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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-24
GOOD OPERA COMING HERE.
The jefferson De Angels Opera Com
Pany In 1.-THE Toreador."

The Jefferson De Angels Opera Co.
in Sam S. Shubert and Nixon and
Zimmermans exceptionally handsome
production of The Toreador," will be
seen here on Monday, Nov. 80. Let ii
be said at the outset that this bright
and clever musical comedy is sure tC
repeat here the emphatic success that
it made at the KnickerbOcker theatre
New York, last season. Mr.. De Ange-
lis has appeared, it is said, in no pro-
duction which has had so many points
of excellence or afforded so many OPP
portunities, not to Mr.. De Angels in
dividually, but to several of his asso-
ciateS in the company. The story OF
The Toreador' is carried consistently
throughout the two acts, every song
and bit Of dialogue and every dance
is strung upon the story in some way
and does not appear to be interpOlated
The characters are all consistent, the
lyrics are admirably done and the mu-
sic is exceptionally melodious and
SHOWS dlllOiIlt VI III
vention in it's own way. The scenes
are laid at Biarritz, France, and Viii
laya, a Spanish town, which gives a
splendid opportunity for an elaborate
and beautiful scenic production. Mr..
De Angels creates unlimited merri-
rnent as Sammy Gigg, who manages
to become involved in a number of
ludicrous situations through becoming
mistaken for the TOreadOr. Others
in the splendid cast, who, it is said,
have scored unmistakable hits, are Ed
gar Norton as Sir Archibald Slackett,
Margaret Mckinney, Bertha Ricci,
Edward eMtcalfe, Norma Bell, Edna
Burd and Adine Bowler. Among the
principal song hits of the piece are
Dreamy Eyes" "All Right" Every
bodys Awfully Good to Me-" I'm the
Glory and Pride of the Land of SPAIN
"Archie," THE Language of the
Flowers" "Espana," When 1 Marry
Susannah," etc.
THEATRICAL NOTES.
An amusing complication in stage
management occurred recently when
Mrs. Leslie Carter, who was about to
revive '.Zaza" in Philadelphia discov-
cred that she had forgotten the French
song. which she sings in the first act
and had no copy of it. She wired to
the Alcazar in San Francisco, where
Florence Roberts gave the play last
summer, but Miss Roberts had gone
to Los Angeles. The request was for
warded to her and she telegraphed
the words to Mrs. Carter so the tangle
was Strengthened out in this rounda-
bout fashion just in the nick of time.
White Whittlesey is warmly COM
mended by the thoughtful reviewers
of New York. for the graceful pOise
and earnest legitimate quality of his
"Lysander" in Nat Goodwin's revival
of "A Midsummer Nights Dream.
When he returns to the coast next
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-24

Whats age got to do with it!' In
1ignantIy demands the 70 year old bell
ringer in Lovers Lane" when joked
upon his approaching marriage. This
query applies with equal force to
stage entertainment. Uncle Toms
Cabin" over half a century old has
drawn more money than any other
play written and has just turned away
crowds at the San Francisco central,
while The Private Secretary" first
played twenty-five years ago. has
done the same thing at the Alcazar.
Even in New York, the weather beat
en- "Erminie' is SURPRISING, in re-
ceipts, the most elaborate Of the new
seasons musical offerings.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-24

A topaz bracelet of unique design
md historical value, the gift of the
King of Austria to Nine. Janauschek.
md disposed of at the recent auction
sale of the impoverished tragedlennes
effects, has been presented to Florence
Roberts by New York friend.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-24
a Community of Interest,

~ TNCGTHSt.
HlCks-He says he has perfected
plans that will enable him to build
low-priced automobiles, placing the
machines within the reach of ALL
Nicks-The idea, That means a
great business undertaking.
Hicks-H'm. 1t also means a great
undertaking business.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-24

summer it will be for a long stay as
,e has signed a five years contract
IS a romantic star, under Belasco and
Nayer's direction.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-24

Frederic Belasco goes to New York
in January to familiarize himself with
his brother David's "Du Barry" for
which he has secured the Pacific coast
rights next season. Florence Roberts
will have the title role created by Mrs.
Leslie Carter.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-24

Ben Greet who managed twelve
companies in England and recently in
man" to California, is an earnest ad-
mirer of the San Francisco Alcazar,
which he instances as the most re-
narkable feature of local theatrical
life. First and last he has expressed
respect and surprised admiration for
the resourcefulness, enterprise and
energy that produce, artistically, week
to week, new plays including almost
every phase of dramatic literatu
The new Alcazar company. he thinks,
possesses more brains. temperament
and personality than any stock organ
izatiOn in the east.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-24

Florence Roberts has taken upOr
tour with her this season, Mr.. Fest
long the famous scenic artist of the
San Francisco TivOli, and he will de-
vote his entire time to her productions
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THEATRICAL NOTES.

White Whittlesey is warmly COM
mended by the thoughtful reviewers
of New York. for the graceful poise
and earnest legitimate quality of his
"Lysander" in Nat Goodwin's revival
of "A Midsummer Nights Dream"
When he returns to the coast next
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30
ESTABLISHING THE SILK INDUSTRY
What the Department of Agriculture Has Done
in Regard to It.

Washington, Aug. 2S.-We shall all
be raising our own silk dresses in 1.-The
back yard beautiful" if the newest
fads prevail to the extent that is urged
for them. The subject of identifying
the back yards and housetops and fire
escape landings and other waste places
has taken stronger hold in other cities
than the national capital. where our
innumerable well-kept parks, big and
little, give everybody breathing space
and glimpses of nature at her best.
The idea of homegrown silk, however,
originated in Washington, in the Agri-
cultural Department, which is always
striking out into new paths of indus
try. At the present time every strand
Of raw silk used in the United States
is imported from Europe or Asia, ex-
cepting the little bit cultivated here
and there as an experiment through
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30
By GUY T. VISKNISKKI.

1t is drink that creates sandwich
men. The face among them that does
not show the handiwork of the black
bottle is the exception. And so they
are men dragged down from higher
estates to be peripatetic sign bearers
derelicts among the surging crowds
about them that still keep off the
shoals by retaining control of the rud-
der of self-respect.
Not infrequently the wreck has been
a big one. Consider the story of a
derelict who has drifted up and down
New Yorks shopping center for years.
He told it after his thirst had been
appeased at no cost to himself, and his
class, to whom in their months of in
tercourse-a sort of pathetic COM
radery prevails among them-he had
related snatches of his life of better
days.
The Life story of a Derelict.
He began with the words of a we'll
read man:
Il nurse no self fattering delu-
sions,' to quote Watts. l can't. I
catch too many glimpses OF myself
in the course of a day in barroom
mirrors, and my brain has plenty of
time to think, for my shoulders bear
the brunt of my struggle for bread.
A little Madeira would serve to awaken
memories more fully; ! was once a
connoisseur along that line. Thanks.
WEEK, twenty odd years ago
came to this town-no matter where
/ came from. l came with a fathers
financial reputation behind me and a
check in my pocket with which to
start up for myself. / chose to be-
come broker, and for four years 1
won out
Then I began drinking. had
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30

Above the mans head swayed a sign,
kept in its aerial position by two bands
of iron passing around pair of stoop-
ed shoulders. 1t bore a legend: "Ele-
giant table dhote dinners. to s, at
the famous White Horse Restaurant,
40 cents, with wine"
The sign itself was the only refresh
ing thing about the bearer. His clothes
were frayed by wear, discolored by
weather, and spotted beyond compar-
ison. Their wearer was in even worse
state. One eye-socket was empty, one
arm crippled and all but useless, one
leg shorter than it should have been
by an inch or two, and rum blotched
cheeks and a blood-shot eye made
themselves evident despite a week S
growth of scraggly beard end a bushy
unkempt brow.
He was a veritable derelict of the
pavement. Even the poorest appear
ing and most shabbily dressed men
who passed him as he stood on the
corner looked prosperous in COMPARE
son. And when he moved he further
showed that he was a derelict: he
drifted down the street. Needless of
the crowd, humping into it here, being
buffeted by ii there. and all the while
the sign above him swayed and sig
nailed like the protruding mast of a
sunken, drifting, ocean wrecked ship.
The Wrecks of the Street.
He was typical sandwich man.
Keep your eye open in the busiest
thoroughfares of a big city and you
will see other men like him-scores of
them, hundreds of them. All day long
they drift in the current of commerce.
sometimes drawn hurriedly along by
its impetuosity, sometimes checked in
Its quieter stretches, frequently hurled
against a tree post of some sort, to
be set adrift again a little later on,
and always avoided by The trim Au-
man craft that sight in time the sign
warnings. For they are human
wrecks these sandwich men, and they
know II.
Dye think" said one, ira be max
m signboard O. meself. " l could
help it2 Dye think I'd stand bein'
Jeered a. by dago boOtblacks, II could
help II? Dye think. sir, ia stand let
TIN me friends IN the lodgin' house
shake me when they see me trampin'
up and down, II ! could help a.? Damn
ne, SIT. can't help a.. neither can
sas rest But once before drink,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30

the department aforesaid. Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson and DR.. L. o.
Howard, the entomologist of @he Agri-
cultural Department, believes that it is
possible to produce at home all the raw
silk needed in this country, at a fair
profit to the producers and a saving
to Uncle Samuel of millions of dollars
annually. DR.. Howard, who is direct
ing the work for the department, be-
gan his efforts to establish the silk in
dustry in his native land by distribut-
ing silk-worm eggs and silk-worm food
mulberry trees) in different sections
of the country where conditions ap-
peared to be most favorable for the
raising of cocoons. He then advertis-
ed that the department would purchase
at the current European market price
all the cocoons offered for sale. The
business was eagerly taken up by
small farmers in the South and a few
in the West; and the result has been
the purchase by the department of
several hundred pounds of cocoons
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30
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WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
A Few Notes About Well known
People.


People.
Washington, Aug 2S.-News comes
from the other side of the Atlantic that
Sir Michael Herbert's health is more
seriously impaired than his American
friends had thought. When the Brit
ish Ambassador and Lady Herbert
went abroad in the early summer, they
expected to return about Aug. 1, and
make visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
T. Wilson (Lady Herbert's parents,
in Newport. They have been obliged
to change their plans on account OF
the Ambassadors continued i'll health.
He is now in the Austrian Tyrol, al
the De Vos Platz, taking the cele-
brated cure. They will probably not
return to this country before Decem-
ber perhaps later.
Bishop Potter and his wife gave
party last Friday night in honor OF
the twenty-first birthday of the young
est son of Mrs. Potter, Stephen Carl
ton Clark. A ball was given in the
evening, Mrs. Potter has celebrated
the twenty-first birthdays of her four
sons in a unique manner; that of the
eldest, Mr.. Edward SEVERN Clark, by
a ball in a large hay barn on the FEM,
more farm, his home, and that OF
the second son, Lieut.. Robert Sterling
Clark, with a ball is the beautiful l.
M. c. A, and Village Library Home
built and practically maintained Dy
Mrs. Clarks family The ball was
given before the building was occupied
by the association. The twenty-hrs'
birthday of Mr.. Frederick Ambrose
Clark, the third son, was celebrated
by a ball in an elaborate new staDle'
The decorations and favors on thls
occasion were all of the horse horsey,
in accordance with the young man
taste Mr.. Stephen Carlton Clark tns
hero OF the last ball, was gradualee
from Yale I'm June, and immediateS
went abroad. He is to enter the ddA
ward Law School in September
Ambassador and Mrs. Choate' WI
are spending the summer In Lonaot
are expecting visit from their sG Sa
Joseph II. Choate, Jr., and his pr4
who was Miss Cora Oliver, daushieIr, o.
the new Assistant Secretary OF wa
Gen. Robert Shaw Oliver.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30

plenty on head and body. Yet despite
the ours hideousness, it's owner is PAS
sionately fond of it. He has somehow
managed to get enough ahead to have
his companion licensed, that dog catch
ers cannot part them; and more than
once onlookers have seen the man stop
in his drifting, look around for the dog,
and, finding it at his side, lean down
and affectionately pat it.
To those who know this class of men
the poor, chewed-up cur represents the
mans last hold upon his better self:
and to those who know dogs it is an
other Illustration of the constancy of
that asimal to his master through what
ever may befall.
But cases like this are few. The
derelicts of the ocean drift hither and
thither with the bones of dead men IN
them. The derelicts of the pavement
drift on and on in the sea of commerce
holding their dead selves of other days
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30

rather than starve. And beneath the
advertisement there rests on his
breast as he drifts two bronze medals
-one won at Tel El-Keber, the other
of the G.. A. r.
The DereIict With the Dog.
AS derelicts should be, these men
are usually without families, and are
cut off by their own acts from imme-
date relations. To either the other is
as dead. Yet a sandwich man of long
standing, hardened though he be, once
and in a while lets his better feelings
gain the ascendant.
One such case is that of the sign
bearer who is followed about by a dog.
The animal is as much of a cur as any
dog could possibly be, and it shows the
scars of varied vicissitudes and nu-
merous battles with other dogs In Us
few shreds of ears, crippled hind leg.
and marks of teeth and missiles a
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30

industry and expressed a desire to be-
come instrumental in fostering the
business in the United States. This
firm has agreed to assist financially in
the enterprise, believing that it would
be of value to the West to establish a
colony of silk-raisers in the state of
California Possibly it may be neces-
sary to import a few experienced per-
sons in the beginning; but it seems to
me the open door, thus indicated may
be dangerous. Surely there are enough
unemployed in this country to carry
on any new industry that may be
started. At any rate why not try the
experiment of cocoon raising in your
own back yard? You have only to
write to the department for materials
and instructions, which will be fur
nished on application, entirely free of
cost.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30

never tasted a drop of anything in
toxicating before. But once the taste
of liquor got on my tongue, 1 craved
Tor more and more and more NV
father was teetotaler, but he had
never harangued against drink: and 1
cannot account for it's getting hold of
me. But it did-and you know what
always happens.
so / came to this. At first I re-
belled against it. But time and whis-
KY work wonders. l know myself
from what l ana derelist-and am
content to drift, even though | bring
up against an old sehoolmate once
in a while. And when that happens
l stare him steadily in the face and
drift on again. 1 am safe, for how,
in Gods name, could he recognize
anything familiar in me-fne?"
But low as this man has fallen he
still retains one custom of his former
estate-he religiously buys a news
paper every morning, and as he drifts
along, reads first the stock reports and
then the general news of the world
He is thoroughly posted on all hap
penings; his fellows know it, and they
depend upon him to inform them of
anything that might interest them He
is especially in demand the morning
after prize fight, for to the average
sandwich man q contest in 1.-The man.
ly sport" is the acme of mundane
events But he himself is not of a
brawling disposition.
NO, sir, we're peaceable," protested
one of them; and the keeper of a lodg-
ing house near the Bowery, in New
York, which is recognized as head
quarters for sandwich men in the city,
agreed. Even 'Sojer Mike is tame,''
he said, ''and Mikes fought all round
the world
The Last Days of a Soldier of For
tune.
Sojer Mike is a six-foot specimen of
wrecked manhood who still has
clinging to him some of the marks
of long and varied military serv-
ice. A mere boy, he began his army
experiences in the Civil War, and be-
cause of bravery at Antietam was
made a sergeant. This rank he held
until the wars close, and then, the
martial fever hot in his veins, he set
out on his career as a soldier of for
tune.
He fought with the French in II.
Upon his release from a German
prison he became a Tommy Atkins,
and saw fighting in India and under
Gordon and was at tn famous charge
of Tel-El- Keber. After that he went
hither and yon over the. world, seek
ing battle and often finding it in out
of-the-way places-serving under al
most any flag that offered itself.
Finally he wound up in South
Africa with the outbreak of the Boer
war and threw in his lot with Kru-
gers men. For the second time in his
life he became a prisoner of war; and
was shipped off by the English to the
Bermudas. There he remained till
the end of the war, and then came
back to New York, whence he had
sailed in the late SOS on his world wide
hghting expedition.
He landed without money: he land
ed without friends; he knew nothing
Of the ways OF trade; there was no
fighting 10 be done and he was too
old 20 enlist in the American service.
Gradually the nerve that had sus-
tanned him In a hundred conflicts left
him. he drank. and one day when he
got a chance 20 carry around on his
back sign extolling the virtues OF
= ceFtain patent modioins. he teok Il
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30
THE DERELICTS
OF THE PAVEMENT

Stories Of the Sandwich Men Of the Cities Class Of HUI
man Beings Who Are the Wrecks Of Their Former
Selves Drifting Up and Down in the Currents Of Com
merce-A Former Broker Who Carries Sign for
Cheap Restaurant
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30

every month. DR.. Howard proceeded
on the theory that in order to make
success of silk culture in the United
States it would be necessary to pur-
sue it merely as a household industry,
or side issue.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30

Anniversary Sale.
Extra Wide Cluny Laces and Bands, I'M
worth zoe. Anniversary Sale Price lUG
Extra Wide Silk Taffeta Ribbon, IN
worth zoe. Anniversary Sale Price IUG
Ladies' Black Lace and Isle Hose, ia
worth 25c. Anniversary Sale Price lou
Ladies' Pure Linen Handkerchiefs, u
worth I5c. Anniversary Sale Price III
Tetow's Perfect Baby Powder, r.
worth Ioc. Anniversary Sale Price UG
Beauty Tacum, large glass bottle, o.
worth t5c. Anniversary Sale Price OG
Box of 3 cakes Fancy Violet Soap, NJ
worth sc. Anniversary Sale Price SG
Boxes fine Note Paper and Envelopes, IN
worth I5c. Anniversary Sale Price IUG
ChiIdren's Fancy Box Stationery, I'M
worth Ioc. Anniversary Sale Price IUG
Pound Package Linen Writing Paper, liz
worth 25c. Anniversary Sale Price IJG
Package twenty-five Linen Envelopes, e.
worth &c. Anniversary Sale Price u
Parma Violet Bath Ammonia, Ino
worth I5c. Anniversary Sale Price IUG
New Silk Bets--latest models, En-
worth 75c. Anniversary Sale Price Jul
Mems Fancy Negligee Shirts, A0o
worth 75c. Anniversary Sale Price 4JG
Scriven Patent Elastic Drawers, 1no
worth 6oc. Anniversary Sale Price 5JG
Mems Silk Ties and Shield Bows, IL.
worth 25c. Anniversary Sale Price lOG
Mems Silk Embroidered Socks, tEo
worth CSC. Anniversary Sale Price lou
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30

Anniversary Sale.
Beautiful all wool Dress Goods AAe
Fine extra wide wool Dress Goods, COO
worth 500. Anniversary Sale Price 0SC
yigoteu1 al, woo. wool -. mi mixture bl1s 75c
French all wool Printed ChaIles, 96r
worth 5oc Anniversary Sale Price ZJG
Black all Silk Peau de Sole, cor
Balance Jap. Cord Wash Silks, 1Eo
worth soc. Anniversary Sale Price ZJG
All colors of silk Taffeta lining, 9oo
worth SOC. Anniversary Sale Price JJG
Turkey Red Damasks, oil colors, AAo
worth 6oc. Anniversary Sale Price 44G
Bleached Table Damask, all Linen, Tn
worth SI.oo, Anniversary Sale Price u
Large Size Huckaback Towels, Ino
worth sc. Anniversary Sale Price IUG
Yardwide Sea Island Shirtings. e
worth SC. Anniversary Sale Price u
Yardwide fine India Linon, En-
worth Ioc. Anniversary Sale Price u
Fine Large Snow White Blankets, q en-
worth $500. Anniversary Sale Price kIOJ
Extra Fine California Blankets, A no
worth $3.50. Anniversary Sale Price 4IJ0
Lovely California Wool Blankets, 7A0
worth $1,000. Anniversary Sale Price IfJ
Large Comforters, beautiful colors, co
worth so. Anniversary Sale Price lIUJ
Silkone Comforters, Clean Cotton, 90
worth $500 Anniversary Sale Price 800