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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-09
San Toy.

Very few of those who sit in front and witness a performance of a production like San Toy have any idea of the enormous expense attendant on pre- pairing a play of this k!nd for the road. First Is the scenery, which takes yards upon yards of canvas 10 cover the frames made out of the best pine lum- Der and which necessitated the employ ment of numberless skilled carpenters to construct from models prepared by high priced draughtsmen. After this is turn ed over to the scenic artists and their assistants who spend weeks and some times months with their brushes, con- verting the surface into the painted rep resentation of the desired scenes. In the meantime, the "properties,' or small ar ticles which are used in the pray must be made, and this requires an entirely different class of workmen. They, too, in their way are artists and are often required to turn out the most grotesque and unheard of properties" sometimes only from verbal descriptions. The cos tunes also must be looked after and are oftentimes the most expensive part Of the production since the public will no longer tolerate cheap and shoddy mate- rials, but insists that everything must be made of the finest silks and satins.
 In san Toy" many or the dresses worn were imported from China, while others were brought from London and some were made in New York. Other important items are wigs and shoes, which must be of the finest. After ev- erything else is completed, crates and trunks for packing and transporting all these articles must be provided. All in all, getting up" a production like San Toy is quite an undertaking
 San Toy will be the attraction at the Jefferson theater next Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-09

as "the great American play" Camp bell originated characters never before attempted on the stage and the scenes around the romantic forests of the Cal ifornia of the pioneers give the play an element of novelty. The friendship or Joe, Saunders and Ned Singleton, the wrongs of Mary Brandon, the murder or Ned Singleton. the conversation between one partner alive and the other deau, the undoing of Matthew Brandon are all strong themes. In lighter vein there are the comicalities of Major Britt, the na- tive humor of Wing Lee the Chinaman, and the rough but good natured troilcs of the denizens of that mining distrlce. From the play oozes an atmosphere oi health manhood and honor.
 For the present revival all the stage business has been brought down to date and the production was made under the personal direction of Frank Hatch, gen eral stage manager for w. A. Brady. The part of Joe Saunders. for many years the favorite of the late Louis AL drich will be acted by Daniel Gilfeathet an experienced actor for years Witn Daniel Frohman and Augustus Pitou. Special attention has been gwen to see nic detail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-09

Iustrated an infinite resource in fancy Wearied of creating men and women for his tragic muse, he said Let there be spirits, fairies, goblins and monsters;i magic, mirth, music, romance and mys-' tery," and at his bidding the kaleido- scope of his genius turned, and in The Tempest these things had dramatic eA- istence.
 It is promised that as Shakesperean spectacle the forthcoming performance of "The Tempest" VIII illustrate the highest limits of scenic art and mechar-' ical ingenuity. Almost at the beginning of the play, in the scene of the great storm and shipwreck, when Antonio and Ferdinand and their court are brought to the enchanted island where Prospero and his daughter live In exile. Those who would see this scene and at the same time hear the opening of tiso story, must be seated at the advertised time for the beginning of the performs ance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-09
Louis James and Frederick Warde In
 "The Tempest"

The reappearance of Louis James and Frederick Warde as joint stars at the Jefferson theater next Saturday evening would probably insure the capacity ol the theater, no matter what vehicle were selected for them in the way of a play.
 The association of these two famous stars was brought about by Managers Wagenhals and Kemper, whose stage productions, at least as regards the clas- sic drama, have long since become the recognized standard Tn The Tempest" the play in which MT. James and MT. Warde will appear on this occasion, these managers have once more resorted to comedy, and in view of the fact that the more or less popular notion o1 Shakespeare Is tragedy and gloom, the selection will be hailed with delight. The last occasion "The Tempest was pre- sented with any notable players in the cast was in 1869. when Davenport ap- peared at Prospero and William Dav- idge as Caliban, which roles will be as- sumed in the forthcoming performance by MT. James and MT. Warde, who con serve all that Is representative in the realm of the classics at the present time.
 "The Tempest and "A Midsummer Nights Dream are recognized as among the noblest efforts of Shake spears imagination. In The Tempest more than in any of his works he has H.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-09

I pure and elevating play and one of the best offerings of the local theatrical sea- son.
 "Such in brief are the comments heard upon the appearance of Paul Gilmore and his splendid company of players in Hadden Chambers comedy, The Tyran- ny of Tears" which was presented at the Lyceum yesterday afternoon at the matinee and again last night. :.
 MT Paul Gilmore in the leading role of Mr. Clement Parbury, is clever ana strong He is easy, natural and grace full in manner and imparts to the lines an attractiveness that is really delight full There is never in his interpretation of the part occasion for other than in- tense, not the loud expression, never suggestion of anything except the whole some and pure, and his most natural manner and extreme cleverness stamp him as an actor of the hignesl class.
 The author of the play styles it comedy of temperament, and so it is in every sense of the wold. Tears, briny tears, are shed by the over-Jealous young wife, who resorts to a womans weapon, weeping on every occasion in the att tainment of her desires that her will and ideas may predominate in all mat ters and things She misconstrues ev- cry thing said or done, listens to no ex- planation, and with 1t all comes her husband. naturally kind and loving. to lead tyrannical existence, ever in nor tai fear lest by word or deed they bring forth those everlasting and ever-ready tears.
 "As for the supporting company there are no weak points in the cast. Each of the characters is interpreted by com potent people and the company has been selected with such care that it is ulffi- cult to discriminate between the play CTS.
 '"The strength of the production, how ever, is largely due to the concentrated efforts of the entire company. All are working in harmony, there are no weak characters in the play, and the result is that the performance is one that it is really delight to see."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-09
The Messenaer Rov.

One of the hits of the New York sea- son was 'The Messenger Boy" which will be presented at the Jefferson thea ter next Friday. Few musical comedies produced in the last several years have apparently met with more favor on Broadway than did this one, from the reports sent at the time of its opening at Daly's theater where 1t ran for five months consecutiVely. IL may be gath cred that a wealth of deliciously beau- tiful melodies, together with a story of real interest chuck full of the brightest humor, interpreted by a company of un- questioned merit, aud beautifully cos tuned and mounted. are worthy of in- terest out of the ordinary This piece enjoyed the distinction or the most pro- nounced hit of the many successes pro duced by George Edwards at his cele- brated London Gaiety Theater, where its extreme popularity was manifested by a run of two years consecutively Messrs. Nixon and Zimmerman, its American producers, have iavished mo ney with prodigal hands in its 167 pro- auctions and in it's presentation here may be seen a kaleidoscopic array of scenes and gowns.
 The large organization presenting the piece is headed in the title role by years has been recognized on the Amer ican stage. Supporting him are many actors and actresses who are well and favorably known. An attractive feature will be a large and pretty chorhs. Among the song hits are Cant You Take My Word" Has Anybody Seen Our Cat,". Tn the Wash, wash wash, "Maisie," "Pansy' aspirations" and the Dialect Soubrette."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-09
At The Bljou.

The vaudeville bill that will com mence an engagement of one week, with usual matinees at the Bijou, Monday, is one of the strongest that Manager Wells has been able to send to Resident Man ager Lemon. The company Is without A doubt one of the best that has been sent into the southern territory for 1t embraces pretty nearly every feature that has made vaudeville the accepta- ble entertainment for the masses and the pet of fashion.
 MT. Wells went to New York rom Richmond to select most of the acts and as he has a good idea of just what the average Birmingham theater-goer cares for the bill will have that Kind or cont position.
 If is a programme or good acts with no special headliner. It is Dill that will stand on its merits and make Did for public favor collectively, though, ol course, the theater-goers will elect the feature at the performance, and there will be much variety to choose rom. One of the special numbers will be the contribution of Early and Bennett Tn H. lustrated songs. The Eearly of this com bination is John w. Eearly, one or the favorite members of the Bijou Musical Comedy company. The vocalist IS out of the cast for the two weeks. and Sam Bennett, the electrician of the company is a clever handler. of Illustrated picture machines, and with man like Early to sing the songs, and the kind of songs the singer will render, the act has al- ready made a hit. The two Schrodes. well recommended singing and dancing duo, will present an act that promises to be one of the most acceptable on the bill There is much eccentric comedy to this act, and the woman of the duo IS splendid dancer. Matte Boorum and four young men making up the Young American Quintette, will offer number that is bright in original idea and that sparlSles in music and dance. DeForrest and Ward comedy duo of comedians, will offer a comedy idea that Is real comedy These comedians have been identified with many successes and they will make hit here. Adair and Dahn. novelty wire artists, will be seen in what is declared to be one of the best acts in the profession. Deltorelii and Glssando will present musical comedy act that is both amusing and artistic. Daily Taffe and Roman in an acrobatic novelty make up the bill for the week. The bill looks very good and will no doubt come up to the standard of MT. Wells past offerings. The usual mati- nees, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, will be given.
 Manager Wells has added to his al- ready strong vaudeville bill for next week Phil, Nettie and Master Eddie Peters This act is a strong favorite in Birmingham and will be a welcome ad- dition to the bill by their many friends in this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-09
Paul Gilmore.

Haddon Chambers comedy, "The Tyr amy of Tears" will be presented at the Jefferson theater next Wednesday mat inee and night by Paul Gilmore, who, 1t is said, has been surrounded by splen- did company this season. Paul Gilmore won the stellar fame in romantic drama as well as in the Fronman piays' sucn ae "The wife" ''The Charity Ball, ..Nen and Women" and Sweet Laven- der" in which he assumed all the leac- ing roles. As Clement Parbury, author gentleman and scholar, MT. Gilmore has ample opportunity for the display or those qualities that made him admired.
 In reviewing the performance or the company the Memphis Commerciai Ap- peal said;
 "A delightful comedy, tranquil story of human life as it Is lived today, a rls- ing young star of promise in the little world Behind the foctlights, clean.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-09
My Partner.

The attraction at the Jefferson theater next Tuesday, matinee and night, will be Bartley Campbell's play, My Part ner." The great American novel per- haps has not yet been written, but ever since it's first production in 1879. My Partner" has been acclaimed by many
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-09
AT THE JEFFERSON.

Tuesday matinee and nght-"My Partner"
 "Wednesday matinee and night-- Paul Gilmore in "Tyranny of Tears" Thursday nIght-"San Toy" Friday night-"The Messenger Boy" Saturady night--Louis James and Frederick Ward in "The Tempest.
 AT THE BIJOU. Polite vaudeville all the Week-Mat- inees Tuesday, Thursday and Satur- day.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-03
LONDON'S FIRE TRAPS.

We are sure that if q practical inqui- ry were set on foot as to the extent of the provision generally made in the buildings of London for protection against fire ain appalling conclusion would be reached. Several lives have been lost recently in London fires be- cause there was no way of escape London is undoubtedly swarming on all sides with death-traps only ready to claim their victims when a fire has broken out, Every one is aware of the difficulties which have to be faced when the question of the efficient protection of life shut up in buildings in a con- gested area is approached In probably the majority of buildings in London it is impossible even to escape to the roof and thence to gain safe refuge on the adjoining premises. We know at least of one instance, that of Well-known bank premises, in which the boundaries of the property are marked on the roof by ugly spiked fences. While it is true that even this way of escapeis not easy, it is certain that in a greater number of instances no such thing as fire ladder is available.
 How painful and appalling the out come can be is evident from the terri
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-03

terfcring with each other from one hundred to two hundred feet apart. In Some cases they can be placed much nearer. The writer saw one well which had been drilled and was unproduc- tive, anothe" well less than fifty feet distant with {: good production of oil. One of .he sights of the Ohio oil field Is the great receiving tanks of the Stondard aDd Sun Oil companies. These tanks hold from thirty-fve thou sand to fifty thousand barrels of oil and are about nfnHty-two feet in diameter and some thirty feet in height. In Wood county Is located one of the largest of these oil tank stations in the world, there being some seven hundred tanks, each of which holds from thirty five thousand to fifty thousand barrels of Gil. These oil tanks are connected by pipe lines with the various tanks of the oil producing individuals and com panies throughout the oil field and also with the great cities of the east and the west, and through them, by the aid of pumps. oil is transported to the great refneries in Pittsburg, Cleveland, Chi cago, Buffalo and New York.
 J.C. C.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-03

ble results of the non-existence of any means Of escape at fire which oc- cured in the city on Monday last. The example is all the more remarkable since the fire broke out in broad day
 light, at five o'clock in the afternoon, and within three hundred yards Of the chief city fire station. The firEt cali, indeed, came to the brigade by mes seuSer on foot. In spite of the prOS- imity of the rescue station, ten lives were sacrificed in this fire because there were no means of escape and because the rescue appliances could not reach the upper floors, where several poor op- eratives were ia danger. The fire es- cape was 100 short by a few feet. On the morning after the fire one of our representatives visited the scene, and he states that the building was not a remarkably high one, and not so high as thousands of others in London streets.
 The fire brigade authorities must be aware of the length of their fire es- capes, and they must surely also know the extreme height of the largest build ings in the metropolis, and yet in this instance the fire escape failed to reach the top floor of the building. PriHa facie, there would seem to be divulged in this occurrence distinct and serious defect in the machinery of the brigade. Lancet.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-03

Well" continued his beautiful young wife, T do; and there's something I've been wanting to say to you for a long time. need new silk dress. with ap- piique trilnming5.. ever so badly. All the other women are wearing them. you know, and the tore windows are just full of them. really do not see how can be in style at all without one.''
 Adam knitted his brows. After mo- ment's reflection he observed thought fully:
 My love,I had been led to believe that there was nothing in these stories Of feminine indirection, but in view of the fact that as yet there are no other women, no department stores and no silk dresses with applique trimmings in the world, I am led be believe, reluc- tantly, that you have been taking libef- ties with the truth"
 And, realizing with a shock that she had been caught in her first fib, Eve blushed a deep crimson and swept out of the room with a prodigious rustling of fig leayes.-Portland Oregonian.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-03
A "pICKING LIP" MACHINE.

A truly wonderful piece of mechanism is the picking up" machine used in all grappling and cable hoisting operations It is a powerful variety of the steam winch family, but also a most aristo- cratic and elaborate member, fitted with gear changing clutches, patent brakes and other ingenious appliances. To give some idea of it's capabilities in dry figures, 1t can at slow speed lift twenty-five tons at the rate of one mile an hour, or at fast speed ten tons at the rate of four miles an hour. Moreover 1t can be quickly altered and adapted to changing circumstances in speed or lift ing weight.
 All being made ready, tine big grapnel, attached to seven or eight hundred fathoms of chain and rope, is passed over the bow sheave. or pulley, and as soon as it reaches bottom the ship is sent slowly ahead. Back and forward across the path of the cable, as pointed out by tht friendly marking buoys we steam. Several times the grapnel catches something, only to lose it's hold again--probabl. an inequality upon the bottom, although bosun's mate mum bles "mermaid's grottos"-but at last comes a steady strain. Every soul on board hangs over the bow, watching the grimy grapnel rope come steadily up and over the well oiled pulley. At length the grapnel itself appears, hold ing tight on to the truant, t,-Lippincott g Magazine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-03
OBLIGATION AND ADVANTAGE OF
 GOOD MANNERS.

No rule of conduct is less diplomatic in the young man of business than rudeness. although some beginners seem to deem the terms 'business-like" and "ungracious' synonymous; and not a few go out of their way to be sour, abrupt, point-blank and disagreeable to all and sundry. The theory held by such mistaken persons appears to be this: That the man who means to wrest success from life must not stop by the way to waste time over polite ness. Arguing upon the lines that the
 world takes each individual at his own valuation, the ignorant nincompoop sets himself up as one who has scarcely time to breathe, much less to smile, so vast are the responsibilities that his impor- tant position entails.
 But he is taking absolutely mis- taken line. His opposite in manners tempers his inexperience with a soft ened air of diffidence, meets his con- Itemporaries with a smile of greeting in stead of with defiant scowl, and goes out of his way to be thoughtful and courteous. He knows the value of mak- HE anu IGdll1eo lO ailS Iull llo" bad it is for a young mans future should he earn a reputation for bump tiousness and bad manners. The busi- ness king may please himself as to the manner he adopts. To some the repu- tation of choleric disposition is useful, for it keeps off trifers. He who desires not to be jostled must himself jostle others. Such is the modern shibboleth, taught by the storm and stress of exis- tence to the aspirant for wealth and wide prosperity.
 The old maxim is more subtle, and therefore less thoroughly comprehend ed. Yet it is straightforward piece of counsel, teaching merely the beauty of each man doing unto others as he would that men should do unto him. Presum- ably, every person prefers to be spoken to with gentle courtesy rather than with brutal insolence, and to do business not as if he and his customer were bitter enemies. but as friend and friend. De- spite this, however, there Is more than a tendency to ally the haughtiest air to a capacity for commercial qualities.-- New York Commercial. -
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-03
THE WORLDS FIRST LIE.

Adam" said Eve. as she flung her round arms about his neck and kissed him passionately do you know that adore you to distraction?"
 Well no,' said Adam, much flat tered, II didn't know it, but I am cer- tainly delighted with the information" !" And the expansion of his chest was like that in an illustrated physical culture YoaIo1nhInf
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-03
DEATH OF MIR, BARNARD.

Hartford. July 2.-Former Mayor J.everett Brainard, president of the Case. Lockwood & Brainard Co.,, died this morning, after weeks illness. He was born in Colchester, February 13, 1923. He was mayor of Hartford in 1S94-9J. and was in the legislature in 1SSi He was Connecticut commits sioner to the worlds fair in 1893 He leaves a wife and five children, three daughters and two sons.
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Edirtatin,r.
uW JUL BUILDER.
 lAIahrRErATION. REPEFr0Ise FORMERLY INSTRUCTOR. DRESDEN. sIUDio' % INSURANCE BUILDING.
Special Summer Season.
 Georeea ". Kelsey

Uate Director Metropolitan Conservatory and School of Public Performance, Chicaeol Will give instruction in the VIRGIL PIANO METHOD and MAS0N'S TOUGH and ITCHING. at the Music Studios
 55I CAMPBELL AVE-, WEST ii EN from June 9 to August 30 inclusive. Elec. tric cars transferring to all parts of the city pass the door. ,-z.s2
 7. CLASS INSTRUCTION.
 Twenty lessons (regularJ and ten free lessons C30 in aiD, adults, S15.00. Children. six to ter years, $I.50. Pupils not having instruments can practice one hour daily If the Music Studios, ten weeks, $250.
 Private lessons in Voice, Plano and Pipe arranged for at regular rates at any time.
 Advanced pupils specially prepared for concerts and recitals, privately or In class.
 Call or address for circular.
 In New York Wednesdays j2 cod i'm
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-03

Appropriate. Please explain this here ship to me, sir.'' In- ventor-"Don't say this here ship. my friend; say that air ship" Detroit Free Press. ..-.... ,....s.-~A .....
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-03

It is warm enough now to roast beef stead on the roof, but. unfortunately, beefsteak is even higher than the roof. Atlanta Constitution.