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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-14

when she's fixed up to go out she lools
real nice.
'.Well. 7 was telling you about the OLD
lady. There she was sitting up with her
society cylinder on giving us a rave of how
her mother was SO refined that she went
violently insane when her eldest daughter
married Il wealthy veterinary surgeon. be-
cause she put the social standing Of the
whole family on the Fritz by such a rnesal-
lance. when / blocked her next lead by
asking her if the Old gentleman they call
Uncle Jack would be likely to propose to
Amy If his wife died.
Certainly not said Mamma De Brans1
combe. Why. Amy is nothing but a child
in Uncle Jacks eyes. His affection for her
is merely plutonic'
Amy didn't notice the break: but then,
poor girl. you know she amt got any edu-
cation But If 'plutonic' wasn't enough to
stagger YOU sideways her next crack stopped
the sham battle.
IL was nearly busting to laff, but only
said. Well IL would be nice If Amy was
married to a wel-to-do man. wouldn't it,,
And the old dame began to eat the En-
glish language again.
=" oh. dear me, Lulu says she. surely
you know Amy's engaged to Mr.. ZinsheI-
mer? Why, she's been his fiasco for over :
year. Of.
DO you wonder that 1 went OF vita
Charley and fell off the water wagon?"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-14
Further Adventures of the Merry
Maid and Her Friends, as Rclat-
ed by Herself.

Copyright. 1903. by Roy l.. MccardcII.
You'd a died a-lauEhing. if you'd a bin
round to Amy de Branscombes fla; this
afternoon and heard her mother said the
chorus girl.
You know what a day it was-rain. rain
rain. And it's so dark in their fiat that we
had to light the gas. I'm stopping there for
a while until l get settled. l let my things
go 10 storage, and just brought my clothes
and my canary down to the De Brans-
co:nbes oh. that canary-we call it Bird
heimer-is the love,iest singer you ever
heard
"Dopey Mcknight offered me 500 for i.
of course. he hadn't the money. but then
1t shows you how Il musician appreciates
that bird
Them trills of h!s'n' said Dopey to
me. lis the most remarkable | ever heard.
"Dopey's wife ran away with a waiter
in the Squared Circle Family Resort, where
Dorey played tho piano. and. say. you
ought to hear him rag. Dopey's wife used
to whistle Listen to the Mocking Bird"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-14

| stars who had nothing new to Offer 1t
| VIII be seen from the above that the rela-
| tive number of successes and failures were
| about as usual
Inc season was 4 prosperous one how
/ ever, the wonderful vogue CT the theater
was maintained and receipts unquestion-
ably were larger than ever before in the
history of the stage.
Edna May. according To all reports, has
built up a new fame in London. THE
School Girl" the new comic opera in which
| she is appearing at the Prince of Wales
| Theater. has already scored so heavily in
public favor that its intended transportation
/ 10 New York next fall is said to be post
! poned a year.
Henry Hamilton and Paul Potter are re-
| sponsible for the book of the piece. and
! Leslie Stuart has supplied the music. Edna
/ May has the part of Il young convent girl.
| who sets out 10 find the lover of her
! school girl chum in ord=r to convey TO him
a letter this chum has written. The love
affair between these two furnishes the SEN
timental element in the piece.
The lover is a young artist, Edgar Yer
ney by name. and the admiring young
maiden is named Cicely. He has Just made
his first success. having sold picture for
5000 francs. She loves him with all the
devotion of Il convent girls heart, but her
- '7.A' - q
old masculine by the name of Sir Ormsby
St. LeSer
10 get letter to the lover is Lillian
Lelshs Miss Nays task. and she finds the
youth in the bucket-shog Of one Peter
overend. who is busily engaged in disposins
OF bogus mining stock. ticelys papa ana
Sir Ormsby being among his victims.
overend takes Lillian for new type
writer he is expecting. and she thus learns
of the swindlinS he is doing with the stocks.
1t is through her of course, that the lovers
are finally brought into each Others arms
papas consent is obtained and Sir Ormsby's
wealth is save. The music of the piece is
pronounced of more thar usually attractive
character Il song, Call Around Again in
having caught public fancy at once
-
Ameila bingham IS an actress oil eNpe,t-
ehce' she is also an actress VINO IS faPiuiy
acquiring that precious jewel (where people
OF the stage are cencerned,. called tact.
Therefore. Miss Bngham's advice to aspir-
ing actors IS of interest. She spoke TO L
NUMBER of Studehts III cincinnati recently.
one of them asked her II 1t was not some
times bad fault to have too strong a
her. and her answer for that reason was
not as quickly given as were~ali others.
Il can't understand how any enc could
nave too much voice. provided 1t Is used
properly. Oh course. you w!it sometimes
find an actor with great big voice who is
not as easily understood as one with voice
| d great deal less powerful and robust. But
| this Is not the fault of the voice. but of the
owner Of it.
Everything Hes in proper enunc!atlon.
Enunciatc distinctly and the smallest voice
! can be plainly heard That is the whole
secret Or nelhg heafu. ana II Is sometimes
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-14


that he did not care if they We're coal heav-
ers If the house had only been filled. How
ever. he would have his joke at any ex-
rensc. and during the next scene, in which
Doctor Belgraff is alone in his office, the
veteran Joseph Allen entered and reading
his Introductory line looked at Lackaye and
inquired:
Are we alone?"
Lackaye with one quick glance at the en-
tire audience. nodded his head, and replied:
Yes comparatively alone"
There IS a manager for a music publish-
ing house in New York who does nor he
lieve in letting the good things sin through
his fingers. and who has thorough, conf
dence besides in his abilitv ia toll rho Good
things before fhev start n sIin
Th,. nj HOY 6a,. :. Nau, yorl, ,,,,,,o,,, 80
some fame rushed into the office NJ tho man
.rer az have ,,oIo a ,,,r,;c,, ,rro,,.,,ont
of Fdp,r Allan pos .annaha,in : ee. hs
declared enthusia stica,ly "NnI vo,, ioo,, If
over?''
It's immense," said tho manager after
running it over on the piano twice. its
immense, Tell Poe IA come in to-morrov-
and I'll give Won bctb contracts"
~" - 'o"
One of tho J,n,os Ia1.-.r stories two. mn
meals to In. no,nadi,' r,l,,.rs nnncor,'s ,r
youn, man who ioired ~, oo,,nan,. .,
well snIa,- ~ .is,.s ~. ' 1. VIZ :"
enough to Keep his stomach reasonbly full.
He was with the james T. Powers COM
pany his first season out, and when the
ofsalizat'on moved from place to place he
was gwen the usual slip for his trunk read
me james L. Powers company. hotel.
Just as the rehearsal was breaking up
one afternoon viii Mccormick. stage man
aser, was approached by this young man.
MI. Mccormick" he said. these slips YOU
gave us are to be pasted on our trunks.
are thcy not?
Ger taini%, replied the stage manager.
We'll. said the young man. 1.-The slips
say hotel. ard l don't think I'm getting
enough salary TO stop at hotels. Would you
illiiu siVHS me slip that says .boardjnr
iiouse Tor my trunk? tsS
,.,.
Nue ftcn Is apparently in good spirits
,N,n ago lie sent a postal card to Mana
scr biiiihshani III New York bearing n pbo
,nsraPh OF himself and his favorite spanieI
l ne scrioblinS On the card reads as fo,Ion.,
Dear c. +. d. finished tho n,s,,, :, =
DAY! Picture of the guilty autbor .rI ~,
dog it's being tried on Notice SATISFIED az
preston of the dog-the small one. Yoprs
truly, Clyde Fitch
The play referred to is "I1er ou.,, w. -,
4 comedy which Mr.. Fitch no. ,.,;.. "s'
Miss Maxine Elliott. who viii So, ~.
next season. III u
John =, su,,;,,
new :, p,irc;,a, a. '"g ,i-lt' heiVy man
rany in Wnshi, ,, :, "'Ii-Ni2wa stock conf
over tho ,,ncnr,,,i,'. u. - was rluslng
week. and n,aro, NY, VI stage Affairs last
Strange ANT +, :, ho . TO friend.
, idens are go, II; ne sad. what wrong
srr !, -. ei i.ieu III 'ne brain of the per-
is dainr hi. res. i,pint; the poor actor that
awav - rbo -" 49, 20 Please him few yards
i"e RATE OF the heavy man Is indeed
5naynrs - ',es III personal life that he en-
1 beavers to portray in his part
!, .Mas iiuiIls nome on a car last night :"
,rI .oi...ri'eu, tired out. after the show.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-14

Lewrencc Hanlcy as fiam''t-a character III.
actor lilies to play-wiil I've the ucSt pi.l IN ,ic
.!teTnat. :;hakespeatcan and 'ght dGur,atIc r,.c-
elites wi,ish Manager IL. Edward Rice IL liYvr
ing at Kocrrers.
Hanley is doing some capital nc,ing this rum
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-24
sEIE MOTORS POPULAR.

A New York paper is impressed by
the comparatively small number Of
horse drawn vehicles TO be seen in the
public parks OF the metropolis and the
immense popularity of the self motors.
1t notes that where thousands of BIZ
cycles We're seen passing to and fro
thru the pleasure parks there is now
no great number to be seen. The autos
are steadily increasing IN numbers,
however. until their popularity almost
equals the bicycle craze of few years
ago.
The automobile has come to stay.
Its popularity is not confined to the
east, but its manifest advantages as a
pleasure and business vehicle are SELL
ing the horseless vehicles everywhere
The number of importations of the
motors is increasing and American
manufacturers are swamped with or
ders for the devil wagons. Their price,
which is very much higher than 1t
should be, is prohibtive to the ordinary
purchaser The capabiity of the auto
to do the work and do 1t quietly, noise
lessly and speedily is no longer a ques-
ton. That has been settled in favor
of the machine.
An expert for one of the most prom
inent manufacturers of automobiles
told the T.-R. recently that when the
demand has created the proper amount
of competition a serviceahle self motor
will certainly be built and sold at from
$3.50 to $500. When this has been
brought about the auto for driving
purposes will be within reach of the or
binary citizen and have become an or
binary vehicle in common use. 1t is
to the horse rig what electricity is to
steam-cheaper, cleaner and imneas-
urably more convenient for ordinary
purposes where heavy work Is not re-
quired. Perhaps when the auto comes
TO be common along country roads 1t
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-24
THE FOLLY OF CRIME

Shenandoah Sentlnei.J
Nothing is so plain, so easily demon
stratec-indeed is demonstrated every
day--as that crime doesn't pay. me
lobber. the bootiegger, the swindier,
may keep his ll-gotten money Tor "a
brief time, but it is as certain as tate
that crime works loss, ruin. degrade :
ton and misery. Everybody knows
this and yet men are continually rush
ing into crime with all the fooihardl-
ness of him who bumps his head
against a stone wall. They think they
can deceive the public. outwit the law
make big money and so unwhipped OF
justice, all because they are smart.
Your criminal is the most conceited ass
on earth. He thinks he is cute enough
and big enough to down the whole
state. An Illustrative case in point is
that OF the Cooksies at the fair. They
came, father and son, farmer-iike look
ing men. with wagon load of whisky
and beer, and asked the concessionaiS
for a stand to sell sandwiches ana
coffee. lemonade and ginger ale. Ihey
We're assigned a place at the iarthes
end of midway" near the merry go
round, a very public place, always
crowded with people. This was Tues
day, the fair had not opened, and they
had sold probably their first bottle OF
illicit stuff when the detectives were
on them, captured their liquids and
landed them in Jail. They were tried
before Justice LeBarron, fined, the
father $50 and the son 500, and in de-
fault of payment Constable Simmons
took them both TO the county jail at
Clarinda Saturday. there to lay till the
fines are cancelled, and then the federal
authorities will take them thru another
and severer course. Did it pay these
men TO DEFY the laws OF the state and
the rules of the Fair Association? From
one point of view the crack braine ]
idiots ought to go TO the insane asylum,
and yet they exhibited just about as
much sense as every man who ventures
into crime. We ask, does ii pay? Look
around and see If you can find man
who has prospered in iniquty; find ona,
if you can. who has not accumulated a
fund of bitterness and woe. Ill health
and degradation. OF course this is put
ting it on low plane. There are
higher motives for stunning crime and
living a elena life, but this would be
a good subject for a Sunday evening
park sermon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-24
PRIZE FIGHTING.
&l,a,..;car

A good many people are raising an
awful row because the American peo-
ple have paid something like $4,000
TO one man for hitting another whack
in the solar plexus, and $1,000 to an
other man for allowing the first man
to do it, These good people are point
ing out what an immense amount or
good could be accomplished by the
proper expenditure of this money IL
some good cause. The only troubls
with this argument is the fact That
the fellows who spent this money Tor
the brutal cause mentioned would
have spent it in some good purpose
II they had not spent IT for the prize
fight and the good fellows VINO nave
money seem reluctant to part with II
for good purposes. on the whole the
fellow with money who spends it and
somewhat the best of the argument
over the fellow who boards it and
leaves il for his heirs to wrangle over.
The first man gets 1t into circulation,
and allows many poor man TO make
a living from the expenditure OF the
coin. If every body was as close as
many of the immensely rich, but
virtuous like Russell Sage, the greater
part of the population Of the United
States today would be inmates of the
poor house, because there would be
mighty limited means of making 4
living for the average man. Get all
you can and keep all you get makes q
dead town and would send this coun-
try back a hundred years in progress
and prosperity. The love of sports
and the desire to witness exhibitions
such as prize fighting may be sur
vival OF the base instincts in man,
but there is not half as much brutality
in the average prize fight as there >
in many other advertisements which
apparently receive the approval of
the censors of the public morals. It
would be great deal better for the
country and safer for the public If
every man was able to defend himself
according to the most approved meth
DDS of the prize ring and did so when
necessity demanded than the skulking
habit of carrying weapons to take an
unfair and deadly advantage of an
antagonist, should be so prevalent
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-24
low A N E w s :
} PAPERS = = q
~~o~@~~~~
FIRED THE BEACON.

when | want thing | pray for it,
sassy Rockefeller. Such canting hypo-
critics as this monopolist are Il huge
stumbling block in the way of Chris
tianity He ground men, women and
children under his relentless heel in or
der to secure absolute control of the pc
troleum trade. The products of this
rich gift of nature now enter into all
lines of activity, and in many sections
ii is important in domestic uses. In
Nestiga ton proves more and more con-
cusively that oil is nearly everywhere
and that with the most lavish use of
modern times the supply is practically
neNhaustible. Improved methods born
of experience in finding and saving and
handing the product steadily cheaper
the cost TO the producer. but the Stand
ard Oil Company, which is the pious
Rockefeller has raised the price more
than twenty-five per cent. in recent
years and there is no escape from his
eXtortion Meanwhile Roclefeller's
income is so large that he is able TO buy
everything in sight in the way Of
money making property and to IN
crease his range of power. Maybe he
can make himself solid in the courts of
heaven by bestowing an insignificant
fraction of his illgotten gains upon
colleges and churches and benevoiences
but in the language of Hosea Bige'ow:
Hes gut TO git UP airly II he wants
TO take IN Cod
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-24
VIA DOLOROSA.
r. oleS TirneS1

Did It ever occur to you how little
attention is paid to the woman traveller
in the stopping places on the road when
she should at least get value received
for the money she pays, which is al
ways as much as man pays, and for
which she receivs much less in the way
of accommodation? She gives fifty
cents for meal ditto for bed y
clothing is provided for a man and his
loafing place, the hotel office is usually
the best heated, lighted and appointed
rdom in the house. a woman is usher
to 'parlor" so called which is almost
always lacking in the creature com
forts suitable to the season. If in
winter it will be cold; If in summer, hot.
Possibly a dingy array of furniture OF
the '.parior suit" variety, stuffed and
stuffy, is the setting out of this place
of detention, to which sometimes the
name OF that other place of detention
might be given, viz: pursatory. No
place to go and freshen up her toilet
without taking room and paying for
It, No man is asked to do such thing.
A man wouldn't stand for it, and a man
is soonest served at a table, tips or no
tips.
The writer had an experience recent
ly, the memory of which will stay by
her for many moons. She was maroon
ed for five mortal hours one evening at
a Grand" hotel, arriving weary and
worn, having gotten up early in the
morning to start on her journey and
having been all day on the road. She
went in and made her way to the par
lor," 12Xl2 and the clerk didn't even
bring in her grip until he tripped over
il. The parlor was fitted up with one
of the aforesaid indescribable parlor
suits. The carpet was Il litter of match
ends, tooth picks and dirt, and one win
dow looked out into the back yard,
while an aroma of stale tobacco IN Its
most concentrated form perNaded the
air. In this chamber of horrors we
were to be incarcerated for five weary
hours, except for brief respite after
supper, when we went out and took III
Main street and the contiguous railroad
tracks and platform. After this we
again hibernated until long after the
frightening shadows had brought the
darkness of night. when we again
emerged in search of the clerk, not
caring to sit longer In darkest Iowa.
After some search we found the clerk
and asked for a light and he dug up n
dirty lamp. fished some matches out OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-24
The Secret of Success.

Get something the people need. Then
let the people know you've got it, That
is the plain talk prescription for busi-
ness success given by Mr.. II. l.. Kramer
the famous creator and advertiser OF
.Cascarets. Candy Cathartic, which in
a few years have developed sale OF
a million boxes q month. Every read
err of this newspaper knows that the
manufacturers of Cascarets have per-
sistently used newspaper advertising
to 'let the people know" and the re-
suits have shown that Maj. Kramer
got something the people needed" 1t
is a great object lesson in the school
of business.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-24
Suicide Prevented.

The startling announcement that a
preventive of suicide had been discov-
cred will interest many, run down
system or dependency Invariably pre-
cede suicide. and something has been
found that Will prevent that condition
which makes suicide likely. At the first
thought OF self destruction take Elec-
trio Bitters. 1t being great tonic and
nervine, will strengthen the nerves and
build up the system. It's also a great
stomach. liver and kidney regulator.
Only so cents. Satisfaction guaranteed
by George p Powers, druggist.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-24
THRU COACHES TO DIES MONIES.
Arrangements Made for State Fair
Week.

The Iowa Central has arranged to
run a thru first class high back coach
10 Des Moines during the state fair for
accommodation of its patrons. The
coach viii be handle on train No. daily,
Aug. "a TO 30, inclusive, leaving Mason
CITY at 24O p M, Hampton at 3: 80 p.
m. Ackley 1927 p. m, Eldora, sol p. m.
Crinnell 40 p. m, stopping at all in
termediate stations, arriving at Des
Moines at S.55 p. m. Returning, viii
leave Rock Island depot, Des Moines al
1910, noon, on c., r. & p train No.
2, connecting with Iowa Central No. 3.
This arrangement will avoid delay,
and any extra expense of transferring
in Des Moines, as the Rock Island road
runs frequent trains out to the state
fair grounds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-24
Cysentery Cured Without the Aid of
a Doctor.

II am Just up from a hard spell of
the fux" (dysentery) says Mr. T. A.
Pinner. well-known merchant OF
Drummond. Tenn. Il used one small!
bottle of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhcea Remedy and was cured
without having a doctor. | consider 1t
the best cholera medicine IN the world"
There is no need of employing a doctor
when this remedy is used, for no doc
tor can prescribe better medicine for
bowel complaint in any form either for
children or adults. 1t never fails and
Is pleasant to take. For sale by all
dr,,poictS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-24
Eurning auu luudap August a. 1903

his pocket and offered them TO us. We
said; You will please light that lamp
and take it in and he evidently saw
war in our glance and complied, tho
with very poor grace muttering some
thing about the trouble that women
made. under his breath that was smotl-
cred in onions. Everything of course
las an end and the headlight on No .
on the c. X n. w. was a welcome sight.
but if this particular woman ever stops
again at that particular hotel. it viii be
because she is on her way to jag
-cure or the crazy house.