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METHODS OF THE QUAcK.
New York Is His Chosen Field, an Eastern Medico Says.

The physicians of Philadelphia and Boston sniff more or less haughtily at the ways of their fellow healers of New York, according to very frank and conservative physician of this town. The conversation at the start was about new remedies, concerning many of which the doctor, who was taking his own profession to task, was very skeptcal.
 "The spirit of empiricism," he said, "is altogether too prevalent in this city and it Is growing every year. For the sake of money, for the sake of advertising without appearing to advertise, many physicians who are rated as reputable are trying all sorts of ways of violating the good old spirit of medical ethics without of- lending against the letter and being called to account by their associates.
 Tt is in the field of so-called new remedies and discoveries that the evil is most manifest Quackery has i'm proved its methods and glossed over its activities with q veneer of what passes for scientific research. Scien- tific expression and Latin names have been more generally adopted to de- scribe what the quack of generation or so ago would have been satisfied to call a plain 'cure-all,' and hawk at the country fairs. Now it is different. The empiric produces his concoction and cajoles some physician into writ ing a quasi-scientific article about it for medical journal.
 That is all that is needed. Men of standing accept the fact, whatever it may be, and furnish the articles; and journals, regardless of the fact that they have regulations to sustain, print them. Then they are reprinted far and wide as contributions by Dr. So-and-So, graduate of this, that and the other medical school, to such and such journal. Rural physicians all over the country read and believe, and q demand for the new stuff is prac- tically assured.
 Hundreds of these new things are brought out every year, and although they all have advocates, 1t is fair to say that not more tban one in hun dred is worthy of adoption by the pro- fession or of being rated as gen. uine contribution to the science of medicine.
 Tt is in this city that most of them are fathered and touted, and, as I said before, the practice has brought us into more or less disrepute with the more conservative and less avari- cious physicians of Boston and Phila- delphia. Of course, in consideration of question like this, Chicago doesn't count. ."-New York Sun.
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Easily Done.

Tess-Well, 1 believe I'p rid of Mr. Staylate at last.
 Jess-How on earth did you accom- pljsh 1t?
 Tess-While he was calling upon Ee last night 1 remarked that "all hand some men were conceited bores." Then he said: "Indeed! ! can take a hint as well as the next one," and left Philadelphia Press.
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That Was All for Him.

"How old are you, madam" asked the young lawyer who was doing a cross-examination stunt.
 "I'm old enough to know that no gentleman would ask lady how old she is," replied the female witness, sweetly.
 And the court let it go at that.
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Eruptio1ls

The only way to get rid of pimples and other erup- tions is to cleanse the blood, improve the digestion, stim- ulate the kidneys, liver and skin. The medicine to take is Hoods 'sSarsaparlla Which has cured thousands.
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Turning the Tables.

Jones-Brown has met with serious eeverses recently, am told.
 Smith-So? How much did he lose7
 Jones-Only his freedom. He got married. come in?
 Jones-He married his stenographer and she does the dictating now.
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Facts Vs. Fiction.

The poet sat at his desk one day and dashed off beautiful rhyme of gold and jewels in such way that it made folks think his time was occupied handling gems so rare: but most of his time was spent in wondering if he'd dine on air for the poet hadn't cent.
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Because of King Edwards small stature, he stands on some small emi. hence when photographed in order to compare favorably with those about him.
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A Solution.

Howes-Tatting advertises to sell goods at less than cost. I don't see how a consistent Christian can do that.
 Shedd-Oh, don't know. Perhaps he stole the goods, you know.-BostoD Transcript.
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FITS

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You Can Get Aliens Foot Ease FREE

Write Allen s. Olmsted. Le Roy. N. T.. for . sweating, hot. swollen. aching feet. It makes new or tight shoes easy. A certain cure for gists sell it. 25c. Don't accep. any substitute
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Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use for their children during the teething period.
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Usually Short.

"Art is long," quoted the sentimental girl at the Art Museum.
 "Yes," rejoned her artist friend, land I wish the same could be truthfully said of artists"
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Talked Too Much.

Tess-She told me she was going to bleach her hair.
 Jess-How indiscreet. She really ought to keep it dark.-Philndelph Press.
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A woman never realizes that she has done something wonderful after step- ping backward off a street car and escaping with her life.
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Good intentions are very mortal and perishable things; like very mellow and choice fruit they are very difficult t" keep.-Smmons.
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About the Size of It.

When into life's mysteries you delve,
 The chances are you'll discover That the small faults you have yourself
 Are the big ones you see in another.
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Piso's Cure is a good cough medi- cine. It has cured coughs and colds for forty years. At druggists, 25 cents
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Mrs. HughsOn, of Chicago, whose letter follows, is another womanin high position who owes her health to the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
 "DEAR MRS. PINKuAM :-I suffered for several years with generalwealness and bearing-down pains, caused by womb trouble. My appetite was poor, and I would lie awake for hours, and could not sleep, until l seemed more weary in the morning than when re- tired. After reading one of your adver- tisements I decided to try the merits of Lydia F. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and l am so glad did. No one can describe the good it did me. l took three bottles faithfully, and be. sides building up my general health, it drove all disease and poison out of my body, and made me feel as spry and active as young girl. Mrs. Pinkham's medicines are certainly all they are claimed to be-" MRS. M. D. HUGHsoN, 347 East Ohio St., Chicago, III. s5ooO forfeit # original of aboye letter prouirg genuine ness cannot Dc produced
 More than million women have re- gained health by the use of Lydia ID. Pinkham'sV Vegeta able Compound.
 If the slightest trouble appears which you do not understand write to Mrs. Pinlkham, at Lynn, Mass, for her advice, and a few timely words from her will show you the right thing to do. This advice costs you nothing, but it may mean life or happiness or both.
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 Canton, Ohio, Aug. 6, 1903. Gentlemen: s. s. s. is good medicine keep it in the house all the while. It is an excellent tonic to give strength to the system and tone to all the organs. It gives appetite and energy and makes one feel better in every way. Ihave found 1t also an excellent blood purifier. For months was troubled with itching skin eruption on the face, md tried specialists and many reme- dies to get cure but s. 8. 8. Is the only medicine that seemed to relieve. I am now compar atively free of this eruption. think great deal of your medicine, believing 1t to be the best blood purifier and tonic known to the world to-day.
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 Good blood, good appe- tite and good digestion are the foundation stones of good health. s. s. s. SUD- plies all these, containing as it does ingredients for the purification of the blood and also well-known tonic properties, making it the ideal remedy in cases where the blood has deteriorated, the stomach disordered and appetite has failed.
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Altoona, Pa., June 20, 1903.

Altoona, Pa., June 20, 1903.
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 strong potash and mineral remedies, which nd nerves. A course of s. S. s. now will impurities that have accumulated through more readily and promptly thrown of, ,and ,u in good physical condition, instead of debilitated, with no appetite or energy, as the system is neglected and nature left to you need tonic and appetizer, you will al advice without charge to all who write us E SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,, ATLANTA. ca,
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Will appear among them the Misses Alma
cueny. vida RobiEs9n and LSey r sIsre oct .,
Donalsnn. Ksthrine Jenkins. leila Ross, Kettle
Giazebrook., Margaret Eiamett. ophelia Gnrrs'
Lille Fizer and Martha Murray.
Soloists Of the concert to be given at Hem
nemann Hall to-day are Alexander Hennemann'
o. a. Mol and Frank Geeks-
The Garrick Lvceum Company has been or
gained in the West End for the purpose OF
presenting 4 number of PLAYS during the PIES
ent season. The membership includes: d. A.
Jones, Z. Oman, Allen Barr J. H. Watson,
FIJI Ti,toT pIaI l:ui IN 6 Mellin ila ar Se'H ?fsena mRnF Fisa
ShilIings." David Garrick' and The Lady
Of Lyons
Fay Fosters company will give the show at
the Standard. Departing from the usual Gus
tom, a new three-act comedy is to be present.
ing farce. The vaudeviile part Of the perform
once T. TO be given by Terry Elmer and com
ncpoitan Trio, Cunningham and Grant. and
Lawrence Crane. the magician
'PicSinss Prom Puck a musical travesty
with Willard Sims as the principal furmaker.
comes To the Crawford. Mr.. Sims is a young
comedian VINO has won favor both in America
tn Edna May "rganization at the Snaftesbury
%Theater, London, for Il long time; he has also
AAsAAhr - go NsFsA Ast
at tho New York Casino. "Pickings Fem
PUCK is said to provide excellent en.ertaiu-
u!snt.
Tonight the German Stock Company will re-
viye I'm Weissen Ro~ess'i," BIumenthal ard
kadelburg's comedy. at the Odeon.
The revival Is made hy request. Since its
first production here TWO years ago. with the
assistance Of sgTlc Milwaukee, stars. the play
has not been given here. There are hundreds
OF Germans who have never seen it in ST.
Louis. and Il good many Americans. who missed
the Daily performance Of the play at the Ccn-
fury three years ago.
Mr.. HelneInsnn will he Giesecke. Mr.. T-rlo
Heinzelmann and Miss Wilma Won Hohsnau. 10
septinc Nogelhuber, hostess OF the Whire
Horse Tavern. Next Thursday night. at R.-
doiph iI0rsky's henegt will be produced .Ro-
senmonJas'' ,Iinse Monday. otto Erich Won
iiar;leben's sensational drama. This is tho
first production Of the play IN America. Ru-
do!ph Hursky's benefit will he produced .Ro-
has III" leading role of Hans Rudorff, a gay
young Lieutenant. whose broken word of honor
sends him uut OF existence on Ros> Moniay, tho
day before Shrove Tuesday, in Germany tho
real carnival DAY.
The Aztec Twins will Tornain another week
at the Broadway Musee. Besides the attrac-
tons In the curio hall a vaudeville show ia
Professor he Camps's performing ieopards
nd lions Will tie seen at the Zoo.
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not so. Their work shows it. l. is sug-
gestiye Of some OF the cheap novels writ
ter, about society by men who We're never.
probably, inside the house Of a woman
who had made any pretels:cIs to be III
society.
Some of these dramatists ard actors
make men and women in society as CON-
Nentional as a crop report.
rIhat IS why I like to conduct my w
rsnearsals. II is the only way | can get
things done exactly "a | want them.
1t was rather difficult at first to break
throuSh the time-honored prerogatives of
me stage managers, hat as things go now
l generally manage to have my ogyn way.
In d discussion of this sort / may per
haps be permitted TO say tina, do go into
society, and know something about the
persons ! portray ON the stage. ! am. and
ciafacter. / draw types of persons in So
ciety as l find them. But never carica-
tuTe individuals"
Mrs. LsnStry's coming brings TO mind
a story OF her first visit to the United
States. She is known as one of the cool
est of women-in fact. she largely attrib-
utes 10 this fact the preservation of her
almost unrivaied beauty. She never al
lows herself 10 become excited.
surroundings. whatever they may be. do
het seem TO affect her: good luck and bad
same. She is a cool winner. a composed
or good" loser. Her first enga cement in
this country was TO have been in AN
Unequal Match at the old Park Theater
~ Wenty-second street and BroadWay,
New York.
She was staying at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel. a block away. At . o'clock in the
afternoon OF the Monday that she was to
make her debut. the Park Theater caught
fire. Her manager ran over TO the hotel
and. going TO her room, knocked on the
door.
Knocking three times and getting no re-
Spouse: he pushed open the door and
cony that ran alongside the window stood
the Jersey Lily" watching the fire. no
you know what building is burning?' he
@ airs the f ps,k Tbsstera Mt Qua hsn steS;
cry and all your expensive costumes are
going UP i'll smoke! Bad luck. isn't IT."
No she answered, calmly, its good
luck. was just thinking how lucky I was
in not being in one of hose costumes
while it was burning up. Let's have some
supper. l am as hungry as a bear!"
..s
Some one has added a new story to the
Henry r. Dixey collection. 1t concerns the
france who. in making friends with the
player. attempted TO impress his i'm
rortance and linguistic knowledge upon
bin.
Ne" modestly acknowledged the stran-
ger. the so-calIed vagaries of the Greek
verb never bothered me"
is ii possible?" calculated Dixey. with
languages
oh. they were astonishinSly easy. es-
pecially the romance languages. French,
Italian, Spanish, etc." blandlY assured the
a
And why 50 astonishingly easyT'
here would like TO know the secret"
They were easy for the simple fact that
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Clyde Fitch is going abroad
And while he is abroad he Will write sew
eral new plays.
II never write in New York" said he,
recently. 81 have not recovered from my
severe Illness Of three years ago.
"One-ha,f the week I spend IN New York
and the other at my country home, in
Greenwich. l Eap out here what 1 want
to do, but l mist go abroad to do it,
But before leaving the land OF his for
tune, Mr.. Fitch has taken occasion to
state, once and fer all, that he is a So
c:ety man, that he has been and does go
in society, and ina he knows whereof he
writes and whatof he speaks when he in
dulges I'm the society play.
Furthermore, Mr.. Fitch has great hopes
for the society drama, even as he has
great hopes for society itself, in this coun-
try.
Society plays in America are better now
than they ever were before said he a
or fifteen years ago, such, for instance,
as were produced at the old I.yceum The
alter, would not do al all to-day.
Society has become much more exact
ing as to the way it is represented on the
stage 1t does not like to go to the theater
to see itself caricaturei. A number of
prominent actors are Of society as well
as in 1t. II is not so many years ago since
Englishmen used To sheer at American So
ciety actors and declare that there was
not one of them that looked at home in a
dress suit. They 90 not say things like
that any more.
THE continuous Improvement in society
plays calls for better work from the DRAM
atist. the actor, and the stage manager.
| do not know whether some playwrights
who deal with society, and the actors and
stage managers who carry out the ideas
of these playwrights. have the opportunity
of going into society or not.
AT all events, it is obvious that they do
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and shortly after the little Widow CuIlom.
Alary Blake then appears. She comes to Home
VILE to get a position in the public school. sne
dependent on General Woisey. she is deter
mined To earn her own living. She comes 70
bonneville because her mother was buried there
an;i because she knew that after the death Of
his father. Jonn Lenox went to work in David
John Lenox comes into view and 50 does pert
Turner makes his first entrance as Haruni
behind the nay hoss.r which has been slvihE
lf bes ssSry P = aEailTSi 9o! qsse to- iSok the b,v boss
S S,rr and and d Ihs animal ,a ass t is sJ9us Bav qg' then St t efe
itets the sale Of the nnimai. which VIII stand
The second act is laid in the office OF the
countins-roorn OF the hank. 1t - essentially
ass 9 ,ss,s Of a ,5 T,sT in TdS i'' Of n rRe coun N 4.if
bills. the resignation Of Chet Timson and The
securing OF the mortgages On Widow Cullonis
In the third act another phase OF David
The scens is laid in Aunt FoIly's sitting-room
and the time is Christmas morning. Aunt foi-
y removed re- from the E.eie Tavern to her rpsre
room. The Widow cullom comes in answer 10
hsr sosne sln Taers is f the story Of = visit
70 the &c CIRCUS N,-y and RI,t see g Ti's sartain q f.lls s' I'm
the Christmas dinner.
"
James J. CoIbett. in a moroiosue on his trav-
els aud experiences. is 10 be one OF the fea-
tured entertainers at the Columbia. Mr.. and
Mrs. Sidney Drew will present a new Sketch
along the lines of their former successes.
Charles Ernest. tte ST. Loui; minstrel. prom
Uses a budget of new songs and stories. Edmund
Day and company will offer a comedy drama
from, the pen of Mr.. Day. entitled ~"Shipmates.'
The other performers are: Herr Seona. Euro
pean imperssnatCy; Ollie Young and brother.
novelty hoop rollers and tueglers: Frank
0Brien. in his character sketch. - Dlss!pat-
ed Gentleman: Emerson ana Oresc. sketch
artists: Frank LaMoudue. tight-wire comedian:
Simon chitu,rn, singers AID dancers. Jessie
Hereford. vocalist. aud Mckinnon and Reed.
comedians. Toe <inoirome Will show new pic
lures OF the Baltimore Are.
Too Proud to Beg the latest thriller from
the pen OF Lincoln J. Carter. will he seen at
Havlin's this week. There are four acts. All
of the scenes are laid In Chicago. a number
OF sensational rlirnaxes are promised. Marie
Nelson and Mark klaw will play prominent
roles.
At the imperial a Romance of Coon Hol-
low is to he the bill. II has been before the
public for more than ten successful seasons
and this in itself is sufficient to express the
merits of the melodrama. The revival will be
q duplicate of the original production as given
In New York. all the scenery being carried.
Among the stirring incidents are a steamboat
race. a cotton compress in operation and Il
dancing contest.
At Mrs. Julia Gould Seihcrf's recital. to he
given at her home March 5. some new ARTISTS
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Dick richards and his pupils will give
their annual entertainment at the Odeon
Friday evening. They will present, for
the first time on any stage. a new juven-
lie opera. The VIII O. the Wisp," by
Professor Charles Kunkel. book ard u RIGS
by Hiram w. Hayes.
The opera tells the story of the dongs
of the citizens of The mystic land of
Where. This land is ruled by viii o. the
Wisp. whom many have seen hut no one
has ever aught. When the story opens
Kahn Ketcham. the detective. is after
him. but instead of catching win o. the
Wisp. Ketcham and a bssd of children
are captured by soldiers of Where. The
chorus which ooeHs the opera runs Ike
this:
In a mystic land dwells an eIfn band
Where, o, where,
'Tis the %shadowy land OF the VIII o. the Wisp,
Where. o. where?
The music WAS written especially for
children's voices. Some OF the features
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are the dance of the 1%irefies. the song OF
the North Pole. the swing song ana Ito
school-bell chorus. in which each child
has a little bell. Some of the chalaetert
are Maid o the Mist. Fan O. The Fen,
Hap q kiub. Tip O. Top and Jack u
Lantern.
The opera is so written that it permits
OF the Introduction of d number of speciaf-
ties. There will be I25 children on the
stEEe.
There is but one groWn-up part IN the
new operetta. that of Lady Bouutiful.
This will be played by Ieora SpeIlmeyer.
one of Professor Richards oldest pupils.
VINO nade such a hit in London last Eum-
fner. Both the RAIDER brothers VIII take
part. the elder singing the part of VIII
O. the Wi:p. while the younger will assist
little iotsie Marks in acting out the story
OF Katie Lee and Willie Gray.
irene .BehFing will be the Maid o the
MIST: Flossie johnson will lead u band OF
%firefies. AID Hazel Smith, whose singing
Eas attracted unusual attention among
local musicians. will be heard in the swing
song. which Is reckoned on as one of the
hits Of the opera. The opera has been IN
rehearsal for the last SIX weeks.
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and 'Cavalleria Rust.cana": Saturday
matiaee, grand ballet from "Faust and
'rPagliaccy': Saturday evening. Faust"
Here is the cast for Ia Ju:ve":