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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-03

There will be a social held on
Thursday evening at the residence
of Mrs 10. Hindman, of Railroad
avenve, for he benefit of the M. E
church. An abundance OF good
things to eat will be served. All
are most cordially invited. I3t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-03

Attorney G. D. Smith, of St.
Marys, passed through the city last
evening on his way home from
Middlebou,ne where he had been
attending court.
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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-03

The ladies of the M. E. church
Will give supper and bazaar on
the evening of the 18TH of this
month. All are invited. lat
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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-03

Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Mcmahon, of
Charles street, spent the day In
Wheeling with friends.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-03

Hon. Selmon Wells, of Long
Reach, vas a business caller In the
city today.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-03

Wine of Life cures all stomach
troubles. Price 81. For sale by D.
A. Henderson,.
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D. H. Cox, a prominent oil oper-
ator, of New Martinsville, was In
the city today.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-03

Remember the M. E. social to be
given Thursday evening at the
home of Mrs J. o. Hindman on
Railroad avenue. Everybody In
vited. at
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-03

Mrs. aud Mrs. A. S. Mccoy will
leave the city Saturda, morning
tor the sunny south on pleasant
trip of a few weeks. They will 60
direct to Gulfport, Miss, where
they will remain for a brief period,
and from there they will 60 to
New Orleans During their alb
sence they will visit many of the
principal cities and points Of Inter
est In the southern states.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-03

Jasper Holmes, of Plne Grove,
wss ,ransacting business In the
city today.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-03

G. B. Slemaker returned this
morning from the Uniontown, O.,
oil field.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-03

Howard Applebay returned last
evening from a business mission to
Pittsburg.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-10

now have is to secure enough chorus girls ID
carry the plays. 5Es55ss
Amelia eli BINGHAM has postponed the presently,
grims," until about the holidays.
Mrs Langry has arranged fGr South Aner
American company along with her.
This will be Mrs Carter's last season In 'sDu5
Barry" as Mr.. Belhsco has promised to pro-
vide her with new Ulay for next year.
Harry Mestayer has been engaged for one Of
IN GSs Wfes during ana
road tour. fkf
with the Forbes Robertson and Gertrude Elliott
company, is said to be the only American giri
Clyde Fitch viii have four new plays presented
4ns the last of II this to
s hodays
w eSpo oa os afgnf
other Of wefer 4 Fields companies : .1
ing has BEEN ndeantey
ter ter in New York. Boston and other Cities s.
After fighting severe cases Of appendicitis and
leave the New York hospital in which he hasf
confined and next week will rejoin James K.
Hackett.
This will be Marie Cahills last season in mu-S
shine as star In the straight comedy line and
Augustus Thomas Is already at work play
! for her to be used next season. "a
i Charles Frohman has taken over the little theaa
i ter in New York that once was known as Mrs
Osborn's playhouse" and will present French
company there the coming season. One-act
French farces will constitute the program.
1 Henry n. D1xey has been busy reading new
i plays Of late and 1t is more than likely that
] the clever comedian will appear in farce com.
i edy entitled "On the Rank before the close
/ Of this season. Willie Edouin made success
/ of the piece in London recently. -e
1 Contracts were signed in New York during
i the week by which Thomas w. Ryley obtains
from Frank Curzon for production In this coun-
4 try the musical comedy .'Glittering Gloria. :,
1 which has been running in London for some
time. Mr. Ryley expects to put the piece on in
1 New York this season.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-10

Mrs Fiske's appearance as Hedda Gabler,
In Ibsen's play of the same name, which
we in Minneapolis saw last season with
Nance ONeill in the title role. In this
sombre character Mrs Fiske duplicated
her previous success, fully! justifyings her
reputation as the foremost American
actress Of the times. g - ," .t..E}.s:s :stIa'
1t has been many years since Mrs. Fiske
visited us. In fact, her last Minnea polls
engagement was played at the Lyceum
when she was known as Minnie Maddern
and when her chief recommendations were
a shock of untidy red hair and a pair of
wonderful eyes which she has since
learned how to use. Why has she not re-
turned? Because Minneapolis theaters are
controlled by a theatrical trust, and be-
cause Mrs. Fiske's husband and manager
has been fighting the trust ever since it's
formation. She would come here if she
could, but the trust won't let her.
In the larger cities the big hat as a
problem of theatrical management has
about passed, but in some of the smaller
towns women still wear their headgear in
the playhouses.
One evening last week Mrs. Fannie
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-10

who depend upon remittances who are
quite respectable. This comes from
the English dot, or marriage settle
ment. It is the custom in the old
country for parents to settle upon
their children, when they marry, a
certain stipend, which is invested and
the income forwarded to them each
month. This is always great help
to the young people in making their
start in life. It is especially advan-.
tageous to the girl, for it makes her
Independent in case her husband does
not get on well, or if she becomes a
widow. - " .@
estates intact until the death Of the
head of the family, often causes chill
dren unnecessary hardship. Their
share of the family possessions is
withheld during the time they need it
most, and often comes into their con-.
troll too late for them to enjoy it and
make the most Of it. On the other
hand, permanent income, large
enough to live upon, often destroys
ambition. A young man who might
otherwise work and make a name for
himself is content to take his leisure.
This sort of man never sets the world
on fire. He is something Of a genteel
loafer who does no great thing for
himself, his family, or his country.
The young American who talks the
neighbor girl into marrying him, then
takes off his coat and goes to work
to support her, is the fellow you may
expect to get on in the world.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-10
YOUNG CANADA SALUTES
..a YOU.

a pack, bowed his shoulders to 1t, and
went up the trail. Poor old Daddy
Freeman! Some faithless girl in
whom he put his trust had given his
heart terrible wrench, and he never
got over it. He lived in his stump like
an imprisoned animal, brooding over
his sore. He would not allow it to
heal. The coming Of the woman down
the canon was inevitable. Without
her man could never win his fight
against the wilderness. She sings for
him, cooks for him, and raises babies
for him. What would the world be
without her? The man who has a
grudge against WOmankind is to be
pitied him. Soon after the song Of the
mover disturbed old Daddy Freeman
he was found curled up by the side of
the trail stiff in death. The Lord was
merciful to let the old man die out
there alone with his pack, for there
are many women in British Columbia
now.
All kinds of sports are literally pat
rOniZed in Vancouver. I heard the
hotel clerk asking about the finals in a
croquet tournament. THAT same aft
ernOn the conductor on a street car
was all smiles because he had picked
the winner in a tennis match. I was
told you can get bet on any old
proposition in this mans town." If
two sparrows are sitting on a tele-
phone wire it isn't long until some
sport offers to bet he can pick the one
that will fly first. It's a fair PROPOSE
ton because it's an even break which
one will make the first move and there
is no chance for put up job. Every
thing from baseball and prize fights
to golf and races draws a crowd but
when a lacrosse match is pulled off
Vancouver gets feverish and goes all
to pieces The stores are closed and
the most sedate citizen hips and hur-
rahs like a 10-year-old. Lacrosse is
! splendid game. 1t is a series OF
thrills from start to finish, and the
spectator who can watch a contest
without getting excited must be very
cold-blooded person. Nearly all oul
border towns have lacrosse teams nov
and the game is gradually becoming
known in this country. There will be
several matches at the st. Louis ex.
| position next year. -5s' -.
There are many Indians in British
! Columbia and some of their customs
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-10

are very strange. Their methods
of courtship are quite contrary to the
usual manner Of procedure. When a
young man takes fancy to girl and
desires to make her his wife, he goes
to the house Of her parents and squats
down just inside the door. With his
blanket wrapped about him he re-
mains for four days and nights with
out eating or drinking. During all
this time no member Of the girls fam
lily takes the slightest notice of him.
The only difference his presence
makes in the house is to cause the
parents to- keep a bright fire burning
all night. This is done so they may
readily perceive that he takes no ad-
vantage of his proximity to the girl
to make love to her. On the fourth
day, if the suitor is acceptable to the
parents, the mother asks some neigh
Dor to tell the youth that he will be
acceptable as a son-in-law.' They do
not speak to him or give any sign of
their favorable feeling toward him, for
at this stage of the proceedings it
would be highly improper to have any
communication between5the contracts
ing parties. The neighbor who breaks
the news to the young man cooks him
a meal from provisions in the home Of
his future mother-i -in-law, so that he
can end his long fast and go on his
way rejoicing. .-' ...-s - -.
If he is rejected he has to go away
hungry. If his suit is unfavorably re-
ceiVed the young swain does not aban-
don: his cause at this stage Of the
courtship. He goes to the forest early
the next morning and cuts a quantity
Of firewood Of the, kind most esteemed
by the Indians, takes it to the home of
the girls parents and starts a fire for
the inmates. If the parents are seri-
Gus in their objection to him, they
take the burning wood and throw it
out of the house. Still undaunted the
youth repeats this performance on the
second morning and again on the
third. Unless there is some unusually
grave objection he will be accepted on
the third morning. This is done, not
by word Of mouth, but by the elder
members of the family coming and sit
ting around the fire he has built and
warming their hands over it. He Is
invited to breakfast and the news OF
his good fortune soon spreads among
his friends. " -
The Indian legend about the origin
of daylight is a fair sample Of savage
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-10

houses everywhere. The patrons Of the
Dewey theater may look forward to an
entertainment next week that is bright
and breezy from start to finish and spar
kles with novelties. The company is
stronger and better equipped than ever
before in its history, and in the matter
Of scenery and costumes it Is doubtful
if there is another company in the bur-
lesque field that surpasses it in the cost
liness and splendor of it's settings and
wardrobe.
The new burlesques, General Levey's
Social and "a Pleasant Evening" have
been especially written for the company,
and are both said to be full Of good COM
edy and excellent specialties The vaude-
vile portion of the program Is furnished
by the following well-known artists:
Jeanette Dupre, Wheeler and Washburn,
Musical Bells, Meeker-Baker Trio, Sisters
| Batchler and Mcfarland and Murray.
Two performances are given daily, every
| afternoon and evening, with a special
matinee for ladies on Friday.
Yesterday was ladies' matinee at the
Dewey theater and the largest lady at
tendance Of the season turned out to wit
ness the performance.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-10
-. The Dra1na -

~ VIEW YORK, which is still the the |
~ atrical hub Of the country, de- |
~ spite Chicago, Mr. Savage and
Il George AIDE; had four novelt. .es
this week, and two interesting
revivals, one of the latter being pseudo
novelty, inasmuch as it was the first per-
formance in English Of Verdis opera of
"Otello" 49, --"+-'
The most discussed production Of the
week was William H Cranes dramatlza-
ton of Harry Leon Wilson's story, The
Spenders," in which the star was seen as
Uncle Peter Bines In it's book form '"The
Spenders' enjoyed a decided popularity
and it's stage version is pronounced salts
factory. Crane made a hit as Uncle
Peter, the character being praised as a
fitting successor, tho wholly dissimiar, to
David Harum, in which the player was
last seen in Minneapolis.
In connection with '"The Spenders,' it
Is interesting to know that Mr. Crane, be-
fore he had decided to have the book
dramatized, received a number of letters
from persons all over the country, 'ad-
yising him to do SO. Among these letters
was one from Minneapolis newspaper
woman to whom the famous comedian
replied that he already had the plan un
der consideration When ner letCer reacneu
him. ..l 5. -
Another novelty was the presentation Of
Tallie Er1ninie Rives' story, Hearts
Courageous" :" dramatized by Ramsay Nor"
ris and Franklin Fyles. In this play Or
rim johnson made his stellar DEBUT, with
Maude Fealey as his leading woman. Miss
Fealey will be remembered here for her
winsome impersonation of Eunice in the
original "Quo Vadis' company. Hearts
Courageous however, appears to have
been only moderately successful, at the
best; and not much is expected OF It,
William Collier, who is an lndepen-
dent now, and who hates the trust as
the devil abhors holy water, offered his
new play, ''Are You My Father 50 late
in the week, that no estimates can be
made Of it at this time. Golfers tlrst ven
ture of the season, Personal proved
failure and he was compelled to substi-
tute the new play Thursday evening: The
only other novelty was the first perform
ance Of an alleged comic opera, The
Fisher Maiden which, by the way, is
somewhat reminiscent in it's title, even
tho it may be the $4,000 production its
promoters maintain. Harry Won T1lzer
is responsible-on the bills, at least, for
the music.
OF the revivals the most important was
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-10

Vancouver's interest in the sealing
business was second only to Victoria.
Many of the hunters lived here, and
there are many stories in circulation
about the experiences they met with.
One incident was used by Rudyard
Kipling as the basis for a story. It
concerned two captains who deter
mined to make a raid into prohibited
territory. Each had his own boat
and crew, but the agreement was
made that after the raid they should
meet and make an equal division Of
the spoils. They killed several thou
sand seals, and everything went well
until the division was all but con-
summated. There was an odd skin
and they became involved in a quar-
rel over it's possession. They sepa-
rated in anger and then one of them
worked a ruse which for cleverness
and originality beats anything on rec
ord. He rigged up his boat to look
as much like a Russian gunboat as
possible. He used stovepipes to rep
resent guns, nailed several barrels to-
gether, end on end, painted them
black, and put them where the funnel
ought to be. He tore an old coat to
pieces and used it with some other
material to make a very creditable
| imitation Of the Russian flag. His
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-10

Mr.. Fitch teach those four children their
business in that first act never should
have believed they, could be SO trained
that almost an entire act could be en-
trusted to them, and it is characteristic
Of Fitch to have tried it. He has in
finite forbearance, and to rehearse under
his direction comes as near to being pleas
ure. as any rehearsing can be. He never
storms ike-well, like some stage man
ayers have known, when things go
wrong. Knowing just what he wants, he
goes about getting it, and he has a way
of inspiring everybody about him with
confidence and enthusiasm. That's why
his stage pictures are so nearly perfect" "
Such is fame! And such isn't litera-
ture At a performance of Ulysses" in
New York city the. other night a man
turned to his woman companion and in
quired: -s.s.3 Ing
"say, did this fellow Ulysses ever real
ly live?"
"Why, Of course, dear" came the
prompt response 'He was a historical
character, and read you all about him
when you were i'll elast summer in that
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-10
THE CHINESE EMPEROR KISSED.


A little American girl was among the guests
at one OF the Empress parties, and the Emperor
at once took her up and kissed her. till the.
child, looking at her mother. said: ':He does
followed the child about and kissed her again:
and again. She was round faced, rosy-checked
little child of 3.
But how had the Emperor of China ever
learned to kiss? How had the very idea Of such
man thruout the whole length and breadth OF
| the vast, Chinese empire ever kisses wife or
child unless he has been taught to do so by q
foreigner. No Chinese mother even kisses her
child The nearest she gets to 1t is lifting her
childs face up to hers & and, as It were smelling
IDENTIFY versed in the practice so that directly
| he saw this foreign little girl he took her up
| and kissed her, as If it were the most natural
thing III the world, while to the everyday China
man this would be most unnatural aud, indeeds
repulsiye process.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-10


House Boat on the Styx.'"
The cast for ''The Girl from Kays,' the
musical comedy Charles Frohman and
George Edwards will present in November
is now complete. In addition to Sam
Harry Davenport, Grace Freeman, Ernest
Lambert, Grace Dudley, Winchel Smith,
Marie Doro, Homer Granville, Maude
Granger, George r. Sprague, Paul Decker,
Emil Hensel and some fifty others.
Lionel Barrymore, who made hit in
the character part of the italian organ
'The Mummy and the Humming Bird, :"
will have a similar opportunity when
"The Best of Friends opens Oct. 10. He
will assume the part Of an aged Boer gen.
eral. =.
N. G. Goodwin and the company with
which Klaw & Erlanger will present him
in an elaborate revival Of "a Midsummer
Nights Dream have begun rehearsals.
The members of the company are Boyd
Putnam, Neil O'Brien, White Whittlesey,
William Farnum Gilbert Douglas, Ed
mund D. Lyons, Arthur Barry, F. Bailey,
Etienne Girardot, William Sampson, Crys-
| we'll Catharine Hutchinson, Maud rLeekly,
Lillian Swain, Thelma Fair, Mayrne Kelso
and Eta Wier.
Herbert Hall winslow and E. M. Royle
| are at odds over the authorship of 'sMy
Wife's Husbands, +" the play produced by
the Royles this season. So true is this
| that Winslow called upon Royle and ex-
pressed surprise that his name should
have been omitted from the program anc
! Iother printing of the piece.
1 Mr.. Royle replied that he did not con.
Isider 1t necessary to give credit to thu
dramatist, since the two first acts were
hts and the third act had been purchased
outright by him from Winslow.
Mr.. Royle, however, does not question
that Winslows 8 sketch was the basis o
his third act, but claims that the pre-
ponderan Of his work in the other act
gives him the authorship.
i Attractions at the local theaters mex
week are as follows: Metropolitan, frs
half, The Country Girl'; second half
i Joseph Jefferson in repertoire Bijou, Isl
Hopkins = Lyceum, Northern Lights.
4 Dewey, Watson's Americans