. took
first premium at the Columbian Exposition
AT Chicago but for a Ions time his friends
at the horse shows did not know that he
owned a select coterie OF Angora felines.
He was shy about telling them Of his
treasures. because several OF his acquafnt-
ances had Jokingly referred to his alleged
penchant for white mice and other unintel-
ligent pets. which he really does not care
for and never possessed
One day he saw a portrait OF Herbert
Crane. a w~eil-knownn Chicago -horseman.
whose family resides IN this city. In one OF
the magazines devoted TO horses. In Mr..
Cranes lap was his champion femaIe An
CORA cat. Sapphire Mr.. Parrish cautious-
~ made inquiries and discovered that
horsemen au over the country were taking
up the Angora. especially In Kentucky.
After that he took an open interest in cats.
Mr.. Parrish was largely responsible for
the dlscardlng OF the old Cat Club books
and the adoption OF a new standard for the
REGISTERING OF high-bred animals When the
Chicago Cat Club held its last meeting IN
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upon The chance OF attackinr victims when
the latter cannot defend Themselves.
Brains and kill have ceased 10 play any
part In affairs OF this sort. Brute force ard
ammunition. with a certain amount OF
brayado are all that Is required 70 make a
train rohber.
However. the financial standpoint Of train
Fcbbing Is what the would-be criminal l.
most interested in.
In fact. the express companies generally
eXpend far more than the value OF the booty
TO appreheud robbers. II is only a question
OF time until the strong arm OF the law
reaches out and gathers in the bandits and
keeps them In its grasp FOR a considerable
period.
Luther A Fuller. superintendent OF the
Pacific Express Company In St Louis, has
had considerable experiences with train hold
ups IN the course Of his duties.
"Looung trains does not pay said Mt.
Fuller. 4 have been called upon to in
vcstisate six train robberies In ms expert
ence and We always caught the bandits and
generally recovered much OF the stolen
money.