The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-04
I H S AGE
at THE Old Cross Roads.

the DID Gross Roads" which
appears at the Grand Opera House
on Thursday night. October 6, is The
play which met with such unusual sue
cess at the Grand Opera House, New
York City. when at every perform
ance hundreds of people We're unable
Ito gain admission to the theatre. II
beauty and adherence to nature, the
old cross roads scene exccls anything
of the Kind ever seen on the stage
The, company last season was every
where spoken of is being Il splendid
one, but Manager Aston, who is al
ways looking TO improve, has strength,
ened it for next season, and the play
is given the credit his year of hav-
ing the strongest company it has ever
had. Prominent in the company will
be seer James NJ. Brophy, Evelyn Sci
bic and several others OF equal NOTE.
The poetry and sensuous, dangerous
beauty of the dreamy South has been
at all times u prolific field for the C
OF writers Of fiction and the drama
and in this play the author has con
ccived ana intensely interesting drama
of real life CT that section, and the
characters have been drawn with mas
ter 1and. THE sale Of seats opened at
Chriseie's drug store this morning,
and ana the indications are that one
of the largest audiences Of the season
will witness this ever popular play,
Joln w. Vogels minstrels Is an
carly underline at the Grand. and the
lever popular Paul Gilmore. will be
one of the leading attractions for Oc-
Itober, but the musical cvent of the
season will be Girls Will Be Girls"
which is the attraction for October
|2Sth.
Great Musical event coming! X
Remains Committed to Mother Earth.
The funeral of little Noel Nichols.
the twelve-ycar-oid son Of Mrs. Ger
Itrude Nichols, who died at Romney,
on "Wednesday of last week, occurred
on Saturday afternoon. Oct. list, at .
O'Clock from the First Presbyterian
Church. vita Rev, J.. II. Flanagan, y.
D.. officiating. The remains upon
their arrival in this city had been
conveyed to the residence of Mrs,
Lent. on West Main street, where
iiicS Wei Z IG"ci by many IhNSFSIS
Of the little friends of the deceased as
well as by many sy~mpathizing friends
of the sadly bereavcd mother. Or.
.Flanagan'S culogy at the funeral was
Of q deeply sympathetic and spiritual
ly comforting nature, bringing tears
Of sympathy 10 many eyes. The pail
bearers and flower carriers We're
cn0s7sn from among the life associates
OF the little boy. and the funeral ser
vice was a particularly sad one be
cause OF the fac that the many little .
friends OF Noel expressed great grief
at the loss of their playmate and
friend. There werc ON very bcauti-
ful floral ernblems, composed of, the
rarest hot house exotics, and which
expressed in u very tender language
is felt throughout the city and
community for the stricken mother
and little sister. The Nichols family
was a very happy one Mrs. Nichols
haA devoted every effort of her life
TO he careful bringing up of her chill
dren, had instructed them in ALL
things to obey the commands of the
tender Saviour and to follow His
kindly guidance. She looked forward
to the time when her children should
become useful, honest citizens, but
just as the son was merging into
youthful viSor ~bespeaking intelligent,
brave and promising manhood the 7
grim reaper steps in TO blight the
family circle Anq yet. how comfort
ing the words of the Saviour to whom
these children have been 50 carefully
to believe THY will. not Mine,
be done" and again, Suffer little
children 10 come unto Me- and
BLESSED are the dead who die in
Lord" Human speech and human
action in times like this, while weak
enough at best, contains, nevertheless, 4
a kindly light that falls on the heart
bowed down with grief, and that Mrs.
Nichols and her little daughter have
this kindly sympathy has been very
aloquentty portrayed since death .
came to blight the happy home. IN
was made in Biuemont CENT
etery, where the beautiful remains
tenderly laid to rest4to await the 2
sounding of$the trump that shall re
lew all broken ties,sthat9shal1s restore
q the aching arms those ,