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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-10
Just Vegetables.

From the Nebraska State Journal.
The Massachusetts legislatures chief
prize is that it can outsit congress or
the British parliament without turning a
hair. 1t just loves to sit and take root.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-10

Rich soil makes the fat asparagus
stalks when the latter are given plenty
of room. You cannot get them By crowd
ing plants on any soil. I give them two
feet in the row, and make the rows five
feet apart When the soil is a rich old
garden spot It is questionable whether
even deep trenching, and filing the
trenches with manure, will have great
effect or give much larger stalks
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-10

Cheap tools are deiusion and a con-
slant source of annoyance Lately I
bought a few of those cheap garden
trowels In one of our department stores.
Like all tools. made for a cheap trade.
they are cheap. cheaply made and poor.
The blade slips out Of the handle, and
when you have once worked with such
an implement. or rather such a poor i'm
itation of an implement you will be ready
to throw 1t on the rubbish pile, and get
good substantial garden-trowel, such
as most seedsmen keep. You pay good
price, but you get serviceable tool.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
VOTING FOR PLAYS
Lyceum Audiences Permitted to Select
the Bill

Lyceum Audiences Permitted to Select
the Bill.
The popular vote for plays in prog
ress at the Lyceum theater is interest
ing from several points Of view.
which a majority of his patrons wish to
see, devised novel method Of ascer-
tanning their preference. Cards were
printed bearing a list of twenty-three
plays, and these, for the last twelve
days, have been distributed thru the
audiences with request that plays
most desired be designated. +
Six plays have proved remarkably
popular. Three" Graustark, - 'sCleo-
patra' and "When We We're Twenty
one have been presented by the Fer
ris company before, the other three
Two Flags and sSLittle Lord Faunt-
leroy While these show wide di-
versity of taste, thew also indicate a
most encouraging desire for high-class
drama
Mr.. Ferris has already arranged to
put on five Of the six soon: Grau-
stark will fill the week. of Dec. 1S;
Christmas week Little Lord Fauntle-
royo will be the bill. New Years week
.HUnder Two Flags" will be the offer
ing. These will be followed BY When
and Romeo and Juliet.
The vote i7 will be continued and au-
they desire to see. Among the,1 are
q AS You Like It., = t9soldiers Of For
tune flaming Of the shrew,'' Don
Blue jeans "Oliver Twist'' and
Sea of Ice.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
FOOTLIGHT FLASHES.

For the week Of Dec IS Eva ranguay will re.
turn to the Mctropoliran,. giving nine perform
ancesE of The sagnbo. Girl for the beneht Of
the frenrn's relief fund - =.
William Collier. chosen by3Charles Frohnian as
Rssf gifd to porfry the in
will appear at the Metropolitan in this play the
week OF Dec. 25. #
:sRanson's Folly" the American comedy, of
army life. will be the chief offering of Robert
Edeson for one wI-k at the Metropolitan begin
ming Jan. /. Mr.. Hdeson Will alac present De
Miles new play CT American college life,
Hayerlys minstrels will appear at the Metro
politan for half week commencing Jan. s. Billy
Van and Jimmy Wall head the roster.
No comedy within the last ten years has met
with such .uneluivocal success as "A MESSAGE
from Mars which Charles Iiawtrey will intro
duce at the Metropolitan for the half week be-
Among the January offerings at the Metropoi-
tan Jane Corcoran and Andrew Robson in
pretty Peggy ."rhe Girl from Dixie" .'Ihe
Roosevelt clab in Cinderella ana the Prince, >
Maxine Elliott in Her Own Way and "a
Chinese Honeymoon
One Of the big melodramatc attractions Of the
season will be Charles E. Blaney,s The Curse
1.-The Waits Paradise
After five years in vaudeville, James J. Cor
this season in bright new comedy drama by
Edmund Day, entitled Pals. the Christmas
week attraction at the Bijou.
Lovers OF catchy music will appreciate the
musical numbers introduced by Florence Bindley
and her show girls in The Street snger,
Years week.
Anlong rne new meodraEas is After Mid
night a play which port"ays a side of metro
poiitan life heretofore unexpected on the stage,
and which will have hearing at the Bjou soon.
Williams and Walker with their large COM
pany OF colored players. shouters, sweet
singers of negro melodies, buck and wing dan
GERS and cake walkers. are booked at the Bijou
for an early date.
Shadows OF Great City will be presented
at the Bi;ou Other attractions at the
Bijou include The Heart of Maryland" Su-
perba. y 1.-The Fatal Wedding, Mason and Mason,
Nannette Comstock i'll "rhe Crisis, and The
Volunteer Organist.'' '.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
TO INCREASE FUNDS
Flremen Preparing to Meet Heavy De-
mands of Pension Rolls.

There has been a liberal sale of tick
cts for the return engagement of Eva
Tanguay and company at the Metro
politan next week. The relief associa-
ton of the fire department is to share
literally in the receipts of the nine
performances
The fremen have taken this means
of increasing the fund for the relief
of the disabled fremen, their orphans
and widows. When the legislature in
1887 passed a law giving the associa-
ton the annual proceeds of a tax of l
per cent on all fire insurance policies
written by foreign insurance compa-
MES in Minneapolis, and later on in
creased it to 2 per cent, it was required
that the association must pay pensions
Of from $15 to $50 month to disabled
firemen and $15 to widows. AS within
the next three years 1875 members of
the present department, under this law.
become entitled to the pension for dis
ability by reason of twenty years SER
vice, it is the part of wisdom to pro-
vide for emergencies.
This will be the first time in seven
teen years that the fremen have So
licited assistance.
All tickets sold by the firemen are
exchangeable for reserved seats on and
after Dec. ID at the box office.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
Observation-Disclosures Vaudeville.


It is several years = since there has
been sharpshooting act at any Of the
local playhouses, and in the present
state of mind of the public when war re-
ports and battles are of direct interest
Ito nearly every one, such an act is
peculiarly pat. The Unique manage
ment will present such an act next week,
when Radcliffe and Belmont, who style
themselves the "Wizards Of the Win
CHESTER will come as one of the high
priced acts to the Hennepin avenue con-
tinuous vaudeville house. This team
Of expert rife shots perform some al
most miraculous feats with their weap-
ons, which are specially designed for
stage use and are not offensive in the
matter of noise or smoke, for smokeless
explosives of a noiseless kind are used.
Not even the most timid need fear to
see their marvellous exhibition of skill.
Henley, Lyon and Hanley, a high
priced sketch duo, will present comical
sketch newly written for them, intro
duced for the first time at the Unique
1t is claimed that they; are a laughable
troupe, with just the turn to amuse
those who like farce comedy.
The Heazlet trio Of change artists
will prove something new in the matter
of presentable acts, for they have many
changes of costume and their songs are
newly brought from New York
{. May Kennedy is a decided find. She
has made a reputation in London, where
she was a music hall favorite, and her
work as a character singer is expected to
please patrons Of the Unique. She IS
something the same style as Miss Mon
tague, who has made a decided hit this
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

Metropolitan-Tim Murphy in Comedy.
Tim Murphy begins an engagement
Of four nights and one matinee at the
Metropolitan beginning tomorrow
night. He will be seen in two come
dies said to be the best things he has
had for many seasons, as well as being
two of the successes of the year.
The coming Of this excellent come
dian is a matter of unusual interest, as
he is one of the favorite players before
the public. and his presentations are
always worthy of his ability as an
artist. Tomorrow evening-Monday
and Tuesday evenings and at the
Wednesday matinee, he will give TO
mantle comedy by Frederick Pauld-
ing, entitled "Two Men and a Girl. -
and on Wednesday evening the bill will
be "When Man Marries,' a satirical
possibility by A. G. Bishop. Tim Muir
phys association with high class com
edy has brought him prominently be-
fore the public. He has delightfully."-
depicted and made famous many roles
and is so closely identified with the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

lihood for herself and child, and an
noyed by the persistent and unwelcome
attention of the nephew. She is a
woman Of spirit, however, and when he
would force his charity on her she slaps
his face. He and the lawyer continue
to make themselves obnoxious, until
Seth suddenly appears on the scene,
just as Rose is about to be elected for
prepayment of rent. discovers that the
baby is suffering with diphtheria,, has
the house quarantined and all within it
made prisoners.
The wife s offensive sutton is stricken
with the, disease, and, his conscience
pricking him, he writes letter confess
ing the forgery, gives it to her, and ex-
acts promise that it will not be opened
if he gets we'll.
This letter eventually sets matters
right; but before it's contents become
known, the audience is kept on tenter-
hooks of suspense, by its passage from
one hand to another, a clever trick in
effective stage business, and climax of
great interest is reached.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

line he follows as to be looked upon as
it's leading exponent. In these two
plays he is fitted with. parts well suited
to his indivi6luality S1sEs7 = s..
In "Two Men and a Girl he. has
opportunity to show his versatility very
strikingly for his role calls for both
pathos and comedy, while in 'EWhen
Man Marries, he offers the best
he is known to possess as an artistic
comedian. The presentation of these
plays is made with unusual cSse and
from scenic and costume view point,
they are claimed to be more than elab.
crate. -
His company is fine one including
Dorothy Sherrod, whose popularity in
support of Tim Murphy is well known.
She' will be seen in principal roles
Others accompanying Mr.. Murphy are
Gertrude Dalton, Louise Whitfield,
Mamie Wheeler, Aubrey Powell. Wal
ter Pennington, Wilbur M. Roe, Christie
Miller, Robert ODER, Olney j. Griffith,
Charles Talbot, Arthur Greedy, William
Barry and George Hay.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

attention of the audience there is not
disc dseoverable any exchange Of .a signs
by the audience that their demonstra-
ton is just what the Zancigs claim it
to be, that Of two minds with but
single thought
In contrast to this serious and rather
awe-inspiring number, there will APP
pear Garfield and Carleton in their
original absurdity called aThe Hoo
doo,', and Murphy and Willard in their
latest edition of Conversational Oddi-
ties, another little skit designed to
give the audiences the greatest amount
OF hilarity in the shortest number Of
minutes: These skits are on a par with
those of Hickey and Nelson and Felix
and Barry, given the past two weeks
Orph1e.um audiences are especially fond
of this kind OF entertainment and the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

he realizes that he has seen an excel
lent combination in art, the art of the
playwright and the art Of the actor, that
has made these simple, everyday affairs
of such absorbing interest. There is no
villain. There is not even man or
woman with low motives. Mr. Sidman
did not find it necessary to make his
characters despise one another or plot
against one another. He did a much
simpler thing. A very reasonable mis-
take was made, and out of this grew
others which involved practically every
character III the cast. None of the
women have anything to hide from the
world, and even the rivalry. Of the two
young men for the hand Of the girl is
honest rivalry; neither of the lovers is
an intriguer. Turnout the comedy is
thoroly healthful, hearty, honest. The
original production, newly furnished,
will be seen here, and the cast which
made such a marked impression here
on the last visit of the play, including
Ray L. Royce and James Lackaye, will
appear during this engagement.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

1.-THE Waits Paradise"
"The Waits Paradise Howard
Hall s latest melodrama, opens at the
Bi]Gu tomorrow afternoon. The piece
gains it's, title from the generosity of
Uncle Bob Van Brunt, Michigan farm
er, in extending the hospitality Of his
homestead to orphans. sent from Chi
cage. Among the waits entertained are
Seth and Rose, who have arrived at an
age when loves young dream begins to
interest them. This results in Sc
eret marriage, and before they proclaim
their Happiness, serpent appears in the
paradise, in the form of the farmer s
nephew. The latter, infatuated with
the girl, produces by the aid Of rascal
~ lawyeer-a certified copy Of an orphan
asTlum's register Of inmates, and by
this forged document convinces the
young husband and wife, and their
friends: that they are brother and sister.
Afraid to !. acknowledge their mar
riage, the victims disappear. The wife
is discovered later trying to earn live
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

tropolitan-tYork State Folks.''
York State Folks,' one of the pref
test of pastoral plays, comes to the
Metropolitan for three nights and Satur-
day matinee opening next Thursday
evening. 1t portrays life in village in
the heart Of "York state,' and is
distinct type Of the rural play, having
little in common with the "barnyard
comedy 1t is the work of Arthur
Sidman, whose reputation as a student
Of rural character is equal to his re-
narkable ability to delineate such
types on the stage. York State
Folks" is picture Of life in the
david Harum country where Mr..
Sidman was born It is an idyllic pic
ture that he has painted with much
skill. There is plenty of comedy and
unadulterated simplicity in the paint.
ing, but the play has also serious
side. One wonders after reaching the
sidewalk why one became so interested
in the very ordinary and very natural
troubles growing out of little disa-
greement between two old men. Then
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
Cheap Holiday Rates to Eastern Points

Cheap Holiday Rates to Eastern Points.
The Wisconsin Central will On Dec.
IL to % sell tickets to the following
points at very low rates, good to return
until Jan. 10, 1905.
Albany. $40; Boston, $40; Buffalo,
$50; Montreal, Que, $35; Ogdensburg,
n. Y. $35; Ottawa, Ont, $35; Portland,
Me-, $40; Syracuse, N. Y, $40. Other
points in proportion. For further in
formation call on or address Y. G. Rus
sell, G. 2. and T. A., 23O Nicollet av.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
Low Rates to Canadian Points via
Wisconsin Central.

From Dec. II to II, inclusive, round
trip tickets will be on sale to nearly all
points in Canada at one fare for the
round trip, good to return Jan 10,
1905. For full information call ON or
address, Y. G. Russell, G. P. and T. a.,
230 Nicollet av.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

week, but she will be found to give any
thing but repetition in her act.
Family patrons at the Unique are al
ways pleased with the moving pictures,
and some new ones OF special excellence
are being. made ready for the new pro-
gram, and new illustrated song is be-
ing mounted. The program does not
change until the o clock matinee
Monday, the present bill being kept on
Including the Sunday performances.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
HOBBIES ON VIEW
Odd Collections by Boys Shown at the
Y. M. G. A.


A large number of young people attend
ed the hobby exhibition and carnival
of months in the Y. M. G.. A. last even
ing. The affair was arranged by the
mothers auxiliary of the boys depart
ment, and the mothers presided at the
twelve booths, named for the months
and filed with articles appropriate to
the seasons. The hobby exhibition
showed what the boys were interested in
and included collections of stamps,
coins, buttons, birds eggs, photographs
and curios, as well as burnt and carved
wood, mechanical and freehand draw
ing:
The program last evening was given
by the boys. Edgar Behrens, boy
Of nine, contributed violin solo. Mar
tin Luther sang, Robert Behrens played
the piano and Nathan Garland and Ed
ward Gamelgard danced, the junior
gymnasium club exhibited its work, and
the entertainment closed with a tableau
in which thirty boys, gave a picture of
f." Ten Years Hence. The exhibition
will close this evening, when second
program will be given.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
Mysterious Zancigs.

UIpHeuII-IHe WySIeIIUuS ZanC1gS
Fresh from tour of the world, in
the course of which they presented
their novelty to audiences in India and
left the fakirs sorely puzzled, there
will appear as the head liners at the
prPneum tn?ater next Week the Mys
est development of mental telepathy.
With Professor zancig out in the body
of the house and Mrs. Zancig on the
stage, the latter will Immediately an
nounce what is contained in any letter
or document furnished by member Of
the audience, without the exchange of
has Professor Zancig read to himself
the document than Mrs Zancig will
repeat it verbally to the audience. Dur
ing the thirty minutes they occupy the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

Minnesota Ladge, No. 224, A. f. q
A. NJ, requests the attendance of its
members Sunday, Dec. IL, at 1:30 pm.
at their lodge rooms, Masonic Temple,
to attend the funeral services of their
late brother, Peder b. Peterson, who
died Dec. s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
Lyceum-s'A Social Highwayman.

"a Social Highwayman, will be the.
offering of the Ferris Stock company
next week at the Lyceum% theater.
Lewis s. Stone will play Mr.. Mans
fields former part, Courtiee Jaffreys,
and Florence Stone will be seen as
Elinor Burnham, the little New Eng
land Puritan whose love for Jaffreys
is at once the light and shadow Of the
play. 49,
s. \ Social Highwayman' presents
most unusual and paradoxical char
acter, interesting not alone to one who
goes to the theater for entertainment,
but to the psychologist, the alienist ana
the student of sociology. These are
big words, and formidable, and may
convey the erroneous impression that
8 A Social Hiighwayman is page
from scientific textbook instead Of
the most entertaining and thrilling
drama OF the last ten years 3
+ .Courtice Jafreys, the social high
wayman, is u cultivated New Yorker,
good looking, full of social graces,
loved alike by men and women YET
he is thief. His income~ais derived
from clever and frequent robberies.
He steals the jewels of the women with
whom he associates, in whose homes
and at whose tables he is welcomed.
This IS the man whom Elinor Burnham
loves and by whom she is loved.
His valet, Jenkins Hanby,gi is also a
thief. Jaffreys and he find each other
out in the first act. Neither betrays
the other, and they enter a wordless
pact, from which is drawn much of the
fine interest Of the play. The love
story Of Jaffreys and Elinorsis intense;
thru all its tenderness sounds the tragic
note of Jaffreys' guilty double life, of
Ellnor s unsuspecting purity, and the
fend is rational and strong, and, in spite
of it's tragedy. leaves the impression
Of artistic finality, lacking in the weak
and unfinished ending of Raffles, -
the other social highwayman, recently
| played here by Kyrle Bellew
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

to help them grow into a healthy
womanhood. DR.. Lauritzen S Malt
Tonic makes rich led blood, sound flesh
and ruddy cheeks. Keep it in The house
for your children; they need it. All
druggists. or Lauritzen s Malt Co.. 1900
Sd st NE, Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

If there was, ever specific for any
one complaint, then Carriers Little
Liver Pills are specific for sick
headache, and every woman should
know this. Only one pill dose. Try.
them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
The Future Of the War Correspondents.

Julian Ra1ph, the great wal COT.
respondent, predicted after his brilliant
last war in which there will be war
correspondents with the armies in the
feld.o He seems to have been about
right, as the troubles of the corresponds
ents in the present war indicate. This
is looked upon as a good thing by mill
tary authorities, but certainly not by
the rest of the expectant world. How
ever, we need not worry about the cor
respondents if we can maintain peace,
and that s what we all want most. just
quiet at home and abroad and time to
belt beer This delightful tonic means
good health and happiness to all who
use it regularly. Is it worth whiles
Well, rather.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

Sheridan has outdone his previous eff
forts in selecting one Of the best and
largest companies he has ever put on
the road; with new scenery, new cos
tunes. funny comedians. pretty girls
with two acts of one of the best bur
lesques on the road headed by the king
and queen of comedy-Phil Mills, Ruth
Beecher, Barrett Brothers, Pat and
Dan, the peers of all Irish comedians;
Ali, Hunter and ALL, a trio Of comedy
acrobatics, in a little Of everything;
and the real singers, the PAM American
four-Barnes, Stockwell, Leonard and
StockWell, in the latest operatic selec-
tions; the Schaefere trio, the musical
wonder, playing on variety Of instru-
ments; and the pretty and petite Amer
lean soprano, Adelaide Marsden: and
the great lady contortionist, Fanny
Dryden. Jennie ,tottrell, the lively
Flossie Gaylor, Nettie Rogers and
George DeVaney, and a host of beauti-
full, lively young ladies, with Mrs. Phil
Sheridan, the greatest of all character
burlesque artists at the wheel.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

Over at the johnson School of Music
the Junior pupils will give a recital
Monday evening in johnson hall.
Misses Sarah Schanfeld, Hulda Berg
stadi, Jeanette Case, Agnes Robinson,
Esther Hansen, Edith Guild, Gertrude
Vinton, Louise Smith, Grace Sutton,
Edith Ogden, Hazel Eddy and Nav
Rich will contribute the program.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

Dewey-Phil Sheridan's Company.
Phil Sheridan s company will open an
engagement of one week at the Dewey
theater commencing tomorrow Mr..