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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-27
Plymouth. Ind, August II. 1908.
!. ALOCAL NEWS q


Half rates to Logansport this week
Nettie Haenas, has gone to Bourbon
for visit of a week.
Fred Morches is home visiting bis
parents this a week.
Mrs. NJ. A. Harris has gone to
South Bend to visit her sister
Lew Mattingly. of Mishawaka, is
visiting his parents for a few days.
Bert Carlisle, of Walnut, visited
over Sunday at j. McNeeley's east OF
town.
Miss Anna Shoemaker has returned
from visit of several days at Mon
terey.
George Paul has purchased the Win
ings store and an invoice is being
taken.
Mrs. Charles Humphrey and chill
dren have gone to Pierceton for Wis
it of ten days.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM Walter, of Bre-
men, visited the family of John Boss
in this city Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Bowen has gone to South
Bend for visit of week with her
brother, John Brakel.
Small pox is more serious than last
year. There are fewer cases but the
percent of deaths is greater.
Miss Jennie Hawley has gone to
Fort Wayne and Detroit to spend two
weeks looking up the styles in mil
linery.
Mrs. Lizzie Townsend, of South
Bend, has been visiting relatives IN
this city several days returned home
Monday.
Simeon Wilson, who has beel in
Georgia and Alabama for the past
eight years, returned to Plymouth
Monday.
The heading of telegram in an
exchange says: Germany fears the
worst" 1t surely cannot be the wien.
erwurst.
B. f. Head. who has been seriously
i'll at his home in the east part of this
city several weeks, does not seem to
improve.
Mrs. T. G. Underhill and children
have returned to their home in Elk
hart after visiting the family OF
George VinalI.
Arthur Porter of South Milford,
spent Monday with the family of Mr..
Rockhill, going from here to Culver
to visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Fribley. of Bourbon,
were guests of the Thayer families in
this city over Sunday. They went
from here To Iowa.
Dow Matterson has returned to his
home at Akron, Ind, after visiting
a few days with the family of Mr.. Gar
wood. the druggist.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cephas Firestone,
and son. George, visited over Sunday
with Mrs. Firestone's sister near Bass
Lake, Starke county.
Louis Fenton and family have
moved from Plymouth to South Bend
Plymouth loses an excellent family,
but South Bend gains one.
Mrs. Ida Jost and her little daugh-
ter, Caroline, who have been spending
the summer here left for their home
at Seattle Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ort Hendee, of High
land Park. who have been visiting at
Mrs. Steyick S went to Warsaw Monday
to visit before returning home.
Mrs. Libble Beebe, of Leslie, Ohio,
who has been visiting Mrs. Elizabeth
Stansbury. went to South Bend Mon
day afternoon for visit Of a few days.
Mrs s. H. Sutton. of Merom, In
diana, is here to attend the Hess re-
union. visit the family Of L. j. Hess
and other relatives in this county.
James Alden, of Narshfield. Wis,
was Plymouth visitor Saturday. He
is printer and may purchase news
paper somewhere in this section Of the
state.
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attended the Staley reunion and will
visit in this vicinity this week.
Miss Sarah Brown, daughter of
John Brown of Harper's Ferry fame,
was among the visitors at the grand
army national encampment. San Fran
cisco. She is a member of the Wom-
ms Relief corps of Las Gotas, Cal.
The Scientific American says: "The
heaviest train load ever hauled by one
locomotive was recently reported. A
train of "a loaded cars, weighing in
the aggregate 4,787.5 tons, was haul
ed distance of SO miles, at the rate
Of IL miles an hour"
With the Indianapolis horse show
next month, to be followed by agreater
exhibition Of horses at the State fair
than has ever been seen in the history
of che fair, it does not look as if the
automobile is to take the lead of live
stock In this region yet awhile.
Mrs. Franklin Overmeyer, of Enrr
Oak, is dead. She and her husband
went to California on the G.. A. r.
excursion and q telegram from Los
Angeles received at Burr Oak Satur.
day evening announced her death.
She was one Of the most widely known
ladies OF Burr Oak and leaves nine
children, several grand children and
many other relatives to morn bel
J death.
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"THE BosToNIANs," RETURN.
They Will Present "Robin Hood" and
"Maid Marian" at the METROPOLITAN.

"Maid Marian" at the Metropolitan.
Robin Hood" comes to the Metro
politan Thursday night, as evergreen
as of yore. All its points have been
FURNISHED and it presents a fresh and
gallant front. The management calls
it THE New Robin Hood" as it is in
brand new dress and bristling with
the vigor of a healthy youngster. -.
After a surfeit of musical comedies.
extravaganzas and singing farces,
genuine light opera, truly musical and
wholesome, should prove an appetfz-
ing antidote. De Koven's tunefuI mel
odies will refresh and delight the ear.
the atmosphere is of honest humor
and one gladly realizes that there is
still chance for the art and charm
of truly begotten light opera.
There is a foolish fashion affected
by the cognos cent? to croak that things
we priced a few years ago are not as
good as they used to be- Your hypo-
critical friend May whisper in your ear
today that 1.-THE Bostonians have fallen
off" Don't you believe him. The pres
ent company, everybody who has wit
messed it admits, is every whit as
strong as any in the history of Barna--
bee and MacDonald's splendid organi-
zation. You will probably find old man
Barnabee capering at the METROPOLITAN
Saturday at the matinee, in as merry
mood as ever. You will certainly
find Macdonald in the finest fettle.
In ten years he has not been in better
voice. and assuredly he is just as hand
some a young blade as a decade ago:
his little john" indeed, seems to
be absolutely impervious to any raw
ages Of years.
And George Frothingham's Friar
Tuck! He will stir the rat and the
warrant in the soup with the same
relish as In the first season of his ire
sistible FRANKS. -ass
1t is said that Grace Van Studdiford
is able to live up to the high tradi-
tons of the Bostonians' famous So
pranos. The successor of Jessie Bart
lett Davis, and of course, residuary
legatees to ooh, Promise Me-" is Olive
Celeste Moore, who is said to possess
tones that have rarely liquid quality.
William c. Weeden isAreported as fine
a tenor as the Bostonians have had in
many a season. Er
The BoStonians have scored a big hit
In De Koven and Smiths Maid Ma
rian,' which is pronounced the legiti-
mate successor to Robin Hood"
Maid Marian" will be sung at the Met
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"A LITTLE oUTcAsT."
Scenic MeIodrama Will be the Attrac-
ton at the Grand This Week.


ton at the Grand This Week.
"a Little Outcast," with it's elabo-
rate scenic equipment, will be housed
at the Grand ouera house next week.
The story is built upon the vicissitudes
of young clerk.
The play opens in the office of Mr..
Harcourt, wealthy broker, who is
about to take his young clerk, Paul
Weston, into the firm as junior partner.
Weston also has the brokers' sanction
to marriage with his pretty daugh-
ter, Madeline, whom Weston has al
ready married in secret. But Har-
courts graceless nephew, DeVoe, a re-
Jected sutton of Madeline's, has discov-
cred that years before Weston had
served term in states prison for an
others crime. DeVoe is present when
Dick Higgins recognizes Weston as his
former cellmate and secures hush
money from him with Higgins aid.
DeVoe robs his uncle's safe, throws
the blame on Weston and denounces
him as a thief and eX-convict. Weston
is utterly cast off by his former friends
and, becoming hopeless, falls to the
level OF the worst drunkards and GRIM
lnals in the worst part of the city, until,
on the point of committing crime,
he is saved by little Bob a news
boy, who has been his faithful friend.
Weston wins his way out of his diff
ficulties, and the curtain falls on a
happy home scene with Weston's name
clear, his enemies overthrown and
Madeline his own again
The stage settings are striking and
novel, Views are given of fashion
able home with it's white and gold
drawing-room, tapestried windows and
pink marble baths-a bizarre Chinese
restaurant with it's rich Oriental hang
ings; Five Points, Cooper Union and
a panoramic view Of the Battery by
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a striking effect and change failure
into success. These two conditions -
seems, were never more clearly estah-
hshed than by a little incident in the
early stage life of 1.-THE Auctioneer y,
which David Warfield will present At
the metropolitan next week.
DaVld Beiasco, Mr.. Warf1eld's mana
scr, Ienearsed the company. A great
zeal OF attention was paid to that acf
in which the Hebrew impersonated Nv
warned participates in a festival at
ms nome after the change in fortunes
Belaseo prephesied that the scene
would go great But when it came
to be presented it fell fat. A rehearsal
was called for the next morning. Be
lasco, master of theatrical device,
sat IN an orchestra seat deem in
thought. Suddenly he arose and in
formed Warf1eld he had worked OFT
the scenes salvation. He instructed
the actor to go to his stage wife Of
one point and. patting her on the CHEEK
speak just loud enough to be heard
Word OF endearment. The new bit
u sHgnt business was tried, satisfied
Belasco, though it displeased Warfield
and at night it was introduced into
the public performance. 1t proved
just the touch of sentiment that the
scene had required and lacked. The
audience perceived the caress, heard
the Woro ana applauded spontaneously
And by such tiny things are PLAYS
saved. s'
The question of what will and what
VIII not go" with an audience is re-
vived by a story of Charles Hawtrev.
which Charles H. E. Brookfeld. long
highly esteemed actor on the London
stage, tells in his Random Reminis-
cences."
Il remember piece" says Mr..
Brookf1eid, which we produced at the
Comedy theater, written by a popular
author, and very strongly cast, which
amused US all so much that we could
hardly rehearse it. Hawtrey used ey-
cry now and then to warn US: Now.
don't speak too soon on that; there's
certain to be big laugh, and we don't
want them to miss the next line We
rehearsed for six weeks On the first
night Nothing went wrongful the
piece. There was not one laugh nor
one round Of applause from start to
finish. We took off the comedy in ten
days. during which we rehearsed as
a stop-gap conventional three-act
farce with no literary pretensions. I
think It ran for a year.
A merry war is on at pres
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mt between members of the Brit

ent between members Of the Brit
ish aristocracy, says Hillary
Bell in the New York Press. One Of
them is an actress who is the favorite
of the king of England, and not only
ennobled by that royal smile, but in i'm
mediate prospect of succeeding,
through her husband, to the title Of
Lady de Battle. The other is Lord
Rosslyn. This quarrel dates back three
or four years. 1t seems that when
that noble lord came to-the end of his
finances, Mrs. Langtry took him into
her London company, gave him fair
salary and undertook to make good
actor out of a bad peer. Her effort
was unsuccessful and she dropped him
from her company. Last year Lord
Rosslyn came to New York and Sc
cured an engagement with one of
Charles Frohman's ventures which
was unprOSperouS. This season the
lord returned to us, but could find no
employment in the theater So, in or
der to make ends meet, he took to jour-
nalism, for which he has some talent,
and secured a position on the Herald
as assistant dramatic critic. His dis
QUESTIONS signed "Junius" attracted lit
tie attention until the morning after
Mrs. Langtry's production of 1.-THE
CrossWays," when he caused astonish-
assault on Mrs. Langtry's play Where
upon the Lily, who is a much better
fighter than actress, came back at the
lord in a lively interview, and subse-
quentiy in a caustic letter to the Her
aid, detailed the exact reasons why
Lord Rosslyn should be her friend, and
why he is her enemy. Lord Rosslyn
holds a neat pen himself and i is apt
at the reproof valiant, so a journalist
ic war was begun which may benefit
the business of THE Crossways" and
carry Mrs. Langtry into belated pros
perity.
We have another peer in New York
who is out of work. This is the earl
of Yarmouth, who has tried comedy,
emotion and vaudeville without sue
cess. 1t is a bad year for lords.
Whatever else her tours in America
may accomplish, Mrs. Patrick Campbell
is introducing one or two talented
players to America. Last season her
company contained George Arliss, who
proved one of the best character actors,
and who, deciding to remain in this
country, is now featured in the Belas-
co production of The Darling Of the
Gods" having scored a personal sue
cess Of no mean proportions. This
season Frederick Kerr. the actress re-
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while the people stayed away. They

while the people stayed away. They
had reason for staying away.
Just as surely as one swallow does
not make a summer, one player can
not make play. Mr.. Hanford's COM
pany, While better than that which
surrounded him last season, is far
from adequate.
Shakespeare'sv comedies do not de-
mand any higher order of talent on the
part of their interpreters than
other dramas, but they un-
mistakably reveal the inadequacy Of
the player upon his first appearance.
If he sounds one false note the ear
quickly detects it, so noticeable is the
discord between a bad actor and
Shakespeare. The speeches ring so
true and their sentiment is so fitting
and prompt, that the slightest touch
OF theatrical artifice in expressing that
feeling jars upon the appreciative eye
and ear.
As one observes at any performance
of Shakespearean drama today, most
of the actors really seem to lack an
understanding of the lines they speak.
Possibly they could tell you in a pri-
Vate interview what they mean, but
their public demonstration is highly
unsatisfactory and woefully indistinct.
They do not speak the lines "trip
plngly on the tongue" but mouth or
humble tnem as the case may be.
There were three or four executions
to this rule in Hanford's company,
notably in the case of Robert Lee AL
len, who played Verges in Much Ado"
here is an actor as distinguished
from a mere hummer" /Ferd Hight,
who played Dogberry, and Frederick
Forrestey, in the role of Don Pedro,
manifested a comprehension of the
characters allotted TO them, and in
vested them with the semblance of hu-
mainly, but the other players merely
spoke the lines.
For instance, there was nothing to
distinguish the Count Claudio of Irv-
Ing Knight from Cassie in "Otello," as
he would probably play it. His i'm
PRESERVATION was colorless, notwith-
standing that intelligence marked his
speech and action. But he lacked the
ability to deliver the lines, his voice
was adequate, his personality negative
and unsatisfying. So with other mem
bers of the company
Miss DrOfnah does not give us an
embodiment of Beatrice or of Kath-
crime. True, she delivers the speeches
assigned to these characters with prop
er accent, but her manner of speaking
is not spontaneous nor easy. On the
contrary, it is labored, an "elocution-
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"sAN TOY" AT METROPOLITAN.
Musical Comedy that Was the Success
of London and New York.

An engagement of four nights and
Wednesday matinee will be played at
the Metropolitan, commencing this ev-
ening, by the Agustin Daily Musical
company, in San Toy" the Chinese
English musical play which made a
most decided hit in the East a sea-
son ago. 1t has been quite long time
in reaching the Twin Cities, but that
is explained in the fact that there
have never been any number two COM
panies playing San Toy"
The musical comedy was first pro-
duced in London, where it was a ire
mendous success, much more SO than
any of the other contemporary musical
productions. In New York it was re-
ceived with like favor and had three
separate and distinct runs on Broad
Way-a most unusual occurrence in the
metropolis.
The book of "San Toy was written
by Edward Morton, the lyrics by Percy
Greenbank and Adrian Ross, and the
music by Sydney Jones and Lionel
Monckton-all loyal subjects of King
Edward. San Toy" was first produce
ed in London and was transplanted
to America as one of the series of
musical plays that have been given at
Days theater ever since that late
manager inaugurated the system at his
famous playhouse at Thirtieth street
and Broadway. 1t much resembles its
predecessor, THE Geisha," in gaiety
and glitter, although many critics think
1t surpasses that work in sparkle and
tunefulness. The story is dainty one,
and while not very complex, 1t has
been sufficient for the authors to string
together a lot of amusing incidents
and to permit the introduction of much
catchy music.
yen How" a wealthy mandarin, has
daughter, San Toy" whom he dis
guises as boy in order that he need
not send her to adorn the emperor's
palace, as an edict commands. He re-
ports to the emperor that he has only
son and no daughter. "San Tow"
In the meantime has met a young Eng
fish army officer who knows the secret
of her sex, and the two having fallen
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has something extra good" up his
sleeve, and he usually shakes it out
before he reaches this city.
His show this year is ahead of any
show he has ever put on the road and
can be classed as the highest type
OF burlesque combination. The special
ty performers are the Salvaggies, the
Three Roneys, Bison City quartette,
Blossom Seeley, Lester and Curtin,
Bennett and Revere and Downey and
Vanetta. There are two burlesques,
the Kneipp Cure and fifty minutes Of
grand opera. The costumes of the
young women are stunning.
The number of women with the big
show is in excess of that usually car
r1ed by a burlesque show while on
tour, and as Irwin girls are all of them
good lockers, some slick combination
of colors and figures will be presented.
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ary," if the expression may be toler-
ated. Lacking variety of meditation
and infection, Miss Drofnah becomes
monotonous at times when Beatrice
can least afford 1T. And when she
would be impressive, she declaims, and
is not impressive.
Had Mr.. Hanford's company been
entirely adequate, 1t is, a question
whether the attendance would have
been much larger, but that does not
deprive those who did witness the per-
Torrance of the right to deplore the
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night, with all the great BUILDINGS
lighted with hundreds Of incandescent
lights and the great fire on govern
ment pier. Sc
John T. Nicholsob viii be seen in
the role of John Weston Petite Annie
Blancke is featured as Bob" the
neWsboy, role which she plays so
archly and automatically that every
sworn friend. Thomas bingham waI-
ter Campbell, Walter, Harmon CAME.
Inc Pembroke, Thomas Baier irene
Meara, Little Naomi and FIorance
Hamilton are also in the cast. A news
boy quintette, composed of small mr.
chins, is pleasing feature.
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and she is permitted to wed her faith

and she is permitted to wed her faith
full Englishman.
The company is in most respects the
same as when San Toy was seen
in New York, among the principal
members being Samuel Collins, George
K. Fortescue, Sarony Lambert, Hobart
Smock, Maggie Barry, Joseph Cauto,
Nellie Lynch, Isobel Hall and Norah
Lambert. The orchestra will be aug
mented and will be under the direction
of John Braham, a famous conductor
known on both sides of the globe.
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in love, an elopement is planned. A
young Chinese student is also in love
with "San Toy" and when he finds
out that she prefers his rival, he be-
trays to the emperor the deception that
Yen How" has practiced. A messen-
ger comes from the capital command
ing all the parties to appear before the
ruler, and the next scene finds them
all at court. The emperor admires
San Toy and wishes to add her to
his harem, but in true comic opera
fashion he relents and all ends happily
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In the Mimic World.

Charles Hanford's presentation of
two Shak espearean comedies on the
stage of the Metropolitan last week
and the slender patronage accorded,
suggest a few reflections.
Hanford is one of the few surviving
Shakespearean actors, whom 1t is al
ways a pleasure to see and hear. With
the instinct that no genuine actor
should be without, he pIucks out the
very root of every Shakespearean line,
and delivers 1t with an appreciative
gusto that commands admiration.
Mr.. Hanford did all this last week
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Gently imported leading man, has been
especially well received, and announces
that after he has fulfilled his fourteen
weeks contract with Mrs. Campbell he
will in all probability remain in this
in a new play by an English author,
probably Haddon Chambers, which will
be brought out by an Eastern manager
of prominence. The American stage
can well be congratulated upon both
acquisitions, il the gentlemen decide to
remain on this side of the Atlantic.
So
A new species of ticket Spectator
Continued on Twenty third Page.
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DRAMATIC GOSSIP.

Milton and Dolly Mobiles will appear
next season in a big revival of 1.-THE
Phoenix which Mr.. Mobiles is re-writ-
ing.
Lawrence Barrett once said in talk
ing about George H. Bohers play,
Francesca di Rimini," that no dramat-
list could hand play to a stage man
ager which could be produced without
alteration, that in fact the most sue
.cessful plays were built up after they
got into rehearsal. 1t is also true that
sometimes very trif1ing alteration,
an addition or an omission, will have
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The we1l-known Irish character de-
lineator, Joseph Murphy, will be seen
here at the Grand shortly in shaun
Rhue" and Kerry Cow
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ropolitan opera house on Friday and
Saturday evenings. The big scenic re-
vival of robin Hood" will be seen on
Thursday evening and Saturday matt
nee.
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COMING ATTRACTIONS.

Williams & Walker, the foremost
colored comedians on the stage today,
together with their big company un-
der the direction of Hurtik and Sea-
mon, will be seen here at the Grand
following the engagement of "The Lit
tie Outcast," in their latest and biggest
production, I'm Dahomey.'
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general inadap tability of the company
to Shakespearean drama.
Hanford's excellence only made their
1nefhc1ency the more conspicuous.
Fred G. Hunt
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The Orpheum show will be seen at
the Grand opera house the week of
Feb. Is.
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FRED IRwIN's SHOW.
The BurIesquers VIII Provide Enter
tainment at the Star This Week.

When the curtain of the Star thea
ter ascends this afternoon it will dis
close one of the prettiest scenes ever
seen in the house Fred Irwin always
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"Yon Yonson,'' now in its eighth
season, is underlined for the Grand
during March. William A. Brady's
big production of Lovers Lane" is
also included in the list of March book
ings at the Grand James A. Herne's
Hearts of Oak" will be seen here at
the Grand shortly.