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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22

in a hospital with a case of the Willies, and then he got his chance. The part was that of an unusually ardent lover, and he made the hit of his life in 1t, but his troubles began right there. After the last curtain he stopped in the middle of the stage and poured out his heart to Mllicent in 8 manner that shriveed the scenery The part, itself, had some pretty warm lines, but Maurice added some that would have made the author take to the swamps and hunt muskrats for a living. He curled up around the edges, and if he had earned hanS from Millicent as Algy Allthecoin, he now had her giving him continuous encore as Charley Warmlover. He tossed till dawn in his bed that night and in the morning, when Milicent came in from a little supper with the manager she found Maurice pale and passionate, stalk ing the corridor in front of her door with another chapter of burning love- right hot off the griddle and ready for the syrup.
 It wasn't a week till the manager was anxiously inquiring about that divorce on his own hook, and Millicent was in a terrible diema. She tried to reason with Maurice but he had absorbed his new character so thoroughly that there was
 
 and only, or an early grave, and death, DEATH, to the man who dared to come between theml
 He made her a speech about two hun dred lines long, without the aid of a prompt book. and it was so good she tried to remember it, to write down and send to another friend of hers in New York who had made quite a success of original dramas, combined from the French and German translations and seasoned with a few situations cribbed from forgotten plays.
 Maurice was about the entire cheese with her just then, but still she was a good business woman and hated to lose a headlner engagement so she tried to compromise. She got the two men to- gether as soon as she got her divorce, ! and proposed that she would marry Maurice during the seasons and marry the manager during the summers, an arrangement that had obvious financial advantages for all concerned. The man ager might have been brought around to this view, and, indeed Maurice himself, might have been able to look favorably upon it if it had not been for the part which he was then playing. As Charley Warmlover however there was nothing for him to do but to make another cen- ter stage speech that was hot enough to boil eggs, and challenge the manager to mortal combat.
 So the manager fired him and married Millcent!
 Poor fellow! The night the show left town, the beautiful de Courtenay hung on his neck and vowed that, though she was welded to the manager, she would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22

Being an Account of the Heart Stirring Experiences of Maurice St. Elmo Early y.ane. S% S S

pick of the chorus for keeps for his little trick just then. of being Algy A1lthe- coin off, as well as on the stage, and feeding them all for week, and the night they broke up, Jakey. who had played quite on the level with the troupe, thanked Maurice with tears in his eyes and borrowed money enough to get back to New York.
 Maybe Maurice wasn't strong then and magnanimous. He put props and 1 his wife in a swell room, and paid all the bills, while he never made play to nose Jimmy out on account of the scarc1- ty of currency. He was still Algy when the bank wired him an awful jolt. Just $61.5 left to his account Phew Frisco looked dark and gloomy that day, but the next week the sun shone again, for the "Scandalous Mrs. High1yer" com pany hit the town, doing an IS. R. O. business, but with enough red hot quar- rels in the troupe to set the asbestos curtains on fire. Millicent put on her pur- pie outfit and toddled right down to the hotel, where she made the manager sit up and gasp for breath In five minutes she was signed on, and the leading lady of seThe Scandalous Mrs. Hghfiyer" was out of a job and suing for breach of contract.
 | pals of the old company and a couple of 1 the chorus girls. and landed Maurice for utility and understudy, and she almost ] put Props" on the books. but as soon ! as the manager found out that Jimmy was her husband he smiled and said, Nay, Nay! Whatever else she wanted she could have, including his watch and chain and a lock of his hair but he drew the line at a husband. So poor Jimmy | got no farther than the depot
 Millicent made quite a dramatic scene of it. She kissed Jimmy goodbye and swore she would remember him with kindly feelings as long as she lived Then wiping her eyes she assured him that she i would send notice of the divorce pro- ceedings as soon as she could get them under the way. and boarded the train Maurice, still in his character of Algy and booded to the last, stayed behind to press a check for the sixty-one fifty in Jimmy's hand and bade hm-"Good-bye and God bless you, me boy. Sorry you ] loser'
 When Maurice stalked into the car he found the Manager in the seat with Milli- cent
 Maurice understudied the whole show till the leading juvenile was left behind
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remain true to Maurice till death. He was very much cut up about it, and there was no telling what might have happened to him if he had not gone back into musical comedy, and secured a jolly role that increased his flesh by twenty pounds. that spring.
 It was not until the latter end of the next season that he met her again. Through the failure of The Plotless Jingle" company. he had been forced to sign on with ten-twenty- y-thirty-reper- toire snap, and through a similar acci- dent the fair Millicent, beautiful as ever, happened to join them at Oskosh, on the night that he was playing the fervid lover in Two Trembling Heartsf'
 Their delight at this reunion knew no bounds. In anxious accents he asked if she had a husband at that time. Miss de Courtenay was not sure of 1t. but she would wire at once to her lawyer to find out The reply came in the morning that she was still married to the Splendid Young Romantic Actor, J. Harring-Har- rington McBooth, but that the lawyer hoped to have her free in a short time.
 An, welll It meant another weary period of waiting but, in the meantime, they resumed loves young dream. so rudely broken one short year before. All that day Maurice renewed his ardent suit, and Millicent rejoiced that she had once more met the only man who had ever been able to keep up the gait.
 Alas, their happiness was briefl Roper tore. deadly repertoire, was to wreck their ,life's happiness once morei That night Maurice was cast as Bill, the Burglar, in the 'Dregs of Crime" and before he got back to the hotel he was so steeped in the part that he burgled the bank and was caught in the act.
 It was a terrible blow to Millicent, but she was true as steel. She induced the manager to make a liberal use of free tickets and get Maurice out on bond, in time for that nights performance of "rhe Fatal Glass" He played the he- roc drunkard in that piece and by the time he got back to the hotel he was so heroically drunk that 1t took the man. ager, the hotel proprietor, the porter, a policeman and the bus driver to put him to bed,
 The next morning, Millicents divorce came, but before she could get to him with the glad news, Maurice. with the character of "Old Dan Lush still strong upon him, had once more grappled with the flowing bowl and could not be lo- cated
 He turned up in time for the evening performance. in which he had his strong character of The Parson, in ''fhe Cross and the Limelight' and the part sobered him up like a week in a Turkish bath. But he would have none of Millicent. The pious man was shocked at the idea of marrying a divorcee, and a stage di- vorce who had worn tights, at that, and gave her fine lecture on the immortality
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
The Actor Who Lived His Parts

Probably no actor on earth ever enter- ed, heart and soul. into his characters as did Maurice St. Elmo Earlynne, whose name in private life was Abner Hicky. Why the season that he sang Gaspard, in the Chimes of Normandy" he was so miserly that he did his own washing and saved every cent of his salary When the season closed he went back to New York with so much money he couldn't sleep nights. That miser part, being the last one he had played, stayed with him all summer, and he spent nearly his whole time watching the bank for fear some one would walk off with the build ing. He was afraid to trust his wealth to the savings department, but got 1t all changed into gold and salted it down in a safety deposit box, where he could go in and look at it every day.
 By September, Maurice St. Elmo Ear lynne, who now signed himself M. Ear lynne to save ink, had starved himself down to a shadow and looked so seedy he never would have secured booking, if he had not run across Jakey Ikestein, who was taking out a musical comedy snap and knew Maurice and his peculiar ities of old. Maurice was cast as Algy Allthecoin. bowling swell who was sup posed to do nothing but spend money through three acts, and 1t was funny to see him gradually loosen up. After the first rehearsal, he came around in neat hand-me- down. Next day he carried a cane and wore a carnation in his but tonhole, and before the show hit the first dog town he had six trunks of clothes and was bowling to Jakey for a private car. He fairly put the authors idea Of Algy Allthecoin to shame and he didn't stop when he put on his street clothes either. He was Algy all the time, and the chorus girls were all scrapping about him the first week out. But he was not for them.
 Maurice met his fate the first night he played opposite to the leading lady. She was dream in everything from the tights to the Worth outfits and it was a mutual mash at first sight. Her name was Millieent de Courtenay, and she only had one disagreeable feature that being Tim Casey, who was property man for the show and also Millicents husband. Jimmy liked Maurice first rate for his free-handed ways, but he was stubborn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22

they wept over their misfortune till the low comedian found them. He wept. too. though not quite so much, when he heard their history, and himself carried out their message to the charming Miss Courtenay's lawyer, who was instructed to bring divorce proceedings at once.
 And here we will leave them, my friends They have but a short time to wait until the papers are issued which will free her from an irksome bondage, and then these two fond lovers, whom we have seen passing through so many trials and tribulations. will be joined in the sacred bonds of matrimony, till death or the courts do them part But, from now. beloved reader, Millicent de Courtenay will rick out her devoted hus- bands place in the cast, for she knows his fatal weakness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
BY GEORGE R. CHESTER.

about some things and wouldn't give up Millcent till the close of the season. She was crazy about Maurice before the show got west of the Ohio, and the two hand some young lovers fairly went down on their knees to Jimmy to allow a divorce when they hit Chicago, where the jop could be done up during their week S stand, but Jimmy was firm. Said it was against his principles to change wives during a season, and, besides there wasn't a merry merry with the troupe that he'd have in her place, even if he could afford to stoop below the level of stars, which was also against his princi- ples
 Otherwise Jimmy was mighty nice about it. He never kissed his wife in front of Maurice, thus sparing him many pang, and he never entered a room where he knew they were alone without knocking and coughing, so as not to catch them spoonlng. He carried their grips forward to the smoking compart- ment and in a thousand and one little ways showed his thoughtfulness and con- sideraton.
 And how Maurice did spend moneyl Nothing was quite rich enough for the blood of Algy Allthecoin, and in the one week stands it was bird and the bottle and the plush-lined cabs every night. Jimmy went out with them few times, but. not being desperately in love, he couldn't stand the pace and crawled into the hay early every evening. Along about five, G. M. Millicent would sweep into the room and find Jimmy gently snoring He'd roll over and ask If she was out with Maurice or Johnny, but the answer was always the same and Jimmy would go to sleep again, satisfied that she was true to both of them.
 The salary was a mere bagatelle, now. People took Maurice for the owner of ! the show, he was so lordy. About once week he put crimp into that little old New York bank account, and that made an awful hit with Millcent. Maur- ice was about the highest-geared propo- sition she ever met behind the foothghts' and the Johnnies could stand in rows with bushel baskets full of diamonds and never make her quiver an eyelash. It was all Maurice for her, though Jimmy for his kindness. ran a close second l From Denver on, the show struck shoal water. and on the coast they went on the rocks The ghost had not promen- aded for a full month, and Maurice, with his bank account, had his chance to be angel, right. He could have had his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
Munsing Underwear.

We are so we'll pleased with the many kindly expressions offered us many times a day and every day in the week about our munsng underwear that we take pleasure in guaranteeing every garment to give you the utmost satisfaction in every way.
 We also know that we are correct in saying that you have never been perfectly fitted until you have worn munsing union suit, vest or tights. Although you may be pleased with what you are now wearing, we know that the fit and finish of other kinds does not approach the mum sing.
 We have repeatedly stated that these garments are fully 25 per cent lower in price than any similar fabrics.
 Every woman delights in fine, soft, light warm, form m-fitting underwear, es- pecially when there is a great saving in price. The tremendous sales on this ex- cellent underwear prove the appreciation in which they are held and they are sold only by Caheen Bros.
 The stock is now complete and very lit- tie prospects of procuring more this sea- son. Therefore, we urge all desiring these excellent garments to buy at once.
 Tn other makes of desirable underwear we offer the following special items: Womens fine, soft three-quarter Wool
 Union Suits, medium weight-black
 and natural gray, reduced CT rO
 to ........................ A'OO womens Silk and Wool Vests, CT <O
 pink, white and blue..........
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
Some Park Persiflaaes.

iFrom the Automobile Magazine.
 Policeman Sparrow-'Tis the foine ,Frinch nurse yer afther makin', Biddy.
 Biddy Babycarriage-Frlnc nurse, Is it? Frinch nurse? OPll give yez to un- derstand that I'm just as much a chauf- feur as tn operator of any other horse less carriage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
Table Linens
 For Thanksgiving.

JUST before Thanksgiving is a good time to re- plenish the linen supply-Chance to do so at saving tomorrow Everything in the linen line at special prices full bleached genuine Belfast table damask 72 inches wide, heavy weight nice assortment of pat terms; the best in the market for the
 money regularly 'l00' reduced for 8DC quick selling to-. ..........,..........,...
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22

Have you seen the fine Roasters we are giving with our Baking Powder. A. & F. Tea Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
Blanket and Comfort Department

tra large, 11-4 size, in red only, our regular $7.50 Blanket. z IO Special. =. ..'...
 Our $650 Blanket, strictly all-wool, extra heavy, 11-4 size, in gray only, borders pink, blue. scarlet z m and black. Special at...... .c'OO
 A large stock of Cotton Blankets in white, gray and tan, at 75c, 98c, $1.25. $1.49 per pair. 10-4 and 11-4 sizes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22

size. white. gray, red and plaids, our regular $5.00 Blanket; 2 co
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 Beautiful Scotch Plaid Blankets that have taken the place of old-time white Blankets. strictly all-wool warp and filling, extra large, 11-4 size, beautiful colors, silk hemmed; regular z co s7.OO value Special at. .O'CC A No. strictly all-wool Blanket, ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22

"Gracioso Kids" famous for their fine finish. perfect fitting, unsurpassed by any $200 glove in Birmingham, 2 large lock clasps, heavily embroidered, all the new autumn shades. our price $1.50 per pair. Ask to be fitted.
 The greatest line of Golf Gloves" in the state for ladies, misses and children, to be found in our Glove De- partment, 25c pair andup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22

The cold, damp winter days are fast approaching. Now is the time to buy your Winner Bedding. Here you find only the best grades at popular prices As an inducement for you to come we make special prices
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 A frst-class all-wool Blanket, full
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HandkerChiefS.

A big deal in mems and womens handkerchefs- 5000 dozen secured from Eastern manufacturer to be sold tomorrow at less than cost of making. Buy your holiday supply atpositive saving of onehaf
 Womens Handkerchiefs, pure linen, hem 1 stitched fine embroidered and lace trimmed, NN in three bargain lots, at 10c, 7c and ........ A%~ Mems handkerchefs of pure linen, Belfast cambric and finest japonette, in plain hemstitched Fa with pretty initial two immense bargain lots, hN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
IHIs MIIIINERY 1T PRICES TO MAKE WOMEN WONDER.

Mustn't let the smallness of these Mon day pricings prejudice you against these Hats, They warrent much praise. Worth every cent the regular rates. We've reason for 1t.
 The Hats were trimmed by one of the largest makers in the west. Peculiar con ditions caused the wholesale millinery business to be rather slow
 A great showing in Trimmed Hats. Hundred of Trimmed Hats and Turbans, matchless in style and beauty cI7E values from s7.J0 to 5000 at.......pf.iJ speca-21-inch Black ostrich Fumes. fine glossy black. $500 values CT OQ at....... .........- .......... ..'..-.-.Yis/O arge black velvet Hats, with beautiful long black, glossy plumes, at c6 sn $500 and. d........-..-.......... coco VO'OV The "Angelus" Mohair ready to- wear Hats. trimmed with felt and silk, CT n wool cord, all colors. ................ pIsf.1 The Brooklyn Mohair high crown Hats. with three straps of satin around crown, satin edge and pom CT An The "Eunice,' draped ready wear Hat made of Mohair felt. all no. colors, $l.25 quality, at.............. 1OC untrimmed Hats. of Mohair felt, in all desirable shapes, large assort- no. ment all colors t....................1O 1OS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
These Suits Are Selling at $500.

If there's better suit for the money in Birmingham we'd like to it. The nearest approach in style and quality is suit sold time since at S1S75 and we considered it remarkably good value Customers did, But this is better bargain than that Has just as much style and is finished every bit well. They're Ill those long skrted blouse effects that popular Ev- cry woman insists having at least suit in this effect sS Asss ass other styles for those who prefer $l5
 Long Skirted Blouse Suits and other equay desira b1e styles of cames hair mixtures Scotch mixtures cam els hair cloth zbeme mixtures novelty weaves chevots basket in black blue gray green brown or tan and the popular combinations of coors Also Prince Al bert Styles correct military effects and pretty cape de signs Dress walking ngth skirts, foot kilt CHE or flare styles Monday ......................A Ap1J Black or Blue Cheviot Suits, $l275.
 Coat Suits Zbeine P1aited, $2O.OO.
 Military Suits Zibeline Scotch Mixture, $25O OO.
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Ladies' Kid Gloves.

Our Special Dollar Glove" is the famous "Clementine." an Al improted French Kid, a perfect fitting glove, all shades. also black and white, fitted by expert filters.
 Ladies' Silk Gloves. silk lined, also cashmere silk lined, the new fad black colored lining, soc pair and up.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-03-12
BOOK OF THE ROYAL BLUE.

The March number Book of the Royal
Blue" published by the passenger depart.
men of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, is
in the nature of n special number of par.
tict,lar interest to Odd Fellows, Elks and
'1embers of the North Eastern Saengcr.
bund, who will hold conventions at Bal.
timore during the coming summer.
The number abounds in beautiful il.
'ustrntions of the city of Baltimore, with
short introduction to its attractive
features. Much valuable information As
givern concerning each of the three or
'anizations, whose combined membership
8 now over million and a half. The
lemand for copies, therefore, will be
.reat, and, us the edition is limited, re-.
luests for copies should be made early.
Single copies may be had for five cents
'ach, on application to D. r. Martin,
manager passenger traffic, Baltimore &
ohio railroad, Baltimore. The annual
subscription to the magazine is but 80
'cnts. and each number issued monthly,
contains some special article of inter
est. d&wlt
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-03-12
THE DOMESTIC PYRAMIp.

-. = ~ + VI
many Materials and n womnn-a Life
Go Into Its Consfruetfon.
The domestic pyramid is mythical
structure which every woman builds.
1t seems paradoxical to say that 4
mythical structure is aetualiy built,
but such is the case. The more indus.
trious the woman fine higher the pyrn.
mid. Many materials go to tile build
Ing, and woman's life Is given up to
the occupation.
First, aud these form a. mighty pro-
portion, the pyramid contains all the
dishes which one woman has washed.
Ihree times a day for twenty or thirty
years she washes some fifty dishes. 1t
makes mighty host when 1t is placed
In the pyramid, for since there are 800
Gays In each year on an average wo-
man washes $3.50 dishes each year.
Next on the pyramid are the brooms
and busters and scrubbing brushes and
Tdishcloths and tea cloths which have
been Worn out in her battle for cleanli-
ness. 1t is wonderful to think OF. They
will number well into the hundreds,
even though the one who used them
was not known rs notable housewife.
AL thlS 6SGllph u
come the soap and washing powders
which helped in the fray. Few people
would imagine the quantities of these
which are used, but when 1t is all put
together 1t makes very respectable
corner In the pyramid.
Then come the foodstuffs which have
gone through her hands in prepara-
ton for the table-the dozens of eggs
she has boiled and poached aud fried,
the bushels of potatoes she has pared.
the quantity OF flour she has slfted, the
fruit and sugar which she laborIously
made into preserves and 5ellies, the
loaves of bread she has kneaded and
the cake she has beaten. If she be n
New Englander, there are mountains
of pies she has baked and innumerable
doughnuts she has fried. Such an up
palling quantityl
Could woman realize early in life
the domestic pyramid which she would
build she would think it an impossible.
ity. Luckily she knows nothing of this
and tolls on from day to day. building
according to her energies and emo
bling the work with the beauty of self
sacrifice.-SalIie Carroll In Pittsburg
Chronicle.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-03-12
A annay Closet.

a corner closet in either the livins
room or the bathroom OF house, Ill
which can be found a supply of clean
ing fluids and materials for household
use In repairing articles Mt short notice
will be such a source of comfort that
It is well worth the trouble and slight
expense involved. Ammonia and wood
alcohol and gasoline for the liquids and
French chalk. cornmeaI and pipeclay
for dry cleaning are absolute necessi.
ties. Each household has special things
that 1t invariably uses for cleansing and
renovatfng and doubtless one is us good
as another, but the important thing is
to have them in an accessible place
and where they can be Ind at mo.
ment's notice.