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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-23
Cricket on the Hearth" and Lend Me
Five Shillings''

Cricket on the Hearth" and LEND Me
Five Shillings."
After everybody who talks shop
around the theaters has agreed that If
is in the novelty of the sextet that
mas made Florodora" a fad, George
Primrose steps in and spills these cal
CITATIONS. He says that the sextet is
not a novelty, and that it was first
used away back in the seventies by Neil
Bryant with his minstrel troupe, only
the sextet was made up of fiashily
dressed burnt-cork entertainers Harri-
gan, In his farces, according to Prim-
rose, used the same idea, and the lat
ter admits that he himself used it not
long ago in a double sextet of dandy
coons and colored girls in an act he
called Aunt Dinah's Birthday Party"
Billy Emerson, or as his real name
was, William Redmond, was born in
Washington. His mother kept a little
photograph establishment on Market
space, and Billy, as a boy, used to go
down to the wharves, where he learned
to dance from the darkies who were
on the various river boats. He was
quick at catching the steps of the old
time shuttle and breakdown, and as
he was rather small in size he struck
boats that came up loaded with "wa-
termelonsi and they frequently got
him to dance for them, promising him
a watermelon in payment for his work.
Billy had boys fondness for water
melons, and he very readily danced in
order that he might get one.
Here is a little fact which quite nice
ly illustrates the difference between
two peoples SO nearly akin as the Nor
wegians and the Danes. Christiania,
with 100000 inhabitants, can support
only one regular theater and three or
four variety theaters. while Copenha-
gen, with no more than twice that
number of inhabitants, fills every night
five regular theaters and six variety
theaters, besides a number of music
halls and resorts of lesser standing
and quality. Two seasons ago Chris
tlania had two other theaters besides
SNationaltheatret." But the wave of
hard times came and blew them to
pieces with the first whiff Not so in
thrive, because the people there will
enjoy themselves, good times or hard.
Every actor knows the peculiar
methods used by the late Charles L.
Davis. better known as Alvin Joslin.
to secure free advertising by means Of
his magnificent collection of jewelry.
He would place it in a prominent Jew
eler's show window in the city in
which he was playing, guarded by two
men dressed as marines Davis gath
cred this collection with much pains.
and exhibited it ostentatiously in near
ly every city in this country, but, alas
for human foresight, it is to be sep
arated. Included in it is a. thirty
carat diamond. one of the largest in
this country, the Cleveland diamond
weighing less than forty carats. and
the celebrated Hope diamond only for
tv-three carats. There is also a mag
niftcent diamond studded bracelet, as
well as diamond knights Templar
charm, diamond studded watch, thirty
carat diamond cuff buttons, diamond
vest buttons, etc.
Henrietta Crosman has under con-
sideration a play entitled 1.-THE Balti-
more Marriage by the Rev. Father
John Talbot Smith, chaplain of the Sis
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-23
Y. NJ. H. AS MINSTREL.
Scheme of Their Annual Spring Per-
fOrmance.

The lady friends of the Young
Mems Hebrew Association are arrang-
ing to give performance. embracing
everything from burnt cork artists to
the animal show will be some peculiar
and rare species of .two-legged NAM
mails. This aggregation viii give one
performance and one only, which will
cost 10000 cents to produce. At its
show last year the Y. M. H. A. sold
out the entire house three days before
the date of the performance. The date
for the performance and the sale OF
tickets will be announced later. The
show will be given under the direction
of Mrs S. Epstein and Miss Julia Ep-
stein, assisted by Miss Ruth Kayton
and Miss Ada Ehrlich
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-23

speedy victim While HIRAM is satu-
rating himself with cocktails, his wives
fIirt with Uncle Sans marines. In
spired by too frequent rotations of the
insidious beverage to which he has
been introduced, HIRAM proposes
marriage to Pamela Jackson, SPINS
ter. For the insult of this polygamous
proposal Miss jackson causes all of
Ki-Ram's wives to seek divorce, that,
in her capacity of judge advocate, she
promptly grants, allowing to each
wife one half of the Sultan's incom
SIS alimony. OF course the wretcned
husband is unable to pay and is cast
into Jail. The monarch is, however, re-
leased in the last act. Everything is
Strengthened out in the customary
comic opera fashion.
Maurice Grau has recently written
to the City of Mexico that it will be
impossible for him to take his COM
pany there next season, as the new
theater is not certain to be finished
in time for the company, and it is
practically certain that he would not
be able to charge as much as $12 a
seat for the performances. 1t would
be necessary to fix that rate in Mexi-
can money to make the season profit
able. The Mexican managers agreed
with Mr.. Grau that 1t would be quite
impossible to get such a price.
Unless efforts now being made to
secure its extension are successful,
Eleanor Buses tour of this country
next season will be feeting in the ex-
IRENE. Present arrangements provide
for only ten weeks, distributed among
six cities, and but five performances a
week. 1t is planned to open the en-
gagement at the fremont Theater,
Boston. on Oct. 20, for two weeks, then
coming to New York, where two weeks
are to be played at the Victoria The
alter. After that she will give the same
length of time to each Philadelphia
and Chicago, and one week to each
Washington and Baltimore. DAN
nunzio's version of Francesca da Ri
mini will be the opening play.
The -Four Cohans-George M, Jerry
j., Helen E., and Josephine-filed an
application for the appointment of
receiver for their play, THE Govern
or's Son." The appeal was made to
Judge Goodwin in the Circuit Court
in Chicago, who named John A. Brown,
an attorney, to act as receiver and
adjust the accounts of the Cohans with
their late manager, Louis c. Behman.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-23
best Trains to the East.

Southern Railway. leaving Savannah
1856 noon. 4:SO p. M, and 1890 mid
Right. Through Pullman sleeping cars
and complete dining car service on all
trains.
Only line operating through sleepers
to Asheville. Hot Springs, Knoxville
and Cincinnati.
e. C. Thomson. c. P. & t. A, 141
Bull street.-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-23
Double Daily Service.

The Seaboard Air Line Railway is
the only line offering double daily
service from Savannah to Camden, S.
c., Southern Pines and Pinehurst, ".
c. Leave Savannah 1855 p. m. and
1915 a. m. Get your sleeping car res
ervation at ticket office, corner Bull
and Bryan streets. Phone %.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-23
To Aiken and Augusta.

Best schedule via Southern Railway.
Leave Savannah 4:3O p. M, arrive
Aiken 1927 p. m; arrive Augusta, 9:2O
p. m. This service daily except Sun
day. Pullman cars all the way.
Through schedules from south of Sa-
vannah. E. G. Thomson. City Pas
senger and Ticket Agent, 141 Bull
street -ad
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-23
Resi- Rnnte.

Savannah to Richmond is via Seaboard
Air Line Railway. Double daily serv-
ice. No change of cars. Leave Savan-
nah 1:55 p. m, railroad time, and ar
rive Richmond 6:35 a. M; or leave Sa-
vannah 12l5 a. m and arrive Rich
mond 455 p. m. Ticket Office, corner
Bull and Bryan streets. Phone 2S.-
ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-23

Thoroughly Appreciated-Ministe
-"Well. my boy. hope you enjoyed
the services this morning." Boy
Eyes. sir. Pop fell asleep six times.
and ma had to stick pin in him each
time to make him wake up."-Judge.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-23

the play.
1t is indeed a difficult task to intro
duce innovations into the Shake
spearean drama at this late day. Man
ager Fawcett of the Percy Haswell
stock Company, thought to add realism
TO that organizations production Of
AS You Like It. last week by the use
of what, in theatrical parlance might
be called practical sheep. A flock
OF the animals.w procured at a Bal
timore stock yard and brought to the
theater for a rehearsal, but stage man
agerial dignity failed to impress the
woolly actors, and as soon as they
struck the open stage they made a wild
stampede across the footlights and into
the auditorium. After much persua-
sion they were corraled in one of the
boxes. and then were returned with
many thanks and few regrets to the
sheep cote from whence they came
The performance took place with
cast composed entirely of human be-
inSs.
The death of so many minstrel lights
within the past few weeks has given
rise to the erroneous impression that
all of the old-timers famous to the
palmy days of the burnt cork shows
al z SOilSs l. HIS, HOWeN61, Is d ueClueu
mistake, as there are still q great
many living who in the old days
donned the black wigs and spangles in
minstrelsy. There is Dan Emmett, the
founder of minstrelsy and the author
of Dixie" Men now well known in
other branches of the theatrical world
whose names are included in this cat
egory are Francis Wilson, William
Harris, formerly of Bowman and Har-
ris, now of Rich and Harris; Edward
Harrigan, Harry Lacy, Joseph Muir
ply, Arthur Moreland, Frank Lawton,
the whistler; Chauncey Olcott, T. H.
Winnett, Jefferson De Angels Joseph
Jefferson and William II. Crane. 9th
ers that have not yet joined the great
majority are Cool Burgess, William
Arlington, David Reed. ]. Carncross,
Ben Cotton, Charles Fostell, Francis
Leon, of Tully and Leon; Master Eu-
genie of Unsworth and Eugene; John
w. Morton, John Bowman, Fred Will
son and Charles Morris, of Morris and
Wilson; G. H. Duprez and Lou Bene-
dict, e. D. Gooding, John Hart, McIn-
tyre and Heath, Eddie Fox, Lew Sim
monds, Hank Nudge, Richard Ralph,
A. J. Cabot, j. c. Stewart, j. H.
Surridge. Tim Cronin, Carroll johnson,
George Powers, George H. Primrose,
George Thatcher, Hi Henry, Sam San
ford, Master Martin, Lawrence Tooley,
j. R. Kemble, Cue Lee, Pony Moore
]. H. Tainer, Add Weaver, James and
William Barlow and Dick Parker. It
is nearly so years since some of these
first attracted the public, and there
are others, whose names cannot be re-
called at the moment.
Briefly the story of the Sultan of
Sulu, is as follows: HIRAM has in
vaded the territory of one of his trib-
utary chieftains or Dattos, and cap
tured eight of his nieces, whom ne
has added to his harem. The infuri-
ated Datto declares war upon XII Ram
and threatens to invade his territory,
when a shlpload of United States ma
r;nes, commercial travellers, soldiers
and Boston school-ma' ans arrive.
They are received with open arms by
HIRAM and proceed to initiate that
willing monarch into the uses of the
American cocktail, to which he falls d
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-23

tiers of Mercy of Baltimore, and may
produce it next season. The drama re-
lates the story of the marriage of Eliz-
abeth Patterson to Jerome Bonaparte,
brother of the first Napoleon, and their
subsequent divorce, which the church
made one of the central characters in
the play.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-23
ADJUSTMENTS.
SAVANNAH THEATER.

All Week. Mat. Wed. and Sat.
RIS-PARKINSON co.
Tomorrow Night-'Lost in Egypt"
Ladies free, usual conditions.
Nlght-1Oc, 2Oc, Soc. Mat. 10c, zoe.
GREAT SPECIALTIES.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-23

John Philip 'Sousa's next literary eff
Tort, it is said, will be an account of
MS ooyhood days in Washington.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-03-18
REUNION.
The Gathering OF Confederate
Veterans At Dallas.


The time Of the Reunion of Con-
federate Veterans, at Dallas, Texas,
is drawing near. There are quite
a number Of "old Vets in the city
and county who are thinkiug Of at
tending, and some Of them are max
ing their business arrangements
with this end IN view.
OF course the best railroad to 60
over is an absorbing question with
them, that is the road that
makes the best time, runs most
comfortable cars, and offers the best
accommodations, etc. We take
pleasure in accommodating the Cot
ton Belt Route to the old soldiers.
The company has tracks directly
alongside the Fair Grounds at Dali
and twill be able to putfrom thirty
to forty cars on Parry Avenue, OPP
posite the Fair grounds.
All the trans will stop at the
Fair grounds, which will be very
convenient for those Intending tc
camp there. There will be mum
Der Of restaurants on the grounds
and persons desiring to go into the
city can board electric cars, which
will start only a short distance
from the main entrance.
Besides the regular double daily
service, consisting of Pullman
sleepers, parlor and dining cars
and free reclining chairs, which
run through to Dallas, without
change, the company will have al
special equipment necessary fol
handling the large number of PEG
pie who viii avail themselves OF the
magnificent line known as the
UCOttOn Belt Route. ~
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-03-18
Why Low Prices Come To The South
ern FanCier,


The Southern Fancier in very
many instances, I Judge from his
advertising, stands in his own
light. He fails to pluck the COL
den apple himself but builds the
ladder that enables his North
ern md Western neighbor to
climb within reach and gather
the golden harvest. With char
acteristic generosity he adver-
tises some body's strain of fowls,
forgetful of the fact that those
who desire that strain of birds
prefer to get their stock from
head quarters. Having secured
your foundation stock, bend all
your energies to such a system
of breeding that you can with
confidence offer to the public
your own strain. Instead Of
Southern buyers having recourse
to the North the plan should be
reversed, especially in the sale
of eggs for early Matching, Our
climatic conditions are more IA
yorable for the production of
winter and early spring eggs and
we should have a large trade, if
not from fanciers, certainly from
broiler raisers for incubator
eggs. Perhaps we lack the key
to judicious advertising. Let
the Southern Fancier be true to
his own colors, and while himself
a real fancier he should certainly
encourage his brother by intro
ducing his new blood-if he must
have it-from the flock of his
neighborand not from more dis
tant market. A disposition to
ignore those Immediately around |
him does much to cripple the |
business. lam not an advocate
sectionalism in any sense but
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-03-18

Liberal stop-over privileges, in
Guiding opportunity to visit scenes
of famous siege and New National
Park site at Vicksburg
Cheap side trips from Dallas tc
Texas and Oklahoma points.
Double daily fast service via
Memphis or Yicksburg and Shreve-
port, with close connections.
Special Through Train from
Louisville for Kentucky delegates
and their friends.
Write to any Illinois Contra
agent orSto
W. J. McBRInE, c.P. & T. A. Louisville
r. II, FOWLER, T P. A., Louisville.
W. A.. KELLoND, A. G. P. A.
A. II. HANSON, G. p. A.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-03-18
PASTEUR LOSES OUT.
Contest is Dismissed on De-
nurrer.

Princeton, KY, March 13.-Cir-
cult Judge Num- handed down a
decision this afternoon IN the con
test between Frank A. Pasteur,
contestant, and Robert L. Gresh-
am, contestee, for the Office of Clerk
of the Caldwell County Court, in
which he sustained the demurrer
filed to Pasteur's petition ny con.
testee. Pasteur had been County
Clerk of this county for about 2S
years. He was defeated by Gresh.
am last fall by 43 votes, and on ac-
count of some alleged errors and
wrongful acts on the part Of cleo.
ton officers prosecuted a contest.
During the entire time Pasteur
was County Clerk he was elected on
the Democratic ticket, but in 1899
he was the nominee of the Brown
party for State Auditor. Last fall
he was a candidate for County
Clerk on the Republican ticket.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-03-18
Illinois Central r. R.
THRoUGH
Sleeping Car Service
FROM cINcINNATTI L cUIs
VILE TO
Hon SPRINGS
ARkANsAs WAMEMeAIs


Through sleeping car reservation
can now be secured from Cincinnati
and Louisville via The Illinois Cen
trail to Hot Springs via Memphis on
its New Orleans Limited, leaving
Cincinnati daily at Goo p. M. Louis
vile 9;40 p m.feaching HotSprings
5:15 the next afternoon. 1t carries
Pullman sleeping car and free reclin
ing chair car Cincinnati to Memphis
and sleeping car aud coach Memphis
to Hot Springs.
Through reservations Cincinnati
ard Louisville to Hot Springs can
also be secured on the Especial,
leaving Cincinnati s:l5 a. m,, and
Louisville 1901 p. U1 daily, arriving
at Hot Springs 9:55 thenextmorning
Sleeping car from CInaInnati, and
coach from Louisville TO Memphis,
Sleeping car Memphis.o HotSprigs, a
Dining.car seroice en- route.
A special folder Of this new seyicee
as we'll as full particulars concerning
the above can be had Of agerts Of
the Illinois Central and connecting
lines.
W. A. KELLoSD, A. @. P. A.,
Louisville, KY.
A. H. HANSON, g. PA, Chicago,I I'll
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-03-18

This valuable breed Of poultry
is becoming more popular every
year, which is evident by the
number that arr exhibited, es-
pecially at our big shows. Not
many years ago, at Boston and
New York, ten or a dozen birds
were about an average number
shown, For several years past
this mum Der has increased at
Boston to between forty and fifty
birds, and New York nearly as
many, while at the great Pan
American show ninety-eight
Dorkings were exhibited. This
was great showing, especially
as many birds were kept home
by moulting.
Many of our fall shows had a
fair number Of Dorkings, but it
has been very noticeable that
many reports of the shows have
not given them the notice they
deserve; some have not reported
them at all,although some breeds
OF less number have been duly
noticed.
A friend of mine, a breeder of
Dorkings for many years, writes
me- 'In reporting shows, the
average poultry journalsare very
chary in saying a word for the
Dorkings, At cambridge, n.
Y, this year, there were fifty
two Dorkings. The preliminary
remarks of most of the papers,
before giving the awards, spoke
eloquently Of every thing offered
by fanciers, hucksters and poul-
try tramps except the Dorkings.
One paper-of Oct. 5, in report
ing the State Fair and Rutland
co. combined, did say, Dork-
iugs were rather numerous and
some good birds exhibited
There we're twenty-five Dork-
ings in that fair" Now I don't
pretend to say that Dorkings
should receive more notice than
any other breeds, but I do not
understand why grand, goodly
mum Der of Dorkings should re-
ceive such little notice, while
many others breeds with less
number are often eulogized anC
spoken of so highly. 1t is en-
tirely superhuous to say much il
regard to the value and beauty
of this time honored breed; they
speak tor themselves. How Of
ten one may hear people remark
before the Dorking coops in a
show: What are these, Dork-
ings? Why, what beautiful, fine
fowls!-Henry Hales, in Practi-
cal Poultryman,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-03-18
Comic derate Yeteran's Reunion

To be held at Dallas, Texas, April
D to 25. Round trip Sl5,40 via L.
81 N. h. h. Tickets on sale April
18, 19 and 20, limited to return May
2nd. BY depositing tickets with
joint agent at Dallas on or before
April 30th and payment of a fee OF
SO cents an extension will be grant
ed until May Is.
X. M. SLATER, Agent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-03-18
MAY COME THIS WEEK.
Rise of rs Per Cent. in Insurance
Throughout Kentucky.

Louisville, March 13.-The 25
per cent. fiat advance in FIRE in
surance rates on frame store build
ings, merchandise stocks and spec
ial hazards recently decided on in
New York will go into effect in
Louisville and Kentucky generally
on March II. An order to this eff
feet was decided on Tuesday of this
week at secret meeting of the
governing committee of the Western
Union, in whose territory Kentucky
lies. AT a previous meeting of
this committee it was decided to
leave the question of the advance to
a bulletin ballot of the members of
the union. At Tuesdays meeting
this ballot was formerly canvassed
and it was found that the requisite
90 per cent. had voted in favor of
the advance.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-03-18
DEAF MAN
Killed By an L. s. N. Freight
Train at Newbury, KY.

Thomas Smith, about fifty years
old, and deaf, was walking on the
L. & N. track, near Newburg, KY
Thursday morning, when a freight
train struck him and killed him in
stantly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-03-18
NOTICE!

I have opened a
hOrse-shoeing S h o p
next to Layne's stable,
in Geo. Steele's old
stand. Thirty years
experience enables me
to guarantee satisfac-
tory work, I do my
own work and do it
right. Price 20 cents
a shoe.
John W. COvingtOn.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-03-18
"reminiscences
aud Portraits Of

"Petrolium V. Nasty, Josh Biiiings'' ''Mark
Twain" John G.. SAKE, ''Mrs. Darlington, y
"Miles O'Reiliy," CLANS Breitman," "Artemus
Ward" Morpheus c. Keer," Spill Nye," FRANK
r. Stockton, Donald G. Mitchell, II. c. Bunner,
"Sam Slick" Eugene Field, Richard Grant
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mortimer Thompson
go. X. 9hiander DoesticlSs, p. BIZ, Bret
Harte.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-03-18

By special Arrangement you
can get the KENTUcRIAN and the
Twice-a-Wfek Courier-Journal, both
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