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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-12

Cora Monroe Miss Grace Scanlon, Miss
Gertrude Matthews and Mrs. Charles Tai
| mege.
Mrs. Colvin and Mrs Prothero. of Mum
Gle, will come tomorrow to visit friends
and to attend the concert at the German
House.
Mr.. and. Mrs. Louis Levey and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Gay, who went TO Cincinnati
in their automobile, returned home yes
terday.
Mrs. William Scott and daughter Miss
Charlotte Scott and Miss Edith Wilson
have gone to Madison to visit friends for a
lew days.
Miss Lucy Matter. of Marion, will come
this week TO visit Mrs. Maria Foster Buch-
anan for ten days at her home North
| Pennsylvania street.
Mrs. Richard Talbot. jr.. and sister. Mrs.
| c aries Foster of Frankfort will go to
Cincinnati, Saturday, to spend few days
| and to attend the festival.
Mrs. Harmon F'riedley received informal
| ly yesterday afternoon at her home on
| Talbot avenue in honor of her guest, Miss
| Ethel Heaford, OF Chicago.
| Miss Esther Haughey, of New York.
who has been visiting friends in the city
| for two weeks is now with Mr.. and Mrs.
Lew Wallace, jr., at the Ottawa.
Mrs. CORTLAND Van Camp and Mrs. Ray
| mond Van Camp gave a small whist party
yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
CORTLAND Van Camp on North Delaware
| street
Mr.. and Mrs. o. r. HodSon announce the
engagement of their daughter. Miss Elean-
or Anna Hodson, and Mr.. Albert Louis Nc
| Coun The wedding will take place early
| in June.
Mrs. Lillian Riechman and daughter Miss
! Josephine Riechman, who are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Schmidt on North Me-
| rioian street. will return home the latter
| part of the week.
Mrs. Louis Miller and Mrs. Charles Brink
| man will give a granite shower this aft
/ ernOon in honor of Miss Clara Brinkman.
| whose marriage to Mr. Frederick Pope
| takes place next month.
| DR.. and Mrs. b. NJ. Gundelfnger and
| Mr.. Vung Loong Wong will leave for Chi
cago. Thursday. TO visit DR.. and Mrs. Bak
| until next week, when Mr.. Wong will join
his father, who is travelling with Prince
| Pu Lun.
| euchre party was given yesterday after
noon at the Americas Club by the members
+ of the Nathan Morris Association. There
| were a hundred guests entertained The
| members of the association will give May
| party at the Boys Club tonight.
! The Sorosis Club has elected the follow
/ ing officers: President, Mrs. u. u. Wiley;
| first vice president Mrs. Theodore McCune.
second vice president, Mrs. Henry Clay
| Campbell; third vice president. Mrs. Sallie
| Collins; corresponding secretary, Mrs. v.
w. Woodland; treasurer, Mrs. Charles
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Mrs. Henry Lawrence has gone to Chicago
TO visit friends for several days.
Mr.. Kennard WATSON went to st. Louis
yesterday to spend several days.
Mrs Louis, of New York, is visiting Mrs.
a r. Kolter at the Knickerbocker for ten
days.
Mrs Morton Reagan has gone to
Knightstown to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Watts.
Miss Irma Wocher has gone to Cincinnati
to visit Miss Laura Diekmeier for few
weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dun. of Mobiles
vile, will come tomorrow TO visit for sew
eral days.
Miss Bertha Short will go TO Knightstown
to-day 10 visit Miss Florence Newly Tor
a few days.
Miss Lucetta ohr. who is attending
middle of June.
Mrs. Ernest Trip will entertain num-
Der of friends with a theater party to-
night at English's.
Mrs. Walter Benton and Mrs. Charles
Lehman will go to MaXinkuckee, Saturday,
10 spend the summer.
Mrs. Hal Swain, of Knightstown, has
returned To her home after a visit OF sew
eral days with friends.
Miss katherine Riley. of Chicago. is visit
ing her aunt. Mrs. p. A. Haverlick, on
North Pennsylvania street.
ter Miss Josephine Smith Will remove soon
10 Alabama and Twelfth streets.
Mrs. Harry Slower. OF Columbus, o., viii
come THE latter part of the week TO visit
Miss Sarah Shields for a few weeks
Miss Priscilla Ketcham has gone to Max
inkuckee to join her parents, who have
opened their cottage for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Adams. jr., who
We're in the city for several days, have
returned 10 their home in st. Paul, Ind.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Churchman, who
have been spending several weeks in Hot
Springs, Ark. will return home next week
Miss Ethel Kerfoot of Chicago. who Is
visiting Miss Susan Stewart and Mrs
Carleton McCulluch, will return home next
week.
Mrs. John I. Brush and daughter Natalie
have gone TO St. Louis to attend the eX-
position and 10 visit friends for a short
time.
Mrs. John Appel has gone to Wellesley
College to visit her daughter, Miss Elsie
Appel and to attend commencement next
month.
Miss Grace Cavanaugh entertained the
members of a literary club yesterday witt
a luncheon at her home on North Penn
sylvania street. The table decorations were
of spring flowers and the name cards Were
decorated with lilies of the valley. The
guests were Miss Adele McMaster. Mis-:
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interested in Miss Aliens tours in tn
future and arrangement was recently
effected by which he will acquire half in
terest in Miss Aliens tours during the next
three years, Mr.. Allen, however, TO retain
the sole and direct management of his
sisters affairs Mr.. Nixon, besides being a
bers of the theatrical syndicate which prac-
tically controls the bookings in all of the
large cities of the country. He is sole
owner of the Nixon Theater in Pittsburg,
which is generally conceded to be one OF
the finest playhouses in the world, and is
interested, as junior partner, IN several
theaters in New York city and Philadel-
phia.
Alice Kathryn Berry, a mite of an ar
fist, who plays Juvenile roles and does
singing speciality turns with the Holden
Stock Company, is singing HAS Your
Mother Any More Like Your" and Han
nah, Won't You Open That Doer?" in
blue Jeans" this week. and she has won
encore after encore. She is much of
funmaker as she is a singer, and her make
believe quarrels with the leader or the or
chestra have raised much laughter. This
little girl is just getting into her teens,
and If she bears out her present promise
the theatrical world will yet hear from
her in more pretentious efforts. She will
change her songs each week, those foI
next week being "All Aboard for Dream
land Barney" and Navajo"
The programme for the Musikverein con-
cert tomorrow evening at the German
House promises to be one of the most at
tractive ever offered by that admirable
musical society. The selections will be
the following:
overture, "Rienzi". Wagner
Orchestra.
KirmeSs, from Faust" ............. GounOd
nd
''ToreadOr ct AndalOuse'. .RubinStein
Orchestra.
Cavantia, from Queen of Sheba' .Gounod
Miss Dorothy Jungclaus and Orchestra.
Apollo Club Male Chorus of the Mu-
sil<verein and String Orchestra.
~ .. 9Meetheart iahs
Apollo Club.
Finale of First Act from "Rienzr'. Wagner
Orville Harold Apollo Club, Male Choir
ca "Castillane.' OBJ "Aragonaise." (c)
"Navarraise''
Orchestra.
Sa) Solvejgs Songs. .Grieg- Ernestinoft
tp) Mighty lax a Rose Nevln
Apotheosis from de Meistersinger..
w agneg
Mixed Chorus and Orchestra.
=
Nine. Schumann-Heink. who is to give a
song recital at English's Opera House on
Friday evening of next week. encourages
young women to take up music as a pro-
ression. Women have won distinction In
every branch of the art" she says. They
have succeeded conspicuously as singers
pianists, violinists, 'cellists and as com.
posers. / have sung. with clubs conducted
by woman and with an orchestra comr
posed of women, even TO the tympani play
err The American girls are endowed with
extraordinary organs.
them we must look for the great voices of
the future. But they are eager to win at
a leap the highest prizes. They select a
teacher--most important of decisions-al-
most fippantly. The good teacher Is a
genius. There are few, and to the young
student ! say. search patiently for one of
them. Then downright hard work and per-
severance are the essentials to success"
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Dramatic and Music Notes.

Elizabeth Murray the well-known sing
er. who had been engaged for the leading
part in the new comedy by Richard earle,
1.-The Maid and the Mummy" soon to be
produced in Chicago, is suffering from
severe nervousness and has been compelled
to give up the part. Pearl Andrews anoth-
er recruit from the vaudeville stage is to
play the role instead. If Carries new piece
proves 10 be the success anticipat ted il will
nave an all-summer run in Chicago. Many
OF the principals engaged for THE Mum
my and the Maid" are accompanying Rich
ard earle on his present travels with THE
Tenderfoot and will be in this city the lat
ter part of next week. when that popular
musical comedy plays return enga cement
at English's. The performers who are to
create the leading characters in the new
piece Obliged TO travel with Mr. earle
so that he may rehearse them in their
parts.
William II. Crane, the veteran comedian.
has gone abroad for the express purpose of
Witnessing the production in Paris of the
play in which he is 10 appear in this coun-
try next season-the comedy Business
is Business" which has been enjoying a
long run at the Coincide Francaice After
seeing the French production IL is Mr..
Cranes intention TO journey 10 Berlin,
where a German version of the play is be-
Ing acted with much success. 1t is be-
lieved that Business is Business will
prove just the proper play for Mr.. Crane.
tie has been sorely in need OF a good
vehicle ever since he shelved David
Harum."
When Herbert Kelley and Efie Shannon
go on the road next September they will
appear in an English version of a play en-
titled Tattoo" which was recently pro-
duced in New York by the German com
pany at the Irving-plece Theater. This
play, In its English form. will have its
first presentation in September.
Frank Wilstach. Viola Aliens business
manager. says that the lately published re-
port that Samuel +. Nixon. of the firm of
Nixon * Zimmerman. would be Miss Al
lens manager next season is only partial
ly true. During the present season the
actress has been very successfully managed
by her brother Charles w. Allen. Mr..
Nixon has been very DESTROYS OF becoming
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EUCHRE PARTY FOR
NATHAN MORRIS HOME

The Americas Club gave a euchre party
yesterday afternoon for the benefit of the
Nathan Morris Home. Over fifty ladies
attended and about SEQ was cleared. Sew
eral beautiful prizes were given.
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Death of Margaret Iddings.

Friends in this city yesterday received
news of the death in Colorado OF Margaret
l. Iddings, on May 5. Miss Iddings recent
ly went 10 Colorado Springs in the hope
that her health might be benefited. She
was a member OF the first graduating class
of the Training School for Nurses. and was
succeeding in her chosen profession until
her health began 10 fail. three years ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-12
Menu for n Day.

Suggestions furnished by Table Talk to
housekeepers of moderate means:
breakfast
Fruit
Vitos Sugar and Cream
Creamed Drief Beef Baked Potatoes
Rolls Coffee
Lunch
Fried Egg Plant
Gingerbread Cocoa
Dinner
Brown Soup
Beef Timbales Tomato Sauce
Maccaroni Spinach
Radish Salad
Waters Cheese
Strawberry Sage
Coffee
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The World Of Music and Drama
To-Day,s Local Attractions.

ENGLIsHs.-vioga Allen in Twelfth
Night" p. IN.
PARK.-Holden Stock Company in Blue
Jeans. and s D. N.
EAPIRE-Burlesque and p. m.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-15
'HUNT|NC NOT So GOOD
As in YEARS GONE BY B !
An Experienced Huntsman Gives
Some Reasons for the
Change.
Especial to The Times-11ispatch

OLGA. VA, December 1i:-Olga has
q been enlivened for the past two weeks
I by the presence Of Messrs. Alahnken and
d Slater, OF New Jersey, d who. bringing
& their better halves With them came to.
I shoot quail In old Virginia. Their success
was reasonable, but shooting is not so good
nor SO plentiful as one might wish. In
deed. quail shooting is different thing
now from whatsit was years ago. The
f face OF the country has measnrably
changed, and the habits OF the birds nrs
different from what they We're when this
4 scribe first began in1ulging In the sport:
ssE The folds are fssssE open than IN ante
stubble area Is smaller; creeks are mar-
glncd with brushwood; there is more
cover and shelter Tor birds. and the bags
as,e not made In a days hunt. as once
were, and, withnl. the habits Of quail
seem to liava changed with the increase
Z Of sportsmen and the advent OF the
sbrcechloader and pump gun. IN the goou
old days can remember that no more
than four wing sportsmep were In all this
county. Those veterans most OF whom
have gone to the undiscovered country
and Joined the Notwithstanding John r.
Ri Parkinson, Or. r. a. Jeter, DR.. G.. r.
Irving and II. c. Grcgpry-const!tuted
tho total roll OF wing shots IN Amelia,
and 1t was usual for them III days
and in season from seven hundred 10
one thousand each, But all this is
changed now. Those four gentlemen were
fine shots In their day. but were they
living fnow, they would find different
state Of things. and would consider them
selves lucky to hiring back nj night n bag
of fifteen birds The habits Of quail, ifit
be the same quail, have undoubtedly
changed. Once they We're found In The
open fields, and one could effectively put
In two barrels on the flush. Then they
would fly and alight In full view upon
ditch banks, or in my light cover. To this
spot the sportsman would follow them
and get good shooting in the open, after
bagging eight or ten birds from a flock.
Now 1t Dis rare to find a cowey outside Of
pine or oak brush or the swamps, In
these places they refuse >tozlie to the dog,
and when flushed they will fly from a. half
10 three-quarters of a mile and alight In
almost npenetrable jungles, It never
occurs to them now to scatter out
along ditch banks. as they once did, and
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one in a day will raise flock after flock,
succeed in getting not a shot on flush, and
utterly fall TO find them the second time
These Jersey gentlemen mentioned.
above are crack shots In their own coljn-
try. They both belong to the Railway
Gun Club and have seen the reports
4 in he American Field OF the scores they
made at the trap. Mr.. MahnkiI. won a
forty dollar medal in competition with u
large number OF entries. the contest mar
rowing down finally to these two gem
tlcnlen Mnhnkin and Slater. But after
hunt about Olga OF some two weeks
they agreed that trap experiences DIDN'T
count against Virginia quail. and while
they made fair bags they departed for
home, saying that Virginia quail needed
no protection by law. They knew how
to protect themselves. This scribe is In
clined to think that the open field stubbel
bird has become extinct. In the old days
OF wiich$I have spoken there were what
seemd to be two different species Of quail.
judging them by their haunts and habits.
The one was to be found in the open. the
other upon the creeks and In the brush.
This latter bird H'as not hunted In old
days. and was only shot when accidental-.
~ come upon. 1t was the stubb!e bird
that furnished the sport. It was the
stubble bird that filled the 8ba gs. and 1t
was the stubble bird that succumbed
more easily to the SHOWS and sleetsi OF
winter. Under these conditions that
causes one to be reminded OF the doctrines
of 1.-THE survival OF the fttest," and the
extinction of the least fit" The field
bird has disappeared or become very
scarce, and there now ren1a ms only tho
hardy trash and creek bird that defles,
theamodern breechloader and survives the
tierccst weather. Long may lie live.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-15
RABBITS EAT PIE IN
ALBE|MARL COUNTY
A School Marm's Exciting Pre-,
dicalnent The James Frozen
From Bank to Bank.

ESPECIAL to The Timcs-Dtspatch.)

Z
sCOTTsVILLE, VA December IA
Mr.. Walter Moon, the carrier on mail
route No. /, tells the following story
Near his fathers home last Sunday
some dogs started a "a bbit and after
| chasing around considerably the little
cotton-tail, worn out, sat down in front
OF MIR. Moons little brother. Tho little
boy picked sup The rabbit and took him
in the house, Some one eating aslce OF
pie offered some to the rabbit. which
| made n jump for 1t, took 1t. and ate the
whole piece. Some perslmmons. extended
as a delicate courtesy to tho little wild
guest, went the same way.
| On Friday afternoons a schoolma'nm
teaching near Warren, goes home, to
remain until Monday. Last Friday hen
watch, usually infalible, was slow. Mo-
10, for once. was on time She started
out to walk to the station with one Of
her pupils for company having sent her
suit case on ahead. On the brow of the
i"hove" In sight. Good byc!" She cried
to the schoolboy, rs she started on a
run. AS SHE reached the platform the
srain glided out, Frnntlcally she waved
to the conductor all old acquaintance.
Wildly she called the telegraph operator;
q new acquaintance, BY his first name,
and to bring her suit case. Her furs We're
ti|tIl VS.
locked in that suit cnse. The train was
stopped The schoolma'nm and the suit
case. with the money and fEs and other
things inside, got on, much to the diver
sion of the passengers The conductor
came along for tickets. He stopped be-
fore tho schoolma am. There was no
ticket. Money? Oh, the money was In
side the suit case with the furs and the
other things, Key? Oh, she had left her
key locked In her trunk at home. But
happy thought there were two keys, and
not until then did she discover that
tile second key was locked inside the
money purse inside the suit case. Hor-
rors! But the conductor kindly collected
all the suit case keys In the car and
found one that fitted BY this time the
train had renclled the coal chute above
scottsyille. The money would not change,
or rather could not be changed The con-
ductor laughlng!y threatened to put the
schoolnla'am OFF, hut with poor success.
and her fare was paid on tho return
trip, 54 tia
The James River is frozen over and
tho Bpcktngl,anites can probably walk
over Thursday. They have no means OF
at present.
DR., J, S. Pendleton, OF this place, and
DR. James Hart, formerly OF Scottsville,
are at Memorial Hospital, Richmond,
where they have undergone successful
operations, and are now steadily I'M
Nj. W. s. pabney, principal Of the
Fs,1ttsvllle graded school, lectured on
at the Methodist Church last
Friday night u,
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A CURFEVl law
IN NEN|P:' news.
When Bell Taps Ten Times
&Childrer Must Run
ANTI 4 LIQUOR ORDINANCES
Man Must Take Drink in Public
Eye Woman May Enter
Saloon Without Policeman.
(speclaa e The Time.-DIspatch.,

(special to The Times Dispatch.)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. December IA
That the anti-saloon element expects tn.
the town up tight" was clearly ue,nor.
strated at the meeting Of the Board OF
Aldermen last night. Alderman q. w
Robinson introduced a most stringent
blue ribbon measure, some OF the pro.
visions of which are: No saloon or pla &C
where liquor is sold must he kept opel,
between the hours OF ii p, NJ, and 8 A.
NJ; no woman must enter a place where
liquor Is sold. unless accompanied by a
policeman, and mo partitions or screens
must be used ina place where liquor is
Soda man must take his drink "in
the public eye"
A less drastic measure of similar char
tacter was recently presented in the Com
mon Council, anu both ordinances will
be considered by the Ordinance and Po-
lice Committee shortly.
4 Tho aldermen last night passed a curfew
law. Children lnder the age OF fifteen
years shall not appear on the city streets
or alleys after 1870 O'Clock In the even
ing between October LIST and May LIST, or
after sSo'clock from May lat to October
.1st. The fire bells will he struck ten
times to warn the children to get Ia.
doors.
], p, Atkins, a warwick county saloon
keeper, who had been summoned to ap-
pear In the City Police Court to answer.
to the charge Of selling liquor an suns.
day, surrendered himself to-day, and
thereby ayerted a clash, WHICH was en-
pected between the city and Bloodfiell
police. Tho Bloodnield Officers had dared
the city authorities to take Atkins, The
case Is set for trial next Tuesday and At
kina-was ba!led, q NE q 5
The case OF Claude p, Vaughn. charged
with cYiminally assaulting little Florence
Roberta. is set for trial Monday In the
Corporation Court The young man has
been In jail for two months, Il.
The armored cruiser Maryland, whlsh
has been In the drydock at the ship-yard,
having her propeller blades placed, wns
floated out OF hog basin to-day y She Will
soon be ready for her builders trial.
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,tlon. Besides This wife. two children and
one brother survive him. &l
REMARKABLE OLD AGE.
Captain Thomas Johnson Active
" in. Business at NinetY-fxe.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.
ONANCOCK, December BE aptain
Thomas Johnson. tho patriarch Of the
Virginia Eastern Shore, and a resident
OF Cnancock. has Just celebrated his
ninety-fifth birthday, Captain johnson is
q remarkable apecimen of old age. His
strenuous actions In manual labor and IN
the business world exceed those Of many
a man OF only two-score and one-lalf
years. His great ambition is to live to be
one hundred years old
r. Captain Johnsons activities are, In
deed. wonderful. He has only this fall
bought tract Of lnpd ia tic town ana
built seven dwelling houses on it. The
captain stin retains the old English
plural aud calls them "hausens." He also
has large potato house III which each
fall he stores about 1000 barrels of sweet
potatoes for a better price In the winter
lie manages the repacking ana hauling
of these pota toes, He can every day be
seen on a cart hauling five barrels at a
load to the wharf 10 also looks after
tho collection OF all his rents.
lIe always votes the Democratic ticket,
ana buys a daily newspaper In order to
keep up with the affairs OF tho world,
His eyeslsht Is as good as when he was
a boy: He followed the water for
livelihood UP until n few years ago, and
still owns several vessels. lie was
shrewd blockade runner during the Civil
War, and made a large quantity OF
money out Of It,
Tho potato brokers have now turned
their attention to holly, Hundreds Of
boxes are now being shipped from the
shore to the large cities for Christmas
decorations. Holly lis getting scarcer
every year and the prices received this
season are very good. Tho best ma rkets
are in New York. Cleveland, Columbus
and Plttsburg. .l
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Judge C. e. S1COl, at Which time WI
be heard the matter Of extending the
corporate limits Of the town Of Manas-
sas II sssa3
4 Counsel have been retained on each
side, and It il expected that the fight
will be a hot one. v The proposed exten-
sion embraces considerable farming land
and for this reason it is thought that
the court will be slow, in granting the ex-
tension
& Willie Fisher, the. twelve-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Fisher, of this
place, died last night after brief III
ness of dypthersa. Mr.. George Leith is
Ill Of the same disease.
The county board Of health is in a
5wrangle over the steps that have been
taken to- prevent the spread OF the dyp-
iberia and scarlet fever. " The professional
men on the board are Drs. H, NJ, Clarke
son, II. M. n Duncan and B. r. Iden. The,
board had meeting few days ago
and decided to quarantine the houses OF
Mr.. Fisher and Mrs. Joseph Muddiman.
DR.. Idcn, who was attending the FAM
lily OF Mr.. Fisher for the dyptheria and
let fever refused to be present at the
board meeting. Yellow flags were ex-
posed TO view in front Of the two resi-
,dences and Dr. Iden tore them down and
declared that the action of6the board OF
health was Illegal. The matter has been
reported to the Commonwealth's attor-
ney.
z DR.. Iden has said several times recent
~ that neither dypthcria or scarlet fever
were conta glous.