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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

This is the only solution compatible
with the honor and peace of mind of
all parties. 1t is not dramatic con-
clusion, but rather a prudent and safe
cessation Of friendly relations between
a married woman and former sutton
for her hand, who still exerts a fas-
cination over her that renders his abb
sence desirable.
Sir Joseph Lacy, man of honor as he
says he is, nevertheless suggests at
times the insidious Joseph Surface.
Alone with Lady Verona. he is. per-
Sistently affectionate in tone and man
ner, lowering over her, Selling her
hand upon the slightest provocation,
and kissing it upon less. To be sure,
Lady Verona gently demonstrates, tell
ing him he must not make love to her,
and Sir Joseph politely desists-for a
few moments.
While this may be all very natural
and human, nevertheless these over
lures of a seasoned bachelor to another
mans wife, gracefully made as they
are, become a trifie distasteful. The
pleasure afforded by the skillful acting
is not unalloyed.
The final curtain deScends upon a
reconciliation between a jealous hus-
band and wrongly suspected wife. and
the disappointment of her bachelor adj
mirer, in whose fortunes every specta-
tor has become more interested than In
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09
THE STAR

Rush's- Bon Tons come to the Star
theater for one week, beginning this
afternoon.
This show, heralded all along the cir
cult as the real thing in the way of a
funmaker, is reported to have every
thing in it's favor and nothing to its
discredit.
1t has the pretty women, the clever
comedians and vaudeville performers;
it is we'll costuned and thoroughly
equipped with new music and special
scenery. Moreover, it's whole pro-
gramme is without a vestige of the
coarseness that used to make too many
burlesque shows of the long ago.
The fun does not slacken in any
manner because the card is kept clean;
on the contrary, there is nothing but
laughter and good humor all the way
through both burlesques and special
ties. The vaudeville portion of the pro-
gramme is selected to satisfy the lovers
of the continuous" In the olio VIII
be Williams and Adams, Monte Carlo
Ethiopian millionaires; Fields and
Cook German comedians; the three
Liv;ngstons, marvellous acrobats; the
Simpsons, musical artists; Grace Leon
ard, comedienne.
Admirers of spangles and devotees of
feminine beauty will get all they want
in two original and thoroughly jolly
burlesaues of the rapid-fire order.
PARTISAN Jamboree" and "A Wild
Night" written by Sol Fields. will be
the titles of the curtain raiser and
finale A special matinee for women
will be given Friday.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09
THE GRAND

That impel senator OF yagabond in
rags and tatters, Nat M. Wills, will
be at home at the Grand commencing
with the matinee today at 2:30, and
will be accompanied by the sacred
cat" and an encourage of many bright
eyed occidental and oriental girls from
many climes, each possessing a charm
peculiarly her own. He will also have
an aggregation of singers. The piece
was one of the musical hits of last
season.
In the Wills play there are several
animated scenes, the one a street in a
little village in the Nutmeg state, with
it's grotesque tavern, it's huge trees
and its crowd of villagers, who come
and go among the pretty maidens for
stroll on Irritation lane. The second
act is the interior of the village drug
store Here. every commodity known
to the world of trade can be bought
from a postage stamp without~any gum
on it's back to the chocolate soda with
a stick in it.. Here are many fascinat-
ing. songs and dances, solos, duets,
trios and choruses almost impossible
to enumerate.
Mr.. Wills himself has number of
delightfully."- humorous topical songs
and an animated dance. The color ef-
feet in the costumes with which
Messrs. Broadhurt and Currie have
clothed the Wills show is necessarily
changeful ard always exquisite Soft
silks of marvellous hue, enchanting
fabrics in shades of orange and old
gold are feature.
The piece will be presented with a
cast favorably known in the musical
field.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09
THE ACTORS SAINT

1t has been discovered by Stephen
Fiske, student of the drama from its
inception to the present, that the actors
have a patron saint, and one bearing
all the marks of genuineness. He puts
the information as follows:
"How many actors know that they
have a patron saint? They have-his
name is st. Genesius, and his day is
the 26th day of August-Friday of last
week Actors We're of SO little impor-
lance at the time their saint was made
that the encyclopedias may be search
ed in vain for any account of his mar
tyrdom. He was, like Roscius. an &C
tor in Rome, and when he was con-
verted to Christianity the noble Ro-
mans doomed him to death, just as
the Christians afterward doomed here
tics. There is in London Free Mason
club of actors, called the Genesius, In
honor of tie saint; 1t meets every sun
day morning and Is practically lodge
of instruction. Except this, know OF
no professional recognition of the hrst
actor who suffered for being too good
there have been other instances, but
not in our day. The suggestion is IN
order, therefore, that st. Genesius' day
the actors day-should be celebrated
wherever there is theater."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

of Julian Mitchell, the producing di
rector, to get together cast that will
incarnate in the flesh and blood the
creations of McCutcheons pencil Most
of the incidents in Bird Center" are of
a comic nature, but 1t is understood
that there is substantial dramatic
framework, with an incidental love
story.
The central figure is Capt. Roscoe
Fry, a G. A. r. veteran, with hand
some daughter. She is the cashier in
the bank OF Cyrus Hornbeck, who, by
the way, is the only sinister figure In
McCutcheons pictures and in the new
play derived from them. In her eager
ness to attend a Bird Center wedding
Kate Fry overpays old Hornbeck $500,
and as a consequence is short in her
accounts to that amount. Hornbeck
happens to be counting the wealthiest
woman in town, Mrs. Riley Withersby,
the empress of Bird Center society
This woman is deeply enamored of
Capt. Fry, the old soldier. and Horn
beck vents the Walls of his wrath
against the captain because OF the
daughters financial delinquency.
There is a plausible sequel to the
affairs of the veteran and his daughter,
but this is reached only after ALI the
familiar characters in the Bird center
cartoons have been introduced in a Sc
ries of episodes, brimful of racy local
color.
With comedians like George Ricnards
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09
1.-THE PIT" AT THE METROPOLIS.
TAN

Long expected and widely heralded,
the dramadzed version of Frank Nor
ris' famous novel, THE Pit" comes to
the Metropolitan for a brief engage
ment, beginning Thursday night, Oct.
H.. Wilton Lackaye appears here as a
star under the management of William
A. Brady in what is declared to be
most elaborate production.
THE t'sis a story of love and life
in the great and throbbing city of Chi
cago. The love is that of beautiful
woman of striking character, despite
occasional conditions that might well
tend to shatter constancy and test
faithful devotion. The life is a stirring
picture of social Chicago and a vivid
presentation of it's business character
istics as exemplified by what has been
justly termed the '.maelstrom of La
Sale street." the wheat pit of the
Board of Trade building.
The character of Curtis Jadwin, the
great wheat Speculation, is real and the
story of his career is thrilling. How
he gradually gave himself up to the
lust of grain gambling, until he became
involved in a gigantic wheat deal. COW
ering millions of bushels, which finally
accomplished his financial ruin, is de-
tailed with graphic power. Tragic,
also is that intense episode that in
yolved one of his dearest friends, all
though without his knowledge, and led
to his suicide after the loss of all his
means in struggling against Curtis
Jadwin's mighty deal
These things, it is we'll known, are of
common occurrence in that great cen
ter of grain gambling, the Chicago
wheat pit, but no news story in the
daily papers tells them as Mr.. Norris
told them in his book. The news tells
only the men who try to corner the,
wheat maket and sometimes succeed,
but more frequently fail. Mr.. Norris
shows how the whole mind and body
of the Spectator is so engulfed in the
maelstrom that, as Curtis Jadwin ex-
presses 1t, it is not the man that cor
ners the wheat, but the wheat that
corners him.
Very sweet and tender and womanly
is the part of the story that tells how
the love of Curtis Jadwin's wife at
times inclined by circumstances to be
dormant, or variable, is reasserted and
intensified by his financial disaster I'M
til he wakes from his wild orgie of
speculation soothed, comforted and
supported by her sympathy and devo-
ton. The other characters are good,
lively, healthy and natural men and
women, and the social picture that
they portray is bright and interesting.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

Is 8, .5 =;s:s S ! s i:s: E;
Miller at the Metropolitan
last week, appeals to the brain rather
than the heart. 1t Initiates the intel
leet without once stirring the emotions
DR. awakening sentimental sympathy.
1t is a comedy that the jaded thea
tergoer will relish for its cynicism, sar-
casm and novelty of plot and treat
ment. But its denouement, while strict
ly moral in tone, is equally fiat and
ti-climactfc.
The other alternative, to-wit, the di-
vorce of the wife and the consequent
triumph of her bachelor admirer and
anguish of her husband would be alto
gether too French even though 1t
might have been the probable outcome
in real life. Such an unraveling of the
ENHANCEMENT would not be tolerated
by English speaking playgoers, who
would have denounced Mr.. Jones play
as a pernicious drama calculated to
make light of conjugal VOWS. Mr..
Jones realized this, and accordingly
preserves the wife's innocence. and the
husbands honor, and sends her old
fame Sir Joseph, away, disappointed
and unhouseled if not unannealed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

I had very trying drinking scene. In
a casual sort of way the Stranger takes
a drink from a newly driven we'll and
is startled to discover that the bever-
age he is quaffing is not well water, but
rare old brandy. The story of the play
is quite plausible and the episode must
be seen to be appreciated. OF course
I don't drink real brandy in the scene.
If 1 did 1 would be hopelesly intoxi-
Gated before the third drink. The con-
coction which the property man pre-
pares for me is mixture of sarsa-
parila and ginger ale and easily passes
muster for three star brandy.
by the way, speaking Of scenes OF
intoxication on the stage, do you recall
Sir Henry Irying's marvellous work IN
The Lyons Mail where he so realis-
tically represents the French criminal
Lesurques, a confirmed drunkard. He
drinks pint of brandy at one gulp
and throughout the entire play 'incar-
mates maudlin alcoholism. 1t is mas
terly study of degenerate type"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09
BIRD CENTER AT THE METRO.
POLITAN

Whether or not Bird Center car
toons, those character creations of
John II. McCutcheon, Will stand the
glare of the footlights and appeal TO
the humorous sense of playgoers as
irresistibly as they did to newspaper
readers is the question which will be
solved at the Metropolitan tonight.
Glen Marlborough, the maker of the
new play based on the Bird Center
cartoons, has conscientiously tried to
adhere to the spirit and atmosphere of
the pictures which have furnished him
with inspiration for his drama.
All the well known personages who
were SO funny in the cartoons have
been utilized. and it has been the aim
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

to play Capt. Fry and Edward J. Con-
nelly to impersonate the Mysterious
Stranger, it is a foregone conclusion
that Bird Center" will be well acted
Mabel Strickland, Rosa Cooke and
Blanche Chapman head the feminine
contingent, which includes over a score
of pretty girls. chosen according to the
announcement of the management, ito
typify that highest standard of pull
chritude, the American girl"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

those of the brusque husband The
anti-climax is inevitable in the inter
est of good morals Otherwise Mr..
Jones' comedy would be tragedy.
The acting was superb, all the char
acters possessing marked individuality
and revealing amusing traits and lido
syncrasies. But whether Joseph En-
tangled" will survive as long as THE
Liars and some other creations of Mr..
Jones is questionable. 1t certainly
does not ring as trueS as The LIARS"
which possesses more backbone and
sincerity. IF. G. H.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

Asia which is booked for short en-
gagement at the Metropolitan opera
house, beginning Sunday, Oct. 80. Thus
far it has only played in New York,
Boston and Philadelphia, and after a
short road tour is to begin what prom
ises another long run on Broadway.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09
COMING ATTRACTIONS

The musical extravaganza entitled
'aThe Runaways'' is booked to appear
at the Metropolitan for four nights and
a matinee, commencing Sunday, Oct.
L. 1.-The Runaways" is one of the
successes, having run for over six
months at the Casino theater, New
York city.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

woodland" Henry W. Savage's lat
est musical attraction, by Pixly and
Luders, will be seen at the Metropoli-
tan opera house the first part of next
month.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

across the Pacific" will open at the
Grand for a weeks engagement fol-
lowing Nat M Wills in "A Son of
Rest" Harry Clay BIaney, who ere
ated and still plays Willie Live, the
war correspondent, has introduced a
number of new features, as the result
of his further studies of the situations
surrounding the United States troops
in the Philippines.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

A most important event in theatre
Gals is the revival of Wang" Sam S.
Shubert's elaborate Lyric theater pro-
duction. in which De Wolf Hopper is
to appear at the Metropolitan opera
house for three nights and matinee be-
ginning Thursday, Oct. 20.'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

Miss Blanche Ring will be seen at
the Metropolitan for a half weeks en-
gagement, beginning Oct. %. in the
farce, .sVivian's Papa, under the
management of Rich and Harrison.
This piece played an engagement of
four months in Chicago during the
past summer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

The popularity of a play has never
been better shown. than in the demands
for time for Miss Rose Melville in her
pastoral play, isis Hopkins" in which
She has been appearing for some years
past. Miss Melville's manager, j. r.
Stirling, is said to have given her
bigger production and better COM
pany this season than she has ever
had. She will be seen at the Grand
soon.
Her First False Step which viii
be seen at the Grand shortly, offers
as a feature a scene representing the
footing of a bank by burglars.
Hearts Adrift,'' a new melodrama of
the sensational order, is coming to the
Grand,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

St. Paul is to receive a visit from
that musical attraction, THE Jewel of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

William Morris, who is billed to APP
pear at the Metropolitan opera house
for brief engagement the latter half
of this month in who's Brown is no
stranger to theatergoers of this city.
This popular young star has, it is said.
himself with company of
skilled artists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
GOMPERS AGAIN
 MADE PRESIDENT
FEDERATION WILL
 MEET NEXT YEAR AT PITTS BURG-ONLY ONE MAN VOTED AGAINST PRESIDENT GoMPERs.

San Francisco, November 26.-Samuel Gompers was unanimously reelected president of the American Federation of Labor, except that Vice-President Burger of Milwaukee in the convention voted in the negative and asked that his vote be so recorded. Gompers was given a great welcome when he retook the gavel. He promised the delegates to try to do much more for the labor movement in the future than he had done in the past. Secretary Frank Morrison and Treasurer John B. lennon were unanimously chosen to serve another term.
 The following eight vice presidents were reelected:
 James Duncan, John Mitchell, James OConnell, Max Morris, Thomas l. Kidd, D. A. Hays. Daniel J. Keefe and Will liam J. Spencer.
 The majority and minority reports of the committee on resolutions on the fight between longshoremen and seamen was voted down and the matter now stands in the position 1t did before the con- vention mat.
 American Federation of Labor tonight voted to meet next year in Pittsburg. Pittsburg was selected by a large vote ever St. Louis, Toronto and Niagara Falls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
THE VlRGlNlAN."
Dustin Farnum Gives Artistic Per
 formance at Jefferson Theatre.

The dramatlzation of Owen Wister's novel. "The Virgnian, was given at the Jefferson theatre yesterday afternoon and last night. Both performances were thor oughly enjoyed. MT. Farnum's portrayal of the western cowboy. who is the hero of the story, Is thoroughly artistic, con vincing and pleasing. His acting shows careful study, his stage presence is fine and he Is ideally adapted to the part which he essays. He Is exceptionally ef- fective In those scenes where a look, gesture or a half spoken word convey volumes of meaning. He typifies the rugged strength of the west. In each of the four scenes he is the same drawing. awkward and fearless "cow-puncher,n who is so closely associated with the TO- nance of the west, but Is now disappear ing.
 Those who have read the novel need not be told the story of the play. For others it is only necessary to say that the story Is essentially western in theme There is cowboy the virginian, and a Vermont school teacher, who of course all III 1ONe Wltn edtH OlIleF. me pursuit and capture of two horse thieves, one of whom is the close friend of the Virginian, and the inveterate hatred of cattle thief who is determined to kill the Virginian, but is himself killed in the last act. con- ssitute the most salient details of the plot. Like a great many dramatizations of pop ular novels the play Is poorly constructed lei hut thara aasa strong passages, and the third act is de- cdedly the best of the four. In this act the two thieves are captured by the Vir- ginian and his men. One of them is the friend of the Virginian, and the parting scene between the two is intensely dra- matte and most impressive piece of act ing.
 The love scenes between the Virginian and his sweetheart are tender and beau tiful while the cowboy characteristics and the wild western atmosphere are re- produced with fidelity to detail.
 Mir. Farnum has good company this year. Those members who have any thing to do are all talented and clever. Guy Bates Post as Steve, the Virginian's s chum, Helen Holmes as Mollie Wood, who loves the virginian, and Frank campeau as Trampas, the cattle rustler. are all finished players. Both MT. Post and MT. Campeau gave excellent charac- ter studies.
 While "rhe Virginian" has nearly all the faults of a dramatization of a pop ular novel it Is nevertheless a most enter taining play. The unconscious humor of the cowboys and the breezy ways of the western cattle men. while a trifle melo- dramatic afforu5 some rare comedy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
THRIFTY FARMER
 TAKES HIS LIFE
CORONER INVESTIGATES WHAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SUI ClDE-LANDRUM DIES OF SELF INFLICTED WOUND.

Coroner Paris returned to the city yes- terday after Investigating what appears to be very peculiar case of suicide. Felix o. Landrum, a well-to-do farmer near Warner, killed himself Friday morning, and under rather peculiar circumstances.
 According to the coroner, Landrum and Otto Miller. who works for MT. Landrum on shares, had some trouble Thanksgiving morning. On the following morning Miller claims that he heard shot from the di- -rection of the cotton house. He looked out of his door, but it was too early to see anything. and he paid no more attention to the shooting until he heard four or five more shots.
 After it became light he looked again and saw MT. Landrum walking up and down snapping a pistol. He went to the residence of Squire Mayheld and the squire refused to go to the cotton house with him and told him to go back and tell Landrum to behave himself He went back after Mayfield a second time, and accompanied by John Tarrance, the squire returned to the cotton house.
 When the three reached the cotton house, they found Landrum leaning against the door with a revolver in his hand They asked him what caused his wounds and he replied that it was a bullet from the pistol. Landrum soon expired. No reason could be found for the suicide. as Landrum had money and his plantation was in good condition. He has relatives in Georgia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
MAN PLEADED GUILTY.
c. E. Moore, Charged With Raising
 Money Order, Bound Over.

c. D. Moore yesterday morning pleaded guilty before United States Commissioner Birch to charge of raising a money order, and was bound over to the grand jury in bond of S2500. in default of which he was sent to jail.
 It will. be remembered that Moore was arrested last Monday night by Detectives Bodeker and Hamilton, after attempting to pass a money order that had been raised from 25 cents to $50 on MT. Gaines of the Calhoun Jewelry company.
 The arrest was made at the union passenger station about two hours after the attempt was made to pass the order, and the postoffice authorities express the belief that Moore has been operating all over the country. The government was represented by As. sistant District Attorney Sandifer and Postoffice Inspectors McRea and Grenway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
JUDGE POSTPONES
 DATE OF HEARING
PULLMAN MANDAMUS PROCEED INGS WILL BE HEARD AT LATER DATE-THE NEWS OF BESSIE. MFR.

Bessemer, November 26.-(Special.) The maniamus proceedings instituted by S. J. Tillman against the county board of election canvassers were called in the Birmingham city court today before Judge Charles H. Sem, but were continued, the date of hear ing to be fixed later.
 MT. Tillman is attempting to get the board of eanvassers to certify to his election as justice of the peace of this beat, having received several votes for this office at the general election. The board declined to certify to Mr. Till mans election on the grounds that no such office existed.
 The last legislature passed an act establishing the Bessemer inferior court in lieu of the two justices of the peace courts in this beat. The constl- nationality of the bill was attacked on the ground that the proof of adyer tisement attached to the bill was in sufficient
 The lower courts adjudged the bill unconstitutional. The case was ap- pealed to the supreme court, where 1t is now pending. Anticipating that the highest court would sustain the de- cision, s. J. Tillman had several of his friends to vote Tor him for justice of the peace for in case the act is declared unconstitutional, under the laws the old justices of the peace will again be in vogue.
 As the judge. clerk and constable of the inferior court were elected on November 8, .4e result of the contro- versy is being looked forward to with considerable interest.