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The Washington times., 1903-12-06
Hard Times or Poor Plays?
A Few Thoughts Suggested by Gen
eraI Complaint.

There has been some talk about the
fallfng-on Of business in the theatrical
centcrs The disposition seems to be to
blame this on financial conditions. for
there mustsneeds be 4 reason. This rea-
son. however, enanates from those who
are suffering from the conditions, and is
therefore open 10 suspicion Times are
not bad Agricultural and commercial
ccnditlors are good as ever. The public
Is as fond of the theater as ever.
The fact is there Is nothing 10 keen
the public away from the theaters ex-
cept a lack of attraction therein. Hard
times. so far as the theaters are. con-
I eerned, are only a natural sequence of
The poverty of the authors. actors. and
managers ideas Good times al. the box
Office seem TO have enervated the au-
thors and caused certain managers to be
careless Moreover. certain theatrical
plungers who have enjoyed run Of
luck have this season come the inevita-
bic cropper.
{ Too much haste, not enough 1udg-
ment. no real artistic acumen. These
are the discrepancies which are bsget-
ting woe in certain offices where they
are trying to blame fictitious causes for
weaknesses wholly subjective. There
are no hard times. This is simply a year
Of numerous theatrical failures which
the public does not care to see.
All the successes are playing to crowd
ed houses.
Liebler < Co. seem to be having the
banner year Of their career. Miss Rob
son in Merely Mary Ann" Mrs.
Wigs, ana Beuew in '.Rafies'' are all
playing 70 gratifying returns.
Richard Mansfield has played TO a
series OF uninterruptedIy crowded
houses since the initial night of his tri-
umph in "Old Heidelberg" In Chicago
half the city was cut of by the car
strike during the first two weeks of his
'Old Heidelberg run. yet the play was
gwen with the orchestra under the
stage every night but two; and he con
scented to continuation of its run.
Viola Allen has given a worthy and
admired production OF Twelfth Night
with results she has not enjoyed since
the first year OF The Christian"
Two new musical plays Of genuine
merit have been produced in New York
this winter. They are Babes in Toy
land and Three Little Maids" The
manager Of neither of these can read
hard times with microscope
In spite OF a play which has not en-
joyed unanimous praise. Maude Adams
is greeted by large audiences
If there are any hard times, Wall
Street has concentrated them on the
rich man, Yet the greatest artistic lux
ury in the world. high-priced grand op-
era in New York, is this year more in
favor than ever. and novelty at ten
dollars a seat drew $4,000 10 the box Of
fee in one day.
There are other successes. and they
are all proiting by the disposition of
the public to be entertained by enter
tainments that really do entertain
The Washington times., 1903-12-06
Hoopskirts Redivivus.
A Possibility They May Again Become
the Fashion.

1
the Fashion
Latest fashion announcements from
Paris declare for a still greater fare
at the bottom OF the new skirts. In
many instances this is aided by the in
sertion OF wire around the bottom cir
conference Of the skirts. or. more fire.
qusntly. in an added stinening in ths
understands. In consequence. thoss
who follow fashions most closely and
realize the circles in which they move
have come TO the conclusion that the
day of the hoopskirt is about to be re-
vived.
This new fashion has not confined IT.
self 70 Paris by any means. on the con
trary the wide haring mas already been
seen during the late Newport season, and
the New York season, which Is now
just beginning. This city viii have am
pie opportunity to see the effect Of tbs
somewhat modified hoopskirt during The
engagement at the Lafayette OF Miss
Isabel Irving and her company, IN Win
ston ChurchiiFs dramatization OF his
remarkable novel. 1.-The Crisis"
Testimony From the Front.
All the actresses in 1.-THE Cr1sIsH COM
-pany have become so used to the How
ing skirt Of other days that they are
well qualified 10 tell just how 1t feels
TO wear the old fashion which Is new
threatening TO come In once more Mss
Irving laughed heartily when question
ed in regard to her liking Tor the old
gowns.
''It was very funny at first" she said
once as she stood IN the wings Of the
theater awaiting her cue. and had All
sorts OF terrible adventures. but after
a while I found out how 10 manage my
hoops and then everything went all
right.
do YOU know these hoops are almost
human in their contrariness. Some Will
be docile for weeks and behave in the
most dignified manner possible. and then
Just as suddenly and without any warn
Ing at all they VIII go on strike and
can do nothing with them; they simply
viii not stay down.
what do / do then? Why, treat
them just as one would a bad child ]
put them in the closet until they be-
have.
Seriously, I would not be sorry 70
see the fashion come in, although, OF
course. we would not wear hoops on eli
occasions Still, for evening wear or
ceremonial calls nothing could be more
graceful. We women are fast losing ali
our little old-tinne graces; we are for
getting how TO firt a fan or toss cur
heads. In my own case / know that OF
the stage ! am just like any other sim
pie American girl The minute / put on
my hoops and its skirt ] fiirt desper-
ately. I eOqUette with my head and
with ny curls. / use my fan like a
woman of Spain. 1t Is all quite invol-
untary, all the other women in the
company have had the same experience.
but they all like the skirts. too. Ask
them"
Told by the Company.
Evanseline Irving. who was standing
near her sister. at once admitted that
she had grown 10 ike the seemingly
bulky garment. Il know il seems I'M
calmly she laughed, but il isn't really
The Washington times., 1903-12-06
CURL Tuler a Tenor.

Cyril Tyler viii make his first public
appearance since the days of his boy
hood triumphs at the Empire Theater
on Monday night appearing in the Trim
ity Church scene in THE Price of
Honor" The last time he was heard
in this city he was golden-haired boy
with n voice that made him famous
all over the world. He sang Their at
press club benefit. Together with the
leading theatrical artists appearing
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in New York at the time. he came to
this city by special train after the per-
Torrance in New York and returned TO
that city the following afternoon. max
ing a record-brealing run IN order that
the various artists might be in time for
their usual work that night.
He has since been around the world.
and now he returns. not as a soprano,
but as a tenor with a voice OF won
defuly range and power
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Empire-aThe Price OF Honor.n

THE Price of Honor" a melodrama
which deals with great store. the East
Side district. and interior Of old Trinity
Church, In New York, will be perform
ed at the Empire the ensuing week The
engagement takes on speciSt interest
in view OF the recent engage suent of
Cyril Tyler. long a boy soprano Of wide
reputation, and now concert tenor.
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choir boy and Nina Morris as the
adventures. Master Grimm was last
year one of the chief actors at the
children's theater. in New York. THE
Choir Boy of St Mary's" is from the
pen OF Theodore Kremer.
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At the TheateEs.
columbia-David warfeld.

Columbia-David Warfieid.
David Warheld Will reaDpear in 'oThe
AuctiOneer'' at the Columbia through
out the ensuing week. Both play ana
player are now we'll known IN Wash.
ington. and the latter IS thereby estab-
Hshed ia enviable favor as a character
actor Of exceptional faithfulness ana
The Washington times., 1903-12-06
COlumbia--Burtoa Holmes on Alaska.

Columbia Tuesday afternoon by Burton
Holmes IN his 'An-American Series is
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entitled. 'sAiaska I: Through the Fjords
to Sitke and the White Pass
Alaska details Mr. Holmes travels
from the sailing at Sltka to the descent
o. the White Horse Rapids OF the Yu-
kon. He will lead his felIow-travelers
by ship through the Alaskan Fjords,
giving them glimpses # Wrangel Mar
rows, KillIsnOO. juneau. the TreadwelI
Nine. the biggest stamp mill in the
world, and Sitka, with its traces Of ear
~ Russian occupation. From Sitka he
retraces his steps, visiting the famous
glaciers Of this far northern region, and
at last coming to Skagway. where the
celebrated White Pass once offered so
ms ny terrors Of ice and cold for the
wo Jld-be Klondike gold hunter BY
train, with comparative ease. Mr..
Holmes viii take his fellow travellers
through the Pass 20 Summit Lake and
thence by steamer down the Yukon 10
White Horse Rapids.
The lecture is particularly rich I'm mo-
ton pictures-the miners al the Tread
well Mine, panoramas of the principal
glaciers. and pauoramas taken from the
train going through White Pass. mere
~ preparing his audience for several
motion pictures showing the descent OF
the rapids of Miles Canyon and shoot
ing the White Horse Rapids in cattle
barge and b. canoes.
Academy-"The Choir Boy CT ST
The Washington times., 1903-12-06

National-"The Rogers Brothers in Lon
dom"
From a long run at the Knickerbocker
Theater. New York city, THE Rogers
Brothers in London comes to the Ma
tional for one week beginning tomor-
row night. John = McNally had the
assistance Of George Y. Hobart and Ed
GARDENER in evolving THE Rogers
Brothers in London" which they mod
estly style a vaudeville farce. Messrs.
Hobart and GARDENER wrote the lyrics.
The Rogers Brothers in London is
in three acts. The first act represents
the deck Of the North German Lloyd
steamship "Kronprinz Wilhelm" the
second act shows the company in Ira
falgar Square, London, and the third
and final act finds them all safely back
in gay old New York The lyrics are
said 70 be bright, the dialogue pungent
and witty. and the whole affair to reek
with jollity and animation.
Associated with the Rogers brothers in
their new piece are Joseph Coyne, Lee
Harrison Melville Ellis. George Austin
Moore, William J. Gale, James Cherry,
Harry Brown, Lillian Coleman, Carrie
Reynolds, News Aymar. Sue Stuart.
Frances Tyson, May B. Wood, Julia
Eastman, Minerva Courtney, William
Torpey, and Arthur Gibson.
Chase's-Attractive Vaudeville.
Chase's promises its most pretentious
polite vaudeville program this week 1t
is composed. it is claimed, of not less than
six distinguished headline features, sup
plemented by the usual number Of other
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skill. Tins is. however, warfields last
tour as levi. Next season he is &C
be provided with an extremely different
character.
The company this year is much the
same as that Of last season. Marie Bates
viii portray, in her own inimitable
fashion, the droll part of Mrs. Eagan.
The others in the cast include Maria
Davis. William Boag. Eugene Garfield.
Stokes Sullivan, Harry Rogers, Eva
Randolph, Maud Beckwith, W. NJ.
Frederic. Maurice Chick, Edward Racey.
Louise Parker. Marion Kilby, Laura
Lang. Phoebe Loubet. Mary Fairchild.
Hearn Collins, Sadie Miner. and others.
David Belasco's eminent position az
author and manager, and the fact thal
he has never Vet offered anything OF
secondary quality. is sufficient evidence
that Warfieid's play will be generously
mounted and cogently written.
The Washington times., 1903-12-06

Lafayette-Isabel Irving.
Isabel Irving viii make her first bow
10 Washington as 4 star from the stage
OF the Lafayette Square Theater Mon
day night when she viii be seen here
The Washington times., 1903-12-06

Academy-"The Choir Boy CT ST.
Mary''."
'.TAs- Choir Boy Of St 8Iary.s" VIII
be offered al the Academy of Music
this week. with Lores Grimm as the
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GOSSIP OF THE DRAMA FROM MANY POINTS OF VIEW

on the American stage today. Thorlas
A. Hall. one of the veterans of the
american stage. and the creator Of the
part, viii be seen as Colonel Carvel
while Charles Lamb viii be the rough
but lovable Judge whipple.
The Washington times., 1903-12-06
Incidental Music.
The Present Office of Thea
ter OTChestras and Their
Real Office - lbsen and
HiaWa -ha.

T n the course Of an informal discus
sion Of the modern theater. not ions
Newport daily independent., 1903-03-21

A magnificent display of early spring hats are now ready for inspec- tion at Matte Moore's. Come, you will be surprised, and made welcome Store open every night until nine o'clock. 82 b7t.
 c. H. Wilmans and Farley Price re- turned Friday night from Little Rock. Both gentlemen are interested in the defeat of the Myers mussel bill and believe that the Senate will kill the measure.
 Mrs. F. s. Albro of Little Rock was here Saturday on her return home from Batesville, but missed the train which was made up here, and had to remain over.
 "Hutchinson Hooper," in "Other Peoples Money" says, "Money be- longs, not to the person who has it, but to the one who has wits enough to get it." At Opera House Saturday night March 21.
 Mrs. Tom Cushing, the wife of a prominent contractor on the White River extension came down Saturday morning on her way to St. Louis to see Mrs. Langtry at the Olympic. Mrs. Cushing was formerly an actress.
 Jno. Hencke, bookkeeper for the Wolff Goldman Mercantile Company returned home Friday night from St. Louis, where he visited both Elise Hooker and Ike Goldman, whom he says are both improving. The latter was able to sit up Friday for the first time
 The engagement of Miss Dot Thorn burg, daughter of Col. George Thorn burg, and Mir. Robert Payne Ram sey, son of Rev. T. Y. Ramsey oi Winfield Memorial, has been an nounced, the wedding to occur in the near future. e.-Little Rock Democrat The bride to-be is we'll known anc very popular in Newport, where she has often visited. The INDEPENDENT offers congratulations in advance
Newport daily independent., 1903-03-21

"Old Arkansas" elaborate and beautiful scenery, full of fun, depict ing rural life among the Ozarks of Arkansas at the opera house, Tuesday, March 24. dtd
 Fred Raymond's latest dramatic comedy "Old Arkansas" play with an intensely interesting plot, the strongest kind of melodramatic situ- ations and brimful of comedy and unique characters at the opera house, Tuesday, March 24. dtd
 The Newport Public School by a score of g to defeated the Newport Blues Friday afternoon in a thirteen inning game. The batteries were, for the Public. School, Parrish and Duffer; Newport Blues, Javers and Johnson. Through this game, the Public School team have won the local champion ship.
 For a number of years, Mrs. Etta Merrill has trimmed the hats of many of Newport's most fastidiOus dressers and pleased her trade. Don't fail to attend her Spring opening in the par lors of the Hazel Hotel, Thursday, March 26, and see a beautiful line of the seasons latest creations in pat tern hats. 82 dtd
 Col. George Thornburg and bride returned Thursday evening from Hot Springs, where they went on their bridal tour, and are now at home at 1924 Spring street. They were married at 1O:3O a. m. last Tuesday, March IT, at the home of the bride in Newport. The prospective wedding had not been announced many days in advance, and was therefore some what of a surprise to the friends oi the popular couple. Mrs. Thornburg will receive a warm welcome in Little Rock. Col Thornburg is one of the best known and most prominent citi- zens of Little Rock, and has been highly honored as leader in politics journalistic and religious work.-Lit- tie Rock Democrat.
Newport daily independent., 1903-03-21
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-18
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-18
LOOK HERE FOR IT
It Is What the Reader Has
Long SoUght.

People will read advertisements about
cures made by medicine. AS they read
they wonder If the statements are true.
If true, was the relief temporary or
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the time, that made me feel miserable,
I got medicine on different occasions
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me for the time, but it was soon as bad
as ever. Hearing of Doan's Kidney
Pills, took a course of the treatment
They cured me, and the cure has beer
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-18
SHUT GALATIANS OUT.
The Brunswick Pilots Put Up q
Great Game.

Great Game.
Brunswick. Ga, July T.-In a very
pretty game of ball here this afternoon,
which was witnessed by an unusually
large number of Brunswick fans, the
Pilots of this city defeated the Chat
hams of Savannah, administering a
shut out
Both teams played good ball, and
in only one inning, second, did man
cross the home plate. In this inning,
the Pilots, with four hits, and an err
ror by Barrett. succeeded in making
four runs, which ended the score-mak-
ing of the game.
The feature of the game was the
pitching and all-round good work of
Walker of the Pilots. He struck out
twelve men out of twenty-nine at the
bat, allowed the visitors only one hit,
made two for himself and fielded his
position with credit. Walker is a
Brunswick boy. but it is feared that
some of the professional teams will
soon be after him. He has pitched
great ball this season, and in very
nearly every game has struck out be-
tween ten and fifteen men, never al
lowing over four or five hits.
The Galatians also played a good
game but were at the mercy of the
Brunswick pitcher and never succeed
ed in getting a man on third base, and
it was in the fourth inning that the
first one reached first.
The score of the game in detail is as
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-18
Elder smoot of the ''HardsheII Bap-
fists"
From the Winchester Democra {.

From the winchester OcIDOtIdls
In a remote part of Robertson coun-
ty reside a small number Of people
less than g dozen-who cling to the
faith of their fathers. and are known
as "Hardshell Baptists"
No preacher of that denomination
resides in that section, and even If
there were the believers in the faith
are too few in number to give one
support
only once algear are they permitted
to break the bread of life with pas
tor of their faith, and it is made
season OF spiritual rejoicing.
We who live in this favored section
of Kentucky, in towns and villages
filled with churches in a country so
favoiably blessed that a church can
be found at nearly every crossroad-
we find it inConyenient at times to at
tend divine worship, although the dis
lance to be travelled is Insignificant.
Think of 4 preacher who travels 800
miles on horseback. over mountainous
roads, fording streams, riding through
mountain gulches where there is no
defined road, sometimes travelling day
and night to reach his appointment in
time.
That is what a grand old man, that
noble servant of God, Elder Smoot
does, when he makes his annual pill
grimage from away over in the south
eastern part of Old Virginia to his lit
tie flock down in Robertson county.
These believers in the faith are poor
in this worlds goods: the old preach
er does not mind little thing like
that. 1t is even stated that in the years
he has ministered to their spiritual
needs, he has refused to accept any
salary.
He travels that 500 miles through
sunshine and storm, without hope of
earthly reward or recompense; it is the
Masters work that Is calling, the la
borers are few, but he is one of those
who are faithful and willing to serve
without money and without price.
The world needs more men like Ed
er Smoot; ii needs those whose conse-
Grafton to duty is above that of dollars
and cents; it needs and has use for
men who are willing to make sacrifices
that the people may become better.
We do not know this noble old man.
but we do know that on the final day
the verdict will be well done, good
and faithful servant-enter thou into
the joy of thy Lord"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-18
Black Cat Held Up Fast Mail Train
From the PHILADELPHIA Press.


Chicago, ILL.,, July ia railroad
mans faith in the old superstition,
kill a black cat and you'll have bad
luck" caused a delay of eleven min
utes this morning to the Lake Shore
fast mail, scheduled to leave Chicago
at 3 o'clock. 1t was the first train on
the Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern road to leave the new La Sale
Street Depot.
Just as Conductor Tally shouted
Board" a black cat leaped up the
steps of the day coach. Believing in
the old superstition that 1t is good luck
to have a black cat stray in your
house Yardmaster Stewart ran into the
car after the cat and caught it hall
way down the aisle Upon reaching the
platform he dropped the animal and IL
dived under the train.
The cat perched itself on the rear
trucks of the coach and being dis
lodged from that place, 1t bounded be-
tween the rails to the forward trucks.
lEngAn Bittman sent his fireman
back to learn why Tally was holding
the train.
IT'S a black cat under the day
coach" said the fireman.
Keep the id cat away from the
engine" Bittman shouted. IF he
crosses the tracks in front of me I
won't take this train out"
The cat was finally caught and the
fast mail rolled out eleven minutes
late.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-18

Mating to he Made in the south
From the Baltimore Manufacturers
Record.
j. Stuart Kuykendall writes in the
North States Industrial Journal advo-
eating the manufacture of mattings in
the South. He says that the National
Agricultural Department is inVestigat-
ing the possibilities of the manufac-
ture of mating from rush now growing
wild in the swamps of almost every
Southern state, that found in North
Carolina, Alabama and Texas being
nearer the kind required than that
found in other Southern States. He
says that looms to weave the rush
have been patented, and several of
them will be set up in North Car
DINA as soon as they have been made
He believes that this is a step toward
the proper utilization of a great
amount of hitherto unused raw mate
rial and that the result will be an en-
HANGING of the value of almost value
less swamp lands and the distribution
in this country of vast sums of money
amounting to about $4,000, 600 which
are annually sent abroad to China ana
Japan for the purchase of mating
Should the experiment be a success
another money maker will be added to
the cotton mills and furniture facto-
ries of North Carolina.