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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22

,1ains of Phillipi. He had drawn a me-
dieval castle on a rock The turrets and
chimneys were drawn to suggest all Sorts
of hats and caps and bonnets. The light
ON the windows made wierd grotesque
piece faces and grimaces. in every open
ing. And over the brow OF the NIL
marched a procession of plum pudding.
Lottie Blair Parkers latest play, I'm
der southern Skies" has proved to be one
of the best drawing attractions on the
road. It is to the south what her Way
Down East" is to New England and the
manner in which it is received, especially
on returned dates indicates that 1t Will
be as long lived as her former success.
Martin Harvey was too Ill to appear
in Cincinnati last week, and Grace George
cancelled dates elsewhere in order to MI
the time with her production of Pretty
Peggy"
When the three companies presenting
.sWay Down East have given their re-
spective performances on March the
pastoral will have had exactly hive thou
sand representations in this country
Messrs. Brady and Grismer are getting
up a fitting souvenir.
One of the largest musical organiza-
tions ever taken on the road Is the
Foxy CUTLER" Richard Golden Is the
star and he is supported by Miss Car
lotta Gilman prima donna; Adolph link,
the Lillipution actor; Henry Leone, Mel
Vile Collins. George Head, Daisy Ham,
lin. Edna Bronson, Marie Christie and
others. The opera requires big cast
and ensemble. scenery of splendor and
magnihcence and these have been most
generously provided by Ben Stern. Mr..
de Kovens music. while pleasing to the
uneducated ear with its wealth of melo-
dy appeals to the musician as we'll 1t re-
quires singers of ability, both in cast and
ensemble. and Mr. Stern therefore as
sembed the best collection of voices that
have ever been heard in comic opera.
big company. with scenery depicting
rural Indiana, mechanical effects for the
bicycle ride for life, tollgate scene, three
race horses a male quartet, a country
orchestra and comedy scenes may be
seen in the spectacular production of
Joseph Arthur's scenic melodrama Lost
River" in this city very soon.
The Four Cohans will bessseen at the
jefferson theatre Thursday. March s. CIV
ing the usual matinee, and presenting
George NJ Cohans wholesome musical
farce THE Governors Son." The piece is
well mounted and a large company Is re-
quired to present it, and in the number
some talented footlight favorites are
seen.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF
PLAYS AND PLAYERS

The recital of Justin Thatcher ana W.
c. L. Seeboeck, the Austrian pianist a'
the Jesse French Music hall March o.
will be a rare treat for the music lovers
of Birmingham On a previous WISH "
Birmingham one of the papers mere salu'
in criticism of Mr. Thatcher's recital
.'The song recital by Justin Thatcher
at Seals hall last night was pleasing
event The hall was well filled' anu MI
Thatcher left with the people VINO came
to hear him a very Favorable IMPRESSION
He sang twenty numbers. MT ina .S'ei
has many excellent qualities, both OF
voice and manner He is very easy and
natural and unaffected in all things. He
sings as if he likes to sing. and his ex-
celient enunciation and nexiDie voice de-
light the ear. Occasionally his high
notss have a wonderful softness, and his
low notes are always sweet. Mr..
thatcher has no harsh notes, and in
every respect pleased his auditors"
OF Mr.. Seeboeck the Musical American
said:
..Mr. VIM c. e. Seeboeck, the Chicago
pianist. who is residing in Frankfurt
Germany. and about whose splendid work
abroad mention has occasionally been
made in these columns, recently assisted
Lillian Blauvet at her concert in the
Saalbau, Frankfurt. Mr.. Seeboeck played
some Chopin numbers and LISTS ar
rangement of the 'Liebestod" from Iris
tan and Isolde" all of which earned en-
thusiastic appreciation from the local
critics. They spoke especially well of
Mr.. Seeboeck's sympathetic tone
In the character of Brutus in Julius
Caesar" Richard Mansfield is attended
In all his scenes by as fair a nemesis as
one could ask. She Is little Miss IIar-
rison. who plays the boy, Lucius. She
says she never enjoyed an engagement
SO much as this one for the great actor
keeps her in gale of glee every evening
One of Mansfield's pleasantries is occa-
sionally to devote a ten minutes interval
between acts or scenes in sketching gro
tesque conceits for his little attendant
The other evening he handed her a sheet
of paper just before she, took his shield
and helmet to accompany him onto the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22

At the Bijou.

by the Sad Sea Waves" which will
be played this week by the Bijou Musical
Comedy Company at the Bijou theatre,
is said to be the most popular production
in which that company has appeared and
its success in Baltimore, Washington,
Richmond, Norfolk and Atlanta has been
a joy to the managers.
Tony Hart, Little Chip. Mary Marbel,
John Dunno, John Early, Otis Harlan,
and last, but not least, the pretty win
some Bijou girls serve to make this play
something which is really worth seeing.
not once only. but a number OF times
The plot is nothing but thin fibre to
hold together the music. specialties and
comedy, but 1t is sufficient to say there
is plot somewhere back of the mirth
and music.
Chip has a part which has been termed
a killer" or in English ii is part
which brings tears to the eyes, but tears
over laughter and not from sorrow. He
is not alone for his side partner. Tony
Hart is also In line with a bunch of
comedy such as he has not had here be-
fore, Mary Marble, always cute and
popular will introduce several new
songs and lead the Bijou girls to new
conquests.
The sale of seats has commenced and
ii seems to point to the largest house in
the history of the Bijou. There are stlil
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
Banda Rosa.

The Banda Rosa Cred Band) is the
outcome of artistic ambition of the citi-
zens of a small city San Severe in south
central Italy, who twenty years ago
founded what they called Society FOR
the Promotion of Music. The Banda
hossa while enjoying an excellent local
reputation, for many years did not
achieve widespread renown until the So
ciety called. in 1889, to the conductorship
the young Eugenio Sorrentino, who had
Just graduated with the highest honors
| from the Royal Conservatory of Naples.
| SCREENINGS genius made itself felt at
| once and the name of Banda Rosa and
Sorrentino began to be heard far beyond
the border line of the province Puglia,
wherein the modest little San Severe was
situated. Indeed their reputation spread
rapidly throughout the Italian Peninsula,
until the fame of the Red Band and it's
| young conductor was finally crowned at
| the Columbus exposition at Genoa, in 1892,
where they won the first prize for gem
eral excellence of technique and inter-
probation, and in competition in which
sixty-five organizations participated.
Eugenio Sorrentino is only 81 years
of age, but he has already attained a
worldwide reputation as great band
leader and composer He was born in the
town of Calabria, Italy. While very
young he showed such a taste for music
he was placed in the Naples conserva-
tory, from which he came a prize grad
uate. Since the days of his student life
there, many of the waltzes and marches.
which he then composed, have been
ranked as classics in Italy. Sorrentino is
a positive genius. No one can hear him
lead his band without being convinced
of his force his superlative capacity for
leadership and his splendid musicianship.
| He stands at the head of his men with
quiet commanding dignity. He is modest
and perfectly free from all sembance of
| affectation or pretense.
The men of the band are mostly Con-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
Poverty.


Once the fates undertook to abolish
poverty.
They began with the villages where no
man was poor if he had the price of an
apple-jack
But no sooner was poverty abolished
in the villages than everybody there be-
came socially ambitious and moved to
New York, where a man was poor unless
he had million.
iIereupop the Fates got cold feet
t,We're up against it, said they and
Quit the game.
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Arizona.

The record of theatrical success during
the past two seasons i'm New York has
been made by Arizona the new play
by Augustus Thomas author of Ala
bama," IN Mizzoura," "Oliver Gold
smith" and Colorado" 1t will be given
here with the investiture which made
the production in New York notable in
the opinion of eminent critics. The
scenery painted by Walter Burridge and
Charles II. Ritter is taken from the
sketches of Frederic Remington, the
artist.
Arizona as the name implies, has for
its locale the picturesque territory which
bids fair to seen become the youngest in
the sisterhood of states. The characters
of the play are ranch folk, Mexicans,
cowboys and the officers and soldiers of
the 18th L. S. cavalry, stationed al Fort
Grant in the Aravaipa valley. Arizona"
is distinctly American The New York
Sun has declared it a textbook of pa
triotism, but though it's scenes are laid
in the west. the characters are by no
means wild and woolly,' nor do Mr..
Thomas methods partake of those usually
favored playwrights who cross the Mis-
sissippi for their material
Arizona" will be at the Jefferson
thetre next Tuesday, matinee and night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
No Wonder.

From Tid-Bits.
She-He didn't succeed in convincing
her. after all his argument.
He-No: he merely made her mad.
But his explanation was clear
Yes and that's where he made his
rlistake. lie told her it was as plain as
the nose on he face"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22

servatory graduates. Without an eXcep-
ton they are educated ana cultured men
Their training for years has been con
slant and severe. They handle with per-
feet ease compositions which few men
in the world could master after years of
toll and study. The Banda Rosa will be
at the jefferson theatre next Thursday,
matinee and night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
Youthful Wisdom.

from the Volks Kalender.
isohen-Mother. when I get married
snlll have a husband like father?
Mamma-Certainly, my dear.
Eischen-And If | stay single shall | bt
an old maid like Aunt Anna?
Mammal think you will.
Eisehen with deep sigh)-well. an
in a fix.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
ATTHE JEFFERSON.

Monday matinee and neht-"Hav-
erlys Minstrels.'
Tuesday matinee and night-"Ari-
zona.v
Thursday matinee and nieht-"The
Banda Rossa."
Friday matinee and nleht-"Blaek
PATHS Troubadours.'
AT THE BlJOU.
All week, with matinees Tuesday,
Thursday and STANDARDIZATION Must
cal Comedy Company in "5y the Sad
Sea Waves"
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1000 copies so cent Sheet
Music at 5 cents per copy
Monday only. T. Williams,
2OO7 Second avenua
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Underwood typewriter.

The people are for Ward.
The machine is for Drennen.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-06

alimony is always given in cases where
the wife has the largest brood Of chill
dren to care for.
When you find man is not as mean
as you had always heard said. what is
the fooling you have? Now confess: is
it disa ppointmeat 22~
Faber The art Of saying appropriate
words in kindly way is one that never
goes out of fashion, and is within the
reach of the humblest.
We have an idea that if you could
see the insides OF some heads. you would
find them storediiWith as useless articles
as there are in the top bureau drawer
If young married woman continues
slender enough to wear her wedding
dress, and doesn't go off in her looks,
she has procession coming to her in
which she is matron of honor.
A time comes to every man when he
faces the prospect OF having all his
teeth pulled at one time in order that
he may wear a set that looks SO perfect
that everybody will know they are false.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-06
RED BADGE or COURAGE.

Never has the badge of the fraternal
order been a more valued or more vaiu-
able ornament than during the past few
days when victims of the North Topeka
flood were seeking food and refuge The
insignia of the fraternal society has
been the talisman that has opened hun
dreds of doors and caused many loaves
to be broken. In the time when compass
sion has been stirred in even the most
uneoncerned and selfish breasts the fra
ternity has stood forth in bold relief.
While simple charity would have taken
care Of the distressed in Topeka, the ex-
istence of the fraternaf organizations,
with their obligations of brotherly love
and duty, has caused more liberal out
pouring of money and hospitality than
would otherwise have come.
Since Topeka's impassioned appeal for
aid the fraternal societies of the country
have been pouring in their wealth un-
stintingly- With their contributions
leading the list, their individual work
win double the value of their efforts.
The full meaning of the word, "fraterni-
ty.' has shown itself in this crisis and
the people who number themselves
among the fraternaI membership have
already proved that they appreciate the
significance Of the word Topeka may
well regard with pride its magnificent
fraterna1 fellowship.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-06
a rHoUsANp HERoEa-

The ToDeka flood has brought to the
surface thousand heroes. 1t is true
that it has also exposed a few people
who belong in an entirely different
class. but the less said about them the
better But for the hundreds of people
who toiled increasingly to save lives or
minister to the wants of the sufferers
too much can not be said.
Not all the heroes worked with boats
saving lives on the North side. There
were heroes and heroines wherever
there was work to be done. They were
on duty at the Salvation Army hall at
the Auditorium. at the German Cath
olic church. and at every other place
where the refugees were cared for. The
names of all these people will never be
known. and the noble work they have
done is the mute endorsement of theik
actions.
But on the North side among the
swirling waters is where the spectacu-
lar took place. Men in boats were cap
sized and narrowly escaped drowning
but went on with the work of rescuing
the flood bound people as if nothing had
happened. They worked all day and
far into the night in wet clothes with
not single thought of themselves or
their own welfare. At the north ap-
proach to the bridge a dozen young
men worked like beavers in water up to
their waists all day Saturday and Sat
urday night taking people across
the bridge to places of safety
If they were washed part of the way
down the channel they scrambled back
to their stations and went right on with
the work Among these were one or
two people who have been charged with
minor offenses and had even appeared
before the courts but the spirit of hu-
manity was the only one recognized
and they all worked side by side intent
on saving human life.
The people from St Joseph have done
a work, the magnitude of which is not
realized or appreciated, but as time goes
on the people will know more about it.
They have given of their stores and have
been the mainstay in the sustenance of
several thousand people who have taken
refuge on the north side of the flooded
district Added to this they have res
cUed hundreds who might have been lost
because their boats came at time when
the people who were clinging to trees
and housetops were nearly at the end Of
their strength.
Fremont Sardou's noble efforts have
been told from day to day and his mod
esty is characteristic of the men who
went out to safe human life. They risk
ed their own lives for others and not
because they hoped to receive reward
or honor for doing so.
The flood in Topeka has taught the
people a lesson which they can never
forget
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-06
WHAT DID NOT HAPPEN.

Dreadful as the food disaster,is and
deplorabie as the conditions of North
Topeka may be- nothing can compare
with the picturesque exaggera tions in
some Of the eastern newspapers which
ATTEMPTED to cover the news of the
food at Topeka
The Boston Post publishes a picture
OF the state capitol lin which," it says.
tmany OF the food victims found ref
uRe.
We would like to inform our Boston
readers that at no time was the water
nearer than mile from the state
house. and a rise of probably 100 feet
would have been necessary before the
foundation stones of the capitol could
be touched by the waters.
The same paper also publishes the
picture of the Shawnee county jail
which it declares was damaged in the
big flood. This statement viii bring a
smile from the commissioners of the
county.
The Post. on its first page. publishes
two views of Kansas avenue. between
Fifth and Ninth streets. on this side of
the river, and in big black type says.
Some sections of this thoroughfare
were covered with several feet OF
water" The picture Of the avenue.
however, represents a scene a mile from
the food.
The same picture shows horse cars
running on Kansas avenue Now,
while there are mule lines running in
New York city and other eastern places.
horse cars were entirely supplanted by
electric lines in Topeka some ten years
ago
The same paper gave the number of
drowned in Topeka at 200. with an addi-
uonal list of 200 missing.
These are only a few items OF the ex-
aggerated stories printed in the eastern
papers. all of which goes to show how
much worse things might have been
than they are. For all of these things
which did not happen we are thankful
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-06
QUAKER REFLECr1oNs.

tFrom the Philadelphia Record
Sh-h-h-ht The press is rnuzz1ed
The pious girl is not always church
belle.
Even the undertaken likes to settle in
live town.
The spoony girl believes that a kiss is
as good as a smile.
People who give advice must expect
to take a lot of blame
There is generally lot of rye mixed
with crop of wild oats.
Even the girl with clocks in her stock
ings may miss a train
Procrastination is a mighty big word
to accomplish so little.
Some fellows conf1ne their field of
usefulness to the golf links.
You can hatter the average woman
by calling her a desperate firt.
The amateur photographer takes
great many liberties with nature
An uncertain future is sometimes
better to bank on than a brilliant past
The difference between charity and
reform is that charity sometimes begins
at home.
Rollingstone Nomoss-"Life amt all
bob-''W Wen, I could cut out de skittles
all right"
Tommy Pop, is patience a virtue?"
Tommy's Pop-''Yes, my SON" Tommy
- And is virtue its own reward p
Tommy's Pop-'.So we are told"
Tommy-'And do all things come to
those who waltz" Tommy's Pop-'AIy
son, never attempt to monkey with the
prOverbial buzz-saw."
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-06
DIR. M,vrcAR,s DEArH.

With the death of DR.. Peter McVicar,
who for more than a quarter of a CEN
tury was president of Washburn college
and before that was the first superin-
tendent Of public instruction in Kansas,
the entire state has lost a man whose
work, first for the founding and later
for the development and advancement
OF the educational system. was invalu-
able.
DR.. NIcvicar has been called the
father of Washburn college," It was he
who guided the institution through its
infancy and later through the years
which tested the strength of the Con-
gregational college
Washburn college has made great ad-
vances in the last few years since DR..
AIcVicar was forced to resign the presi-
dency on account of falling health. But
it was DR.. McVicar who nurtured the
college. who made it solid financially
with the endowments secured for it and
who made it possible for the institution
to be ready and able to enlarge and in
crease. This should not be forgotten.
DR.. Mcvicar inspired the men Of tai
ents who came to the rescue and help
of the college in the days Of struggle
and when the institution was ready to
advance.
In the public school system Of the
state viii be found many excellent fea-
lures, the result of the efforts of Dr. Nc
Vicar in establishing the system In
Washburn college and in the thoroughly
good educatio system of Kansas DR..
Nicvicar has left behind monument to
his memory which will last longer than
shafts Of marble.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-06
a AHRLPFUL, cHEERFuL PEOPLE

A HELPFUL, CHEERFUL PEOPLE
The Kansas food sufferers are the
most cheerful people Imaginable. No
one can move among them without
noting this remarkable fact In their
dire distress they are helping them
selves heroicalIy and assisting their more
unfortunate neighbors.
The people Of Topeka and Kansas from
the start have had abundant means,
funds and facilities to help their fellow
citizens i'll distress.
During the foods extremity things
seemed worse than they are. North To-
peak and the state in general will re-
cover rapidly from the disaster.
Topeka and the state should reserve
as a sacred fund the outside receipts for
helping those outside of Topeka and
Kansas in return for the generous sup
plies of money sent from all directions.
The wheat and other crops and prod
ucts from the fields and prairies are sure
to again astonish the country this year
and the harvest and markets to come
later
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-06
THE MELAN ARCH BRIDGE.

Every one in Topeka is proud of the
Melan Arch bridge. 1t has stood the
flood like a rock of Gibraltar. The street
railway bridge above it was wrecked
and piled up against it. but the Melan
bridge was not budged Aside from
little washing at the south approach
and the damage to the extreme north
end Of the bridge by the cutting away
of the north approach, the bridge stands
solid today, monument to the COM
pany which built it and especially to
the superintendent of construction. The
latter was Mr.. H. v HinckIey, who at
present. is not a resident of Topeka
In 1897, when the bridge was building
Mr.. Hinckley when experimenting the
work said, 4 propose to see that this
bridge is built according to the specih-
cations and it has been; nothing short
of an earthquake can move it"
The designers and builders of the
bridge were Keepers & Thatcher. of De-
troit, Michigan.
The patent was dated September %,
1898 The construction is of five spans
with steel frame work entirely sur
rounded by Portland cement, giving the
appearance of a massive stone bridge
William Tweeddale, now dead, was
resident engineer and worked inces-
sanity for the adoption of this style of
bridge and for its completion.
The county commissioners at the time
were d. A. VILLAINS. Scott Kelsey and
T. p. Rogers.
The nearest thing to an earthquake
has been the flood of the past week. The
bridge remains like a series Of solid
stone arches.
1t win probably be necessary to put in
another span instead Of a long ap-
proaeh at the north. This was advoca-
ted by the State Journal and many in
dividuals six years ago when the bridge
vas built.