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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-19

climatic conditions and soil made rigid
economy ana thoroughness necessary 70
success, and u was here that the love of
a. riculture and the habits OF industry
which We're his birthright, were
strengthened
When he was in his twenty first year
Mr.. Wright removed 10 Boston, starting
IN life on his own account. He returned
10 Vermont IN 1914 and engaged in the
/ carrying trade between Rutland and
/ Boston, II being before the era of steam
cars. taking produce 10 the metropolis of
the Old Bay state and carrying back
goods TO the merchants. Two years he
remained In this business and then he
managed hotel in Bartonville, W., for
jeremiah Barton. On March s, 1855
he was married 10 Miss Harriet Barton
the oldest daughter Of his employer, and
/ leased the hotel. One year later he re.
moved TO Boston and leased the Central
hotel on Battle square.
The great and growing west was Just
then beginning 20 attract the young men
of the east, and in 1850 be located at De
trOit removing from there 10 Saginaw
one year later. Saginaw AT that time
had but few hundred inhabitants, but
the lumber industry had claimed the at.
tentlon of far seeing business men and
II was In this direction that the efforts
of Mr.. Wright we're at once turned he
pTospected extensively the first year OF
his residence on the lands containing
pine timber contiguous TO the streams
that flow into the Saginaw, personally
inspecting large tracts Of pine, bravely
enduring the haTdships incident 20 pio-
neer life while his rugged physique was
largely assisted by his habits Of industry
and exercise which enabled him TO un.
dergo physical eXertion far beyond the
endurance OF the average man. one OF
his business associates tells OF riding
twenty miles in winter with Mr.
Wright the latter not even wearing
glove, and that he would sleep in a rude
pioneer cottage or lumber shanty with.
out even a fire and break the ice in the
tub In the morning In order to perform
his ebolutions His good judgment en-
abled him TO select some valuable tracts
of timber, in fact some of the most val.
liable white pine that has ever been pro-
duced by nature, and he began his lum.
berlng operations on Cass river, n,t,.
for producing the best white pine that
has ever been carried 10 the saw, the
first winter operations being near the
present seat OF IuscOla county, the logs
being driven down 20 Saginaw where
they were sawed and the lumber shipped
10 market,
From 1859 to 1865 Mr.. Wright was as.
sOciateo In business with MessTs Payne
and Miller, and this firm purchased
from its Vermont owners what was
known as the big Mill" in saginaw
which was refitted with the best ma.
chinery available at that time. This
firm did business until 1860, when il was
succeeded by that Of A. w. Wright &
o., the late James II Pearson of Chi
cago becoming partner Of Mr.. Wright
In 1871 the firm OF Wright, Wells q
Co. was established at Wright lake, OF
sego county. which did business some
time under the management OF Charles
II. Davis. In 1882 the A. w. Wright
Lumber Company was organized in
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-19

Boom Company, logging concern thht
RATED and delivered during the thirty
years Of It's corporate existence great er
quantity Of pine logs than has ever been
RATED out of any numbering stream in
the world he was also for many years
interested In planning mill IN Oswego,
y. y ., and ne was one of the stOckhold.
ers IN the Saginaw Valley X ST. Louis
railroad, now operated by the Pere Mar
quette. He was also "A heavy stOckhold
er and one of the directors Of the Toledo
x Ann Arbor railroad, which later be
came the Ann Arbor and has now been
sold TO the Wabash system He Is a
large stockholder and president of the
Advance IHresher Company of Battle
Greek, and is interested In the extensive
dry goods house of Taylor, Wolfenden
& Co Of Detroit. Mr. Wright has also
been interested in stock raising and has
ranches in Texas and Dakota. A
few years ago he turned his attention TO
southern pine and the gentlemen who
form the company with which he is as.
sociated, secured over 250 COO acres of
fine pine timber IN Louisiana He is al.
so extensively interested IN timber prop
critics on the Pacific coast
The interest he takes in improving
the surroundings ard adding 10 the sum
OF human happiness is fully illustrated
here In this eautiful little town of Alma,
a town mainly Of his creation, with "a
population OF "A trife over 2, 900 with one
OF the best water works, sewerage and
electric lighting systems in the state,
high schools. seven churches, two ele
vators, a large Touring mill, creamery,
beet sugar factory in which he is large
stock holder and president, a fine college
which owes its origin and prosperity
largely 60 his generosity, the principal
buildings thereof being gifts from him TO
the college society, a large hotel equipped
and run on a strictly metropolitan plan
built by him, and here he here has
erected a medical and surgical sani.
tarium which is one Of the most com.
pete institutions of its character in the
world
MIR. Wright's love for agricultural
pursuits is illustrated in the fact that he
owns about twenty fine farms surround.
ing Alma and when at home he takes
great pleasure in visiting them daily and
giving his personal atte ntion 10 their
Improvement He delights in blooded
stock and on these farms can be found
the best strains Of cattle, horses, sheep
and swine.
Mr.. Wrights fortunes had their rise
in many numbering enterprises, and
have spread out in nearly all directions
Of legitimate, practical and productive
employment of capital. He is a stock.
holder, director or other official in bank
ing Institutions in Alma, Detroit, Sagi.
nav, Battle Greek, Saratoga, n y,
Minneapolis. and Duluth. and the
Chemical National Bank OF New York
He is also interested in the oil lands in
Texas, mineral lands in Missouri, and
has other interests too numerous 60 emu
merate. His entire life has been one of
continuous and incessant activity and al.
most an uninterrupted success, and this
is not doe TO any particular freak OF for.
tune, but il the result Of excellent bust
ness judgment and the application Of
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-19

SaRlr aw with a capitalization OF 81 800, :
600, Mr.. Wright being the president and
the late Ohas. w. Wells vice. presi.
dent. The concern operated in Clare,
Gladwin and Roscommoh counties, hav-
ing logging railroad and handling
about 80, ,OOO,O 900 feet of logs annually,
which were raftt d To Saginaw and man
ufactured
About the same time the firm of
Wright & Ketcham was doing a heavy
business In Midland and Gladwlu count
les having also logging road and putting
into the water "a, 900 600 feet annually
This firm numbered about 300, 900, 600
feet of timber and the A. w Wright
Lumber 90 handled about 500. .000, 900
during the period of Its activity. When
the timber owned by these firms became
exhausted d the attention of Mr.. Wright
and his associates was directed TO the
numbering district of Minnesota and the
firm Of Wright, Davis * 90. picked up
large quantity of pine stumpage. A
railroad was constructed and the Swan
River Logging Company eas organized.
composed OF the associates Of Mr.
Wright, and this company handled about
10000, 900 to 100. 600, 600 feet of logs an.
Dually tor several years This timber
was sold about twelve years ago and the
iron discovered beneath the surface was
sold more recently TO James Hill, presi.
dent of the Great Northern railway, for
IA large sum of money.
Mr. Wright was also member of the
mercantile concern, the Wells. Stone
Company, which did business In Sagi-
nav score of years, and he became
actively or silently interested in number
OF business corporations. A company ot
five gentlemen Of which Mr. Wright was
one, organized the Cincinnati, Saginaw
* Mackinaw Railroad Company ana
constru 3ted railroad from Durand 10
Saginaw and Bay City and this load
was subsequently, leased 10 the Grand
Trunk system Mr. Wright was one of
the incorporators of the Tittabawasse
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-09-19

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money IL it
fails 10 cure. K. W. Groves signature
is on each box. 25c. 1194.1yr.
The Washington times., 1902-03-16
Burton Holmes Last Lecture.

novelty is to be instituted at the lee
ture to be given by Burton Holmes at the
Columbia on Tuesday afternoon. At the
suggestion of number of his patrons
his managers have decided to announce
an intermission about midway in the lee
ture.
This intermission is to serve a double
purpose-not only to afford Mr. Holmes
voice slight respite, but also to enable
him to introduce another novelty by way
of education-and certainly from the
point of interest and entertainment-for
Mr.. Holmes has decided to deliver mis-
Korean lecture dressed as a Korean gem
tleman. When he first appears upon the
stage he will be clad in the everyday garD
of well-to-do citizen, and during the
intermission he will change to the Curl
Gus garb worn during the mourning
period. An added feature of this costume
is face screen, carried in both hands,
and it is not considered good form to ap-
pear in the streets except with the face
entirely hidden by this screen for at least
three years after the death of a father,
for two years after the death of
brother, and so on at arbitrary grada-
tions for every deceased member Of the
family.
The lecture itself will be one OF the
most beautifully illustrated of the entire
series. Korea" is the last subject in
Mr.. Holmes regular season at the CO.
lnmhia
The Washington times., 1902-03-16
Mask and Wig Club.

One of the chief events of the season
will be the visit of the Mask and Wig
Club Of the University Of Pennsylvania to
this city, April Z, at the Lafayette Square.
The famous organization has not been in
Washington for a number of years, not,
indeed, since their successful and gala
presentations TO crowded houses of the
college burlesqHes, MIR. and Mrs Cleo
patra" aid THE Yankee League
The Mask and Wig Club is one of the
features OF undergraduate life at the uni
versity in Philadelphia, and for fourteen
years their annual productions have been
received by appreciative audiences in
Atlantic City, Philadelphia, Washington,
Baltimore and Richmond. During the past
few years the faculty Of the university
has forbidden the Southern trips, but in
the meantime the organization has stead
lily gained in popularity, and it is expected
that the Forthcoming performance will be
in the nature Of q Gala event.
The visit to Washington this time and
the patronage that is being bestowed
upon the club is due to the courtesy that
each year the trustees Of the university
extend to the United States Government
The athletic field at Penn is one of the
finest in the country and conveniently To-
Gated in Philadelphia. Each year the use
of the same is freely rendered to the
Government for the annual army and
navy game, the society football event of
the fall months
To ha
corded by the university Mrs. Roosevelt
and Mrs. A. f. Bates have agreed to sup
port the visiting college men in their
visit to this city. Mrs. Bates is at the
head of the movement, and already
large number OF the Cabinet ladies and
society leaders Of the Capital City have
pledged their support.
More than leo persons will be carried
with the production-eighty students and
the rest made up of costumers. orchestra.
wig makers, aid stage carpenters. The
scenery will be most elaborate and the
costumes gorgeous beyond any other pro-
duction ty the club. A chorus OF fifty
will be used frequently for as surprising
and amusing effects as could be suggest
ed by half hundred college men. mas
queraded as soubrettes and coryphees.
The play this year is "Old King Cole"
from the pen Of Mr.. William Ernst. jr.
No professional assistance of any kind is
employed either In the rehearsals for or
the productions of the Mask and Wig
organization, but all work on the bur
lesques is done by the members. There
is nothing professional in the makeup
Of the club, ard from beginning to end
the plays, plans, and business are the
work of the members. Their field is the
University OF Pennsylvania, and their ef-
fort is to bring credit upon their alma
mater.
The Washington times., 1902-03-16
Chase's Next Bill.

Chase's bill for next week includes the
following polite vaudeville players:
George C. Boniface. jr., and Bertha Walt
Finger, Katharine Blocdgood, the great
Kaufman Troupe, Carelius Emelio Chris
tiani, Fred Niblo, Fillmore Sisters, Ga
letti's monkey comedians, and Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Deaves' merry manikins.
Mr. Boniface has starred in opera and
comedy, but is best known for his work
in the Broadhurst farces. Miss Waltzin-
ger is a prima donna of recognized
position. The Kaufman troupe OF
three men and three women form one of
the most sensational bicycle and polo acts
in the world. ii is claimed. Christiani is
the Danish violinist. and his American
debut will be made here. Fred Niblo is
Ezra Kendalrs successor as a humorst.
The Fillmore Sisters are portrayers OF
Irish types. Galetti's monkeys and
Deaye's manikins should be unusually in
teresting to adolescent vaudevillists.
The Washington times., 1902-03-16

day matinee. "Magda;" Tuesday and Sat
urday nights and Thursday matinee, "The
Second Mrs. Tanqueray;" Wednesday
and Thursday nights, The Notorious Mrs.
Ebbsmith;" Saturday matinee, Beyond
Human Power"
When Liebler & Co. made their
arrangements with Mrs. Campbell to bring
over an English company they particu-
larly requested her to be very careful
in her selections. They pointed out that
more than one English star had jeopar-
died the success of an American tour
because of the inferiority of the support
ing players.
Mrs Campbell promised that she would
bring over the best company she could get
for pounds ard pence. Her two leading
men. George s. Titheradge and Herbert
Waring, are both players Of acknowledged
ability and high standing in their pro-
fession on the other side. Mr.. Tither-
adge was leading man for a number of
years in the principal theatres of Aus
tralia before he made his success in Lon
don. Herbert Waring has done a great
deal of praiseworthy and effective work,
under Charles Frohman, at the Duke of
Yorks Theatre London.
Other members of Mrs. Campbell's s
company are Charles B. Bryant, Daniel
Mccarthy, \. Bromley Davenport, Gilbert
Trent, Mrs. Theodore Wright, Miss Lucy
Milner, Miss Adeline Bourne, Miss Lillian
Lisle, Miss Florence Montgomery, Miss
Wentworth, and Miss a. Artery.
The Washington times., 1902-03-16
Sandow---Stron Man.

Eugene Sandow, with his own vaude-
vile company, will be at the Empire next
week
Sandow is known as the strongest man
in the world. and to the youth of this
generation he is not cnly an example of
strength, bSt an inspiration. Sandow's
last appearance in America was five years
ago. and the young men of these days
know practically nothing of Sandow's re-
markable strength, nothing more than
general idea that he is a man of great
physical power.
During Sandow's visit to this city he
will introduce his latest innovation of
strength. that will be of interest to the
old and young.
Miss Julie Ring, an American girl who
has been playing in England and on the
Continent for the last six years, in the
music halls. will make her initial appear
ance with the Sandow company at the
the Empire.
The Washington times., 1902-03-16
MAGGIE CIine's Crash.

The crashes" that in the past have ac-
companied Maggie Cline's rendition of
Throw Him Down McCluskey'' will fade
into insignifcance beside the crash
that has been prepared for the Irish
Queens" famous ditty this week.
1t was the crash" that occurs in the
keys disposal of his colored disputant
that helped the song to fame in the early
days
And since then Miss Cline has worried
more about the success of the crash
than she has about her domestic affairs.
The usual requirements are that it shall
sound to the audience as if lathe fac
tory and boiler works had fallen IN at
one time and together.
1t is not often that Miss Cline can get
crash to suit her, and the few cities that
have afforded her one to meet her own
wishes stand out in her memory like a
land office map with colored pegs stuck
in 1t.
Chase's Theatre is one of these, and
Miss Cline remarked several years ago
when she sang "McCluskey' here that
the crash was the best in her expert
ence. To accomplish it, the entire staff
of the theatre and many willing outsiders
were employed, the force numbering
nearly a score. They were armed with all
sorts of implements of din and noise pro-
duction, from big scantling to a wash
boiler And they worked overtime, too,
the crashers being with difficulty stopped
at the right moment
Miss Cline's heartfelt praise stimulated
the good feeling of the employees around
the Chase stage, and when they learned
OF her engagement for this week they
set about preparing the details of 1.-The
biggest crash on record, with as much
care as if they were arranging an Irish
American celebration.
Every able bodied man in the Chase SER
vice has volunteered to be on the stage
at the proper time, and each is to bring
one man with him. They have collected
all manner of noise-makers, beginning
with strings of tomato cans, heavy joists,
old tin roofing, slap sticks, thunder
sheets, and winding up with firearms Of
several resounding varieties.
Not even Miss Cline knows the length,
breadth, and depth of the crash that is
in store for her.
1t is not too much to expect that she
will be overcome by such a resounding
expression of the goodwill of Chase's
stage staff, hence if she weeps after the
noise has ceased the audience will know
that she is overwhelmed by emotions Of
joy and satisfaction
The Washington times., 1902-03-16

eight years ago and the cause of it was
the Flu. Dance after dance had to be
postponed, till people got out of the
habit of giving dances, and men got out
OF the habit Of dancing at all. Girls took
TO tennis, to fencing, to hockey, and said
they were independent. All the same,
when ball-giving recommended. invita-
tions were freely accepted, a fresh crop
of young girls were coming out, and
everything was to go on as it used. But
in the meantime dancing men had grown
scarce, the diminished number knew their
worth, they got fastitdious, whimsical
conceited. And then matters went from
bad to worse. 1t got to be the fashion
not to dance, but rather to sit it out. and
so down to supper.
And then a new fashion started, even
more fatal to the prospects of the young
girl coming out. Young married women
took to going to dances. Dancing men
found them-dancing men are such per-
verse anima1s-infinitely more attractive
than the girls AS rule they danced bet
ter; they were easier to talk to or to be
silent with: they were pleasanter to take
down TO supper; they were less trouble
But it is not for her married daughters
still less for those of her friends that
hostess, with daughters of her own out,
out. gives a dance Her sons, too, have
grown selfish on her hands and won't
take their sisters about The case is very
hard Then. again. to add to her troubles,
the war has carried to South Africa so
many desirable partners.
Men are more difficult than ever. The
chaperon is surely to be pitied, and the
hostess who declares for dinners to be
excused. One chance there is for the re-
vival of dancing. Possibly the new reign
may bring it again into fashion. The
Kings Courts at Buckingham Palace
may set the example, and young girls
coming out in the coronation season find
better fortune than their sisters. Chap
erons, however, are not hopeful, and COM
plain bitterly, not against the dancing
men who won't dance, but against the
young married women who are sure to
pick TEEN up.-London News.
The Washington times., 1902-03-16
WHY MEN DON'T DANCE NOW.
Some Reasons Given in London Have
Force Elsewhere.

Is dancing to be numbered among
the lost arts? 1t almost seems so.
Not, of course, theatrical dancing-that
flourishes throughout the length and
breadth OF most OF the London stages.
But dancing as fashion and ball-giving
as one of the accepted duties of West
End hostess have both of them been
gradually disappearing. Men go to dances,
hang about the doors, are coy or fastidi-
GUS, cluster together-and don't dance.
Girls. keen for a waltz, abound. They
are visibly, in majority. banked. like ger
aniums in a conservatory, round the walls,
or grouped in corners of the dancing
room. and the men, gathered round the
doorwavs, survey them critically, and alb
stain from exercise. The giris 90 home
discontented, conscious Of the slight,
rather angry; chaperons are indignant,
and the hospitable hostess VOWS che Will
give only dinners in future.
What is the cause? Well, the slump in
dances first showed itself some seven or
The Washington times., 1902-03-16
"Wice and Men,"

Over in London one of the big successes
of the present season has been made by
Forbes Robertson and his wife, known to
the theatregoers of this country as Ger
trude Elliott, the younger sister of Max
! inc Elliott.
| The piece that has brought such good
| fortune to the Robertsons is Mice and
Men" and is the work of Madeline Lr-
| opera celebrity in this country and Eng
land, together with her husband, who was
at one time regarded as very funny sort
of fellow in the comic opera ranks
, OF late years Mrs. Ryley has been turn
ing her attention to writing plays, and
some of the products of her pen have
been very successful. She did Christie
pher, Jr., for John Drew, and Immediate
ly followed it with THE Mysterious Mr.
Bugle." but the latter failed to come up
to expectations, although it was a mildly
amusing trihe. Last year Mrs. Ryley sup
piled Richard Savage for Henry Mil
ler's use, but it proved too lugubrious for
that actors audiences and it was aban-
doned at the conclusion of the first sea-
son.
Mrs. Ryley possesses theHgenuine idea
of humor-not always the humor of con-
vention-and heg knowledge of the tech
nique of the stage assists her great deal
in her work.
Mice and Men, 1t is said by no less
an authority than Mrs. Ryley herself, is
intended for Annie Russell's use next sea-
son, although it was at one time under
stood that Mr.. Frohman would present
Forbes Robertson and Gertrude Elliott in
the piece in this country.
The Washington times., 1902-03-16
Lay OF THE LAST MINSTREL.
The Passing of Fun-hskers of the Last
Generation.


Within the last few weeks Rice. West.
Queen and Emerson '-hnve passed to the
larger stage beyond, while Neil Bryant
calmly awaits the deAtEhis age and in
frmities make certain.
With the passing aFAy-of these pioneers
of minstrelsy there don1e feelings of re-
gret for ''the good tolds days" when no
form of amusement eiicited such hearty
laughs as did the performances OF the
simulators of negro eccentricities accom-
panied, as they were, with the sweet
songs grafted' upon, or copied after, the
plantation melodies to which a world is
always ready, even yet, to listen.
If we have heard 1.-THE lay of the last
minstrel as seems possible, let us min
gle with our regrets some feelings of ap-
probation and of comment. Nearly a
generation has passed since il was re-
garded as bad form or bad morals :o
go to a minstrel show. Stern moralists
insisted that the performances were char
acterized by obscenity, that travesties
upon humanity were unjustifable aud
wrong and that the tone of any com
munity was lowered by the presence and
performance of the polly, staggering.
laughing agile actors whose makeup
burnt cork and glad clothing supplied.
The assertion is ventured that not one
of the performances graced by the pres
ence of those who became acknowledged
kings of minstrelsy would compare for
one moment in regard of indecency, OBJ
scenity, improper allusion or degrading
suggestion, with any one of dozen
plays-problem or farce-that today are
assured of crowded houses and enthusi-
astic witnesses.
1t is not meant that negro minstrelsy
is dead or passed away. 1t is too good a
thing for box office receipts to be allowed
to die. But the minstrelsy of Emerson
and Rice. of Wambold and Backus. Of
Cal" Wagner and Sanford, of Christy
and Burgess is Of the past; is buried be-
yond resurrection.-Minneap Times.