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The Forrest City times., 1904-04-15

Methodism,' and Philip Embury, To-
cal preacher This small band was fol-
lowed in l7e5 by another party Of Irish
MethodistS. who seem to have become
"backslitden. Soon after the arrival
of the second party, Barbara Heck en-
tered a room and found a number of
them playing cards. She snatched the
cards. and threw them into the fire,
and eXhorted them TO return to God
She then went 10 Embury's house and
told him he must begin holding reiig-
ious services, saying: You must
preach TO us. or We shall all go TO hell
together. and God will require cur
blood at your hands" Embury began
preaching at once. his first congrega-
ton consisting of five persons. A
Methodist society was formed and in
October, 176S. the first Methodist
church in America-Jehn Street church
was dedicated.
Mr. Wesley was informed of the rap
id growth OF Methodism in America
begun and continued in this unofficial
manner. and was urged to send men
who could devote their whole time to
the work. In 1863 he sent Richard
Boardman and Joseph Pilmoor, and
two years later Francis Asbury and
Richard Wright Asbury afterward
became the great leader. Many of the
preachers were so strong in their SYM
pathies with the king that when the
war of the revolution broke out, they
returned to England, leaving their
fiocks shepherdless. Ii became evident
that as a result Of the war an indie
pendent Methodist church must be or
ganized BY authority of Wesley a
conference of al the preachers was
held a. Baltimore. Md. December "a,
1884. Thss is known as the Christ
mas Conference" BY il was organ
lied the Methodist Episcopal church
and Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury
were elected superintendents of bish-
ops The technical title of Methodist
bishops is still general superintend-
ents" Their Episcopal jurisdiction
is not limited TO a diocese, as is that
OF bishops of other churches, but ex-
tends over the whole world.
The Methodist church has always
been distinguished for patriotism. II
was the first religious body of the
country to recognize in its organic law
the new republic. and the first 10 pay
| homage. in the persons Of its chic.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-15
ruF LAZY PoULTRYMAN.

,.re nuthin' much to do;
No nuthin' much to do;
- shingles off the henhouse roof,
The rain is drippin' through.
a. yret within and wet without,
u u,bafs the use o cleanin' out?
- useless labor-not doubt.
Tbere's nuthin' much TO do.
1bere's nuthin' much 10 do,
No nuthin' much TO do;
nv tens eats up each others eggs
And null their feathers, too;
lnow therell be no eggs TO get,
And rainy weather is so wet;
,rbere's nuthin' doin'-not just yet;
There's nuthin' much 10 do.
I've nuthln' much TO DO,
No nuthin much to do;
The nickel fence Is broken down,
Co any fowl can walk right through;
rbsre,s no use buyln' oats and wheat
- nsiphbors' ducks and geese 10 eat.
"a sooner sit and rest my feet,
rrbere's uuthin' much to do.
there's nuthin much TO do,
No nuthin much to 90;
NJ docks all eulls because they re mixed
And then there's such few;
mis- more cash made in marketing,
cause nrizes stay within the ring.
IN kil and seIl-save feed. by ging,
There's nutEin' much to do.
There's nuth!n much to do,
No nuthin much to do;
,rbe net wire fence is busted up,
And IN a month or TWO
Tho beastlv hunch'u get the roup,
Tbey'U not be even fix for soup;
r. kIH them all and burn the coop:
There's nuthiu' much TO CO.
-ranaGian Poultry Advocate.
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epresentatives-its first bishops-to
the chief magistracy. receiving in re-
ply the thanks OF Washington.
Referring to the early Methodist
preachers President Roosevelt. in an
address at New York, February &c, 1903,
said: Since the days Of the revolu-
ton not only has the Methodist church
increased greatly in the old communi-
ties of the original - states, but it
has played peculiar and important
part in the pioneer growth Of our coun-
try and has in consequence assumed
a position of immense importance
throughout the vast region west of the
Alleghenics, which has been added to
our nation since the days when the
Continental congress first met.
In the hard ard cruel life of the bor-
der, with its grim struggle against the
forbidding forces of wild nature and
wilder men, there was much to pull
the frontiersman down II left to him
self, without moral teaching and moral
guidance, without any Of the influences
that tend toward the uplifting OF man
and the sGbduing OF the brute within
him, sad would have been his. and
therefore our. fate. From this fate We
have been largely rescued by the fact
that together with the rest of the pio-
neers went the pioneer preacher. ana
all honor be given to the Methodists
for the great proportion Of these pio-
neer preachers whom they furnished
These preachers were of the stamp Of
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-15
Lies Dainties.

A South Dakota woman was killed
few days ago by poisoned candy, and a
New York family has been stricken
down by poisoned sausage. The Chi
cago Record Herald asks If il is going
TO be necessary for people to give up all
the dainties in self-defense?
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4.
The conference Will be composed Of
about 720 delegates from all parts Of
the world, representing a membership
OF over three millions and adherents
of about six millions more The gen.
eral conference is the law-making
body of the church, and meets every
four years
The Methodist Episcopal church is
the mother church of American Meth
odism, Of which there are now Il
branches. These are united in doc
trine, the divisions all having been due
TO differences on poiity. Together they
number (rot including their members
in foreign lauds) about forty thousand
ministers, nearly forty-eight thousand
churches, and about six million two
hundred thousand members
The Methodist church in America
was born in Ireland During one of
John Wesley's visits to Ireland he
preached 10 some French refugees in
Limerick county. A number ef these
were converted, and in 100 several
families emigrated 10 America. settling
in New York city. Among them were
cody woman named Barbara Heck.
who became the mother of American
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-15

HE meeting of the general
conference which opens at
Los Angeles, Cal. May 4,
Will mark the one hundred
and twentieth anniversary
Of the organization of the
Methodist Enisconal church.
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-15

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these lead others who |
remedies T. C. NIIADsEN, r. T. No. l. Manning Iowa
Such Lydia
nam Vegetable Compound over diseases of
Women II
Mrs. Pinkham LYNN Ma their entirely
The Forrest City times., 1904-04-15

Before wrote to you telling how felt, had
two years steady and spent lots of money in medicine
talleG TO do me good. Nv menses did not annear
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-17

: ENGLISH'S this week there will |
be two big musical attractions
and a grim tragedy-"The Run
Always" from the New York Ca
sino, Francis Wilson's elaborate !,
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1.-THE Governors Son." which had an en-
gagement of more than common success
at the Park last January, comes to that
theater again tomorrow TO remain through
Wednesday. When here back in the winter
Park audiences commended the production,
not only for its genuine qualities of amuse-
ment, but for the rank of it's music as well.
Its music is decidedly better than that
usually heard in theaterS of the popular
class, and ii is doubtful If its composer,
George Cohan, ever produced any better.
Some of the Conan gems which ran through
the piece are Then I'll BE Satisfied with
Life, Yankee Doodle Doings" and Sol
diers of the Stage The show has almost
enough plot to lift 1t into the comic opera
class. The company does not boast OF any
particular star, every one of the principals
having turn at the plot. WHICH revolves
much confusion as To which wife is to
claim a certain husband. When seen here
before "A number of players gave evidence
of ability. John McNeigh was one of the
best singers, and Will A Halliday was one
of the chief funmakers. Some OF the others
were Hilda Hawthorne, Ruth Halbert.
Louise Pitman, Belle Dorney. Harry Lester
and Charles Pussey. All of these. as well
as others who appeared. are still with the
company.
Hello, BILL bustling farce-comedy, the
first OF the kind for this season. comes to
a
vival along lines so We'll defined by Charles
y. Hoyt. 1t tells the story OF two Tncn
both named Bill, one of whom was caught
in gambling-house raid. and as he stands
before the altar TO be married the sheriff
calls and takes him away to serve sixty
days in Jail. The bridegroom tells his bride
that he is going 70 enlist in the Spanish
war while the other man OF the same name
really becomes the soldier The bridegroom
pays a fine and escapes JAIL but keeps i'm
hiding from his wife for sixty days. Com
plications pile upon one another in devel-
oping the plot. and at every ludicrouS
turn the play becomes more amusing and
entangled The producing company is said
20 be made up Of clever players. headed by
Harry Bakemore. who is supported by
Herbert j. Corthell W. II. WOoaside, Caro-
line MacLean, Gertrude RaymOre Marion
Kirby and Margaret Sayres. Although the
production has been az the Park in other
seasons. it is said 70 come this time strong
ly reinforced with talent
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when the American theatcr in New York
was at so low a level as it is now" To
select fifty years as the time for The COM
parison showed lack of knowledge or Of
judgment, for Stephen Fiske, another bril-
liant writer on dramatic affairs, has taken
the trouble. in answering Mr.. Winters
TRADE, to investigate the matter and show
just what was going on in theatrical
way in New York half century ego. Mr..
Fiske writes as follows, and what lie says
is well worth reading:
In 1854, fifty years ago, the theatrical i'll
of fare for New York was: John Bull ana
High Life Below Stairs at Wallacks 5;
Masks and Faces, at Burton's: The Cat
araOt of the Ganges, at the Broadway; The
Hunchback,' by the Boone children, at the
Bowery; Writing on the WALL at the New
BOwoTy; The Hot Corn Girl (afternoons)
and Uncle Toms Cabin. at the National;
Robinson Crusoe, at Barnufn's museum.
There were also Julien concerts. Buckley's
negro MINISTRIES, the SiameSe twins, small
circus and panorama-twel entertain
ments in all, to be compared VITA the forty
five now advertised in your columns and
described by the Tribune as an arid vast.
Three or four years later. when L be
gan 10 write about the theaterS Mrs. John
Hoey still wore her $500 diamond earrings
when inpcrsOnatiug poor. starving work
girl; Lester Wallack played Charles Sur
face with black side whiskers and mus
tacht; Burton stuck first his face and then
his other extremity through hole in
wall 10 excite the mirth of the gallery boys:
Eddy cheWed up the scenery on the BOwery
and Barnum presented moral dramas in his
lecture room to audiences of immoral
women and rural sightseers.
ITO compare the theatricals of that period
with those of the present, when we have
most of the best actors and plays of Lon
don, Paris and Berlin to re-enforce the
wonderfully developed. cultured and artistic
stage OF America, and when the old-time
vulgaritics and indecencies before and be
hind the curtain are forever vanished, is
like comparing twilight to sunshine
Writing in Leslies Weekly, Eleanor
Franklin has this to say of Richard Mans
held as producer: Mr.. Mansfield spares
no money and no pains to make the set
tings for his characters true To the nature
of the creation. one is always particularly
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-17

The bright, particular star of this
weeks vaudeville bill at the Grand will be
Helen Bertram, indianapolis girl who
has for several years been one of the most
popular comic opera prima donnas on the
American stage. Miss Bertram has been
singing in musical comedy Of late and
scored one of the strongest hits of her
reer in the role of the pretty Chicago widow
in THE Prince of Pilsen' Miss Bertram ap-
peared in this part for many months and
was largely responsible for the popularity
which the musical number, The Song Of
the Cities. attained. She finally became
tired OF playing one part over ana over
again and retired from the company for
vacation, after which she accepted tempt
ing offer TO go on the vaudeville stage for
a limited season. She has been IN vaude-
Vile for the last six weeks and has been
highly successful from all accounts, at this
line of stage work. During her engage
ment in her home city she will sing num-
Der of new songs and will wear some
charming gowns which were made for her
in Paris The portrait of her this page
shows her in one OF her most beautiful
creations"
Fred Hallen and MolIie Fuller two In
dianapoliS favorites, will furnish the act
second in Importance. Their speciality is u
one-act farce of the kind in which they
have been playing ever since they deserted
the regular stage for vaudeville. These
funmakers-in private life they are Mr.. and
this country from very successful trip to
Australia. The ex-minstTel. William Wind
ON, will be another feature of prominence
on the programme. Mr.. Window was the
favorite ballad singer with the Primrose
and West MINISTRIES when that organization
was in it's prime. His voice is of most UNI
usual quality and his act promises to be
very attractive.
Two specalties, which were seen here
early in the season with the Orpheum road
show, will be the Miani trio. Italian must
clans. and Edward +. Reynard, the ven
triloqGist. The Orpheum show closed this
season in Cincinnati last night and the
management of the Grand decided to book
these acts both of which are very popular
here. for return engagements. Mr.. Rey-
nard, like Miss Bertram, is native of In
dianapols, that the Hooser capital will
be we'll represented among the Grand's per-
formers this week.
Tom Brown. the whistlng comedian. will
contribute his interesting speciality, and the
other entertainers on the programme will
be the Avon comedy four. in an absurdity
called The New Teacher" and the Cool
mans in what is said to be a high-class
musical act AS usual, the show will be
brought to a close with a new series of
bioscope pictures.
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Jerome is the petite Javotte; Mr.. Weldon
is the Eugene; Signor Perugini plays the
role or the chevalier, and Jennie Wealth
ersby is cast for her original character,
the princess The performance, with its
perfect cast and brilliant setting, should
be worth going miles to see and hear. The
seat sale opens tomorrow morning.
The greatest dramatic event of the week
and, in fact, the greatest dramatic Offering
at English's since the engagement OF
Forbes Robertson at that playhouse, will
be the appearance of Richard Mansfield
next Saturday afternoon and evening, sur
rounded by a company of over hundred
players. The distinguished American actor
was originally booked for a single perform
ance here Saturday evening of the great
Russian tragedy, Ivan the Terrible in
which he has just scored such an emphatic
success Many requests were received dur
ing last week by Manager Miller. of Eng
lish's, from playgoers in indianapolis and
nearby towns who are DESTROYS of seeing
Mansfield in his much-talked-about produc-
ton of 'Old Heidelberg" and it was finally
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Musical Plays, Comedy and Tragedy
In the Indianapolis Theaters
and
Bertha the al
a Ennpire~T Theatrical Matters Generally

iected and harassed. the victim of a VII
cious plan TO stunt his intellectual growth
to such degree that he would be incapa-
bic of rule. The Shuiskys continued their
domination over the boy ruler and stopped
at nothing 10 restrain IL. They even i'm
priSOned his mother. Ivan has left a VIVID
account of what he endured In childhood.
The enormities he had endured begot an
awful hatred in his soul when in turn be-
got like and more awful enorrpities- Whens
he grew up and held the reigns he paid his
enemies in kind and with overwhelming
measure. They had sowed whirlwind
and a whirlwind they reaped. Ivan stopped
at nothing. Irritable excitable. passionate,
nervous, profoundly religious, superstitous,
cruel. suspicious OF every one, daring any
thing. his reign became a reign of terror
and the fires of his excuses soon consumed
himself as they had devasted all about him.
The tragedy is in five acts. 1t opens IN
the Council Chamber or the Bo3yars and
deals with the abdication of the Car; scene
two is in the Cars Cabinet and discloSeS
VANS repentance. his retention of the
throne and Boris Godunoff's rise TO favor
Scene one OF act two is in Shuiskis house
and has to do with the conspiracy against
Godunoff and the second scene takes place
in the throneroom and has to do with
liza and his recognition of King Stephens
ambassador. The elimination OF the con-
spiracy against Boris Godunon takes place
In the third act, which represents the mar
ket place on the banks OF the Moskva with
the kremlin across the river. Act four
carries back to the Cars apartments and
Star and the prophecy of Ivan's death. Act
five opens in Godunoff's house and reveals
his conspiracy with the magicians against
the Car and the second scene is in the
palace and shows the death of Ivan the Ter
rible.
"Od Heidelberg, which will be given at
the Saturday matinee, has been one o. the
distinct successes of the season. As pre-
sented by Mr.. Mansfield, it is a well-pre-
pared English version of the German COM
edy that has had such wonderful vogue in
Europe during the last three years. Mr..
Mansfield wisely follows the German text
almost line by line. and ii is said in New
York, during the run of the comedy in the
metropolis at the beginning of the season.
that the actor deserved great credit for
giving an adaptation that remained so true
in spirit. in atmosphere and in movement
to the original play. Mr.. Mansfield will be
seen in the role of the young German
prince-a character different i'm every par
ticular from the title role in Ivan the Ter
rible" His production of the piece is very
elaborate, the scenic environment being
exceptionally beautiful.
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Pon Pour in New York
Wright Lorimer. who wrote It jointly with
Arnold Reeves. raised the capital among
his relatives, directed the preparations and
acts the role of David. says that the invest
ment reached $4,000 before the curtain was
raised l know something about true and
false theatrical figures, and I think that
the five exceptionally elaborate scenes. the
hundred and fifty costumes, the finely print
ed portraits and biographies that have been
distributed in vast quantities, and the many
other preliminary OUTLAWS can't have
amounted to less than half of $4,000 and
maybe two-thirds if there was much waste
of money All this bread cast upon the
waters may come back in multiplied loaves
to say nothing of pies and cakes-if the
masses of Americans will but eat the orig
inal bake as they did THE Christian" and
'Ben-Hur," with voracty. If they won't
well, Mr.. Lorimer will have paid dearly
for some experience.
The art of "The Shepherd King is good
and the literature is bad. The representa-
ton to our eyes of David summoned from
his pastures to beguile the melancholy of
Saul with songs. of his going out to slay
the giant Goliath and of his rise TO the
throne of Israel is all impressively pictorial.
And the introduction of Samuel the prophet.
Endor the witch. Saul the misanthrope and
Jonathan the loving is calculated judicious-
ly for stage show. So is the fictional
Interpolation of fond princess for sweet
heart to David But what our ears hear is
much less satisfactory. The language is
modern and commonplace except when
the form OF the composition should have
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arranged late last Friday night that mat
lnee performance of the beautiful German
comedy should be given next Saturday
afternoon.
Ivan the Terrible is the work of Count
Alexis Tolstoi. An imperial censorship over
the representation of the person of the Car
on the Russian stage kept this tragedy
from the public for long time. 1t was,
however, acted several times privately be-
fore the imperial household and made such
a profound impression the present Car
that he abrogated the old law and Ivan
the Terrible was four years ago produced
in ST Petersburg. 1t ran for three years.
Other companies played it all over the
empire. Ii is considered in Russia their
greatest play, just ii has become Mans
fields masterpiece since the first night of
his triumph
Ivan Vasilyvitch. surnamed the Terrible,
was born in 1880. In order to comprehend
this sublime but terrible character, said
TO be the most cruel man that ever lived
ii is necessary to understand something of
his equally remarkable and pitiful child
hood He inherited the throne of Russia
in his third year and jointly with il the
influence of the Shuiskys. He was neg
lected. maltreated, insulted; everyone ne
admired or turned To for assistance was
imprisoned or put to death Ivan himself
was a prisoner in his own palace, neg
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-17
The Empire-BurieSque.

The Empires attraction for the week
opening with the regular Monday matinee.
will be Waldron & Bryants Trocadero
Burlesquers musical travesty and vaude-
Vile combination that has been seen mere
before and which contained many good fea-
lures upon the occasion of its last engage
ment at the Indianapolis home of burlesque
This season the company is headed by Anna
Hill. a statuesque bGrleSquer. and Annie
Carter. who is said TO be a graceful dancer.
Tom Haverly, well-known Irish comedian.
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is the leading funmaker of the show. There
are two burlettas-'The Misht Family,
and satire on the everlasting popular song
of 'Hiawatha. In the latter piece the
chorus girls will be seen in Indian cos
tunes which are said TO be very becoming.
Managers WaldrOn & Bryant ii is
claimed have spent a good deal of money
tertainment an elaborate scenic and cos
tune equipment.
The vaudeville olio will contain special
ties by some .'well-known performers, in
Guiding Wink and Mack, in comic aero
battle act. and the Worlds Comedy Four
quartet of singers and comedians who
will present farciCal musical sketch.
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NOTE AND COMMENT.

1t looks very much as if that brilliant old
pessimst, William Winter. of the New York
Tribune. had made a mess Of things when
he said in his paper recently. while engaged
in one of his periodical grumbles, that
there has not been time in fifty years
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-17

mind. This is Biblical play, and for that
reason no one can forecaste its fate. AS its
story is based on the Old Testament, its
shepherd king being David, the sweet singer
and swift singer. it is not a Christian piece,
but jewish nor is it religious. but patri-
otic. rather, with Israelite nationalism; yet
its appeal is to those people, Christian and
Jew alike, who believe that the book of
Samuel is Holy Writ. 1t is too soon to say
how it will strike them. The certainty
about the production is its great cost.
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-respondenee OF the indiana polls Journal.

Nv YORK, April ia noteworthy
drama is the new one, entitled,
THE Shepherd King" But will
it go long? or will it stop short?
EXERT Judgment is reserved as